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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-26

EXACTLY So.-Senaor Conknr, Of New
YORK, who is the Administration Senator as
opposed to Fenton, his Republican colleague
in the United States Senate who is prescribed
BY the President and denied any Government
patronage for his friends. recently remarked
10 pubic speech in New York:
1.-THE people cannot be reminded too often
that the platform of the Republican party has
taken the place of that decayed and worm eaten
bequest Of the Fathers of the Republic
Constitution of the United States"
We aRreee with the Radical Senator for
once: "Ths people cannot be reminded too
often that the pls,f form Of the Republican party
has taken the place of the Constitution OF the
United States" We are endesVoring to press
this subject upon The attention OF the people
OF Virginia every day, and beg them never to
forget that the work Of Washington, Madison
and their ilustrious oompeers has been super
ceded by the Republican PLATFORM lynch
burg Trginioa.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-26

A woman has been engaged at Nashua, N.
H., for some time past in selling several huu-
dred dollars worth Of moasses aod water as a
valuable chemical mixture for the removal of
warts, pimples corns and moles
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-26


q l. A s. SP p q r y G. J. L ;
superior TO any other in use constructed i'll 40
cordAnce with the science ard rhlI0i' pnY O.:
nature, in the peculiar to!m OF
CONCAVE CONVEX ELlPSl$,
admirably adapted 20 the organs Of Sight an
perfectly natural tc the eye, "tfording altogeth
er the best artificial help IL the human vision
ever invented. Used only b.
MORRIS BERNHARD1,
SPECTACLE AND OPTIC i, Man u fAt.
TURER.
The ADVANTAGES Of these :spectzcles over n
/ THEY CAN BY WOHE WITH PEE
Feet EASE for any length u time at one 81
ting giving astonishing ciearnos' OF vision, by
candle or any other artificial hsht, comfort 20
the spectacle wea1er hitherto unknown
2. BOW TO SELECT GLASSES Il 70
qures professional guidance even when :. good
article is offered. Doctor EernhsrGt mol OILY
has the best Glasses the! can be found 4.
the market but carefully examines the cye''
and gives indispensable advice rs 20 the pTorr;
selection Of them.
TESTIMONY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
From Medical gentlemen, Professors OF til"
highest Opthaluic talent in Ale2sn'
dria Va. ind the Union.
Alexandria, Va Sept. IL. 1870
1t affords much pleasure to state that alter
careful examination Of the glasses used by Pro-.
Bernhard and his peculiar arrangements Tor
adapting them to the i'm Improvement OF the VatieG
defects and disease; OF tho human eye, we leeI
assured that hei is most skllitul and accom-
plished Optician, and we very cordially com
mend him to the confidence of tho community.
NJ NJ. LEWIS, NJ. y.
BEDFORD BROWN, NJ. y.
WA. B. KLIPSTEIN, 81. l..
J. J. BULLOCK.
Pastor Second Presbyterian Church.
ROBT 4. HOUGH, II. d.,
Pastor i. L. Church South.
Alexandria, September II, 1870
Judging from the interview which | have
had with Professor n; Bernhard;, believe
him to be q skillfu Optcian, and from the
many certificates which he has from the highest
men of the South, tina. he is an experlcr ""d a!C
~ FL. MURPHY, Nj
have examined the Brazilian Pebble and
Australian Crystal Glasses of DR.. NJ. Bern
hardt, and regard them of superior quality and
surprising any that ever came under my OF
servation. Testimonials from the most pconI-
nent citizens Of the country prove that number;
have been greatly benefited by the Doctor.
take pleasure in recommending him TO aly VIII"
may need his services. I: b: HAI NES,
Pastor of the NJ. Z. Church.
Alexandra, Va, Sept. -, 1870.
From Ex-Governor Shorter, OF A!%5alMa.
tufaula Ala, APRIL 7, $50
DR.. NJ. Bernhardt, Oculst and Op.ic:an:
My Dear Sir: beg to express to you II"
deep sense of obligation [ feel for the proie;;-
sional kin dness extended to me- By which, with
eye sight impsred by years OF applcs:i n AMI
study, am enabled to write this note with the
clearness of vision which | enjoyed IL the Day
Of my youth. May your honorable and us":Hi
life long be spared, that humsnty may ENJOY
the scientific skill of one so eminently qualified
in mind and heart to do good 10 his teIio"ncI'
With grateful scknow!e d smentS, permit M" l.
subscribe myself,
Your 0tedien: .trra;.: S.: .ricnd,
Gov. 80. GILL. SHORTER.
S.s:c y: Sy:::h Caro!iHs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-26
:~.s:c q: S,:::h Carolina, !
Executive Dept. :
EnlritlNniN In N 10 lSE-


Columbia, Ju 10, 1867.
Sir: | have made full ana satisfactory ties: .!
the Spectscles procured from you ana l have
the pleasure 20 Ssy th.t the glasses are be..e!
ADAPTED to my eyes than any | have ever used.
The facilities with which you fitted the glass t.
nv eye furnished ma conclusive evidence 81
your thorough experience rs an Ocuist.
Your attsinmehts in your profession entitlc
you TO tie confidence, Patronage .nd gratitude
of the public.
l have the honor to be very respectfully
yours, JANE l.. ORR,
Governor Of South Csrolins.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-26

Amid the greater excitement Of a war be-
tween two of the greatest Of European Pow
ers. the selection by the Spaniards OF King
attracts comparatively little attention The
young man who it is said is called to the peri
lous eminence of the Spanish throne, aud who
has accepted the honor, is Princc Amadeus
Ferdinand Maria, the second son aud third
child Of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, and
of the Queen Marie Adelaide. who was an
Austrian Princess, and died in 1855. He
was born in Turin on the 3O;h of May 1916.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-26
ALEXANDRIA VA.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2e, 1870

EUROPEAN AFFAIRs.-The Baltimore Sun
10 its summary Of foreign news, says A tele
gcam from Berlin received 10 London announ
c,s the failure OF the latest negotiations for
peace 90 account of the persistency of Prus-
STA 10 demanding cession of territory. The
Times, in commenting upon the Intelligence,
advises the government to make no further
efforts, but says that if the attempt is to be re-
pewed, the government should be ready te
stake something. Negotiations for the surren'
der of Metz are said to be progressing slowly,
and it is remarked that Bazaine in all of his
communications ignores the republic.
The French 100000 600 loan has received
liberal subscriptions in London.
Schlestadt, one Of the French strongholds in
the Vosges, has surrendered after severe
bombardment of several days. Twenty four
hundred prisoners and one hundred and twenty
cannon fell into the hands Of the Prussians.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-26

The Executive Committee OF the Associa-
ton for the R,lief of Misery co Battle Fields
appeals to the public for aid ia sending ship
load OF breadstuffs to the starving people OF the
desolated districts of Ardennes and AIsace in
France. Accompanying the appeal is a letter
from H. s. Sanford, ex Minister to Belgium,
dated Brussels, October I, which states that
10 the Ardeones alone, the region along
the Belgian frontier, 200 900 people are in
danger of starvation. Many are without shell
ter save such as is made of bushes, and bad
saved from their burning homes Only the
clothes on their backs. They have only such
food as charity provides or can still be obtain
ed from the scanty ungathered root crops
while winter is approaching and thousands
must perish unless help comes speedily.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-26
TESTIMONY OF KECOMMENDATiONa

Alexandria, September Il, 1876
Judging from the interview which | have
had with Professor n. Bernhardt I believe
him to be skillful Optician, and from the
many certificates which he has from the hIehes!
men of the South, that he is an eXpericr ""d aFc
reliable Oculist.
FL. MURPHY, Il. i
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-05-14
1858. JOS. W. KING, 1869.
ARTIST I'M PHOTOGRAPHY,

Ore Ef 4dUerfsseT Olncs,
Next door 20 the Post once, has opened his Gallery for Photo
graphs, C4res &c Waite, AmbroIyPes, Melaino-
types, sc, &c
eTs SnrTafneTEou Warranted or mo- Pav. "
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-05-14
President Grant and San Domingo.

Mr.. Sidney Andrews writes to the Boston
Advertiser a connected account of the President
views concerning the San Domingo treaty. as fol-
lows:
He says that the Dominican authorities made
the first proposals, and pressed annexation upon
him before he had looked into the matter, OF
formed any opinion as to the expediency OF
feasibility of the project. He finally sent con-
fdential messengers down there to make a secret
examination into the situation of affairs, and
inspect the resources and capabilities of the
island, the civilization of the people, the character
of the Government, the kind and amount of debt,
and everything else of use in forming a correct
opinion. 1t was not until three messengers had
returned and fully reported the result of their
examination that he consented to listen to the
proposals of the Dominicans. Then he sent Cen
eral Babcock down again, and a treaty, as is
already known, was negotiated. The Republic
owes but 81 500 ,000, which is the price We agree
to pay for annexation. When asked if be is
certain that the debt is no larger, he replies that
he has the strongest proof of the fact that this
figure covers the whole thing. What claims may
be trumped up against San Domingo ne knows
not, and cares less, for the reason that, under
the treaty, it is expressly stipulated that we can
not be held to their payment. He thinks likely
some claims may be presented, and such of them
as are proven good must be paid out of the public
lands of the island. He regards the stories about
a concealed debt of fifteen or twenty millions as
emanating from foreign sources, which are jealous,
%envious and secretly opposed to our acquisition
of what he regards as the finest of the West
India Islands. The Dominican Government
acknowledges less than $500 900 Indebtedness
and there is no evidence in existence that a valid
claim of another dollar can be produced.
The present population the President estimates
at less than 200 900, and he apprehends no
trouble whatever in governing them and preserv-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-05-14

WNcalled attention sometime ago in our
columns TO the remarkable conversion of the
Queen of Madagascar and many of her SUBJ
iects TO Christianity. She ordered all the
idols 10 be destroyed in the Royal temples :;
but declined to make it compulsory in private
temples, preferring to leave ii to the influence
OF the Holy Spirit.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-05-14

crieved at the course his son had taken, and hui
inflated that he could not restore the losses his
friends had suffered, soon became insane, and
finally died in the insane asylum, and was buried
by kind friends in the village cemetery, by the
side of her who had given her life for the child
for whom his own proved a second sacrifice.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-05-14
Ink, Ink. Ink

n STOREs
Maynard a Anosds Writing and Copying Tax. in quarts,
piuts and cones,
Thaidsus DaybI- & Co.'S Writing and Copying Ink, in quarts,
pints and Genes
Arnoh's Writing fluid ard Copying fnk, IN quarts and pints,
BlaekEOod 4 Co.'S Steel Pen and Copying Ink, in plnts,
Ed@ard A. Lamberss Whit Writing Fluid. in quarts,
Thadi@us Dzylfs 4 Cos Red and Blue Ink. in CONS.
IhaSd~ua URgids s. Coz Brilliant Carmiur Trt. go
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-05-14
Will be Offered TO Ny Customers al
Slight Advance ON Home Cost !

100 Reams best White Ruled Letter Paper.
IS Reams best White Plain Letter Paper.
IS Reams hest Blue Ruled Letter Paper.
$50 ReAms Congress White Ruled Cap Paper.
100 Reams Congress White Plain Cap Paper.
s5 Resms Commercial White Ruled Note Paper.
Is Reams Commercial Blue Ruled Cap Paper.
IS Reams Commercial Plain White and Blue Note.
100 Resms Plain English Note Paper.
40 Resms Plain and Ruled Fist Car.
rs Reams Plain and Ruled Flat DENY.
IS Reams Plain and Ruled Flat Medium and Royal.
80 Reams Narrow Bill Paper.
80 Resms Broad Cap Bill Paper.
10 Resus Colored Plain Note Papers.
10 Resms Legal Cap.
Most Of this Stock is from the celebrated Mills Of Plato
Porter, whose papers are u~nequa.ed Gr general merqa
purposes.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-05-14
HAWAII
tTRANsLATiOS.l
. The Beautiful!

/. The beautiful, Tire beautiful,
Is shining all around
From heaven above, from earth below,
In every thing It's found.
2. 1t sparkIes in the ocean wave,
1t g;itiers in the dew
We see it in the clear blue sky,
And in the Hover too.
5. Il giistens from the verdant hill,
And from the valley glen -
The beautiful the beautiful!
LO all around it's seen.
4. Il hangs upon the suns bright ray,
Upon the night's deep gloom;
Aud every changing season has
A beauty Of its own.
5. There's beauty in the infants smile,
And in the childish bow =
And when the faithful christian dies,
There's beauty on his brow.
9. And in the friends the dearly loved,
The iavorites OF our care,
The beautiful! The beautiful!
IT'S sweet to trace il there.
:. When God had finished this our world,
lie looked upon the whole,
The land, the sea. the sky above,
And saw twas beautiful.
8. Who then shall say this world is duh,
And full OF saddest hues?
Since ali above, beneath, around,
With he4 yenly beauty glows.
9. Ifsuch the beauty of this world,
Our earthly transient home.
How beautiful /! how beautiful
The world, the home, 10 come. HAWAII.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-05-14
Blank Legal Forms.

VNHE UNDERSIGNED HAS ON HAND
- and will hereafter keep for sale, Blank Forms, such ~ ~
used In the Lease, Sale OF Purchase Of Real Estate, Mercantile
Transsctions, &c, &C. Among them may be found the follow
ing;
CHARTER PARTY, for the Chartering Of Vessels,
POWER OF ATTORNEY. Three or four different forms
OF special and general Powers Of Attorney,
CUSTOM HOUSE ER OF ATTORNEY,
Co-PARTNERsBIP for Mercantile, Manufacturing or AEn
cultural CO-pArtnerships,
LEASE Of House OF Land,
BILL OF SALE. OF Registered Vessel,
BILL OF SALE, Of Personal Property,
MORTGAGE, Of Real Estate,
CHATrBL MORTGAGE, Of Furniture Or Persosal Property.
SPECIAL CO PARTNERSHIP,
BUILDBRs' CONTRACTS,
LEASE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY,
INDENTURE OF APPRENTICESHIP,
DEED OF REAL ESTATE,
LABOR CONTRACT, between Master and Servant, thres
forms,
CONSULAR INVOICE and Certificate, for purchasers and
Manufacturers,
SHIPS MANIFEsTs. Bills of Lading, &c. &c.
~ These blanks are printed on the nnes, document paper
and in the latest style. Orders from the other IL snds promptly
attended 70.
Price per Single Copy, IS Cts. or 20 per Dor.
For sale by Ce4O em) II NJ. WHITNEY.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-05-14
A BEAUTIFCL HMM.

I'VE have seldom seen anything more exquisite than the fol-
lowing Hawaiian hymn. Those who doubt the richness Of the
yernacular for pOetical expression, will do well TO study 1t.
Both the original and translation are from the pen Of Rev. l..
Lyons, Of Waimea, Hawaii
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-05-14
For the Advertise.
IA Mani e!

4. IA mani c ka mani e
Aiohi punt no
Mai luna, a mai lalo nei,
A ma ma mea a pau.
2. Olino ma ka ale kai,
Hulili ma ka hau,
Ikea ma Ike 40 laelae,
A ma Ia qua pu-
3. Holali mai m pun maikai,
Mai ma aTawa pi =
Ka mani e ka mani =!
Ala mai o
1. kau ia ma ma kukuna Is,
ma ke ano pc;
10 kela wa, 30 keia wa,
He uani okoa no.
3. He mani no Ike aka mai
Ks keiki makalii -
make 10 ka nea maikai,
He mani ma ka lac.
q. a, ma ia hce nlaksmae.
Ma kamaiani mel,
lie mani e (! he mani e !
he ike oil ia'e.
:. Hama Ike Akua ke 40,
\ me Ia mea a pau
4 mana ia, q Ike no.
He nam; vale no.
Z. Naval E olelo no ke 40,
lie mo, he luuluu'
Ala no nae, mai o L o,
lie mani lani no.
2. l M he maui keia 40,
10 kakou home mel,
r. mani e, 9 mani mau
ka home maluua'e. HAWAII
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-01-27

a Conssqusnce.-Many rich things
have TRANSFERRED in the neighborhood of
the Sweet Water Valley, Tenn, but few
OF them are more rare than the following:
During the p~erdency of the recent presi-
Dental election that much divided COM
munity was much exercised over the po-
litical issue between the democrats and
the republicans. A pair of beautiful
radicals was riding along near a fence by
which was seated a highly respectable and
vgilant democrat.-Said R. to his COM
panion D., "If Grant is elected, Tll tell
you n thing-these rebels have got to
quit calling me TrunneI-head!~ The
bright idea exactly fitted an empty space
in d g torpid brain, and rising boldly in
his stirrups and throwing his clenched fists
into the innocent air he bawled out. eyes,
and they have got to quit calling me
Pumpkin Gut toop Our democratic
friend had thenceforth higher ideas of the
gravity and Importance of the canvass.
Who could have helped it?
Bristol Neacs.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-01-27

"Caat haze the Babylon Island
Greek, in the county of Monroe, Tennes-
see, there lives a gentleman, of former
prominence, whose history is not untouch-
ed with the poetic feature. Being near
that hale and vigorous period of life which,
from its base of thirty years, seasons and
solidi6es the human heart, he took the
rare fancy Of making a widow his first
choice in matrimonial matters. For near
a fourth of a century they lived in that
childless half contented, but otherwise
blissful condition which was so long the
anxious 1T OF Zachariah. At length his
first wife died and went on the invisible
journey by which her first husband had
been gathered to the company of saints.
AT length came our cruel war, and there
were more widows in the land. There
was a poor Uriah living near our hero and
when the bugle sounded he went to the
tented field leaving his beautiful and love.
ly wife to mourn an abesnce which has
never yet been broken by any certain in
formation. Whether he went to the fiery
front of the battle and fell upon the dusty
plain cannot be known, but many a return
ing f%ootstep made the heart sick with dis
appointment, for he came not. There was
mourning in the little home, but Time,
who builds tombs, also dries the widows
tears. Our hero longed for another wild.
ow, and the bereft woman listening to his
persuasive tongue, at length believed the
omnibus silence and laying aside her weeds
Of mourning consented. They married.
Time flew and our hero was no longer
childless. But his bliss was of that ex-
treme degree which cannot last without in
terruption. A strange and startling ru-
NOR disturbed the pleasant atmosphere.
1t was said the soldier had at length re-
turned had landed at Loudon and was
actually advancing in quest of his wife.
A rumor so shocking was sure to find a
victim and our hero heard and believed
it. He murmured not-he doubted not.
1t was a time for courage, and rising to
the dignity of the crisis he exclaimed.
swell, he'll not get the baby certain.
Bristol News.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-01-27
Congressional

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-In the House
Committee on the state of the Union,
speeches were in favor of moving the CAPT
tai.
The expected collision between Butler
and Dawes is postponed.
The Joint Committee on the District of
Columbia, heard the delegates to the Wo-
mans Rights Convention this morning.
Half dozen females addressed the COM
mittee.
Replying to the committed for the ad-
yancement ofthe interests of the District of
Columbia, the President said he wished
to see the seat of Government made such
as would arouse the pride Of the citizens
of the Republic and be acceptable, at least,
to the proper consideration of the people
of the old world. He appreciated the dis
advantage under which the citizens of the
District labOred, and would be glad to
help them out.
In the House, Mr.. Stokes commenced
ventillating the condition Of affairs in Ten
nessee, but having permission to print his
remarks, gave way to the Capitol NOV
ers. Messrs. Moore and Logan made
long speeches in favor of the movement.
On the Path, Mr.. Morrill, was qualified
by the Senate as Fessenden's successor.
Among the bills introduced in the
House were the following
For resuming possession Of the lands
granted to Arkansas for a railroad from
the Mississippi via Little Rock to the Tex
as boundary for paying letter carriers
$1,000 per annum; for increasing the num-
Der of Supreme Judges, and defining the
jurisdiction of the United States Courts
for paying white and black soldiers the
same bounty for establishing a postal tel
egraph-referred to a special committee
of seven.
A resolution declaring it to be the o.
Pinion of the House that owing to its Pc
culiar duties, the Committee on Elections
is a judicial body, and in deciding ques-
tons should act according to all the rules
of law the same as though they we're UNI
der oath in each case, was passed-yeas
1873, nays 25.
The House then took up the Virginia
bill, and after a very sharp debate between
Messrs. Bingham, Butler and Farnsworth,
mostly of a personal character, the House
concurred in the bill as it came from the
Senate, by a strict party vote,
Adjourned.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-01-27
Hit the Nail on the Head.

Senator Sawyer of South Carolina, is a
oarpet-bagger, but in the discussion of the
Virginia admission question a few days
ago, he had the good sense and candor to
say: 81 believe the cardinal evil of the
reconstruction measures as originally pass
ed was the exclusion of those men who
were the natural leaders Of the Southern
people from participation in the formation
Of the new governments :" and again,
"While men who have high social position
in the community, men who have the
natural and acquired capacity for admin
istering the duties of the offices in their
neighborhood are prescribed from holding
them, you cannot with any sort of reason
ableness call upon them to assist you in
doing work from which you have by stat
ute excluded them" He hit the nail
squarely on the head that time.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-01-27
Postage on Newspapers,

One of our exchanges states that the
Postofice Department has issued an order,
that on and after the first day of January,
1870, "County newspapers must be print
ed and published in the county to permit
them to pass through the mails free, under
section 25l, laws of 1866. A paper, one
half Of which is printed in another county,
does not come within the meaning of the
section" The effect of this ruling will be
to oblige the pestmaSters to collect post
age on county papers which have one side
printed away from home, or which fur
niSh supplements printed away from home,
as is the case with many weekly papers
throughout the country.