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The New York herald., 1870-04-19

ITO LET-NOs. $50 AND 6s5 LEXINGTON AVENUE
first cas. four story brown stone Houses between
Fty-sixth tyseventh Streets having all
improvements in complete order Can be 10
applying at 6s6 and for terms TO b. BLANCO IL
gaIf sfrea
The New York herald., 1870-04-19

RIO LET-PACIFIC HOTEL, AT FAR ROCKAwAY,
the beach, cona ming about 80 icehouse
and barn. Apply at the hotel j. L. Il. NORTON.
The New York herald., 1870-04-19

ITO LET-BUTCHER STORE, OLD STAND, 81 CROSBY,
Grand street and Broadway, for other
rent 1925 per month; also front Rooms and Bedrooms
YJ,O LET-THE BASEMENT STORE NO. 8 GREENWICH
avenue opposite jefferson Market so feet deep good
business stand. NJ. ID. BENJAMIN. No. East Ninth st.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-09-15
THE GAZETTE.
THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER IL.

AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT OF THE UNI
vERsITY.-The Board of Visitors Of the Uni
versity of Virginia at their recent meeting in
conjunction with the Board Of Trustees Of the
Miller agricultural donation, completed the Or
ganization of the agricultural department con-
tcmplated by Mr.. Miller's deed. TO the chairs
of Anslystical and Agricultural Chemistry, and
of Agricultural Engineering and Architecture,
DOW filled by Professors Mallet and Beck,
they added third chair, entitled the "Pofes-
sorship Of Practical and Experimental Agrl-
culture and Natural History" to be Tiled at a
future meeting of the boards. PROVISION o was
also made BY the aIm Wo agricultural
SCHOLARSHIPS u Of $500 each for the purchase Of
a superior English draiu,,le machine for the
use of the agricultural school and tor the
erection of dwelling house for the Professor
of Agricultural Chemistry.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-09-15

WOODEN PAYMENTS. Somebody is always
bringing forward new wooden pavement, and
one SITTER another all have proved failures. In
San Francisco committee CT the city govern
ment has reported in favor of the Stow pave
ment and against the Nicholson. It is of little
import. Ncholson's will soon 'play out, !"
and Stow will have its day and final repudia-
ton. 1t is not in the nature of wood to be
made ever durable and satisfactory pavement
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-09-15
aug2Z
SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO,

COLUELE PACIFIC GUANO.
Improved in
QUALITY AND CONDITION.
The quality Of this Guano is materially i'm
proved this season by tho addition to its COM
position Of large per cent Of the
SALTS OF POTASH.
It's improved in condition BY being brought
into market sufficiently dry and uniformly fine
to pass with f-cility and regularity through the
orifces of the
WHEAT DRILL.
Moro than 81 .UC0 900 is involved in the pro-
duction of this Guano, and the trade in it has
steadily increased, until now it far exceeds that
of any other fertilizer.
The Pacific Guano Company has far creator
interest in the maintenance Of the quality of its
Guano than any number of consumers can
have; hence no apprehension need exist as to its
continued excellence.
JOHN S. REESE s. CO.,
General Agents for Pacific Gusno Co.,
No. 10 South st., I'd floor, Baltimore.
WATTLES, KNOX s. CO.,
Agents, No. Is Union e.,
aug l7-2m Alexandria, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-09-15

Tho best and most popular Fertilizer in usc.
Quick and active as Peruvian Guano and
permanently improves the soil.
It stands the drought better than any other
Fertilizer which is very important to tho far
mer.
It is manufactured Of Bones, Animal Matter
and a rich Phosphatic Guano, containing over
sixty per cent. of Bono Phosphate of Lime,
treated with Sulphuric Acid, and 10 to 10 per
cent Bone Phosphate Of Limo rendered solu-
BILE; at the same time rendered quick in its &C.
ton by tho addition of over per cent of Am
monia.
This superior Phosphate has nov been tested
for over FIVE years, on all kinds of crops, by the
side of all known Fertilizers, proved equal TO
the best, and has given all the general satsfsc-
ton that could BIO desired
For this valuable Fertilizer we only ask q
trial sido by side with any Fertilizer in the
market to attest its superiority.
Every farmer should give it trial, rs the
cost will be more than repaid the first year. and
its beneficial effects lasting.
For Corn, Oats, Wheat, Rye or Grass. it has
no superior.
Zel's Phosphate is fine and dry for drilling,
and is put UP in bags or barrels.
Price SEQ per ton of 1000 lbs.
Send for circular, and read the certificates
Of some Of the best farmers in Virgins who
attest its superiority over all other Fertilizers.
SAMUEL HARTLEY,
General Agent, Is Union street,
aug2Z Alexandra, Virginia.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TIELD SEEDSl FIELD SEEDSI
CLOVER AND TIMOTHY SEED, ORCH.
ARD AND HERDS GRASS, KEN
TUCKY BLUE GRASS,
&C., &c, &C.

Agricultural Implements and Machinery of
all kinds, Garden, Field and Grass Seeds. and
all Standard Fertilizers, for sale, wholesale and
retail by HERBERT BRYANT,
No. Is King street,
Alexandria, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-09-15

EXCELSIOR is composed of 700 pounds OF
No. Peruvian Guano, and 1900 pounds of Sol
uolo Phosphate Of Lime -(bones dissolved in
sulphuric acidD potash and soda, forming the
most concentrated, universal and durable Ter,
tilizer ever offered to the fafmer-combining all
tho stimulating properties Of Peruvian Guano,
and tho ever durable tcrtilizing properties Of
Ground Bones-supplyingan abundance of Am.
monis for any crop, and all soils, and IN per-
tectly fxod condition-not volatile and passing
Oft with the first crop, as with Peruvian and
other ammoniscai guanos, but stimulating the
crop to which is is applied, and all succeeding
ones, giving TO poor, worn out and unproduct-
i've sells new life and vigor, making them, in
this respect equal to the most highly Guilt
waited lands, upon which much time and money
have beer expended.
EXCELSIOR vas introduced in 1853 and we
challenge the manufacturers and vendors of fer
tlizers, natural or artificial Guano, to show re-
suits so invariably successful as can be shown
from its TSe \, One Of the PRoPkIEI0Rs 81
UTE OF IT'S MANUFACTURE, and there.
fore warrant every bag uniform, and to contain
by analysis the standard Of fertilizing proper
ties, giving that protection to the farmer which
he does not have III the purchase of any other
Guano or Fertilizer sold.
Excelsior is in fine dry powder. prepared ex-
pressly for drilling, and can be applied in any
quantity pOr acre, however small; and it is the
opinion of tho most prominent and calculating
farmers, after TWELVE years experience in
testing it side by side with other popular fertil-
izers, that an application of l0J pounds OF Elk.
sior is equal to zoo TO 300 pounds of any other
Fertilizer OF Gusno offered for sale, and there-
fore is fully 100 to 200 per cent cheaper
@rThe very best evidence we can offer of
tho value of Excelsior as q crop grower and
fertilizer, is tho fact of its being initiated and
counterfeited. Some unprincipled manufac-
turers have actually used the trade mark for
the purpose of palming off their worthless COM
pounds.
The ANALYSIS and name Of u. j. TUR-
NER & CO." in Red Letters, are branded on
every bag. All others are counterfeits.
Price $65 per ton.
Z. NJ. LAWSON,
(Successor TO Brewis & Lawson)
Alexandria, Virginia.
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IS u NCE lis l D R. ="
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-09-15
GAVE YOUR COAL:
BY THE RADIANT BASE-BURNING
STOVE

Save YOUR COAL:
BY THE RADIANT BASE-BURNING
STOVE.
The great and Ieadl2g features which di:tln-
tinguish tho Radiant Stove from all other Base
Burners is the peculiar construction Of the
magazine and the arrangement of tho Same
with the fire pot. Among the advantages gain
ed will enumeratc-
1st. The total precluson of the possibility Of
explosion, the magazine be ng so constructed
and perfected that instead OF the gases being
collected and retained therein, they sre con
veyed to the fire whore they are consumed and
thus producing greater economy in the con
sumption OF fuel and increased power OF rada-
ting heat.
I'd. Largely increased fro surface for illumi-
nation and radiation by tho magazine, inclining
from tho frcnt Of the top Of tho stovo to the
back Of the fire pct.
3d. The removal Of all impcdiments to the
free combustion Of tho fire by relieving it Of the
whole of tho pressure of the coal in the Insgs-
zine.
9TH. The non-igntion Of the coal in the mag
azine-it being placed beyond the reach of the
intense heat of the fre-anG thus roaily gvi ng
magazine TO hold coal instead Of Il vertical
retort in which all the gases Of the coal arc be.
ing distilled and wasted By being either con-
Quoted to the chimney or allowed to accumulate
till unfortunately exploded involving conse-
quences not unfrequently Ola serious and pain
full character.
9Th. Simplicity Of operation-mercly requir-
ing tho fire to be started ms in any ordinary
stove. after which the magazine can be supplied
with coal according TO tho length of time for
which the fire may be desired.
9Th. Durability rsdicnt; il the parts surround
ing and exposed to tho li:e, being made extra
heavy.
Each one of these stoves will be sold At New
York retail price.
Also q largo assortment of Cooking Stoves,
Parlor. Hall and Dining Room Stoves Hot Air
Furnaces and Ranges of the most improved
patterns, sll of which will be sold low for cash.
Fire Place Heaters put to hest one two and
three rooms, and warranted to give satisfaction.
Also largo lot of home made Tinwaro and
Housekeeping Articles constantly on hand.
Roofing Guttering and Spouting done in
town or country ut short notice and on tn c most
reasonable terms.
Old Stoves repaired, cleaned and put up.
THOMAS HOY,
Corner King and Pitt s.racts. opposite tho
Marshall House, Alexandria. Va. sep8
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CONTAINING

ANN per cent
Super-P Phosphate, equivalent to Bono
Phosphate of Limo. per cent
Potash and Soda....... ............... per cent
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GIsOs's !sH ES.

WIN. F. BHOOkES.
FAMILY GROCER,
And Dealer in
Fine Teas, Colecs, Sugars, Pickles, American
and English, Canned Goods, Tobacco
Segars, ETC., etc.
179 King street. above Washington.
N B-All orders from the country shall re-
ceive prompt attention. Nd LIT
~ VIM. RAMSAY,
VI.
Wholesale and Retail
GROCER,
LAT King street.
NH 25-N Alexandria, Va.
L. g. SWA1NE
l. No. ~ North Royal S.,
Two doors south OF old stand,
Has on hand and is constantly receiving fresh
invoices of
GROCERIES, WINES s. LIQUORS,
which ne will sell cheap for cash. 70 Is
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Il. Nj. LAWSON,
aug Ppm Successor to Brewis s. Lawson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-09-15
SALE OF STOVES

EXTENSIVE SALE OF STOVES
I have concluded to offer my large and COM
n1ete stock of STOVES AT GREATLY RE-
EHIICED PRICES until the stock is closed out
The COOKING STOVES are the very best
and approved patterns in use, with full sets of
furniture with each Stove. Otner Stoves will
want or will want Stoves this fall or winter will
oertsinly do we'll to embrace this favorable op-
nortupity to get them. Thinking it needless to
aenumerate ali the different kinds or names,
would respectfully invite all in want to call and
examine for themselves.
ENOCH GRIMES,
ie 15-eotf AZ King street, Alexandria, Va
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BONE
SUPER PHOSPHATE.

~ E l. j. S A NJ NJ 0 N A T L D
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-09-15

Alexandria. We, Sept. lst, 1870.
"AVING this day sold my interest in the
Ill concern of Gwin, Beckhsm s. Co. TO Mr..
J. Ihos. Beckhsm, he is alone authorized to
settle all claims for and against the late firm
In retiring from this connection, l return thanks
TO my friends for their patronage. and ask at
their hands a continuance Of tito Mr.. Bcckham,
whom can eheerfully and cordially recon-
mend as worthy Of their confidence in every
respect. r. r. GWIN.
HAVING purchased the interest of 7. T.
IL Gwin, shai! continue the GENERAL
PRODUCE and COMMISSION BUSIN ESS,
at our old stand, No. ~ Union street. Thank
full for the very liberal patronage heretofore ex-
tended to US. respectfully solicit eontlnu-
ance OF the Same
sep left BECKHAM s. CO.
JOSIAH H. u. SMOOT,
u formerly of and successor to Smoot, Uh
Ter b Compsny,]
No. II Union st.,
between ing and Cameron,)
ie 1a-tSl9 Alexandria, Va.
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PROFESSIONAL.

D B. LLOYD s. co.
~. ATTORNEYS FOR
CLAIMS, PENSION, BOUNTY LAND, &c.
Office: No. Gl2 Louisiana avenue,
(Between 9th and eth sts.,
Washington city, d. G.
Will attend to all Claims in Congress or
against the United States, &c.
CoLLECTIoNs.-Buy and sell Land Warrants,
Property, &c, and Negotiate Loans in large or
small sums.
PRIZE MoNEY.-Clsim; that have been sban-
doned by other Attorneys and Agents as worth
less, have been successfully prosecuted by US.
Cash advanced on Claims, SC.
Fire and Marine Insurance effected at the
lowest rates.
@s-L Letters addressed rs above will receive
promptly our attention.
Refers by permission to-H0n. James &.
Blaine, Speaker House of Representatives
Hon. }. NJ Howard. U.S.Sen.; Hon. Lewis Nc
Kenzio; Gen. N. ID. COrse Il Bro, Bankers
Alexandria, Va; !. Freeman Rai:ln, Clerk
Court Com. Pleas, Bait Capt. Jas. NJ: Steusrt,
ex.Sheritf, Alexandria,, Va; Hon. Judge A. 3.
DIN Hon. N. q. Ordway, Sgt. Arms, u. 5
b. of Il. Washington, ie lift
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}. j. TURNER s. CO.'S
ANNOTATED
BONE SUPERB HOSPHATE.
ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS:
Ammonia SO
Soluble Phosphate of Lime..2 1851
Bone Phosphate of Lime 1867
For Corn, Oats and Spring Crops generally
it has no superior. Composed of the most con-
centrated materials, it is richer in Ammonia
and Soluble Phosphstes than any other fertili-
ger sold, except Excelsior and is made with
care and upervision-uniform quality guaran-
teed. Fine and dry, in excellent order for
drilling. Packed in bags and barrels.
Price S55 per ton
4. N. LAWSON,
Successor to Brewis & Lawson,)
aug lT-2m Alexandria. Virginia.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-03

WAR ITEMS.

LONDON, September l.-Nearly one
half of tbs Americans il Paris this year
have quilted France. Many others are
leaving. All foreigners are under the
closest surveillance by the authorities,
and all are in constant peril from the
suspicion and excitement Of the popu-
lace.
Quite number Of Americans have
been under arrest as German spies, and
found it difficult to secure their release.
Several haye been assaulted On the
streets by mobs, which accused them OF
being Germans.
Suspected or assailed persons have
often found it impossible to obtain any
protection or redress.
home dispatches mention great dan
ger of a revolution there, which Victor
Emanuel will be called upon to suppress.
General Ulrich, in command of Stras-
burg, has issued a proclamation in
which be says; THE ramparts are armed
with 400 cannon. The garrison consists
Of ii 900 men without reckoning the
stationary National Guards.
IF Strasburg is attacked, Strasburg
will defend herself as long as there shall
remain q soldier, biscuit, or Q cartridge,
The well.sfeoted may resssure them
selves; others have but to withdraw"
Bazaine said in a recent speech 10 his
soldiers; Behind Metz, behind the
Meuse, behind the Argonne, behind the
Champagne, behind our valleys os ;Aas ;;Aas
Marne there is Paris and France-that
is to say, four million armed citizens, a
patiot heart in every breast, and q thou
sand millions in the treasury"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-03

French had fought, after the Geissberg
had been stormed. They pointed out
fourteen men, belonging to the Seventy
fourth regiment of the line, who were the
whole remainder Of the regiment left
standing on the battlefield, but who re-
fused to surrender, and who, deprived of
ammunition, kept on fighting at the
point of the bayonet. As the Prussians
did not like to kill them, they rushed at
last in a body upon them, and threw
them down wrestling Nous dpons
cherche Ia mort" said one Of them to
me, CONNIE notre colonel, CONNIE notre
general, don't roiia le chepal." The train
had brought the horse of General Douay
Ask him, said Prussian private,
"why he thinks they were oyerpowered. "
That was a sagacious question, and
the reply, of the intelligent and well-bred
Frenchman told the tale OF the whole
war. 1t was, "We were too weak in
number; we had ION an advanced post
neither cavalry nor sufficient artillery
with us, and finally we had no more am
munition.
THAT is the thing" said the Prussian;
ask him how many cartridges he had
got. /.
Eighty" was the Frenchman's reply.
"Now tell him that ], who had only
sixty, had forty-fve left when | took
him; and tell him that the strength of
an army consists of men and Of car
tridges, and that firing eighty cartridges
is just the same as losing man. They
did very serious damage to us at the
beginning regiment lost six hun
dred men; but at the expense of such
number of shots that we knew they we're
more weakened than we we're
When this was explained to the
Frenchman, he said: 81 knew it, too,
but too late. We never before fought
against such troops as yours. We must
no longer skirmish as we have been ac-
customed to.
Most of the prisoners were taken, as
skirmishers, in cave which formed
their cover, and where they were cut off
by the rapid and continuous advance Of
the Prussians.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-03
HnM Moerfh aeran.

An officer related to me curious ac-
count of the beginning of the battle OF
Woerth. He says a body Of BaYarians
had been sent out in that direction
mainly 10 reconnoiter but strong enough
to defend themselves regiment or
two They were ordered not to fire upon
any troops they saw. The French had
apparently only few hundreds of men
stationed at some point commanding
the railway. Having no knowledge that
they wer6 50 few, the Bayariaps has
tened past these, and suddenly came
upon a considerable camp, where they
saw unmistakable signs that the French
we're not dreaming of an attack, many
of them being asleep. They could have
slain, they think, the whole of them; but
having heel lrdered not 10 fiIe first,
they we're compelled to send back
messenger 10 headquarters to request
permission to attack this small and help
less body. They received permission,
and very soon the French we're flying,
leaving their clothes, etc, behind. The
Bavarians pursued, but soon found that
a more powerful body of the French was
near. They (the Bavarians) we're badly
cut up. They lost nearly all their
officers However, the Crown Prince
had meanwhile hurried Hp into the
neighhorhood, and came in time to save
the day. The battle, however, had not
been included In the previous plan of
the Crown Prince, and was almost acci-
dental. The worst of this battle was
that, on account of its unexpected char
acter, hardly any provisions had been
made, or could be made, for the poor
fellows who fell in it, and they lay side
by side-French and Germqps-on the
field, in the pangs Of death and agony,
for nearly two days.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-03
street Names.

A pleasant article in the New Orleans
Picayune upon street nomenclature
traces the origin of the names by which
many of the streets are still designated
in that city,
New Orleans has, perhaps, conformed
less to the numerical plan of naming
streets and avenues than any other city
in America, Boston only excepted.
There can be no question that in num-
bering streets we gain greatly in conye-
nience, but at the same time we lose
much Of historical association. In New
Orleans the streets called Chartres, Con-
de, Cont, Benville, Orleans, Marigny,
and others, keep in the memory the
names of important personages in some
way connected with the early history of
the town. Some corruptions and per-
versions of an odd character are indeed
to be noted, by which Main street, named
for duke, has come to be written with
out the final e; and DEnghein street,
called after the unhappy prince who was
shot in the ditch at Vincennes by order
of Napoleon, is now known as Engine
street, and is supposed to belong to the
records of the fire department.
In New York the lower part of the
city is yet rich in street names. which
refer to the old time, and which, like
geological strata, reveal when examined
something of the history of the town in
years gone by. Thus, Water street was
so called because when first built up it
lay along the margin of the East river;
and front street, which was constructed
later by filling in, derived its name from
being the river front. Wall street was
the line of the old Dutch wall which ran
across the island, and protected the an-
cient settlement from the forays Of the
Indians. Stone street, near the South
Ferry landing, owes its name to the fact
that it was the first street that was paved
with stone.
Maiden Lane, known to the burghers
of Nieuw Amsterdam as II Mdadge
Paatje, of the Maidens Path, was the
shady walk along which the comely
young damsels Of the period were ac-
customed to take their afternoon stroll,
and its crookedness is due to the cir
cumstance that it was the route by
which the cows came home from pas
ture. The Bowery, or Bauwery, was the
name of the Governor farm, which lay,
deeply shaded in woods, on the road to
Harlem Near it small settlement
sprung up which became famous resort
of city folk for fresh air and rural re-
creation, but which was the scene Of
many encounters with the savages. I'm
der Goyernor Stuyyesant wide avenue
was laid out there, to which was given
the name of the Bowery. Yesey street
perpetuates the good fame of Rev, Mr..
Vesey, who was rector of Trinity parish,
and Warren street perpetuates Sir Peter
Warren, at one time commander of the
naval forces of Great Britain at this
port Many other streets, such as Roose-
welt, Vandewater, Christie, Forsyth, Riv-
ington, Bleecker, Duane, Lispenard, Dey,
Desbrosses and Cortlandt were so entitled
in honor of old citizens Nassau street is
a souvenir of the Dutch domination,
as Chatham street is memento of she
respect in which the elder Pitt was held
by the colonists in revolt against King
George.