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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11
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A dispatch from Richmond says:-"MrS.
Nancy Hays, an aged lady, who, with a DE-
mented husband, occupied a house on Twenty
third street, was found dead Yesterday, having
been dead three weeks. Cow and chickens
On the lot were found starved to death. The
husband was also nearly starved. lie had been
telling the ~neighbors when they came in that
his wife was asleep. The husband had not
mind enough to understand what had happen
cd. The parties were from Philadelphia"
The party OF white Iaborers who came to
Lyncbburg from New York Friday en- route to
Alabama. left Immediately on the Tennessee
cars. and We learn that wherever the train
stopped on the road they committed robberies
md outrageS similar to those pcrpatrated at
Lynchburg and at Govcsvillc, on the Orange
road.
An individual last week presented a claim at
the First Auditor Office Tor beet furnished the
Virginia rebels in the Revoluti onary war. The
claim. with compound interest. amounted to
over Sll, 900, 900 1t will hardly be paid.
A pedlar is going through Rockbri!g e selling
o recipe for making Fosters patent burning
composition, the ingredients OF which form Que
of the most dangerous compounds that can be
used in a lamp.
Sixty five blacks en- route for Alabama, pass
cd through Lynshburg Saturday afternoon.
Thirty Of them have been engaged by Gen.
Forrest to work on the Selma railroad.
The Richmond News. has been enlarged
and improved, and is an excellent newspaper.
Captain Manning was thrown from his horse
in Leesburg yesterday, and had his leg broken.
FAUoUIER CIRCUIT COURT. j udge Keith took
his seat on the bench on Tuesday, and entered
upon the discharge OF his duties with that air of
modest diHidence characteristic OF the man.
Pre- vious to this, Rob't l.. Reilly, who had
been solicited by q number Of citizens 10 apply
for the Clerkship withia the gilt of the Militia
ry Commandant, had resigned, and the efficient
old incumbent, Jno. s. Byrue, had been ap
pointed to ill the vacancy, and given bond.
The swearing 10 OF the Grand Jury, those inc
ligible under the XIV Amendments being ex
Guided therefrom, occupied a little tune. a
brief and chaste charge to the Jury, remarka.
bic for entire absence of every thing that might
be construed into an effort for display, followed.
While the Jury were out, the case of the
Commonwealth against S. H. Turner for shoot
ing at VIM. NJ. Hume with intent to kill, was
continued, for want of o material witness, to
the next term 10 course.
% tho return of the Grand Jury their fore
man reported tie finding Of several true bills.
The trial of j. L. Edd for the killing of
AIphonzo Davis on the 10th of September last,
was taken up on Wednesday, and concluded on
Thursday, when the jury found the accused
guilty of m%aDslauRhter and fixed his term OF
imprisonmentin the penitrntiary atftteen gears.
Friday was devoted to the civil docket, The
causes upon which will probably occupy the at
tention OF the Court for the next two weeks
Var. Index.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11

MEN .C~HANGE.'-!A recent WASHINGTON let
ter to the New York Independent reminds US
Of two little incidents, the one in the lie of
Senator Brownlow and the other in that Ct
Senator Drake. These men arc now hand-in.
glove with Rcve!s and his Radical colleagues 10
Congress, and yet a few years ago BrownIow
prayed that if he died al the North his coffin
might be left open at one end So that he could
the same time Drake introduced q bill into the
Missouri Legislature requiring all the free col
ored people in that State 10 be sold into
slavery!
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11

A MOTHER CHARMING BOOK BY TIKI
II suthor OF Il tile Women" received >,
for sale at
FRENCH'S
BOOK AND STATIONERY STORE.
No. % King street.
An OLD FASHION ED GIRL, by Loaf
u. Alcott, author Of "Li:tle Women | vr'.
illustrated; 81 so
EVERY SATURDAY for this week. e..
tains the opening chapters Of Dickens, now s."
~, published from advanced sheets, b. spacia
arrangement with tho author The story :
called THE Mystery Of El vim Drooi," ".
original illustrations. Price &c per cory ::
per annum. Mailed to any part OF tue county
Now is the time to subscribe.
The Combined Arm Rest, Paper Cute: ="
Ruler I desire to introduce e. booh.kccpac.
accountants, merchants and business men g..
orally. This is a new invention and thOrough}
practical as every bushes: man will see ":
glance price ST..
The special attention OF te.chcrs is asked {
the new Rubber Slate Cushions, attached 10 Il,
frames OF States, the object ot which i: ::
prevent scratching tho desks, noise, etc. Tho,
cushions answer n better purpose than c0vcrc,
slate frames and are not one tenth tho cost. o.
Every school Boy and girl should u:o them.
New books daily.
ap e.. 3. FRENCH
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11

The investigation into the 6iteen charges Of
corruption preferred by Fernando Wood against
Gen. Howard, as commissioner of tho freed
mems bureau. will be commenced on Wednes-
day By the House committee on education, and
udeing from the vast amount of testimony
ready to submit, the inquiry will be most pro.
tracted. General Howard and Mr.: Wood have
both been before the committee. The latter de-
clares that if there is a full, impartial inquiry he
will prove every one Of the allegations he has
made. The committee have voted to keep the
evidence and their proceedings secret till a hoaI
report is made.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11
Fairfax CO., feb "a
II Il K E n r.

II
That desirable residence known as L!ND&
is offered for rent. 1t is within "nc-Hnd.a i;"*:s:aA
halt milos Of the Court unusc IF Aicynn- It:s4!.-
dria. There is stitched t. i. and offered g.
ent with it SIXTY hCHES o. good and wei!
i'm proved land. much Of which IS very fine co.,
land. The buildings con$i>. OF + cowt)r;.h'"
FRAME DWELLING. u fine Barn. Goa
House and other outbuiidings. which arc ~ BE-
gcoI condition, having beer, built within I.
last three years. There is rpon this place "'
abundance of small fruit. and a good supply 81.
frui. trees in bearing. The situation is w:tho".
doubt one Of the mos. beautiful, ca the h"i@h.s
of 'he Potomac. It commands 81 extensive"
and splendid view and is perfectly healthy a..
very desirable. This place will be re.ted T. &.
good tenant. upon prompt application to me-,
at Mr.. PowelPs, S. K. corner Of WashinGloN
and Duke streets, Alexandria, Va, or 20 M
brother, Mr.. Richard Lloyd, ut his residence,
Belmont, adjoining the place.
LUCY L. LLOYD,
For herself and AS Agent Of the
heirs OF Fred'k. Lloyd. d"c't.
N. B.-1f not rented by MAJ lst, the huj&-
ings, with garden and orchard and about II or
20 acres attached. will be rented to 8 cnrc.@!
tenant on easy terms. mn 24-2awim
Wash. Chron. 2aw2w
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11

A movement is on foot among q number OF
Cubans in this country having for it's object
their emigration to St. Domingo. Interviews
have been held with New York shipping houses
engaged 10 West India trade for the purpose OF
acquiring Information respecting the induce
ments to settlement in St. Domingo by Cubans.
and the most advantageous means Of proceeding
there
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11
Foreign News.

The Emperor Napoleon having refused to
Yield his design to submit certain popular r.
forms to the vote of the people, has brought
on a c.isis in the Ministry. Gelcral Buffet ha;
resigned, ard it is expected that Count Daru
ana r.ihout Will follow. The strike amnnH ttG
operatives still continues at In CreUz)i.
Tie rebellion in Ba;ccioHa against the con
scrip:ion for The Spanish army has ended iaihe
defeat ot tic insurgcura. Dispatches il!imatc
that thc opposition to the conscripti3n iIa> been
so serious that it has teen Discontinued every
where il Spain.
Tie British has adjourned until the
2Sth instant.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11
VA.
A letter from Washington states that the
~A-,;a. Tnnnoceoo INNS rn.
MONDAY, APRIL II, 1870

A letter from Washington states that the
question Of recoDstruoting Tennessee was re,
sumed on Saturday before the reconstruction
committee, and Gov. Senter, Of that State, APP
peared and gave his evidence regarding the
political and social condition of affairs in that
State. 1t having been very freely rumored
that he would abandon the conservatives and
come out 10 favor of congressional interference,
there was a full attendance Of the committee,
thirteen members being present, while so many
outsiders appeared that it was found necessary
to exclude them from the committee room.
Governor Senter's testimony was somewhat
non.committal, and, on the whole. not fully
satisfactory to either side.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11

The Louisville Journal has this ''consolato.
ry'' reflection: 70 The parent whose son dies
in infancy there must be s)ulething peculiarly
soothing in the thought that, ~ matter what
may DC the tate OF the child III tho next world,
it can never become 4 member oi a base. ball club
in this
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11

A man who has been in the Massachusetts,
State Prison for twenty years, for burning down
his own house. was pardoped and released lfs'
week. He went to prison a druDkard-he
comes out a sober man.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11

The "statu quo" in Richmond bIc>scs thai
city with double set of municipal officers, who
will, as MIR. Lircoin used to say, run the
machine" for a month to come.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11

More than a three fourths vote Of the differ
ent Conferences has already beech given in
favor Of Lay Delegation in the Nj. +. Church.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11

The climate of FIorid Ia is so inviting that
numbers of invalids FROM other States go there
ard spend their winters. This will lead to the
purchase of land and a gradual increase OF
manhattan
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11

In the House Of Representatives. on Satur-
day, a joint resolution was passed directing the
Commissioner cf Patents to deliver TO Mrs.
Mary Gusts Lee, the Mount Vernon relies now
in his custody.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11

Mrs. Bradley, wife of Joseph II. Bradley,
ESQ.,, of Washington, died Oh Saturday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11
rNuOUHAGE HOME INDUSTRY.

j. W. MALLS. 3. W. MALLS
AMES W. MALLS 8 SON,
; 137 King st., Aleya Va.
Dealers in HARDWARE, CUTLERY,
Carpenters Tools, Doors, Sash. Blinds, Door
and Window Frames. Brackets, Mouldings,
BalusLcrs, Of different patterns, and Newell
Posts. A large stock of French and American
Glass, double and single thick, Of Ill sizes
Paints. Oils, Varnishes, Paint and White Wash
Brushes, Lewis Pure White Lesd, and other
brands o. i: o quality, Putty, Turpentine and
Machine Gil. Also, Lime. Of superior quality,
Cement, Calcined Plaster, Pitch and Felt for
Roofing, &c A large stock Of Pugh's celebra-
ted Car Augera, and other articles found in first
class Builders Furnishing establishments.
All orders for Lumber, Brick and all kinds
Of Building Material, promptly attended to.
Terms cash. feb lift
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11

BUILDING

ESSJsEIbENS IL u 4 EeSkA2 4.
/ LHXANDEIA PLANNING MILLS.
=
rUBgHr JAMESON. BOYD h. SMITH.
JAMESON 6 SNETRs,
JOHN 4. La BDEN. Superintendent,
Nos. 20 and 81 Water st..
Arc prepared to .urrish at short notice and
on reasonable terms
SASH, DOORS,
BLINDS, BRACKETS,
MUULDINGS,
BALLTTSTE2S,
Newell POSTS
y EATHEE-DOARDING
SIDING. BOX STUFF.
DRAWER STUFF,
PANELS, &c. IT,.
and 20 execute nj kinds Of Scroll Saving
End Wood-Turning, Planning, Tongueing and
Growing and Surfacing done in the beat man.
ncr. They will also furnish plans hnd epecif-
cn.ions r"r dwellings, stores and othar building.
~ 2-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11
T Asst NOTICE To tn H-PAYEK5.
SEERIFFS NOTICE.

The large amount OF taxes unpsid and the
heavy demands for money duo on the County
levy. as also the State, demands prompt action.
and if not paid by the 18th dag Of February /
will be compelled to collect rs toe law pro.
vides. rs my payments must be made. to nccom-
modate those who are employed during tie
day, l will be st my office On Wednesday nnG
Friday nights, from 6! to half past 8 o'cl"cH.
Office No. II South Royal street.
l. 6. O'NE&I,
ian 20 Sheriff Alexandria county. Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11

LoNGEvITY.-There resides in the tow Of
Warrenton an aged couple who were born in
the county Of Fauquier and have never in lies
meanderings wandered beyond the sight OF the
smoke Of the parental chimney, whose united
ages make one hundred and nincty-fve years.
The age of the husband is % years, that Of his
wife &c; both enjoy uninterrupted gool health,
and, with the exception OF being somewhat
deaf, are in the full possession Of all their
faculties. Tie husband occasionally trausacts
business on the street, but generally employs
his time at light labor about his son's premises.
He rarely uses spcctaclcs and has lost but one
tooth in his life and The wife does not consider
herself exempt by age or iutirnity from indoor
domestic duties. They we're married upwards
of T6 years ago, and the day for the celebration
OF their golden wedding occurred more than q
quarter of . century since Wurrcntoa M'1rr.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11

A MOTHER CHARMING BOOK BY Tn
II suthor Of Il tile Women" received .,
for sale st
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-11

rARBOLIC SAhVE is highly recommend
" Cd for the cure of Cuts, Bruises, Burns,
Scurvy. ilineworm, letter, and ali Skin Di.
sesses. A full supply just received and Tor
sale by
msr 4. s LEADBEATER & BIO.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-10-21
BaaKy Horses.

Professor Jennings, of the Veterin-
airy College Of Philadelphia, says:
(. A man to control a horse, must
first learn to control himself"
Banking is the most aggravating of
all faults to which the horse is SUBJ
jeet, yet, by patience, perseV eFance and
good management, even this habit can
be broken up. They resist because
we fail to make them understand
what we require Of them; or It may
occur from overlooking, sore shout
ders, or working till tired out. Par
ticular is this the case with young an
iulals.
AS soon as horse is made to un-
derstaRd what is required Of him, he
becomes a willing subject. To at
tempt to force him TO do what he does
not comprehend, or to use the whip
under such circumstances, only ex-
cites him TO more determined resist
ance. Professor Jennings remedy,
which fully sustains the opinion Of
other great horse students, is as fol-
lows:
Son the first attempt of your horse
to baulk, get out, pat and rcassure him
with kind words, carefully examine
the harness, then jump IN and speak
TO him as If you expected him TO go.
This is generally efectlaI."
BentWright, the American horse
tanner, says Of this subject:
If you have a baulky horse it is
your own fault and not the horses.
fa team does not pull true there is
some cause for it, and if you will
remove the cause the effect will cease.
When your horse baulks he is excited
and does not know what you want
him to dO."-0Nr Dumb .ARiaGgs.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-10-21
A Steam PlOw at work.

The Vicksburg Herald gives the
following description of a steam pillow
at work OH the plantation of Gen.
Wade Hampton, near Skipwith's
Landing, Miss:
1t consists of two portable engines,
which are so made that they run
themselves without the aid of horse
power over any road or field. The
engines are placed at opposite sides of
the field, and by means of wire ropes,
four hundred and three yards long,
draw a gang of plows from one side to
the other. The ploWs cut the soil to
to any depth required and at a rapid
rate, faster than a man can walk.
There are different sets of plOWs, for
subsOiling, for deep and shallow plOw-
ing, for extracting roots, and for ma
king cotton beds. The latter is the
most interesting, and makes a COM
plete cotton bed, of over five feet
wide at one operation. They pillow
on an average of twenty-five to thir-
ty-five acres daily, and can do even
more on loose soil. The engines are
also useful for much other work. The
General has large saw mill which
| these machines take with them to the
woods to cut lumber and make fenc.
ing. The heavy and broad iron
wheels of the engines help to make
good roads, and there is no better
road in the country than the ont
through Hampton's Walnut Ridge
plantation, five miles long. A few
| days ago one of these engines came
| down to the WharfbOat at SkipWiti
with six large wagons in tow. Thest
were placed on the boat, heavily Ia
dened with lumber, and the train
then started for home at lively rate
crossing one of the leVees. It would
have taken twenty-four good mules
to have pulled those loads. Anothel
time the engine was "hitched" to +;
good sized house and moved it bacl
from the river bank several hundred
yards in about twenty minutes, as fas
as the men could keep the rollers un
der it. It is the intention of Gen
Hampton to make these engines hau
all his cotton to the river this season
when the weather is favorable.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-10-21
Value of Apples for Food.

The Western Rural says: "There
is scarcely an article of vegetable food
more widely useful and more univer-
sally liked than the apple. Why ev-
cry farmer has not an orchard, " here
the trees will grow at all, is one of
the mysteries. Let every hOuse-keep-
er lay in a good supply of apples, and
it will be the most economical invest
ment in the whole range of culinaries.
A raw, mellow apple is digested in an
hour and half, while boiled cabbages
require five hours. The most health
full desert that can be placed on the
table is a baked apple. If eaten fire.
quently at breakfast, with coarse bread
and butter, without flesh Of any kind
it has an admirable effect ON the gen
eral system, often removing constipa-
ton, correcting acidities, and cooling
off febrile conditions more effectually
than the most approved medicines
If families could be induced to sub,
stitute apples,-sOund and ripe,-fOI
pies, cakes and sWeetmeats, will
which their children are too frequent
~ stuffed, there would be a diminu
ton in the sum total OF doctors bills
in single year, sufficient to lay In {
stock of this delicious fruit for the
whole seasons USE"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-10-21
For Patching Poultry.


From Geye1in's valuable work on
Poultry Breeding, we make the fol-
lowing extracts:
When once poultry is peHned up for
Eattening the diet ought not to be va
ried.
There are three different ways adOp-
ted in feeding poultry for fattening !;
l. A free feeding, consisting of sup
plying a fowl with food and water al
Li5it9m. This takes mnch longer
time, is more expensive, aud less sat-
isfactOry in the flesh. s = ga
2. Forced dry feeding, which con-
sists Of examining the fowl with pills
of the pou1taceOus food twice or three
times days and giving water at tt6-
itWn1.
8. Forced liquid feeding consists of
| reducing the pOultaceous food to a
| liquid state with milk and water, then
pour il down the fowls gullet by
means of funnel, three times day
and not to supply them with any
more water.
| PREPARATION OF THE FATTENING FOOD
| FOR FOWLS.
Barley meal, or mixed in equal
quantity with Indian meal, made in
to a stiff paste with milk and water
and seasoned with bay salt.
This paste then is either made IL
quid, for liquid feeding, or into pills
which should be dipped into milk and
water before they are given, so as tC
facilitate the swallowing. 4--.-at
Experiments have proved that the
seasoning poultry food with bay sal
produces the following advantages
1. To render the fattening of short
er duration.
2. To produce, with the same guam
tity of food, more flesh and fat.
3. To give the flesh greater firmnes
and flavor, and to the fat more com
pactness and a finer grain. 31
Molasses and sugar mixed with the
meat has also good fattening qualities
The duration of fatteniRg must mucf
depend on the condition, health, anC
age of the fowl, and in this, the same
as in administering the food, actua
experience is the best teacher, as NJ
rules can we'll be laid down.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-10-21
DR.. WIN. BRAZIER'S
ssGORDIAL.

talTIis great theory was, that almost ali dis
eases; especially those incidental to our Sou
them cline, originated in a disordered Liv-
.er, orunhealthy condition of the Bile; alb
iuriDg, in nine-tenths of the diseases most
prevalent. The speculative theory Of the Id
medical school. of tsmany causes and many
effects" he arrived at the conclusion, after
years Of tot, researeh and practical expert
enee, thatth fountain mead of disease was
DisOTgauizatiOn Ofthc Liver and die
gcstiYe apparatus. To combat this evil
he discovered and introduced the mighty
combination of rare and subtle vegetable ex-
tracts that form his LIVER CORDIAL.
phisiHvalaable medicine is prepared strict
~ according to, DR.. Brazier's original ple-
scription, with the greatest, care, in quanti
ties whieE guarantee perfect adherence to the
standard of strength adopted.
MA ,SFIELD & HIGBEE, Sole Propri-
etOrs, Memphis, Tenn.
Wholesale Agents in Louisville, Ky, J. 3.
Wilder & Co. In Nashville, Ewin, Pendle-
ton q Co. apri5-ly
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-10-21
.s- Il GALLONS
DYSPEe STA REMEDY

In placing this remedy before the public,
we viii only refer TO the following certificate,
which expresses all that we need say. And
being from one who has experienced beneficial
results from its use, after having given il
thorough trial, his words carry more weight
than anything we could say. -H
GENTLEAEN:-For number ofyears vas
greatly afflicted with dyspepsia, and althO'
my stomach craved food, it would immedi
atelyreject it, should cat anything, no mat
ter how small the quantity. was frequent
" compelled to leave the table, without be-
ing able to take any nOurishment: In q short
time l became very much reduced in flesh,
and was so weak that was unable and I'M
fit to attend to my business. My mind was
in no better condition than my body, az l
was continually oppressed with lassitude
and depression of spirits. l tried all the
patent medicines and prescriptions that l
heard of, and SON e of these afforded me tenn
porary relief, but in short time l relapsed
into my former condition.
While suffering in this manner, I heard
of G. F. Gallons Dyspepsia Remedy, and
concluded to try it. had taken it but q
short time when began to feel relief, and
continuing to take it, l soon could partake
of my meals without any disagreeable feel
ing, either while at the table or afterward,
and gained flesh rapidly. 1t is now nearly
ten years since, and have continued free
from anything like return of Dyspepsia
can therefore recommend it to any one suf-
fering in like manner. Respectfully yours,
ANDREW j. NICHOLSON,
Pittsburgh, March 20, 1869.
SCHWARTZ & HASLETT,
(Formerly B. A. FahnestOck's Son & Co..
Sole Proprietors,
B. A. Fahnestock's Vermifuge.
81 C. F. Cations Dyspepsia Remedy,
C. F. Cations Cough Balsam
PITTSBURGH, PENN.