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~ CoNsIGNEEs PER STEAMSHIP
CHARLESTON, from New York, are hereby
notified that she is dlscharging cargo at Pier. No.
2 Union Wharf. Goods uncalled for at sunset
will remain. on the wharf at owners risk.
Juna-1 WIN. a. O%oQRTENAY; Agent.
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A BARGAIN!-To PRINTERS AND
II 'BOOKBINDERS.-A RugIyles Wood Frame
Paper Cutter. will be sold low for cash. Is Nearly
rev, cuts % inches, ana has MI extra knife. No
charge for package. Price $40. Apply at Il
NEWS Job Office. mar22
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w- AGENCY OF. THE HOME IN
.sURANcE. COMPANY, OF NEW YoRK.-The
business OF this Agency will be continued as
usual, at No. SO Broad street, until further notice.
]. R. CHRIETZBERG,
mays1-wsm3 Acting Agent.
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WRAPPING PAPER FOR sALE.-OLD
w NEWSPAPERS In large or small Quantities.
Price so CENTS PER HUNDRED. Apply at the
office OF THE NEWS. rnay18
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G REA D G A R E F q L L z.
FEVER AND AGUE.
The only preventive known for Chills and Fever
ia the use OF wolfe's Scliedsm Schnapps.
WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS
Is good for Dyspepsia.
WOLFE's SGHIEDAM SCHNAPPS
Is q preventive OF Chllls and Fever.
WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS
Is good for all Kidney and Bladder Complaints,
WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS
Is used all oyer the World by Physicians In their
practice.
WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS
Is good for Gout,
WOI FE'S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS
Ia good for all Urinary complaints.
WOLVES SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS
Is recommended by all the Medical Faculty.
WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS
Is good fer Collie and pain in the stomach.
WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS
Is initiated and counterfeited, and purchasers WILL
have to use caution in purchasing.
Deg leave to call the attention or the reader TO
testimonials in favor OF the Schnapps:
Ifeel bound to say that l regard your ScHEApps
as being In every respect prominently pure, and
deserving OF medical patronage. At all events 1t
Ii the purest possible article OF Holland gin, here.
tofore understandable, and as such may be safely
prescribed by physicians.
DAVID L. MOTT, NJ. D.,
Pharmaceutical chemist, New York.
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DOSEVILLE COTTAGE, AT AIKEN,
IL 10 LET for the summer, mt moderate rent.
Peaches and Grapes for family use supplied
gratis. Address J. C.DERBY, Aiken, s. @.
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Cost ana Sol1nn
Botr6ina.

DRIYATE- BOARDING.-A LIMITED
l number OF Boarders can be provided with
pleasant Accommodations by applying to Mrs.
General JENKINS, ut Sunmervne, $. G.
Iun2.f W3H
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EOR SALE, SEVERAL SEWING MA
Il CHIMES, OF good quality, which are offered
heap. Gall at No. 2T Queen street, between
Meeting aud Church streets. fehli
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for Sale.

A COW AND YOUNG CALF FOR SALE
In State street, opposite Ltnguard., near the
Market. jun2-2<
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6uerial Nutlres.

@- DIVINE SERVICE WILL BE CON-
QUOTED In the Orphans Chapel on SABBATH
AFTERNOON, at S O'Clock, by the Rev. w. b. WILL
LIAMS. jun3
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10 Rent.

ITO RENT, THAT DESIRABLE RESI-
DENCE, No SO Smith street. Possession
given Immediately. Apply at No. 8 Liberty street.
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A YOUNG LADY IN THE COUNTRY
n wishes q situation as COMPANION or House.
Keeper In the city or country. For terms, and
other particulars, address ''B,n DAILY NEWS
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@rpreries, Eiquors, &r.

&rueeries, Eiquurs, &r.
uATHORN SPRINGS WATER
Bogen & Sons DIAMOND SPARKLING CATAWBA
WINE
B%lnulnger's Old London Dock Gin, Old Tom Gln
Assorted French Brandy; Fruits, In quart jars
Assorted French Fruits, In own juice, put ". In
glass stoppered decanters
French Pickles, In fancy jars
INDIA Clrrle, Ia TASKS
Yarmouth Bloater Paste. AnchoVy Paste
French Mustard, In glass pots
Queens Olives. Capers, Bordeaux olive OH,
Florence Olive Oh, In TASKS, and Bengal Chutnes.
E. E: BEDFORD,
Late W. s. oorwin L 90.
jsn1I No. 275 King street.
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w UNITARIAN CHURCH.-DIyINE
Service will be held in this Church To.MoRRow
MORNING, at halt:past 10 O'clock and In the
EVENING, at 8 O'CLOCK, the Rev. R.P. CUTLER Of
hciating. All strangers are cordially invited to
attend.
Subject for the evening discourse: "Immortall'
ty, and the Recognition OF Friends In Heaven.n
The delivery or this evening discourse. waspost-
poned from last Sabbath until the one following.
iuna
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NHARLESTON TYPOGRAPHICAL so.
y CIETY.-Ihe Regular Monthly Meeting Of
Instant, at 8K O'Clock, oyenthe Store Of Mr.. J. b.
Yollers, northeast corner OF .Beaufatn and 81.
Philip streets. Business OF vital importance to
be attended to. BY order. I'D. PARRY,
jun3 Secretary.
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LOUISVILLE, KY, September /.
1 feel that we have now an article OF gin suit.
able for such cases as that remedy is adapted to.
: DE-. J. W.. BRIGHT.
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ESPECIAL NOTICE.-DURING THE
summer months the rates OF Board at the MILLS
HOUSE will be REDUCED to three dollars per day.
]. PARKER, Proprietor.
G.. ". PARKER, Superintendent. may29-1mo
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A N ACTIVE YOUNG MAN (SCOTCH
II wants q situation; Is acquainted with Dry
Goods and Groceries; Is q good Accountant, and
willing to make himself generally useful Gan
give frst-class refer ences. Address Veritas, once
OF THE EBws. maylS
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Ms- MESsRS. EDN ORS-PLEASE AN
NoUNcE as a Candidate for Mayor, at the next
Municipal Election, the name Of General John A.
WAGNER, and obllge =.
mavI7 A FRIEND TO REFORM.
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~ NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
to all Sub.Agents Of the Land Commission, that,
from and after the first day df March, 1871, they
will report all their proceedings TO Hon. F. L.
CARDozO, Secretary Of the Advisory Board.
RoBT. C. DELAeGE, L. C. S. S. G.
Columbia, February 2s, 1871. marl1
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@r NoTICE.-THE BATTERY BATH
N .HoUsE, of White Point Garden, has been
thoroughly repaired In all Its various departments,
and Is now opened for the accommodation OF
visitors. Thanking the public for past favors,
would most respectfully solicit their patronage.
msylstuths NJ. MoMANMON, Proprietor.
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@- THE MARINERS CHURCH WILL
be open for Divine Service every SABBATH MORN.
ING, at half-past 10 O'Clock, corner OF Church and
Water streets. Services by the Rev. WE YATES,
Chaplain. jan14s
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re- SECOND PRESBYTERIAN
C~HURCH.-There will be Service in this Church,
TOMORROW MORNING, at the usual hour, and IN
the EVENING, at a quarterpasts g. O'Clock. Preach:
ing by the Rev. G. r. BRAOKETT. may27.s4
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WANTED PURCHASERS OFIlCKETs
w 10 the Land and Immigration Association
or Messrs. BUTLER, CHADWICK, GARY d co.
Tickets now ready. Will be glad 10 see my friends
at MIR, e. NJ. MORELAND:S office, No. 90 Broad
street. EBEN COFFIN, Sub.Agent. may29
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Uarts.

TINE OWNER OF A HORSE AND BUG
GY, Intending temporary absence from the
city, can hire them out for the stabllng OF the
horse nv applyIup at this office. jun2-2*
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The Isi,,li;ia swamp.

CORRESPONDENCE Of the Peters Lllrs index.
OF the pecpic If Petersburg. i"f example.
h,w many arc there who know auGh oi the
Urea, Dismal Swamp? Yet the swamp j. At
their doors. and the very people Who have seen
nothing u. it, wonders have travcr>cd ana
land tn behold srottoes anl mountains. IaiIS
and val!irs. whereof scarce uIc SURPRISES III The
nic,urc>uuc Or the suggestive. the cNpali.r OF
unknown mvstcrou, country which stretches
from the ShOn'a CT the Chesapeake - The
streams which fall into Alhemar!r Souud.
iour CORES pomdcut. ignorant a. hlS nrighto:>
was suddenly struck with his Ignorance an.
determined Ia see with his own eyes the region
described bv ByrI penetrated b.! aSh'nHton
and celebrated hy the bca'ltilu! ballad vi Moore
70 dis:uiS. first the dry statistics ot The suIyrct
the swamp. known iroE l!c rcnp;cst il:nc> '>
the Great Dismal, "ytcmis north AMI >hIth
some thirty miles. and has Ii with "l tell t"
fifteen. 1t lies partly IL North 'aro.l1:a and
partIy in Virginia; 1t l. penetrated by the ~
NAL Swamp Canal. and is The Ihc>ilcakc ana
!Abeularle Canal. both which ;!.!m;t the use 81
steam vessels and both CONNECT the waters ri
the Chesapeake with those OF the S1unI 80
TEN If Carolina. The PRODUCTIONS ii the
Swamp CONSIST chiefly ~ lumber. $EInHicS.
slaves. railroad ties. and lrewood. Near !ls
centre. but wholly IN Virginia. lies shrr; u
water. >ol!.. six miles iii dalieier. and ayefig-
ing twelve feet in depth. called Lake Drum
muud.
10 reach this central l"pnt, the traveller may
start iruul Norfolk and pursue I hc Dismal
Swami C:.,r:.l Till he reaches lie :eeticr. small
canal ur ditch three. lic:: III length, which
enutrrt. il with the Lake p the feeder you
90 IN h,ut i,i;S:,i u: ;n"c,! along iya cclorcd
Loalu.i;r. ami 1T length eliergc I"to The Lake
at tl,. Lone House, thc solitary dwelling "hich
,.rrr;s ,,ut there only that it, inhabitants may
,r.rcciyc ,h. Lawful! 'nc!!Ile>s 1T the silent
sreur luur correspondent took another route,
however ani leaving Suffolk >oon after sun
rise embarked upon !. lighter which runs IRON
.Icri.hn t. I;,y Lake i L!>tlm.. e.! ten miles.
upon the ,%l.l ur ditch OF the DISMAL swalnp
Land Cum,,ary. The lighter was sixty feet
long and three and one-halt' wide. The motive
power was furnished By two boatmen or track
ers, who propelled the boat by pushing each
a pole, fixed, respectively in the bow and stern
Of the lighter The ditch or cana! Is OF varying
width. from five To seven feet. and lursues
almo<, right line through burnt districts,
gum swamps, jjunlp per forests and reed tnlchcts
Our trackers pushed for the most part III
silence and the first impression made upon our
minds was that of stiffness. The black juniper
water parted ra>iy before the boat, giving
scarce i ripple: the reeds that cluster thick
along the bank bent IN silence to Us: al Dc
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tuber sun shed pclisivc radiance on the scene
and ever as we Went the, ear grew more and
more lu'l, ii wc MAI. 20 speak, OF the Immense,
the infinite silence Of region given over 10
Illuminate nature. For one space OF several
miles We passed through 4 gum swamp, which
man has never touched, save to drive this canal
through ii. Here the very genius of stiffness
brooded over Us the very winds were >tlcd
and the weird growth Of the swatup. the broken
gum trees. the tangled reeds thu, frequent
cypress knees all rising from the ooZug trcach-
crOus soil, all reminded Us that man and AMI
NAL nature We're fore! Gil here. and reproduced
TO the eye the imagined pictures Of Il former
age when the earth brought forth vegetable
groWths only storing up the vast beds Of peat
and coal for the use of future man
At length making little turn. The canal
appears to widen. and in front the forest sinks
away and We See the lake stretched cut III :,
strange beauty of deSolatiou. Gliding into it
we find CLASSY expanse, unrutfed 1T the mo-
ment by the lightest breath of wind; the sun
light falls calmly down, and all around, right
and left and front, we look in vain Tor an evil
dence Of man or of life
Within the Shore, if that call he called shore.
which is but the close forest Of Cypress and
Juni per. stands d line Of savage gnarlcd trunk:
As if to forbid approach The inky water as
sill IL death. and far over toward the dlstan!
shore Oh its polished surface a mirage appears
giving The shore-lInc of forest. inverted, but
Shurply cut t. the ;ca>t 81 the leaves that soft
81 il outline
" we sat. awe struck it may be at the desc.
latinn whose Very home We had raShly enlcrcd.
wild duck. solitary tenant of the lake, swan
silently to cur boat; and with shocking tame
hess approached 50 near that all UutStrctchet
| hand might have almost graSpcI it. Pccrln4
into our very faces il rIilcl by. turned agar
and sitting still upon the wave Is tI: solemn
Cypress itself, II solemnIy. regarded IL. 1t:
confidence We rewarded by Offering Il M: ever
the violence ci Il shout. AM ,t3u:yjr>> it ha:
tod IL fellows il fellows it have. or if wurl
are ever spoken on the lake Of the straug,
helngS who invaded its home and wcrr gentle
after he nianncr not "I men but OF the wind
a!il wave Of that fair aurumnnl day.
\, ST. AT aud drank in It's: >rnrc. tbs: sun
Ii@h' and liz, nnrii>> Of the sc,.l.r one al jl!t
rn'@r" hruttu,u even Was struck - the beauty
ii he dAy ami exclaimed. t'ap en- YOU
,..nii.;u { \ a:rt hrttur day, Fl You Il tux w.
;,,a.. Tins broke the charm and with ;
l:nl~i W., :,,is. them head again for the caual
.,i;! ;r!r; trina
hrncirm-. IL the san Went down, l!i" thirty
.ng tuwn Ut Su!Tulk, wc entered a"ain the busy
wn.:l md til" :wum, anl lake. t!c >"ssm'
| l"ir-i, tn. t,,.>> wave ana the quiet Dcto
;,,.r >un il.t -h"I. upon IL seem bat tn
>.,.I... 81 ii peaceful dream.
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We have accounts by telegraph of the pro-
c:edings preliminary TO opening th: European
ald north Aul.ricau Railroad The new road
ol,eus up communication between the United
States and New Brunswick. and rs snou rs Il
short line which runs across .t4t i>th,uus, CON
s,ecting Nova Scotia with New Brunswick. is
finished, which will he next year, wc<hail have
Il Lrough railroad line between Boston aud
H,lit,Y
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II will b. seen that another Proclamation
has been issued by the President this time
slspcnding the writ Of haheas corpus i'll ninc
equities IN South Carvlua What uu ght To
be the extreme medicine is now quite the
vuml,ou reuledy From the evidence as yet
given to- the public We do not believe that the
Suspension of the h.ea> corpus Is necessary or
jus;iiahie in South Caroliua.
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4 subcommittee Of the Committee of seven
ty, in New York, called upon Governor lloti-
man, Yesterday, and detailed to that gentleman
how the City Government had been pundered,
and asked that he should exercise his consttu-
,ional right Of seeing tue laws executed, and H.
tsrest himself in bringing about rctorm, and
Dust the pluude1cr$ Gov. II. assured tile
committee that anything he could DO should
be duu-: and that preparations We're luade,
should serious complications arise. lie also
said that he would consult with Charles O Con
dor and ascertain wha, legal power he had in
the ,lf,,uisas
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

L,t,.L j,.Jl =. .I,.nrv
c"'nty. "ni"n" th"s' present WAS YRS. '''NS'
"l''','' i '-r.'ir'"''' i'"'''"'r '' ~ ':"r' sac
~" ''''' NJ - ., ~,
'!.,,: -. ,...,rS ,r.,. .,nI wa, -,.,,,r.iy ever
sick
Is. i. Wa,lr. lirarri Chancellor If iilc State
81 Nir,.,u;, ,.lis u,,il ~ In. >u!,.rliuarc
L. ,.i,..L.... ,l,, ;,,,; ,;;.,;,,u
f r'ar'''i ,:',;r ,r'.,hr,.n #
49, ~, ''''''' '' "'''' - "''' N''>'
'i'''-".
JJliu Il. Ludlow AMI ]. l.. IIblirne nave
b,.,, ,,uuiuutc,l hy the Conservatives Of Nor
en-. ..,l,, a. n,l.v,r.. NJ IuJIor
',. ,.n,,. N,,,,,. ~. Enr,niL and J.. ,ynll and
t,y.r,,I,i, Known in hi. civ.
~, -: ,,:.r.,.; j., ,,,lE.boJ
80, :, ... ILL.,"
'ta': MS Is S'li % 80 IN! ms! u''': paper
ever I-s"cd IN tn" alley "i Virginia.
Gen Mrem IS the Conservative candidate
far ri,,. S.rot, fran Shenandoah and Page
rou,,rir. nor for IL. House Of Delegates.
,,.,,, r.,,l. N.Nr,1on has h.or ,ouiu,t.5
:. !,|.,'. ..,,,.t,. r,b,. U,m.,, ~ Dnlnr,r..
IT, +" - ~.
.: ,''' -. !,
lie '"tat a"H"Hh' "l t'ie 'o'a'r 'e"' '"iiueu
up |" Yesterday "'- -l,""''''
,..,,...,., p,.,,.,. rr.
!."'
tie New ORR lrnliiIA -~hcSHfulhE the 1'a-
pity III til. bank 81! the city. l iromIncnt
;.,;;. :,.,.. cr, ,A;I ,u. Irifur:. riarrtcr after
ic.;,,,.. =, r., s,r,......,,., R,,I.
&C.
IL las hcc'' : t"ni'n"l Ic!ia'h "u'I"- '"'
!s>l siA months mat SECURITIES were leu Yer
cent n'5Her ''''l '''S sh'''!' ~. nc Cn''
Gao nic HIS "i'I'''H ~ p'u""' u AL 81
!H'ul'S ~ ",p 'csi'o' VI s'''.' ~; l 'nI
h""' I" '"'''' ~ '''> - r
I" lEaHc tfcr'h!l2 >'iit' anu na"A> a''' p'hAelS
~ thu W cSte:n states VII" nave oa'1ncrS "
t'T l''i"'lc '!'''' "'"" ~ ie"1, " p'' i,''' ~
their balances III cnrrr'ci' To oe a.lp2 al NOME
traits when "Ic llaue VI ANY ~ VIC Gi1lGs ou''
SIDE OF New DIX are uiaue GGou ny palhs III
those cities drawing Oh NC" loFh' 81 'h1t 'm ~
cIty Is !orced /" ataha inc cntiT' ioa". ~
meet thiS uehi'hu iNt lunu' 'heE na'r - 'aii
IN ioan' "! 't'e@ 1"u '''''
"'>'on"' me ~ .a.',"S I" .I - '''"' ''''V
t,"''I'"''"' - "'>','''i'7 '''l :
Iho fit*;"' "Sp''''''''" '"' 'N'''''nen.
Inc '."ic"4o nv S'''' 80 =, -;
max - throwing ut ica>t :'p'""''S' 81 securl-
,-.l,r ;,fl, r,.,,.;..,iI,. I.Ip.r
I.,I.,r.. g.. ,uI iii au.:hrr >ju.H.j.v 900 d.
,.r,,,,,.,,, ,,,r,i,,. ,i,.,rr,,,,I The trouble in
XII, Street has In. AN: origin. Values must
.,,,i,.r g, r.nrrri,,i,u # fully twenty-five per
,,.,,, ,,rn M the ,ro,rrtv Of Tin. ,plir. conn
tr,. XXI, :. ~. ,n,v aiin>tinr element and
- hr:nr t. This hear. il becomes necessary t. 90
,hrongI, :, s.,n,s;... oy vhat may b, called q re-
vul,;on IL have been suffering the ycxa-
u,n.G'. ',r. ~, rho lbs, 1hrrn J,vs and W..
,o", - :, '' ~,.,mI.1n prc... - nro-
,nu r'. , ,,m, ''Is' cn ~" wn r. i lv,vs rrs.
ant iLiny to mark W property, hut it is Tot 50
agreeable 70 cut prices down. Those who have
np'nl ns, 'o' 4 ''' 4''' ~ '"' ''"' '''~' -
There !. N NV opinion brt or. power
,vi,;,.;, ,.,u saw. the country from general W.
hoaya and tina; is the power Of the Secretary
Of the Treasury to take in 5000 Was Of Gov
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Iu recent speech delivered at Aberdeen, it
is said that Mr. Giiadston: Expressed u" fear vi
the proceedings of the "lu'rrna'una~, but
VS. rather Of the "piuion thu, they would help
t. work out the capital ani labor problem with
"ut doing any serious mischief. 1T least in Eng
land Garibalii is very decidedly III favor If
,he International, the objects % which lie says
ARE the abolition Of war. Of standing armies,
VI priests, and Of privileges.
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sElr Long Bridge.

Tho work upon this bridge was col!Imc need
las, October, under the Immediate SUPERVISION
of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Com
pany and mediatcIy by the Pennsylvania Cen
trail Railroad Company i'll whose interest in
the structure, the Baltimore and l"toma"
Company has its orlclu.
The object with which tn br!d@. Is being
erected is to secure Il connection %ith III" Ell
tire South by rail.
The length OF the present bridge will lie
). Dmr feet from shore to shore, and will he con
of the draw" in the Washington channel,
which will be iron, the piers, nj course. not
considered.
The draw in the Virginia ciaunri vii.
consist OF wood, but it will remain 80 only
temporarily, and will eventually be replaced BY
iron. The approach to the bridge from the
WASHINGTON side of the river Is secured by a
retaining wall, which runs out and DIVORCES
from the abutment, for the the purpose OF snip.
porting tho bank of the rive: and making the
all,rnach to the bridge cl'ircly safe. b. its
prevention Of anything like the falling in Of
the bank. he possibility OF which might arise
from :, heavy strain upon the end thereof.
The tmlrr Of which the bridge will be al
most entirely constructed. is If the finest and
most durable kind; no other timber heing used
besides Pennsylvania white pine. The floor
iug ii ;i,c ,tiIen and thc tract; >tri!'"cIs will
lie ui n;k h.. bridg :: I" DC what !, known
As Il Howe 90. bridge. ana i To be ~ sut1-
cent wiu!i; - allow OF iva passages through
it, VIZ: i lialn passage AMI wagon lGhway
there viii Also extend across the causeway, dl-
vidiug the Two channels. loot pathway this
pathway vii: run aInng side aud abov.. the
wagon highway. the latter Icing upon the 'up
l. 1.ritl
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". =, Campbell, esq w:ln has brcu Thirty
Years abroad IA, 'nitrl STAT. consul twenty
years at Rotterdam aui ten Years at prrsdr,l--
has returned TO his home in America. lie has
been long known to Americalls abroad for his
many acts Of kindness aud hospitality
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-18
ALEXANDRIA, "a.
WEDNESDAY,, OCTOBER Is, 1871.

In all constitutional governments. when men
are coutendiug through the ballot box, or by
elections, for political principles, there must
be fluctuations 10 defeats and successes. We
should not be uuduly elated or unduly depress-
ed a. the tide turns How often in Great
Britain has the administration changed hands,
10 accordance with the elections for Parliament:
from one Of the great parties to the other. But
neither thinks of giving up the effort to restore
the government to its control. Principles. are
worth, ,ifthey are cherished aud believed to be
correct, earnest and continued support. No
maui should reluquish them, for fear Of defeat.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-18
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The concentration of horrors in the awful
fire at Chicago has to SoIue extent diverted at
rentiou from the widespread and fatal conAa
grations which have been raging for the past
two weeks all over the Northwest. 1t is said
that the wild beasts are driven from the woods.
Bears approach human habitations, aud deer
and wolves flee across the fields in every '!irrc
ton. seeking distant forests where The Gre
6eud does not wave his banner of flame.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-18

The arc ults given of the hruta Treatment
OF the new cadet, at the Naval Acalcluy, by
the older ones--what is called ''liazing show
that it Was full time that the authorities should
Interfere, to stop the practice; as they have
done This kind of sport 10 some whilst
it is almost death to others, should he put
down. at all public institutions in the country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-18

The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue de
cijes that manufacturer of tobacco luav >cll
the product OF hi, manufacture anywhere III
the tulteI States without paying SPECIAL tax
as dealer in tobacco tut hr can sci, it only in
properly stamped packages He cannot retail it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-18

la his speech at the laying ui lhr corner
stone OF the new Post Office in Boston. Post
Muster General Cres>we said that he regard
ed the adoption of the postal telegraph As !,
question Of tuauce, its success in Europa War
lanting its adoption here
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-18

The New York Post says that the Commit
tee of Ways and Means iu the House of Rep.
resentatives will have on it majority Of reve-
nue. reformers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-18

Cen Butler shows his great regard for
the Administration, by aSsailing the British
Tresty which Gen. Grant considers AS the
highest diplomatic honor achieved for many