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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-12-04
BY +. &. Acrisy, Auutj3ueer.

pY VIRTUE of mortgage from Charles
D Tyers to j. T. .J"nney and john I. Alien,
dated the 10Th day of Ma Oh, ISL, the u2der-
signed will sell, at public auction, on MON
DAY, December 9th. 1872. 1T - o'clock ~.
m, the schooner OCCOQUAN, now thc -
Five Sisters. Sale to take place ut .5lnoots
wharf, between King and Cameron sts., AleXan-
dr;:l Va Terms ca>h
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UvnR ,r11oS S. T. f. Co.-The December
meeting Of this Company was held in the en-
glue room last night the hall not oe1ns q Wee.
l pr":;arnt presided, and A. G. kell, acted as
caosl,ar,, O,e new candidate was proposed
S ir menSershp , and the name of another
i iu' nvnr because the electipg committee were
"0 Tb r' tender Of services made by the Sun Fire
o. II" to assist assist in drawing the engine during the
v 10 ssS was accepted with thanks and thanks
r rppucd for services in that line already render
reIorneu ~, the use of the hall was rendered
t that COMPANY for its meetings uu''' It's own
should be ready. ,ho1nna Sta,
a naIS far the proceeds of ball, and to the
i'a Wassr. J. Il. Young, II. J. Nevett and ~
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nov %-eOtS


COUNTRY RESIDENCE AND MARKET
" FARM FORSALE AT AUCTlON-Will
be offered at public sale on SATURDAY, De
ccmber It'll, lo72 at ociocl; p. M, at Cats
Hotel, West End. ell liza. PORTION Of TIL
FARM belonging to the estate of The lac Geo.
Aud, d., lying between the lands OF McsSrs.
VIM. Gregory and henry Bon.z, about three
miles from Alexandria, near the L,tte RIVER
Turnpike, and in the vicinity OF Cluud 5 Mill.
THIS part oil the farm offered Tor sale contains
about 81 acrcs-35 acres in cultivation. and the
remainder in young growth of wood. There Is
comfortable TWO-STORI FRANZ i:sI:s
DWELLING and some out-builIngs on "a q.
the land, and about fifty fruit trees The locx
ton ard quality Of the soil make il valuable a. =
market fnrm. The property will be shown and
further information given by applying to Geo.
Aud Terms made known at sale.
DAVID AULD,
GEO. AULD,
Fairfax CO.. nov Scots Executors.
A DMINISTRATOk'S SALE OF COKPO-
n RATION AND OTHER oTOCkS-Wiil
be offered at public sale on SATURDAY, De-
ccmbcr tin, 1872 ut II clock m, in front Of
the City Hotel, Alexandria, Fa.,-
~ shares Of stock Of Corp. OF Alexandria, n.
~ shares Of stock Of AlcXm. Water Company.
~ shares Of stock OF AcXa. Insurance Go.
Terms nj sale.
JOHN r. CREIGHTON.
Admir-. Of the estate Of
nov lists Harris II Bradley. dec q.
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CRESCO :!

The theory of the loss and restoration Of the
hair is too complex and lengthy for discussion
here: besides, one FACT is worth thousand
theories, and the fact in our case Is, that
CRESCO WILL PREVENT HAIR FROM
FALLING OFF,
AND MAKE NEW HAIR GROW ON BALD
HEADS.
Now how or why or through what unexplorcd
channels of mysterious capillary regeneration it
* done, we neither know nor e"r" bat s"t' II
iii a., il can be proven in every instance by q
trinl. Manufactured and sold by
5. NJ. McNETT & CO., HOG Pa nv.,
Washington, d. &.
For sale by E. s. LEADBEATER s. BRO,
Nos. 5 and South Fairfax street, Alexandria,
" Snacal Agents. dcc2
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MACHINE OIL.
Just received a case of
SEWING MACHINE OIL,
in 3 or. bottles. This is the purest and finest
Oil tor Sewing Machine use ever offered in this
city. [dcc y 9. e. BERR1 - King St.
A LPACAS AND POPLINS-Poplins at
n teens and Silks, in all the new cloth colors,
such as London, Smoke Elephant Skin Sage
Green, Peacock Green, &c. AlpacAs, the very
best quality at the very lowest prices.
nov 10 HOOMES s. ASHB1.
CEEDLESS, LAYER and MUSCATEL
y RAISINS Currants, Citron, Lemon and
Orange Pel a large supply received and for
AVERY s DAVIDSON,
lecs 22G King ST. cor. Alfred.
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Green's Mammoth Notion House
16 KING STREET.

LADIES AND GENTS FURNISHING
GOODS,
HOSIERY, GLOVE
NOTIONS, sc.
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ID Mrs. \. W. G. WALLER
Has npcnc! tn. isrgr s..i,! .:Din'h "l!'Hs
BGAkDiNU HOUSE,
No. ~ Prince st.,
formerly kept b. Mrs Cater. This h""so has
been put in thorough repair, and is Supplied
with every convenience l"r I'll" comfort Of
guests Transient rs we'll -: pcr!:.:,n"nt boar i
rrs accommodated.
References: Rev. &. II. Norton, ID, Roy.
r. H. Mckim, Mr.. IL. b. uoomcs, Mr. james
Green Col. NJ ID. Ball. nov BIN
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TELEGRAPH NEWS.
Legislature Of Virginia.

Spnci>L Dispatches to the Alexandria Ga2
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RowDIEs PUNlsuED.-The Port Tobacco
Md Times, of the 10Th ultimo, reports the
following case in the court there: State VS..
Theodore Faulkner, Martin Duugherty, alias
skinny, Edward Kane, and john Kane: These
ncrsons are residents of Washington city, and
belonged to an excursion party which Landed
at Glymout SOME time last SUMMER and Great
ed disturbance or riot, for which they were
indicted. The Judgment of the court was that
Faulkner be tiucd $50, Dougherty so, Ed
ward Kane $50, and John Kane $50.
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PRoF. Charles WHlTNEY.-Thc programme
to be presented at Prof Whtney's entertain
mept next Friday evening at Sarep!a Hall, is a
highly entertaining one Besides spending a
nleasapt evening, the auditor will find somc-
thing to instruct and the student take a lesson
in oratory which will prove useful to him in
after wears. limitations of Hayne, Webster
and others will be given. St. Paufs grand
and sublime defence rcclted; the beauties OF
Shakespeare revealed, and the grand passages
from the great poets delivered. All of which
is given without reference to books or notes, as
Mr. Whitney delivers entirely from memory.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-21
What the Census says Of Temperance
and Morality.

The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette has been examining
the tables of mortality furnished by the
Census Bureau, and unearthed some
figures that suggest queer deduction.
For instance. he takes the States whose
names begin with Mas, for example,
Maine, Massachusetts, and Michigan
where stringent temperance laws exist
and are enforced, and finds that the
ratio of direct is higher than that of III
direct self destruction; that is to say,
more people shoot, poison, hang and
drown themselves than put themselves
out of the way with alcohol. He then
takes other States, Maryland and Mis-
souri,, where there is laxity of morals,
and finds that the ratio of indirect is
higher than that of direct self-destruc-
tion; that is to say, fewer people shoot,
hang or drown themselves than put
themselves out of the way with alcohol.
In Maine, where prohibitory law exists,
the proportion of suicides is one in
twenty-five thousand; deaths from the
use of alcohol, one in seventy thousand.
In Missouri, where no such law exists,
the rate is reversed; the proportion of
the first is one in thirty-nine thousand,
that of the last, one in twenty-three
thousand. In Massachusetts, the pro-
portion of suicidal deaths is one in
seventeen thousand, alcohol one in thir-
ty-four thousand; while in Maryland
the proportion of the first is one in
seventy-eight thousand, of the last one
in forty-one thousand. It appears fur
ther, that taking the two modes of self
destruction together, the ratio is higher
in the prohibitory than in the non-pro-
hibitory States. IN Maine it is one in
eighteen thousand five hundred; in
Maryland one in twenty-seven thousand;
in Massachusetts, one in eleven thousand
five hundred and in Missouri, one in
fourteen thousand. six hundred.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-21
GRAPES and Their Easy Culture.

1t is surprising that so many fami-
lies in the country are willing to live
year after year, without cultivating a
single grapevine about their dwellings.
They are compelled to purchase this
delicious fruit for the table, or not taste
it during the season. There Is q COM
mon impression that to cultivate grapes
perfectly, vast amount of knowledge
and tact is required. To many thesim-
pie trimming OF a vine is mystery,
more difficult to comprehend than
the hardest problem of Euclid. This
is an erroneous view, and ought Got to
prevail. Any person of common intel
ligence can learn in an hour how to
trim and nourish vines; and, if instruc-
ton cannot he obtained from some ex-
perienced cultivator, there are books
filled with cuts and illustrations which
make rything plain. Three vines
of as many different varieties, planted
in some sunny nook, or by the side of
some building, so az to obtain shelter,
will, if properly cared for, furnish many
bushel of delicious grapes every year.
Select Concord, Delaware, and an
Adirondack; make the ground mellow
anu rich by the Use OF spade, and by
employing old manure, finely ground
bones, and ashes; and set out the plants.
In three years the rich cluster will ap-
pear, and in four years the product
will be abundant. If there is any food
the vine especially loves, it is the soapy
liquids which accumulate on washing
days in families. Vines drenched
every week with these liquids will
flourish astopishingly, and extend
them selves so as to cover large. build
ings, every branch hearing fruit. We
say to our readers, plant vines.-FFons
Science of Health
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SeasOnable Advice.

The New York Standard is advising
hotel landlords to lower their prices, or
contemplate the alternative of a bad
season, especially at the watering
places, the result of the stampede of
their former habitues to Europe. The
editor says:
1t is cheaper to pay for a week or ten
days on the ocean, and pass two or
three months i'll England, France,
Germany, Switzerland and Italy, than
to climb the White Mountains, sketch
the lunar bow at Niagara, or taste the
surf at Long Branch or Newport. Eu-
rope offers more for the money, so
tbitner our citizens go, taking very
considerable amount of currency,
which they would gladly spend in be-
coming better acquainted with our
own country, but they consider rates OF
board exOrbitant. SO our hotel-keep-
ers actually drive customers away by
their greed. Would it not lie better
for our own landlords to make their
fortunes little more slowly? III their
charges were such that summer tourists
could economize by passing the vaea-
ton on our own territory, very con-
siderable sum in the gross would be
saved to the nation, and we should
gain by a better acquaintance among
our own people.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-21
Perils Of the Drug Stores.

The New Orleans PicayuHc says:
A correspondent makes some peril
nent remarks on the unlawful licensing
of uneducated druggists. As an Illus
tration of the vital Importance of a
thorough knowledge of medical ehemis-
try to qualify person for compoundng
prescriptions, it may be mentioned that
not long since physician tried an ex-
pertinent to satisfy himself as to the
extent of the danger incurred on ac-
count of ignorance in this regard. Call
ing at certain drug store, he presented
the following prescription "Hydrag.
clor. mitis, grs. K; soda bycarb., grs.
K; ammonia murias, grs. x.' Saying
that he would call for the mixture in q
few minutes, he turned as if to go, when
the druggist, in an excited tone, called
him back. Doctor" said the latter.
"I can't make up these Ingredients for
anybody to take you must have made
a mistake" Chow so?' said the doctor.
"Why, don't you see that there are
here all the equivalents to constitute
corrosive sublimate?" ''Of course 1 do, ="
was the answer; "but / have submitted
the same prescription at a dozen differ
ent places, and you are the first one who
has objected to putting it up, or indi-
Gated any suspicion Of its deadly na-
ura -
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-21
Nothing Lost, Anything Gained.

In this universe of matter there is
Just as much and no more than in the
beginning. So it is in respect to this
planet we inhabit. New planets come
into view from a small seed, and even
the great trees Of California spring
from little germ. To attain these
immense magnitude it seems as though
they originated material out OfnOthing.
But, after all, there is but just certain
amount or number of particles in ex-
istence, perpetually placed in new re-
lations. They are animal to-day; in
the air the next; absorbed by roots
the next-imprisoned in coal bed
set at liberty by fire and away they go
in ceaseless round of activity-for-
ever too, for aught We know to the con-
trary.
How is it possible to get rid of mat
ter? By what process can it be ami
hilated? If it has been from ever
lasting, why may it not remain to ever
lasting?
Such are natural questions; still,
there must have been beginning,
which presupposes an agent-a volition
to begin. Genesis explains that which
philosophers, reasoning from no estab-
Iished foundation, manage very poor
ly. Thus, "in the beginning God
created the heavens and the earth. !"
ANY attempt to 60 behind that declara-
ton only makes the subject more be-
wildering and obscure.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-21
Captain Kidd's Treasures.

The fortune-hunters Of New Jersey
have some new discoveries to speculate
upon, and if the assertions of some re-
cent finders of coin are to be believed
one of the,i number has at last definite
ly located the spot where the pirate
Kidd concealed his treasure 'sas ne
sailed" From Cold Spring, Cape May
County, comes a story of the discovery
of a chest containing $4,000 on the
Dick Thompson farm, near Fishing
Creek. Two men, one of whom bears
the name of Garretson, were digging
bitches on the farm, which is now
owned by Garretson, when they haul
ed up the money chest. The coin,
they say, is so old that it is scarcely
possible for them to tell the exact value
of the pieces, but the larger part is
gold, the coins being about the size of
twenty-dollar gold pieces. 1t Is said
furthermore that Captain Kidd's name
was found imprinted on the chest.
There has been a periodical excitement
in the place for the last forty years,
and this report has caused a sensation
that has affected the country for miles
round.
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Will the Present Civilization Continue

Is it probable that society will be
continually advancing in refinement,
knowledge and virtue-and will pre-
sent governments and cities, the arts
and sciences, literature and Christian
culture, remain forever-if the earth
remains in its present condition?
These are questions that seek an
answer. But who has foreknowledge
enough to predict the probable future
of modern civilization?
If history repeats itself, which Is
generally admitted, there are terrible
revolutions in the distance. Great
centres of wealth, political power, COM
merce and grandeur, are destined to
disappear. New fOci and trade and
riches will rise into view. London,
Paris, Rome, ConstantipOple, Vienna,
Berlin, Washington, New York, and
hundreds of other cities now in the
full tide of influence and vigOr, will
have their old age, their decay and
their ultimate destruction, as Babylon,
Ninevah, PersepoIis, Athens, Susa,
and multitudes of famous cities of an.
tiquity almost lost, SO that even the To-
cation of some of them have been OBJ
jects of research by travellers. Mighty
empires and states will yet appear
and new nations rise into existence
thousands of years hence to war as in
ages past, to give way to Others-and
so on while human beings continue on
the globe. There is no rest for nations.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-21
The Home OF Washington.

A correspondent of the Transcript,
writing from Mount Vernon, says, that
in spite of all Mr.. Everett's devoted
labor to obtain fund for the repair and
perpetual preservation of the home of
Washington, he found that the place
presents general aspect of shabbiness.
The exterior of the house, the roof, and
the columns of the piazza, have been
renewed in conformity with the original,
and the pavement promenade under the
spacious piazza is as Washington him.
self made it. A very respectable colored
family are in charge of the place. But
the interior has desolate look. Wire
screens have to be availed of to protect
what is left of the fxtures-such as ire
backs and nantels-from the depreda-
tions of visitors. The rooms are almost
empty, save showing q few chairs. one
of which may have belonged to WASH
ington. Another of these, evidently
made within this century, has connected
with it the inevitable legend that it
anne over in the "Mayfower."
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-21
JOHNNY'S OPINION OF GRAND.
MOTHERS,

Grsndmothers are very nice folks;
hey beat all the aunts in creation,
They let chap do as he likes.
And don't worry about education.
I'm sure / can't see it at all,
WIN poor fellow ever can do
For Hes, and pennies, and cakes,
With ut a grandmother or two.
GraDdmothers speak softly to ''ma's"
To let boy have good time;
Sometimes they whisper It's true,
T'oihcr way, when boy wants to climb.
Grandmotners have mullins for tea,
And pies, whole row in the cellar,
And they're apt df they know it In time)
To make C icken pies for fellow.
And IL he is bad now and then,
And makes grcst racketing noise,
They only lock over their specks,
AID say, these noys will BE- boys"
Life is only go short at best;
Let the children be happy to-day"
Then they ook for awhile at the sky,
And tue hills tbat are far far away.
Quite often as twi ight comes on,
Gransmothers sing hymns very low,
To themselves as they rock by the fire,
About Heaven, and when they shall go.
And then boy stopping to think,
Will find hot tear in his eye,
To know wiat will come at the last:
For graDdmoLbers all have TO die.
For / wish they could stay Eere and pray,
For a bog needs he prayers ev'ry night
Some boys over she others s'pose;
such rs need W nderful sight.
Latle Soccer.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-21

VELOCITY OF METERIORIC STONES
1t has been quite satisfactorily proven
that meteors, before they meet with
the retarding influence of the earth's
atmosphere, often move with a velocity
several thousand times that of can
non ball at the instant of its discharge.
If cannon ball could be made to
move with such velocity, it would
almost instantly be destroyed, and
disappear in a streak of flame. 1t is
probable, however that the impetus
necessary to impart such a velocity
would mt once reduce to powder any
brittle substance like cast iron or stone.
Meteors which enter the atmosphere at
any considerable angle from a direct
line toward its centre are DETECTED from
their own course and soon move from
its Influence. Such is no doubt the
case with many which are seen to fit
across the sky, while many, if not
most of those which enter in direct
line, are dissipated into impalpable
gasses before they have passed half the
distance from the solar bounds of
the atmosphere to the earth, to reach
the earth in state Of impalpable. dust.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-21
AFTERNOON SESSION.

AT 1EhNODN SFr>SiON.
The name of James Buford was trans-
ferred to the list of honorary members.
HONORARY MEMBERS ELECTED.
Rev. James NJ P. Otis, of Columbia,
nominated by A. S. HOrsley.
H. Y. Redtield, nominated by T. B.
Kirby.
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED.
Barney Hughes, of the Memphis Rail.
road Record, nominated by II. S
Saunders.
M. ]. Cofer, of the Temperance Her
aid, nominated Mr.. HorsIey.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
To the Press Association of Tennes-
see: Your committee reports that pa
per mill, now in operation, can be pur-
chased for about $50, 600, which if work.
ed properly, can be made to yield a
| nett profit of ten per cent. annually as
dividends OH that amount of stock.
If the newspapers ofTennessee can he
induced to form cooperative associa-
ton and subscribe stock iE Sums rang
ing from $500 to 5000 to purchase and
run such an establishment, the savings
in the purchase of their paper to be fur
ished at cost, will make their annual
dividend 25 per cent profits, beside
what the stockholders make in profits
on paper sold to outsiders.
Your cOmmitte is satisfied that moth
ing else car be done more profitable to
publishers than the establishment of
such a company in our State, the min
utie to be arranged hereafter.
ReSDectfllIy submitted
J. o. Griffith, Chairman.
The report was adopted.
MIR. Griffith subsequently made a
speech explanatory of the project.
Mr.. Emack moved that committee
of five be appointed by the Chair for
purpose of soliciting subscription for
stock. Seconded by Kirby and car
ried. The Chair appointed The follow
ing: Messrs. Griffith, Kirby, Emack
Westbrook and Boyers.
BYLAWS AMENDED.
The following was introduced by r.
l.. G. White:
SECTION l. The sessions of the Ten
nessee Press Association shall be held
semi-annUally OIL the second THUR day
in May and November, at such points
in The State as may be decided on by
the Association at the previous meet
ing. All portions of the Constitution
and Bylaws i'm conflict with this pro.
vision are hereby repealed.
The amendment was adopted.
EXCURSION COMMITTEES.
Messrs. Kirby, Hughes, Bate, Griffith
and Westbrook were appointed the
committee on the proposed next excur-
sion.
Mr.. White moved to strike out HBir-
mingham' as the place of meeting,
and insert "ChattanOOga," and strike
out baltimore" and "Washipgton.n
After debate the whole matter was re-
ferred to the committee on the excur-
sion, with full power to make such ar
rangements as they might deem best.
PENITENTIARY.
The invitation of Gen. Battle to visit
the Penitentiary socially was accepted,
and he was, by request, notified that
the Association would be prepared to
go there ut P. NJ.
An invitation was accepted to take
tea at the Battle House, from Gen. Bat.
tie, and the thanks of the Association
were rendered for the compliment.
SOUTHERN NEWSPAPER UNION.
An invitation, presented by Mr..
Saunders, was accepted to ii; ne es.
tablishment of the Southern n, aspsper
Union.
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BOy6rS........ 80
On the fourth ballot Mr.. Kirby was
elected, and upon motion of Mr.. Saun-
ders, was declared unanimous.
ENSUING LITERATURE EXERCISES.
]. B. Killibrew, was chosen to deliver
! the Grafton at the next sem annual
meeting; Ira P. Jones, the annual ad-
dress, and Mrs. L. Virginia French, of
McMinnville, the poem.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The following were appointed the
Executive Committee for the following
year: r. s. Saunders, Chairman, J. D.
Griffith, Ira p. Jones, A. Thomas and
N. b. Buck.
Resolutions of thanks were unaDi-
mously adopted, returning thanks to
their old President, Secretary and
Treasurer for the able and satisfactory
manner in which they had discharged
the duties of their respective offices.
FINAL ADJOURNMENT.
The Association then 5:45 P. NJ, ad-
jOurned sine die, to meet in ChattanOO-
ga on the second Thursday in Novem-
ber next.
Evening Informal Meeting.
On reassembling in informal meeting
at s o'clock in the evening
THE GRAFTON,
Was delivered by Col. T. HI. Baker,
of the West Tennessee Democrat. 1t
was an able and highly Interesting
production and was received with uni
versal favor by the Association.
THE ANNUAL ADDRESS,
An exceedingly well-digested and
ably written document was delivered
by Archie Thomas, of the Springfield
Record,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-21
A rood finished scandal fu,,v aru

A good, finished scandal, fully armed
and equipped, such as circulates i'm the
world, is rarely the production of a
single individual, or even Of a coterie.
1t sees the light in one, is rocked and
nurtured in another, is petted, develop
ed, and attains its growth in q third,
and receives its finishing touches only
after passing through a multitude OF
bands. 1t Is a child that can count a
host of fathers, and ready to disown it.