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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-03-22

nFFlCE Cl.1 De > STEAM III MES,
~ T. South Delaware Avenue.
Philadelphia, Nov. l. 1871.
For the purpose Of Offering additional taclli-
ties and to meet the urgent re- "a,
luremrntS of shippers, we have eS1E I'll 4
decided to increase the number of -1 igtssz
oursteaIners on the line to J. LEN DRJA and
WASHINGTON and on and after November
Slh, will run n scini-weeklv line of steamers be-
tween this and the above named points, leaving
Philadelphia, from pier :, North Wharves, on
" Wednesdays and Saturdays. nj noon; and George
town. from Crmpany's docks, on Mondays and
Thursdays, and Alexandria on Tuesdays and
Thursday >--c"nnecting with the Orange, Alex
anrlrin and Manassas, and Washington Il Ohio
Railroads. and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Freight forwarded to all points on these routes
and their connections.
Shippers by this route may depend upon care
tul handling III freight and prompt dispatch. No
extra charges made for forwarding
W. p CLYDE 4 CO. Agents.
G. +. HYDE. Georgetown, d. {.
VI. ELDRiDGE & CO., Alexandria, Va.
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Warranted Genuine. J

Containing Ammonia. ................... per cent.
Super Phosphate, equivulrnttu Bone
Phosphate Of Lime, ....................1I per cent
Potash and Soda per cent.
Composed of 800 pounds of No. l Peruvian
Guano and ZOO pounds Of Bones, dissolved in
Suphuric a cid Potash and Soda, forming the
most universal crop grower and concentrated
durable fertilizer ever offered to the farmer,
combining all the stimulating qualities OF Peru
yian Gllano and til" cvrrdurable tr"tiliZng
properties al Bones
Adapted for MI soils and crops and in Gno
dry powder for sowing or drilling in with the
seed. The most prominent farmers Of Maryland
and Virginia, after
THIRTEEN YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH
"ENCELSlUR,
in growing Cotton, Tobacco, Wheat and Corn,
pronounce an application of 100 pounds per
acre equal to from 40 to 300 pounds of any
other Fertilizer sold. Uniformity of quality
guaranteed by manufacturers.
Price $50 per ton.
J. J. TURNER & CO.,
f. Pratt street. Baltimore Md.
CAUTlON.-The popularity of Excelsior
IA the only reliable substitute for Peruvian gu
uno has induced INSCRIPTIONS parties i'll this and
other cities to use our trade mark Excelsior -
to sell their worthless compounds. Every bag
of genuine Excelsior has our name Oh 1t IN red
letters. AL others are countertrits. For sale by
r. NJ. La WSON,
NH 2O-eu3m Alexandria. Va.
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ORANGE, ALEXANDRIA AND MAN.
~ ASSAS RAILROAD.
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TENHOMAS PERRY,
GENERAL. COMMISSION MERCHANT

TUNHOMAS PERRY,
GENERAL. COMMISSION MERCHANT
AND AGENT FOR
vi AIN = VI DONo W y ~ ~ p'n - III -
hA w Bun IuVoi n II;
No. Il King street Alexandrl" VA. = ~
Particular attention gwen 10 the SAFE "i aI
kinds OF Country Produce, ana nliing ofders Tor
Guano, Plaster, FARMING implements, Ieeos
GROCERIES, Fish, Salt Lime &c, ~ ,""sS'
market rates aug % u
cropcr WASHINGTON. W. W. uERBERT
VIyASHINGTON E HERBERT
w 1Snrrnssnrs r. Geo Washinyton)
EESERAI, COMNISSION MERCHANTS.
NJ II North Union s..
w. = -''''" All Aiesm,ndrs. Va.
Particular attention gwen to the sale of all
kinds of COUNTRY PRODUCE. and filing
orders for GROCERIES, GUANO. SEEDS
PIASTER Fish, SALT. LINE. SC. ut the
I,wrst In.rLet nrice trb l-tf
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LEGFL NOTICES.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That ap
il plication will be made to the Orange AL
exandria and Manassas Railroad Company for
the renewal of CERTIFICATE No. 40
Nynchburg extenSion) for ten shures of the
capital stock of said company, dated january
Dth. 1860, in the name Of Robert Nj. krnt--sald
certificate having been lost or mislaid.
NH l4-wom ROBERT NJ. KENT.
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T. SCHWARTZ & CO..
AZ
SAREPTA CLOTHING HALL,
Have just received large assortment of fine
White and Calico Shirts,
of the latest styles
NH =. DEALHAM. Head Manager.

BLOWER SEEDS.-Among numerous 9TH
Il crs, we will mention the following varieties:
Abronia Umbellata. African Nibiscus,, China
Aster Amaranthus Candatus Sweet Al yssum
Balsam Apple, Balsam Pear, BACHELORS But
tons, Balloon Vine, Climbing oCobiea, Candy
tufts Centranthus, Collinsea, Clematis, Canary
Bird Flower, Coxcumb, Canterbury Bells,
Chrysanthemum, Cypress Vine Blue Didiscus,
Creeping Dahlia, Coreopsis,, Carnstion, Daisy,
Drummonds Phlox, Gas Plant, Foxgloye, Ice
Plant, Gourds, Pansy or Heartsease Holly
hooks Josephs Coat, Jacobs, Ladder, Lark
spur, Lupins, Mignonette, Mock Orange Morn
ing Glory, Verbe1s, Heliotrope, Portulaea,
and Purple Sage, Petunia, Japan Striped Maize,
Nasturtum, Touch-me-not Sweet William,
Ten-week Stocks, Wall Flower, Sweet Violet,
Snapdragon and EMMA. Ferbena and HELLO
trope are in papers at l0c each; all the rest in
papers at SC each, or soc per dozen. In quaint,
ties of one dozen or more, we will mail, free OF
postage, to any address, on receipt OF price.
JANNEY s. CO., Druggists,
NH 8 145 King street
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~ @ FU Tx AND BOST \

X a u V i y
The steamer LADY OF. THE LAKE, con.
Meeting at Norfolk with the steamers sn-
OF the Merchants and Miners TRANS EassrsssiE.aS
purtation Company for Boston, will leave her
wharf, No. south wharves. EVERY MON
DAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY at 4,5O p.
IN. Tor Norfolk. Returning, leave Norfolk on
TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATU r.
DAYS, at ) p. m, stopping at Fort W AShing--
ton, Glymoht Pney Point. Point Lookout and
FORTRESS Monroe.
This line, connecting at Alexandria with the
D., y. y NJ. and W. .. T. Rs, and NJ Nor
folk with the Boston steamers, offers superior in
duceInent> for the rapid and careful shipment of
ali kinds of freight to Boston. The rates being
low the attention of shippers is particularly dl-
rected to this feature. All freight forwarded
free OF commission, and through bills Of lading
gwen.
For freight or passage apply on board, or to
V. ID. GRONER, Norfolk, j. g. WATERS
Georgetown, or VI. ELDRIDGE s CO..
Agents Alexandria.
;. P. BROWN s son, Gen. Agts.,
Cor 18th st. and New York ave,
FIRST class fare to Norfolk, S1 round "trip, So
Second class fare to Norfolk So round trip, SIS
NH l4-tf
4sss AHFcHAS STrh 15SE IS" YORK
The line consists of the following hrst-class
outside steamers:
Z. c. KNIGHT ......... Capt W. $. Johnson
JOHN GIBSON Capt. W. II Winters
VALLEY CITY ............. ....... Capt Bedel
Will leave New York EVERY SATURDAY
Tor this port and, returning, will leave Alexan
ria EVERY FRIDAY, Mt II clock.
All freight must be on the dock by sa.
For freight or passage apply to
HOUE u JOHNSTON,
Agents. No Prince street.
Agents in New York,
GEO B. MERR1Ck,
ANN III; South St Pier No 81 East river
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STERMBOH rs.
DoToMAC TRANSPORTATION LINE.

DOIOMAC IRANSfORIAI1ON LIN l..
THE STEAMER EXPRESS,
Capt A G. NIcKLE,
This steamer having been thoroughly re-
paired and otherwise improved will re-
sumo her old route on Tuesday, March 5th,
lenving pier No. 10 Light street wharf, .T->
Baltimore, EVERY TU ESDAY, 49, s.sssi -
town and Potomac River Landings.
Returning, will leave Sixth st. wharf Wash
ington EVERY SATURDAY, at i D. m, and
King street wharf, Alexandria, at Il. III.
Freight taken at lowest rates. For further
information apply 10.
j. BRODERS g. CO.,
No. III King street. Aiexandra.
A. NEEDHAM s. SONS,
NH 2.tf No l42 Light street, Baltimore.
.G-> LOWER POTOMAC LINE
'55 BALTIMORE AND po TO- RIVER
LANDINGS. Also for
FREDERICKSBURG AND RICHMOND D..
The steamer GEORGEANNA will, on and
after THURSDAY, I'D Of February, 1872, re-
Light street, every THURSDAY, at 5 pm.
arrivingat Alexandria, Washington and George
town on saturday Of each week.
Returning, will leave Alexandra evesy
MONDAY. arriving in Baltimore every We'd
{. +. IRVINE. Agent,
l:S Light ST., Baltimore.
HOOE & JOHNSTON,
feb 2i-tf Agents, Alexandria, Va
Diver ROUTE.
The Steamer WA WASET will resumer her
TWO TRIPS A WEEK to usual ~Tn :
landings on the Potomac, on TT $500 zszs7
DAY, March 8, 1872 leaving Washington ut Il
II nj. and Alexandria ut II. III.
Tuesdays trip, including informed
ingS. to Curromnn late land
Friday trip including intermediate landings,
10 Cone river. ). s. HOWISON,
President Potomac Ferry Go.
S. GEDSEY, Gen. Sup't. feb 23-lf
Connecticut western news., 1872-11-08
The White Slave.

IA London newspaper says that the master for making coat, and then the poor seams tresses have to find their own thread.1 A Athousand stitches by night or day,
 A thousand stitches for bread; Athousand stitches-a penny the pay,
 And out of it find the thread.
 tell of the psor white slave
 Fer Freedoms 8 mocking strain Te the worker from birth to grave
 In poverty hunger and pain Of the weary eyes and the fingers sore, Of the wolf that lies at the pauper door, Of the seaseless sound of tho needles click, Of the bright hopes crushed, and the faint
 heart sick,
 Where the sewers forever strain
 Their thousand stitches by night and day
 A thousand stitches for bread; A thousand stitches-a penny the pay,
 And out of it find the thread.
 No fiction this, but hard truth,
 drama played to this day,
 By actors who never know youth,
 But sew in brief decay. At home-some attic or cellar bare, Fighting with needles the spoiler spare; Or sickening fast in some rocking shop, Where the death-dews hang on the panes and
 drop; Woman, and girl, and boy, and man, Crushed down all by poverty's ban, The young in years, and the gray, With their thousand stitches by night or
 day:
 A thousand stitches for bread; A thousand stitches penny the pay,
 And out of it find the thread.
 slopwork had by the piece:
 Shoddy, and cloth, and cord;
 Cloth that makes in each brow 8 crease,
 Cloth that the hand had scored; Fustian dyed with rudy stain, The thin heart-blood from the toiler's vein Shoddy made up for the shoddy lord Who fattens and feasts on his slave abhorred, Drinks of his sweat till the rest-days come, And slave he quits him the city's hum; This for rest in the workhouse walls; This in the clay for another calls; One with bony and beck'ning hand, Who gravely ever the workers scanned; Elm now the tailors board,
 While others sew night and day
 thousand stitches for bread; A thousand stitches-a psnuy tho pay,
 And out of it find the thread.
Connecticut western news., 1872-11-08
FOR SALE.

TVHAT VALUABLE FARM in good state of 1 cultivation and well stocked, belonging to John R. Hurlburt, situated miles east of tho Congregational church at South Canaan, and Is miles from the Housatonic railroad depot at Falls Village, Conn.,, consisting of 230 acres; So 1-2 of which is wood and eprout land, tho greater pro- portion of the sprouts about 25 years old, the re- mainder we'll divided into blow, pasture and mead Ow land, with plenty of orcharding and fruit and beautiful maple grove which will yield each year ln abundance of sap for making sugar; well watered by splendid trout brook running the entire length of the farm; and beautiful living springs with buildings well located, consisting of dwelling house, cheese and wood house; 3 barns, ? cow h'uses, shop. milk house, and of the vat which is large enough to contain 10 milk cans, also good cistern with chain pump.
 and never failing spring of water running near the most productive in the township, having for many years yielded large returns to its owner. l will sell with or without the stock to suit purchaser, Possession can be given any time. Terms easy. Come and see.- Apply to
 J.R HURLBURT,
 36tf Falls Village, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1872-11-08

THE HARD LOT OF THE ENGLISH LA BoRER.-W orking men in America who are sometimes cast down and disquieted may find a lesson in the following letter, written by an English farm laborer, and printed in the Texas Chrastian AduocGte. sIt seems the part of wisdom," says Cowper, "and no sin against the law of love, to measure lots with those less fa- vored. We may thus be helped to bear wi ;h patience our moderate ills. ":
 sI am % years of age, married, with three children. have worked for tho same master fifteen years. I have earned 19d. per day (96 cents), and been at work ten hours @ day. I am what is known as general laborer. I dig, fence, till, or spread manure. My eldest child is boy and he earns nothing. My second is girl, and she earns nbout 2d. week (4 cents) My youngest is Q girl, and thank the Lord, they are all good children. My wife is very hard working woman, and earns about 2s. (5O cents) week. God bless her. My food is generally bread and water mess for breakfast, and if we have it, cold potato. My wife and children have the same. My dinner is boiled dumpling, with potatoes and onions in it. My sup per, a bit of bread. cup of tea, and tiny bit of cheese, if we have it, and for a treat an onion. We can never get beef or mutton, but sometimes pigs pluck say six times in the year. I never was too late to commence nay work at the proper time, and never was complained of by my master. was never before Q ms gistrate for any fault. have many times been obliged to lose 8 days pay because of the bad weather, and I have often suffered from hunger and cold. l pay 94 year ($2o) for my house and | garden
Connecticut western news., 1872-11-08

FLOWERS IN NEW YoRK.-On Broadway New York, fower-stores are scattered along, two or three in block, from Fourteenth to Forty second street. Twenty years ago boquet of e1otics in midwinter was rarity that could scarcely be purchased. Now no ball room is complete without fowers,a and they are so plenty as to be comparatively cheap Flowers purchased for funerals, are the most expensive variety, and yield hand. some revenue. In mdwinter the price of handsome basket is from $5 to $50. Bouquets can be made from $3 to $25 Single rosebuds cost 25 cents, and carna, tions 20 cents. Wealthy people invest largely in flowers on all occasions of fes, tivity. Large floral bells, which cost from $1o0 to $2Oo, ordered for weddings then the brackets and vases must be trimmed and filled, and trailing baskets of rare flowers must ornament every table and tripod. The florists harvest occurs dur. ing the holidays
Connecticut western news., 1872-11-08

The Australian Harvester is the name of machine that is making. sensation among California farmers. Four to six horses are used to run it; these with two men are force sufficient, it is claimed, to cut, thresh and sack, cleaned and ready for market, one acre of grain per hour. It is reported compactly and strongly built, saves half the expense of harvest ing, and threshes and cleans equal to the best threshers. It has neither reel nor sickle bar: it's operation is simple, and it's draft less than in machines where these are used, and its threshing eylin- der is fed with a regularity, it is said, impossible for manual labor to work 1t,
Connecticut western news., 1872-11-08

TIE ORIGIN OF LADIES' STAYS. -. Stays were first invented by brutal butcher of the thirteenth century as @ punishment for his wife. She was very loquacious and finding nothing that would cure her, he put pair of stays on her in order to take away her breath, and so prevent, as he thought, her talking. This cruel punishment was inflicted by other hus- bands, till at last there was scarcely a wite in all London who was not condemn ed to wear stays. The punishment be- came so universal at last that the ladies in their own defence made a fashion of it, and so 1t has continued to the present day.
Connecticut western news., 1872-11-08

LINEN. The women of the old town of Aniou are celebrated for their art in folding linen. The renown is an old one but it has, nevertheless, bestowed no mean celebrity on the ladies of fingers. The art does not flourish now as it used and, is indeed, nearly confined to the grand old chateaux of the place. The linen presses of a magnificent hospital still show, too, some chefs d'euore of the kind. The good sisters throw open the doors of their immense cupboards w'th natural feeling of pride, and reveal, to the astonishment and admiration of the visitors, the wonders of their dexterity In vast sheet, folded into a through, twenty-four sheep formed of chemises are drinking, guarded by night dress ir the shape of a shepherd, and so on Linen castles, windmills, towers and ab' bosses are frequent toVrs ds Jores of those aextrous linen folders.
Connecticut western news., 1872-11-08

ANOTHER ONE.-An American family entitled to great estate in England-a family by the name of Burnham All the aunts, uncles, cousins, and great great -great-grandchildren met at May flower Hall, in Boston, to organize, or der actions to be brought, raise funds to carry them on, and go through the motions common to all such occasions. It appears that, A. D. 1885, Benjamin Bernham died in London, leaving by will certain amount of real property, situated in London, Smyrda, and else where. to three brothers, who are said to have come to this country and to have settled in Ipswich, Mass. From these threeBurnhams the'wills have descended. The property, which is estimated to be worth from $2, ,OOO, GOO to (say) $70, 900, 900 or even $25O, ,OOO,OoO, if not $5oo,- OOO,OOO would be exceedingly welcome to the Burnhams, and, indeed, to any body else who could get hold of it. A committee has been appointed to attend to the matter.
Connecticut western news., 1872-11-08

WHAT A DREAM DID.-Does the reader believe ip dreams Most men and wo- men do, though few admit thelr creduli- ty. A strange story is told in foreign newspaper of Chinese boy at Shanghai, who told his schoolmaster that he had dreamed that his step-mother had mur- dered him and hidden him In jar un- der the roof of her house. Soon after the boy no longer came to school, and the master called at his house to inquire for him. An unsatisfactory reply was given, which excited the suspicious of the dominic, who took the liberty of tearing up the floor of the room, and behold ]! there was the corpse of the unfortunate lad, nicely dissected and slowed away in the jar The murderer has been duly executed, and the faith of the Shanghais in dreams has been prodigiously re. freshed and strengthened. This, of course, is without the least reason. If the boy had cause to suspect his step mothers intentions, he naturally dream ed of the act which he supposed that she was contemplating. It is suggested also that in China the hiding of Q corpse in large vase-which would prevent the escape of the odors of decomposition and its concealment under the floor may be common practice in cases of mur- der
Connecticut western news., 1872-11-08
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 Ono inch space constitutes square.
 Cards in Business Directory, occupying. five lines or less, $500 per year; over five lines, $1 co per line.
 Regular advertisers to pay quarterly. Tran sient advertisements must be paid for in ad- vance.
 Notices of Marriages and Deaths frce of charge. All additions to ordinary announce monts 10 cents per line.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-17
eff you want to fit yourself out
housekeeping and save money, 60
Heron & AndersOn's.

THE CROPs.-We have before 60
ing to press, Friday evening, inter
viewed some of the best and most
experienced farmers residing in
different parts of the county. The
corn crop is the best that has been
made since the war. While we re-
gret TO learn that the caterpillar has
appeared in some neighbOrhOOds, we
are glad to know that the first re-
ports were exaggerated. As yet no
damages has been done, and but
little fears are entertained that they
will do much injury. The ordinary
grass worm is numerous in some
neighborhoods, and is often mistak-
en- for the army worm. 1t does but
little damage. Some say their cot
ton is spotted, others, that it is she'd
ding off rapidly. The rains have
been very partial. While some have
had too much, others are suffering
for the want of it. All agree that
the prospects are not as good as
they were two weeks ago, but they
are better than they were this time
last year. The stalk is very large
but badly formed. 1t is long joint
ed, and particularly so at the bottom
or what farmers term the first crop.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-17

MR.. EDITOR: We notice in your
last issue a communication from
'.Spectator,7 in which are some ami
madverSiOnS upon the Fire Com
pany of the city of Canton, with
special reference to the recent I'M
fortunate disaster to our esteemed
fellow citizen, Hon. o. y. Luckett.
Your correspondent is in manifest
uneasiness from apprehension that
our company is $ too aristOcratic.'
We wonder where the = some1 who
''cOmplain that We are so, can be
found. 1t is to be hoped that '.Spec-
tatOr" is not the first one to observe
this defect i'll cur members. There
are men who are always smelling
aristOeracy from u mere discomfort
with themselves, and Il consequent
unfortunate disposition to effect the
general purposes of levclinGto their
own place of gangrene by the effort
to threw odium on responsibility
itself.
We have some curiosity to known
how heavily taxed" "Spectator''
has been to pay for our fire engine.
Whether he has paid much or little
he should make no charges by in
uendO. Our company have shown
10 disposition to throw aside their
engine as child would Il toy which
had palled upon its fancy. We as
sert that they have been diligeut in
drilling in order to perfect them
selves in the management of their
noble instrument. They were twice
on drill during the week i'll which
the fire occurred, and the very eve
ming which Immediately preceded
the fire they were on exercise, and
the suction hose worked perfect
ly. No human foresight, therefore,
could have foreseen that it would
refuse to work the next day, - Spec
tator' to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
Regulating the charge of want
of discipline, we are free to admit
that there was negligence in having
no supply of fuel on hand. But this
Is chargeablc against the one mem
Der whose duty it was by appoint
ment to see to this, and not against
the whole organization.
"SpectatOI' writes like an able
bodied man, and we suggest to him
to change his Office and convert
spectator into CO. acOrEer in this
gratuitOus labor for the common
good. We need good, strong, able
bodied, active men more than we
need men who attend fires under
umbrellas, in order to smell out de
fects and take notes of aristocratiC
demeanor upon the part Of Jealous,
hardwOrking REDSHIRTS.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-17

BEAR KLLED.-We learn that a
large bear was killed on the plan
tation of Mr.. Montgomery, about
four miles Southwest of Canton, on
Thursday of last week. His foot
prints were first seen on the place
of Mr.. Click, where he had just
killed and eaten sheep. Dogs were
soon procured and an exciting chase
ensued. The beast ran about two
miles, when the dogs brought him to
bay in a thicket. Foremost in the
chase was our friend, JAS. Leonard,
Deputy Sheriff, who with Mr.. Benz.
Click, dismonnted and approached
the ferocious animal "a shot from
the pistol of each failed in its mark,
when Bruin made towards them,
and such rafting of cane and
bushes was never heard before
they did not look behind worth a
cent, while the bear took to a tree
near the spot where they left him.
Leonard says that arresting bears
is not his legitimate business. Mr..
John Smith, and number of the
neighbors, soon appeared on the
scene, and the animal was brought
to the ground by the unerring rifle
of Mr.. Smith. He weighed about
43O lbs. The bear, doubtless, was
his way from Big Black to
Pearl river swamp.