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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-30
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REDUCTION IN PRICE.

We again present to the agricultural commu-
nifty our Fertilizers with renewed confidence, as
equal if not superior, to any manure offer ed for
all crops, not excepting Peruvian Guano. Year
by year their value has become more msnllest,
as demonstrated by largely increased sales, and
we challenge any brand to show more satisfac-
tory and uniform results. Confning our manu-
facture to materials of highest standard, as
proved by analysis, we claim like results IN all
time On the Wheat crop the testimony is OF
unquestionsble character We respectfully call
attention to our popular Guano, known as
GENUINE PHOSPHO-PERUVIAN
GUANO,
made of the highest standard of Peruvian Guano
and Bone Phosphate of Lime, with Alkaline
Salts of Potash, Soda, &c.
BRANDED AA,
Containing to per cent Amminia
" 40 to 50 '' Bone Phosp'e. Lime.
Potash, Soda, &c.
Beautifully prepared and adapted to the Drill,
in sacks of Ill to the ton, of 1000 pounds
and sold at $50 per ton-former-
ly $50 per ton..
The character of this Guano is so we'll known
as to need but little further commendation from
u.s. Used for many years, it has become a favor
ite with all consumers and 1t only requires 8
trial to convince all of its valus The Ammonis
and Bone Phosphate being in rational proper
tions, it can hardly fail to render satisfaction,
improving the quality ana increasing tne crop
it adds one other most important essential IN the
permanent improvement of the land-in this
particular we question whether IL has its equal.
1t acts wonderfully upon the grass crop, and TO
such an extent as to bring Impoverished lands
up to high state of fertility -equaling Bone
Dust. Such is the testimony of many accom-
plished planters. We beg, the closest investiga-
ton as to the integrity and manufacture OF our
compounds, and earnestly invite all consumers.
to inspect our works, material used, and mode of
manufacture.
G. ODER & SONS, Baltimore.
HOOE s. JOHNSTON, Agents,
aug 28-tf Alexandra, Va.
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PACIFIC GUANO COMPANIES
SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO
WattIes, Knox & Co.,
ALEXANDRIA, VA, AGENTS FOR CO.
Capital S1,O0O.OOO.

The use of this Guano since its introduction,
in 1864, and the annual increase of its consump-
ton from few hundred tons the first year of Its
use, to many thousands of tons, is the best at
testation to its value as an efficient agent for the
increase of the products of agricultural labor, as
well MS to the integrity of its production.
The large capital invested by this Company in
this business, and its unusal facilities, enables it
to furnish fertilizer of the highest excellence
at the lowest cost to consumers.
1t is the policy of the Company to furnish the
best fertilizer ut the lowest price, and look to
large sales and small profit for reasonable re-
turns on capital employed.
This Guano is sold by Agents of the Company
in all the markets of the Middle Southern ana
Gulf States. Price $50 per ton of 1000 lbs.
aug 2S-2m WATTLES, KNOX & co.
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ALEXANDRIA, VA MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3d. 1872.
HGRICUL TURAL.

NOTICE
In consequence of the advance in Lump
Plaster, the undersigned have advanced the
price of GROUND PLASTER fifty cents per
ton, and are now selling at seven dollars and
fifty cents in bulk.
SUTTLE g. STUART,
sep 6-1m c. F. LEE, jr.
BONE DUST
National Bone Dust...... w
Listers Bone NJ cal 40 w
Listers Ground Bone 4z w
For sale by THOMAS PERRY,
sep 141m II King street.
SEED WHEAT.
Several varieties of White, including choice
Purple Straw, which natures early and yields
heavily
Also Lancaster and other kinds of Amber and
GEO. Y. WORTH1NGTON,
aug 3O-lm Pioneer Mills.
ITO FARMERS.
Il The well known and reliable STANDARD
FERTILIZERS-
]. J. Turner s. Co.'s Excelsior and
j. J. Turner s. Co.'s Ammoniated Super
Phosphate. For sale by
aug R. NJ LAWSON.
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HAY B. HoOMEs, W. A. AsHBf.
Late of Fredericksburg. Lste OF Baltlmor
NEW STOR E.

We have opened and now offer for sale to the
citizens of Alexandria and the public generally,
at our newly fitted up store room, corner OF King
and Pitt streets, one of the largest and most
FOREIGN fSI5 AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS, &c.
ever offered in this market Our stock has been
selected with view to suit the wants and tastes
of the entire community, embracing as it does,
goods of every variety of style and fabric, and at
all prices We ask an examination OF our
stock Respectfully, 90
aps 100 cor. King and Pitt sts.
Ssiesmen-Eli b. Janney, Edwin T. Ashby,
M. q. Grasty w. A Lane, r. Stuart Ashby.
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.FINHFCxHL.

FOR SALE BY
BURKE s. HERBERT,
The following frst-cass Securities
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS LYNCHBG.
and DAN VILE r. R. CO.. IS, at Is and &C
crued interest interest payable lst April and lst
October guaranteed by Orange and Alexan-
dria R. 4. Co.; free of State tax.
ALEXANDRIA CORPORATION BONDS
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS WEST WIS
CONSIN R. r., per cent gold, interest payable
January and July, at 92a and interest.
Above bonds sold free of commissions.
We BUY and SELL STOCKS and BONDS
on commission, negotiate loans, &c., make col
lections on all accessible points, and Will give
prompt attention to any business entrusted to u.s.
aug 9-tf
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CO.n.HISSJOv MERCHANTS.

D. D. GOULD. W. q. NILKENIEG.
GOULD s. WILKENING,
VI Successors to w. F. Henderson,
GROCERY, LIQUOR s. GENERAL COM
MISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 50 North Royal st.
Dealers in GROCERIES, TEAS, COFFEES,
SUGARS, CIDER VINEGAR, BACON,
WHISKEY, BRANDY, WINES, SCOTCH
ALE, PORTER, &c.
Also, Eastern and Potomac SHAD, HER
RING and MACKEREL.
Choice brands of SEGARS and TOBAlC co
always on hand.
CLOVER and TIMOTHY SEED. A large
invoice of GRASSES just received.
Strict attention paid to the sale of COUNTRY
PRODUCE NH 26-tf
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Physician of this celebrated institution, has dis;
covered the most Certain, Speedy, Pleasant and
Effectual Remedy in the world for all
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WIN. E. WOOD s CO.,
Proprietors of

Proprietors of
COLDS AUTOMATIC LOW STEAM AND
HOT WATER HEATER, and
LAWSON'S 'SCELEBRATED HOT AIR F U R.
MACE.
Inventors and Patentees Of the
PARLOR, SUN AND LIGHTNING F1RE
PLACE HEATERS AND PARIS
RANGES.
Dealers in all kinds Of HEAT and COOK
STOVES, KITCHEN WARE, CRATES,
SLATE MANTELS, etc, etc; Special care
taken with PLUMBING and all kinds of Steam
and Water Piping, repairs for Steam Heaters
Furnaces, Ranges, Stoves, etc
WIN. E. WOOD & CO.,
S. w. cor. Baltimore and Eutaw sts.,
sen 5-2m Baltimore, Maryland.
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DAZAR OF FASHION.
ID Mrs. G. l.. SIMPSON,
No. 125 King ST.,
Is daily in receipt of new and desirable gooas :
Victoria Lawns, all qualities, beautiful for suits,
and new Trimmings for the same; Swiss Mus
Inns beautiful quality Swiss Edgings and In
settings, Percafes and 'Calicoes for Suits, Gui,
pere Iaces, Colored Fringes, Gimps, Corded.
Satins Plain Satins and Dress Trimmings OF
every kind; Olympic Adjustable Bustles; also
another supply of those Hip-gored Corsets;
beautiful Real Hair Curls, at SIC, very cheap
Mixed Straw Hats at cost. Received to day new
Straw Goods Will take great pleasure in show
ing goods. my 81
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FALL IRA D =, 1872.
T.. j. MILLER,
Importer of and Wholesale Dealer in
China, Glass and QueenSWare,

Is now receiving his stock of the above goods,
70 which he invites the attention of country mel
chants and dealers generally. Having the ben;
eft of fifty years experience in this business and
offer his goods at as low prices as any house in
the county, and all he asks is an examination OF
his goods and prices. Country merchants COM
ing on the trains of the O., A. s NJ. R., and the
W. g. O. B. r. can look through his stock and
leave their orders at night, as his house is Kept
orR Resides a regular stock of CHINA, GLASS
and OUEENSWARE, number of other
goods Suitable for country stores, will be found
ssnch as BRITANNI and SILVER
PLATED CASTORS SPOONS, FORKS, &c,
Window Glass and Putty. Stoneware Fine lea
and Dinner Sets, and variety Oh I ancy ooooS
ali at lowest prices for cash. =, ;,
THOS. B. HUDSON is still with the above
house and will be glad to have call from bis
nEI IA sr;ends sep l8-3m
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The NATIONAL ELECTION LAw.-Ihe re-
cent appointment of chief supervisor OF cleo
tons brings to mind some of the pecullarltles
of the new Election law, of which city voters
will have taste next November Two super,
yisors are appointed for each election district
by the United States circuit Judge. In1eey
must be of different political parties, and aple
to read and write English, and tor those e ac'
complishmeuts added to their other quallnca-
tions, they will receive IS day. This is no.
velty; but nothing alongside Of the remarkable
powers devolving on the United States mar ar,
shall. That parsonage may appoint specials
unlimited in each and every, election distrlot'
The number rests wholly With his dlscIetl9nL %,
and may be 1000, 10000 or !OO,OOo Inc
deputies, of whom no accomplishment exoep'
political fidelity, seems to be required, are a;so
paid S. day. The business OF the deputies
is to keep order at the polls, prevent rauau-
lent registration and voting and make tnem'
selves generally useful as the grateful rec1P.
tents of government patronage mlgnt na'uis nh;og
be expected to do. The Law is not one wnicn
is prima facie to be admired 1t Is certainly
scheme for scattering government funds among
large numbers of people, and it is open to
abuse by unscrupulous functionarles. its ope;
ration throughout the country at the nationa .,
election will show whether the real purpose o 9!
the law has been misjndged or not-N' l.
Journal Of (O,ur1 cree
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ARMST RONG, GATOR q CO.,
Importers, Manufacturers and Jobbers of
BONNET, TRIMMING, NECK AND SASH
RIBBONS,
Velvet Ribbons, Neck Ties, Bonnet Silks, Satins,
VELVETS AND GRAPES,
Flowers, Feathers, Ornaments, Frames &C.,
Straw Bonnets and Ladies and Child
ren's Hats, trimmed and untrim-
med; and in connecting
warerooms,
WHITE GOODS, LINENS, EMBROID-
EkIEs, LACES, NETS, GQLLAKS'
YELLING, HEAD NETS,
&C., &C., &C., &c,
Nos. 231 and 239 Baltimore street,
BALTIMORE, MD.
These goods are manufactured by US or bought
for cash directly from the European and Amer
can manufacturers, embracing all the latest nov
elites unequalled in variety and cheapness In
any market. a..
Orders filed with care, promptness, and dis
nstch. sep l3-lm'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-11-28
About Bears.

The provisions of nature are
strange. Climate forces upon AMI
mails different habits. Towards the
end of December the female white
bear places herself in position
where the snow will drift over her
Living still upon rock, the snow
falls thickly III pom her, and cell IS
formed for winter habitation. In
this cell the animal resides during
the period Of accouChement. The
cubs are produced, and the mother
remains secluded with them until
the month of March. The young are
very small at first, but as they grow
the heat of the bodies melt the snow
and thus eularges the cell. 1he
warm breath ascond5 upward, and
makes an aperature for the admlS-
sion of pure air. Before hlberna..
TING. tho bear eats enormously OF
nutritious food, and becomes very
fat, on which fat she exists during
her winter retirement. The phe-
nomenon is all the more singular, as
the female bear is compelled to give
susteuance to her young as well as
TO live herself, and the surplus TAT IN
her own body her only store OF food.
Pertinent to this, Dr.. Wood re,
marks: at is worthy of notice that
in the bears of the Old as well as the
New World, is found the curious
phenomenon of the 'tappen, haro
concreted substance, which plugs NJ
the intestinas and seems to be o
service in retaining the animal Ii
condition. In Scandinavia, wher'
the bears of both sexes retire u
winter quarters, and remain in thel
l hidden reeesses for five full months
/, the tappen is very seldom cast unit
> Ebe bear leaves her den. In the rar
: instances where such an event ha
|, happened, the bear is said to nav
!, bee me miserably thin and weak
!, The snow packs closely, and MAKE
S warm bed. The caloric exhale
v from the body is not swept away b
o the wind, but is conserved aroun
=. the animal, and sensation Is pr
IF served.-Twf, Field and Farm.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-11-28
IN GREEN PASTURES.

BY c. r. LIZ ROW.
Cloud shadows lie
Unon the soft grass underneath my feet
Gods grca' indnlty
Wraps around in blisstul rest completes
Like angels breath
I rccl the air of Ioayen which seems so near
No thought of pain or death,
No want of woe can gricye my spirit here
Gods hand holds mine,
lean on him in IovinS faith secure
orr,turc' s book, Ills mcrcios shall endure
look above
In onkfulness Of all the good 've soon'
And trusts the Fathers love
Who led my feet within these pastures green
Tho day will end
And light fade slowly till the west Is gray
When lie at last shall send
Gold winds and heavy dews upon my way
Can sill trust His love
And wait until the morning breaks again
In darkness look above
And in the sunshine. when l feel no PAM
Lord, help my child
To be AS hopeful in the heavy nlSht
When skies are dark and Wild
As in the happy day when all IS bright
let me hold fast Ihy hand
In death S dark valley rs IN pastures sFeon'
Sol ut last may stand
In that dear country which my faith has seer
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-11-28
I,er. the Learned Carpenter.

Samuel Lee, Professor OF Hebrew
at the University at Cambridge
England, was seventeen years OF age
before he conceived the idea OF learn
ing II foreign language, Out OF tne
scanty pittance of his week. earn
ings as a carpenter he purchased a
book, and when this was read he ex-
changed it for another, and tn thus s1 ne
he advanced in knowledge he nau
not even the privilege OF balancing
between reading and relaxatloh, oy'
was obliged to pass directly from % 0ea
ilv fatigue to meutal exertlon, ..Do, pup
mo IN the SIX years previous to his TWEEN .1
with t,, year he omitted none OF tne
ohurs usually appropriated TO man it
mi labor, and he retired to resi-
rSaularly ,, at ten o'clock in the even
me, and yet at the age OF thirty-one
yeors oI he had actually taught seven
teen languages. This illustrates thst, .
Where there's a Will, there b d
way,"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-11-28

J1rE on the American side OF the
Rio Grands is not as pleasant as it
might be, four or FIVE hundred OF
the preasers, nigger4 and Kickapoos,
who infest the jungles and h.les on
he Mexican side, were hung up to
dry. Scarcely week passes but a
party of these Mexican cuG-throats
cross and run off stock, or shoot
down one or two Am orleans IN the
act of defending their property. The
real old Texan bull-whacker would
at anv time rather fight a greasel
than cut, but men OF this class rare
" fall victims to the treachery o
these robbers; it is generally th'
merchant visiting his outlyin;
rancho or the new conner VINO sue
cpmbs to the ambush rifle, or tn
assassin's knife. On either bank o
this famous boundary men carr
small armories about their persons
ready for action at moment
potic., and life is a luxury whic
men enjoy after fashion as II dt
tern terminsd to get as much out of
os thew can in a short time. Cards
whisky and the fandango, hors
and a squaw make mp the do''
farnt,ente Of the Rio Grande.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-11-28

port for which year is before me, the
gross receipts were, in round mum"
bers, $6,llS,O00 and the profits S3'-
0O0,OO0l To give some idea OF It's
vast business in the face OF all com
petition, its tonnage last year is SAID
to have been forty per cent. greater
than that of the Central and Erie
railroads, in the State of New York,
combined.
Our railroad friends may object
to the construction of the projected
canal through Georgia and probably
will, for time at least, under the
belief that it will seriously interfere
with their business. For fear of be-
ing tedious, will not discuss that
point at present, though much is to
be said in opposition to their view;
1t is akin to the old apprehension Of
the stock holders, who believed that
the introduction of railroads would
destroy the demand for horses and
mules, and the lnsurrectloh among
tbe needle.women, who positively
bemourned the invention of the sew
ire machine as robbing them OF
their occupation and the means OF
subsistence Paradoxical as it may
appear, it is the singular history OF
laborsaving machines that they have
always increased the demand for Ia
Dor. Imav also point all cayiers to
tho New York Central and Hudson
River railroads, which run through
their whole length side by side with
tbe Erie canal and its natural exten-
sion, and are yet the most flourish
ING and prosperous roads at the
! Nnrih D.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-11-28
Egyptinn Brick.

4 German sayan recently subject,
cd a brick taken from the Pyramid
of Dashour to the microscope, anu
it is said, discovered many interest
ino particulars connected with the
life of the ancient Egyptians. Inc
brick itself is made OF the mud OF
Nile, chopped straw, ANA SAND, thuS
confning what the Bible and Hero
dotus have handed down to us us TO
the Egyptian method of brick max al
mo Besides these materials, the
microscope has brought other things
to light, among them the debris OF
river shells, OF fish and insects seeus
Of wild and cultivated flowers, corn
and barley, the field pea, the com
mon flax, and the radish, together
many others known TO science ihe
irrepressiblo savan is indetatlgaole
and it is thought he viii yet hno
some means of extracting the seeds
from the bricks, and after planting
them treat his countrymen to pea
SOUP and radishes from the py,
rdmldS!
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-11-28
Abroad.

The Spanish Minister of Colonies
will soon introduce in the Cortes a bill |
authorizing the enforcement of the
Spanish penal code in Cuba.
The Russian Foreign Office is about
to conclude treaties of commerce with
the three principal States Central Asia,
viz: Khokan, Bokhara, and Kashgar.
Our European fleet will winter in
the Mediterranean. The flagship
and corvette will remain at Mar
seilles, and the other vessels of the fleet
at Toulon and Vile Franche.
The Government of Portugal has
signed concession to the Falmouth
and Malta telegraph Maintenance and
Construction Company, empowering
them to lay an electric cable from
Portugal to Brazil.
Mexico-General DebaiOs, military
Governor of SinalOa, has announced
the pacificatiOn Of that State, without
blOodshed, General Diaz having sur
rendered and given his parole to pre-
sent himself at the City of Mexico.
Pesident Lerdo copgratulates the
county on the complete restoration of
peace, and the rejoicing at the Capt.
tai.
The cable between Hong Kong and
Shanghae is out of order.
An election has been held in Geneva
and sustained the Government in deny
ing Bishop Mermillod the exercise OF
his functions.
A dispatch from Havana states tina
visitor to the Headquarters of the in.
surgent Agramonte, reports there ar
several white men among his troops
that clothing and ammunition ar
scarce, arms in good condition, provis
ions abundant.
Paris-The liabilities of Bowles Bros
American bankers in this city, VIII
have suspended, are S500,0OO. Th
losses by the suspension of the fir
will fall chiefly upon American touris
in Europe.-M. Grevy was re-electe
President of the French Chambers vel
recently.-A movement of the LIE
Centre is reported, weakening the r
publicsus.
Madrid-The reyolters of Ferrel ha'
been tried by court martial and Sc
fenced, one to death, twenty nine
ten years imprisonment, one to $
wears. Four were acquitted, ana thr
hundred had been previously tral
ported to colony.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-11-28
LEAVES AND MOSSES.
BY MRS MULoCK CRAIG,

BY MRS MULoCK CRAIG
Ye dainty MOSES, lichcns gray
Pressed each to each in tender lo'u'
And peacefully thus, day by day.
Returning to your mould;
Brown leaves that with @rlai grace
sin from your branch like birds awlng'
Each leaving in the appointed place
It's buds of future sprinG;-
If we, Gods conscious creatures knew
But half your faith in our decay
We should not tremble as we do
When summoned clay by clay
But with an equal patience sweet
We should put off this mortal gear
In whatsoeer new form is meet,
Content to re-appear;-
Knowing each germ Of life He gives
Must have in him its source anu RISE
Being that of His being lives,
May change, but never dies
Ye dead leaves dropping soft and SLOW
Ye MOSES green and lichens fair
90 to your graves, as will go,
For God is also there.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-11-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
At Home.

The horse disease has reached eai'
Lake City.
Morrowtown, O.-On Tuesday night
an. old lady named Betsy Lindsey
aged sixty-tive years, was murdered III
her house, about two miles from here
Hon. Samuel Hooper has telegraph
ed Secretary Boutwell, that nearly
every Boston bank will pay its usual
dividend and that nearly all the paper
held by the banks will be promptly
paid by merchants. In few cases an
extension of time will have 10 pe
granted.
Pittsburg-The last of the street rail-
wav lines, the Pttsburg and Ormsby,
has succumbed to the pressure caused
bv the horse influenza. The Citizens
Passenger Railway, the only road suf-
ficiently level, is running a combined
dummy engine and car.
An active crusade has been COM
menced against the "wretched man.
sard roofs,n to which the extent of the
Boston fire has been so largely attrib-
uted. Boston herself has taDood them
in rebuilding the burnt district, and will
tear down others already. in place. New
York has made the same order as to
future buildings.
At "a meeting of the st. Louis Board
of Trade, on Tuesday, resolution was
adopted asking the City Council to
place the Fire Department on a more
efficient footing by increasing the num-
ber of engines, the amount Of hose, etc,
and also to consider the eXpediency OF
prohibiting the construction of Man
sard roofs in the business part of the
city.
The loss of life by the disaster to tn c
barge Forrest City, in Erie, on Thurs
day last, was five persons-the Cap
tain, three men, and female cook
being all who were on board. She
broke loose from the propeller Burling'
ton during the gale, and went to pieces
She was on her way from Bay City TO
Buffalo, loaded with lumber.
New York-At u secret meeting o
the Board of Fire Underwriters, a resO
luton was adopted making the rates O
insurance conform to those of 1876
which are understood to be an advanc
on the present rates of from 10 to |
per cent.-Charles w. Hoovey, a Bos
merchant, has been arrested in thi
city, charged with obtaining, in 1876
$4,000 worth of liquors from Gun
mings & Co., Courtland street, by falls
representations.
General Shaeffer, of the New Yor
Fire Department, concludes, from a
inspection of the burned district i
Boston, that the great fire was in COZ
sequence of the delay of the tireme
in reaching the scene, the narrOwne
of the streets, which made it imposE
BILE to work efficiently, and the gre
heat, which in the open spaces pr
vented the firemen approaching Il
burning buildings. He agrees wi
with Chief Engineer Damrell, of Il
Boston Fire Department, that the d
struction Of buildings by gun-powd
rather tends to spread q fire than ot
erwise.