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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-02-04
ORANGE, ALEXANDRIA AND MAN
" a ASSAS RAILROAD.
HHR EIzzss.ly;Ea - -
DOUBLE DAILY TRAINS.

On and after SUNDAY, Oct. q, 1872 two
daily passenger trains will run between WASH
INGTON and LYNCHBURG, efecting double
daily connections through between NEW YORK
and NEW ORLEANS; At Gordonsyyille con-
nection is made, by mail train, with the Chesa.
peake and Ohio Railroad daily, Sunday except.
ed to Richmond, Staunton and the WEST at
Lynchburg, with Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio
Railroad, for the West and Southwest, and al
Washington for the y orth and Northwest.
Leave Washington daily at 7.Ua. m. and G.i3
p. M, and Alexandria at y. NJ. and AS pm,
arriving at Eynchburg at 4.5Op. m and 400 AIN.
Leave Lynchburg at 900 am. and LOO pm,
arrive at Alexandria at +. Is p. M. and AZ H. M,
and ut Washington nj I. Is p. III. and /. 80 n. III.
For MAsAssAs DIVISION leave Washington i
at 700 q. m. and Alexander! at 500 a. m.
Leave Manassas junction ut $3.50 Il. m; pass
Strasburg at l:lG p. m, and arrive at Harrison
burg ut 400 p. m, connecting Win harmon
Co.'S. Stage Lines to Staunton, RaTley Springs
&C., Sc.
Eastward, leave Harrisonburg at 1920 a. H.;
pass Strasburg At l:22 p. m, arrive at Manassas
Junction nj $50 y. m, connecting with main
line through TO Washington and the North and
West.
Good connections, by, comfortable cosches' are
made to Fairfax Court House from Fairfax STA
ton to Middleburg from Plains; and TO Upper
vile from Piedmont.
Both the Eastward and Westward bound trains
make close connection At StrA>hurg with the
Winchester and Strasburg Railroad, to Winches
ter and HArrer's Ferry.
Elegant sleeping cars are run daily between
New York and Lynchburg.
Also, cars through between Baltimore and
Lynchburg avoiding the Inconvenience of s!ans-
fer in Washington.
Through tick ets and baggage checked to all
j. NJ. BROADUS
oct 26-tf General Ticket Agent
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ian SIN
ERES II. D Il U 6 s, s. C.

Alum, Borax, Blue Mass. Camphor, Sulphate
Ouinine Morp shine, Glyccrine, EPSON Salts,
Cream Tartar, Chloroform, Opium, Assa.H:lda
Aloes, Sulphate Zinc, Juniper Berries, Rochelle
Salts, Gcntan Root, &c, just received by
COOK s. CREIGHTON,
;an13 lO7 King street.
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railroads.
A LEXANDRIAt& FREDERICKSBURG
II RAILWAY,
AND ALEXANDRIA & WASHINGTON
RAILROAD
Hmm ]li:s:sa slii @asss -;

RAILROAD. .....
&0W4 G}li ~ sjliiIs
lEgnAsDRIA AND FRHDERrcKs btI RG RAILwAy
:" After OUp. m. Friday, December Glh 49,,
trains will run rs follows:
Leave Southwark from Alexandria & Fredes-
icksburg depot at 500 a. M, accommodation
press daily, except Sunday. The Southern Ex-
press at H. p. m. runs through TO Richmond,
without change connecting with trains for Nil
points South. 81 q"
Leave Northwsrd from Alexandra g. Freder-
icksbure depot at g. 13 a. m. Northern Express
daily, except Monday; 5.5Sp. M aoconlmods.
ton daily, EXCEPT Sunday, connects through
North and West The Northern Express
leaving at 3.13 a. m. runs through to Bal
timore, without change connecting with trains
on the Northern Central Railway for the North
and West. '''.5 - .;f ''...i' '.'.
~ ALEXANDRIA AND WASHINGTON RAILROAD.
After 900 D. m. Friday, December 9th, ls72,
trains will run as follows, daily, except Sunday:
i Leave for Washington from st. Asaph street
depot at $685. 1853 and 9.4S am, and r. 49, 2.'l%,
453 and e 50 p. m. .... 81 ..-..
Arrive from WASHINGTON at st. Asaph street
depot at 743 % and ll.54 u. M, and us, 4.l3,
SO and ~. 13 a. M.
Leave Washington for Alexandria from pas
senger depot cor. 9TH and B Streets at 1.lS,
s. 43 and II. Is Il. m, and l.43, 3.3S, 6.G' and
ms-Alcxandria and Fredericksburg Railway
trains leave passenger depot, cor. 9TH and SIS,
at 733 a. m. Southern Express and 1923 p. IN.
Southern Express for Richmond and all points
South. EDM UND l.. DUBARRf,
- Superintendent.
ED. S. YOUNG,
General Passenger Agent jan Soft
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Whatever compensation you may think these
verses are worth yeu may send to Senator ork,
who, by this time, probably regrets his sIo0o'
and feels forlorn. Your truly,
New York, Jan. so, 1873. j. HAwkER.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-02-04

HANNAH. There is station on the Pitts,
burg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago railroad called
Hapna, in honor of deceased citizen Of Fort
Wayne. A train stopped there the other day,
and the brakeman, after the manner OF his
class, thrust his head in the door and called
out loudly, Hanna A young lady, endow-
ed with the poetic appellatloo Of Hannah, sup
posing he was addressing her, and shocked at
his familiarity on so short acquaintance, troWn-
ed like thunder cloud, and retorted, You
shut your mouth !" #.'.'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-02-04
THE GAZETTE.
The Epic OfTOpeka.
TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY a.

To the editor of the Neso York Tribune: 80
Sir: | never made poem before in my LIE,
but on reading.in the Tribune this morning the
news Of the fall of our old friend Pomeroy IN
Kansas, I found prose utterly inadequate TO
the expression of my emotions, and burst forth
in the following lines, (which strike me as ev'ne-
ing great promise: ....,..
The subject Of the sonnet
Is a Senator called Pom,
Who in the public pudding
Put long and cooked thumb,
And from the same extracted
a plump and precious plum
The truth is he had realized
very tidy sum-
But when he cried Eureka
III He found his hour had come,
They 'scooped him at Topeka
ss,l This ipiudiciUus Pom.
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ORDERS FROM THE COUNTRY will re-
ceive prompt attention. . .....: .. jan
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-02-04

rAITI SALT
y SALT!
DIRECT IMPORTATION.
To arrive, per "Astrea," from Liverpool
England, a cargo of
1000 sacks Verdin s. Sons Fine Salt.
600 sacks Ground Alum Salt.
Sold at market rates to arrive by
w. A. SHOOT,
ION ON Shoots wharf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-02-04
THE w SON
al NEW UNDERFEED
Shuttle Sewing Machine

Is lighter running, more simple, more durable,
and easier to manage than any other Shuttle
Sewing Machine. :,
1t sews the thinnest as we'll as the heaviest
fabrics-even leather.
is kept in perfect running order, free OF
charge, for five years. ,, ,, M,
It can be bought for FlFTY:-FIVE DOL
LARS, payable in month y lnstalments, at
PRETZFELDER s. BENDHEIM'S,
No. IA King street.
A. ROSENTHAL, General Agent,
oct 26-eo3m sol 7th St., Washington, u. U.
ERGEANTS NOTICEro TAXPAYERS.
The uncolected STATE TAN BILLS tor the
wear 1872 are now in my hands for collection.
Having but a limited time to collect and make
returns to the Treasurer, respectfully ask those
who have not paid to call and settle and save
further expense. >. NJ. SIEUAhI'
City Sergeant
Office No 10 south Royal street, up stairs.
dee 12-tf
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INSURANCE.
ENCOURAGE HOME ENTERPRISl

ENCOURAGE HOME ENTERPRISE.
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
g. OF VIRGINIA.
A. &. McIlwaine, President.
BA ). Te pauI' Vice Presidents.
Samuel B. Paul, Secretary.
D. P. Fackler, Consulting Actuary.
Dr. Dr. j. J.s. y bu m1sse''r' Medical Directors
Judge Johu f. Lay, Superintendent Of
Agencies.
All investments of the reserve from premiums
taken within the department OF Alexandria IN
vested in the department under the direction Of
the following local board of stockholders:
VIM. q. Cazenove President.
VIM. H. Marbury, Arthur Herbert,
John w. Green VIM. Cogan,
Samuel F. Gregory c. w. Green,
4. S. Leadbeater Benoni Wheat
VIM. D. Boothe, L. w. Reid.
u .-# X. KEMPER,
General Agent and Secretary,
Next to Burke s. Herbert's, King II.
Agents wanted in this and adjoining counties
Or. BEDFORD Brown, Med. tx. feb lt-l!
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cS,.n.NysSyO.y. nERCH.a.y-TS.

u. D GOULD. ". q. WILKEElEG.
GOULD s. WILKEN1NG,
VI, Successors to w. F. Henderson, *.
GROCERY, LIQUOR s. GENERAL COM
MISSION MERCHANTS
Dealer. in. GROCERIES, TEAS, CoFFEES,
SUGARS, CIDER VINEGAR, BACON.
WHISKEY, BRANDY, WIN SCOTCH
ALE, PORTER, &c. '.. -, i"
Also, Eastern and Potomac SHAD, HER
RING and MACkEREL.
Choice brands of SEGARS and TOBAt CO
" Clover and TIMOTHY SEED. A large
invoice of GRASSES just received.
Strict attention paid TO the sale of COUNTRY
pRODUCE. = $500 ~ NH 26-tf
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NJ FOLK AND BOST

~ L
The steamer LADY OF THE LAKE, con,
Meeting at Norfolk with the steamers az
Of the Merchants and Miners Trans. &afas1asEz
portation Company for Boston, will leave hel
wharf, No. d south wharves. EVERY MON
DAY and THURSDAY at 230 p M, for Nor.
folk. Returning, leave Norfolk on TU ESDA Us,
and FRIDAYS, at 8 p. M, stopping at Fort
Washington, Glymont, Piney Point Point
Lookout and Fortress Monroe
This lne connecting at Alexandria with the
O., A. s NJ. and w. Il Q. r. Rs, and at Nor,
folk with the Boston steamers, offers superior in.
ducements for the rapid and careful shipment Of
all kinds of freight to Boston. The rates being
low the attention of shippers is particularly di.
rectcd to this feature All freight forwarded
free Of commission, and through bills of lading
given.
For freight or passage appty on board, or to
Y. D. GRONER, Norfolk, j. G. WATERS,
Georgetown, or 81.
F. A. REED. Agent Alexandria,
DORSEY CLAGGETT, Gen. Agt.,
Cor. 18th st. and New York ave,
Washington D. c.
First class fare to Norfolk, 81; round trip, ST
Second class fare tn Norfolk, s$3 round trip, SIS
M 22-tt
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-11
A Story OF SING SING Prison

A STORY OF SING SING Prison.
Edward Strugess recently entered
Sing Sing Prison a second time.
As usual with many of the second
term men, SFugess has a story con-
nected with his former imprison-
ment. He was known at that time
as Edward Hoyt, and with another
convict became the hero of what is
known as the "Swill-tub Escape"
His "yarn" isto the following effect:
In latter part OF last July he and
his opal" having obtained by some
means false covers to twoofthe large
tubs used to carry the refuse mat
ter of the prison, got into them,
placed the false covers on top and
the balance OF the space being filled
with garbage, awaited with as much
contentment as the case would al
low the development Of their little
game. The refuse matter Of the
prison is bought by man living at
some distance and it was planned
between Hoyt and his friend that
they should wait until they were
out of sight ofthe guards, and then,
knocking the driver senseless with
their sand clubs, escape into the
neighboring woods. Hoyt described
with much vivacity his feelings at
the slow manner in which the hoy
who was driving progressed, and
whom they observed through the
holes in the sides Of the tubs get off
at several spots to buy pies and
other matter, and the curses not loud
but deep which they uttered when
he at last began game Of ball by
the wayside with some other urchlns,
undmindful Of the feelings Of the
contents ofhis tubs. 81 bore it pa
tiently until the wagon stopped
about the middle Of Main street, and
then | gave up, for a confounded
organ.man stopped also in front Of
us,al dCommenOed playlng,"up in q
Balloon, boys! Up in a Balloon p
and | said after that tune it was
no use trying, and | got up and 50
did my friend and just then the keep
ers, who had missed us, came along,
and we followed them back to the
prison as gracefully as our streaming
and highly OdoriierOas gaEment'
and persons would permit.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-11
HUMOROUS.

When q wife in Turkey forgets
to keep the suspender-buttons sewed
on her husbands trowsers, she is
patted on the back for half.anhour
with q pine board an inch thick.
Here is genuine repentance; A
precipitate Detroiter is miserable at
discovering that his wife inherited
halfa million just after he has pro
cured devorCe from her.
A COUNTY Commissioner in the
western part of Maine, on inviting
some lawyers to inspect the new
courthouse, quoted the solemn lines
OF DR.. Watts.
aye sinners round, come view the
ground
Where you will shortly lie"
A TEUroN, disguised with dis
respect of Good Friday by the Van.
KEGS, exclaimed;
"Mein Colts! Mein Gottsl Vat .
country! Vat a beeples! Only
two holy days and one is Fourth Of
July, aud the other April Fools"
A young lady, speaking Of one
Of her avcNions, said the severess
thing on record: "He's almost s
perfect brute-he only lacks in.
stinct,"
A Boston paper twits Philsdel.
phia OH the fact that it never had
q decent FIRE yet.
Ben, Buffers soD, who is ss
West Point, is said 60 be checker
than the old man.
A lady who '"lived City ysa1
with her husband, died in tho con
6daut hope Of better life"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-11
Am Exciting Scene.

The following stirring scene is given
in the San Francisco Chronicle of the
18th ult:
An exciting scene occurred on
Thursday forenoon at the menagerie
connected with the circus now per-
forming in this city. Just after the
cages had been driven under the tent
after the parade, the large sea lion
broke ont of his cage and dashed across
the arena in the attempt to escape.
In a moment all was confusion and
excitement. The horses. which had
not vet been unhitched from the wag-
ons, became frightened, and reared
and snorted, kicking over their traces
and becoming generally badly mixed.
The drivers shouted and piled their
whips in vain to get their horses in
order again. The elephant was badly
frightened and danced a polka around
his post in the attempt to get away.
The monkeys chattercd with fear and
leaped frantically back and forth in
their cage. The lions became greatly
excited and added their loud roars to
the general noise and confusion. The
royai Bengal tiger paced his cage ex-
citedly. lashing his sides with his tail.
and giving forth fierce and excited
growls. and all of the other animals
partook of the excitement. Several
men seized ropes. and, surrounding
the sea lion, threw them over him,
hut the moose slipped off as fast as he
was lassooed. At length he was
caught by a moose just behind his fin.
He became fearfully enraged, spring-
ing furiousIy across the arena at his
caDtors, with distended jaws and fash
ing ewes. Several times they narrowly
escaped being bitten by the infuriated
animal. He was tied to an iron post
driven in the ground. but struggled so
violently as to pull it up. He was
then tied to one Of the cages. He
| struggled so violently and his strength
was 50 SO great that he pulled the cage
and wagon over on their side. After
a protracted struggle he was secured,
lust as the Manager, Mr.. Coles, gave
orders to shoot him, and order and
duiet was soon restored among the
! frightened and excited animals.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-11
A Misguided Book Agent.

A book agent entered the open
door of a snug Pittsfeld, Mass,
cottage one day last week, and
nodding to a trim, brightlooklng
little woman who sat sewing by
the window, commenced volub'y
to descant ON the merits OF great
work which he was for the first
time giving mankind an opportunity
to purchase. 1t was a universal
biography, cook book, dictionary,
family physician, shorthand in
structor, and contained, besides a
detailed history of every important
event that has transpired in the
world from the apple incident and
Adams fall to Credit Mobilier and
the fall Of Congress. The work
cantained 5000 chapters, all with
running titles. The agent, after
talking on the general excellences
Of the volume about five minutes,
commenced on the headings Of
those chapters and as the woman
did not say a word to interrupt
him | elt that be was making a
conquest, and he ratified away SO
that she shouldn't have chance
to say no. 1t took him nearly halt
an hour, and as he breathlessly
went on the sweat started on his
forehead, and he made convulsive
grasps at his collar, and when he
finished he had hardly strength
enough left to put on a bewltching
smile and hand her his ready pen
wherew tn to subscribe her name
10 the order book. She took the
pen, but instead ofputting her auto
graph on his list she lifted a scrap
Of paper from her work.box and
wrote in plain letters: "lME DEFE
AND DUM." He said not a word,
but the unutterable things that he
looked, as be turned to the door,
would fill a library. Exchange.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-11
A Girls Loyalty.

The indianapolis Journal says
that during his stay in this city.
General Sheridan was conversing
with a few friends touching his mill
tary experience and campaigns,
when lie said: "There is a mighty
sight OF romance and great many
interesting episodes connected with
the war, that historians can never
get hold of. For instance there has
been a great deal said about the
battle of Winchester, a little affair
in wich had a hand. Well it
was pretty square fight. but do
you know that battle was fought on
the strength of information which |
obtained from a young lady in the
town of Winchester, and if the reb-
els had known she was giving it TO
me they would have hung her ina
minute. | was very anxious to get
information OF the rebel strength
and movements SO as to know just
when and where to strike them, but
| did not know how to get it.
Finally | heard ola Union young
lady in Winchester who could be
relied on if | could get word to her.
Her name was Miss Wright !
think she sin the Treasury Depart
ment at Washington now. Bus
the trouble was to communicate
with her. One day | heard of an
old colored man living outside Of
my lines, who had pass to go INTO
Winchester to sell vegetables. |
sent for the old man, and on talking
with him found lin loyal, as all COL
ored folks you know. Finding he
could keep a secret, asked nun II
he would undertake to odeliver q let
ter to young lady in Winchester.
The old fellow said he would. So
I vote a letter on thin tissue paper,
and rolled it up in q tinfoil.. 1t
made a ball about as big as the end
of your thumb and I told the old
mau to put it in his mouth tssS de-
liver to Miss Wright, in NVinches-
ter. He went off, and in about two
DAYS came back an answer rolled up
in the same piece OF tinfoil. | found
I had had struck a mighty good
lead, and | followed it carefully till
| got all the information | wanted.
The girl gave me more important
informtion than | got from all other
sources, and | planned the battle OF
Winchester almost entirely on what
| got from her. She was . nice girl,
and true as steel.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-11
How ~ Reb Stood Bad Treatment.

During the war p. was captured
by Captain Rum, and then, as he
lay alongside the road in a state OF
blissful uuconseiousness, he was
picked up by Captain Yank. Now
i. was over forty five years OF age,
did,;'t belong to the army, and was
mad as hornet at being disturbed
in his slumber, and refused decld-
sdly to get into one OF the wagons.
aPitch him in, boys" said the
officer, and through the air he went
Zone hundred and ninety poundS)
aud lit on his back on a pile Of corn.
There he lay, abusing every one
around him, until the wagon he
was in stalled in a mudhole and
had to he unloaded.
"Get down from there, reb,"
shouted a Sergeant to old T.
81 didn't put myself up here,
and | won't do nothing to crimlnate
myself"
Throw him out, boys" and out
be went, and liked to have burst
rs he hit the ground.
After unloading and getting out
Of the hole the Sergeant ordered T,
" get in again.
@Pll be darred if do; | didn't
put myself here, and | amt moth
Ing to do with myself"
"Throw him in, boys" and four
men took hold of p, and after two
or three preparatory swings, away
ho went through the air and lit
like a hornet on the corn.
Another breakdown, and ?. was
ordered to crawl down again
81 won't do it," he roared. sim
your prisoner, dod durn you, and
| amt going to take control OF
myself"
"Throw him out, boys" and out
be was pitched.
sect up" said the Sergeant, after
tne wagon was repaired.
eco to the devil" replied p;
put your prisoner in yourself;
ain't 'sponsible."
"Get up, there shouted the
Sergeant to the driver; and off they
drove, leaving P. in his glory
That was the hardest nut, the
sergeant says, he ever met.
Old P, on finding himself hi
own man again, hoisted his FLAG
and trotted home, swearing he
knew the articles Of war better thar
all the Sergeants in the Unitec
States Army.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-11

"SHovE Your TEETH INTO
That" There is a boy in our
schools who wears a green velvet
suit which is broken ont with bell
buttons. There is a great change
in the boy since he commenced to
20 to school, several months ago.
lie was then but q tritle better than
sn untutored savage, although we
frankly confess we don't know what
an untutored savage is. His first
experience in the school was a spell
ing lesson. While the class was
going through the exercise, he sat
on the platform near the teacher,
and locked his hands across his
knees and watched the class very
intently. The first was ransom.
"Ry gracious!'' said he, drawing
his breath hard. The teacher gave
him a repEoying look, and went on
multiply. "Tbunder and light
ming, what q word!' he cried, in a
storm Of delight. Again the teacher
nailed him with q look, and pro-
oeeded. Oscillation. At this he
Just raised himself up to his feet,
and shrieked out in q perfect frenzy
Of ecstasy, "By godeYs, gentlemen,
lust shove your teeth into that"
This broke up the lesson.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-11

Corvallis has plenty Of fat beef;
and the prospect for blackberries
GheDabouts is fine; and sSnag.puller
is.st work a few miles belOw the
city improving the river; aud the
brass band, under the leadership of
III. Louis BilRls, is making fine
progress IN the Art Of f"tOOting." and
viii disoOaras On the FOarth, we
Aagu from GGsetts.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-07-11
A coupel Of dogs were having

A coupel of dogs were having .
dispute on the opposite sides Of q
slat fence in North Bridgewater,
Mass, the other morning, when
one OF them, letting his valor get
the best OF his discretion, plunged
his head through the Stats in the
hope OF mpping his antagonist.
The head went through nicely, but
would not pull back. The other
pup, seeing his foe was in chancery,
ieisurely commenced eating up the
front part of his head and ears.
There was emusic in the air" about
that time, and the yelping brought
the juvenile owner to the rescue,
He took in the situation at once
and freezing on that dogs tail and
bracing against the fence, he pulled
his level best. For q moment it
was doubtful which would give
way frst-the tail, the head, or the
picket; but with o final surge the
boy brought away the pup, minus
the biggest part Of both ears. The
first jump that that dog made When
loose was something over twenty
feet, and with a continuous wall o.
grief he disappeared around the cor
ner.-Ddnbmy NeloS.