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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-21
MARRIED.

In Washington. on the 10th instant, by Rev.
c. c. Meador, ia MES QUAYLE to ESTHER
BEACH, of this place.
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T OST-A suitable and satisfactory reward
IL will be paid for the return or information
that will lead to the recovery Of y CHlLDfS
ARMLET, marked Washington. Apply at
this office. aug 1T
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Chartered by the United Suites Government.
FIRST MORTGAGE SIX PER CT. GOLD
COUPON AND REGISTERED
CON lotion 30 n ID > :,
Interest paid June and December here and
and in New York.
AUTHORIZED BY ACTS OF CONGRESS,
With Sinking Fund
And free from Government, State, and other
taxes, issued only on completed road
AT NINETY PER CENT.
And Interest in Currency.
Government bonds and all other marketaDl
securities will be received ut current prices IN
exchange fol- these bonds, without expense 10
the investor. w
Pamphlets, Maps and full information will 90
furnished on application to the following Bank
ing Houses
EDMD. d. RANDOLPH & CO., N. York.
B. h. JAMISON & CO., Philadelphia.
w. ID. CORSE d CO..
mig 21-3m ACTS for Loan Alexandria.
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u..qS'TEU,

"ANTED-A WHITE PROTESTAN Mt
w WOMAN as first class Cook, Washer
and Ironer for private family in the country.
Apply to Miss JULIA DeLAGNIEL, Man
sion House. Alexandria, Va. aug 2l-lwt
WTANTED-A YOUNG MAN wishes nc
w tive steady employment. Can give the
best references. Moderate compensation re-
quired. Enquire at this office. aug l9-eo3t
WANTED, By A SMALL FAMILY, y
w HOUSE containing or rooms, tsss
centrally located; rent not to exceed to .assGG
$40 per month, or would rent part of house
with another family. Best of references given II
required. Address House." Postollice box 2o4
Alexandria, Va aug lS-eo3t
WANTED TO ENCHANGE-A FINE
w FARM in Culp per county, Va, conve-
nient to the railroad for Alexandria or Wash.
ington city real estate. Address GEORGE d.
ROBINSON & SON, Union street. Alexandria.
aug ll-2aw6w
WANTED TO HIRE-A WHITE WO-
w MAN, to do general houscwork. Apply
at this Office jy S-tf
VIZ ANTED-A quantity of WHITE OAK
w and HICKORY POLES IA foot long.
jy15 F. A. REED, Agent.
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WYNN N BEHkLEY has ustopened Bleach
w ed and Brown Cottons, Striped Shirtngs,
Cassimeres, Fall Prints White Flannels, &c,
on the best terms. aug Il
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LOST AVN EDE.N'U.

T OST-On Sunday evening last, on Columbus
IL street, portion of an ETRUSCAN GOLD
with carbuncle set, in pearls
The finder will be suitably rewarded by leaving
it ut w. w. ADAMS Jcwclry store, King st.
QUO D0-2iH
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BELTS
ELTS |

BELrS'
Another supply of
ROCCO 3
With beautiful Sity sntssa over steel, as
thew do not rust. For sale At ,,p DppOT
'" ans ~ FERGUSON'S HAIR DE ,--
I1RONT BANDS AND WIGS
FROM THE NARROW TO THE
LARGEST SIZE,
lust received and for sale cheap NJ oppoT
a,r 81 Sc King street.
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COMMERCIAL.

ALEXANDRIA MARKET, August 2l.-Primo
and choice samples of Wheat are in active ro-
quest and the market is unchanged in prices;
offerings of lT6 bushels white and l444 of red,
sales of the former at 1853 and 1913 for prime and
choice, and of the latter at ITO for badly dam
aged lot, l25 and $50 for inferior; lag, l52 and
1876 for fair to good, and l65, l67 and les for
prime to choice The offerings of Corn on
Change day were very light, and no sales
We're reported. Rye is quiet. Oats arc steady ;
small offerings, with sales at 81 and 20 Sales of
Corn Meal at g.
PORT OF ALEXANDRIA, AUG UST q, 10.
sun RoSE.......... 5.2l NOON RIsEs........ -
Sun SETS ....... Gas
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Lexington, aug l9-2w
TRE NCH Ian 4 g z.

u -,
Professor LOUIS GANBlN, Of Paris. will
resume the duties of his profession on the I'D Of
September, and respectfully offers his services to
Principals of Schools, and others who may wish
to form private classes. Address z. 0. box ISL
Alexandria VIZ. aug lS-2w
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81 KGEE * les.

GORGE McBUKNEY & son,
Dealers in
CHOICE FAMILY AND FANCY GROCE-
RIES, WINES AND LlQUOKS,
ENGLISH and SCOTCH ALE and BKO w N
STOUT.
Also, EASTERN and POTOMAC HERRING
and MACkEREL.
NOS. IGG AND 10 KING STREET,
Washington Hall Bulldng,)
Alexandria, Va.
Orders promptly filed. mn 3l-tf
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VXTANTED TO HIRE-A WHITE WO-
w MAN, to do general houscwork. Apply
at this office jy 2S-tf
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c. & 0. CANAL.-Informatio received

G. y o. CANAL.-Inf0rmah0n received
yesterday mornisg by letter, and by parties
direct from the breaks 10 the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal, state that the break at Wade $
lime-kin has been repaired but that the
trunk being constructed above Berlin, 10 place
of the culvert that was washed out, will not be
able to pass before the middle of next week.
The storm 10 the neighborhood Of BakersVlle
was very severe, washing away bridges and
fences, and damaging the crops to very great
extent. The hail-stones were Left in heaps at
ter the storm, in some places foot thick, and
literally cut the growing corn to pieces. The
Washington Chronicle OF this morning contains
the above, but information received here, as
stated yesterday, is to the effect that light
boats are expected to arrive at Cumberland on
Saturday, and that loaded boats are expected
to reach here by the following Tuesday
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TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY CO.
Chartered 5y the United Suites Government.
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LEXANDRIA FEMALE SEMINARY.

The next session of thus School will open Sep
TENDER S.il, 1873 in the fine. ars; rear rooT IN
the upper story of Sareptn Hall. Apparatus in
creased and improved; corps of teachers and
course Of Instruction complete Best school
room in the city. Terms So, 81, $40 Sl5
per quarter Address Rev. DR.. j. LIrTLE,
aug 4-lm p. O. box 2l0, Alexandrs, W..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-21

T INES and FRESH LEMONS just received
IL by g. VIM. RAMSAY,
aug Corner King and St. Aseph SITS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-21

DRIME NO. MACKEREL, loose and in
i kits. jus: received by ~
e. VIM. RAMSAY,
aug u Corner King and st. Asaph sts.
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Lccsburg, aug o-w3t
ID )TOMAC AGA DEM 7,

MISS ELIZA G.. ADAM will reopen her
Nl BOARDING SCHOOL FOR SIX PU-
Pills on WEDNESDAY,, September 10. Ealy
applications are requested that class may be
formed engaged in the same studies. For full
information address Miss ELIZA G.. ADAM,
Alexandria Va. ~ E-no2In
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-21

TIE WAwAsEr LETTERS Mr.. Wheeler,
the clerk of the late steamer Wawaset, called
at this office this morning, and in reference to
the letters reported in the Gazette as having
been found near the scene of the disaster TO
that Inflated steamer, said the letters alluded
10 we're those addressed to persons living near
the laudiug the steamer was approaching, which,
as his custom was, be had taken from his office
70 be delivered when he reached the shore.
He had put them in the pocket of light coat
he was wearing, and which he pulled off and
threw overheard before he jumped Into the wa
ter. They may have been washed out of the
pocket, or the coat containing them may have
Aoatcd ashore, aud thus they may have gotten
into thu hands of those who opaned them
The Wawaset carried no regul lar U. s: mail,
but the clerk as matter of couveuiuce to
those who patrouized the boat, was 10 the
habit of taking such letters to the different
landings as might be handed him.
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HINEsE TEA PANY,

NORTH ROYAL STREET,
Have just received large and carefully Sc
lected stock Of
'0O TEAS, SEASON 1872.
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r ,OC AL NEW s.

TuE FIoop. The damage done by the late
s,oa was more serious than was at first report
u The water extended from Cameron, Run
~ Mr.. Samuel Pulman's ), washing away seven
a ar t of ground and crops to the value OF a
',btn',,saod to fifteen hundred dollars. This was
an ~, the Pike Run. If Cameron Run IN which;
however, the water was eleven feet deep, had
hcsn as high proportionately, the damage would
I been extensive and many houses would
have been washed away The bridge over
lifts Run, at the head of King street, whlch
, ,;~ washed away, has not yet been replaced
md as great inconvenience is experienced by
persons using that road, it is to be hoped the
nroper authorities will see to its replacement
# once Most of the wooden bridges that
were washed away, in the southern part of the
city, have been replaced, and when those 10
rhc 2nd and 3rd Wards are completed, and Su
ncriutcndent Clifford will have the work done
As soon as possible, the whole cost from repair
Ing bridges alone will be from thousand to
Twelve hundred dollars. The heavy rain Of
last night greatly Increased some of the already
extensive washes on Princess street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-21

NORTON'S LONDON BISCUITS, equal
IN1 to Peck, Frean i Cos. just received by
6. WM RAMSAY,
ono - Corner Kirp and St Assph SIS
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-19
TIIn COMING WOMEN.
4 Tsn-Year-Old BOYS Composition.

eCIfI lfir Iff - Hff HHll aBi
Girls are like curious looking orea-
lures. Most Of them have long hair,
and plat it up like Chinaman, or
twist il TO look like a negro. ] sup
pose they think black negro is nice
Some girls think themselves awful
smart. | would like to see some of
them if they we're as large as they
feel. Some girls like boysyery much
if they have some flowers, but If he
has none they won't speak unless the
boy speaks first and speak like they
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-19

Edward r. Geary, a Christian geD.
tleman and man honored where he
is known, was today nominated for
Congress by the Republican Conven-
ton at Albany. He peremptorily de-
clined the nomination--the endorse
ment Of Mitchell BY the Convention
being the cause. Mr.. Geary's declina-
ton produced sensation, and the
Convention adjourned an hour to
catch its breath. Upon re-assembling
it nominated Hi. Smith, Of Harris
burg, in Linn county, to be its candi-
date for Congress. The event has
originated conundrum. Who is Hi.
SmithS Fortunately, by diligent in
quiry, we are enabled to throw some
little light upon the subject. He is
not wholly to fame unknown. About
five years ago he concocted and prop
ogated compound which was in that
day described as,
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-19
DnmooRATfo Nonf1NEE.

The Democratic Convention that
assembled ut Portland on the 9th
inst, nominated James. W. Nesmith
as candidate for Congress on the fifth
ballot. The result Of the ballot was
--Nesmith, 50; Geo. n. Helm, 34;--
Jas. II. Slater, 18; L. f. Lane, 81
and 8 votes blank. The nomination
Of Mr.. Nesmith was therefore made
unanimous. bs "
Col. Nesmith is an old 0regonian,
having come TO Oregon in 1843. His
history is part Of the history Of this
State. He has acquired reputation,
during the six years he served as
United States Senator, Of being very
attentive and successful in attending
to any business with the Depart
ments, which had been entrusted to
him by any Of his constituents with
out distinction Of party. II is in his
favor that he is acquainted with the
various departments Of government
and with Congressional Legislation
which any new man must learn to be-
come as efficient. Col. Nesmith pos
sesses another qualification para
mount 10 all others, that Of honesty.
The people have been plundered and
robbed SO much that they pride in
tegrity as the first qualification in
their representative in Congress-
Col. Nesmith served six years as a
Senator and has never been accused
or even suspected Of dishonesty. II
is generally known be returned from
the United States Senate to his farm
with enough to purchase a good va
riety Of farming implements and
nothing more. .--DalIes Mountaiueer.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-19

We hear OF an old Montana pros.
pector who went to the States to CON
snmmate a matrimonial engagement
Of four or five years standing, and
on arriving at the house Of the young
lady lato 10 the evening, was invited
to stay all night, and shown into an
elegantly furnished bedroom up
stairs. But our bunch-grass hero
was not accustomed to close rooms,
white sheets, and dowhy feathers,
and could not sleep SO, discovering
scuttle-hole in the ceiling, he
mounted to the roof, and after an
Anxious search by the young lady
next morning, was found wrapt in
the top bed-quilt and in q profound
slumber on the shingles. When ask
ed to explain his strange conduct, he
informed his Charity Jane that ho
"never could sleep in such nice
warm bed as that he wasn't used to
it,"
"Then yoniust giEl Dye think
I'm goin' to climb upshere vita you
every hight7" poutingly rephee Char.
ity Jane.
"0h, we'll, replied the penitent,
"you needn't get mad bout it--you
can just nail up the hole 10 the rcot
after We get married
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-19

ONE Of the most beautiful speci-
mems Of sectarian steadfastness Of
which we have read for q long time Is
reported from the little town of Hy-
annis, Mass. There is at that town 3
Universalist and . Baptist Church.
The former was lately struck by light
ming and set on fire, and the only bell
on which an alarm could be rung was
that Of the Baptist sanctuary near BY,
but the sturdy old sexton Of that faith
refused 70 give up the key Of the
church, declaring that be was "not
going to interfere With the viii Of
God,h
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-19

BY the persistent use of printers
ink, the light Of Hiram Smith family
illuminated the horizon of his neigh
borhood for brief period, and then
sank into its accustomed darkness.
We shall be informed that we have
nothing to do with Mr.. Smiths Pri-
vate life; but be has no other, nor
will he ever have. He has passed
the Summer Of his days in his retail
store at Harrisburg, gathering ducats.
He has developed no ambitious designs
heretofore, save when he essayed his
"0pthalmic Panacea" fight. But we
are advised that the latent spark has
long slumbered his bosom. Some
weeks since he made trip to Clatsop
for the purpose, as was reported at
the time, Of gaining the approval OF
Ben. Holladay to his becoming a can.
didate for Congress. The result Of
the trip is not known further than the
action of the Convention at Albany
proclaims it. He is said to be rath'
ef competent business man in his way.
He has been, and perhaps is now, in
the employ of the @, q Q. r. r., in a
collection or agency capacity Of. some
sort, and is said to be very satisfacto.
ry in his employment. He worships
money, and has accumulated some
We think be would take baok-pay 3
but his chances are so remote as not
to deserve the name, He will be
beaten not less than FIVE thousand
Votes-if the vots tSould be full
one, by larger majority .-Ne'cs. a
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-19
ANEoDoTE OF THE WAR

Captain H., formerly Of the Massa-
chusetts Volunteers, was noted for
being wag, and fond Of bis Joke.
He relates Che following anecdote Of
bis hotel experience in Washington.
Anybody who visited Washington
during the late war, and had the
good fortune to secure quarters at
the great canavansary known as
i"Willard's, r must have experienced
the remarkable aptitude and ingenui.
ty which ''mine host or his clerks
displayed in the matter Of "piling on
the extras when making out the
bills. Captain II. was about taking
his departure, and therefore called
for his bill, The bill was brought to
his room, where he was busily en-
gagged in the notagreeable occupation
Of packing up his straps" Among
the ''items' ON the bill appeared one
for three bottles of champagne, while
our friend could only plead guilty to
having ordered one pint of porter
Requesting the officious and astonish-
ed f'contraband"to send the land
lord to hin, he continued his pack
ing. After much delay the indignant
Boniface presented himself, greatly
incensed at being summoned to wait
upon guest-something quite
unusual for an American landlord to
do. On entering the the room he
found Captain ii. in state of pro-
fuse perspiration, trying his utmost
to force very large pair OF cavalry
boots into "a very small yalise. =
well, sir, what do you wish with
meP" quoth the irate Boniface. "I
wish you would show me how to get
these boots into my valise," replied
H.. "What have l to do with pack
ing your luggage, sirp That is not
my business. i" 81 suppose not"
quietly replied the Captain; "but
since you are SO successful in crowd
ing three bottles Of champagne into
a pint Of porter, as appears on my
bill, / thought yon could show me
how to get these boots into this
valise." $ 0' ="
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-19
HAsTY .RURIALs.

The practice of preparing suppos-
ed dead persons for the grave before
life is possibly known to be extinct,
is entirely too prevalent in this
country. The case Of r. P. Mink,
who was packed in ice and sent off
for burial in Indiana, recently, while
he was still alive, was only one
illustration Of many. In this case
the frozen man died at last in the
hands of his friends; but in too many
cases the victim Of American haste
and American stupidity awakens in
his coffin, to die from suffocation,
vainly beating the walls Of his wood
en- prison, and gasping out, with his
latest breath, calls for aid to those
who, would sooner die themselves
than leave him in such q horrible
position If they we're aware OF his
situation. NalF0t io 1fl Hdilt
They manage these things much
better in Europe, where the dead are
exposed until there is no doubt Of
their decease. Many Of those in
credulous people, who will believe
nothing unless they they see IL them
selves, will not credit the assertion
that persons are often buried alive
in this country, but the instances in
which disinterred corpses have been
found with their hands full Of their
own hair, the skin torn from their
knees and elbows in their vain strug-
giles, and even pieces bitten out Of
their hands and arms in their agony
and desperation, prove incontroyert-
IDLY that many such cases occur.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-19
DOMESTIC TR1ALs.

When you are carrying several ar
ticles and one Of them slips it is best
not to try to recover it. An Essex
street man named Roberts was help
ing bis wife prepare the dinner table
on Sunday, as one Of the deacona
was to take dinner with them. Rob
erts took plate of steak in one hand
and the coffee pot in the other, and
had a dish Of peas on the arm with
the steak. The wind blew the dining
room door partly too as he approach
ed it, and putting out his foot TO
push it back, the arm with the peas
moved out Of plumb, and that dish
commenced to slide. A cold streak
few up Roberts spine, and his hair
began to raise, and he felt sudden
sickness at the stomach, but he
lodged ahead to save the peas,
caught them, made wrong move,
lost them again, jabbed at them with
coffee pot, and upset the steak dish,
and in springing back to avoid the
gravy, stepped on the cat that be-
longed to the family down stairs, and
came to the floor in q heap, with the
steak and the peas and terribly mad
cat under him, and an overhowing
pot Of scalding coffee on top Of him.
Then be bounded up, and stamped
on the steak dish and threw it out of
the window, and finished in time to
hurl the coffee pot and the remaining
contents after the cat, which was
making the very best time down the
front stairway. The deacon didn't
stay to dinner. Roberts retired TO
the bedroom with q bottle Of sweet
oil and ron Of cotton.batting, and
Mrs. Roberts went over 10 her
mothers 10 cry.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-19

A sea.faring man, who was recent
ly married, gives the following de-
scription of his bride and her appar-
el, which we think will put some Of
the society papers to the blush; "My
wife is Just as handsome a craft as
ever left o millinery dry-dock; is
clipper built, and with a figure-head
not often seer on q small craft. Her
length OF keel is five feet eight inch
es, over all, FIVE feet eleven inches;-
displaces twenty seven cubic feet Of
air; Of light draught, which adds to
her speed in ball room; full in the
waist and spars trim. At the time
we were spliced she was rugged, fore
and oft, with standing rigging Of lace
and flowers, mainsail part elk. with
forestaysail Of Valehciennes. Her
frame was Of the best steel, covered
with silk, with whalebone stancheons,
This rigging Is intended for fair
weather cruising. She has also a set
of storm sails for rough weather, and
is rigging out o small set Of canvas
for light squalls, which are liable to
occur in this latitude sooner or later.
/ am told that in running down The
street before the wind she answers
the helm beautifully, and can turn
around in her own length il hand
soner craft passes her"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-19

CoMp1rcATED. "A man in Arkansas
10 the victim Of complicated series
Of marriages and divorces. He sup
posed his first wife was deadj and
then he married second one. Two
months afterward the first wife
appeared upon the scene. She had
caused a report Of her death to be
circulated to get rid Of her husband
but on hearing Of his speedy
marriage she couldn't stand IL, and
sd dame back 10 plague him. The
second wife then instituted suit for
divorce, pending which the first wife
died. Supposing his second wife
had got her divorce, he married a
third wife. But the lawyer Of the
second wife, IL seems, had failed to
enter the final decree ip sthe case.
and ON the unfortunate husbands
third marriage, wife number two
had her suit discontinued, and claim
cd the luckless creature for her own.
This disheartened him, and he at
tempted 70 run away. But proceed
ings were instituted against him for
bigamy, an indictment was found,
and be was arrested and held to bail.
Poor iellpwl
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-09-19

A Kansas lawyer said SIC transit to
the Judge, who thought it was swear
ing, and fined him $40. He said
that no one could "sick" him in that
court.