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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-03-18
TFX ANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER
STEAMBOa rs.

IT, NOTICE-POTOMAC TRANS
ilsssIaa PORTATION LINE.
~. The steamer EXPRESS, Capt: J. T. Barker,
will resume her route on FEBRUARY oath,
1874, between Baltimore, Washington and Alex
andria, stopping at the usual RIVER LAND
ING.5
Leave Baltimore EVERY TUESDAY at4
p. M, Alexandria EVERY FRIDAY Mt 4 p.
M, and Washington at II at night.
For further information apply to
}. BkODERS s. CO., II King street,
Alexandria, Va.
feb 26-tf Baltimore, Md.
L. SPRING ARRANGEMENT
STEAMER PILOT BOY.
On and after SATURDAY, February II, "a,
the steamer Pilot Boy will be run IS follows
Leaving Janney's wharf on TUESDAYS ard
ATURDAIS, at 7:3C O'Clock a. m, for land
ings as far down as Currioman returning on
WEDN ESDAYS and SUNDAYS.
On THU RSDAYS will leave at 1890 O clock
,. M, proceeding down as far as Lower Cedar
Point. Returning. will arrive at Alexandria at
F. A. REED, Agent,
FEB Zl-tf Janney's wharf.
80. T. POTOMAC STEAMBOAT co.
Inc steamer GEORGEANNA will resume
Ter trips on THURSDAY. February 10. 1874,
leaving Baltimore at p. m; and A exandria 1T
q p. m, on MON DAY, the 23d
feb + HOOE 81 JOHNSTON, Agents.
OFFICE POTOMAC FERRY CO.,
~ Washington, January l. 1874
From January 1st until further notice the
Ferry Boats between WASHINGTON .n-T p
and ALEXANDRIA will run as fol. -
lows:
LEAVE ALEXANDRIA at s, 9, 10 and II
am, Y M, and !, 3. and p. m.
q. m, II M, and l, :, g. 4 and 5 p. IN.
S. s. HOWIoON, President
S. GEDNEY, Gen. Supt. jan 13-tf
LYDE'S STEAM LINES
PHILADELPHIA, PROVIDENCE AND
Steamers leave Alexandria EVERY TUES
DAY and SATURDAY., at y O'clock nj.
Leave Philadelphia EVERY TUES 1!sSes
DAY and AT URDAY, fromsaa&s>
Pier No. North Whsrves at II o'clock m
This line connects ut Alexandria with the o.,
A. s. NJ and w. s Q. r. Rs, anu at Philadel-
pha with the new and populsr Iron Line" for
Providence and Boston.
Freight forwarded with promptness and care,
free of commissions.
No charge for transfer in Philadelphia, and
no wharfage III Boston. Through to Boston in
sixty-fye hours. Through rates aud Though
bills of ladng given. Insurance guaranteed ii
less than usual rates.
Agents:
F. A. REED, Alexandria.
WIN. ?. CLYDE s. CO., Philadelphia
GEO. L. HYDE, Georgetown D. G..
ie 2l-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-03-18

NEW GOODSl NEW GOODS
GREEN'S NOTION HOUSE
AND
HAIR GOODS MANUFACTORY.
Large Quantities Of NEW GOODS for the
SPRING TRADE just being opened. Hand
kercbiefs, Hosiery, Kid Gloves, Scsrfs, Ribbons,
Black and Coored Silks, Ruttings, Zephyr
Worsteds and quantities OF other goods too nu
melous to designate. all of which will be sold at
the usual small profits at "
GREENS NOTION HOUSE.
feb rs Is King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-03-18
New Bone and Plaster Mill.

l would inform my friends and the public
generally that nave established in connection
with my AGRICU LTURAL IMPLEMENT,
SEED and FERTILIZER BUSIN ESS
A BONE AND PLASTER MILL,
and am now prepared to fill orders with prompt
ness and Dispatch Having new and improved
machinery and using only the best quality OF
Blue Windsor Plaster, it shall be my constant
aim to produce IN article SO FINELY GROUND IS
tc silence I'LL complaint heretofore made on tnst
point.
Having the most approved BONE MILL now
made l Shall manufacture and have constantly
on h,.nd u pure article Of FINELY GROUND
RAW BONE.
SAMPLES of Ground Plaster or Bono will be
mailed to any address Oil application.
HERBERT BRYANT.
jan 5-tf No. Is King ST., Alexandria, Va.
THE FIRM OF JAMESON, UHLER s.
Il CO. is this day dissolved By mutual con-
sent A. q. Uhler or Boyd NJ. Smith will sign
in settlement. ROBI. MI SON.
A. u. UHLER.
BOYD Nj. SMITH.
The undersigned have this day formed CO.
partnership under the name and style OF
SMITH, UHLER u CO.,
for the purpose of continuing the business of the
ALEXANDRIA, planning MILLS, Nos. 20
and 81 north Water street, Alexandria, Va.
BOYD NJ SMITH.
A. G. UHLER
SHARKS WIMSATT,
NH Washington, u. o.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-03-18

II EW STORE.
F. g. SWAINE
Wouldinform his friends and the public gener.
ally that he mas leased the store on the corner Of
Cameron and Royal streets, ID. G. Milburn's old
stsnG) and will keep, in connection with the
Groce~y, Liquor and Commission store, No. u
Roya! street, tirst-cass
FAMILY GROCERY,
where can be found 1T All times fresh Roll But
tor, Poultry, Eggs, Homny, Beans, Dried
Fruits, Potatoes, Canned Peaches, Pineapple,
T.maoes and Corn Sc, sc. Call and exam
me. feD
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-03-18

VIRGINIA: At Rules held in the CLERKS
Y office OF the Corporation Court of the city
of Alexandria, on the Sd day Of March, lo14'-
Louis A. Won Hoffman, plaintiff,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-03-18

DAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, &c.-We
l. have just received full supply OF Lewis
Pure Lead, Mount Vernon Pure Lead, Raw
and Boiled Linseed Oil, Varnishes OF all kinds
Paint Brushes, Sperm, Lard and other Oils for
machinery, st., for sale at lowest prices by
NH 10 Z. 5. LEADBEATER s. BRO.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-03-18

Just received my Spring supply of the above
in one and two buttons, in black and colors
This is the best French Kid Glove imported.
mh6 G.. &. BERRY
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-03-18

TRACES, LOG, OK, BREAST, BACK
y BAND AND OTHER CHAINS, at So
King street, corner of Royal-Just received u
full supply OF the above goods, which will be
cost. Call and see.
feb IL j. T. CREIGHTON s SON,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-03-18

Cash paid for old Iron and Brass.
SEP 6-tf
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-01
Information Wanted.

The Chillicothe Register says:
Mrs. Ellsworth Upp, of Cynthiana,
Pike county, Ohio, writes that last
March man calling himself VIM. H.
Black, and claiming to be a piano
and organ tuner, and an agent of
Mr.. Baldwin, the Cincinnati piano
dealer, hired her husbands light dun
mare, and buggy from another per-
son, at SO day, Mr.. Upp accom-
panying him. Since then neither of
the men have been seen or heard
from. A letter sent to Mr. Baldwin
developed the fact that the man was
an impostor. He is described as a
small man, with black hair and eyes,
and crippled in the back and one
leg, but a skillful performer on mu-
sical instruments. Mr.. Upp is also
small of stature, has black hair and
eyes, an impediment in his speech,
and can neither read nor write.
His wife is confident that he has
been murdered by Black. She is
very poor, she is much distressed, and
would be thankful to any paper which
may copy this paragraph.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-01
Number Seven in ,he Bible.

On the seventh day God ended his
work.
On the seventh month Noah's ark
touched the ground.
In seven days a dove was sent.
Abraham pleaded seven7 times for
Sodom.
Jacob mourned seven days for
Joseph.
Jacob served seven years for Rach-
ael.
And yet another seven years more.
Jacob was pursued a seven days
journey by 1aban.
A plenty of seven years and a
famine of seven years were foretold
in Pharaoh's dream by seven fat and
seven lean beasts, and seven ears OF
full and seven ears of blasted corn.
On the seventh day of the seventh
month the children of Israel tasted
seven days, and remained seven days
in their tents. ...
Every seven days the land rested.
Every seventh year the law was
read to the people.
In the destruction of Jericho seven
persons bore seven trumpets seven
days; on the seventh day they sur
rounded the walls seven times, and
at the end of the seventh round tine
walls fell.
Solomon was seven years building
the temple, and tasted seven days at
it's dedication. ..e...
In the tabernacle were seven lamps.
The golden candle-stick had seven
branches. -....
Naaman washed seven times in the
river Jordan. ... ...
Jobs friends sat with him seven
days and seven nights, and offered
seven bullocks and seven rams for an
atonement. .
Our Savior spoke seven. times
from the cross, on which he hung
seven hours, and after his resurrec-
ton appeared seven times.
In the Revelations we read of sew
en- churches, seven candle-stlcks, sew
en- stars, seven trumpets, seven
plaques, seven thunders, seven walls,
seven angels, and a seven-headed
monster, .......
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-01

This laconic but sensible German
ought to be sent out to lecture among
the people on temperance: II tell
you how it vas I drink mine lager;
den 1 put mine hand on mine head,
and dere wash vone pain. Den I put
mine hand on mine body, and dere
vosh anoder pain. Den I put mine
hand in my pocket, and dere vas
noting. So I iine mid de demper-
ance. Nov dere is no pain more in
nina head, and de pain in mine body
vas all gone away. I put mine hand
in mine pocket, and dere vas dwenty
tollars. So l stay NIT the demper-
ance." ~ ~.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-01
Power ofRnnks.

Music works a miracle for those
who have an ear poetry for another
class; a good book that fits his taste
will at once render this service to
every reader. Many times the read
ing of book has made the way of a
man--has decided his way of life. 1t
makes friends; it is a tie between
men who have been delighted with
the same book. Every one of us is
always in search of his friend; and
when he finds a person reading q
rare poet or thinker who is dear to
him, in solitude, it is like finding a
brother. DIR. johnson, hearing of a
man who had reveled in Burton's
"Anatomy of Melancholy" said, eff
I had known that, 1 should have
hugged him" We expect great men
to be great readers for in proper
ton to the spontaneous power should
be the diffusive. Julius Caesar, when
shipwrecked and forced to swim for
life, did not gather his gold, but
took his commentaries in his teeth
and swan with them to the shore
Even the wild and warhke Arab,
Mahommed, said of, his men, t'They
are either learned or learning; the
rest are blockheads. The great
duke of Marlborough could not go
into camp without Shakespeare.
The Duchess Brabantes tells us of
the first Bonaparte, that in fastening
out of France to join his army in
Germany, he tossed his journals and
books out of his travelling carriage
as fast as he could read them, and
strewed the highway with pamphlets.
We expect great man to be a good
reader; for in proportion to the
spontaneous power should be the re-
ceiving power Napoleon's criticism
is admirable. He writes very well.
Witness it chiefly, I should say, in
his letters to his brother, the king of
Spain. Montesquieu, one of the great
est minds of France in all its history,
said: ''The love of study is in us
almost the only eternal passion all
the others quit us in proportion as
the miserable machine which gives
them to us approaches its ruin >
Emerson. ..s
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-01

An important decision nthe ques-
ton of the right State to control
the charges ofrailroads, has just been
made by the Supreme Court of the
United States. The case which
brought out the decision was writ
against the Northwestern railroad
for charging double rate for freight
from Chicago to Marshalltown, Iowa,
and the court held thatit is competent
for the State of Iowa to regulate
railroad Heights, because such law
is within power of a State to protect
its citizens from imposition.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-01

Time; at length, sets all things
even. Alexander H. Stephens, ex.
Vice President of that Confederacy
whose very cornerstone, he boasted,
was human slavery, instead of hu
man hberty-the colleague of Toombs,
and Yancey, and the Rhetts, now oc-
cupies seat in Congress on a COM
mon level with half dozen dark
skinned members of the very race on
whose unrequitted toll and suffering
the detestable structure of which he
was a chief officer was, avowedly, to
be reared. The fact is wonderfully
suggestive.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-01

Little Harry had been quite sick,
and mother was obliged to be very
careful of his diet. One of the or
ders was that he was to eat nothing
but what she gave him.
One day little Jennie came in eat
ing piece Of cake. o, how nice it
looked to the little hungry boy, who
felt as you do when you are getting
better, that he wished to eat all the
time. He knew if he had just asked
his dear, obliging little sister she
would gladly give him ''the biggest
half But he didn't. He only said,
80 Jennie you must run right out
wit Chat cake and I'll keep my eyes
shuS tight so I shan't want any"
Now that was a great triumph fol
a boy only seven years old. Some
great boys of seventeen could not
have done as well. They are far
from shutting their eyes tight when
temptation to taste wrong things is
before them. They rather suffer
their eyes to lead them straight into
mischief. t-.''.
'Ttlrn away mine eyes from be-
holding vanity, is an excellent prayer
for us all. '.Look not upon the wine
when it is red, and you will neverbe
likely to fill a drunkard's grave.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-01

at peace with Observation-Disclosures
of wisdom to others, fathers of bless
ed families, torchlightE for the world
and he exclaimed, OH and also,
had l but willed it, also might, like
them, have seen with fearless eyes,
with tranquil heart, this night de-
part into eternity! Oh, my dear
father-my dear, dear mother! I,
even I, might have been now happy,
had l but hearkened to your affec-
tionate admonitions-had / but chos-
en- to profit by the blessings which
on every returning New Years Morn
like this your tenderness led you to
invoke on my head s
Amid these feverish "reminiscences
of his youth, it appeared to him as
though the spectre which had assum-
ed his features in the charnel-house
gradually approached nearer and
nearer to him-losing, however, as it
advanced, one trait after another of
its spectral character-til at length,
as if under the dominion of that su-
pernatural influence which on the
last night of the old year is popular
ly said to compel even the Dead to
undergo a change of form, it took
the appearance of living young
man-the same young man that he
had himself been fifty years before.
He was unable to gaze any longer;
he covered his face with his hands;
and, as the bistering tears gushed
from his eyes, he sank down, power
less and trembling, ON his knees
and again he cried out, as if his heart
would break, o! come back to me,
lost days of my youthl-come back,
come back to me once more!
and the supplication of the peni-
tent was not made in vain, for they
came back to him, those days of his
youth-not yet lost! He started
from his bed-the blue moonbeams
were shining in through the windows
the midnight chimes were an
the beginning of a new
year. Yes!-all had been but an ap-
palling dream-all, except his sins
and transgressions: these, alas! were
but too real, for conscience, even in
sleep, is a faithful monitor. But he
was still young-he had not grown
old in iniquity-and with tears of re
pentance he thanked God for having,
even by means of so terrific vision,
awakened in his heart feeling of
horror for the criminal career he had |
been pursuing, and for having re-
vealed to him in that Jglimpse of a
land full of sunbeApaS, bisvests, and
angelic spirits, the blissfnl goal in
which, if he pleased, the path of his
existence might yet terminate.
Youthful reader! on which of these
two paths art thou? On the right.
hand path? Go forward, then, with
the blessing of thy Maker, and fear
On the left-hand path? If
so, pausel be forewarned-turn while
yet thou mayest-retraee thy steps
make a happier choice! I will pray
that the terrors of this ghastly Dream
may not hereafter be arrayedin judg-
ment against thee! Alas for thee, if
the time ever comes when thou shalt
call aloud in thy despair, Come back,
ye precious days of my youth!-un-
like the dreamer, thou wilt but be
mocked by the barren echo of thine
own lamentation-the precious days
Of youth will never, never come back
to thee!
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-01

Jean Paul Richter says: ''To in
sure modesty, L would advise the
educating of the sexes together; for
two boys will preserve twelve girls,
or two girls twelve boys, amid winks,
jokes, and improprieties, merely by
that instructive sense which is the
forerunner of matured modesty.
But I will guarantee nothing in a
school where girls are alone together,
and still less where boys are.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-01
Esborough, Highland County, Thursday January


Spread dark distrust and devastation ?
Throughout the business of the nation.
No wonder men were stricken dumb,
Not knowing what might be to come,
Nor on whose head the storm might burst,
And trembling, waited for the worst.
But when at last the storm passed by,
1t left behind brighter sky,
And financial atmosphere
A thousand times more pnre and clear.
And now men breathe again more freely,
And bless their lucky stars that really
What seemed 80 fearful in their eyes
May prove blessing in disguise"
It surely will, if in our nation e1
Extravagance and speculation,
And use of credit beyond reason
Are checked, even for transient season,
And all our people once more learn
To frugal habits to return trE
Our Banks deserve especial praise,
That in the Panic's darkest days,
They stood the brunt of every shock,
Unmoved as the eternal rock. @ -l.-
And now, kind friends, if you'll excuse,
I'll say word about the NEWS.
Each week for years well nigh two. score,
The Carriers brought it to your door,
Nor stopped for summers scorching heat,
Nor winters cold, his nimble feet.
Long may it still your freside cheer,
Through many and many coming year,
Nor any envious, rival Mil"
Ever again its life assail
And may it, as it grows in age,
Still against Wrong the battle wage,
For truth and Right be ever bold,
And strive the public mind to mould
To Virtue and Intelligence
A sovereign Peoples best defense.
Hail to thee, New Year. Hail, once more,
To bithe and gay young Seventy-Four!
And as we gladly welcome thee, ~r.
And say goodbye to Seventy Three,
Kind patrons, mayyou one and all,
Both young and old, both great and small,
Enjoy with good, old-fashioned cheer,
This birthday of another year.
And may the months of Seventy-Four
Rich blessings have for you in store!
And for your health and joy,
Will ever pray THE CARRIER BOY.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-01

The New York Times says that the
steamer Ohio, from Philadelphia to
Liverpool, on her last trip took out
1900 car wheels. This, of course, is
as yet a comparatively isolated case,
but it has some significance. Ameri-
can car wheels are acknowledged by
some English makers to be ofsuperior
character, their excellence being at
tributed to the peculiar method Of
manufacture, involving the use Of
charcoal iron.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-01

The more work man does the
more he can do, is truth which we
should all do well to remember.
The busiest man is the man of
most leisure The indolent man has
never time to do anything he does
not wish to do.
Early rising is good; getting at
your work early is better. There
are men who pride themselves on
getting up early in the morning who
do nothing after they are up-or do
it listlessly. -
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-01

The sudden death is announced OF
Hon. Thomas A. R. Nelson, late As
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States. The deceased
occupied a seat on the Supreme
Bench for over thirty years, and was
one of the most profound iurTists OF
all the great and learned men who
have been members of that court.
He retired about one year since, and
WAS succeeded by Hon. Ward Hunt.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-01

As an instance of the longevity Of
birds, the Sterling Journal says that
one of the famous prize breed of
geese at Blairdrummond died the
other day at the respectable age of
three score and ten years. This bird
has been on the estate for sixty years,
and was said to be about ten sum-
mers old when it joined the flock.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-01

In France and other parts of Eu-
rope, where coal is too rare for con-
slant consumption, wood has to be
burned, but there is a stringent com
pulsory compliance with an old law,
that for every one tree cut down,
three young ones shall be planted.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-01
Youths Department.
EnIgm ma.

am composed of Il letters.
My first is in June, but not in March,
My second is in burn, but not in parch,
My third is in lend, but not in borrow,
My fourth is in wide, but not in narrow,
My fifth is in Lou, bat not in Mary, E
Ny sixth is in Steven, but not in Jerry,
Ny seventh is in star, but not in moon,
My eighth is in morning, but not in noon,
My ninth is in maple, but not in beech,
Ny tenth is in plum, but not in peach,
My eleventh is in valley, but not in mountain,
My twelfth is in river, but not in fountain,
My thirteenth is in horse, but not in COW,
My fourteenth is in then, but not in now
Ny whole forms the name of young schoolmas-
er. ROSE.
HilsbOro, Ohio.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-01

A good mother was trying to ex-
plain to young hopeful in town the
other day about fighting against the
devil. After telling the little fellow
who the devil was, and how hard he
was to successfully resist he turned
around and said: Mamma, I'd be
scared at the old devil, but if I was
to come across one of his little devils
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-01

Jury" said a Western Judge,
"you kin go out and find a verict. II
you can't find one of your own, get
the one the last jury used" The
jury returned verdict of suicide IN
the ninth degree. T.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-01

There was great laugh IN the late
spiritual and free-loYe meeting at
Chicago when Miss Anna E. Hinman,
of Connecticut, made her little speech.
Everybody before had been declaim-
ing of the bondage of the marriage
state, and of the general incompati-
bility of onr social arrangements.
When Miss Hinman got her chance
she said, with a most unconscious
but still too effective satire to escape
recognition: Gas I am an old maid,
and never had any husband to quarrel
with, and never happened to love the
husband of any other woman, and
have no experience in that respect, I
cannot saythat 1 feel competent to
discuss the social question"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-01

In view of the approaching Nation
al Centennial, there has been Com
mittee of Congress appointed by
Speaker Blaine, called the Committee
on Centennial Celebration and Pro
posed National Congress of 1875.
On this Committee, Of which Kelly, of
Pennsylvania, is chairman, Hon. J.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-01-01

''The good die first" The Chief
of Police of Memphis has taken
census of its 'roughs," andfnds that
of nearly two hundred, all but three
survived the epidemic.