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<_■wttittg 9 tate gountat, » , - • TERMS: DAILY* —_ jK-r year; six months, . ; three months, ♦1.50; 1 mouth, _ cents. SEMI-WEEKLY—_.Ao per year; six months, $1 23: threo months, 7.'i cents. WEEKLY'—_ .60 per year; six months, 76 cents (Evetttofl estate gowna!. foxes of Democracy out of their holes, and compelled them to come into the light in the presence of honest, intelligent men. The voters, and especially the property-holders of Virginia, arc nt last aroused to the im pending ruin that threatens them ; but the Eiupiirer undertakes to parry the attacks made against the financial policy of the Democracy all along the line, by the false statement that our taxes have not been in creased at all. We state, that this is untrue, and again acsert that tho rates of taxation, up to the coming in of this present detestablo Demo cratic State administration, was thirty cents on the hundred dollars, and that by that administration it was increased, and it is j now fifty cents on the hundred dollars, and not only so but this enormous increase will ' leave a deficiency of about one million of : dollars to be provided for in the future. We appeal for the truth of this statement j to tlie oilicial record, and finally we appeal ] to the Enquirer to confess the misstatement j stated, and to do so speedily. For failing in j this act of justice it and its party, will re- j ceive the condemnation from an outraged people which their temerity deserves. It has always been regarded as a lasting disgrace to our Father Adam, that, when ar rayed by infinite justice for his first great crime, like a sneaking coward, he undertook to defend himself by saying, "'l'he woman whom thou gayest to be with me gave me of the tree and I did eat;" and it is just this argument that the Enquirer tenders in reply to the charge of the enormous out rage perpetrated in tlie interests of the Gov ernor and his associate stock-jobbers, in the ! provisions of the funding bill, that give those bankers and brokers priority in payment over every other class of State creditors. Itpractically says yes, it is true, the bid is wrong, it does bleed the suifering people of '■ the State for the benefit of these mercena ries, but the Democracy are not to blame, » * for Republicans voted for the bill. Now we are glad that your backs do smart, the rod has been long in pickle for you, and we arc glad to hear you offer such a pitiful ex- ! You know tliat the majority in a : Legislature is always, and justly, held re- j sponsible for all the vicious legislation, and | claims justly u thc honor and benefit of all ■ that is wise. You have been teaching us that lesson , all along during the years of our suprcma- ! -_, and perhaps the most notable illustra tion of this, occurred when the test-oath ; was under consideration, on the final vote j in the constitutional convention. A well- ' known and prominent Republican movei to strike out the test-oath, but his motion was lost, and tho test-oath finally retained in the constitution, by the votes of nine prominent Conservatives, the very men who had most bitterly denounced all dis franchisements and test-oaths. This wasdone, too, under the leadership o the noted apostle of Virginia Democracy fiustice Gibson, and when your party were charged in the campaign of 1860 wit retaining the test-oath, you rcplic litly and satisfactorily that you not, "for the purpose of msikin constitution as odious as possible," and rted everywhere that this was one o recognized rights of a minority in poli- This was the medicine you adminis d to us, and, following your example, must now hold your noses and swal your own medicine without a grimace, are making 1 )emocracy odious, and shall tinue to do so to the end of the chaptc * , AS CITIZENS, NOT I'.VKTISAXS. ome three months sinco we called attei .to the financial condition of the Sta series of moderate articles, written best spirit, and with an earnest purpos dvance the interests of the State. Ou uiion had been drawn to the great difl «__•/ experienced by farmers, in our ow (hborhood, to obtain money to pa)' tin. s. Complaints were coming to v l all sources, of the decline in tlie ma value of property, and the increase o ssed value iv many localities, he losses of the war, the disastro iths, and the extensive exodus of elite prising young men and laborers, were a matters of common remark. AYe ende vored m these articles to point out the re financial condition of tlie State, and mi eate the necessity of giving to the people •Virginia every advantage which a humai and sensible creditor extends to an hone •debtor whom misfortune has overtaken. We obtained no favorable response fro the Conservative politicians or the Co servative press, and even found ourselv treading on delicate toes in our own part But, from the country, the people ever where sent us words of cheer.' We ha continued, from time to time, to expose t origin, aims, and ruinous tendency of tl Funding Law, and challenged any man o v wapaper to point out the errors of ou (statement. No man has ventured to con forward to disprove our statements yet. The Republican Convention which h recently met .with surprising uuanimi adopted our position, and made it a part n its platform of principles. And now the Richmond Dispatch sa> " they are not Virginians. They hate V ginia." That is its answer to an appeal behalf of the people. That is its answer to facts ami figure _mt it is in keeping with the tactics of t party which it represents, in which fr discussion of measures to elicit truth ant secure the public good, are unknown. It matters not what man or part approved this law, as far as its effects are E|e DfiUij State SiwtttaL &i RICHMOND. VA., FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1871. VOL. III. NO. 270. __r i_ pair it. We have never sought to | ilamc those who voted for it honestly, be- j leving it right. AYe ask every man to look } at this matter as a citizen, and not as a I •artisan, and, realizing the great stake that i himself and his children have in tho State, ! act upon his own convictions of duty. We had the pleasure of a call from Gen. ; lufus Barringer, of Charlotte North Caro- : ma. (ien. Barringer was a gallant Confederate j nldit-i- in the late war, but accepted its re ults and is now practicing law at Charlotte, j Ho is not an office-holder or an oflice- I meeker. He informs us that the Ku-Klux trials nd the vigorous Execution of the law are mving a healthy effect in his .State. He emphatically states that very few of' the Ku-Klux are Confederate soldiers, j Most of them are cowardly ruffians, who | shirked responsibilities during the war, and j now try to redeem themselves by these diabolical proceedings, lest they should be I suspected of Northern sympathies. They j sometimes force in better men. The Dem ocratic leaders look upon it with favor, but lave generally stood outside, in order to irotect themselves from punishment. Sev ral prominent Democrats, however, are cnowu to be members. A powci ful force of detectives are still t work, and we may expect still more as tounding results. JUDGE GRAY, OF FAIRFAX. We find in the Liberal Citizen, of Alex iiilriii, the following notice of John ][. ■ ray, Ksq., the Republican nominee of _il__ county for tlie Assembly. We leartily endorse the compliment. Judge hay is our friend and neighbor, and we itipc to see him elected by an emphatic lajority. The Citizen says : All parties acquainted with the Judsre admit is peculiar illness for that important position. Judfre (Iray has been one of ihe Supervisors of '.liriax. County for the past two years, and has niphnticsilly proved hlmselra Wonting member, ■ivery ('onservative in the County cordially isi-.e din that credit, lie has taken a great interest agriculture, fruit growing, and improvement f the public roads. It would be a fortunate cir misliince for the State of Virginia If a majority her law maker* are compoeedof as good man - :il as Judge liray. SINCE the Republican victories a number f Democratic papers, including several sit 16 South, advocate the breaking up of the lemocratic organization, and a union with il anti-Republican elements of the coun ry. "Anything for success" is the first notto of Democracy. A party with whom irinciples are of any consequence would j not talk in this loose way of throwing them aside. LSut the proposition is not one cal culated to insure success. There are not opposing elements enough in the country to defeat the Republicans in the next Presidential election, even if they could bo harmoniously united in one party, which is a manifest impossibility. The "new departure" was an attempt at j this. The only abandon the De mocracy is to come over to the Republican party. That is the party of principle and of success, and is stronger to-day than ever Ol R WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE. Washington, September 27. The winter preceding the assembling of ie National Conventions, always brings to Vashington an extra number of wire mllers and anxious politicians; and this act, coupled with that other fact, that the oming session of Congress is to be tlie ong one, promises to bring _ an extra umber of strangers, and with them a ussier and gayer season than WUMIUfUMj las seen for many years. Tlie lack of hotel accommodation will anse many members of the llouseand Scu te to seek quarters elsewhere, and hence uany of them have already rented, or pur lased, residences, and are preparing to iring tlieir families and keep house, A rreat deal of improvement has taken place uring the past spring and summer, and louses are plenty and rents moderate. It is estimated that over two thousand louses have been erected during tlie past eason, and as a general tiling the)' contain 11 the modern improvements, and are astly superior both in architectural appear nce and comfort to the many antiquated rat-harbors" which so mar the beauty of nany of our fine, broad streets. ilany of our principal streets are in a woeful condition at present. The city has ommenced a scries of improvements, which will involve the outlay of some eight or ten lillions of dollars. Tho season here for intellectual enjoy nent will open theseeond week in October, y a series of lectures at Lincoln Hall, un er the auspices of the Grand Army of the lepublic. J'he opening lecture will be de ivered by Rev. E. N. Chapin, who will be illowed in the succession named by Mark Twain, Anna E. Dickinson, Rev. Robert .'ollyer, John Hay, Olive Logan, General iilpatrick, Mrs. Dallas Glyn, George W. 'urtis, R. F. Taylor and Wendell Phillip?, i behalf of the Republican party. Secretary Boutwell has gone to Ohio, here he is to malic two speeches during le coming week—one at Cincinnati, and ie other at Cleveland. The prospect looks glorious in Ohio. Ohioans now here, and direct from that State, are claiming from 1)0,000 to .',0,000 majority for the Republican ticket. The lection occurs on the 10th proximo. The President is expected to return next week. Secretary Robeson is in Pennsylvania, ! where he is electrifying llie people" by his j eloquent arguments and appeals. [From the Richmond Whig.) Emit Culture. A communication from front Royal gives n account of the splondid vineyard of Mr. lock. It is a new industry in our State, i nd in that aspect it deserves commendation | and serious consideration. We must mul ply and vary our products, and nature id circumstances indicate that fruit prc euts the means tor our deliverance and re upeiatioii. The grape and apple are the ■rofitable fruits ; our climate and soil .upted to both, and every farmer make it a point to devote acres more to their cultivation, lit pine they not the only gentleman in Virginia who is turning his attention to this important sub ject, lie is justly entitled to credit for be ing the pioneer, and for the extent and va riety of his operations. The whole com munity will in time reap the benefits from his experiments. The Lecsburg Washiniftonian reports the following in respect to Major Williams, of Fairfax, which we take pleasure in copy- Fri-its ami Grapes.—Major Wil liams, of Vienna, Fairfax county, exhibited at the Loudoun fair a number of specimens of apples raised by him, which were shown as a display of the varieties adapted to cul tivation in this section of Virginia. Mr. W. is a gentleman of much experience, and is possessed of a remarkable fund of infor mation upon such subjects. The im provement of fruit is a department of scien tific culture which has received his special attertion, and he is contributing greatly to increase the varieties of fruits in this see- It is his opinion that the wild grapes of Kiills and forests contain the germs which, by cultivation, can be pro a wine grape equal to the best in His attention is directed to this subject, and he is now experimenting upon those of Fairfax, and the results thus far are most flattering. (>ne year's growth has materially improved the quality in size and flavor, and lie believes in a few years, twill present a grape to the wine pro ers of Virginia which will answer the essity all experience in the want of a ive, reliable grape, with rich flavor and I ne-producing qualities, superior to eties with which they are now ex ting. I not some of our enterprising and nt grape growers of Loudoun, find ,'otoclin and Blue Ridge Mountains, which could be redeemed from its te, and made a joy and comfort to ie producers of our county ? The ent is worth trying. Major Wil ■oposcs oll'ering a special premium next I.oudoun Fair, for the best of wine from the native Virginia W r e hope there will be many con fer the prize. GENERAL NEWS. Ncbraskans who neglect to vote are rid den on a rail. New Albany ladies walk up to bars and call for a little sugar in theirs. Gloves are rather deeper iv tone and higher in price than last season. Thayer, of circus fame, is about to enter the political ring in Pennsylvania. An unruly lover was cowhided by his prospective mother-in-law in Cincinnati. Mr. Howe, of Lebanon, N. IL, aged eighty-five, took his first railroad ride last week. A Florida colored woman rock-a-byed her infant to sleep with a dose of laudanum. Venison is eight cents a pound in AVis consin, and "deer" at that.— Boston Post. "Yankee Doodle" is often played now-a days by English bands, and is very popular. A wood-pile fell and forced a Detroit man against a circular saw. Ho was cut in The gloom of a Missouri funeral was alleviated by an impromptu jig by an in- The Hartford Times mourns that the only sparrows in the park are spare rows of benches. Southern saloonists have formed a syndi cate to put the price of drinks down to ten cents. A Massachusetts psychologists has mes merized an inebriate out of his appetite for liquor. A Hartforder advised a slender friend to chalk his head and go to a masquerade as a billard que. Some Troy Sons of Temperance seasoned their oysters with whisky, by mistake, in stead of vinegar. Mr. Kerr, of Kansas went to bed upon a roof, and on waking up on the sidewalk made some Kerrsory remarks. St. Louis gamblers are out with a circu lar setting forth the great losses to the city occasioned by the suppression of gambling. Three ami li-urs attempted burglary in Greenfield, Ind., anil weie cordially wel comed _til a littlo shot-gun by the affable James Neely, of Ohio, enjoyed the great est Satisfaction in his last moments, by re fusing to tell his weeping family where he had buried 110,000 in coin. A Vermont paper speaks of a minister who had resigned his "pastorate." His last sermon might have had for its text, "All flesh is grass V—Boston Post. With the completion of tho European I American railway from Bangor to in, on the ISth of October, the ocean to Europe will be reduced live days! eccentric clergyman lately said in his sermon's, that " about the com t proof we have that a man is made i is the brick so often found in his Miss King, who has tasted tea in every part of China, says Americans will never get the. best tea until they are willing to bid as high for it as the Russians, who now monopolize the finest growths. The Queen of Belgium is a better horse wotmui than scholar. Her trained horses recently awoke the professional enthusiasm of Ernest Benz, a famous circus rider of Brussels, who declared them much better educated than herself. The ex-King of Spain, the consort of the deposed Queen Isabella, is stated to be a very skillful turner and wood carver, and spends several hours every day in making small images of saints out of wood. He can out-whittle any Yankee. In one county of Kansas alone there are R acres of castor beans under cultivation, Greeley thinks it needs no iiialhemaii to show that the crop will supply cas to every bedstead in tlie L'nited States vii Free ins.i. btura De Force Gordon insisted, in a re cent lectin* at Stockton, California, tha she was "an American citizen over twenty one years of age," which provoked a crus ty and disgusted benedict to exclaim Fou bet you are!" Sensation in the au dience. One of the most humorous things con ■Meted with the small-pox excitement ii Lowell is told by the Courier, which re ceived a letter from a man in New-Hamp shire, desiring his paper discontinued ti the disease should abate. The CouiUr is afraid to telegraph him for fear that boys JOBS W. U'OI.TZ, Rewi and City Editor. LOCiVL MATTE11S. . ,-r- . ■ ■ r KEPI III.H AN NOMINEES. For the Senate. Hon 1. R. POPHAM, WILLIAM TROY, JOHN WOODWORTH. For the House. D. W. IIOIIANNON, 0. W. MILLS, HORACE L. KENT, HENRY MILLER, JOHNllRANKIN. I hiatus.—We invite the at votcrs of Richmond and Hen imes, character and standing nen composing the ticket of t party. >een selected because of their •it and their ability to make a aign against those who have by the Hermaphrodites—in hey have the disposition to ly. not seekers of the places for aye been selected, but were _ously by the great heart of .his district. Our motto and ampaign will be lex tettionit, ght so will we fight. ;y raises the black flag, it :ker than ours (here's a chance) bcral, generous and fair, we on equal terms; but if not, who don't want to be hurt ler. for Tin: Wau.—We ac if battle thrown down by the , and hoist the flag of our ;rs, and nail it to the top of We are enlisted for the etermined to make the com lot." if hot shot and shell ny of our furniture scorched, t good naturedly and turn a water upon it. lladicalism" is the battle cry . It is a fierce and rclent of the enemies of free go v ree men. •rors for us, and while it may w of the nervous of our par ouses to double action tho rgy of the faithful. If your ie slaughtered, you may be the thought that they Sough sacrifice—that they were not line pressing their claims foi •nors ; and if instead they ro an darts, grease tlieir bruiseti and they will soon be healed. _ ' BRVATIVE Ticket.—After on of the rings they succeed ing a very milk-aud-watcry ■ling no real strength. Mr. clever young man, but notli m Wynne is exceedingly un isown party, andhisnomiiia o down, a spread eagle, gassy, sort of Iks very much like a back _ is a gentleman and an orator, _i celebrity, but like "Poor in sorry company and may n Brown, an amiable young vice president ot tlie Trades nit on to catch Republican tho Trades Union. But ie and Dick Walker cannot ;s Union into a political ma own selfish purposes, is a promising young lawyer, nost of the Catholic associa ty, and was put on to catel toman Catholic vote. t bait thrown out was the catch the German and Jew ovenstcin. We rather think popular with his country men dge Meredith, he is chiefh s desire to hold office. He one—that of City Attorney— in addition to be a member o ' c. He held on to his post as until he was obliged to go he tried bis best to, get a Su lip, but was beaten by Judge c has a great faculty for hold it we do not think lie wil time. We will have to rake s record when he was trying biiitios removed by Congress, is in the Conc/resninnal Globe ;le of yesterday referring ti ie nominations, the name o' tndy, of the Dispatch, was nner, which to us, is objee _ association with differen ie press of the city, since our th the JouiiXAl.'has been o ' eeablc character, and we do o disturb it, unless we have do so. to make fierce war upon the i members, who may offer " public position, but in doiiij to be fair to et cry one, am of unfaithfulness are made, or their records as public men, are free to themselves and them right. of Officers of Harmo ns Sons Temperance.— meeting of this very flourish :ie!d last night, the following elected: A. J. Terry, W. ens, W. A.; C. 1). Bray, R. fi.C; J. J. Onenhouser, I. O. S.; R. B. Wilson, Chap.; ;reat interest in the cause of md it affords us pleasure to }vent gathering of its friends, invite them lo make use of when desired. P. —Mr. Stack, whose a.hci larsinthe Journal, exliibit pto us this morning. It has regarded as a difficult matter c Yankee in cuteness and in vention, and the most ingeni las heretofore found more than c pesky rats which, in kitchen, and store-house, consume the the people without any com onsideration whatever. But rap certainly "lays over" any kind we have yet examined, ited to deceive the most astute of the rat species. aoogtoh Dnr__j____—Mr. resident elect of the Polish nd other members of the con ,ve requested us lo state Unit between Messrs. Kaufman %, is purely personal in its nd that the congregation, as > way responsible for it, nor a notary public for Fredericksburg. —The Baltimore Sun says Jeff. Davis, who is now in that City, is expected to reside then; permanently, —Mr. Joseph Delarue, of this City has recently invented and patented a machine for canceling and culling revenue stamps. —The up freight train on the Danville road ran oir the track yesterday morning when about eight miles beyond Richmond. —Ten new tenemculs, suitable for families of moderate means, aresoom to be erected on Pine street, in wliat is known as —There will be a public temperance meeting held in Clay Street M. E. church next Tuesday evening at S o'clock. Also in St. John's church ou Sunday evening —Aimer H. Richardson has been appoin ted by the Board of Education district school trustee for Mount Carmel district, Halifax county, vice Thomas Chalmer's ap pointed teacher. —The City Council will meet on Monday evening next, probably in the new Cham ber, in Washington I fall, the preparation of which, under the order of Council, is rapidly approaching completion. —Miss Susan L. V. Smith, formerly of Virginia, gave a recitation of Tennyson's "Maud" a few days since, to an apprecia tive audience at St. Paul's Methodist j To the Israelites.—During the haste of 'Wednesday, when most of us were en gaged in watching the proceeding of the j convention, a communication, signed "Con- I .seryative," appeared in the columns of the j Jocrnal. In this article an attempt was made to reflect upon Mr. I<ovenstcin,oneof the Democratic nominees fiir the Legisla- | ture, because he was a "Jew." Had we | discovered this fact we would have erased the objectionable sentence; but we Want I our readers to understand that we devote a part of our paper to "free discussion," and | when I ri s/ionsible party oilers a communi- | cation of a proper character for publication, i we arc relieved of all moral responsibility. ; We feel none, and make no difference In- \ tieeen men on account of their reliijion, and are as kindly disposed towards a "Jew" as we arc towards a (ientile. In future we will endeavor to avoid any seeming reflec tion upon the religion of every man. Not Him, hit Somebody Else.— Perhaps the Dispatch did not dream of a " possibility" of the defeat of its candidates for the Legislature ; but it was positively certain that one or two of the. gentlemen whose names are on its party ticket were ineligible, therefore the vote cast for them I Now if this be true, and we presume the Dispatch will admit, it, its declaration that " such officers, however, need not resign their office before they arc elected to the General Assembly," seems to us to imply at least a doubt oi' their success. The Dispatch need not tell us it meant it would be time enough to resign after they were elected, in order to make themselves eligible. We think there is quite as much thirst for office in members of the Demo cratic party as there is among Republicans, since we see so many of them who now hold offices anxious to take a few more.— "Carpet-baggers," we find, don't like the loaves, fishes and spoils of office any more than native Democrats or "scalawags" ; at least they always find men to take all the places they .have the disposal of, and not unfrcquently willing ones to occupy those stolen from iiejivblicans. Delegates Retcrninu.—The several railroads leaving Richmond this morning, carried to their several homes the delegates to the convention, who remained in the city yesterday to make purchases for themselves and families. Among the delegates, were a number of large farmers and several mer chants, who expressed themselves satisfied with the prices and terms ofi'ered them by our wholesale merchants. By means of the two conventions recently belt! lure, merchant and buyer were brought face to face, and new acquaintances formed. The trade of Kichmond is looking up, and we hope that during the heated political contest soon to take place, great care will be taken not to disturb the trade of our community, and the friendship so happily begun be tween traders in commerce. Correction— The Colore 11. 'onvention. In our report of the proceedings of the colored convention, held in this city yester day, we unintentionally left out the names of the alternates selected by that body, and now supply the omission. Joseph Cox, of this city, and John Ave rett, of Lynchburg, were chosen as alter nates of Laudon Boyd and Win. IL Lester, who were the regular delegates. The oilicial call for the convention, which is lo meet in Columbia, S. C, on the IMb of October next, invites the different Con gressional districts of Virginia to send, each one delegate. As the deliberations of the convention are likely to result in bene fit to the colored people of the South, we earnestly recommend each district to select a delegate, and that they report their ac tion to the two delegates at large for this tatc, or to either of them. The address both Mr. Boyd and Mr. Lester, is ltich- A Beai tifi'L Blonde Holding the Reins—"Go Lima." —We observed a oung and lovely damsel, this morning, riving a spirited horse through our crowd -1 streets, holding the reins and guiding his lorseship with the confidence of the most experienced. Her wagon was filled with mskets, and we presume she was in the city to do marketing for the household. "As she sat in her low-backed car," we felt like exchanging places with the noble animal, if only to be driven for awhile by the beautiful girl with golden hair. A happy time, say wo, for the beautiful Correction of a Name.—The name of Mr. Philip Mugler, delegate to the State Convention from Orange county, was er roneously printed in our paper, both iv our report of the proceedings of the Convention and in the proceedings published yesterday of the meeting sit Orange 0. IL, which se lected Mr. Mugler and W. W, Johnson as its delegates. It is due to the gentlenitiii that his name should be correctly printed, M it is in this notice. LimiT Tracts ok Land for Sale. We call the attention of land buyers to the bankrupt i,ale of valuable Virginia lands advertised in our paper to-day. These lands are situated in Botetourt county, and v. ill be sold as a whole, or subdivided into tracts of five or six hundred acres, to suit purchaser!. Purchasers will do well to on Friday night, he had fastened new hooks to bis lines, secured a cup of worms, and filled his snack-basket; or when he had washed out bis gun, oiled the lock, filled his pouch and flask with powder and shot; ami then awake Saturday morning and find i* pouring down rain, with no power to stop Our souls were then tried, nor have we ever felt the keenness of disappointment so severely since, until this morning. Here we have been since the Ist of last May, anxiously toiling to find something to please our readers. Worrying our mind, and fatiguing our body, have been but few of the trials incidental to the life of contri buting to a newspaper. We have sweatetl and swore, blustered about, have received kicks and cults, jeers and taunts, have written, read and rereat our articles, have read news-papers unti we are sick and tired of them—we are sur feited, gorged and feel as if we could dis pense with news for at least twelve months. Pencils are sharpening, brains are at work, and our enemies lilting on their ar mor ready to battle with us for victory. We know we are to pass through hail, rain, thunder and lightning, and possibly to get a bunged eye, broken nose or smashed countenance generally. Considering al these things, we asked for and obtained a fourlougb for a week, to begin immediatley after the adjournment of our Contention. We had already packed our carpet-bag (though not a bagger); written to our friends in the blue mountains to look out for us; had notified the trout, pheasants, and deer to beware of our coming; took two cock-tails before breakfast, and had even asked our little friend, Wade, to send us the ___ (we didn't want the rest); spent our money to indulge in a farewell dish of 03'stcrs ; drew on our overcoat; paid a 15th amendment a quarter to carry our baggage to the depot; had said good bye to Hie "devil," and enjoyed the envied looks of the "typos," and, in fact, had our pocket full of rocks, ready to tlee from the noise, dirt, and follies of city life, when in stepped the "boss" and inquired, which from his looks, we trembled to answer. Wo said, "To the mountains." He said, "Nary time; it is my turn to go." We wilted, we wasted, we gasped for breath; but knowing the inexorable laws of obedi ence lo superiors, we collapsed like an to- Bated balloon with a hole punched in it; anil here we are, a victim to the rules and regulations of obedience and stern neces sity. We ask our readers for sympathy, or anything else that will give us peace ; and settle upon our disturbed mind, we ex- | We ask everybody if they think a "Dan iel-s" has come to judgment, who, instead of permitting us to go and return "eager for the fray," has made us a drone, a dis appointed discontent. We send our coun try friends the sad message that necessity knows no law in this country, and in this Music and Voice.—We were incor rectly informed of the time when the com plimentary serenade would be tendered Mr. Arnold, of North Carolina. Instead of last night, this (Friday) eve sing has been fixed upon, when the person al aud political friends of Mr. Arnold will tender him a serenade at Davenport's hotel, All persons desirous of participating in the proceedings are requested to assombl at the place designated at 8 o'clock this eve .Mr. Arnold cordially invites any colored Conservative so disposed, to discuss the principles of the two parties, and we doubt that he would be willing to meet any gentleman of the white race to come for | Ward and to battle with him. If the Democratic candidates would like 01 make a lew converts, they might bo on Who Want Phizes?— Having occa- j sion some time ago to denounce the " Prize j Box" business, we did injustice to the two j young gentlemen who were tlien conduct- ' ing a business of this kind on Broad street, near the New Market. Since then they j satisfied us of the honest maimer they con- 1 ducted their establishment, and we endeav ori-d to repair the injury we had done then. They have recently moved to No. 634, | Broad street, and have fitted up in hand- i some style, tlieir room ; have employed a \ handsome young lady to assist them, and i have advertised tlieir business quite liberal ly in, we believe, all the city papers. This j looks like business, and lists entitled them j to I'siir notice of their business from us, which we cheerfully give. All persons who love "risks," and have a wish to secure a I prize as large as ten dollars in gold, for fit- I bj|f_nts, are referred to No. (i'.U Broad "Coat Hands Wanted."—"We no ticed this morning a notice corresponding to the above, written on a small slip of paper and pasted on a window pane of one of our ] B_hloneble merchants tailors. This same | notice would have cost 2o cents if inserted in one of the city papers, and besides en couraging them, would have been seen by j fifty persons to where one now notices it. Not only are "coat hands wanted," but i's, when completed, are occasionally | worn by newspaper men, and they are fre quently purchased of those who advertise by other means than those resorted to, to MVe I quarter. We charge nothing for this notice, but we must not be expected to con tinue them indefinitely. AYe hear a num ber of similar notices grace the windows of many of our business houses. This looks like making a New York of Richmond. Can't See It—Who Can .'—Mr. Solon JohttSon, the Democratic gentleman from Africa, having failed to respond to the in vitation of Mr. Arnold to meet him in de bute, Mr. Arnold now throws down the gauntlet to Mr. K. L. Hobson, or, if ho ic tuses to come to time, to any other man calling himself a coloretl Conservative, to be on hand to-night at Davenport's Hotel, J aud discuss the issues between the two parties. We ask Johnson, Cooley, Hall, Hobson St Co., if they have any principles, to meet Mr. Arnold and vindicate them bo fore the people of Kichmond to-night. If you have none, why just ....-.■ n_ like OEwttittfl gownnl Oflelal Paper for the Government. SPECIAL RATES mad- hi eoiiuter, or bj .-ontract, with regular pal rtm*. Police Court — Justice ./../. fVhitepr - siding. —The following ■__ were disj of this morning: Bernard Tracy, charged with using ob scene language on the street, and abusing the police while in the discharge of I duty. Bound over for three months in the Bernard Reese, charged with assaulting, abusing, and destroying the clothing of Mary J. Reese. Dismissed on payment it Mary J. Reese, charged with aboi assaulting, and breaking up the furniture of Bernard Reese. Dismissed on payment of John Clacker, charged with assaulting and beating Anna Mahony. Fined $5. James Reynolds, colored, charged with using abusive and insulting language to Mary Jackson. Discharged. 11. C. Bertram, charged with obtaining i picture under false pretenses. Continue.l lo 30th September for witnesses. Jack Gray, colored, chai-ged with steal ing a satchel. Not guilty, and discharged. Hi'stino.s Cocrt To-Day. —Judge Gitigon Presiding, —Three cases were dis posed of in the Hustings Court to-day, as follows: John (». Wiley, cutting Jacob Richard son. Acquitted. Singleton Pleasants, assaulting and cut ting Nancy Pleasants, fined one dollar | a id imprisonment in city jail for ten t'ays. Wm. 11. Turner, charged with poisoning his wife. Continued till next term of the The court then adjourned till 11 o'clock to-morrow morning. .«. List of Unmailable _____ Re maining in the Richmond Post office September 2!), 1871.—Jas. 0. Journey, West Fair View; Mr. Bruce, Richmond ; Henry C. Lyne, Richmond; ono letter illegibly address. Convict Received.—The sheriff of Orange county arrived in the city this morn ing, with Albert Taylor, a colored man, convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary [ for one year for burglary. Jackson Ward Meeeting.—A meet ing of the Republicans of Jackson Ward will be held to-night at Rev, John Jasper's church. Let every man be present. i Buiiiont., >:iiu growing into Mm I iles.li ami all diseases of tin- feet, hands, kc, _- j raovod without pain or inronvenii tc.-e 1,1 tie- j -i- I tient, by Dr. __x_, ihe most ■efenrtttfl i 'iiiroi - i odist ami Specialist. We are e_s_ anf.haanM i i .uriied, aud is still devoting several hours __y to the relief of tlie Slllliclcd. Those siitlivni. ---| wiih Oncers, Tumors, Sores, Ulcers, Whitlow, j should avail themselves of his large experience. He also treats them painlessly, and with instani relief. No anaisthelic used. Ollice—Nineleeuth street, near Main. I _s"Notlee. —Twenty thousanddollar* siwnnl ed to Ihe man who will prodiu-ea self-setl ins ani ; mat trap more simple ami more perfeel—thus can |be mimufaelured cliesiper and catch as many j rat-s—as the trap I have on exhibition at Kurd's Hotel. This trap never has to be set or cleaned out; it adjusts itself, and no scent by the animal .in ihe least left in the trap. Call, everybody, and see for yourselves ; anil 1 ,-mi sure yew will pronounce what I have said to be as represented. Call on or address Wm. A. Stack, pauii" c. Fold's Hotel, lor four days. State and county rights for sale on easy terms. .> ■YiP I'he Best Ever Made." "Cannot use any other." "Never could use Railing Powder* until I tried yours." "My family will not tic; any other." "It is perfectly splendid." "I ilnd it much cheaper than others." "Think it superi- r to any I have ever tried.' These are a tew ot the many expressions iv fsivur of 1),.0i ity's __i, Powdek, which well deserves tlie rapidly lm _ i «ing sale it lias atlsiined for caaldug sweet, lighi, and healthy biscuits, rolls, pa-try, kc. Cor j. lty, strength and economy it has poeq._il. j> can be obtained at your groce. '*. I N__t A Ills- - mit, Proprietors, 68 New street, New York. SSTTlioiiipsoit's Pomade Hotline, as n __*>. ing for the Hair, is all that is required; pun-I* vegetable and highly perfumed, it softens, im proves and beautilies the Hair. Btrsuguil i;> ii. root*, and gives it si rich glossy appearance.— For*alebynll druggi-is. .Price, floand7B n-:.- ---per botlle. *_~Waiitcil, purchasers fur TEX TIIerSAXII 1.1,1 LAB*. VAIftTH of I.AUIKS' AXD ttItSTI.K.MKN'S 111-t.'I'V.H.I 111: rI.iTIIIX" new soul secoii'l-hand. Also, Musical Instruments, in endless van A ■ Revolve! , Shot Guns, Riiies tinri sundry artt.-l - too numerous to mention. G. Vxskk, SSeventli slreet, Between Broad ami Hatvhall MARRIED. On the 2(llli tost, by the liev. Mr. ttarUrlc, Mr. LUTHER M. JOHNSTON io Miss ROSA 1!. HOLMES-both of this city. In this city, on the lsth instant, lo liev. V r Gnmbery, IvEBSON .1. LONGEST sod__ On the -Jist instant, at Grace ciiureli, by Rev. l)r Henry C. Potter, JOHN 11. CoLUl'i'l'i i.. SARAH VIRGINIA, daughter "I Phitlp Wi od house, Esq.—till of New York. On the 28th install, al Stlf P. _~ ('LIKPOIiIt, i infant son of ___sd .!. and Virginia Levy. On the 27th iusiaui. Mrs. MARIA DOIiAN NAN, widow of the late liionmi i.oliinimui In the 82d year uf le-r age. i "\\TANTEO—A No. 1 tuok.Uut.licr anil Iruiicr IV without encumbrance, liesr reference i quired. Apply at -»■"> south Fourth street. I »c 22—eodlw* s. W. SNYDER. T.IOK SALE—A line C«W and CALF— -T gives four gallons of milk per day. Ap ply »t THIS OFFICE. SHIPPING 1.1 OK NEW YORK. THE OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP CO.M 'ANY'S elegant side-wheel »teara«btp ALU MARI.E, Capt. (iiti-ii, will s:ul on HI Mil', (etober 1, at 7 o'clock A. M. Freiglit received until Saturday nigln. Through bills of lading signed, ami goods : . ranted with dispatch to all points—north, east ami west, close eunnectioui made with Cu lard line for foreign ports. Passenger accommodation* unsurpassed. _re , tit _ Steerage Round Trip Tickets For freight or passage, apply to JOHN W. WYATT, Al *e_—2t No. :t Governor street. VOR NEW YORK. ~ The VIRGINIA STEAMSHIP ami I'ai Xl l COMPANY'S elegant steamship V\ lI.LIAM p CLYDE, Captain Dkew, will leave her whan at Rocketts on FRIDAY, Sepiein!. . Couneeiing wiih sieamers fur Ilan i.m-,1, N ■ wicti, Stoningtou, Fall River imd Boston from same pier Freight received up to tin- hour of sailing. Close connections and through bills of lading given to nil southern, eastern, ami western places ; also, to Europe anil Australl.t. Fare, e.i: ineiils ami stale-rooms, exirn D.J. Bl'ltli, l're.-iilein, 1214 Main street. Wasmixutox & Co [vents Pi-i 12 North ri\i i