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SPECIAL NOTICES.
V&- MRS. JOHN BALLARD
WISHES TO TAKE BOARDERS TOR THE
SPRING, SUMMER AND FALL MONTHS.
Qan nccommodate two small families. The
house is a new one, pleasantly Ircated I>4 miles
from the city, and the accommodation train on
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
railroad »top 3at the place dnily at t\H o'clock n.
m.; returning, leaves Richmond at 4 o'clock, p.
in. Address JOHN P. BALLARD,
apll—tf Richmond, Va.
Sir CHURCH COMMITTEES TAKE
NOTICE.—GAS FIXTURE% and CHANDE
LIERS, REBRONZED and REPAIRED—made
to look as rood as new—by
DANIEL ODONNELL,
ap 9—Cm SIS Broad Street.
BSgrMI. MCCORMICK'S
MAMMOTH AUCTION
lID
COMMISSION HOUSE,
1411 MAIN St., RICHMOND.
DAILY SALES at 1(1 A. M. and 7X P. M.
of Clothing, Fancy Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots,
Shoes, Crockery, Gasaware, and alt kinds of
Furniture, HousefurnlshingGoods, &c, Ac.
COME ONE, COME ALL, AS WE ARE
DETERMINED TO PLEASE.
GENTLEMANLY SALESMEN constantly
in attendance, to wait on parties who, wish to
purchase any of the above named goods at
private sale, at auction prices.
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS offered to Conn
try Merchants. Consignments solicited. Out
door sales punctually attended to. mh 38—Sm
Btr-MORRIS NELSON,
MERCHANT TAILOR, 1485 MAIN St.,
Has on hand for sale by the yard, the very best
and moat stylish and cheapest, CLOTHS,
CASSIMERES AND VESTINGS to be found in
the city. ap I—lm
1. t). BIISWOOD. S. P. CKEKSHAW.
Bs_rREI)WOOD & CRENSHAW,
GENERAL AUCTION
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No . 1420 MAIN STREET,
RICHMOND, Va.
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.
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SETNE TURK v!,!
Having a large lot of Seine Thread of all
qualities and numbers yi'tmi hand, I will sell
the same ot REDUCED PRICES rather than
to keep it over lor next setiaon (as I am deter
mined to have a new suply ol fresh Seine
Thread every season). Also nn hand and for
sale allocs than lt cau be purchased anywhere,
Patent and Soft Seine Twino Lines and Corks,
Yellow and Black Oil Clothing, Cotton Yams,
JOitttlng Cotton, Ropes of all sort?, fte.
L. LICHTENSTEIN,
Importer of Seine Thread, Nos. 17015
ana 1707 Franklin street, between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets.
ORDERS FOR HAUL SEINES will be re
ceived and famished at short notice for factory
prices. mh fl
i®-WILLIAM A. WYATt7~
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER,
701 X GRACE STREET, COR. SEVENTH.
Having crn engaged in the above bnslnsss in
Oils city for the past twenty years, I am pre
psred to fill all orders with promptness and in a
satisfactory manner. My old customeis and
public generally are invited to extend me their
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OFFICIAL.
UNTIED STATES INTERNAL REVENUeT)
COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, 3d DIST., VA., [
Richmond, April 53,1873. )
THE THIRD SECTION OF THE ACT OF
December 24, 1872, provides: "That all
special taxes Imposed by law, accruing after
April thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy
three, including the ta x on stills, or worms, shall
bo paid by stamps Jenoting the tax, and ihe
Commissioner of Internal Revenue is hereby
authorized and required to procure appropriate
stamps for the payment of such taxes; and the
provisions of sections twenty six and one hundred
and one of an act entitled 'An act imposing
taxes on distilled spirits and tobacco, and for
other purposes,' approved July twentieth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and all other
provisions of law relating to the preparation
and issue of stamps for distilled spirits, for
imented liquors, tobacco, and cigars, so far as ap*
plicable, are hereby extended, 60 as to Include
euch stamps. And the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue shall have author! y to make needful
rules and regulations relative thereto. Every
person engaged in any business avocation, or
employment, who is thereby made liible
to special tax, except tobacco peddlers,
•hall place and keep conspicuously In his
establishment or place of business all stamps
denoting the payment of said special tax ; and
any person who shall, through negligence, fail
to so place and keep said stamp, shall upon con
viction, be sentenced to pay a penalty equal to
tike special tax for which his business rendered
fhiin liable, and the costs of prosecution; but in
.no«,ftse shall said penalty be lesb than ten dol
lars. And where the failure to comply with the
■foregoing provision of law shall be thought will
ful neglect or refusal, then the penalty shall be
double the amonnt above prescribed ■
Provitleit, that nothing contained io
this section shall change, or in any
way effect, the inability of any person for exer
cising or carrying on any t.i;iiif, ommt-" is, or pro
fession, < f doing any act for the exercUing,
carrying on, or doing of which a special tax is
Imposed by law, without the payment thereof."
The taxes embraced within the provisions of
law above quoted are the following, viz :
Rectifiers , $200 00
Dealers, retail liquor 2fi 00
Dealers, wholesale liquor 100 00
Dealers in malt liquors, wholesale 00 00
Dealers ih malt liquors, retail 20 00
Dealers in leaf tobacco 20 00
Retail dealers in leaf tobacco 500 00
and on sales of over $1,000, fifty cents
for every dollar in excess of $1,000.
Dealers in manufactured tobacco 6 00
of stills 60 00
andforeach still manufactured.. 20 00
and for each wotm manufac
tured 20 00
Manufactures of tobacco 10 Oo
Manufactures of cigars 10 00
Peddlers of tobacco, first class, (more
than B horse) 60 DO
Peddlers of tobacco, second class,
(2 horses) 26 00
Peddlers of tobacco, third class (1 horse). 16 00
Peddlers of tobacco fourth class, (on foot
Brewers of barrels or ltO 00
I am now prepared to receive the special taxes
above enumerated for the year commencing May
1,1873. It will be my duty to enforce the above
provision of law unless said taxes are paid on or
before the Ist day of May. 1873.
RUSH EURGE>S,
ap2B—Ot Collector.
mtoss AND SHOES.
NEW WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
BOOT AND SHOE HOUSE, »
No. Ulu MainStuebt, Riohmond, Va.,
has just been opened by Q-. S. LEATHER
BURY, and has on hand a complete assortment
of BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS and BAOrS, and
ia receiving direct from the manufactures
daily ; ana you will do well to give him a
call before purchasing.
Ja 26—daw&wSm
Treatment ol iirnli Horsed.
A former secretary of the Woodlawn
farmers' club, now of this city, addressed
the following letter to tho April'meeting of
the club, from which we quote :
Your horses will soon be put to hard
labor after a season of comparative rest.
Care and foresight exercised now will save
much trouble and loss of time when it
will be felt the most; also add much to
the comfort of the beasts.
Galls and sore shoulders are almost
chronic on some farms. I believe they can bo
avoided in every instance. I need not at
tempt to provo to you the inconvenience
and loss to the owner, or suffering to tho
animal caused by them, "you know how
it is yourselves." A horse collar should
tit him exactly, and the hames fit the
collar. Too much care can't be exorcised
in this direction. A horse fed light through
the winter though apparently fat, may need
several collars; for in winter ho takes a
large one, and by June a mule collar is
too big, but when a horse is kept in one
condition all the time, a perfect fitting
collar is just as easy to get as
a fitting boot for his owner. The
collar and harness should not be changed
Irom one horse to another, as horses
seldom if ever have shoulders exactly alike.
Do not make the horse to fit the harness,
but adapt the harness to the horse. With
tho back-band and girth fix (immovably)
the trace, so that the portion of it between
them and the collar, when drawing, will be
perpendicular to the line of the shoulder.
Make this adjustment by observations of
the shoulder of the horse when he is draw
ing, for the line of the shoulder is more
oblique then, than when standing at rest.
A horse can draw more with his traces
fixed so than any other way. To illustrate:
Let A be ring to which a horse is hitched
by inflexible traces B B ; if B B are at
right angles to the line of the shoulder,
the pressure will be to the horse just as
an evenly balanced weight is on a man's
shoulder, and all his strength can be exert
ed to move the load; but lower the point
A, say till it strikes the ground midway
between his front and hind feet, his efforts
to draw then weultl have a tendency to
throw him on his knees, just as a man re
ceiving a weight when leaning forward.
Now raise the point A, until. B B pass
above the horse s hips. Pulling would have
a tendency to raise his front feet from the
ground, and injure his loin. lie can no
more work to advantage with B B raised*
above the proper point than a man can
sustain a heavy weight while leaning back
wards. Then to get the full strength of your
animals without injury to them, look well
to the direction of 88. If they are right,
tho pressure is square against the shoulder;
there is no friction, no wear, no galls.
Any one can press a piece of iron, hard
and continuously against his hand, and
there will be no gall or sore so long
as the pressure is perpendicular to
the surface, and without lateral motion.
If B B are not right, at every step of the
horse there will be a movement of the col
lar, and galls must follow. The street-car
horses here arc generally harnessed right. .
The line from the shoulder to the car hap
pens to be nearly right for most of the
horses, and as the result I don't think there
is a sore shoulder among them. Nine out of
ten of the animals used for towing on the
canal have bad galls; the boat raises B B
too high. Now, gentlemen, if this savors
too much of theory, try it on and prove its
fallacy or correctness, and if in the end
adds one bit to the comfort of your stock, I
am yours respectfully, T. S. W.
Letter from Hon. J. H. «llmer.
Richmond, April 24.
To the Editor of Tlie State Journal :
I have been repeatedly asked by many
of the best and truest members of the
Republican party, whether I would consent
to the use of my name, before the next
Republican convention, to be held at
Lynchburg—some designating the office of
governor, some that of lieutenant-governor,
but the larger portion, that of attorney
general.
Allow me, once for all, to answer these
inquiries and say, that I do not desire a
nomination, or election, to any one of these
offices. lam not a politician, nor am lan
office-seeker, state or federal.
In supporting the re-election of President
Grant, I did so for the good of my state—
indeed, the whole country—and not to in
gratiate myself with the Republican party
as a means of self-promotion. Offices,
state and federal, should be bestowed for
the good of the people and the honor and
dignity of the government, and not a re
ward for partisan services, rendered or to
be rendered.
It is my desire to support the nominees
of the proposed convention, and I shall do
so, provided they are from their known
personal character, men of integrity, intelli
gence and really devoted to the Union.
Without a Union, there can be no status;
without states there can be no Union. They
are essential cc-existants. Let Virginia
place in the governor's seat —a man firm in
his convictions—stable in his political creed,
above factions and beyond reach of railroad
cliques, commercial combinations and legis
lative caucuses, and all may be well.
Restore to power that party which mis
trusts the Union, enforced secession, and
brought ruin upon the country, and we
shall soon realize the spirit of discord,
and receive as our reward chaos in legisla
tion, and revolution in government. If
the Republicans fail it will be owing to the
discreditable factions and unscrupulous
demagogues in their party.
Respectfully,
John H. Gilmer.
♦
The Tyrannies of Trades' Unions.
Mere associations of ideas, especially
when joined with emotions, affect our
beliefs, not simply without reason, but in
spite of reason, causing us, for instance,
to think there is something intrinsically
repugnant in a place where many painful
experiences have been received, and some
thing intrinsically charming in a scene
connected with many past delights. The
liability to such perversions of judgment is
greatest where persons are the objects with
which pleasures aud pains are habitually
associated. One who has often been, even
unintentionally, a cause of gratification, is
favorably judged; and an unfavorable
judgment is apt to be formed of one who,
even involuntarily, has often inflicted
sufferings. Hence, where there are social
antagonisms, arises the universal tendency
to blame the individuals, and to hold them
responsible for the system.
It is thus with the conceptions the
working-classes frame of those by whom
they are immediately employed, and of
those who fill the higher social positions.
Feeling keenly what they have to bear,
and tracing sundry real grievances to men
who buy their labor, and men who are
moat influential in making the laws,
artisans and rustics conclude that, consid
ered individually and in combination, those
above them are personally bad —selfish, or
tyrannical, in special degrees. It never
occurs to them that the evils they complain
of result from the average human nature
of our age. And yet, were it not for the
class-bias, they would see, in their dealings
with one another, plenty of proofs that the
injustices they suffer are certainly not
greater, and possibly less, than they would
be were tho higher social functions dis
charged by individuals taken from among
themselves. The simple fact, notorious
enough, that working-mun, who save
money and become masters, are not more
considerate than usual towaid those they
employ, but often the contrary, might
alone convince them of this. On all sides
there is ample evidence having kindred
meaning. Let them inquire about the
life in evoiy kitchen where there are sev
eral servants, and they will find quarrels
about supremacy, tyrannies over juniors
who, are made to do more than
their proper work, thro wings of
blauie from ono to another, and tho
many forms of misconduct caused by
want of right feeling ; and very often tho
evils growing up in one of these small groups
are greater than the evils pervading socie
ty at large. The doings in workshops too,
illustrate in various ways the ill-treatment
of artisans by one another. Hiding the
tools and spoiling the work of those who
do not coiii.inn to their unreasonable cus
toms, provo how little individual freedom
is respected among them. And still more
conspicuously islliis proved by tho inter
nal goverments of their trade-combinations.
Not to dwell on tho occasional killing of
men among them, who assert their rights
to sell their labor as they please, or on the
frequent acts of violence and intimidation
committed by those on strike against those
who undei take the work they have refused,
it suffices to cite the depotism exorcised by
trade-union officers. The daily acts of
these.make it manifest that the ruling or
ganizations formed by working-men inflict
on them grievances as great as, if not
greater than, those which tho organization
of society at large inflicts. When the
heads of a combination he has joined forbid
a collier to work more than three days in a
week—when he is limited to a certain "get"
in that space of time—when he dares not
accept from his employer an increasing bo
nus for every extra day he works—when,
as a reason lor declining, he says that he
should be made miserable by his comrades,
and that even his wife would not be spok
en to ; it becomes clear that he and the
rest have made for themselves a tyranny
worse than the tyrannies complained of.
Did he look at the facts apart from class
bias, the skillful artisan, who in a given
time can do more than his fellows, but who
dares not do it because he would be
"sent to Coventry" by them, and who
consequently cannot reap the benefit of
his superior powers, would see that he is
thus aggressed upon by his fellows more
seriously than by acts of Parliament or
combinations of capitalists. And he would
further see that the sentiment of justice in
his own class is certainly not greater than
in the classes he thinks so unjust.—Her
bert Spencer, in Popular Science Monthly
for May.
. .«.
A Beautiful Experiment on
Sound.—The following beautiful experi
ment, described by Prof. Tyndall, shows
how music may be transmitted by an ordi
nary wooden rod. In a room two floors
beneath his lecture-room, there was a
piano upon which an artist was playing,
but the audience could not hear it. A
rod of deal, with its lower end resting upon
the sounding-board of the piano, extended
upward through the two floors, its upper
end being exposed before the lecture
table. Put still 110 sound was heard.
A violin was then placed upon
the end of the rod, which was
thrown into resonance by the ascend
ing thrills, and instantly the music of the
piano was given out in the lecture-room.
A guitar and a harp were substituted for
the violin, and with the same result. The
vibrations of the piano-strings were commu
nicated to the~sounding-board, they trav
ersed the long rod, were reproduced by the
resonant bodies above, the air was carved
into waves, and the whole musical compo
sition was delivered to the listening audi
ence.—" Wave-action in Nature," in Pop
ular Science Monthly for May.
— m
The Borers of the Sea.—Many
stories are current among us as to how
inventors have borrowed or stolen their
ideas from Nature, and there has been
much ingenious discussion as to whether
hints thus appropriated are properly patent
table. Boring is an example of natural
processes that have been thus used by art,
and it is remarkable that the lowest crea
tures are tho most skilful! mechanics in this
particular. An eminent living inventor,
who has made a fortune out of a patent au
ger, hit upon trie method followed by tho
most successful insects which bore into hard
wood. And so we are assured that the
celebrated engineer, Brunei, in construct
ing the Thames tunnel, but imitated the
shell-lined burrow of the Teredo navalis,
or ship worm. This mollusk in shape re
sembles a worm, and surrounds itself
with a shell open at both ends. From the
mouth it can protrude its short foot, and
the other end of its body; tho "tail" is bifu
ricated, one prong being the inspirator, and
the other the expirator tube of the siphon
which constitutes the animal's nutrititive
apparatus.— Popular Science Monthly for
May.
The Modocs.—Unfortunately, we had
only six hundred troops, with cannon and
rifles, to fight tho sixty-two Modocs who
bothered us so long in the lava beds, and
the result is that our victt r/ was not com
plete ; in fact, we can't see that we gained
a victory at all. The Modocs wish to get
away to safer quarters, and thoy have done
so, after naturally enough waiting until the
I,'overnment troops began to play soldiers
and get themselves into all sorts of perplex
ities through not knowiDg what
they were about. However with
the re-enforcement of seventy-two
Warm Spring Indians, our troops
ought to be able to do something, provided
they manage it so tnat they do not get sur
rounded themselves. When the govern
ment gets tired of this sort of fun, it will,
perhaps, permit the frontiersmen who are
acquainted with Indian tactics, and who
are eager to volunteer, to try their hands
at the business. If so, it will bo found to
be far less expensive and infinitely more
efficacious. Fighting savages on scientific
principles may be a very pretty thing in its
way, aud may gratify West Point marti
nents, but a "little wholesome common
sense will do more against Indians than all
the books of tactics that were ever written.
—A dispatch from Havana states that
Mr. Fred. lioca, United States consul at
Manzanillo, was drowned on the loth inst,,
while on a fishing excursion.
I ,()CAL MATTERS,
The "Stale Journal " will be delivered the
same evening of publication in mil pnrt ol'
the city or Manchester by reliable carriers, ir
name and address Is left n« our office, Md 1-2
Main street, and In Petersburg if left with
our agent there; and can always be found on
~iiii i" this city in i F. Johnston's, »|S Main
street; Wyott X Minor's, Sl7 llroiul street;
News stand at Ford's hotel ; Leon Scliaap's
1402 Main street, and at our counter.
Broad Street Again.—The execu
tive committe ol the Broad street associa
tion, which was organized Tuesday night,
was held at the oilioo of the Hon. James
Lyons last night, when a sub-committee,
consisting of Messrs. Klein, Houck and
Laube, was appointed to solicit contribu
tions and members. It was resolved to
prepare an address to be presented to tho
city council by the executive committee,
respectfully asking what it has done and
what it proposes to do in respect to the re
moval ef the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac railroad from Broad street,
and at the same time presenting fully the
wishes of tho people upon the subject as
we understand them.
The association takes the ground that
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto
mac railroad ought to be removed from
Broad street without further delay, and
the street graded so as to make it entirely
level from Ninth to its terminus, and
paved throughout as soon as the finances of
the city will allow. The officers of the
association are a president, secretary and
treasurer. There is also an executive com
mittee of nine, whose duty it is made to
confer with the council of tho city and
take such measures as they shall deem ad
visable to accomplish the objects in view,
and procure proper plans for the improve
ment of Broad street. The property-hold
ers on said street and all other citizens who
may be disposed to contribute shall be so
licited for subscriptions to a fund to be
raised for the purpose of defraying the ex
penses that may be incurred in carrying
out our objects. Whoever shall subscribe
not less than one dollar shall be a member
of the association. The committee will
meet at eleven o'clock to-morrow morning
at Monticello Hall.
"Successful People. "—Olive Lo
gan's lecture last night, entitled " Success
ful People," was intensely interesting, and
was listened to with marked attention by the
audience, which, despite the bad weather,
was respectably large, and notably com
posed in a great measure of those appre
ciative persons who attended the preceding
lectures, eonveytng a far handsomer com
pliment to the noble woman who addressed
them than we can possibly express in these
columns. Olive Logan has " walked right
into the affections" of our people, and has
already exerted an influence for good which
tbe equally well-intentioned, but alas! mis
directed ctforts,-of others have utterly fail
ed to accomplish. Sbo deserves all honor
and praise for the work she is doing in be
half not only of her own but the opposite
sex.
Our citizens will be glad to know that
two more opportunities will be offered
them to hear Olive lecture. At
the very earnest solicitation of many, she
has consented to repeat, Saturday night,
her lecture on "Girls," and Monday
night she will lecture on "The Passions."
Every young and old woman in Rich
mond ought to hear the lecture on
"Girls." Our Petersburg friends will
have the pleasure of hearing the distin
guished lady to-night and to-morrow
night, and we can assure them they will
do themselves great favor if they give her
the largest audiences ever assembled in
the city.
Alleghany Springs.—The Allegha
ny Springs, which has become one of the
most fashionable, as it is justly celebrated
as one of tho most health-giving of our
Virginia watering-places, will be opened
the first of June under the management of
Mr. J. B. Tinsley, who for several years
officiated as chief clerk at the Greenbrier
White, was long chief clerk of the old
Spotswood in its palmiest days, and recent
ly connected with the Clarendon in Balti
more. The long experience and acquaint
ance which Mr. Tinsley will bring to bear
in his Dew location will add much to tho
popularity of this resort.
Harper and Leslie.—These two
great American illustrated papers grow
better and better with each succeeding
number. The issues for May 3, which
have just been laid upon our ta
ble by 0. F. Johnston, news and
music dealer, are most elaborately and
elegantly illustrated with incidents of the
times—the Modoc war and recent disas
trous railroad accidents furnishing the
artists with fine subjects for their pencils.
Call on Johnston and get copies.
The Railroad Celebration.—The
committee appointed to arrange for the
May celebration of the opening of the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad held a
meeting last night, and after adding
Messrs. T. W. McCance, Bailey Davis,
John A. Belvin, Charles Talbott, »nd
George Gibson to the committee, adjourn
ed until Monday evening next at li o'clock,
the secretary being instructed to summon
the members by circular.
Colored Richmond Inventor.—
The New National Era, of Washington
city, has the following in its last issue :
"We are pleased and encouraged by an
interview, on Saturday last, with Fred
erick Hackett, esq., of Richmond, Virginia,
who visits Washington to secure a patent
on a valuable improvement in carpentering.
Mr. Hackett was a slave until the rebellion
of 1861."
Reorganizing.—A meeting of the
Grant and Wilson Congressional dis
trict club was held at Newman's
last night, and it was unanimously
resolved to reorganize the club for ser
vice in the approaching state campaign.
A committee of live was accordingly ap
pointed to reviso and alter the constitution
and by-laws in conformity with this re
tesolvo.
Personal.—We received a call to-day
from Prof. W. Newcouib, of the Cornell
university, who, with his accomplished
lady is spending a few days in our city.
He is stopping with his brother, Dr. New
comb, who was recently so severely in
jured by a fall through tho grated pave
ment, nearly opposite the postoffice.
Irons Found.—The irons supposed to
have been worn by Albert Fortuno, when
he jumped off the train near Ashland, have
been found on the farm of Colonel
Winn, near the place where he is supposed
to have escaped.
Supreme Court of Appeals.—
Armstead & Peek vs. Cohen and wife ;
an appeal from the circuit court of the city
ot Richmond. Affirmed.
The court will adjourn to-morrow for the
term.
Sent On.—Edward Hadelka, charged
with bastardy, was sent on to the hustings
court th's morning for indictment. In de
. fault of bail, he was committed.
Delayed Mail.—Tho northern mail
train due here at 4:40 this morning did not
arrive until 7:30 in consequenco of tho de
rangement of the engine.
Hustings Court.—This court ad
journed to-day for the term, and will not
meet again until the fifth of May.
Vienna Commissioner.—J. S. Pa
gaud, of Norfolk, was to-day appointed
commissioner to Vienna by the governor.
Notary Public—The governor has
appointed James 'It. White, ol Mangohick,
King William county, a notary public.
Temperature.—The following is the
range of the thermometer at C. F. John
tson's news and music store, 9TB Main
street, for to-day : At 9a. in. 4S ; 12 in.
ol; 3 p. in. 58.
The lines imposed by Justice White this
morning aggregated $37.
Dooley's Yeast Powder cannot be
excelled for malting light, sweet Rolls, Biscuits,
Wattles, Corn Bread, &c. It In always ready
and reliable.
.» ■
A Word to the Ladies.-Mrs. Kate
Ret.voi.iiß, of Philadelphia, will be In Richmond
on Monday, 28th Inst., for tho purpose of giving
instruction in the use of Cornwell's Self-fitting
Waist »nd Shoulder Measure, by the use or
which a perfect fitting dress may be assured for
any contour or shape.
This is a great labor-saving method, and rests
on positive sclentinc principles, and is therefore
as unerring as exquisite, in Its results. It Is as
much superior to the system heretofore In vogue
as the modern Sewing Machine is to the old
way of si Itching by hand. It does away entire
ly with the bother and annoyance of trying on.
For a few days, Mrs. REVsoi.ns will have rooms
at No. Mo Fourth street, between Broad and
Marshall, and will take pleasure in cutting
dresses, basques, sacques, 4c, free of charge,
guaranteeing a perfect fit In every instance. Call
and see her.
LECTURES.
VIRGINIA HALL.
OLIVE LOGAN,
Having Been solicited by a largo number ot ths
citizens of Richmond to repeat her popular
leciure on "CURLS," and also to give our citi
zens an opportunity of hearing her great lecture,
pronounced her beat effort, entitled THE PAS
SIONS, will on SATURDAY NIGHT, April 26,
have the honor of re-appearing before the Rich
mond public, on which occasion she will repeat
her leciure on "CURLS," and on MONDAY
NIGHT, the'2Bth, she will deliver her famous
lecture entitled THE PASSIONS.
Seats may now be secured at Johnston's
bookstore—price 75c. General admission SO
cents. ap 24—td
FOR SALE.
FOR SALK-^iis_
c;OW, fresh to the pail. Any one wishing her
and calf can see them at Ma. STEPHEN
OHTLUREVS, on Short street, Union Hill.
ap'24—lt*
WANTS.
WANTED.--'\h , o^ucV f hl?
UNDERSTANDS HANDLING WINES, MAK
ING CHAMPAIGNE, fto. Correspondence
solicited. References given and required.
SEND FOR REDUCED PRICE LIST of
Wines and Brandies. Testimonials as to Ex
cellence, kc. M. B. BUCK.
aplft—dsw&wlm* Front Royal, Va.
WANTED.-^rr:
Pioneer Coal Company, Kanawha, I am now
prepared to employ about TWENTY-FIVE
GOOD HANDS—miners preferred—to whom
with families houses will be given. However,
able-bodied men, who are willing to learn, can
find employment, churches and free schools
are in ihe neighborhood. lor further and full
particulars apply to
JAMES L. CAPSTON, Agent,
at Mr. Mason's store, opposite the Old Mar
ket, ap 17—lm
THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
RAFFLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
Widows and Orphans of the Southern
States.
OtsTslHUTlos No. 292. Evsniso, April 23.
6.1 29 16 36 31 lq 72 31 67 71 68 48
DiaTmmmoH No. 2S>3 Moamso, Apill 24
63 77 6 31 26 6 74 20 64 1 1,1 68
Witness ray hand, at Richmond, Va., this 24th
tiny of April, 1873.
SIMMONS 4 CO., O. Q. TOMPKINS,
Manageis. Commissioner.
CERTIFICATES OF RAFFLE can he pur
chased from Captain W. I. DAHNEY, at the
Branch otllce. No, » Twelfth street, three doors
from Main
STOCK BROKERS.
ryio TAX-PAVEBS.
FOR SALE-COUPONS RECEIVABLE
FOR TAXES and all dues to the state.
R. H. MAURY ft CO.,
ap 22—dsw&wtf No. 1014 Main Street
EXCURSIONS.
Ru-HMOsns !'i ifkhi.mu R. R.Co {
Kichmono, Va., April 8, 1673. J
t jilli: SUNDAY EXCURSION I__ __
I TRAINS OM THIS ROAD WII.I.CTW
BE RESUMED ON SUNDAY, THli 13th
INST, and continue until further notic-e.
Leave at tl A. M., and return at 6 P. M.
Fare for the round trip. 50c.
T. H. WYNNE,
ap 9—lm President.
TQK TOW YORkT~ jgljjj^
THE OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP COM
PANY'S elegant side-wheel steamship WYA
NOKE, Capt. Wai.kes, will sail on FRIDAY,
April 26, at 2p. m.
Freight received until 1 p. m.
Through bills of lading signed, and goods for
warded with dispatch to all points—north, south
east and west. Close connections made with Cu
liard line for foreign ports.
Passenger accommodations unsurpassed.
Fare »12 CO
Steerage 6 00
Round Trip Tickets 20 00
For freight or passage, apply to
GEO W. ALLEN, ft CO , Ageuls,
ap 23—21 No. 3 Governor street.
IKON MANIJFACTUKEK».
VARIETY IRON WORKS,
ESTABLISHED 1862.
JAMES D. BROWNE, MANUFACTURER OF
IRON AND WntE HAILING,
GKATING, VERANDAHS, FIRE-PROOF
VAULT DOORS,
FLOWER VASES AND STANDS, SETTEES.
Together with every description of Iron work
for BUILDING and ORNAMENTAL purposes,
906 >ni. 907 Bask Stkibt,
___-_*w__ j RICHMOND VA
FURNITURE.
FURNnURE.
We have now ou hand a large and_\
superiui stock of FVHNITURE and PL
MATTKESSKIi made by the most ''M" - "" )*"P|
enced worluueiJ All in need of goods In' 1 I
our line will find it to their Interest to examine
our Stock.
Any style of Furniture made to order.
HARWOOD ft RITTER.
fe 19—dftw6tn Governor St. Richmond, Va.
(_fi WILL PAY FOR SIX COPIES OF
<P*J the WEEKLY STATE JOURNAL for
one year.
BY TELEGRAPH
TO-DAY'S DISPATCHES.
Washington.
National Finances.
Washington, April 24.—During the
past two days the gold balancj m the
Treasury has increased nearly three and a
half million of dollars, and the outstanding
legal tenders have decreased more than a
quarter of a million. The legal tender
reserve is thus brought up to about two
millions of the maximum.
Tho Nam I oim.t...
Washington, April 21.—The director
of the mint, Dr. Linderraan, has fixed the
charge for coining the new trade dollar at
one half a cent per piece, which is the low
est possible rate under the law. (ireat ex
pectations are entertained of the trade dol
lar as a means of creating a home demand
for parting bullion, and keeping gold in the
country.
The republics of Hayti, Ecuador, and
another South American republic, are anx
ious that their coinage shall be executed by
the United States, but as there is no law
which will permit this to be done, it is
probable that Congress will authorize such
service.
NEW TURK.
Financial.
New York, April 24.—Stocks quiet
and firm. Cold firm at ll"ij. Money firm
at 1-16 to 1-1 Gaud interest. Exchange,
long S_ ; short 9|. Governments steady.
State bonds dull and steady.
Ilorril.i... Freaks or a Crazy Woman.
New York, April 24.—A woman,
crazy from religion and sickness, strangled
her two children and roasted tbem on the
stove. The eldest child, five years old,
was asleep in an adjoining room, and es
caped unharmed. The details of the affair
are horrible.
Death from Eating: Wild Parsnips—
Sixteen norms thai t < <l to Death.
New York. April 24.—Two children on
Staten Island died yesterday from eating
wild parsnips.
Sixteen horses, belonging to Thomas
Farrell, starved to death while their owner
was away sick. The horses had eaten tbe
boards and everything in the stable where
they were locked up.
Seizure of Railroad Rolling Sloe!..
Albany, April 24.—Collector Bailey
seized twenty-three locomotives, thirty
eight passenger and three baggage cars of
the New York Central and Hudson rail
road, for non-payment of taxes.
A Town in Flames.
Fort Scott, April 24.—The town is
in flames and the destruction of the busi
ness portion of the city is inevitable.
THE INDIANS.
State of Affairs in Orogon and Sonorn
—Outrage* Report) Hi, etc.
San Francisco, April 24.—A dis
patch from Portland, Oregon, says that
the Indians on the Columbia, Snake, and
Lewis rivers, who have been advised ol the
Modoc affair, are having war dances, and
are painted.
The troops are punishing the Indians in
Sonora vigorously.
Arkansas City, April 21. —It is re
ported that three men have been killed at
Medicine Lodge creek, near the south line
of the state. It is stated that nine others
were killed about tho same time in other
localities.
Leavenworth, April 24.—Chaplain
Darling, chief of the surveying party here,
charges the Osages and Cheyennes, who
murdered his men, were fifteen miles out
side of their reservation.
Tho surveyors here have withdrawn
from the Indian country until they can
secure government protection.
The Indians are driving away the stock
and killing settlers in southwestern Kansas.
RHODE ISLAND.
The Bridge Accident at siooi.it ton.
Providence, April 24.—The evidence
goes to show that the flood which wash
away the bridge causing the Stoniugton ac
cident, was caused by malicious tampering
with the draw.
FORKIGrN. -
ENGLAND.
LONDON, April 24.—Mornington won the
grand metropolitan stakes at Epsom yester
day. Twelve horses started.
A madrid special to The Times says the
temporary appointment of Margall in place
of Figueras has caused intense excitement,
and a rising of the people of Madrid is im
minent.
Earl De La Marr has committed suicide.
LAST NIGHT'S DISPATCHES.
WASHINGTON.
A FiilllHixiurliiv Expedition on Foot.
Washington, April 23.—1t is stated
on quite reliable tillibustering authority
that fifty men, twenty-five of whom are
experienced officials, have left here to
join an expedition of 1,500 men which
will shortly leave an American port in
the interest of Hayti, and to depose Baez
and oppose the occupation of Samana
Bay by Americans. It is intimated that
the Uaytien Minister, Mr. Retston, lias
been quite liberal in furnishing outfits to
the officers.
NORTH CAROLINA.
The Injunction Aicuiumt tho Richmond
aud Danville Railroad.
Raleigh, April 23.—The injunction
against the Richmond and Danville rail
road to restrain the company from altering
the gauge of the North Carolina road
between Greensboro and Charlotte, was
continued by Judge Albertson until a
hearing, but upon condition that the state
give boud for $50,000, with good security,
to indemuify said company for damages
that might be sustained, on or before the
first of May. If not given by that time,
the injunction is to be dissolved. Both
parties have given notice of appeal to the
supreme court.
fening £tutc ffflntal
Official Paper for the Govemr:
RATES OF ADVLKITSIM:.
ONE DOLLAR per square of tlftll lh .
solid nonpareil.
SPECIAL KATES made at count-.-, or i.»
contract, with regular patrons.
The Colfax KMMWN,
Colonel T. W. Do Klyne and Colonel
Win. Wright, of ('crieral Longstuet'o
stall', who were sent to Colfax to investi
gate the occurrrcnces there, have made ;i
report, in which they say :
It is our opinion that Jew of the colored
men had been killed up to this time, but
that forced by the fire to leave the court
house they were shot down without mercy.
Ihe position and condition of many of lh*
bodies go far to prove this.
Under Ihe ware-house, be ween the
court-house and tha rv. r, were the dead
bodies of six colored men evident
ly crept under for concealment, and were
there shot like don. Many were shot in
the back of the head and neck. One man still
lay with hil hands clasped in supplica
tion. The face of another was complete! v
flattened by blows from a gun, the broken
stock of a double-barrelled .-.hut ran being
on the ground near him ; Mother had been
cut across the stomach with a knife alter br
ing shot, and almost all bad from three to a
dozen wounds. Many of them had their
brains literally blown out. lt is asserted l«y
the colored people that after the tight thirty
four prisoners, who were taken before the
burning of the court-house, were taken to
the river bank two by two, executed and
hurled in the river. We caused to be
buried in the ditch near the ruins of
the court-house the remains of fiftv
four colored men, three of whom Were
so badly burned as to be unrecognizable.
There were inside the ourt-hoiue the
charred bones of one other, and live bodies
we gave to their friends for interment
elsewhere. We saw, also, twelve
wounded colored men, two of whom will
certainly die, and others of whom are very
unlikely to recover.
We are informed that since the fight
parties of men have been scouring the
country surrounding Colfax, taking tho
mules and other property of the colored
people.
Since writing the above report we have
seen on board the steamboat the colored
man, Lev. Allen, who commanded the
paity holding the court-house. He assures
us that not a single man was killed or
wounded until after their surrender, and
that then they were shot down without
mercy. ■ We will obtain his sworn state
ment hereafter.
Fred. Douglass in I.oiiiiville.
In bis speech in Louisville on the 19th
instant, Hon. Fred. Doug'ass thus ad
dressed himsell Io those present of his own
color, and as the remarks are just, as ap
plicable to the colored people of Richmond
we reproduce them :
I want to say a word, however, to my
colored brethren and nister* m view-of
their new relatione to our fellow-citizen.-,.
We have come up from the depths,
and let us not forget the new con~
dition in which we are to-day. It
has brought not only rights but
duties which we are equally bound to
discharge. Wo have asserted in the laws
of the land, our freedom. More than those
that have been asserted for OS—equality
before the law, and equality at the ballot
box. Now, equality here implies equality
elsewhere. There is no power in tbe na
tional legislature—-no power in the local
legislature—no power anywhere beneath
the sky outside of yourselves that can
make you the equal of your white fel-
Icw-citizans in point of intelligence, in
point of moral rectitude, in point of use
fulness to society. We i-ay we are the
equal of the whites. Are We? Are we
at present the equals of the whiles V Ekjual
be.'bie the law we are, equal at the ballot
box M'eaio, but we ale far behind our
white brethren. Now in what are we be
hind ? Ido not undertake to say why we
are so. just yet, but I want all to feel and
know that we are in the rear and not in
the front. If the white man can build a
ship and navigate that .ship around the
world, and we can only build a
canoe, they aie a whole ship's
length ahead of us. If the white
white man can construct a bridge and fling
it across that magnificent river rolling
along at the feet of this city and we can
not do it, then they are a bridge ahead of
us. If the white man can malic books
and we cannot, they are books ahead of
ns. If the white man can build magnifi
cent balls like this and we cannot, they are.
halls ahead of us. I do not say that natur
ally we are unequal to the white man. I
would not say '.hat,but the fact is that now
they are in advance of us. What is our
duty in view of that fact ? It is to build up,
is it not? lt, is to use the opportunities
that we have for tbe improvement of our
condition,for improving our intellect, for im
proving our manners, improving our order,
improving our punctuality, ami improving
our integrity. We are called to the dis
charge or new duties, and it won't do to ail
dt w.i in thechimi ey corners and say I don't
know, when we ought to know—when we
should be endeavoring to make use of the
opportunities tha* we have for 'Knowing,
and fill our minds with something more
than dressed up emptiness.
That Chicago Fire Still Burn
ing.—lt is a year, six months and nine
days since tbe lire of October 0, IS7I, and
yet, strange to relate, two gentlemen claim
that the champion blaze of creation has
not subsided yet. While a party of
gentlemen yesterday were passing the ruins
of the Catholic Brother's school, on Van
Buren street, cast of Clark, their attention
was attracted by the escape of smoke, and,
out of curiosity, they instituted an investi
gation.
After making an excavation, a small pile
of glowing coals was reached, aud, when .
the air came in contact with it, a vigorous
flame burst forth. The discoverers re
solved upon making the fact memorable,
and, accordingly, obtaining some potatoes,
roasted them by the fire, ate a lunch, then
lit some cigars at. tho blaze, covered the
live coals over with a brick, and departed.
The gentleman who vouch for the above are
Mr, J. S. llewsen, carpenter and builder,
Van Buren street, and Mr, J, B. Bailey.
Chicago Inter-Ocean, April Is.
Prospects of a Large Pba.ch
Crop.—The peach crop, wbieh some time
ago was believed to be seriously injured bj
the severe cold of the winter, now pioni
ises to be the largest that has been grown
for several years. In the central and
lower portions of the peninsula the trees
bave bloomed, and are literally covered
with rose-tinted blossoms. The crop,
however, is not beyond possible injury,
for it is attended with enemies even up to
maturity ; still the indications are that
crop will be an unusually large one in the
districts named.-— WxUnxngton {Del.) Com
mercial.
—An extensive fire at OwuMCaviUe, Bath
county, Ktn'ueky,.Monday night deatroyi I
the livery stables of James Stone and J. A.
Lee, the dry goods stores of W. 11. Doughs
erty and tl. W, Barnes, the saddle shops
of llenry Scott and James I'inekiin, tho
1 ,w olliccs of Mr. "Nesbittand Amis ,
| and several dwellings.