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HAMPTON NORMAL ANO \«.nl« I I I
liltu, SCHOOL.
LARGE ATTENDANCE OF STRANGERS .
TO WITNESS THE CLOSING EXER
CISES.
lii.iiiiiiiisin-.: iiiinn uu- New lliillil- '
inic- *i«mi' Account of the Normal
School—History. Objects mnl Plan of
the institution—The Work It Has
none ami Proposes to Do. I
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A special correspondent of The Norfolk
Journal writing from Hampton, June 12, J
187.'!, says: ,
The closing exercises ol the Hampton
Normal school came off to-day. The ex- (
animations were conducted almost excltt- t
sively by the teachers. There was ,
A LARGE ATTENDANCE OF VISITORS |
not only from this community but from
other states. The following are some of i
the I
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS I
present: Rev. T. K. Fessenden, of J
Connecticut; Alexander Hide Lee, Massa- I
chusetts; Miss McCosh, daughter of Pres
ident McCosh, of Princeton college ; Wei- t
lington Smith and wife, Connecticut; J. B. t
Beadle and wife, Brooklyn; E. 13. El- i
dridge and wife, Connecticut; Mrs. and I
Miss Sanford, New York ; Misses Smith, 1
Connecticut; Miss Ludlow,.Vew York; Miss
Giddings, New Jersey; Miss Mftgie, Miss v
Sloan, New York ; Dr. Coan, New York t
Independent; Samuel Holmes New Jer- „
sey ; J. Boyd, Philadelphia ; W. N. Arm- ]
strong, New York ; Hon. 11. N. Daggett; y
Massachusetts; Robert C. Ogden, Miss „
Ogden, Brooklyn ; < leorge Dixon and wife,
England.
At one o'clock the visitors were invited
to a sumptuous collation of sandwiches, j
deviled crabs, strawberries, __c.
A NEW BUILDING, II
which is estimated to cost $75,000, is lo be f
built in the most approved modern style, '
with a front of 10. feet and accommoda
tions for 120 students. It will also contain i
chapel, kitchen, laundry and basement, to
be used for carpenter, machine and turning
shop and printing office. 11 will be four _
stories hi_,h, with an imposing tower in
front. i
For the benefit of your readers who may i
feel an interest in this school, I will give j
some particulars of the work lhat it is ,
doing, its system of operations. and the ,
number of its graduates. Its main object ia
to train and i_ualify the 1
COLORED PF-OPLE OF THE SOUTH AS g
TEACHERS o
of their own race, and the course of t
studies is adapted to their present wants
and condition. They do not propose to
give a regular collegiate course, for the i
simple reason that very few of the colored
people have the means to avail themselves ■
of it. The great want of the cokued peo
ple at present is a good practical English
education, and the Normal School is year- j
ly sending out teachers prepared to dissem- ,
in»te just the kind of knowledge that is ',
needed. |
During the session of IS7I-'72 thero ,
were one hundred and thirty-three students ,
in attendance ; during the session that has
just closed there were two hundred and
thirty-three, though in neither case did all f
of them remain during the entire Session.
Perhaps ,
ONE HUNDRED TEACHERS, |
graduates of this school, are already at „
work in this state and throughout the
south, communicating the knowldege
which they have labored so commendably .
to obtain to others of their race. John W. j
Williams, recently admitted a cadet at
West Point, received his instruction here,
and the proficiency which he has exhibited j
in his studies is the strongest evidence of (
the thorough manner in which tho Nor- ,
inal school performs its work. The ad- .
juncts of the school are an agricultural and (
an industrial department, in which the (
males are taught practical agriculture, car- ,
pentering, blacksuiitliing, Ac, and the fe- j
males are taught housework, needlework, ,
the cutting and fitting of dresses, and every- ,
thing that is required in a woman to take
perfect management of a household. The
school is
DIVIDED INTO FIVE SQUADS, '
one of which works every day from Mon
day to Friday, inclusive, and on Saturday ,
all are required to work. For the work '
thus done they are paid liom five to eight
cents per hour, according to their capacity.
There is also connected with the school a
job printing office, in which several of the
"students are now being taught the art of
printing. Taken as a whole, we may well
venture the assertion that there is no in- '
stitution in the land doing so much for
the improvement of the colored race, men
tally and morally, as the Normal School of j
Hampton. All who desire to see the negro
educated, and thereby qualified to dis
charge the weighty responsibilities of
free American citizens should give this
school not only their countenance, but ,
their cordial support and active co-opera
tion.
It may be mentioned, as an indication of
the
HEALTHFULNESS OF THE LOCATION,
that, during the three years of the
school's establishment, there has been only
.one death among the scholars, and in that
■case the deceased had been suffering ft-orn
heart disease for a considerable time prior
to his entrance here.
Uaisimi Sheep in Virginia.—
Since the purchase of the woolen mills
here by a Baltimore company, Mr. John
E. Tacket has been purchasing wool as a
preliminary to an early resumption of
business. We hear that he has paid out
about $300 daily for the last two weeks,
and all this wool has been grown tn this
vicinity. Our lands are admirably adapted
for sheep raising, the only hindrance being
the dog. Mr. Frank Ruffin ol Chesterfield
told us that he considered sheep culture
the most profitable employment in
Virginia. lie is engaged large
ly. He puts his lambs (in early spring) on
the New York steamship at Richmond, and
they are speedily taken to that market
where they sell for eight dollars per head.
«)ne dollar covers the cost of conveyance
.-and commission forselling, thus netting him
seven dollars clear. His sales of wool are
also remunerative. This is an enterprise
that stands invitingly open for thousands,
and we trust the day is near at hand when
the hills and dales of Spotsylvania and
Stafford will be white with a thousand
flocks. — Fredericksburg Herald.
—Japan is to nave a newspaper to re
flect the views of Americans In that land.
—Women iv Florida make from eighteen
•to twenty dollars a week braiding palmetto
.hats.
STATE NEWS.
—Harrisonburg's town council has or
ganized a chain-gang to work on the
streets. '
—Woodstock is happy in the possession ,
of a fire engine. We would like to see ,
Luray rejoice from the same cause. ■
—The Staunton Virginian says that t
Henry Forrer & Co., have sold Elizabeth c
furnace to Sir Antonia Brady, of England, i
for .-?200,000. f
—Mr. Ambler Brook, of Spotsylvania '
county has clipped 906 pounds of wool 1
from twenty-two sheep—an average of J
nearly ten pounds a sheep.
—The wheat crop of Augusta promises
to be very ordinary—scarcely more than ?
half an average one. Corn is looking as ,
well as usual at this season. ,
—A daughter of Hon. John T. Harris, t
of Harrisonburg, fell from the second to (
the first floor, some fifteen feet, on Fri- *
day last. She was considerably hurt, but \
is recovering.
—Mr. John Newton Buck was found f
prostrate upon the floor of his room, in I
Front Royal, one day last week. He was b
unable to move, and upon examination it v
was discovered that his left, side was para- J
lyzed. j
—The list of subscriptions to tho endow- 1
ment ol a Virginia chair in the AVashing- V
ton and Lee University, includes the follow- si
ing: T. K. Menefee, S'iOO ; Dr. Win. S. a
McChesncy, $250, of Staunton, and Hon. S
Wm. Milnes, $1,000, of Page. C
—The steamer Ironsides on her way
up from Quantico on Thursday evening, ait
ter making her landing at Alexandria, ran |
afoul of the steamer City of Washington *
lying in the ferry slip at that place, and had *
her port side, from ten feet aft of the *
gangway to the wheelhouse, carried away. *
—Colonel Baldwin has recovered from ii
the sudden and severe pain in his left hand,
caused by a clot of blood at the point in ?
the hand where the arteries diverge, con
veying the blood to the thumb and fingers, J,
and is attending to business as usual, with j
the exception that he uses tho affected £
hand carefully. —Staunton Times. - N
—The contractors on the Shenandoah V
Valley railroad between here and Millford n
are nearly all at work on their respective f«
contracts. Mr. Purcell has a good force 1
near Luray, and is pushing along as rapidly 1
as could be expected this hot weather. Mr. n
Rust, who has the section adjoining Mr, i
Purcell's also commenced work last Mon- I
day with a number of hands, .and expects P
to finish his division in three months. Mr. V
Crumlish is vigorously prosecuting his v
work near Ryleysville with a large force, si
The evidences are encouraging, and we hope li
soon to be able to speak advisedly in re- p
gard to the track-laying and equipments of a
this grand enterprise.— Page Courier.
—Elopements are becoming quite com- ,
mou. We hear of one nearly every day ;
but the last one which reaches our ears ,
comes from the little town of Guilford,
Loudoun county. A young man by the ■■
name of William Lent bonowed the corn
par. -• of a young lady a short tune ago for ~
a trip to Washington. Nothing has been i
seen of them since, and the people of Guil
ford are anxiously awaiting the return of
the borrowed treasure. Should Lent fail sj
to return that which he borrowed he cer
tainly can not expect to be lent anything
again by the Guilford people. But we do -.
not expect them to return until they have
been duly united by the holy bonds of ,
matrimony, and can substantiate it by the
necessary legal documents. May a hap- J
py life be in store for them.
c
'I'lio Polaris Survivors—Journey ou uu a
Ice Floe—A Parallel •fuse H
11 is looked upon as an extraordinary h
act, and one which causes wonderment, a
how the survivors of the Polaris could re- a
main on an ice floe from October until _
April, and float from Northumberland t
island down to the coasts of Labrador, a t
distance of 1,500 miles. Y"et a similar ?
act occurred a few years ago from an ex- .
pedition to the North Pole, fitted out un- _
der German auspices. Parties composing t
that expedition were wrecked, and remain- (
ed on the ice from October until June, hay- s
ing floated during that time from tho north- t
eastern extremity cf Greculand down to .
Capo Farewell. _ i
■>»-■ Thll New -Ministry. ',
Madrid. June 12. —A meeting of tho (
deputies belonging to the majority have t
agreed, in order to conciliate their oppo
nents, to propose a ministry to be compo- _
sed of four Conservatives and four irrecon- (
cilablcs. ,
The Cortes has accepted the resignation
of Figucras' cabinet. At a meeting of the j
majority, held last night, the following new
ministry was agreed upon: President of .
the Council and Minister of Interior, Ply (
Margall; Minister of the Colonies, Sorni; ,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Muzo ; Minis
ter of War, Estavanz; Minister of Marine,
Aurich; Minister of Finance, Ladus ; Mm- .
ister of Public Works, Benot; Minister of j
Justice, Gonzales. j
I i.„1;,,,.t l
London, June 12. —Bullion has in- (
creased four hundred and twenty-one thou- '
sand pounds. ,
A treaty of alliance between Germany '
and Italy is reported concluded. <
The Mississippi Valley society, for the j
promotion of trade and investment of capi- j
tal in the we stern and southern states, was '
organized here to-day. Among the pro- (
moters of the enterprise are some of the I
wealthiest Englishmen. J
"Cremorne" won the gold cup at
Facet Heath ; "Flageolet" second, "Re- j
venge" third; seven ran.
France.
Paris, June 12.—General L'Admirault ■
has applied to the Assembly for authority ,
prosecute Communist Rone, who is now a |
member of that body. ,
Ex-President Thiers has written a let- ,
ter to his friends, in which he says he has ,
retired to private life, believing that Repub- J
lican government in Fiance is a mistake, ,
and will only tend to fresh divisions.
(Herman)'.
Berlin, June 12.—1t is probable that ;
the Parliament will adopt a reselulion ox- ;
tending the provisions of the constitution of
Germany to Alsace and Loraine. Should
this measure be carried out. A'sice and
Loraine will be entitled to elect fifteen
members of Parliament. None of the in
habitants who chose French nationality will
be allowed to vote until they have sworn
allegiance to Germany.
Indian Movement*.
San Francisco, June 12.—A band of
Apache Indians have started south, pro
bably to invade Sonora. Another band is
reported five miles over the bonier, be
-1 sieging Santa Cruz, in Sonora.
Advices from General Davis's camp re
i port only three or four Modocs at large,
i The Pitt River Indians delivered eleven I
Modoc refugees to General Davis. I
JiOCAI. MATTERS.
The Maryland Press Excursion
ists—Their Arrival and Recep
tion here—Their Route Home
ward. —A delegation from the Press Club,
consisting or Messrs. Earnest Wiltz, M.
P. Han.ly, (J. W. James, R. D. Ward
and others, left the city this morning at 4
o'clock a. m. for West Point, where they
met the Matyland Editors Association, •
consisting of the following representatives: |
George W. Wilson, president, Ignatius
Wilson, Gazette, Upper Marlboro; Charles ;
A. Wailes, recording secretary, State '
Insurance Commissioner, Baltimore; I
William 11. Ruby, corresponding
secretary, Kphraim Almony, Mary- '
land Journal, Towsontown j Dr. 0. C.
Borabaugh, liistoriographer.C. M. Ransom,
Underwriter, Baltimore; Luther V. Col
ton, Maryland Republican, Annapolis ; J. '
G. King, Gazette, Annapolis; A. P.
McCombs, Republican, Havre de Graeo;
Wm. 11. Vanderford, Advocate, West- !
minster; John 11. Johnson, Democrat and
News, Cambridge; Clement Sulivane,
Daniel M. Henry, jr., Chronicle, din- ( ,
bridge; Win. W. Busteed,()bscrver,Ccntre
ville; Julius A. Johnson, Journal, Eastou;
Joseph M. Street, Democrat, Belair; .
John Payne, Union, Towsontown; Thos. J.
Hunter, Herald, Towsontown ; Frederick
W. Baker, .Egis, Belair; G. W. Cruilc- '
shank, Democrat, Elkton ; J. A. Parsons '
and Dr. S. P. Donnis, Eastern Shoreman, c
Salisbury; Chas. Cole, Union, Frederick; '
Charles 11. Reefer and A. J. Delashmutt, .
Examiner, Frederick; L. Victor Baugliman,
Citizen, Frederick ; Elijah Wells, Times, j
Port Tobacco; C. W. Fountaine, Somerset
Herald, Princess Anne; J. Marion Emer- „
son, Union, Denton; Huston Humphreys,
Messenger, Snow Hill; Peter Negley. Her- a
aid and Torch, Hagerstown; Dr. 11. M.
Pinkard, Universal Advertiser, Annapo- *
lis; John Wills, Saturday Night, Balti- l
more ; J. Cloud Norris, Sunday Telegram,
Baltimore, and P. G. Sauerwein, Baltimo- '
rean, Baltimore. The following gentle- .
men also accompany the party: R. C. .
Holliday, secretary of state; Col. Thomas, '
Fitzgerald, City Item, Philadelphia;
N. A. Gallaher, Free Press, Charlestowu,
West Virginia ; Joseph J. Stewait; Colo- l ,
nel C. 11. Mann, Smedley Douse, Towns- '
town, Maryland ; Colonel 11. D. Loney,
Baltimore ; William Fitz Hugh Wharton,
Towsontown; Charles P. Knight, Balti- t
more, and W. A. Simmons, Frederick, t
Maryland, under command of Major N. 11. t
Hotchkiss, traveling agent of the Chesa- f
peake and Ohio railroad and the Richmond, j
York River and Chesapeake railroad. They t
were soon aboard the cars and after a ,
short and pleasant ride all were safely t
landed at the Richmond depot. Here the j
party were tenderly piaced in omnibusses £
and driven to the Exchange hotel. ,
On alighting they were ushered into the .
dining-room and au address of welcome was j
delivered by his honor A. M. Keiley, s
mayor of this city. This was responded to (
by George Wilson, esq., president of the ,
association. He was followed by Judge
Tuck, late of the supreme court of
appeals of Maryland, but now .senator of i
that slate. The party was then addressed I
by Mr. John Gifi-me.of the Whig, who in i
conclusion, invited them to partake of the 1
good cheer with which the tables were filled, i
This part of the programme being compli- i
ed with, the city of Richmond was toasted, '
and Judije Wright, of The Journal, 1
being called upou, responded thereto. <
The next was that of the state of Mary- i
land, responded to by Attorney-Cieneral i
Jones, of Baltimore. Hon, J. J. Stewart, i
formally member of Congress of Balti- I
more, was then called upou for a speech, 1
and responded in eloquent and forcible
strain of about half an hour. Mr. Gramme
here announced that dinner was ready,
and the gathering dispersed. This evening >
at 3) o'clock, tho excursionists will '
assemble in the Capital Square, where
the 3' will be photographed, having
been especially invited to do so by
Messrs. C. R. Rees & Co., photographers. •
This being over they will then be escorted
in a body to the executive mansion, where
they will be presented to his excellency
Governor Walker, by whom we may safely
say they will be addressed. They will
then be allowed to stroll around a little.
At 8} o'clock sharp this evening they will
reassemble at the Exchange Hotel and pro
ceed in a body to the residence of General
Bradley T. Johnson, there to be entertained
by him, lie having invited them so lo do
through Mr. Greats*, of The Whig. i
The annual reunion of the association
will take place on board the steamer on the
trip down the Chesapeake. From Rich
mond they will to-morrow morning proceed
over the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad to
the White Sulphur Springs, where they :
expect to spend Sunday; thence to Charles
town, the capital of West Virginia, where :
the association will be handsomely enter- !
tamed; next day to Huntington, from
which point they will proceed to C'inciu- ;
nati by river steamer, on board of which
the annual oration will be delivered by
Mr. G. W. M. Cooper, of the "Salisbury
Bachelor." From Cincinnati, where they
will be received by the board of trade, they ;
expect to proceed to Louisville, and thence
to the Mammoth Cave. Returning to Louis
ville, they will go to Indianapolis, and
thence lo St. Louis, where the second Sun
day will be be passed. On the homeward
return the association will go from St.
Louis to Springfield, and from there to
Ohicaao, where they will spend at least one
day ; thence returning by the Pittsburg
and Fort Wayne route and the Pennsylva
nia Central, as the guests of the latter.
There will be a stoppage at Pittsburg and
Altoona, reaching Baltimoie early on
Saturday morning, June 28th.
Manchester Public Schools.—
The closing of the public schools of Man
chester took place Tuesday last, and it has
been generally conceded by all friends,
especially those most interested, that much
progress has been made during the past
year. Last evening the scholars of the
colored primary and intermediate schools,
under the charge of Mrs. Anderson and
Miss Hill respectively, gave an exhibition
at the First Baptist church, which was
well attended and was very creditable
indeed to both teachers and scholars.
The exercises were conducted in admirable
order and were interspersed with several
pieces of vocal music, in which the schol
ars, of both schools joined. Thursday
night next the scholars of the colored
grammar school, under the supervision of
their teacher, Professor Binga, will give a
similar entertainment at the same place.
The Best Shot.—At the targer prac
tice of the Richmond Grays, which took
place at the pump-house yesterday, the
prize for the best shot of the company, a
gold medal, was won by private G. W.
Duke, who also made the best shot last
year. Ensign Kirby made the second and
Lieutenant Phillips the third best shots,
I each of whom received a gold badge. The
I prizes were presented by J. J, White, esq.
The Delegates to the Catholic
Benevolent Union Banqueted at
Monticello Hall.—The Catholic Ben
eficial society of this city banqueted ihe
delegates to the Catholic Benevolent union
in handsome style last night at Monticello
Hall. But the members of the union
were not the only ones that wore done up
in style. Prominent among the rest were
the president of the city council, the police
justice, and last, but not least, the press
squad, all of whom shared the same fate. '
The table was elegantly and profusely sup- I
plied with all the delicacies of the season, i
and decorated in John Dabney's usual ,
manner. The following were the regular
toasts, which were read by Mayor Keiley
and responded to as follows:
1. The Clergy: Everywhere and always 1
the earnest and zealous friends of the ,
Catholic benevolent societies. Rev. I. .
•fanssens.
2. The Catholic Benevolent Union of '
Virginia : May its career he as prosperous <
as its proceedings are harmonious. M, i
Glennan. i
3. Virginia: Her brightest jewel is the
catholic liberality of her people. Col. T.
11. Wynne.
4. Richmond : As citizens of Virginia, f
we rejoice in her prosperity. Justice J.J. ,
White.
5. St. Patrick: Would that the catth
were filled with such Presbyterian Bish- '
ops, and that each, like St. Patrick, would I
convert a nation to Catholicism. Mayor 1
A. M. Keiley.
ij. Our Sister Benevolent Societies in ,
the State and Union : We have no rivalry
with them save in charity. Major M. !!. '
Crell. .
7. The Officers ol the State Union:
The confidence bestowed on them has been
amply justified. Col. J. I). Brady. «
8. Charity: The heritage of no faith j
and alien in no land—the lovely flower of
every clime. M. P. Handy.
9. The Press: Kree without licentious- '
ness, fearless, but just. W. O. Flam. '
10. The Ladies: As they are all i
benevolent and all fond of "union," we
include them all in our membership.
John O'Connor, jr.
The regulars were followed by a number '
of volunteers, Professor McCann's band i
leading them all and plaf/ing them out in i
the morning. ,
A Disappointed Audience.-- Last )
night, about half-after nine, a large crowd i
assembled at the First African Baptist
church, with the expectation ot witnessing ,
a marriage ceremony, but a far different
scene was witnessed. The couple made
their appearance and started up the aisle, i
when wife number one arose and informed 1
those around her that that man was her ,
husband and that she had something to say
about his marrying. Tho would-be two
wifed man retreated in as good order as '•
possible under the circumstances, with his |
intended on his arm, and the crowd, who (
seemed to be as highly entertained M if
they had witnessed the ceremony, dis
persed. '
The Alarm ok Fi hi:. -The alarm thai
was sounded from Box 11, about 1 o'clock '
this morning, was occasioned by the burn
ing of the canal boat Dispatch, which was I
lying in the basin near Tenth street. The j
fire brigade was promptly on hand and ,
soon succeeded in extinguishing the flames.
The Dispatch was owned and commanded
by Captain Robert Vaughn, of Goochland I
county, and was valued at §800. The
damage to the boat is estimated at about ]
$200, and was not insured. The lire origi
nated through the carelessness of one of ''
the hands, who fell asleep leaving a light '
burning.
Drank Vitriol for Whiskey.— '
We clip the following from the Washington '
Star : "A colored man employed to clean I
out the cellar uuder a photograph gallery
in Richmond, Virginia, the other day, came ,
across carboys containing a liquid which he
supposed to be whiskey, and helped him
self; but instead of whiskey swallowed
some considerable quantity of vitriol. He '
was seized with a violent illness, when a
doctor was summoned and all the antidotes
known to the profession administered.
The poor creature suffered the tortures ol
the damned, but may get well."
Arrival and Departure of the
Northern Wail.—On and after Sunday
next, the mail train on the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad will
depart at 0:40 a.m. instead of 1 p. m.,
and arrive at 1:08 p, m. instead of 2 p. m.
No change has been made in the running
of the night trains.
Death of an Estimable! Citizen.
Mr. David J. Saunders, a well-known and
highly esteemed citizen, died at at his late
residence in this city yesterday afternoon at
six o'clock. Tlie city council will meet
this afternoon at S o'clock to take suitable
action relative to his death,
HUSTINGS Court.—Detective Wm. V.
Knox, charged with felonious assault upon
A. J. Berry, was tried in this court to-day
and acquitted. James L, Apperson quali
fied as notary public.
Temperature.—The following is the
range of the thermometor at C. F. John
ston's news and music store, 018 Main
street, for to-day : At Ba.m. 72 ; 12 in.
77 ; 3p. m. 80.
Death of Another Citizen.—Mr.
Richard Hall, of the firm of Thomas R,
Price & Co., died this morning, about one
o'clock.
Houdoiin's Wash inw to n .—The
Iloudoun statue of Washington will be
placed in position in the rotunda of the
Capitol this evening.
DIEII.
SAUNDERS.—At his residence, on Thursday,
the 12tli ii.st_.ut, DAVID J. SAUNDERS, esq.,
io the sixty-third year of his age.
His urn.-nil will take place from Grace-street.
Baptist church TO MOUROW, June the Hill,
at 4 .'clock p. m. Friends anil acquaintances
are invited to attend without liirlher noliee.
IN >ll HO 111 111
A lady borne from the wreck of the " Metis"
raised her eyes to her deliverer as he laid her
upon the shore and said : " The angels are not
all in Heaven," and died. Our cilv has its
angels, and one of them has leit us, Vesteriiay
about eight p. m., JAMES P. FORD br.ath.d
his last sigh, after seventeen years uf uninter
rupted suffering. He was a man ol rare fores of
character, great strength of mind, and perfect
in Christian loveliuess. Mr. Ford in 185 li, at the
age of thirty six, was prosperously engaged in
the tobacco business. A misstep and fall through
a hatchway injured ills spine, rendering him
helpless evei below this injury. With laith sub
lime, and spirit nrave and true, ha* he borne the
loss of property, and latterly (in three years) an
excellent wile and four grown children. So
noble and manly was he in word and nu-nner
it was hard to credit his physical situation.
His tiifferings were very great, hut no muiinur
ever passed his lips. "All is light, I rejoice to
go ■' was his last utterance.
To know him was a. privilege; to hear him
read Qod'a Word better than any sermon. His
life as an heio.c example haa not beempent in
vain.
"Meek souls there are who little dream
Their daily walks and angels' theme,
And that the rod they bear so calm
Shall prove In Heaven a martyr's palm."
BY TELEGRAPH 5
t
WASHINt.TON I
A ll.>ili*l t'ollerlor of t'lisloms—l'roeil
maii'H Itnrean AlTalrs.
Wasimnciton, June 13.—1t has leaked
out that during the excursion south of the
examining board of tho treasury depart- c
ment, l collector of customs was found j,
who coulil neither read nor write, and who j
was previously convicted of an infamous f
crime. j
It is reported that the secretary of war c
has submitted to the department of justice
a statement nf the condition of affairs
found by the war department to exist in
the division of tho late freedman's bureau
(•linrgoil with the settlement of bounties j
to colored soldiers. The statement sets
forth lhat claimants for whom
treasury certificates have been
issued and set-it to the freedman's bureau
for payment, have never received their I 1
money, although they were marked on tho t<
records of tho bureau as paid and reported ri
to the treasury by the disbursing officer as v
paid, and so credited in the settlement of s !
bis account. »
For this fraud, the secretary wishes to
know the degree of responsibility, under
the law, of General 0. O. Howard and his
disbursing officer. General Ballock. *
When the war department took pos- ,
session of the records of the bureau, un
paid claims were found amounting to
1733,000, and .$33,000 were found
unpaid though entered on the records and
reported to the treasury and there credited •"
a-i paid.
Hems.
Juno Ll. —The Japanese
legation in this city have notified the n
postmaster-general that they have been au- J
thorized by their government to negotiate
A postal treaty with the United States. No tl
propositions have been made as yet on c
either side.
Mrs. Hall, widow of the late Captain .
Hall, of the Polaris, is at tho Arlington.
Mr. John 8. Delano, chief clerk of the f<
interior department, is slowly recovering *
his health, but is not yet able to assume his
official duties. j
Miss l.li/.aln-th Ladd, of Ohio, has been J
appointed a temporary cleik to assist the ■
topographer of the postoffice department, ?.
at a salary of $908 per year.
Gov. Davis, of Texas, telegraphs that he _
will send Satanta and Big Tree, the two t
Kiowa chiefs, to Port Sill, to be released,
in accordance with the request of Secretary ■
Delano, hut hopes that the Indians will be _,
held by the military until after he can h
make an official visit to Washington, which a
will be in a very few days. "
Tho receipts from internal revenue yes- c
terday were 8257,891.82. f,
Conyers, the colore 1 cadet at Annapo- I
lis, with three, other midshipmen, has been {
allowed the privilege of a re-examinatiou in
October. If he is successful he will step up
with his class. Tf he fails he will be drop- (
ped from the rolls of the navy. He will £
not go ou the cruise, but will remain on
a
board the Santee, at the Academy wharf, i
The duty of discovering the instigators c
and perpetrators of the recent massacre of o
the Modoc captives by parties in Oregon i
rests solely with the military authorities
under General Davi-5. If the movers in J
this massacre are ferreted out, punishment
will be meted out to them through the mil- •_
itary authorities. The commissioner of '■
ludian affairs states that no action of the
department here has been taken, nor none
will be, unless the war department sub- "j
mils the subject for the consideration and I
action of tho department. In so far as dc- \
iecting the perpetrators through the aid of ,
the people of Oregon, Commissioner Smith, t
of the Indian bureau, does not hope for p
this, on account of the hostility of that J
people to the whole Modoc tribe.
new Tim IT li
Vliianeial.
New York, June Li.—Stocks active _
und strong. Money steady at 4. Gold i
steady HO;, There were sixteen bids for t
gold yesterday amounting to 13,478,000 c
from 110.33 to 110.91, J
The opening price was 117, after which r
all nales were made at HOjall". On gold
loans ihe rates have been at 2 to 5 for car- 5
rying. Foreign exchange was firm at 100 a i
109J-. and 1 lOallOJ for prime sterling, sixty n
day bills being firmer for business than de
mand. Money continues abundant to bor- ■
roweis on call at four and five, and on
prime mercantile paper at seven, and all
indications, both here and in London, are (
favorable for an easy money market. In l
the stock market there has been a general ■_
advance, prices having risen from . to lj>. c
At the advance the market is dull and _
steady. J
.Minister Orrs Remains.
New York, June LL—Forty-three -
lodges of Masons, seven commanderies of
Knights Templar and several chapters of I
Royal A rch Masons, besides a company of i
calvary and the Seventh regiment, will J
join the esoort to the remains of the late
Minister Orr, this afternoon.
Tlie lee-Floe Party From the Polaris
New York, June 13.—A Washington -
; dispatch says the refugees from tho Polaris j
have been sent north with instructions to '
make no communications. The dispatch
also states that enough has beon hint ed
. around the navy-yard to indicate that the I
! report of the secretary of the navy will mi
i dicate that jealousy and intrigue prevailed
' ou the Polaris. From the day that she
• sailed, Captain Hall found that Buddington
opposed him, and when the Polaris '
[ reached the farthest point north with
i everthing favorable in prospect, Budding
ton requested to go farther, when Captain
Hall became discouraged, and Buddington
after Hall.-: death was constantly drunk.
Captain Hull's widow arrived at Wash
ington yesterday from Cincinnati, and was
surprised to find the crow gone, as she
desired to talk wtlh them about her hus
band's death.
i hi; uiiiiiii--
Tho ililiiiii-v I'oiiiiiiKsloii lor Iheir
Trial.
Boylfs' Camp, June 11.—The Modoc
commission convenes at Fort Klamath. It
is thought thnt Bogus Charley, Hooker i
Jim, Shack Nasty Jim and Steamboat .
Frank, who aided in the capture of Captain 6
•Jack, will escape punishment as murder- '
ers. (
Those not trietl for murder will be for- t
warded to the fort in San Francisco har
bor.
(ieneral Ross, of the Oregon volunteers,
denies that his men massacred the Modocs.
MISSOI Kl. j
Ititilronil Hut.<>■.>.
St. Louis, June I.l.—The Atlantic aud «
Pacific railroad applies to the Federal court
to restrain the Governor from selling the j
road to satisfy the state lien. This is a call
upon the Fedetal court to restrain the
state executive from enforcing slate legisia- '
tion. _
I'.U.IIOIIMA. j
JU'lltll Ol' 11 1.1.-I-K 1 ,in-.,1
San Francisco, June 13,—George ]
Fisher, the Creek consul at this place, is j
dead. i
eoreignT i
a 1
France. j
PARIS, June 13.—The government has 1
decided to transport Henri Rochefort to New
Caledonia.
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Tele_j.ra|ili s unj 1
Charles 11. Adams appointed one or the I
new board of commissioners at the Vienna
exposition, sailed for his post yesterday
front New York.
Three murder cases are set for trial on
the 1-lth July next in the Westchester
county conrt, New York. (
F. 11. Walworth will be tried for the
murder of his father in New York city on '
the 23d instant.
Judge Rlatchlord has denied tho motion ,
for the setting aside of the indictment in the
Woodhull and Clailin case on the ground
that it is even more full than the previous
one. The trial of Miss Clatiin aud Colonel li
Blood was then set down for Monday.
Judge Blatchford stated that Mrs. Wood
hull's picsence at her trial was not neces- '
sarv, as her counsel stated she was still
ill."
At Rushville, Ind., Jerry Dodson has J
been sentenced to imprisonment for life for
the murder of Jacob Kerr.
A woman in New York city fell from (
the fourth story of her residence this morn
ing and sustained fatal injuries. Her hus
band was arrested on suspicion of throwing
her out. The woman's skull was fractured
and sho received internal injuries. She is f
not expected to recover.
George L. Fulmer, a bar tender, was ,
found this uiorning on the pavement in
front of the Oirard bank, Philadelphia, in
sensible from a wound in the head, appa- ,
rently from a pistol shot. He had not
been robbed. Detectives are busy investi
gating tho matter.
Four men were buried alive Thursday at
Cohoes, New York, while excavating for a
gas-holder. One was recovered.
The cholera excitement in Memphis is
abating. Abstinence from stale vegetables
has undoubtedly had a tendency to de
crease the mortuary reports, as there were
only IS) interments Thursday from diseases *
against 2*l the day belore.
Ilaiiipileii-Kiilney Colleg-c. Furm. illo—
Coin iti en re iii out Exercise*.
The commencement exercises of Hump- <
den-Sidney college took place Thursday.
The lirst honors were awarded to J. W.
Brooke, of Warrenton, Virginia, and Wil
liam A. Wade, of Christiansburg, Virginia,
and the second honors to Franklin Van
Zant, of Pennsylvania. There were seven
hill graduates. The honorary degrees of
LL. D. was conferred on Rev. R. L.
Dabney, of Virginia, and Dr. James L. "
Cabell, of the University of A'irginia, and t
the degree of A. M. on Addison Hoge,
professor ol Creek in the Hampden-Sidney
college, and Thomas Stamps, of Lancaster, f
South Carolina.
The address before the alumni was de
livered by Ceneral Roger A. Pryor, of
New York, on religious secular culture, 1
and was a scathing criticism on the ration- »
alism and infidelity of the day, a rebuke F
of the gibbering vagaries of Darwinism, I
the delusive philosopher of Herbert Spen- "
cer's positiveism, the skepticism of Buckle, «
and the absurd theories of Dr. Bastien in :
their chorus of infidel clamor to dethione t
revealed religion. \
Mr. Pryor's address produced a wide- £
spread feeling of enthusiasm among the (
faculty, students and audience, and was ex- l
tolled in laudatory terms as an extraordi- f
nary effort in behalf of religious culture. '
The exercises concluded to-night with a •
grand banquet. «
11 i
MEETINGS.
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY GRAND I
WORTHY SUPERIOR OF THE CITY ,
OF RICHMOND AND COUNTIES OF VIR- J
GINIA.—To the Worthy Superiors anil Mem- 1
bers of No. -Hi, 65 and 73, Tabernacles of the I
Gei oral Grand Accepted Order of Love and
Charity : You are hereby requested to attend a
cimmunication of a Union Tabernacle on MON
DAY EVENING, the loth instant, at « o'clock, :
at Love and Charily Hall. i
By order of THOS. R. JOHNSON,
je 18—It* 1). G. W. S.
MEETING CAPITAL BUILDING FUND
ASSOCIATION, JUNE 13th, at B*<S o'clock
p. m., at No. 11 Tenth street. Persons *who
have subscribed lor shares will please be present
at this the lirst. meeting. Also any person
wishing to take share c. It ia proposed to make I
the association what the name Indicates. *
W. C. CARRINGTON. ,
je 12—2t President.
WANTS.
WANTED TO RKNT-A !
DWELLING, Willi at least five rooms, ln good '
condition, convenient to business. Address 1
BOX 2.1, Richmond postofllce. je 1.1
WANTED.-A *.___~__7*
COOK, well recommended. Apply at 407 east '
Grace street. je 13—-t»
I LOST.
LUh 1 .—A SMALL' |l»it lil.t-.-i ,\S|.
LADY'S WATCH, enamelled on both aides—
' six Binall diamonds on the case. The Under will
; receive half the value of the watch by leaving
the tame nt tho Third Statfon-house
■ je 13—It* HENRY VV. DABNEY.
. <£ p WILL PAY FOR SIX COPIES OF THE
1 <J>o WEEKLY STATE IOURNAI. for one
year.
I
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T -—— — ■-■-__ _ - - .- ..._ , __ -- - . .
Official Paper for the Government.
HATES OF AIIVFIMISIMi.
ONE DOI.LA!. jut .-quire .if el„'!.*. lit,,-.
solid noupareil.
SPECIAL RATES m-ute at counter, or by
contract, with regular patraas,
SI'ECI.-L t*9T%X__
niCU'D k DAN\ 11.1.E RAILROAD COM'Y, i
nFf.P-.OF ENGINEER AND SI Pl'. '
l.'v iin.i.M.. V.i .June IS, 1873. '
jffiri'uit IMPORTANT <'iiam;h or
MHF.DULEOII this road on and after MON
DAY, JUNE 1", 1673. see advertisement of Ibis
road iv another column.
T. M. R. TALCOTT.
je i;'. -Iff Engineer and Superintendent.
daugh-
I ter's feet to look nice and feel comfortable,
go lo W. S. IJATI.ETT k OO.'S, liSSit Main
street, neir Old Market. They have just received
and always keep, n nice stock of all kinds
MISSES', CHILDREN'S AND INFANTS
COLORED SHOES and SLIPPERS, in but
ton and luce. je 1.1—61
ts_r w. s. CATI.f. TT _. CO., i
V.'-) MAIN STREET, X
NEAR OLD MARKET,
P.-iy 'more attention to laying loan assortment
•fMimta', t.'hildren'sand Infants' Colored Shoia
and Slippers, than any other Merchants in lln*
city, and .sell them cheaper,
je iii—lit
BfeirClTY FIRE INSURANCE ~
COMPANY, OF RICHMOND, VA.
Office, No. 1113 Mai.v Street,
Under the Banking-house of Lancaster k Va.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL (.200.000
ASSETS 150.000
DIRECTORS—Peter W. Grubbs, Clement R.
Barksdale, Charles T. Davis, William M. At
elier, William H. Palmer, L. B. Taium, S. 11.
Hawes, T. William Pemberton, D. S. Wool
dridge, F. T. Glasgow, T. L. I). Walford, John
Tyler, Isaac H. Carringlon, .Tames Dunlop, W.
R. Unarles, Anthony Bargainiu, W. 11. Lncke,
Bailey Davis, Frank I). Hill, F. B. Walkine,
Lewis I). Crenshaw, George Vf. Gary, Samuel
Freedley, William H. Powers.
This home company is now ready to issue ils
policy against LOSS OR DAMAGE BY FIRE
ON BI'ILDINGS, MERCHANDISE, HOUSI -
HOLD FURNITtRE and other insurable pt.i
perty, and colicils patronage.
ASA SNYDER, President ;
E. B. MEADE, Secretary.
je 11—lm
I [e-mail] SAVINGS BANK.
OFFICE CORNER MAIN ANDHnSTS,
No, 14».
DEPOSITS OF ONE DOLLAR OR HOSE
received, upou which liberal interest wiil Le
allowed.
Save your money and get. interest. Do i.ot
keep it idle : interest counts while you sleep.
JOHN E. BiiSSIEUX, Piesideut,
THOMAS S. ARMISTEAD, Cashier,
je 9—3ni
Bs__r"T. L. CROUCH & CO.,
REAL ESTATE
AUCTIONEERS AND BROKERS
OFFICE NATIONAL BANK OF VIRGINIA
BUILDING, CORNER ELEVENTH AlCli
MAIN STREETS, RICHMOND,
VIRGINIA.
Aaction sales of real estate a specialty. Real
estate purchased and sold on commission. Par
ticular attention to renting propeity. Loans
negotiated on real estate and other securities.
my It) —lm
Sf&f HOUSES, LOTS AND FARMS
SOLD, LEASED OR RENTED.
IIuNDS, STOCKS AND MORTGAGES
BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COMMIS
SION.
ftSTLOANS NEGOTIATED ON REAL ES
TATE AND OTHER COLLATERAL
SECURITY.
ear real estate and commercial
PAPER NEIIOTIATED
RICHARDSON Si On.,
Reili Esl:l,e Agents, Broker- and
my I—..in Auctioneers. Ill; Main Street.
J66TGEORGK W. JONES,
DENTAL SURGEON, $B»
OFFICE No. 711, BETWEEN SEVENTH ANII
EIGHTH, FRANKLIN STREET.
Has fresh liquid gas for PAINLESS EX
TRACTION of t.eth. Having beat materials,
ample facilities and _5 years experience, ia pre.
pared to gently and thoroughly Fill, Cleanse,
Regulate and Extract the natural teeth and
ins.rt artificial one 3 on any material desired.
Alt work warranted. my I—Gin
B©-iMRS. JOHN P. BALLARD
WISHES TO TAKE BOARDERS FOR THE
SPRING, SUMMER AND FALL MONTHS.
Can accommodate two small families. Tlie
I house is a new one, pleasantly lecated IK* miles,
frmo the city, ami the accommodation train on
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
railroad stops at the place daily at SM o'clock a
m.; returning, leaves Richmond at-I o'clock, p.
m. Address JOHN P. BALLARD,
apll—tf Riclimond, Va.
SeaT CHURCH COMMITTEES TAKE
NOTICE.-GAS FIXTURES and OHANDF
LIERS.REBRONZED and REPAIRF'.D—made
to look as good as new—by
DANIEL ODONNEI.L,
ap 9—Cm 818 Broad St i eel.
«_?- 11. McOOR M 1 C X' S
MAMMOTH AUCTION
AVll
COMMISSION HOUSE,
MM MAIN St., RICHMOND
DAILY SALES at 111 A. M. and 7H P. M.
of Clothing, Fancy Goods, Hals, Cape, Boot:,
Shoea, Crockery, Gassware, and all kinds in
Furniture, Hoiisefurnisliing Goods, kc, kc.
OOME ONE. COME ALL. AS WF. ARE
DETERMINED TO PLEASE.
GENTLEMANLY SALESMEN lOiiatamlv
in attendance, to wait on parties who wish hi
purchase any of the above named good-- at
private sale, at auction prices.
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS offered lo Coun
try Merchants. Consignments solicited. Oui
door sales tlunctiiallv at tended to. mh 28—3 m
.T. C. RBDWOOh. ■. P. CRKKSHAW,
A CRENSHAW,
GENERAL AUCTION
AMI
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No . 1420 MAIN STREET
RICHMOND, Va.
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.
nih 23—3 m
tf_ er WILL PAY FOR 6 COPIES OF THI:
tpil WEEKLY STATE TOURNAI. for on«