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MEETINGS.
MEETING'OF REPUBLICAN CITY
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
THE REPUBLICAN CITY CENTRAL
COMMITTEE WILL MEET A* TnE OF
FICE OF JUDGE A. MORTON, (Marshall
Hall), ON TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 187-. AT
H O'CLOCK P. M. A. MORTON,
Chairman.
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HECITATIONS AND IMPERSONATIONS
ii v
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AT
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MONDAY EVENING, APRIL «th, 1674,
at 8 o'cloik.
Admission, -Oct- ; Resecved Seats, 75ctM.
The programme will be varied and very at
tractive. Tabitha Tattle (a creati__ of Grace
GreenwoocTs) will give an account of her visit
to Richmond.
These entertainments are always crowded.
If you wish good seats early application Is
necessary.
Tickets to he had at Woo.liouse 4 Parha__'s
bookstore. mh 27—6t
CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE,*
Richmond, March 28,1874. 5
I^HE ASSESSMENT OF LICENSE TAXES
. FOE THE YEAR 15741 has been com
pleted and filed in this office for the inspection
of all concerned. All person, feeling aggrieved
will have an opportunity of reporting the same
to the Finance Committee of the City Council
on the AFTERNOONS OF 7th, 81b, and lull
OF APRIL between the hours of s and 7 p. in.,
at tbe council chamber, on Broad stre.t, at
which time and place the committee will hear
and consider appeals from said assessment.
.1. B. KOYSTER,
mh -B—l'. t Anditor.
®|c Pttilg State M@wmsA.
3 CENTS PER COPY.! RICHMOND. VA.. TUESDAY' EVENING, MARCH 31. 1874 .70L TL-IQ. 121.
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CAPITOL NOTES.
The basement boys aro catching it heavy
now —none fo poor as to do them rever
ence. The individual thwacks, the news
paper pounding, the judicial pokes and
i the legislative digs they now get—all ad
ministered in behalf of virtue, sobriety and
honesty—would astonish a party not ac
quainted with tho amount of such commo
dities an averago Virginian carries around
to expend on other people less fortunatejthan
himself. It is a sort of " holier than thou"
feeling, and don't fool experienced par tie t a
bit. We understand that all tho basement
is now undergoing a term of probation.
Seven of tho younger ones have sent up
th.ir names to be prayed for.
The citizens of Gloucester do not like
their county judge, and have petitioned the )
Legislature to remove him, on the ground of I
incompetency. Thoso who have signed
the document will take good care not to
let tho judge get a judicial swing at 'em.
Tf they let their foot slip, the judicial er
mine would bo wanting in respect to itself (
if it did not go for them to the full extent (
of the law. The signers probably know
on which side their bread is butteied. '
One newspaper man, while admitting that
an extra session of the Legislature was a
necessity, says it is the fault of the people, ,
who are constantly sending green and inex- I
perienced parties here, whose legal quota
of ninety days are consumed in learning ■
how to do the work they are sent to per
form. This is a new view ol the matter,
and may be the correct one. ,
The morning dress parade of the Senate 1
is thinly attended. Yesterday not quite c
half of the members were on duty. It is
proposed hereafter to call the roll on absen- ,
tees. |
The bill now pending in the S.nate rela
tive to county subscriptions to railroads, 1
piovides that bonds given in aid of such I
roads shall thereafter bo registered at the &
first auditor's office, and that that officer
•ball annually levy and collect through the j
county authorities a sum sufficient to pay (
the interest, which amount is to be de- '
posited to the state treasury, subject to the .
call ol bondholders. This is a very good j
scheme, if it would wo.lc, but we fear in ,
practice there would be found a hitch in .
the connection. Besides the auditor has s
about as much as he can do now, without
piling more work on hira.
Marshall Hanger, Esq., Speaker of the i
House, is a very populai officer, and de- J
servedly so, as he presides with dignity, ,
hears calmly and decides impartially, t
The House, in its conduct this session, s
has borrowed some of the dignity of its •
Speaker. It is seldom we find a delibera
tive body miii,' orderly, or the individual
members of which nre more sensible of
tho proprieties and decencies of life in
their intercourse with each other. ,
The voluminous, able, exhaustive,
soarching and lucid report of the joint f
committee to investigate the defalcation in 1
the office of the secretary of the sinking c
fund is now in the hands of the public
printer. It tells what we knew before, J
but more succinctly. The committee con- f
detnns the negligent manner in which the l
affairs of tho sinking fund have been man- j.
a*ed, and add, "they deem it an important j
question for the General Assembly to de- i
termine whether the officers of the sink- r
ing fund board are not responsible on their
official bonds for the deficiencies existing.'' t
The tax bill drags its slow iength along, .
like a wounded snake, in tho House, and '
some of tho debates on mooted points are ,j
occasionally eminently nonsensical. The c
House wrestled with six sections yester- I
day. Of the six or seven hundred sections '
composing the bill only one hundred and j
five have so far been disposed of. a
The Oovernor to-day refused to pardon t
Bradford Robinson, colored, who on the <
20th of September, '"-, by the Police '
Court of Richmond, was sent to the city (
jail for twelve months, for grand larceny. I
His excellency pardoned Abraham Wood- '
house, sent at the March term of the Cor- j
poration Court of Norfolk to tho peniten- ,
tiary for four year., for forgery. i
The bill to lease the penitentiary will !
probably be called up to-morrow in the
House.
THE GENERAL A.SKMBLT.
Tuesday, March 31.
Senate— This body met, President in >
the chair. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. More
man.
Reported from committees without'
amendment: Bill for tho relief of the sure
ties of A. S. Modesitt, late treasurer ot
Page county; regulating the sale of ar
dent spirits in the town of Chase City,
Mecklenburg.
The resolution adopted yesterday in
reference to calling the roll of the Senate
daily and notation of absentees was re
cinded, ayes 20, noes 8,
The President laid before the Senate a
communication from the Governor, trans
mitting the resignation of A. Mahood,
judge of the Fourteenth judicial circuit,
to lake effect April 1, 1874. Tabled.
Introduced and referred:
By Mr. Lawson—Bill to incorporate the
Pittsylvania and Patrick Railroad Com
! paay.
By Mr. Herndon—Bill to incorporate tr.e
, Ladies Memorial Association of Fredericks
burg.
By Mr. urimsley—Bill in reference to
limitation of actions.
By Mr. Herndon—Bill in relation to
3 tbe punishment of persons convicted of
second offence petit larceny.
* By Mr. Ragland—Bill to require West
i cm tobacco coming into tbe state to be
8 inspected before it can be sold or offered
' for sale.
Passed: Senate bill to provide for the
'; registration of bonds issued by local au
thorities in aid of internal improvement;
r to incorporate the Alleghany Improve
ment Compauy; ia relation to the public
roads of Nelson county.
Indefinitely postponed: Senate bill
imposing a tax by the state on dogs, &c.
Bill for the relief of Cocko & Collier,
&c., was rejected for the want of a consti
tutional vote —ayes 13, noes 9.
The bill making an additional appropria
tion for the -.astern Lunatic Asylum, was |
made the order of the day for Thursday
next, at 12 o'clock ; also tho bill for the j
establishment of the .Southern Lunatic
Asylum. ,
The assessment bill was taken up, when
Mr. Pridemore moved to indefinitely post
pone. Mr. Thomas moved to lay the bill
on the table. Pending discussion thereon,
the Senate adjourned.
House. —The House was called to order
it 11 o'clock by Speaker Hanger. No j
prayer.
A number of bills communicated from
the Senate were referred to appropriate
committees.
The special order, the bill providing for .
leasing the penitentiary, was postponed un- .
til to-morrow. ,
The bill for the assessment, levy and col- J
lection of taxes was called up, and various
ly debated and amended.
Adjourned. '
-TATE IfEW... t
—Extra Billy Smith says he is not a j
candidate for Congress in the Fauquier c
district. _
—Mr. Wm. N. McVeigh has been placed <
in possession of the Underwood house in t
Alexandria.
—Application has been made to Con- J
gress for pay for the county jail in Essex,
which was destroyed by fedeial soldiers in .
150... \
—Mrs. Maria J. Frank, mother-in-law of \
.lames M. Mathews, of Richmond city, c
died suddenly in Tappahannock last Wed- c
nesday. ]
—The Washington and Ohio railroad, of c
which Hon. Lewis McKenzie is president, o
has been completed to Purcellville, Lou- \
doun county. f
—Robert W. Licy, a Lynchburg man, l
was recently killed in Tarrant county, )
Texas, by being caught in the gearing of a 1:
mill. •
—Let a women's Sumner memorial fund *
be collected and devoted to tho education
of colored people in the Hampton, Vir
ginia, Normal Institute.
—Albert Bark, dale, colorod, was mur- v
dered with an axe, on March 20, near a
Pittsylvania C. IL, by a colored paramour j.
of his wife. He has been jailed and c.n
fesses tbe deed.
—In the House of Representatives on _
Thursday last, Mr. Hunton, of Virginia, 7
presented the petition of Mary W. Jones, f
widow of Commodore Thomas ap, C. t
Jones, praying for an increaso of her pen- c
sion to fifty dollars per month, which was _
referred to the committee on Revolution t
pensions and war of 1812, t
—St. George W. Teackle, Esq., apromi- t
nent member of the Baltimore bar, died J
very sudden in that city on Thursday, of *
heart disease. He was born in Accomac J
county, S rirginia, and was in the sixty-sixth 6
year of his ago. He was educated in part .
at Dickinson College, Carlisle, and after
ward at the University of Virginia during v
the active participation in the manage- jj
ment of that institution by Mr. Jefferson. 0
■_. . ti
Chandler vs. Sener. '
a
Heathville, Va., March 2_. c
To the Editor of the State Journal: -
A brief editorial notice under the above JJ
caption iv the last Weekly Journal is
likely to make an impression not designed J
or intended. By the card referred to,
which we ask space to correct, The
Journal states: "The card suggests
L. H. Chandler as an independent candidate
for the First district." Nothing was far- *
ther from the mind and purpose of tho ■
originator of the suggestion than to present H
him or any other gentleman as an Cl
independent candidate for Congress w
in competition with the regular c
nominee. All that was intended was to Bl
suggest " him, or some gentleman who pos- °
sesses like ability, strength and popularity, ■'
to cope with and be a formidable candidate E
•to any candidate the opposition can bring z.
forward," and that the selection should be "
taken at large, irrespective of residence. .
The suggestion refers only to a candidate 1S
for the regular nomination, uuless it should j>
be thought wise, as you suggost, and which n
we endorse, that the peopie, untratmueled
by Congress, should choose for themselves.
It is true Mr. Chandler has never been con- •
suited, nor has any intimation whatever on
the subject come from him, and we are cl
quite sure that he could not be induced to
run as an independent candidate if there tf
was any other Republican candidate in
the field. But if the nomination should "
be tendered him unsought and unasked—
tho position seek the man and not the man s
the position, as always should bo the case—
it would become his or any other gentle- D
man's duty to accept and obey the c
voice of the people, who aro the highest
authority, and have a right to demand
the services of any citizen under our c
Republican form of government; and a
we have a poor opinion ot one wlo I
will disregard it, even if it demands sa.ri-' c
fices at his hands. *
We are grateful you endorse the one idea t
of the card: "to choose men of the high- i
est ability and wortb, irrespective of resi- 1
dence." We most cheerfully accord to Mr. I
Sener all the credit he can claim in attend- j
ing to ihe interests of his constituency,-and 1
have no disposition to criticise any of his
acts. The writer of this was the first,
in 1872, to solicit him to become a j
candidate, and predicted his election (then
an entire stranger to him except by repu- j
tatiou), and shrank from no sacrifice dur
ing the campaign to secure his election.
We want no position of Mr. S. or any '
other Congressman. Our convictions are |
now much stronger than they were then '
that he cannot be re-elected, and that the
only chance of the party retaining the dis
trict is to adopt the suggestion of the
card. E. Nash.
Indian Deficiencies.—The state
ment that the House appropriations commit
tee have inserted in the deficiency bill an
item of about $1,000,000 for the Indians of
New Mexico and Arizona is incorrect.
Tbts amount of money is to be appropriated
1 for all Indian tribes throughout the coun
try, including the Sioux and many other
1 tribes besides the Apaches.
It is rumored that several gentlemen of
I the city, moved thereto by the panic, long
I bills, aud the published reports of the glo
ries of the Spring openings, are about to
s organize a prayer crusade against the uiil
- liners and force them to close their shops.
; They will thus relieve themselves from a
- heavy burden of expense, and show their
c wives the beauty of their threatened attack
upon the liquor sellers.
CITY NEWS.
Fashion Dots.—Mr_. M. J. Davis,
our fashionable modiste, has just returned
from Now York, and will exhibit somo of
her goods this week. It will be impossi
ble for her to have her reception until after
Easier. She has a very large assortment .
of goods that have just arrived. Also
some very exquisito pattern bonnets and j
hats to be soon at her rooms. The favori'e t
styles have scarcely been decided upon yet,
though chips and black lace bonnets ■
seem to be the handsomest that ate J
made up and exhibited at the receptions j
in New York. One of our fashion papers 1
says black and white chip bonnets and ,
black net bonnets are the fashionable
choice for Spring wear, and will also com
prise the Summer selection. Black hats .
will retain all their popularity; indeed the
choice lies between black and white, with
trimmings of silk and flowers to match
the costume. The Directoire, the Rata- |
gas reversed, the Gypsic, and cap bonnets i
called md scnminately, the Charlotte Cor- t
day, Normandy, and Alsacian, are the (
popular styles. The flowers are more (
beautiful than ever, all being in bouquets ,
this year, no trailing flowers being worn ,
at all. Roses without foliage, largo blush
roses, tea roses, and the dark red Agrip- ,
pina roses are bunched together six ir .
eight on a stem, and almost suffice to trim .
a bonnet. These aro the only largo flowers {
used; all other blossoms aro culled from ,
the forest and mountains, and are the tiny
littly flowerets that come in early Spring. I
saw among Mrs. Davis' selections some of )
the most exquisite feather flowers; so frail j
and yet so beautiful, they looked as if they t
had come from Eden. Mrs. Davis 1
has the largest assortment of children's ,
hats and bonnets that have ever been <
offered in this city. She has employed s
one of the most fashionable artistes in that ]
line of business, and will make that one (
or her specialties this season. The French j
cap, made up in silk and muslin, trimmed ;
with black velvet and daisys, or little wild j
flowers, is most beautiful and becoming to c
babies and little girls (though the Nor- v
mainly cap has lost none of its favor), nud t
is made up and trimmed in the most _
elaborate manner, with lace, or very plain, „
just as one fancies. |
Mrs. Davis has received many orders
already for Easter, as our ladies feel on „
that day, when all hearts should be so t
glad and happy, and our churches decked _,
with such lovely flowers, that we should j
appear in our new, bright, fresh bonnets at _
least. Oem. t:
c
"Stonewall" Council.—At a regu- \
lar meeting of "Stonewall" Council, No. n
74, Friends of Temperance, held at Sprin- [
field Hall Monday evening, March ..Oth, }
the following officers were elected for tho fi
ensuing quarter : President, James H.
Ainsley; associate, John C. Tyler; secre
tary, Wm. 11. Vaughao; financial secre- s
tary, ,V. R. Roane ; treasurer, J. F. Shin I:
berger; chaplain, J. A. Robinson ; con- c
ductor, Thos. A. Riddick; assistant con- t
ductor, Geo. W. Moore; inside sentinel, a
Wm. H. Wood ; outside sentinel, Raleigh
S. Fergusson; ex-president, J. B. Bur
roughs, t
It gives us pleasure always to say a o
word in the advancement of that which l
looks to the amelioration of the fallen con
dition of mankind, the building up of vir
tue, and the diffusion of contentment and '
happiuess ; hence notices like tho above
are ever welcome to our columns, espe
cially when we see the names of those
whom we delight to call friend in tbe truest
sense of the word mentioned therein, n
"Stonewall" Council is battling heroically
against intemperance, and we wish it c
a hearty God-speed.
Tup Broad-Street Association t
—An Injunction to be Asked for
Against the Richmond, Fred
ericksburg and potomac rail- c
road. —A meeting of ihe executive !
committee of the Broad-street Association
was held at the office of the president last I
evening. A resolution was unanimously t
adopted calling upon the property-holdeis
on said street to unite in an application for v
an injunction to restrain the Richmond, _
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
Company from using steam engines on .
Broad street.
A paper having the above object in view
is being circulated to-day, and a number
of prominent business men and property- '
holders have signed it. '
Police Court.—The following cases I
were disposed of in this court to-day : I
W. H. Roberson, colored, suspicious
character, discharged. t
John W. Terrell, colored, stealing, jailed f
ten days. f
John Finnegan, tres pass, jailed thirty
days. I
Richard Willis, colored, fighting in the t
street, fined $5. t
The R. B. Smith and Wm. Burgess,
fined in this court yesterday for disorderly ,
conduct, were both colored men. t
Society Note.-—The fashionablo cir
cles of the city have long been exercised ,
as to the probable nuptials of some of
Richmond's fairest daughteis. During the
coming month a number of our reigning '
belles will embrace the matrimonial beati
tude. Among them the following on the
dates named: Eighth of April, Miss J. '
H. W. will be led to the altar by Mr. G.
P. H.; on the 14th, Miss M. M. T. by
Mr. P. 11., and on the lGth Miss A. B.
B. by Mr. E. C. M.
Police Court Statistics.—The
number of persons before the Polica
Court during the month of March on crimi
nals charges were 33(1. Number charged
with ordinance violations 33. Of this num
ber 13 were sent to the grand jury, 17 were
convicted of petit larceny and sent to jail,
and 2- were committed to jail in default of
surety. The amount of fines imposed dur
, inz the month were $422.20; of this amount
. $388.90 were collected.
1 The Coleman Case.—William D.
Coleman was again before Judge Guigon
to-day on tho motion entered by his coun
■ sel yesterday to set aside the judgment
■ rendered Saturday. The examination of
i witnesses as to the sanity of Colonel
f Mayo occupied the court up to the hour
. of our going to press, with no probability
1 of the argument being begun beforo to
- morrow.
Election of Officers.—At the quar
terly meeting of the Richmond Amateur
Literary Association, held last night, the
• following officers were elected for the en-
I suing term : President, Geo. D. Lambert;
• vice-president, James Macdougall; secre
-0 tary, M. Bates ; assistant fecretary, Leslie
- Shelton ; treasurer, T. C.Leak; chaplain,
• A. L. Fuqua; critic, Theo. A. Johns; cen
ft sor, James Bates.
k Supreme Court.—The judges of this
* court were in conference to-day.
The Queen's Birthday.—The birtl*
day of her most gracious majesty, Queen
Victoria, will be celebrated in this city on
tho 2uth of May. Last night the genoral
, committee of arrangements held a meeting
in this city, Thomas P. Jackson, Esq., m
tbe chair.
Letters from the British Ambassador,
Sir Edward Thornton, and the Right Rev.
Bishop Gibbons heartily sympathizing with
the movement and promising to attend the
banquet, were read.
It was resolvid that the lion. W. H.
Milnes bo asked to preside at the banquet,
and that Henry Jacob, E<q., of Prince
Edward ; John Trotter, Esq., of Meck
lenburg; John Stewart, Esq., of Rich
mond, and James Porter, E-q., of Albe
marle, be vice-pre-idents.
Messrs. Perry, Scott, Bowler, Lindsey,
and Dr. Whitehead were appointed a com
mittee of arrangements.
It was resolved that no tickets bo issued
after the 11 th of May, and that no ticket
be issued except on payment of the money
for the same. On the motion of the Rev.
Dr. Wall, it was resolved that ladies bo espe
cially urged to be present at the banquet.
Captain Hathaway, Mr. St. Andrew and
others warmly advocated the patronage of
the fair sex.
It was resolved that there bo a ball after
the banquet and that the tickets be charged
one dollar, admitting a gentleman and lady ;
also that Henry Jacob, Esq., be invited to
deliver the opening address at tho business
meeting previous to the banquet.
Republican Ward Meetings.—The
Republicans of Monroe ward organized
last night by the election of tho following
officers: Gilbert Bayd, president; Wil
liam L. Johnson and W. F. Worthington,
vice-presidents; B. C. Cook, secretary;
George E. Bailey, assistant secretary; C.
Shaffer, treasurer. William 11. Trent,
Phillip Gray, 11. L. Pelouze, William A.
Garrett, Phillip Green, George E. Bailey,
J. W. Johnson, C. ShafTer, W. F. Worth
ington, William La Johnson, Gilbert Boyd,
J. H. Scott, and John W. Johnson, were
elected an executive committee for the
ward. The executive committee will meet
to-night at the corner of Third and Broad
streets at 7 o'clock, for tho purpose of or
ganizing and preparing important business
for the ward.
The Republicans of Jackson ward also
met last night and reorganized by the elec
tion of the following officers and commit
tees : Joseph Crump, president; R. M.
Manly, vice-president; John G. Baugh, i
secretary; Jas. B. Burrell, assistant secre
tary ; Dr. Henry Mosby, treasurer ; city
central committee, Josiah Crump, R.
White, J. W. Winston; executive com
mittee, Jas. B. Burrell, Landon Boyd, W. >
H. Lester, Jas. 11. Baugh, Dr. Henry '
Mosby, Andrew J. Morton, R. M. Manly, i
Royal White, Wm. S. Selden.
1 |
Patrons of Husbandry.—A called
session of tho State Grange, Patrons of
Husbandry, will be held at 8 o'clock this
evening, in the Hall on Broad street, be
tween Ninth and Tenth streets. A large '
attendance is expected.
Convict.—Mary Hall, of Fredrick cout- 1
ty, to-day entered as a boarder with Col
onel French Strother, for petty larceny, for
the ensuing twelve months. .
Personal.—The Rev. Mr. Tyler, of ]
this city, is preaching every evening at the
Disciples chapel in Norfolk.
Item..
The St. James Hotel has been doing
a good business ever since it opened.
Mr. Wm. T. Birdsall, of the house
of Lindentnyer, was in the city to-day.
March don't go out like one of the
best behaved lambs that evnr was slaugh
tered.
The site of the new reservoir is located
one mile west of tha terminus of Clay
street.
The recently built addition to Dr.
Hoge's church is receiving the finishing
touches.
The Circuit Court, Judge Wellford,
will commence its next session on the 6th
or 7th of April.
The City Engineer is urging forward
the work on tho new reservoir with com
mendable zeal.
The grass on the Capitol Square is
about the ouly gr.en thing the growing of
which one can wituess with pleasure.
All' the Sundays in the new-fast
waning period of religious meditation have
been Lent—there is not a Sunday left.
Poverty is elegantly mentioned by one
who knows whereof he speaks, as a pain
fully conspicuous absence of indispensable
funds.
The fair in Steams' block is held by
the ladies of several Baptist churches in
this city for the benefit of the Venable
street Chapel.
The pump-house has gotten a new
turbine water-wheel. John Tyler is
praying for a flood, so that he may test its
capacity under water.
Very strict church members be
lieve that all who are saved outside of
their demonination are cither the favored
of a special providence or of a grand,
overwhelming mistake.
Foreign buyers of Virginia tobacco
complain bitterly ot the deception practiced
in poking in the hogsheads inferior tobacco.
The Tobacco Exchange is going for the
offenders with a specially elongated pole.
Old Probabilities arranged his ma
chine to give us some fair weather to-day,
but from the specimen now before us
some newly-inducted apprentice must have
turned the handle of the apparatus the
wrong way. .
The Episcopal and Catholic
church choirs of our city are actively re
. hearsing their music for Ejster Sunday. We
understand that the music to be furnished
by the Monumental church choir will be
unusuully grand.
Mr. Emanuel Heller, a former
, resident of this city, where he has many
i relatives and friends, died in Farmville last
■ Sunday night at 10 o'clock, suddenly of
t appoplexy. His remains were brought to
f this city and interred.
I The old clerk's office of the
r Chancery Court looks as if it had been
r struck by lightning. Things are scattered
■ around there. Tha .room is full of empty
nothingness, debris strews the floor, and
the iron windows and frames have been
carried oil to adorn the temporary City
. llall
-_ The Deutsche Scheutzen Ge
" sellschaft has been organized in this
| city with fair prospects of success. The
members have been liberal in their contri
a bullous, and the society hope during the
' coming Summer to purchase land on the
' western suburbs and to erect the necessary
houses and shooting stands. A society or
s association of this sort existed here prior
to the late war.
BY TELEGRAPH
FROM WASHINGTON CITY
PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS
! THE CAEPET WEAVER'S STRIKE
THE KENTUCKY LOTTERY "964"
NEWS FROM ABROAD I
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ANOTHER VESSEL WRECKED I
1
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ALL ON BOARD LOST
O __-_L__Y_V OUTRAGES I
GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY ,
THE FAMINE IN INDIA ,
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Etc, Etc, Etc- !
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Fire In Peter .l.iirs..
[Special to The State Journal.] I
Petersburo, March 31.—Between 12
and 1 o'clock last night the wooden [
stables belonging to the Misses Archer, ,'
daughters of the late Allen Archer, was i
set on fire and totally destroyed. The I
buildings contained nothing valuable, '
hence the loss is estimated at not more
than $300. No insurance. An unsuccess
ful attempt was made about ten days ago
to burn the same buildings. P.
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CRIMES AND « AM il.lll>.
DEATH FROM MALPRACTICE. i
Philadelphia, March 30.—The
coroner held an inquest to-day on the
body of Catherine Clace, aged twenty
seven, a domestic, who died on Saturday
last at No. 1245 Pearl street from the ef
fects of an abortion. The jury are of the i
opinion that Dr. A. Gibson Mahon and |
Clayton L. Landis were the principals in i
causing the violence, and that Louisa I
Reed, at whose house tho deceased was i
nursed, was an accessory after the fact, i
All three parlies have been committed. t
SENTENCE OF A MANIC ROBBER.
Boston, March 30.—William A. Glover,
convicted two years ago of being accessory I
to the Boylston bank robbery, has been I
sentenced to twelve years in the State I
prison. I
BAR TENDER SHOT. j
Springfield, March 30.—Frank Mor
gan, of Albany, shot Frank Blair, bar
tender, through the lung this evening, it is
thought fatally. Morgan escaped. The j
origin of the quarrel is unknown. '
WIFE MURDER. j
Cincinnati, March 30.—Patrick Ha- I
zelton, a laborer, killed his wife with a l
poker during a drunken quarrel,last even- 1
ing. 1
DIED IN CHURCH. ]
Boston, March 30.—Mr. Gogler, organ- !
ist at the Baptist church on West Concord ;
street, died of heart disease in his seat last j
evening, while playing his instrument.
NEW YORK.
liriiuinul I
New York, March 31.—Stocks active. ]
Money _(n,5. Gold 113„. Exchange long, '
485 ; short, 488. Governments strong and .'
active. State bonds quiet.
The -nnborn Trial.
New York, March 31.—The decision
of Judge Benedict, expected to be deliv
ered to-day, is upon tho point made by
the United States district attorney that
Sanborn illegally took money which was '
collected by Hawley and Vanderverken, •
both of whom were in the employ of the '
eovernment, and such collections should l
have been turned over to the treasurer, '
and also that the contract between San- !
born and the Secretary of the Treasury '
specifically holds that he (Sanborn) qould '
not receive any money unless ho pel- '
sonally contracted. The district attorney 1
puts in evidence that the preliminary letter '
of the Secretary of the Treasury interpre- '
ted the contract that Sanborn must make '
his collections himself.
iii-iii-
New York, March 31.—1t is under- !
stood the governmeut will try Charles '
Callendar during the next criminal term
on an indictment charging him with ac- '
cepting a bribe of $70,000 from tho Ocean
National Bank of this city, to influence
his Dfficial action as bank examiner.
The war between the great railway
trunk lines on the subject of carrying
emigrants is assuming an interesting
shapo, and is likely to prove beneficial to ,
emigrants, as it will result in a great re
duction of rates as long as it lasts.
WASHINGTON.
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Washington, March 31.—Mr. Fen
ton presented tho memorial of the recent
convention of S.uth drolina tax-payers
asking for relief against misrule and cor
ruption in lhat state. Referred to the
judiciary committee.
PF.NNSY_VAI.IA.
The Carpet-Weaver.*.' Strike.
Philadelphia, March 31.—The car
pet-weavers at their meeting last night
determined to adhere to their strike. In
Kensington alone 112 shops are idle.
Kt-ITCKY.
The l.nulHvllle Lottery—Capital Prlxe,
.«_
Louisville, March 31.—The drawing
of the Kentucky Library Gift Concert com
menced this morning. The capital prize
of $187,000 was drawn by ticket No. 964.
— Mt> ■■
FOREIGN
»
ENGL,.MO.
1 1 lii_lU . lew at Hlinluir llouoi- to tbe
> -sum,ii.-, Vi.-i....,«._ „i a
Mt'iuii .tup -iit> _,v „„ Board.
! London, March 30.—The review at
; Windsor to-day was wituessed by immense !
crowds. The men bore evidences of the
(I vetting _f*ta.e lotttmi
Official Paper for the Govern ,ient.
RATI.- or - I» - I IStimxi; B
ONE DOLLAR per squar. of ehthtf lines
soli- nonpareil.
SPECIAL RATES roaite at counter, or by
con'ract with regnlar patrons.
campaign, being bronzed and worn in ap
pearance, but their condition was generally
good and tho march past was unusually
spirited. In the presence of the entire
force the Queen, assisted by tho Princess
of Wales and the Duchess of Edinburg, J
made Sir Garnet Wolselcy Knight Com
mander of the Order of tho Bath, and
conferred on Lord Gilford the Victoria
Cross. The ceremony was most impressive,
and the troops repeatedly cheered for the
Queen, the members of the royal family,
and Wolseley.
In the House of Lords the Duke of Rich
mond, and in the House of Commons Mr.
Disraeli moved a vote ot thanks to General
Wolseley, and the officers and men of the
expedition, supporting the motion with
laudatory speeches. The vote was unani
mously adopted with cheers.
London, March 31.—Tho Messageries
Marititne's steamship Nil was lost on her
last voyage from Hong-Kong to Yokoho
ma, and all her passengers were drowned.
Among them were the Japanese commis
sioners to the Vienna exhibition.
The general opinion on the Stock Ex
change is that the rate of discount of the
Bank of England will be advanced on
Thursday next.
CUBA.
Cane I i,l, Is BiiruliiK— Fearl ill D.-trnc-
Hon or Property.
New York, March 31.—An Havana
letter of the 25th instant says that fires
among the cane'fields are raging all over
the island, and the destruction of property
is fearful. The Mary plantation in Rcme
dios, consisting of about 300 acres of sugar
cane, was destroyed on the 18th. In tho
jurisdiction of Cienfuegos, eighteen plan
tations were burned.
On the _________ plantation, the owner,
his son and three others were killed, and
the place burned by negroes formerly
slaves of the estate. Every effort has been
made to capture the perpetrators, who are
said to be insurgents, but thus far without
success
SPAIN.
-tutu or _______ about Bilboa, Ac
Madrid, March 31.—Marshal Serrano
has issued an order prohibiting the trans
mission from Santander and places in that
vicinity of private telegrams.
A heavy fire is kept up by tho artillery
upon the Carlistß* vositions about Bilboa,
but the other troops arc resting.
INDIA.
The Famine Pas-ln_r limy.
Calcutta, March 31.—Reports from
the district afFected by the famine show
great improvement in the situation. The
measures taken by the government to re
lieve the distress of the people have proved
efficient. There are now no actual cases
of starvation outside of Turhoot, and in that
district there are but few.
The Domestic Sewing Machine Com
pany, which in common w th so many other
business establishments was forced into a
temporary suspension during the course of
the panic, has recently been enabled to re
sume in full. Its assets have at all times
been more than sufficient to meet all its
liabilities, and its original capital stock has
never been in any way imperiled ; but the
general tightness and staenation of three
months ago forced it into a temporary
difficulty which was magnified at the time
into something more serious than it real j
was. All lhat it ever asked of its cred -
tors was a trifling extension of
time, proposing to pay all ob
ligations in full, principal aid
interest. This was promptly and cheer
fully granted, and the result was shown
that the confidence in the management of
the company was not misplaced, for their
business now goes on as heretofore. A
statement of their affairs show that over
and above all liabilities they have their
entire capital stock of $1,000,000 unimpair
ed. Heretofore they h»v« manufactured
all their machines in Fro idence, R. 1.,
but hereafter their pi rcip_ manufactory
will be in Newart N. J. Their paper
fashion d.partme' t is «inducted in the new
building of the cim,)_ny, at the corner of
Fourteenth street and Broadway.— New
York World, March 24-..
A Miss Barker, of Baltimore, bought
a sewing machine on the installment plan.
She had paid every installment until only
five dollars remained due, and the __.__.__
she was prevented from paying through
sickness. The sewing machine compai y
sued out a writ of replevin. A justice of
the poace decided in favor of Miss Barker,
but Judge Brown of the City Court rt
versed the decision and ruled that the com
pany was entitled to the machine and to all
the money paid on it. This is blind jus
tice (?) with a vengeance. Now let the
Ii -tie Goddess p aca ihe "Justice of ihe
Peace" in one scale and tho "Judge (?) of
the City Court" in the other scale, and so
h >ld them up to the gaze of thousands of
industrious womeu laboring to "pay for
their machines by installments!"
THE ANNUAL STATEMENT
UNITED STATES BRANCH
LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE
INSTTRANCE COMPANY.
Capital and accumulations *." 000 toi en
Invested In United States ... 383,468 81
Losses paid in the United States
since or.-inzuioii in the Ameri
can branch . 18 _-(l.:i.'_ 78
Losses paid by Chicago and Bos
ton tires ♦....IMI.OIO on
ASSET-.
Real estate held by tne Company
In the United Slates (4-1.000 in
Mortgages 1.032,400 Oo
Unlied Slates and State bonds 1,228,100 00
Ca-h In bank and in hand 328,184 3.
Premium- In due course of collec
tion December SI, 187- 364.89S 33
Bills receivable 13,_8_ ol
All other loans 2,228 b
|_,_-_._S_ (I
DWELLINGS, WAREHOUSES, MERCHAN
DISE, AND OTHER -ROPER'IY IN
SURE!) ON FAVORABLE TEKMS.
DAVENPOHT 4 CO.,
General Agents for Virginia,
Otilee, First National Bank Building. •-•
mh 31—deod,»w.w,_w. I
THE SOUTH XX SI A_.o_l._Tl--.
-__________ FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
Widows and Orphans of the Southern
states.