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January 38,1 STO, Aiordou-vn^'va,
ssaauaia
fA £cnf. derate medical otlleer nai es
timated that the whole numberof Cen
federates killed during the war was 63,
--773, and, including those who died by
disease, the number lost was 100.000.—
He sari the whole available force of the
Confede rates from first to last was 800.
--000. Mr. Goo. H. Stuart in a lecture
lin Philadelphia, on Th.irsday, stated
that the number of man enlisted in the
l/nion army (luring the war was 2,000,.
005.* The number of commissioned ves
sels was 731, and the number cf colored
soldiers 178,975. The total number of
men In service when General I.cc sur
rendered to General G rant was over a
million. The government spent for the
maintenance of the struggle about three
iheii...nti Aye hundred millions of dol
lars. Tht cost of the South canrot be
computed. The expense the slave
property and the crops which were lost
are computed at five thousand million
dollars in gojjj. Mr. Stuart stated that
tho proportion of the South tor Ihe na
tional debt had now to be paid.and will
make a thousand million dollars, caus
ing the aggregate los 3to the South to
•mount to fully six thousand million
dollars.
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In the biographies of eminent per
• mages, we notice those of Grant, Hah
nemann, Ac, with portraits. It ii
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ELKCT-OIS IK VIKGIITIA.
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II be then kept open for throe days
IB days previous to every electioi
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il correcting the lists and adding t
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ore registered On ihe fourth Than
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:Monof county officers will be heli
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well-tod in November not "till tin
)f January follow-In*. _X 0 oleotioi
lembersof the General Assembly
take place till November of i.ex:
, nnd n.i election of Governor
tenant-Governor, ami Attorney
iral, until Novi'tnl.ef, 1873.
SOUTHERN PKOSF£BIIT.
» South is steadily regaining fcei
;a prosperity. Krom tb*(antral
ration which betel) all of her In
les five years ngo she has risen
n the scale of agricultural ami
ercial importance. Cotton which
few years a OOwnltM king ha«
obtained the throne, i h fi but
crop is estimated at 3,000.0fi0 bales
is equal iv value to $3,000,000,-
The tobacco croji ■mount! t'n
OCO pounds, valued at thirty
millions of dollars. The rice
i.OOO tierces, being an increase of
over last year, and Ihe sugar
~000 hogsheads against 37.017 for
Such evidences of wenllh from a
who have suffered so many pe
' loises are extremely gratify -
OOOD ADVICE,
ac'ier of th,; colored Methodist
has been giving his brethren
od advice. He hopes never to
a go to the poles as he has seen
some ofthe preferred color go. drunk
swearing and fighting; but sober, de-
Bl and orderly. "I.et us," he ex
lued with almost a politician's
shrewdness, "Jet us not allow an.i dem
agogue to slip the noose around oin
necks and lead vi to the polls. I.et
us be. independent Toters. I.et us so
set that our revilers will say. a« the
disciples said to Christ ou the Mount,
at Uin trai.sliguratlon, -Lord, it is good
li r vi to be here.' "
tCT* Chief Justice Cliaso has written
a congratulatory letter upon the Fif
leenM Amendment, lie consider., that
it does not "impair the real lights of
•nr jj?tnte," and aiinsci geiural aui
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ty Peopl.', F, Barrow; Madame Ho
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!emy ot Design and At t-Edticatien; Th
Great Gold Flurry, j. a. Pitera; On
Political Degeneracy and ns Remedy
A French Chateau; Ediloiial Motel
Utoraturo at Home, K. H. Stoddard
Literature and Art Abroad, Bayar
Taylor."
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j Prollope's new novel, besides soui
. other very g o od things-bul we wil
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" ion. VII, The r;.o» s h, [_eg«, u l, Poel
! I v V ;,"," d , A,t - M,s M«'XA.Lioy, 1
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J Waller E. McCann. IX. The Coml,,
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, m STEiiM SUPEECEDED,
i- The New York correspondent of
i. Boston Journal describes a new inve
:- Hon for displacing.si _■„,. by electric!
i- and says that lathes, planing mechlu
~ and other mechanical arrangeme
y are driven by this power. ToY.n
»- engine of twenty horse power by .
c invention, would require only asp.
i- of three feet long, two feet wide a
I. I two feet high. The est per day »„)
~ be thirty-five cents. On a (toenail
d nocoal would be requlred.'and the spa
i. now used for coal and machinery cou
n be used tor cargo. The stubborn i
d sisttmce of electricity .o mechanical v
i- has, it le believed, beer overcome
I continuous battery has been secure,
I and other dlßeultlee removed prlne
Pa»y through the cou ofthe magnet
o l/tbe Invention works as well on
y 'arg* icale at it dues on the machlner
i. I to which itii now applied. Itoainihli
n will soon ply the ocean under the ne
r I propelling power, a machine of grci
s capacity li being eonitrueten, and wi
0 soon be on exhibition In New York.
- Tb * wl,ole Mimg. mighty enough t
. carry a Cnnard.r to Liverpool, can b
, secured io a small trunk.
DEATH OF MUSCOE OAHWETT, ESQ.
lln another column is published ai
lUiury notice of Museioo Garnett th
tt ot ihe older member* ~r a famlli
iich ban borne a cnuspicuoui part ii
b llletory o; our Slate and country.
--i wae the unci? of Senator liuni'c
d Gen. Garnett, ivlio fill at Hii-I
mntaln; the brother •/the lion, K„
1 8. Guuett, who represented tin
.«.'x diitricl in CangreMi th. tothei
ur- A. Y.P, Garnett, ol rVa»hti<gtor
n a M lVn X V' at "'" ::e °' *• «-*
n- M. It. 11. (J.irnett.
lc have never known a gentle,,,..,
h » kimler heart, and iiuinv eiti/i-n
--» Fwderte_.ib.trg. who took refug.
us residence In hpetevlvaula, when
town «„,. shelled, will neve ceai.
emewber how be almost beggared
S eltan,namil. ; to supply lllt
\. Be rest-bed the ripe old age ol
■wm Mi died In bli native ooimty
Mintoibytbe«embei««rhUlam.
hM been but. a few weeks since
"•Visited this oflie-on Ins return
Washington, where he had been
ng a eon, and little did we exDect
"'_. H , e il""!? ****** hls death so s ion.
— Ircd. Herald.
ENDED AT LAST.
Lopez, though a liad n,ai,, had strug
gled 10 long and with lueli gallantry
■nd endurance, against stipe lorodde,
that thi world had COCnaHUKed to sym
pathize with him. and the news of his
death will be received not without re
gret. It closes, though, the Paraguay
an war, which lv. rag,. ( i r Ol - * naBV
years, we think, to the discredit of
cliristinii natleni which have been si
lent lookers-on «hen they could have
Intervened ai d stopped rhe effusion of
blood. Mon-inlc-venlion seems to be
the policy of tin; times, and, perhaps, it
does goodie teaching nations not to
make war for trifling causes.
LETTEB MOM MHB. LIHCOLIT.
President Grant rceeived a letter on
Friday from Mrs. Abraham Lincoln
stating il at she was .till i„ Gerniini
tand not in very good healih, but rery
"'■■'' l« n«ed of aulitarfce. This she
es das been pioposed in the bill pend
ingin thoS.-nntet..glvel'erapoi, B ion,
but the delay In iieling on it sh„ is un
able to account lor. The Pre.ld-nt
will probably send the letter to either
a Senate or Hoii-i- committee. The
Senate pen. lon cnimltteee, however '
agreed lo repoit a bill giving Mrs. Lin- I
coin a liberal pension. *
E.KS AND OHIO RAILBOAD.
wha Republican Contains a
ount of the commencement
lot work or tl.e western division of the
Chesapeake and Oh:o railroad near
Charleston on :he 9th instant. At an
early hour th« mighty roar of cannon
reverberated over hill and dale, and the
people tor miles around crowded into
the town. In the atlcrnooii there was
a procession fr< m the capitol to the
point selected for the eeroniouii'i ot '.lie
occasion. "The meeting was called to
order and God's blessing invoked up:-n
'-be great undertaking." Several
speeches bj prominent gentlemen were
then delivered. Tbc Republican says :
"Col. »'. a, Kuper being unavoida
bly absent, Capt. George C. Dickinson,
. resilient engineer, filled his place by
handling the gill riiovel with which tu.
' work was commenced to Mr. II c
; Parsons, one ol the director! ol the
| Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, who
made a splendid railroad speech, ii
which, he located the workshop ofthe
r world in the great Kanawha Valley.—
t The shovel was then presented br <"ap
! tain Parsons to Governor Stevenson,
who, after a few pleasant remarks In
■ regard to the importance of the work
I shoveled the first dirt on the Chesa
. peake and Ohio railroad. Thus the
. great work was commenced, and the
people ol Kanawha Valley feel assured
I that the time is close at hand when the
cars will daily pass their door.-. At
night there was a brilliant display ol
fireworks, music by the baud, and eve
ry body teemed to rejoice in the privi
lege el p-rticipating in this grand
THE "PLEIISCITB-"
Headers -il„> bare been bothi red
(Tver the W.-rd "plebiscite," io constant
ly occurring iv (he but tortnight in :liy
Parli telegrams, mar like to know r#it
it is only a liigli-niunding name for a
ipecial election. French literary men
Mid pelltlclane have a weakness for
Latin terms, and so called .1 special e
eetion a "plebiscitum," which was a
Latin name for a law paused iv I Host
issembliesot the peCffto called eomitie
riftufo. Strictly speaking, the "plebls
ute, 'is a decree thus passed by tin
vhole body ofthe people. The French
nrni of the word is "plebiscite," and
he term is loosely applied lo the de
rei', the submission t ,( i|„. deem t,i
otc, and dralt ul the decree which it
1 -cussed, as now. to the Corps I.eri..
'til. But this draft is also and more
roperly called 11 "Sonatus coivsiiltus'
—another Latin phraie signifying both
a decree of rhe Senate and a Atari
therein. R.geiar*»tH e "Senatui-oon.
Milium was the form by which th<
, Kouian people passed Lite by yea and
nay vote, but thgy alsAad the p ,wer
of voting on measiireae net iiitrod'iced
by the Senate, and 'liis power jttntio
diieing laws to the People foF Rmeii
vote Is what In Prance m# ca I led The
"piebiseitory" power, and what the
J-.mperor now reserves for himself, in
dependent of aiiy*ctiou his Parlia
ment may take. The ••Smatiis-i-on.
suituin' now on hand perpetuates the
soverelgu yower In the Bonaparte fam
ily, and its adoption will bind anew
all who support it lo tho fortUlllll of
that family.
DHEADFUL CKIME IN GOOCHLAND
COT/NTT VIKQIJfIA.
This very quiet community is much
?__ic_. or 'T tu l *.**»•'* «•»«™«r
the 10th, ofa horrible d „ble crime
committed In our midst. Batnrda
evening toward sunset, Alice Brown
about, nineteen years old, daughter of
Claiborne Brown, a colored Ihoemaket
living near this place, a very excellent
citizen and one enjoying the respect
and conhilcnce ot hie white nelghbori
in » very big 1 degiee, was lent to the
residence ~t VVm. Moeely, rather more
than a mite distant, to collect a trlflina
sum of money. The girl did not re
turn, and next morning her laih.. r
and friends turned om iv anxious
search. They i,„i, h | h~,- |y|, „ h| ., f _.
hidden »uh brancheiol pine, itrinned
outraged ami murdered, scarcely a
hundred yards distant irom tin high.
way. snimg suspicion was directed
by many coincident elrcnmitoucec to.
iwardi Henry Fir- md iViiiii twe
voungooloied men employed 011 the
farm when the boij wai found, audi
party of colored men have a,r, ited
them, tlie second, Willis, aflere
'••perate reiiitanee. 1!.- confessed
ll* si, me iv ti,,.. CP i, ne) but stnfc tl -
Henry killed the girl. Henry refuses
o con leu anything. While much
ympatby Is left for tbe nnlortuneie
at her, as wellas 0,1 hi, own account
il the entirely deserving and honest
epiiiatiou of the poor girl. i, v „„ r
rhlte citizens, hie colored friends are
1 the wildest excitement. -Cor. of tht
lichmond Whig. J
TOWNSHIPS.
The COmmitlloaeri recently appoint-
Iby Governor VT«lker. In punuanee
the "loe/nihlp Act,"aie required
tlmprovliceuiofaald act to proceed
nh.u,t delay, to divide and lay ol)
eir sev,.,-aI counties respectively "into
ttlpactly located townships as nearly
ml as may be iv territory ahd nonil
;lori, with the view to the proper aub
r-telon of Mid township. i„t„ school
itrlcti.ao that there b.- nor leu than
■re nor more than eleven towmiiini
any one coiinlr. '
J'he Commissioners are further re
nin.ed to establiih one or mora voting
places In each townsblp, and all other
voting pii.es except iv towns not em
braced, in ?in..'i townships, ere aboliih
lt is further made llio duty of t|„
commissioners, within ten (fays alter
completing their task, to rtpo-t the
Boundaries and names nl the several
j townships, etc.. to the clerk's offl.c'„,
their several county ,:ouifs.
HO pari ot any town or city bavin*
a separate oi-g.miz.,ii„„. 0 . population
li n_ " , " u * ; ""'<"' "'ore Inhabitant
shall be embraced in any township
and no public highway shall be made
ihe boundary line between tovmihipi
unices the commissioners shall deibr.
"are lo which towusjlld the said hlirh-
uv' 1 "" , " cI ' c " , • o*!^
mag. — Huh. II hu/.
|IC?" A 00. respondent of the Boston
' """'""'I"' relate* this very - a d
sory-fp.frio.ie .age and poetic dis
r I'ietioi. of public property: "The
l'l'""' now occupied by Senator Kevels
is not thesefual piece 01 furniture once
fEI r V Jr **™» »•»!•. In Apr 1,
1801 when i 1,,, <ith Kasaachnsetts reVl
»••«-«•* had ui,n attacked Ir. S5 .
norejust prevloiuly-wae guarding
he Capitol, 50,,,,, ot the soldiers ascer
tained by Inquiry which chair (tad Lmk
occupied by the rebel chief and broke
it to pieces." Thi, is Indeed very iid
but 11 sedli's the bash for It-vri's and
others who wish to deeoerafe ,i,r S,-n
--atorial chair iv which Jefferson I avis
sal. The fragments of that - hair aro
now lettered thrn.,gh...il HnmVaHu
■etti, and couldn't be beuglit for le..
than ten dollars a piece. |
On Saturday. April oth, while Doc- I
toi- Murphy, and Kni|,,ek. oi Philadel
phia were working the Goodwin Mine
belonging to the LewlC 15 rot 1,.,-,, of
Bpotsy Vanla. rhey came suddenly up.
me. ric.i vein el g.,1,1. and in a few
Uf's wor t v;. uk 0,,t s,ve,al *■** dol -
I ime torn ,„■ STy TO «ng men nboin
B* ..il'i ick<hii,g. who are out
-ten . loym.-nt. have engaged tow
ruw. 1- "^ rk , °" tl,e Alabama and
Cnataueega Railroad.
A WO»D£KFUL NEOKB IB OHIO.
From the Waxhimjton (0.) Herald.
A colored man is at present stopp
ing in this place, who attracts here, as
be has in other places where he hat
been a great deal of attention by the
lingular power be possesses ot liisar-
r ""g"ig certain organs ol his body.
By some inward musaular action be
seems to pesseis the power of chancing
the location of his heart, at pleasure
Placing one hand upon Ms breast at
the proper place, we could fool its beat
ing distinctly, lie then commenced a
Scrips ol contortions will, his abdomen
rolling It over and over several times
At the conclusion ol Ibis striking ex
hibition, we placed our hand upon a
lump in his left .-idc below the walsl
SUd t.W. was the heart thumping ...
way aiWT nothing unusual was the mat
f"", A few more contortion*, and the
frisky organs passed across the abdo
men and on theri./ht aide kept Up Its
work ol throwing tbc blend through
ihe system as rcgiilai as if in its nafin'
al position. More contortion, and it
travelled ta-khemc it. course htii"
easily traced under Ihe skin till It pass
ed under the ribs. The man then com
menced a sort oi reiary motion of the
bowels, apparently lure log ti,«ia over
and over several times, when he felt a
complete set of ribs in etlie opposite
direction, the false rib. disappeared —
On being asked if his mother had any
more children like him, hey.plied that
re had a brother over six feet high
who could reduce hi. stature to seme
th«g less than three, lect. We believe
l.mi readily, after having witnessed
the above performance.
Another curious feature about him
Is that he on not be choked, ileal
ows aujfc. one to grasp him by the
throat. an,i use hi. utmost itreurth to
step Ml breathing; but in • piie'ef all
endeavors ne Continues to talk ai il
DID ST-tMUK COMMIT SO.C.DXI
Tim LaCrosse Dsmeertfc still persists
in its aslbrtton that Edwin M. s tan tun
committed suicide, li says:
JiPe died in the third story of __.
lirrTT-St. No one «« allowed to'see the
corwe. lie was not laid. In state, as
tlie head dl the WafcDepartinent should
liiive hecn--as other men of promi
nence are. He* died, nnd was kept
Irom sight. And none dVtheao who
ailed to see the rt-nlitins ol Ihe "gie.it
talesman"' could obtain a view of the
•orp.e, in vait, <]i,| his friends urge
•hat the body he laid iv state in the
««»rDi.fl_»«h.eiit. His grave-clothes
sere made to cover up his lace. He Wi is
i member theof Episcnp.l Church, and
hurefl denies io suicide., grave, under
t* players and proicctioii. A ltd to
iave made known the manner of_M_
leath iMiuul have been Ihe casting hui,
lilt from church rites and Christian
mria.. Al d tht* wotiiu have had grdfct
and it was decided that 'the'truth mnst
'•And again, why was Its beilv taken
,"pTjiiu-tly the week "after interment
tut) another put in its place ! H imply
tlitt the manner or hi. death i__.w.'>
n/vcr be proven." ■
ME- 6TBPHEH 8 COMDITIOIt.
April li, weget tky follow In* < ' '
The account .ton fee in the papers a
bout the Improved condition ot my
health are utterly untrue. They are
just as much without foundation as all
the other reports I have lately seen m
the lame quarter about my .Sayings. I
cannot I mag ne what the controllers
of newspapers mean hr concocting
such dories. At ll*e very tinio the
statements were gotng the rounds ol
the press thar, 1 was to niiicli improved
in health, etc., l%fmA actually aud in
fact worse oti tha,, I had been for
11,,'iillis, lam now a lilt,e belter than
1 was then, but .-.ni barely able to sit
up and scrlbblua letter. 1 can neither
slvtid nor walk without assistance of
mine sort, writing lias become so pain
lui that anvtblng el rhat kind is now
generally done hy the lianu of othen
I never expect to leave home again.
Ihe heavy work On Which I have been
engaged so long being now complete
ly oft my luuiils, the visit* of congenial
friends are the more welcome.
UUXOMIUY.
A - r " ■ tmi d Howard, young.
'-: »»n oi Major Howard, ol Floyd C
11.. committed mil Ide on laai We'lnes
ilay by ilio ting himself through tlie
■ide «uli a pi-iui. lie was ~„iv c ,„,,.
teen yea,s old. and possessed of many
Sterling and amiable qualities, but. had
been lor some time addicted todlsalpat
ed habits. About a year ago, a lister
of young Howard, to whom | IL . wa(
much attached, died sadden ly of con-
I sumption; and when hi. body was
[ found, tlie next morning after, it wa.
ly in« across her orave in tho cemetery
one arm under hli hood, and the other
grasping the pistol, extended by his
■-uli 1 . "Young Howard's mother, .short
ly after the war, in a tit. of depression
caused by the losses sustained by her
hit-band, committed suicide by haiiirinc
berielf.-.ZyncA. Rep. * *
HC Y7 BEVELS ESLAPED HAMGINO.
such high-wrought eulogy from (J.-.ver
nor Morten and Henry Ward Lteeeher,
i* said on Ihe aiitliori; y of a prominent
cltizo-ilj formerly of Fayetievllle, N.
C, to have been an old resident of that
town, and the son ot a barber. 11l which
art he Is also a proficient. This gen
tleman stated of his own personal
knowledge that Reve.s while living
there wm charge*! v, j tli the crime of
burglary, whicli by the law pf North
Carolina wm pniiisbabl. win, death
1 Im being view,-,] a. too severe .. pen
ally. In. escape was « inked at, so as to
gel rid el him without a resort to the
;;ai.,,i ■, -•. Such I. the account given of
tlic Benator'l antecedents by i'i,e who
was a leading citizen ol Fayetteviiie
lor many years.—- Wash, Cor. New V
World.
"POUT WINE."
Home persons ~, Htnnlugton Conn
hue recentli hi en prosecuted for soil!
Ing sdsilterated wines and liquors
Samples ol their ".tutl" were submit
ted to Prersiser Silliman, of Yale
College, the State ehemlst, and the
following ii the result of Irs analysis
Ol what was sold for port wine : The
liquor wm turbid, beavil. laden with
sugar er molasses and some coloring
matter; containing Xl p, r cent, of al
cohol; oyer 10percent, m sugar or
molasses; aboni Mo grains of .uTphuric.
acid to rhe gallon, part of it free, ai oil
ol vitriol, and part combined in alum
oxide ol" lead, or litharge, in poi.onous
quautities, or about 4o grain* to the
gallon. The alcohol had au acid ta-te
and the coloring matter an otten>iye'
odor. The liquor v.as stronger ol lead
than most Wa.srs that are poisoned by
KXIT CARBY.
Our man (anhv is gnin<j to leave ns
rhe Governmenc has decided that In
consideration of Ida gallant conduct in
capturing the police station at tbe Rich
mond market, that be is worthy of p lo
met ion and hal ordered him ti, tlielde
lecteble department ofthe Columbia
Klver, which includes Alaska, with
headquarters al Portland, Oregon. Wn
Ciingr.-ituhiretheGovcinmeiit, il„. Cen
erai, Virginia and everybody eis.- ex
eepl the Alaskians and' Orcgonian..— |
But what have those people done that
they should be thus afflicted ?-Peters.
intro Omerttr, {
STBAaJOZ JBEAKS OF A HAHIAC—A
THKILUN- IC'UHE.
Jacksonville ill.. April It.-Ou yes
terday a thrilling .cene occurred at the
Insane asylum. A woman who hadbeen
.n the asylum lor several years escaped
from her ward and went through :he
balls and up the stairway tbat lea.lsout
upon the roof of the building until she
came to the edge ot the cornice. Alter
looking down for some time she swung
lierselt over the edge of the cornice by
her hands, and swinging there she could
.list touch with her toes n„. <. ; ,p above
the window of the tilth story, which
was just below her. Having gotten
a foothold thereon sh,. lot gj ber hands,
and strange lo say, pies., veil her bal
ance aud stood upon Ihe cap, which i«
about twelve inches wide. While stand
there she was discovered in her peril
ous situation. Immediately several
men went upon the roof and" let down
a rope, and tried to persuade her to
i i'ii it around her. She would take
of the rope, then laugh at them,
refused to use it. Meanwhile bedi
t brought out and placed on the
md five stories below her, and In
tlilfts suspense al! who were on the
mil awaited her fall. Nothing
ited, alter remaining on the win"
-cap lor 1,1 inly a hall hour,*ill of a
len she grabbed the rojtffXeld In
lands of th* men above anTjuuiped
Tbey let the rope run through their
hands, aud she held on until within
thirty feet of the ground, when she let
go.Tiud fell upon the beds unhurt.—
During all this lime there was the most
thrilling suspense to all the beholders,
and glorious.relief at her escaue from
such peril.
, A •TKAHGI INCOBBTTSH.
A Showman In Liverpool lately im
ported a large collection of serpents
Hand other animals. Among them were
two pythons oneof which gave birth on
t ie voyage to thirty-live vouug snakes
which wire all In good condition when
they arrived. Soon after limy reached
Liverpool, one ,if the large' serpents
managed (o escape, and gain access to
an adjacent stable through n hole in
Nut morning when the
groiTm entered ihe stable Em observed
that a horse there was unusually timid
andntrvoM., and on closer examine
tioVhe noticed Its back marked a, ~
beaten with a thong. Presently he
observed the body ot a serpent sus
pended, as it were, from the manger.
ilt was quite dead; a portion ofthe head"
I had been bitten away; and the lower
[part of the body whicli rested on the
ground, bore the marks ot having bee :
trampled by the bursa's .hoes. The
horse itself was unijiire".
IHPIAH TB-IBLES AHIAD.
Apprehensions are f, it In quarters
particularly !nnilmed eoneeruinc In
dian matters that we will have s£rid.n
trouble with the Sioux Indian warriors
in less than a fortnight. These iHilians
leel that they Uivo ml been treated be
the government seeordlngioih-i trcatv
stipulations, and refns.- nee t« be ap
peased. Should themes Ure tall which
Ihe goiieninii'iit have at hand to settle
difficulties with the Indians on rhe line
ofthe Pacific railroad, it is established
that a war which cannot end W'.thont
vast expenditure will f. e inaugurated.
— Hath. Cor.Halt. Sur,
The Kichmond State Journal is In
armed by a correspondent that there
s a lady In Kichmond. beautiful aad
jioiis, who eats nothing »t all and ur
teari to be kept alive by a daily apnli
ation of oil to her breast.
The ■eetbslde railroad, between
- Petersburg and Lynchburg, crosses the
Appomattox- now above rhe Hi«-h
Bridge near Farmvllieover a tempora
ry track. A new structure of iron Wili
take the place of the n;d btidgp.
SVnnounffmnicsi.
Cor County Tren.urer.
RwS.-™! nulllßriz e<' '" announce William
To the Voters of Oran,.7"cTun<y.
11. respectfully olTor myself M a candidate
for tho poeltlon or Attorney to? .S2 com
monwealth, at the ea-me-t aoMoltottao.
M 0.-| l s S; i, ,^ an ««OwementTwV„
i' r_T!- "• ' V| ii"nns. who luiNtiiii'ii ti„
office WlthMj nine!, ability, "that hSlve.
iW€SsffS fteuS?E S
,' '"• it eieetea r promise to exercise-u
tbeenergteenf my __,„„i on.tbodv todt.
U, we. W - * rAUKFkSm^
ie Voter* or Orange.
d __-r_i_ r p pco,ft,ilv eoeesmsw
,cir a c.'iiiiinlale for your .ufTraae at ihe
i- County an,l Clretllt Courts at voir
'pl.'.-im; e'', 1 7' I f , ' S , , |, i,,,5l - |f ' if '' »"«.fd be
pleasure to elect hnn, to dlsch-nrn n,»
■ of toe office with dl/ieenTanlTmleh!
J l. , , UICIIAHD C'HAPM V\'
1-ebruary 11, 1570.-; it. <-"<" .u.i_>.
To n Vonms ov t-woockty of orange
Orange C.
To the Voter. %f Orange. ~
it' am _" llnpßm . v,, e!i'.'ieaiKll.late for theof
nee of Commonwealth. AttoraevMtt ■?.!-£-!
Pwachfng electfo™ and so ui™ '\\,?\ lo'ri
or my fellow eltleens. ,{ elected I will ~
ttTtSt^ta^tV^^""^ sß^
*'eiji-,i.-,ry IK, IS7H. ' \v. \v. liI'RGKSM.
Ir. 1 ,"I & JOBSftl Oli7~
WIIOI.I-SAI.E AN -„ _~, ....
BOOkSFLLEHS A.\o IfAIIDIUL
No. 1006 Main Street,
two doom siovi post orrics
/-V-'r,L',i KKUMO - VO ' VA 
'uflh for sale « large *,, v ' w „n „.
-E2 C_> C_> ________ f-s
In every ,1,-p t ,ri,,„-„, (TOtßArej mnd
[ KTATIONEBY OF AW, kinds
nsoZin'nS^""" 110 """'"'"Cure: W.
Blank Book* of all kin,!*
iu ( nuu,i,,, l; , ~.0,,,i,.u,_,uu ffiEBKS.
_ Janaary 7. i : '.,i,—tr.
QITY HOTi.I., jjj
WILLIAM ir. FRANCIS,
~ , . I'KOl-niKTOO.
(omer of HoytU and Cameron RU.,
ALEXANIip.iA, v A .
N,.i'e,n,,er„is, ; n- i y: ;S ' ,,: ' :M " r "' S ""' t '
QRJCJiN. MANSION HOL'SK,
Cor. Fair/a* and Cameron 9R
AI_I;XAMi| UA VA.,
SAXES GIIKK.V,
»T»mb W U.l^ t ._i y . 1 ' 1!0, ' , ""«"'
WII_U4J| MrRRAT.
MEKCHANT TAILOR
Ko. i Her* nurra, .Ye,! VJIt
(5ec0na,,0„r5,,n,,,0rA ; , ; ,,,,, ,_,,..„ omc
ALKXANDHIA, VA
■September Is, IMtHHe*
cnv_s ,-,, r S,l - ,i, *«'ES.
rVn .. "•wlmcend Umoltln*Tofcie
rt,^'^i' i , l :; l , r^. l
K..ro.e n " V.ii , J., ','t' '''!:"«-'-'"■. Pore
PHKSU Oranges, L'oonaniite A- t.;__;
JtSS'MI J ' *' ' ANJ'HUM _'cV,'. n
NOTICE TO ~
T____aK:-_ : «___-__-aan.s.
UMTRII KTATBHIHT-iIINAL Rkvenii-
assessors uh-ilk, Sid distict ok va '
Richmond, April loth, 1570.' f
TN compliance with provisions of sec
, "on li, ofthe act. ol Congress, unproved
June SOth, ISM. a, muon.lial l,y iub-eqSent
ui-ts,au,l eetltled "an Act to provldeTnter
£?!-,5,. vc "!' l! '"."""Port the 00-enuneut,
poses ° ftuU for °"""" P ur »
MOTICa IS HEKEDY.GIVjt:..
Tbat th* annual llatartaseeaaassseUbv the
Auisuiiii A..-os.or of ihe :ird Dlitrlct 01 Vir-
X nla, will remain open for the eaanilnatlou
?f ?-_*,*" " IS eonecrned, for the .pace of TEN
~,.'.''"'". ll 'e-utn iumaiu.at ~ir oflicc in
1iH1u.1,,,,, bou.M', on Hank -.ti-eel, in (ho
LVrT,'" ""■ | "ii,.nd. in which place appeala
will be n- c retf and determined, relative to
any irron..,.is or exoeaelve valuatloue, or
enumerations mad- au,l taken by the said
Assistant As.sc-.s.ir..
All appeals mint be made In writing, an ,
■hall sp-cify ti,.- particular canao, matter or
thing, respecting which a ueel.lon is re
.UMted, and .hall moreover,Malelie■-,„„,_.|
orprluolp.«oferror complained of "
No appeal shall be allowed to any perron
alter he shall have been duly assessed ai.il
th. annual list contiiiniiig the aweuni.nl
ili'iMr'iei. l "" ,M " iUcd totEeColliotororthe
I he list referred to embraces the following
Income for the year 1811).
wht^l_ , w_ , f- WW * t,d in "»chedule A,"
which me w atebea,, arrlage., Oold and «,i.
ver Plate ami Billiard i abler
l***™ 1 * "«e_tS«) dlltcd
< Si le T. l .. rU 'Strict of Virginia blcomnc-W.
ofthe city of Richmond, und the _our.__!
f, Hl i' ,o ,V'''', U,J '"'''".<ioochlan, Sp" svlvT
ilii,(Mall.ird. Orange, Louisa, I ill, -,per ami
itappuhaiiniu-k. j. ' H ufi|__
April 22, £.™ 3 d Dtotrt « * Virginia.
COOKING STOVES,""
BICDUCKD PRICES.
I nKl'oltK commencing manafactur
■£* ing slock for the next season's trade we
.will tor a limited lime sell ~ lawelo* of
. Oooking stoves ut Gold IViees. All want-
Ingtueeeludlepeaeible family implements
can now supply themselves a» gea lyre-'
• il need rates. Come, and come specdHv am
; RICHMOND STOVE
AaCHITKC'IIRAL WORKS,
1000 Cary Sireol,
1 RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
j Iron Fronts, Window Caps and £'~.., F-onti
; end Grata, Uolloic-icare, Itnild
er's ank Plumber's Ca.sl.
lina.i, Ac, dc.
VAprll 22, 1570.-6 in. e.N VW-.K A IllliV
THE HORSE
IX THK Js'IAIIK AMI I lit: FIELD.
111.S.MAX AG KM i; Nf
111 l-t.lllli siHtl DISCttM.
Bj J. ii. Welch,* r. it. c v (aeeaeheaee.l
A TRKAI ISK ol "Diseases in tin
«-T7„, Sf-S' 1 «"»ble. Pleid and Parmynrd
H ,ie ~, , s a y "' v '" Ameitaui xrottlni
ii.iise, and suggest ; 0 „ H on (ll , ureeiliiat _~.
iraiiiii.gof 1 rollers " ft lsjust sue, « w ,r ■
as ever, nirmer need., for ii i.-ll- „.,", x
i, to !«ist- iibu manage me ,_,,,_„ w , ~,
n'lilt hand how to our. hi,,, K \,Z lick n
tall, him how to i ruin hi,,, .„ ~K . '''~,
Kilns, how to prepare him ,„,- the_Wdor_SJ
2_d? ?" r "- " P">vldea simple ami tried iffi
reftlon.lueaMofaooldeut.. intact it ,1,
II olhlllg thai can he of any p, ssil | "c
i uius ivied with mori! timu eighty UnV ~,
graving.. Price *2 .<i-sem tre," i p ," •««
top anatory circular sent on aiu ",
J. WALL TVKKsJI. ~
or oRA-fOEootmry. vibuinia
NEWS DEALER,
no.) Hata mnm,
RICHMOND, VIIiCINIA.
Ori'PI.IKS nny pap,.,-. XaMclne
S^oX-wTro^r^.^rP r 3
bpolleaUoa. m„ik.i reguiiriy '" " ,,a
A p ri ,_,,sy^ ; --''S-"iS-.,
CONTINENTAL MILIST
J. I'ACKKIt & <0..
IEA MSS? KB8 » spi °es
AM) mi; <;|{(>( hiJIKs,
3N l Uoivt rj-,
, (bstwkes roesra n . atu aeroa n _cjc 1
NEW YUKK.
AprUM. 1470.—1t.
expenses, and a re ; ..so„al„e
Imme-tlaK applications are eellclted from
; S-IBOR«E Otitßtv.
AOtttTt FOll THE UUOVKfi A BAKII'
SE _Xi*[g MACHINE
s »' OH Broad >ili-.i,
tHICB-HOND, VIKtiINIA,
r, ; y, lX< l 1 * M-iti rials. Silk,
Cotton, Meediee, *c„ forwle i •, i-i,,,i
'ing Machines ropilrod?
[LLiAftr: Broxr-xxPLosir-c- ti-ii
aaaaac, no uuu wnn.g ecavrxg |
Crystallized Oil,
PATENTED JULY, 1.t.7
M-M'r.lTt'RtD W „„ , un oklt
A. J H illi It & to .
No. 34 Kin. Street,
ALIXAKDBIA, VIBOINIA
W _^d*mr«L L i lni '
b.tA.UiLtt'l' I_A'\
i» AS. MO-NAB LE DABBER,
aouDox.svn.r.R, va„
WV,!I L1, ,, ,V:i|1( ' ot, " l| 3 r ennounfti tc
»V tho public that he is now nren-ir.
o do In tho hesi style of the art snJv ,
«»!'Cutting, s ,',„„: lud,,?, I ,'-" t. _
Ac. on the most reasonableTterma ititS
Bl t?;: Sl ' opo " Mni,,street . o Pl'oßltetheDru(
18, IS7O.
5000 lf'_j*M H'.lei,CM.,i.
inr_-r.KL' or Cedaw.B feet lone and fl
he, Ueivercd at ihe Kullr„a-i (ontr.cii
ma, c 100 laijje „r small lots. Add!-,"" '
V-.re- a •—n OAItTiCB 4 WE.VDE_.t
- M -"-c" 4, IS7I). 'loi-donsvUleTva.
1V11.1.1t.1l H. RICKKTIS ft CO.,
S-ltflAUI USUUS OF
SADDLES, JIAUNFSS,
Collars, &c,
ORANGE COURT HOOUK VntOTITIA
W -V,';" ,l i S,,eL - , "" lv "W»e the a.f'enl'i,',,,
joods, which they w!iVs ~s ,-V,., , " ','?'':
ipra in ttl,y °'' '"•'"'"'!- c
£_ui.T»mi JtTAVLaR, —
ewwißmoas ,",.»-.»,.,. -, L - RSERt)
W heleeale ...d K._.,u Peeler. I.
Books, Magazines
raWt-PAPia* JOB bTAIIOiIiBT,
"' 5> ' ■;. N ' l ;;''»«"-«>i-..a<c, uiiihM,;,
B»ltl«we, «/.,l,|„ f .
anylMhirels! v"'""""v "'""""" 1 Pepem, mailed %
February il, 1878.—Sm.
TiTTc-BCBAIirS.
W , b ) u \ .-J Z ;, "T' ~ »t«3 uVe oiler.
everoile.eiiil, this i "'i' 1 '""' 1 ' 1 raeechoin
arc bound to pleas- J }ffi et ' *.' I "' ir,,s ,lal
voursclf P iv ''•,, ( ". ', Hnil exuniliie lor
COUNTRY MERCHANTS!
nux Yornt
COINTI'Eoi'Io.fVB
TOBACCO, CKUIt, AC,
rsou
W. W. TRIBIJLT,
MAMFAtTURKnornoCDIESTIaVKKIirsan
AND WHoLMALB
CO!fFECTIO.\£K „ FBUIT OBitKB,
ill'- Mai. SCMM,
I
S"monine Vermin*
sßr te c sjrssßfc lb _tj _•_?* •*•*
should be wltn-ni iki.' . ° e.«ntry .tor.
ft is re, oiiii, ,u e ~s r? lua> >i« nwnflclne.
ont the TO „,u,. iH i _ l, »!' c '" w "" HffWHlh
i-> me eeli.-br.uea "mnuiaclu'er
» A l;LA8 "Wtti HOXEB.
f V^en^a^S^^tobela-w^t,,.
K«s ao a ttt:
n "^
P.n^i^Jo'^.ye'usVo^;:!",' 1 '""?
for em Rosad«luohUa>S^tfi , _^
I S r , A ]"""ineloribin ye ur wl le «■•
' JLf.Ci.* 'M Koon recover. I have care
dfemi.'" "^P 00 """ of alterative Ingr".
I 4 £__._ " s,,,l \*'' s '''i , «iismS_«S^arom-
Aui'-ri,"Jiiu , " 1 _ U *w»l"s'itl-r«- ,i '' , -Vi' s •' > "
.imin i»m" s " " ,l '»nerof the I ..ood I
Know in, he'ter remeilv -""• »
ri__* _!J?' "«fe~-la»d, Min-r.-eenborr,'.
' ; S J : ~I _cv. used seven bottlei
l/1,,m, , a -' is ' anc ' "" entirely eared o*
T »-m ,/ lt - sm - : mdr nd "»• r " ur Bettlee, net
( Henj. BeehtoJ, of J.lma, Ohio, write. I
„ n v;r,, s :"^ ,,v ' l f °«'«»«r-tj y__JS withii
mytera oeriipfi,,,, over my whole body
-7 i"nJri ,'""'-".'"'"' snrehaeedabottieof
J i.ie-ndais and it eaScted a permit core
lios-dlills X .old hy all IrfngjUU.
more!'' >o '' ti; *»<*•»»-■ FWee lalli
i'H. clemxxts a riot,
a For sole l.v Clave* 4Co '"" p: """«-
J3 April 15, 1870. —ty'.
UEMAAiGU _ (.IIISO.\.
iiiponrKiis, wfcOLnaLß ami tun.:., ursi-
CHINA, (.LASS, EABTHK.V.VARK
Ami Hull -iv!'ju-«( N hj, X - Uoosis
RICHMOND, VA.
["■yi; are now opening eitr Sprii.r
stock, which la very larie ,--, i , •
te,and king importedewdraAbilS„.
San^^gSSir^^
IKEB, TKA, AND TOILET SI-'TTH
ItlCll CUT AKDPREMI£I) '
01-AMWABE,
UPH, LOOKING-OkASHW.
■ILVKK-PLATBD WA„E
OF BEST QUA I li r.
cr.s Ivor Iluuijiej Untler. Tl« vuit—
.Refrigerators, Ice Ptche«: Kr-lti. •!"
i Fancy Goods, in en*! *__L_» _»"*__,
and Japanned ci'uds. a,, h ' ( '; r k
o the trade and «t reh-uj to?i»_.s
house in the country. * njr
Country merchant, en,, . ; . ~.„, „_^
.v„oS£Sd. v "ttosursttar*
B A ffr «.^» ? .Tr,%.n h^tn^tV
Burner ii'ut Untunes ■»••« . *.eiy
Aiiril 19, ls7„._,jm.
t_«:t_t»"_'" s^__cia&
or
VALI'AKi.E REAL BgfAII
I.N OBAMOC -ODWTT VA *
1 *»"»» »»»
day licreafter, offer fcV *■>•_ «_", v IJ, '* t f "»'?
&
S.-R ?," (I b(,|n ,« ln ""' county o' O-a.■_,__
guAUiit* >ni.e. troui
101 3.4 Acre?*
the said i!,,niu„ -~-.•, 'V " nd conveyed to
I and oiiu-ri' Nl ' l ■ ( - ttve ' Rmnmia K^edjl
April I,,'™ B 'Wn-UAMS, Trusts.
wait * &ni«m>;
MA.NLI-ACTL'RKRH OF T it X
xtr .A. T T I» t. *-> )*
AMI AOBICCLTCBAL IXPLEHEVi^
RICHMOND, VA. '
\ OEN-i 8 for the Climax Reaoer and
FHICES IlFliL-CEDTOSriT THE -rur,
*-".!- l for .V!'''' ulllrs an 'l Price list
April 1.,, IITO.—ly". '
*
coiussioi i£i()i..m
13ai Gary .Stre.t,
ItlCIIMONi), VIIOIXIA.
CrKCIAL iittenlion paid to the ul.
blest ateoMl ;^ rluu,ea -< per cent, solu-
April li, |«,i,._4,r,.
I'M (it KTBY JUtRCHANTS.
11l ■rS , s , !l c !" fi, W 1 l
«■ ,r.-., ~ • ' Sl ""r.Sinjar;( t.iriardf.ANr)lirß
Vcirk Imo ~ g ' x "' lfi f, \' m " rst "aurte, New
:"e i ,:Vv , l^i. :,u or - s, -'" a f °'- """"•""u./'.ua
« ... ~ LOUIS J-. DOSBIEITX
Atr^^:iar' s "• BSgSS*.
J ', MJh; i„*t receive(TaT~"