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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-03-31
HsEGGER'S
Erchaasge and Lottery OMce,
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
prr rrD .,;U hare the 7,ni,n clone!

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
BIGGER still bears the palm clone!
ANOTHER CAPITAL OF 10000 DOLLARS SOLD AND PAID
AT FORTUNES LoysGE!!!
Drawing of Virginia Wheeling Lottery, No E1u 5c
So 70 As 81 43 80 rs II 70 TO y ~ SO
Ticket Nos As SO 70, the Capital Prize OF SloOuG'
sold TO gentleman from the country and pald as usual
al sight, at Fortunes Home, B!GGEhS olflce'
NJ 9aotter of BIG GERS bcst and larorite Schemes
GRAND CAPirAL $4,000 DOLLARS
Tickets only $40.
Virginia Petersburg Lottery, Glass no s, 10 be drawn
on Saturday, April 23d, 1898.
rs Number Lottery, and IA Drawn Ballots. ,oo
Spendd Capitals Of S5D.U00 10000: $, 900 4,oo0,
OUO. 2UAO GI5 10 of 900, $780, II OF o00 &c &c
Tickets 10, halves 5, quarters 5O
~ 3. Sc d. the grand Capital OF $So'OOU
Is 80 80 do. do 3U,Vlu
=, oS 90 do IA $4,000
20 GA 20 Jo do 10000
., ~ -, rio do 10000
And cieh, Capitals of $4,000 each, nre few OF the
leading Capitals sold and paid usual with BIGGER a.
sight The same good fortune and promPt pay , aSa'
ali those who purchase their Tickets at BiG1hh ..
NJ Orders meet the most prompt attention. ana IN az,
cases the original (Managers Tickets and snates VIII
e forwarded consequently not liable TO any mistake or
dispute The Cash for all Capital Prizes can be had MS
usual al SIGHT, the moment the drawings are received
NJ, ple,sc address THO. B. BIGGER,
March "a Uo4-tf1 Richmond, w
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Correspondence Of the " iHtfHigcnffr.)
"NEw YoHK, March 26.
The Bank statement for February has appeared in the


"CoMMEXT.-Orcr half Il million of dollars IN specie
have arrived in The packets since that ;s !r"'n Europe
and other quarlers and the packets OF aIch u Is esl-
mated will swell The amount to one million LIE spe'
cie in our city bnnks al the commencement OF the
month exceeded The circulation by SS536A9 MS OF
conrse will satisfy The hnrd money men, but 1t makes
money 50 hnrd that the people seldom nr never see
CITY BILL the email except, and ct hafd money 10
circulation there is none al ALL
"FnoM Sourn AMERICA we have variety ol news
minister extraordinary Washington, the PRESIDENT
Message tells u.s. has been named to discuss the conduct
nf the captain of the sloop Of var Lexington at the
between The Argentine Republic Chill, and Peru but il
WAS not ratified The last dates The BANDA Oiicttal
continues in an unsettled slne Frnc,uosa Rivera pros
pccls however, appearing to be gloomy e ft'nce De
IunvilIe Louis Philippe son. was IN III" Janero jan
. By the way he is expected In this city ana The
French here ale making quite effort 10 prepare ho-
nors for him The King Of the French is bringing up
his boys 10 8: r;0uS work
'1'he proposition 20 issue lU,Uu00O9 more IN treasury
notes and the passage of Sub Treasury bill by the Sc
nale have filled Wall street with people to-day. and
confusion of tongues. The morning newspapers not
getting their news in to PRINT the Public are not
ye, hoo the bill passed, and hence there Is
great variety Of rumcrs.
Souru AurRlcA-Accounts from Buenos Ayrrs, 10
jan. 20 have reached US By the Brurs, Capt Adams.
On The 9th December previous the Legislature OF the
province commenced their session, and received the
uspa Annual Message from the President In regard to
their relations with the U. S he says:
"1he unexpected difficulties of which The Govern
ment informed you in the last message having been
moved i, has named Minister Extraordinary TO the
Cabinet of Washington who will shortly proceed bis
mission 1t sincerely desires good intelligence between
that Republic and the Confederation. And obliged to full
fl the sacred duty OF energccay demonstrating against
the violent and atroclous conduct OF the Capon OF The
soop of war Lexington, at the Falkland Islands; it
hopes tina, the scandal of this event will be completely
redressed by the government Of nation jealous Of
It's honor distinguished by the justice and lberay
OF its principles"
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Consolidated Lotteries Of Md

Class No. g. for 1895.
To be drawn at Baltimore on Wednesday, 25th of
April, 1898
GRAND CAPITAL FRIES:
S25 yOOO-s1O ,0OO-S5, OOO-S4 ,OOO-S3 5O0-S3 ,0I2-
so prizes of $1,000, &c, &c
Ticket S10-i1uf $5-Quarter 50 So
Certificates of packages Of % Whole Tickets $3.50
Do do. % Half do. GO
DO. do. 90 Quarter do. 80
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NIOTIcE-The Toylorsville Races are postponneu
until the 9Th Of April, instead Of the LIN, as '0'
- ,dyn,t;.ed WH. D. TAYLOR,
n'e w. o. riA-w3wl Proprietor
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LUMBER FOR SALE.
THNHE Georgia Lumber Company have now on hand,
n at their depot at Daren, large amount of Lum.
Der for sale by the cargo, in smaller quantities. and
they fully prepared 10 furnish on short notice all
kinds of the best quality of Southern Pine Lumber
sawed to any required dimensions, and st the most "a
vorable prices
All communications may be addressed to the 4gen. OF
the Georgia Lumber Company at Daricn and will receive
prompt attention H SIMEON b. JEWETT,
Secretary of Georgia Lumber Company
Lumber City, Georgia, Feb.l e2-3m
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Tickets only S10-Halpes- $5-Quarters So so.
Certificates of packages of % Whole Tickets Si3O
Do. do. 25 Half do. 63
Do. do. 25 Quarter do. 81 Sc
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$4,000 Capital.
virginia State Lottery.

virginia state Lottery.
For Endowing the Leesburg Academy and for other
purposes-Class No. 3, for 1888.
To be drawn al Alexandria Va on Saturday, April g.
1888
CAPITAL PRIZES.
$50, O0o-S5 O0O-S4 OOO-S 3,OOo-S2 5oo-$l, OH 1.2
leo prizes Of s. 600.
Tickets only SlO-Halves $5-Quarters 50 so.
Certificates of Packages of Is Whole Tickets $3.50
Do d. SIS Half do. IS
Do. do 25 Quarter do. 80 SO
GT Orders for Tickets aud Shares Certificates Of
Packages in the above Magnificent Schemes will receive
the most prompt attention, and an official account Of
each dra,ong sent Immediately after tits over TO all who
order from US. Address,
D. S. GREGORY, g. Co, Managers
Richmond, Va, March 26. lO5-2awd
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Drawn numbers of the Alexandria Lottery, Glass NO
for ls35-drawn at Alexandra, ID. c., on Saturday,
the Oath March, inst, viz: -
ID 81 III 81 II 4I 46 81 40 5o % lU IL
Spf ENDIn SCHEMES
The native American., 1838-03-10

READING.-Go into the houses of some of
our farmers, and you will find no newspaper,
no periodical Of any kind and hardly book.
Ask such men to subscribe for paper, and they
will tell you that they have not time to read one!
But who is SO constantly employed as to find
no leisure for the improvement of his mind
Not the farmer, certainly, for the long winter
evenings afford him several hours every day
which he might devote to reading-not the
mechanic, for instances are frequent where
the most industrious artizans have attained to
|eminence in the sciences, merely by giving their
leisure to study.
One of the most eminent oriental scholars 0
the age, is Prof Lee, of one of the EngFst
Universities; and yet all his education wa
acquired during the moments of leisure which
he found while employed as journeymau
carpenter.
The fact is every man has leisure to read at
least newspaper, and those who plead the want
Of time as an excuse for not taking one, are al
most always the least industrious.
Nothing oughtto induce the father ofa family
TO do without newspaper aud rear his children
in ignorance. They will be less intelligent and
respectable, and far less likely to succeed in life
than those who enjoy the advantages Of good
periodical.-N. Z. Erdn
The native American., 1838-03-10

De,o IN Egypt and Palestine-We had tent
allotted to US for the night and although it was
double lined, SO copious are the dews after
sunset, that the water ran plentifuly down the
tent pole. The vegetation of Egypt, even the
redundant produce of the Delta, is not owing
solely TO the partial inundation from the Nile
or artificial irrigation. When we bear that
rain is unknown to the inhabitants, it must not
be supposed that the land is on that account tes-
titute of water. From all the observations We
made during our subsequent residence, it seem.
ed doubtful whether any other country has SO
regular supply Of moisture from above. Even
the sands of the desert partake largely Of the
dew of Heaven and, in certain degree of
the fatness Of the earth Hence it is said that
we meet with such frequent allnsion to the CO.
pious dew distilled upon Oriental territories in
the sacred writings. Rrotherly love is COM
pared by David to the 'Dews Of Hermon.' The
goodness of judah is described as dew: The
remnant of Jacob shall be- it is said, in the
midst Of MANY people as dew from the Lord
Dir. Clarke.
The native American., 1838-03-10

| WONDERFUL. EFFECTS OF THE WESTERN RAIL
ROAD IN CASE OF wAR.-This great State railroad
| with its numerous branches, will, in case Of war,
enable us to concentrate, as if by enchan!ment,
the whole force of the State, and of the neigh
boring States, and even the force Of distant
States, upon any part of the territory of Massa-
chusetts. In connection with steanl-battery,
playing inside Of Cape Cod, and another steam
battery in Nmragapsett bay, the waters Of Mas
sachusetts and the lands OF Massachusetts will
then present the defeat of an enemy as the inevi-
table result Of an attack. This will be SO clear
to the eye of any military or naval commander, as
to amount to an absolute order by such COM
mander, to himself, not to attack people, thus
made mpregnable, by the mighty power of steam,
to the mighty power OF the mind.
In time Of profound peace, it is the part of
wisdom to place the State in readiness to disarm
war of it's power of mischief 1t is never worth
while to lull ourselves into false security
more especially while the. sceptre of the most
formidable naval power is held by woman, who,
in the freaks OF love, may, perchance, bestow
her affections upon some ambitious Caesar, or on
some mischevous man and irresponsible favorite.
History is full Of warnings, to this purpose. And
we have, moreover, on our very frontiers, both
in Texas and in the Canadas, a magazine OF
i powder, to which the indiscretion of our own
or their citizens may yet apply the match at
any moment.
4 During the war Of 1912, cotton was cents
per pound in New Orleans, and 40 cents III
Massachusetts. Louisiana sugar was worth 3
cents in New Orleans, and 80 cents in Boston,
! Flour then worth So barrel i'll the western
country, did sell for $40 in Massachusetts. Make
1.-The western railroad and cents per pound,
Ifor the expense of transportation, will give you
the command Of all the products Of the west
and of the southwest and the enjoyment of them
lust as much in time of war, as if it were a
time Of profound peace-and the seventy mil
lions annual amount of the manufactures OF this
State will find in the great west even better
Market than in time of uninterrupted peace.
j And our bay fisheries will still enable us (although
we be at wary to supply upwards OF SIX millions
of people with fresh and salted and picked fish
to the amount of many millions of dollars.
During the war of 1912, our whole sea coas
! was held in a continual terror. Adopt the pres
! ont plan and the security of Massachusetts will
be complete, without any cost of blood or treasure
Boston Journal.
The native American., 1838-03-10

i STREET CRossING SwEEPERs.--Some year
ago, woman, who had stood with broom il
her hand for about a quarter of century In tn
neighborhood of Charing Gross, died, wortl
nearly $4,000. She got the name, among th
fraternity of banker, because she was in th,
habit of lending small sums to others, at al
enormous rate Of interest. She sometimes also
lent considerable sums to tradesmen, but never
unless she received an exorbiant rate OF interest
1t was proved by bill, found in her possession
after her death, that she had lent one trades
man in Westminster ESQ for three months, but at
the monstrous interest of fifty per cent per annum.
But the most extraordinary instance of good
fortune in this way | ever heard of, was exlib-
tied in the case of man. a black, who for nearly
thirty years, swept another crossing at Charing
Cross.-He actually saved in that time, by his
profession gS,000. The case of this sable per-
sonage is alluded TO i'll Blackwood's Magazine
for August last, where the writer calculates the
yearly average proceeds Of the mans broom at
nearly $500; the above-narned $4,000 being
found at his death, in the wretched hovel in
which he vegetated, SO that none of it could have
been the proceeds of interest on stock. Another
woman, who for many years swept crossing in
the Kent Road, left at her death, g1 500 to clerk
in the Bank of England, simply because he was in
the habit of giving her penny more frequently
than any other passer-by she knew. have men
toned in my first series, Of The Great Me-
tropoks, the case Of ablack man with one eye,
and snow-white hair tied behind, who died some
years ago, leaving many hundred pounds to one
of the late Alderman Waithman's daughters; all
Of which money he had amassed by means of
his broom, at the crossing, on Bridge-strect
side, from Ludgate-street to Fleet-street. The
reason why this old black left his money to Miss
w Waithman was that she not Onlv uaye him
penny or half penny more frequently than any
one else, but enhanced the value of the gift by
|condescending to accompany it with smile.
The only other instance shall mention of cross
| ings sweepers having amassed large fortunes, is
that Of black man, who, some years ago, return
ed to his native country, the West Indies; car
ryng with him, as the savings of a long profess
sional life, from gl 500 to FL ,sO0--Sketches IN
i London
The native American., 1838-03-10
ETIQUETTE.

The last London Quarterly Review contains
capital article, evidently by the writer who
reviewed the original Art Of Dining From
it we select the following:
Salutation.-In some countries they rub noses.
in otEers, they pull one another's ears; ,b.,
Franks plucked out hair and presented Il:
the japanese take off their slipper when thew
meet. In some OF the South Sea islands.
they spit in their hands, and then rub your
face for you; in others, it is the height Of po-
lteness to fling jar of water over your friend
In Europe, we nod, bow, courtesy, shake hands
take off our hats, or kiss; and the science con.
sists in knowing on what occasions, and with
what persons, these respective modes Of salu,a-
ton are to be pursued.
The native American., 1838-03-10
TTb be concluded in our nert.l
From the New York Mercantile Advertiser.
the Editors Of the Mercantile Advertiser:

New YORK, Feb. 23d, 1888
Gentlemen: | request you to insert in your
valuable paper, the following statement of facts,
which it is my wish to lay before New York
public
Last Saturday evening, between and 8 clock,
a most daring outrage was committed on several
parties in sleighs on the Boomngdale road, in
the neighborhood of the Lunatc Asylum. /
belonged to one of the parties, consisting, be-
sides me, Of friend and four ladies' Near .the
Cottage we were attacked by five lrishmen,
easily known by their brouge, all of whom were
armed with bludgeons, and one or two pistols.
After having knocked our horses several times
over their heads so as to stop and stun them, two
Of the gang took hold of the rens and were trying
to push our sleigh down the bank near the road,
and two others came to our sleigh demanding
our money or lives, brandishing their clubs over
us, and threatening to shoot us. | Immediately
jumped out of the sleigh, demanding them to de-
sist, when received several severe blows. Be-
ing without arms, and perceiving fhe number OF
our assailants,--one Of them was meanwhile
keeping watch on the high part of the road
saw the necessity of complying with their de.
mand, and gave them whatever money had
|as did also my friend; but not satisfied with this
they repeated their threats, aiming blows at us
and the ladies, and behaving in the most outra
geous manner, so that had to give them even
ring which they perceived on my finger, wher
they let us go, not permitting us, however, to re-
turn to theScity, but compelling us to pursue on,
way towards Manhattanville. 1t happened, un
fortunately for us, that sleghs were passing by
at the time, although the aflray lasted nearly ter
The native American., 1838-03-10

a Practical Joke.-'How use doth breed
habit in man.. Every body has noticed the
truth and point of this exclamation. We re-.
member an instance:
A gentleman OF considerable talent as an ora
tor became member Of legislative body in
one of the eastern States. In speaking, he was
addicted to an odd habit of handling his specta-
cles first placing them upon his nose, suffering
them to remain minute or two--throwing them
upon his forehead and finally folding them up
AMI laying them before him upon the desk.
One day very important question came up
for consideration, and he commenced q speech
in opposition. A friend to the proposed mea-
IsuTe, who was most incorrigible swag withal,
determined to spoil the effect Of the honorable
members remarks; and accordingly, before he
entered the House, provided himself with pair
of spectacles The member commenced his
speech, with his usual ability. But few min
utes had elapsed before he was at work with
his spectacles, and finally got them upon his
forehead. At this juncture, our wag, who stood
ready, laid another pair upon the desk before
the speaker. These were taken up, and by
regular graduation gained place upon his fore-
head, by the side Of the others third, fourth
\ and fifth pair was disposed of in the same man
ner A smile settled upon the conntenances Of
the honorable MEMBERS which gradually length
: ened into grin, and at last, when the speak
Ter had warmed into one of his most patriotic and
T eloquent sentences, he deposited a sixth pair
! with the others, and there was a long and loud
s peal Of laughter from all quarters Of the hall.
J President clerks, messengers and members
Joined in chorus. The speaker himself looked
around in astoEishment at this curious interrnp-
tlon but, accidentally raising his hand he grasp
the spectacIes, and the whole force Of the Joke
rushed upon his mind. He dashed the glasses
upon the floor, took up his hat, and left the
hall. The bill passed by a triumphant majori-
ty, probably in consequence Of the gentleman's s
very silly and useless habit Cincinnati News.
The native American., 1838-03-10

/ AMERICAN GIPsIEs.--Gipsies are known in all
countries in European idle vagabond race,
without settled homes, living by theft, beggary,
ana fortune telling, and the mending Of pots and
Kettles. They are of uncertain origin, but show
the same characteristic marks, wherever they are
found. No attempts have hitherto succeeded in
reducing the gipsies of Europe to the habits Of
civilized life. 1t has been supposed that none Of
this singular race exist in America where, in our
woods and wilderness, their wandering propensi-
ties might have bad double space for exercise.
Yet, in fact, there is acoIony of gpsies, who were
broughtto. America by the French, in early times,
and whose posterity now live and flourish
on the shores Of Biloxibay, in Louisiana. phi
losopher, contemplating the points OF similarity
between the European gypsy and the American
Indian, both untameable-one the wild man OF
civilized countries, and the other Of the forest
might have imagined that the two races would at
once have mingled, and the gypsy have settled
in the Indian wigwam. On the contrary, ever
since their settlement on this side ofthe Atlantic,
gipsies appear to have thrown off their heredita-
ry characteristics. No difference can be percei-
we'd between them and other descendants Of
French colonists, exceptin personal appearance;
their complexion is much darker, and their hair is
coarse and straight. They still call themselves
gipsies or Egyptians, but are industrious, orderly
IN their habits, and retain nothing Of their an
,estry, except the name.
The native American., 1838-03-10
MOBILE, February Is.
B A N DIT tt.

America has been deficient in materials on
which to found narratives of highway robbery
and murder. Our country is thus far happily
without criminals like the banditt of Italy, or the
highwaymen who infested the highways and
by-ways of England, century or two ago. 1t
must be acknowledged, however, that in the
new States, combinations Of marauders are occa-
sionally discovered, whose deeds for a time
equal in atrocity, anything perpetrated on the
old continent These reflections have arisen on
learning the circumstances which led to several
arrests by the indelatgable police of Mobile on
Saturday last. Thus runs the evidence Of a
white man, which, by the bye, we do not place
the most implicit confidence in. While in search
of some horses that had strayed from drove
of his, about sixty miles from Mobile, he was
met by four armed negro men, who, as he says,
compelled him to 90 with them for about week.
During this time they plundcred man of three
hundred dollars and rifle, and made visit to
a house where they contemplated at first to mur-
der all the inmates, but the attachment of two OF
the negroes to two black girls about the house,
caused the rascals to delay it. This house is
situated near eight mile creek During his stay
with the gang, the white man was told by the
negroes, that they had shot an Indian; he has
seen also the skeleton of a white man, and be.
lieves they killed a negro who had joined them
for a time, but afterwards tried to 90 to his
master.
| The leader of the gang is named Alfred, ant
the second in command, Colonel. Both ar,
desperate villains, and have been six months o
more in the woods. The other negroes art
named Andrew and Henry, and belonged tt
| Mr.. Malone. The arrest of these fellows wa
made on Saturday evening by the police of Mo
bile, In consequence of the white man tellin.
where they were and what they had been do
ing. The officers found the negroes well armed
with rifles, pistols and large knives Chronicle
The native American., 1838-03-10
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The native American., 1838-03-10

Punning.-A propensity for punning among
men Of literary eminence in the last century,
ragged TO great extent. Swift's fondness for
puns of all sorts, is strongly shown in an ex.
tract from one Of his letters: The Bishop oil
Clogher has made an ifpun that he is mighty
proud Of and designs TO send it over to his
brother Tom, but Sir Andrew Fountain has
written to Tom Ashe last post, told him the
pun, and desired him to send it over to the
Bishop as his own; and If it succeeds it will be a
pure bite. III tell you the pun. II there was
a hackney coach at Mr.. Pooley's door wha,
town in Egypt would it be? Why, it would
be Hecatompolis; Hack at Tom Pooleys,
The native American., 1838-03-10

Indians IN the United Stafes.--The number
of Indians east ofthe Mississippi is 4s,365. The
number of Indians who have emigratcd to the
west of the Mississippiis is 81 1927. The numbers
composing the indigenous tribes within striking
distance of the Western Frontier amount to
I23l s06 And the whole number of Indians
within the limits of the United States is 3l2, ,49S
Assuming that every fifth one may be a warrior,
the number of their fighting men is 66,500.