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Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-08

NEW RICHMOND THEATRE.
Act us and Stage Manager. D. Ogden
sArURDAy EVENING. April .. 1864
COMPLETE SUCCESS of the
The Perfection of Mln.relsy.
Dramatic Company.
ER. DALTON,
as CoRSIoAN BROTHERS. -ka
Mis-, ElOlss Bridges
R. Dorsey Ogden p,
and the entire Company
GRAND MASK BALL
Conclude with the programme of the
HARN NI0NS.
MICEGENATION;
Or Virginia Negro i" Washington.
The Manager takes great pleasure in Informing the public that
ave scs written by Dr.. Breksn, Of this city, entitled
PARL0R AND CABIN;
Or THE MASTER AND SLAVE
The manazsm mt have preparation lrresaby funny Bur-
this he only comfortable economical ns ructvs, Interesting
amusing and respectable rsortio soldiers citizens visors
where they may fO get the cruel var
open att; performance commences at precisely.
Aps-lt
UIRGINIA.-At Rules held in the Clerks
once OF the Circuit Court Of the City Of Richmond
ihs 4h DAY Of April, 1854
George X. Greeu Pitt,
against
Miles H. King, Den
In ease and upon an attachment returned executed.
object Of this Of the Defendant six un
with interest thereon from the day OF May 1862
gill paid.
issued herein having been returned executes
Defendant required appear within month after due
publication hereof and do what protect his inter
est in this suit.
coPy-Teste:
sps-w4v BENZ. POLLARD. Clerk.
VIRGINIA.-At Rules held in the Clerks
once OF the Circuit Court of the City Of Richmond the 4h
day OF April 1854.
William g. Yourg, Plaintiff,
against
Miles n. Kpg sometimes called NJ II. King. Defendant
In Debt and upon Attachment returned Executed.
The object this suit of the defendant the
hundrsd nd fifteen dollars and eents with In
thereon the rats OF six centum from the
18th day OF January $780, TIL paid
And the attachment Issued herein having been returned
cued the deendan qued appear within month after
public hereof what protect bis In
terest IL this suit
Aeopy-Fejte,
An s-w4E BENZ. POLLARD, CLERK.
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ouartermas.er General.

0PPIOE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPLY,
AUGUSTA, Ga, Feb %, 1864.
The Southern Express Company hereby no
fyi friends and relatives Of soldiers in the Army No
Virginia elsewhere that they prepared carry
the card and that they
will do all In their power 10 fulfill ts requirements.
JAMES SHUTTER,
General Superintendent and Acting President
fe2-d8m Southern Express Company.
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ffTHR Annual Meeting of the Stockholders
Il Of BANK OF FHE COMMEMORATIVE VII s1ss R RTs
AZ thsr Bapog House, city Of Nshno1e o.
DAY the l8th inst, a. 10 o'clock. }. = hOstSss
Richmond. april 4 1set-td OssA~
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EOR RENT.-A number of very desirable
rooms N he old acOlunbAn Hotel" Dan Be h.d ~ care
f tsnIat or ne remAndsr o. s year. On ~
andsrsigned.
NH
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SPECIAL ORDERS,
No. 81 va
Xxx. Bgader General John r. wlnder hereby directed
make immediate enquiry and report without delay
1s The name rank, regiment and Of all commissioned
officers and the length Of time each has In city,
3D. In each he will require copy Of the By which
the officer Ia Ahsent from his proper command stationed
the city copy the order by whchh upon duty
XXI. Whenever II appears that officer rghuy In
Richmond he win be forthwith his proper command and
the fact reported 20 this ONCE for further action the Depart
ment. -
Ey command Of the Secretary Of War. 1'
Qignedl JOHN wITHERs,
a.H Asst Adjt Gen.
In accordance with the above all arriving the
city, and those duty In this city who have Already
SOL will report In person. without delay,
By order Of Brgader General Joaz II. wIxDsa, Conm'g
Dept j. W. PEGRAM A. A GEN.
lo--u
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FROM SUFFOLK.

On Monday morning last, says the Petersburg Ex-
press three companies of negro cavalry and three
panies of white infantry into Suffolk, for the
purpose they said, Of arresling VIM. Upshur KIby,
who was at home Ga faflOugh. Ttey searched the
houses Of john R and ThOs. J. Kby, bu. did not fad
the young man. They then arrested EiwArd Areold,
Robinson Arnold, Wilson NOrases and hajia Larg-
stein cit ms, and carried them S They broke open
the store Of JAMS B. NOla se aud robbed of some
tobacco end sugar, and then returned TO their camp
below.
The Yankees lava four companies Of cavalry and
one regiment Of infantry at Bsrnard's MIL and a ne
gro regiment stationed the farm o! Capt Savage,
seven miles beloT SlH,k. they have stolen aud d.
sroyed almost everything Mrs.. Savage bad and annoy
her in eve,y way possible. Capt. wage is gallant
CfR,sr in the 18Th Virginia q VARY.
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IN CHANCERY-In Powhatan Circuit Court,
Il October the 9s,h, 1883.
Charles r. Lewis, Plaintiff
againSt
james harris In his right and guardian Of Edwin A.
Harris Harris In his rIht and admir- Of the said
Edwin A. Harris Virginia Hsrr an infant O. Lack .nd,
Jones lakeland samuel NJ Lakeland, waea Stage and Emily
his Wife, Augusta Lakeland and stephen H. Avery and Bet
Il his wife, Defendants.
The Court without decidiny any question rights
Of parties controversy In this doth udge order
and Master mr. Graves do state
transactions the de James Harris guardian OF
the p Harris admir- OF said Edwin A. Harris,
shew how much OF the accumulated
the proceeds Of sale Of real estate and how
much the estate Ahog as far rs practicable the
Of said parties heretofore stated and reported by the
Conn III basis OF the accounts herein ordered with leave
any party snrcharse and fay the same-snd that said
Cor report said With matter specially stated
pertinent BY himself which may be required BY the
pAi"'' " " ~ r. y. aRAvEs, Clerk ,
The parties the foregoing order Of Court
by nensd that appointed the 12h day OF APRIL 1884,
for taking direoed b. said order which day
thew are rqaed TO attend The Clerks Once Of Povhatan
County with a necessary papers and other evidences TO enable
TO do ~ dkAtES
mh2o-2swt12aP Oom'r
VIRGINIA.-At Rules held in the Clerks
Once Of the Circuit Court Of the city Of Richmond The 9th
D. James In his own right and as executor Of Hector Davis
deceased, -..-.I- PHI,
gtnst
Ann Jsnnis Audubon Victoria and Msds persons COLOR
The ect Of this suit for the Courts direction Of the mn-
raon Of the estate Of Hector Davis, deceasd and for The
distribution Of the
And an iavt having made and sd the defendants
named non-resdea OF this Commonwealth the sSd
required 70 within mouth after due
publication hereof aud do what necessary to protect ih in
tertEt In this suk
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10 AMI WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN

mo ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
This Is to give no,ic: h..I shan apply 70 the Circuit
to pay over the proceeds Of certain real estate
ogIse 70 my wards who reside In Norh Carolina which
real state was sold decree OF said In the
Ooah guardian Wade, &c thereia Deepen Hing, having
given bond according !, law In the county
New Hanover, In ne State OF North oarolna-
WILLIAM 4. MAYO,
apI--w4v Guardian Of Mary Wade and Harriet Wade.
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no THE. CREDITORS OF COLEMAN &
MORRIS: Take notice that have still funi In hand,
for which you apply before the 26h Of March 1854 (pre-
pared give reoep otherwise you will have to bear the
80 EDWARD 7. MORRIS,
mal-v41 Tfl stee.
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would advise every family 70 purchase Receipt They
could not spend dollar TO turn them out more.
ap5-dlTclt. A.w. BAnx, Lunenburg, Va.
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To the Voters of Louisa:
candidate for the once OF Commissioner Of the Revenu
and II 1t hould please TO elect pledge myself TO
fora the duties Of the once with energy and fidelity.
NH Sl-10lt T. q. MANeYIELD.
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TO THE VOTES OF HANOVER COUNTY.
RESPECTFULLY announce myself can
did ate for the cerkshp ofhe Circuit Court Of Hanover
mh2o-2aw3ws JOHN z. TAYLOR.
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'sU HKADo'Es DEPAnfnExT HKslico,
Richmond, March 80, 1854
HILLYER, IA negro many the property of
WIN. Dannsvsnt OF kentacky, employed Polk Hoplta,
JOHN 3. WINDER,
ap4-lw Brgadier General
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Dreaming on Wedding Cake.

a bachelor editor, out West, who had
received from the fair hand of bride a
piece of excellent wedding cake to dream
on, thus gives the result of his expert
ence !:
We put it under our pillow, shut our
eyes sweetly as au infant blessed with an
easy conscience, aud snored prodigiously.
The god of dreams gently touched us, and
10 lin fancy We were married. New err
was little editor so happy. 1t was "my
love, dearest, Sweetest, ringing in our
ears every moment. Oh, that the dream
had broken off here. But no some evil
genius put it into the head of our ducky
to have pudding for dinner to please our
lord.
In hungry dream we sat down to din
ner. Well, the pudding moment arrived,
and huge slice almost obscured from our
sight the plate before US.
"My dear" said we, fondly, "did you
make this p
eyes, my love, amt it nice ?"
"Glorious the best bread pudding
ever tasted in my life"
plum pudding, ducky,' suggested my
wife.
"Oh, no, dearest; bread pudding.
was always fond of 'em'
"Call that bread pudding!" exclaimed
my wife, while her lips slightly curled with
contempt.
"Certainly y, my dear; reckon I've had
enough at the Sherwood House to know
bread pudding, my love; by all means"
Husband, this is really too bad. Plum
pudding is twice as hard to make as bread
pudding, and ismore expensive, and is a
great deal better. say this is plum pud-
ding, sir!' and my pretty wife's brow
flushed with excitement. ....
"My love, my sweetest, my dear love-"
exclaimed we, soothingly, edo not get an.
CRY. am sure it is very good; it is bread
pudding"
"You mean, low wretch>p' fercely re-
Piled my wife, ''you know it is plum pud-
diug!'
"Then, madam, it's SO meanly put to-.
gether and SO badly burned that the de-
vii himself wouldn't know it. 1 tell you,
madam, most distinctly, emphatcally, that
it is bread pudding, aud the meauest kind
at that !"
at is plum pudding p shrieked my
wife, as she hurled glass of .claret in my
face-thc glass itself tapping the claret
from my hose.
Bread pudding" gasped we pluck to
the last, and grasped roasted chicken by
the leg
opium pudding p rose above the din,
as We had distinct perception of feeling
two plates smashed across our head.
"Bread pudiingl' we groaued in rage,
as the chicken left our baud, and, flying
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The Japanese.

A "Traveller," in letter to the London
Times says:-..,..
81 can assure you, if we 60 to war with
the Japanese, we must not blind ourselves
with the belief We shall have second Chi,
nese affair They are bold, courageous,
proud, and eager after every kind of know
ledge. A friend of mine gave workman
Bramah lock to put on a box it was
not discovered until some time sfterward,
and then by the absence of the name,
that the lock had been initiated, and as the
workman confessed, the original kept as
pattern. | have been on board steamer
(paddle) which used three years ago to run
between Nagassaki and Jeddo, six hun.
dred miles, whose engines and boilers, and
every part Of her machinery, were made of
copper. She was built by doctor in jed
do, whose only guide was a Dutch descrip-
ton of steam engine translated into Jap.
anese. An American gunnery officer was
sent over in 1859, in the Powhatan, to
teach them gunnery, He was courteous
ly received, and then taken over the arse
nal at Jeddo. He returned to the ship,
saying che had been taught lesson in
stead of having to teach"
! Gin many of the arts and manufactures
they excel as their beautiful castings III
bronze would puzzle the most experienced
European workman. | have shown speci
mems to clever workmen who confessed
they could not initiate them. Thou h
they do not know how to blow glass,
have seen samples which would rival in
brilliancy any made in England The
French Minister had large ball, so clear
and of such perfect color that he believed
it to be gigantic sapphire, and bought it
for good round sum. Their paper imi-
itations of leather are perfect; their pa
per waterproof coats are bought by the
captains of ships for their exposed boats
crews their own clocks are good, and
they have initiated our watches; they walk
about with "pedomoters' attached to their
belts, and they are not backward in cop
per-plate engraving and perspective.
Their china is far superior to the Chi.
ncse. The country abounds with coal
though they only use that found close to
the surface but even that, sort of btu
mnous shale, is good. In gold and silver
| believe they could rival Mexico and
Australia; iron, copper and tin are found
il profusion. A friend of Yokohama gave
a Japanese piece of English cotton shirt
ing; in few days the man brought back
two pieces, and my friend had much diff
Guilty in saying which was bis, so closely
had it been initiated. In fact, they are
people who want for nothing but teach
orc -
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them, and even, If other things fail, gath
err green leaves from the woodlands.
What is Arahia.

' Arabia Is not what Americans habitu-
ally conceive II to be, mere sandy desert,
fat, as sands generally are, traversed by
bands of half starved horsemen, with tW o
little but sacred cities, and port which
an American frigate can reduce to reason
by bonibardmeut. 1t is vast, though
secluded peninsula, with an area of '100,-
900 square miles greater than that of
Europe west of the Vistula-greatcr, that
is, than the territories of four of the five
powers, with Germany, Spain, Portugal,
Greece, Scandinavia, Poland aud Italy
added thereto. This enormous region, so
far from being mere sandy plain, is ira
versed by high ranges of mountains filed
with broad plateaus, many Of them as
wide as European kingdoms, and full of
magnificent though dreary and awc-inspi-
ring scenery. The highest Arab tribes
and the point is one too often forgotten
are mountaineers share in the fervid i'm
agination, the brooding and melancholy
thought, which have in all ages distin-
guished men bred on the higher regions of
the earth.
Even the aridity of the soil of Arabia,
though great, is political fact, seriously
exaggerated, partly because the districts
nearest to civilization are the worst, part
ly because travellers select the winter for
exploratiohs-a time when even the fer
tile plain of upper Italy looks hideously
desolate; but chiefly because the Euro
pean mind has a difficulty in realizing
territorial vastness or compromising how
enormous may be the aggregate of patches
of cultivation spread over peninsula like
Arabia. When, some two years ago, the
Governor of Alden was permitted to visit
Label, he, filed, like all other English
men, with the ''idea" of Arabia, was
startled to find himself only a few miles
from his own cracking cinders amidst
pleasant corn lands and smiling villages,
in which dwelt population showing ev.
cry sign of prosperity and content
There are thousands of such spots in
Arabia, to which the eternal boundary
of the desert blinds all but the keerest
observers
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Change In Color of the Hair.

The changes produced by disturbances
of the heart upon the cutaneous capillaries,
are illustrated in remarkable manner in
persons where the hair of the head has
suddenly become wnite frolu disturbance
in the heart, caused by violent mental ex-
element A lady who was deeply grieved
on receiving the intelligence of great
change in her worldly condition, and who
had a very remarkable quantity of dark
hair, found on the following morning the
whole of her hair had become of silver
white, Some striking instances Of this
kind are narrated by historians. ~
~ was struck says Madame Camran,
"with the astonishing change misfortune
had wrought upon Marie Antoinette's
features; her whole head Of hair had
turned almost white during her tram
sit from Varennes to Paris /" The Du-
chess of Luxembourg, when caught
making her escape during the terrars of
the French Revolution, and put in prison.
the next morning it was observed that her
hair had become white A Spanish Off
Cclj uiStiHghlsiieu lbI HIS uIuFCi1j was III
the Duke of -Alva's camp. At midnight,
the Provost Marshal, accompanied by his
guard and confessor, awoke him FROM
his sleep, informing him that, by order Of
the Viceroy, he was to be Immediately
executed, and had only a quarter Of an
hour left to make his peace with Heaven.
Alter he had confess ed, he said that he was
prepa ed for death, but declared his limo.
cence The Marshal at tais moment
burst into fit Of | lighter, and told him
that they merely wanted to try his cour-
age. Placing his hand upon his heart,
and with CHASTITY paleness, he ordered
the Provost out of his tent, observing that
he had "done an evil Office :" and the
next morning, to the wonder of the whole
army, the hair of his head, from having
been of deep black color, had become
perfectly white.
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German Economy.

A late tourist in Germany describes
the economy practsed by the peasants as
follows:
Each German has his house, his Or
chard, his roadside trees so laden with
fruit, that did he not carefully prop them
up and tie together, and in many places
hold the boughs together by wooden
clamps, they would be torn asunder by
their own weight. He has his corn plot,
his plot for mangel wurtzel or hay, for
potatoes, for hemp, &c. He is his own
master, and therefore he and bis family
have the strong st motive for exertion.-
You see the effects of this in his industry
and economy.
In Germany nothing is lost. The pro-
duce of the trees and the cows is carried
to market. Much fruit is dried for win
ter use. You see wooden trays of plums,
cherries and sliced apples laying in the
sun to dry. You see strings of them
hanging from rhe windows in the sun
The cows are kept up the greater part of
the year, and every green thing is collect
ed for them. Every little nook where
the grass grows, by the roadside, river
and brook, is carefully cut by the sickle,
and carried home, on the heads of women
and children, in baskets, or tied in large
cloths. Nothing of the kind is lost that
can possibly be made of any use. Weeds,
Dettles, nay the very goose-srass which
covers the waste places is cut up and
taken for the COWS You see the little
children standing in the streets of the vii,
lagos, and in the streams which generally
run down them, busy washing these weeds
before they are given to the cattle They
carefully collect the leaves of the marsh
grass, carefully cut their potato tops for
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AIR, MD FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST 5, 1864 ss.a

with swift wings across the table, alighted
in madam's bosom.
opium puddingw resounded the war
cry from the enemy, as the gravy dish
took US where we had been depositing our
dinner, and plate of beans landed on our
white vest.
Bread pudding, forever v' shouted we
in defiance, dodging the soup tureen, and
falling beneath its contents.
opium pudding" vociferated the ami.
able spouse; noticing our misfortune,
she determined TO keep US down by piling
upon our head the dishes with no gentle
hand. Then, in rapid succession followed
the warcries-"Plun pudding she
shrieked, with every dish.
s"Bread pudding !" in smothered tones,
came up from the pile in reply. Then it
was 'plum pudding the last crow grow
ing feebler, till, just as We can distinctly
recolect, it had grown to whisper
=" Bread pudding" resounded we, like
thunder, followed by tremendous crash,
as my wife leaped upon the pile with her
delicate feet, and commenced jumping up
and down. Thank Heaven, we awoke,
aud thus saved our life We shall never
dream on wedding cake again-that's the
moral.
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VOL. VIII.--.-.NO. 80.
A Suspicious Woman,

One afternoon last week, when the wind
was playing sad pranks with signs, awnings
and crinoline, gentleman, in quite feeble
health, was struggling to reach bis home,
at the south part Of the city, aided by his
wife. Just as they reached the corner of
fremont AMI some other street, a huge
scuttle, weighing nearly hundred pounds,
was torn from the roof of house by the
power Of toe wind, and dashed to the side.
walk, just in front of the feeble gentleman
and his wife. sa'
"Good heavens p the man exclaimed,
Chat was narrow escape for u.s."
aft it had hit us, it would have killed
u.s." she replied.
The two stopped for moment to exam.
ing the scuttle-more dangerous during
high winds than bombshells; but just as
they were scrutinizing it window near
them was opened, a females head was
thrust out, and in shrill tones she shou-
ted: ~ a
"You needn't thiuk you're goin' to
carry that off, cause it b'longs to my
house -
The gentleman, who was not able to
shoulder fifty pound weight, left the
scuttle for home as fast as the gale would
permit him 10 travel.-American Union.
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A Puzzled JUsTIoE.-A man named
Josh was brought before country squire
for stealing a hog, and three witnesses be.
ing examined svore they saw him steal
it.
A wag, having volunteered as counsel
for Josh, knowing the scope of tho
squire's brain, arose and addressed him as
follows
"May it please your honor, I can es-
tablish this mans honor b yond tho shad-
ow of doubt, for have twelve witnesses
who are ready to swear that they did not
see him steal it,"
The squire rested his head for few
moments, as in deep thou sht, and with
great dignity arose, and brushing back his
hair, said +:
''lf there are twelve who did not see
him steal it, and only three who did dis
charge the prisoner
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SPIRITUAL ADVICE BY A PHYSICIAN

SPIRITUAL ADVICE BY PHYSICIAN
-"Old Doctor c." was known as skill
full physician, blunt and downright, but
not addicted to church-going. Mr.. S.,
the sick trader, sent for him. The pulse
was examined, the pills dealt out, and the
directions given. But as the doctor was
taking up bis saddle bags, Mr. S. turned
to him with very pious look.
81 have a solemn request to make of
you DR.. g."
"What solemn request of me p
eyes, sir; it concerns my salvation,
and hope you won't refuse it."
"Why, bless you, Mr.. S that don't
come in my line; send for minister"
"But hear me. | feel that | am very
sick man, and ifat any time you see that
/ am going to die, | want You to let me
know at least three days beforehand
"But what in the world do you want to
know that for p
80, don't know that am prepared to
die, and shall want at least two or three
days to prepare
40, we'll, make your preparations, make
your preparations, Mr.. S and if you
don't die it will not-be lost to your Gus
tomsrs."
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n;ga That BANGOR n,inister wac bo

hGT" That Bangor minister was bold
one, who recently preached against crino-
line. During the TRADE, he is reported to
have said
"The path to heaven is narrow, while
that to perdition is broad, and would adj
you wish to walk in. 10 my mind hoop
skirts were made for the broad road aud
the wearer who designs to 60 in the narrow
one will lind them "A serious impeachment
t. her progress. Mark me, you ladies', 1t
will be a haTd thing for you to get to bea-
ven in low neck dress and ho'p.skirts.
1t will be hard road to travel.' . ......