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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-05-07
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"PoEM OF LABoR."-We hear that Mr..
Samuel Eaton will repeat his Poem OF
Labor" during this week. We hope 1t h
so. His work is one Of great literary
merit, and his delivery being very good,
makes it's reading by him quite an attrac.
ton. We will notify our readers in due
time of the time and place Of Mr.. Eaton's
entertainment.
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LOCAL MATTERS.

THE DISPATCH ON THE RAILR0ADs.-Messrs.
Cole & Turner deliver the Dispatch every morning
on all the railroad cars leaving Richmond and as
they are also our authorized agents to receive sub
scriptions to the Semi Weekly and Weekly Dis
patch, our friends along the railroad routes can
avail themselves Of the messengers of these enter
rrising news dealers in forwarding their orders.
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CoALrIELD AND TIDE-WATER RAILROAD.
The commissioners will open books Of SUBJ
scription to the stock of this railroad st
the office of the Midlothian Coal Mining
Company on the 10th instant. The stock
will doubtless be promptly taken, and the
work will be put under contract at once.
This is another move in the right direction
for the fuller development Of our mineral
resources and their cheap transportation
To market.
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The Warrcnton Sentinel says: "Mr. A.
w. Smith, who has been acting as con-
ductor on the Warrenton branch OF the
Orange and Alexandria railroad since the
close of the war, was discharged on Mon
day last, and Thomas L. Frankland, who
held the position before the war, was ap-
pointed in his stead.n
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VOLUME %.

rioters should be held up to the exccration
of all good citizens; and the great pity is,
that they did not fall victims instead OF
some innocent men who happened to be
wounded or killed in the action.
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The Cows FoUND.--The lost cows adver,
tised by Mr.. Kerse in Saturdays Dispdtch
Mr.. Thomas Harding informs us are az hi'
farm, ut Stony Run creek, on the Nine.
mile road. As everybody reads the DIS
patch, advertise in It Il you visa 20 tind
your lost property. k
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TmANKs.-To Mr.. Wade, National Ex-
press, and Mr.. Savage, Adams Express, for
late papers, and to some gentleman, (name
not left with us,) Of the National Express,
for our Washington letter.
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THIRD HowIrzERs.-There will be a
meeting of the old members OF the Third
Howitzers tonight at Schad's Hall. II Is
important that all should attend.
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FIRE IN New YoRK.-A fire at Fort Ed.
ward, New York, last Thursday, destroyed
sixty-fye thousand dollars worth of pro.
pprty
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MAYORS CoURT.-Mayor Mayo being
absent from the city, Recorder Regnault
presided over his court yesterday morn.
ing, and disposed of the following cases:
John Anderson, dirty looking negro,
was charged with assaulting and beating
Mary Smith. John was required to give
one hundred dollars security fol, his future
good behavior, and committed in default
thereof.
John Fields, negro, was charged with
stealing quantity of liquor from Messrs'
Stone, Wilson & Foster. He was commit
ted in default of one hundred dollars Sc
curity for his future good behavior.
William Jones, charged with having in
his possession a piece of stolen railroad
iron, was discharged upon the hearing OF
the evidence in his case.
The case of Henry Fitzgerald, William
Langford, and James Johnson, charged
with breaking into house on Twenty
second street, was continued until Friday
next,
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valuable building destroyed In the great
fire. The cost of the "Wickham Build
ing" will be thirty five thousand dollars.
The Farmers National Bank of Rich
mond, Va, which will commence business
in the Wickham Building" this morning,
have had temporary Offices on Fourteenth
street, and the names of the officers OF the
Bank are as follows:
Observation-Disclosures August.
pice- e-President.-JoelA A. Fithian.
Drectors.-J:L L. Apperson, L. w. Glaze
brook, Walter X. Martin, John W. Hall,
John Dooley, John II. Greanor, G. W.
West, Hugh w. Fry, Ii. b. Dickinson.
1eller.-James A. August.
The authorized capital of the Bank il
100000, of which 100000 has been paid
in.
In addition to the usual banking bust.
ness, savings department has been intro.
duced, and interest will be allowed upon all
deposits made in it.
The Farmers, Bank, although it has no,
been in operation so long as some Of it:
rivals, has done an encouraging and safe
business, and there is every prospect thai
the amount of its transactions will rapidly
increase. Banking and monetary facilitie:
are still greatly needed in the South, anc
there is no reason why each of our bank
ing corporations should not be entirely anC
completely successful.
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Pavin1 TeHer.-J. B. Macmurdo.

The authorized capital of the bank is
s5OO,OOO, of which 100000 has been paid
in, and when we remember the large bust
ness transacted by the National Bank OF
Virginia in their temporary offices at the
custom-house, and the soundness of their
financial condition, there can be no doubt
that the amount of their transactions will
continue rapidly but steadily to increase,
as they have done from the first day that
the bank was opened to the public.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-05-07

CESSATION OF HOSTILITIEs.
When the negroes were fairly under the
shelter of the fort, all danger of further
l,ostilities ceased, and Captain Garrett
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From the Memphis Argus, May 3.

From the Memphis Argus, May ..
The War Of Raccs-The RiOtous Fro.
cceslings Yestcrslay-Thc Negroes I'm
Line OF Battle near the Mississippi
aud Tennessee Depot--They nre Dis
pcrscd by Regular Troops. Police.
and litizcns-F0ur Negroes Killed
A white Man Fearfully Maltrcatcd-
One Citizen kills Another i'm M.
Ioon-Thc Funeral Of the Murdered
Fireman During the Day
and Evening.
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Anecdotes of Family Physician.

A toxhunter somewhat stricken in years
consulted DR.. Abernethy. The man's d.
gcstion was not so good as it had been.-
lie had lost his appetite a man delighted
him not, nor woman either. "Sir," said
Ahernethy, "you drink great deal. -
'Now; said the foXhunter, when relatipg
the interview, "now, supposinl | do drink
good deal what the devil was that to
him :"
A literary gentleman called upon him.
He, too, lad Il disordered stomach. "Of
course you havc,'' said Abarnethy, ga
half blind man could tell that by your
pose"
He used to have his wine of a mer-
chant whose name was Lloyd. lie one
day called to pay for pipe, and thrust a
handful Of papers containing fees into the
wine merchants hand Stop, stop,
Doctor, there may BE- much more than you
have to pay" "Nevcr mind, Lloyd. |
can't stop. You have them as [ had
them"
lie was very careless of money. He
would receive heavy fee, place the mon
ey on the table, and forget all about it.
"L'ai HE not luto temptotion" is the no.
Hest because the hnmbIest prayer Some
few If bis pupils were led into temptation.
The Less Of money was SO considerable
that the surgeon determined to ascertain
who was the delinquent. He marked
the money, and appearing suddenly be-
fore bis pupils said, "Now young gentle
mrn be pleased to show me your purses !"
Ihe thieves were discovered and dismiss
ed
lie was one day about to perform an
op"raflon---a very painful one. As was
his CUSTOM, he took care to see for him
sell that all the required Instruments were
at hand, and IN tirst-rate older "l think
everything is all right said Que of his
assistants. "No sir, everything is not
all right," replied DIR. Abcrnethy. Get
napkln t" conceal those terrifying IN
struments The man need not be Mortified
ut the sight,
The memory of Dr.. Abcrncthy was SIN
gularIy active aud tenacious. 4 friend of
u pcetcal turn Of mind composed some
verses complimentary of Mrs. Abernethy,
which lie reclted after dinner on her natal
day. Aberucthy listened attentivcly, and
immediately after the reading terminated
exclaimed, Come, that is good joke, to
attempt passing those verses of as your
original composition. know them by
heart and Abernethy at ouce repeated
them without the mistake of Il word
The p,et was astounded, mystifed, angry!
The amused host explained and offered to
repeat verbatim any piece of about the
same length which any orc 10 the compa-
ny woud rocite.
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cated with ola clothes In its Saracenic
form, Solomon, it would be considered
magnificent.
a curr Ut jest will destroy the pictur.
csque beauty of the most famous names
a living Pompey would be set down as a
niggcr, Il living Caesar treated us dog.
CynOn is name which would attract the
female eye, and perhaps, even reconcile it
to the adjunct Smyth. Mrs. Cymon
Smyth would have an air upon card
But the fine feminine instinct would re-
coil from Simon. And WHY the differ.
encc? Is it not because Cymon is asso-
ciated with lphigenia, uud Simon with
the simpleton who met pie-man com
ing from a fair? One of the objectiona-
bic names, to remove which from the face
Of tie earth all gods and men are called
to aid, is Villain. Yet the Hogwards and
STEWARDS were all villains and one of the
proudes. houses Of Europe, that Of Count
Villain the Fourteenth, rejvices in the oh.
noxious name.
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An Old but Successful Game.

On Monday last the citizens of Kittan-
ming, Pa, were treated to genuine SEN
sation, by veuder of cheap jewelry, who
reaped quite harvest from the gulible
residents Of the borough. The game
practiced was an old one, but it proved
highly successful, Notwithstanding the
frequent expositious made by tho press -
The Vender took prominent position on
the principal thoroughfare of the town,
and soon attracted an immense crowd
about him, III consequence Of his unpre-
ceedented liborality, He commenced by
selling genuine five dollar green backs for
four dollars, and did quite brisk bust
ness for few moments. He then offered
two dollars for one, and it is needless to
say he had no difficulty in making
sales"
He next distributed "currency' among
the crowd, and general scramble was
the result. Then came the offer of q
Handsome gold lockel" for two dollars
and "money returned" which was also
promptly accepted. This lberality vas
astounding, and the spectators grew en-
thuslasic. At the proper moment the .ew-
eller,' opened "iresh box" and offer
cd magnificent lockets" for five dollars.
Having gained the entire confidence of the
crowd, the lockets found ready sales, the
purchasers thinking the money would be
returned as in previous instances. After
having "sot his money back and a con-
siderable amount in the way of "profits,"
the vender coolly informed the crowd that
he was regularly licensed peddler, and
the Give dollar sales" were all bona fde.
Il is needless 10 say that the crowd saw
the ''sell" and discovered that they had
purchased an utterly worthless criticize
Experience is an excellent teacher, and
the residents Of the borough will be
probably OH the alert 10 the failure.
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Origin of Famous Names

IL is a vulgar notion, that sQme names
are necessarily noble and romantic, while
others arc necessarily mean and base
Names are beautiful only in their associa-
tions. Worth, valar, genus, learning
have converted sy llahes into poems, aud
words into histories. Look the British Peer.
age through, and in that bright list there
is perhaps, not one which not does seen!
to the eyes and the imagination picturesque.
Yet in their beginnings most C. them had
nothing IN sourd or srelIng that coald be
considered glorious. Howard is a Hog
ward Seymour is taiicrI Leicester is
weaver; Percy is gross fellow; Butler
is a cellar man; Stewart is domestic
servant. Vacn, We're, Hyde, aud Pole,
sound the reverse of heroic. Hay is not
in'rinsjcaiy uobler than straw. II is
it, then, that Hay has come to represent
the pink of aristocracy? Straw the los
est Of vulgar cheats? Simply by assoca.
ton. Would the oompoinauts originally
like 10 have been called Blunt, Craven, or
Gore There is nothing in Grey more
attractive than Brown, as to either sound
on letters. Indeed, Grey is shade or so
less vigorous than its rival Brown
Would any one like to have been known
as Roper CT Touchet if these family names
had never been imnortolized By noble
d eds.
We do not know that Gimet has
more familiar look than Bacon, Petty,
Peel, and Pit. Yet these have become
10y association some of the most reveren-
ti'i and gracious of English names. Mil
tor SackHiiIe, anu Shelley, are not neces.
SariIy nristocfatic and poetical Had they
not been elolliied by genius and by rank,
they would perhaps have been iaclu4sd
IN Mr. Hn%gcys list Churchill, Fuller,
Nod, QuarIes, Douue, Bowlcs, Savage,
Quincy, aud Dickens, now household
words, borne by soma Of the choicest Of
our national poets and humorists would
certainly have been So. Not much better
as to sound are Cowper, Lamb, and Bull
wcr.
People used to laugh and joke at Cecil.
Talh"t aud Talmarsh would be considered
vulgar Every Que considers Raleigh
very r"mauli' name, but in SiI Walters
''mo'i' Was open TO very bad puns The
same with Drake.
Coke, too, would be thought low had it
net been iIlnmiuateJ by the author OF the
institutes" and the owner o II khan
In the "boenc' ot SIR CHRISTOPHER, would
Mr. Ilg& hike t" have b, Ell called Wreu ?
Had there been no rrucltc giant of that
namc, wou!d uot Check have been voted
'n'oIcrane? In truth scarcely anything
depends IN the letter, every thing on the
c"nGecti"n of ideas Snl0mon was tie
@'scst Of rnen, and his uamc is one Of the
nooie>t 10 literature; yet no prudent
father, unless he were Jew, would give
1t to his child, because in the present gen
Grafton it haprcns to be ladcrously asgo
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Discouraging Children.

II is somewhere related that a poor
soldier having had his skull fraclur-
ed, was told by the doctor that his
brains were visible. do write aud tell
father of it, said he, "fcr he said I had
no brains " How many fathers and
mothers tell theit children this, and how
often does such a remark contribute not a
little to prevent any development of the
brain? A grown person tells child he
IS brainless, foolish, Or clockhcad, or
that he is deficient in some mental or NOR
al faculty, and in nine cases out of ten the
statement is believed the thought that it
may be partially so, acts like an incubus
to repress the confidence and energies of
that child. We know boy who, at the
age o ten years, bad become depressed
with fault.fnding and reproof, not duly
mingled with encouraging words The
world appeared dark around him, he had
been so often told of his faults and def.
ciencics. A single word of praise and
appreciation, carelessly dropped in his
hearing, changed bisI whole course of
thought. We have often heard him say,
''tbat word saved me-" The moment he
could do well he resolved that he would !;
and he has done we'll. Parents, these arc
Important considerations
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d)oetital,
GETTING ALONG.

We trudgc on together my good man and l.
Our steps growing slow as the years hasten by
Our children are healthy, our neighbors are
kind,
And with the world around us, we've no fault to
find,
''ris true that we will sometimes choose the worst
way,
For sure feet to walk 10. on weary, hot day;
But then ny wise husband can scarcely go
wrong
Aud somehow or other We are getting along
There are soft summer shadows beneath our
home trees
How handsome he looks sitting there at his
ease
He watches the fccks coming when sunset grows
dim,
His thoughts upon the cattle, and mine upon
The bacl>birds and brushes come chattering
near;
love the thieves music but listen with fear :;
He shoots the gay rogucs, would pay for their
song,
We're different sure. still we're getting along.
He seems not to know what / cat. drink or wear;
He's trim and he's hr rty, so why should care?
No harsh word from him my poor heart ever
shocks
| wouldn't mind Seeding, 50 seldom hr talks.
All! well, lis too rntiJh We women expect,
He only had promised to love aud protect,
So | lean on M husband SO silent and strong,
Pm sure there's no troHbie, we're getting along.
Life isn t 50 bright rs it was long ago,
When he visited me amid tempest aud snow;
When he brought m" = ribbon ~ jewel to wear
And sometimes IL rosebud to wear in my hair;
Bu, when are nirS We can all laugh and sing
OF course, growing old, lc's a different thing
My o"d man and | have forgot oar May song,
! eL SnmrnnM OF olhnI we ure 1cnllinn uLnnn
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FORCE OF HABIT. -Burke relates that
for long time he had been under the ne
cessity of frequepting certain place every
day, and that so far from finding pleas
ure in it, he was affected with disgust !;
and yet if by any means he passed by the
usual time of going thitber he felt remark
ably uneasy, and was not quoted until he
was in his usual track. Persons who use
snuff soon deaden the sensibility of smell,
SO that pinch is taken unconsciously, and
without sensation being excited thereby,
sharp though the stimulus may be. After
series of years, winding up watch at a
certain hour, it becomes so much a rou-
tine as to be done in utter unconscious.
ness; meanwhile the mind and body arc
engaged in something entirely different
An old man is reported to have scolded
his maid servant very severely for not hav-
ing placed his glass in the proper position
for shaving. "Wby, sir" replied the
girl, 81 have omitted it for months, and
thought you could shave just as well with,
out il"
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NO. l.
A LAWYER that had Test Enough,

A story is told of a very eminent law
yer in New York receiving severe repri-
mand from witness on the stand whom
he was attempting to browbeat. 1t was
necessary that Mr.. A should impeach
the witness. He endeavored to do it on
the ground of age. The following dia-
logue eusued:
GLOW old are you ?"
"Saventy-two years"
"Your memory, of course, is not so brill
liant as it was twenty years ago, is it ?"
81 do not know but it is"
estate some circumstance which occur
red, say twelve years ago, and we shall be
able to see how well you can remember"
81 appeal to your honor, if am to be
Intercepted in this manner--it is inso-
lent"
"Yos. sir; state it, replied the Judge.
"Well, sir, if you compel me to do it,
will. About twelve years ago you stu
died in Judge BIS Office, did you
not ?"
eyes"
"Well, sir, l remember your father
coming into my Office, and saying to me
'Mr. D., my son is to be examined
tomorrow, and I wish you would lend me
fifteen dollars to buy him suit Of Clothes
[ remember also, sir, that from that day
to this, he has never paid me that sum.
That, sir, / remember as though it had
been but yesterday"
The lawyer said, considerably abashed
"rh1t will do, sir" to which the wit
ness replied
II presume it will"
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A BROWN PAPER MAGNET.-A YER

A Brown PAPER MAGNET.-A very
Interesting electrical experiment may
be made with sheet Of brown paper, illus
trating in a remarkable manner, how the
most astonishing effects may be produced
by the simplest means Take sheet Of
coarse brown paper, aud after holding it
before the fire till it is perfectly dry, fold
it up into large strip about two inches
wide; the magnet is now complete. To
exhibit its attractive power cut some strips
OF writing paper three inches long, and
about as wide as one Of these lines place
them upon the table three or four togsth-
er. Now take the magnet and draw it
briskly under the arm two or three times;
its electric magnetism is instantly devel-
oped, and becomes apparent when held
over tho small strips of writing paper, for
they fly up towards the paper magnet, YER
itably "by the wings of lightning"
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nsy" a great trade has sprung up in
Denmark and Sweden in the matter of
hair. The peasants there are very poor,
but they have a profusion of fine hair,
which is valuable in certain quarters
where art balances the deficiencies of ma
ture. The agents for the trade, which
has arisen in this supply and demand
tempt the simple peasants in the follow
ing manner. They take the opportunity
Of appearing at the cottages when the hus-
band and brothers are absent. They have
bale Of tempting goods, and often, a
beautiful head of hair is exchanged for a
couple of Indian ailk handkerchiefs. The
bair thus collected has to go through five
or six preparations before it is it for the
head Of fashion. To produce the undula-
ting lines so much admired, it is rolled
around little sticks, and boiled in chal.
dron. The hair harvest in these coun-
tries, however, is likely to become scanty,
for mon object to marry the girls with
cropped heads, or '1short silks,' as they
term it and those who are still willin g
to be shorn of their locks hold out for
ready money, and will no longer barter
them for yellow handerchiefs.
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ONE OF PHARAoH's DAHLIAs,-I

ONE OF PHARAoH's DAHLIAs.-Lord
Lindsay states that in the course of his
wanderings amid the pyramids of Egypt,
he stumbled on mummy, proved by its
hleroglyphics to be at least 1000 years
Of age. In examining the mummy after
it was unwrapped, he found in one of
its closed hands tubcrous root. He was
interested in the question how long
life could last and he therefore took the
tuberous root from the mummy's hand,
planted it in a sunny soil, allowed the rains
and dews of heaven to descend upon it,
and in few weeks, to bis astonishment
and joy, the root burst forth and bloomed
into dahlia. 49,.