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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-12-15

THE GRAIN TRApE.-Great Britain Is re-
newing her demands upon US for grain. In
the past two days about aquarter Of a million
of bushels have been shipped, embracing
large quantities of barley and peas, with
some wheat, corn, and oats. Probably our
whole stock of grain in this market does
not exceed twelve million bushels navi-
CATION is now closed for the season re-
ceipts for some months will be less than
the requirements of home consumption /;
and IL follows that this extraordinary ship
ping demand, if continued, will soon be
seriously felt.-Ne~ York World, 18th.
If the attention of the people of the
western States were called to the James
River and Kanawha canal, they would see
at once that it is to their interest to Sc
cure the completion of that important
work forthwith. 1t would be closed but a
very short time in any ordinary winter.
Congress ought to provide for its compile
ton.
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Richmond and the Railroads.

Yesterday Judge CRuxp introduced
into the House Of Delegates a bill to
empower the Central railroad to complete
the Covington and Ohio railroad in the
event that the negotiation now pending be-
tween the commissioners on behalf of Vir-
ginia and West Virginia and a number of
distinguished capitalists shall not be con-
cluded. This bill win be found in our
columns this morning.
A bill is now on the calendar in the Le-
gislature for extending the Southside rail-
road from L~ynchburg to Covington.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany is diminishing for position. The saga
cious president of that immense corpora
ton expects a great deal from the assumed
dissatisfaction of the people Of Virginia
with their own railroads. He thinks they
will implore him and his company to come
and save them from the ~ayarice and greed
of their own corporations. An extract
from his speech appeared in our paper yes
terday by the side of Mr.. BUroRD's table
of comparison Of frcights on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad and the Danville rail-
road, by which it was shown that the rates
Of the former were higher than those of
the latter, Notwithstanding Mr.'GARRETT
charges that u roads are expressing the
people with high charges.
1t is a matter of vital Importance for the
people Of Richmond to look into these
railroad movements. They may rest as
sured that nothing that can be done to in
iure them will be left undone not because
it is merely desired to %injure them, but to
accomplish that advantage for other inte-
rests that will be fatal to theirs.
They cannot play in the cameo railroads
unless they haze something to play ~ith. For
immediate defence the airline to Lynch
burg is indispensable. 1t would be like
one of JACKsoN's flank movements. Next
must follow the airline to Charlottesville.
Presenting that the Covington and Ohio
road must progress as an inevitable work,
these two roads will give Richmond all
the protection she could demand, looking
10 the mountains and the west. With
these and equalized ~freights we need not
fear the result. But the airline to Lynch
burg is eminently demanded now.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-12-15

"a KNOCKDOwN ARGUMENT."- "A cleri-
cal writer in a prominent journal of the
late Kingdom of Hanover took it upon
himself to prove that though the King of
Prussia is now the sovereign of Hanover in
fact, he is not so by right that just as q
landowner may be unlawfully disposSessed
of his estate for a while, and the legal title
still remain in him, so King George V. of
Hanover is still King de jure, though King
William Of Prussia exercises the functions
of sovereignty de taCto, without warrant IN
law.
This was too much for the loyal heart
and mind of a thorough PruSsian clergy
man named DR.. A. Broemel, of Ratzeburg,
and in the Kreuz Zeitung of November Fl
he demolishes the Hanoyerian parson after
a tremendous fashion. The gist of DR..
Breemel's argument runs about thus:
Landowners bring their disputes before
the courts, and the decision of the last APP
pellate tribunalisfi final, and they have osub-
init. So likewise do Kings but their courts
write their decisions, not with pen and ink,
but with powder and lead. The Kings of
Prussia aud Hanover have appealed to this
court, where the presiding justice Is Deity
itself, and here the decision was adverse TO
the Hanoverian. Hence il not by the mere
power of might, but by the right OF the
Divine decree, that William |. of Prussia is
King of Hanover de facto as well as de
lure. Such an argument, we should think,
ought to be enough for the clerical de-
fender of King George, or Cor "any other
man."-Nep York Times.
The Times ridicules this argument when
urged in favor of Prussia, but when urged
in favor of the United States as against the
subiugated Confederate States, that paper
deems it conclusive. No doubt King WILL
LIAM, on the other hand, considers himself
perfectly ~justifable in ruling over an un-
willing people, and regards the United
States Government as an oppressor and
wrong.doer. No Government acknow-
lodges its own expressions.
Ii always lays the blame on the "mal-
contents those who do not know what
is hest for themselves. But it is plain that
while there is some sort Of consistency IN
an acknowledged despotism which thus
extends or maintains its rule over a people
against their own consent, there is not
even a plausible excuse for such conduct
on the part Of governments claiming to be
founded upon the consent of the governed.
The question as 10 whether it Is better for
a people to be governed by themselves or
by others is not involved.
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The twaddle INDUCED in by the Radical
limited States Senate, the schooi-boy argn-
meuts, the nonsense, the ignorance Of ever
the first principles of political economy
are disgusting. Mr.. CowAS said, on Thurs
day. she had seen Senators here who did
not understand the difference between a
bin of attaipder and an attainder Tor trea-
son who did not understand what was an
}, most fasto law.n The Radical SUMNER
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THE TERRIroRIALIzERs.-lt must have
been very Notifying to the "~loyal" men
who prepared the bill for reducing North
Carolina to a territory to hear old THAD.
cav. As he did when he introduced it into
House. that he did SO "by request" That
remark indicates that there is not much
reason to fear the passage of the bill.
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BY 0rubbs 4 williams. A~aenonssr.
Northwest corner Main and Eleventh sueees-

A p SSacN Sp nSaRxiNe UTENSILS A Auc.
TI0N NV the request OF James d. vaughAns. Cd
miaisI.icar q william .; Jsnnisss, ss q e
N gsnninss deceased, on the York kivsI rsiiIcaa
about four miles from Riehmone, on futshAx,
the is.h day q peesmec,, :, y Sslosd !; =
STATE eonsis,ing Of NUNS, cows HOO.
H~UuSsaSLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE.
AsMis var All sums Of any dollars and under.
eashe Or sllsraers sums, q credit Of four nonlbs
Tor negotiable notes, sA.i.i.ssoriy sneesssa
A. AnsuoNseu.
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BE GOOD INVESTMENT.
INSURE YOUR LIFE.
II must pay to your family. The same amount can
not be invested to pay as well in any other way.
The lowest rates are offered by the HOME COM
PANY, viz The RICHMOND SAVINGS BANK
AND INSURANCE COMPANY.
NOTES TAKEN FOR PREMIUMS. d
Agents wanted in every county in the State.
J. y. DAVIS, President.
J.F C. PORTS, Secretary.
T. b. STARKg. General Agent.
OFFICE, CORNER OF TwKLFTH AND MAIN STREETS.
Tdel III
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Is understood to maintain that the phrase
In the Federal Constitution, "attainder for
treason" means "bill of attainder." He
maintains this so as to have an excuse for
selling the fee simple Of confscatcd land.
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~ VI" p. ", eRgBBs rras..ss.
psn A.Dsiionsem. a

TRUSTEES SALE.-By virtue OF
= deco NV 10th. 1888, aud now Of record IN
iss County Court Of q c ss;ss a., ; sssni Hs . S ::::Fs
snc psy sS,sr dats, for the slia Of twsnty-thr.s
hUns1d dollars. / will proceed on MONDAY The
stS dsy Of December 1889. At 10 o'elosk ! ontes
49, s"nsisting OF lot Of ground sltuAted on Hall
s,rssi' in The Town Of Manchestsr fronting ".
vcnty four feet cir inches on ssid Hull street on
,ha sontheastern side OF said street, on whaeh "
s,ectss ! bRICR DWRLLlH0- HOUSE,
TEKns or SALE For cash ~ 70 90 mpea - nay
be necessary 10 pay the said note ana Inss xpenses
the residue "a viii be made kncwn On tas Ssy Of
sAle. kWAoA. Str@.2s
AZ f1-ds II9Ateo.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-12-15
By Grubbs d Williams, Auctioneers,
North v est corner Main and Eleventh streets.
BY Harrison, Goddin b Apperson, ~Auctionesrs,
Bankers, Brokers, and Real Estste Agents.

DESIRABLE LITTLE FARM OF
~ ONE HUNDRED AND ElfTYY1Piys AGkEsI
GROVE" CHURCH, SEVEN NILES BAsr "
sold at auction, on the premises, on MoNDAi the
18th December, 1885, at 10 o'clock n, the DEsikA-
N HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE ACRES. q
which about half Is open land, admirably well
adapted for market gardening; balsSce we'll
wooded In original and secondary growth.
The improyements consist Of an excellent new
dweliing (now occu ID temporarily BY DR.. I. \.
Cullen) containing Elk rooms, Including basemeha
Also, an excellent servants house, besides tns
usual out-buildings. -
The chief attractions OF the place are its nearnees
TO market by the excellent Aechanicsvilie tarn-
hood. Possession given by LIST OF January next.
TERxs 0ne-hfh cash balance a. six, twsisS,
n1tas interest added. secured by q trust deed
HARRISON, G0DDIS 4
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nz- RINFORD,S HAT STORE, 140s MAIN
STREET A FEW DOORS BELOW PEARL toR
FOURTEENTH STREET, IN THE HOUSE
KNOWN AS TIE "DIME HOTEL" AND NEXT
o 0 TO ALIENS HAT SToRE.-Ail the HATS
In this establishment are new and fresh thsving
been bought in the last few days. and OF the latest
STYLES. A good assortment of WOOL HATS, suita-
Bile for the country trade a splendid assortment OF
FANCY HATS, for young men and boys; BLACK
SOFT HATS In great variety. Also, CANES OF the
latest make, and UMBRELLAS.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM a. MAXWELL, formerly Of
the canal packet line, is engaged In this house.
and would be pleased to see his friends.
no 24-lmt
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 90, 1896

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 90, 1895.
in the building on Main street between Twelfth
and Tbirteeut6. next door TO julius Steenbock 4
dry goods store, which has been kindly
loaned by Messrs. Donnan x Co.
They appeal to the public TO patronize them
by purchasing their CHRISTMAS PRESENTS at
the fair.
The ladies and the committee solicit voluntary
contributions from all, which may be left 2ith
either of the Undersigned, or any OF the ladies.
ASA SNYDER. President.
CHARLES =. RADY, Secretary.
THOMAS w. PEMBERTON,
de Ats Chairman oil committee.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-12-15

NE CONTRACTS WIT FREEDMEN
BLANK CONTRACTS WITH FREEDMEN, for the
use of farmers and others, can be obtained at the
DiSpGtch Office. They will be forwarded by mail
to all parts Of the country at THREE DOLLARS
PER HUNDRED or FIVE CENTS PER COPY for
ten or more copies. A liberal discount to country
merchants. The money must be sent with the
order. de Its
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DANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE,
IL VIRGINIA, IN FULL oPERATloN..-This
time honored institution Is once o m9Te OF ~ p iaS-
e%essful operation, with q I'LL GUar scb Us are are
filled by able and experienced men. There are
i've literary and SCIENTIFIC schools, w 20 VI \
Try and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, MORAL phi
LoSOPHY and MODERN LANGUAGES. In sddi.
ton to the above, the Beard OF Trustees 9ip9 9 "a
cdant snS a si BGsf Il E s5sl EBBu &c III SSaDs I'n : :
To graduates in all these schools d1Plomss are %rs
Master Of Arts are conferred upon students VINO
accomplish a certain course; The high srads a
SSaJ bayea full CHEMICAL and PHILOSOPHICAL
APPARATUS, for the illustration OF 'hs suoJ0'''
taught. saa ,or
bealth and geniality. 1t is situated midway pc
tween the mountains and the seaboard ana ou-
ring a career Of thirty-thres years arr tbsqs T has never naVer
been a death arising from malaria or other local
cause. We profess to educate young men not only
men, 4 ' is SIXTEEN DOLLARS PR MONTH.
Tuition from $40 to $40, according to the namberot
schools attended. $3.50 will cover expenses %
hoard tickets for three schools, matriculaion ana
contingent fees for ten months.
Rooms in the College free OF charge, but we stu-
dent provides his own furniture. fuel, and lights.
a Y0pp 9so ms afs w6G f Ss be RtS tGte 'sar, who are unable
to pay their tuition, will be allowed 10 aueha any
This College is situated near Boydton, tue county
seat OF Mecklenburg county, Virginia.
Arrangements are made 10 transport stuash,s
from Ridgwsy Depot, on the Raleigh and wei
don railroad, whilst q conveyance leaves Roam
oke station, on the Richmond and Ppanriase
railroad. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and ffiaaye,
and the Wolf Trap depot, on the same ROAD, Tues
days, Thursdays, aud Saturdays. ua~x,.ra
Virginia. and North Carolina, from the West,
South, and Southwest. rho.-
Students will he received al any time. Inc So
~ next. Young men will be received and prepared
for the College proper, For further psTsisais asn ~,
countv yirginia. THOMAS c. JOHNSON,
de IS President Randolph Macon College.
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BY Pilkinton, Palliam 4 Co.,
A~uctioneers and Commission Merchants,
No. 8 Wall street, under Sc. Charles Hotel.

TOR SALE AT AUOTIoN.-At the
II request OF George Nash, Esq, We will sell At
public auction, on the Prepises on xRipAf the
tifni suburban R~EsIDENCg called P0WHATAN,
and the twenty three acres OF land attached. For
many years this beautiful residence has been &C.
capied by Robert A. Msye, ESQ. and family: The
buildings consist OF a large BRICK
HOUSE. containing nine rooms above basement,
and a large dry basement under the whole house
four BRICK OUT-B HOUSES, suitable for servants
a ans BRICK STABLE, with quarters for osllsr.
OFFICE and STUDY for young men,
and apparatus for making gas. Ihe srponos
around the house are most tastefuhy LAID on, and
the shade trees and shrubbery are, OF the most
beautiful and ornamental species. The fruit trees
are OF the most select kinds. The soil IL Of ne
mos. fertile character; The el.y y very vsinsSts
property is located on Osborne turnpike and ysmes
FLYER. about one mile from the susinefs ponion OF
1TEEss: sI,aao cash, 90 $40 LIST Of y.nSary; s@ Sd
twenty. four months, negotiable notes, interest
added secured y ( TN dssa pULLIAM q CO.,
de 13-tds AuetloncoIe.
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MEETINGS.

NOTICE.-The annual meeting of the
~ stockholders OF the new Mechaniesville Turh-
nh. Comnany will be held al the office Of Messrs.
W. Nj. sutton 4 Co. on MONDAY the 5lst day oil
December at l2 O'Clock u. bhhbh, IN,
DO I5-Ihth22d2yth3lst Secretary.
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CAPITAL NEW BOOKS.

IOKE. COKE.-The best SOFT CAR,
BON HILL COKE. hail and lump, 800 ans
s7-wxrranted free from popping-a me article io'
crates, ranges, &c. For sale BY ow
Basin bank between Eighth and Ninth streets
de l6-lts
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-12-15

DY AUTHORITY OF AN All Ut
the soth OF March, 1850, Incorporating the RICH
MoND and LYNCHBUkG RAIlR0Ap MP hook.
if snbscription 10 the capital stock OF said com.
nany ON Tuesday the ieth October, 1880, a. the
k N .. honses OF Nessrs. Re IL. Msury u Cor
r A Lancaster GCo., C. w. Purcell i Co., and
William THaoMAs W. McCANCE5
ISAAC DAVENPORT, JR.,
JAMES DUNLOP,
JOSEPH r. ANDERSON,
JAMES LYONS,
o.n Commissioners.
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7 AIDES FAIR.-The ladies of the
IL United Presbyterian church will open a FAIR
in aid of the enterprise of rebuilding their church
rian church DIR. Moore's) on MONDAY EVENING,
9TH instant. The FAIR will be kept open during
the week. A variety of useful and ar
ticles will be offered for sale, and among them a
good assortment of CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
Refreshment tables will be kept constantly sup
piled with substautlals aud delicacies.
The patronage OF citizens and strangers is re-
spectfully solicited. de l5-td
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COUGHS, COLDS, H0ARSENESS.-
u We ara again manufacturing and will con.
tfnus To manufacture during the winter, oar
coTGH KISSES, which we Introduced 10 the pub-
lie last year. These KISSES are highly RECON-
mended as a SAFE, SURE, and SEED RsLass
Hos II ESs are most pleasant TO the taste, ana
can be given to children withou, fear Or aansuI.yi
They are prepared only by as, and can Dc oplAinea
wholesale and retail, Call u 70 %
do ,svsw 500 Broad street.
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BY Grubbs q Williams, A~ustioneers.
vest corner Main and Eleventh streets.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE
LOTS ON sOUTH d or MARSHALL
STREET, BRTWEEN EIGHTH AND NINTH
s~TREETs.-By virtue OF . deed executed 70 the
subscribers as trustees by the trustees OF ~. Johns
and recorded In Richmond Hustipgs Court omse,
being thereto requested by the creditors sssarsai
nises. on MONDAY tho 3ath day Of Dscsmoer, %
q O'Clock P. M, II fair IL not, then On the next
iair day thereafter At the .ame hour, ne pfoPsrtX
on the south side OF Marshall street between
Eighth and Ninth streets, fronting 70 Isss, ana
running back ll7 feet 10 an alley 10 isst VIZ.
sals and to diseRsrgs two notes for ei,loo;sl sAshs
with Interest thereon from l., pss 81 - s.sh I, en
ss,h Msv 1851 sueh credit payments To- Gear lnts-
rest from The day Of sale and the remainder npon
terms OF payment which win Do made Known ~
the time OF sale. .r,oe
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The ladies representing the several Methodist
Sabbath schools OF this city and vicinity respect
fully announce a
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ADJUSTMENTS.

COLONEL +. r. FARRAR WILL
deliver his lectures on JOHNNY REB' and
JOHNNY REB'S WIFE, at the Manchester
Baptist church, on next MONDAY and TUESDAY
EVENINGS. December nth and 18th.
Price Of admission for each lecture, fifty cents.
Tic kets at the door. de l5-lt
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FEAST AND FAIR
for the benefit of the Methodist Sunday School So
ciety commencing
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TOR RENT, the FIRST FLOOR of
IL the MASONIC HALL, Twenty nth -
street. suitable for almost any kind OF bust Goa
mass. For terms, which will be ~Elx
ting, apply to Hiram oliver, William ]. King. or
TO [de 7-l0tl A.. s. LEE.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1866-06-15

ten per cent, convertible, you know. and Sc
cured on that up-country cotton, which Kir-
by Smith had above the big raft. | had the
printers ready for near month waiting for
that paper. The plates were ready--yery
handsome. I'll show yolra proof when we
go up stairs. Wholly new they were, made
by some Frenchman we got, who had work
ed for the Bank of France. | was so anx-
ious to have the thing well done, that l wait
ed three weeks for that paper, and, by Jove,
| waited too long. We never got one of the
bonds off, and that was why we had no mon
cy in March,"
Richards threw his cigar away. / will
not say he swore between his teeth. but he
twirled his chair round, brought it down on
all fours, put his elbows on his knees and
his chin in both hands,
"Mr. Sisson," said he, ''if the Confederacy
had lived, | would have died before ! ever
told what became of that order of yours.
But now | have no secrets, believe, and /
care for nothing. | do not know now how
it happened. We knew it was an extra nice
job. And we had it on an elegant little new
French fourdrinier, which cost us more than
we shall ever pay. The pretty thing ran
like oil the day before. That day thought
all the devils were in it. The more power
we, nut on the more the rollers screamed:
and the less we put on, the more sulllily the
Jade stopped | tried it myself every way.
back current, l tried-forward current
high feed, low feed; I tried it on old stock
| tried it on new; and, Mr.. Sisson, | would
have made better paper in a cofiee-mill !
We drained off every drop of water. We
washed the tubs free from size. Then my
brother, there, worked all night with the
machinists, taking down the frame and the
rollers. You would not believe it, sir, but
that little bit of wire" and he took out of
his pocket piece of this hateful steel, which
poor | knew so well by this time-"that lit
tie bit of wire had passed in from some hoop
skirt-past the pickers-past the screens
through all the troughs-up and down what
we call the lacerators, and had got itself
wrought in, where, if you know fourdri-
nler machine, you may have noticed brass
ring rlveted to the cross-bar, and there this
cursed little knife-for you see it was knife
by that time-had been cutting to pieces the
endless wire web every time the machine
was started. You lost your bonds, Mr.. Sis
son, because some Yankee woman cheated
one of my rag-men."
On that story [ came up stairs. Poor
Aunt Eunice. She was the reason / rot no
salary tho 1ot or hpIu. 1 thought L
would warn other women by writing down
the story.
That fatal present of mine, in those harm
/ less hour-glass parcels, was the ruin of the
Confederate navy, army, ordnance and treas
ury: and it led to the capture of the poor
! President too.
But, Heaven be praised no one shall say
that my Office did not do its duty Gdldry