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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-07-07

PORTLAND, July Give car loads Of
provisions came down from Boston last
night, and are now being distributed among
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-07-07

FIST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE,
81 81 rounds primo slAithash BACON,
sqasstsr ,cAskx. Ans old P0RI N.Y..
SOC hah barrels cut aud HOk itkRRiAos,
70 Earrsls halifax MENRlnGe.
CHRISTIAN, LEA & Co,
iyd~N No. tSst Main strvsi
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-07-07

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BRICKS! BRICKs!! BRICKs!!!

We are now burning, and In few days vih
open, one OF the best kiins OF
STOCK,
COMMON BRICKS
which has been offered for sale this season. Thess
BRICKS win DO cold On very reasonable terms ~
applying st our yard, On Twsniy.foussh, esswssa
10 ai--u TUNER / PLEAyAyTs:
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-12-20

GENTLE ANNA AGAIN.--The Boston
correspondent of the Louisville Courtcr
went to hear Miss Anna Dickinson lee
ture, and was impressed Hear what
the gallant youth says of the fair
Yank:
And that reminds me, went to SEQ
and hear Anna Dickinson deliver .her
new lecture, which she calls "The Re,
jected Stone" but / am unable to dis
cover the relation which the lecture held
to its title. But Anna is a sprightly
little cuss, and has voice that would
charm the birds off the bushes. For the
benefit of your taircorrespondent. "Ken-
tuckuennc," | will describe her costume
in full. Straw colorcd' silk, with black
lace trimmings around her neck and
down to the waist in front diamond on
lett hand finger; hair short and brshy.
Taken as whole she was exceedingly
nice and pretty l don't care if she did
pet Fred. Douglass, she is pretty, by
jingo She hurled hen rejected boulder
at the audience as gracefully as David
slung his little smooth stone at the giant.
She was severe on President Johnson,
comparing him TO all the tyrants OF any
standing in ancient, or modern history.
She told about Dick Taylor's making
Union men dig their own graves, and
about Bnrb Blackburns Shooting two
little Union girls. She brought up the
God send for the Radicals, the New Or,
leans riots, also the Memphis massacre
of school marms. IN short, she lied like
the devil. She vindicated Congress,
and pointed ont the only mode of recon
construction, etc, etc, etc
left, wondering how human female
could be. so beautiful and bcwi,chng,
and tell such whoppcrs.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-12-20
ADVERTISING RATES.

Ordinary adyertiscUents, occupying not
more han ten lines. Tone square will be
inserted in THE NEWS, at SLIGO for the
first Insertion and IS cents for each sub
scquent insertion.
Larger advertisements, when no contract
is made, will be charged in exact proper
ton.
For announcing candidate to any Office
of profit, honor or trust, $1,000.
Marriage, Obituary Notices, Sc, Will be
charged the same MS advertisements, WHOM
over ten lines. and must be pr ID for when
handed in, or they will no. .ppear.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-12-20
GENERAL S1oKLEs AND THE

GENERAL SJcKLEs AND THE FLoG.
GING QUEsrloN.-The following is the
order under which flogging is prohibit
ed'in North Carolina. It is found in a
communication dated Headquarters, Post
of'Newhern, December l3, inst:
V. Corporal punishment shall not
be inflicted upon any person other than
a minor, and then only by The parent,
guardian, teacher, or one of whom said
minor is lawfully bound by mdcnture of
apprenticeship. Nor shall any person
be sold to service ass punishment for
crime or for other cause. by any au-
thority whatever. GO No. |, Par.
XVIII, Headquarters Department South
Carolina, January lst, 1866
vi. The laws of the States. respec-
tlveIy, in this Department, defining and
puaishing vagrancy, applicable to white
persons, may be enforced against all
persons; nevertheless no one who slla!l
have used reasonable diligence TO oh,
! tain employment, or Who shall be unable
to work by reason otinfrmity, shall be
deemeda yagrant. (G. o. No. J, Par.
XIII, Headquarters Department OIL
South Carolina, January lst, 1885,.
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NUMBER TWO.
is the Editor in ?p

"Hello.! is the Editor in ?!'
eyes, walk in, Mr.. Muggins--take'
scat, sir.
81 just called to see about taking a
paper, Squire. What arc they going
at now ~
s'Four dollars q year, SIR"
"Four dollars why, | never heard
of such cxtortion"
( EWcll, Mr.. Muggins, / understand
yomhave some wheat--what do you
ask for it :"
"Thrce dollars a bpshel, sir."'
"I also want some bacon. What is
tho price Z" So
"fwcnty-eight cents per pound,
SIR"
"I wish, likewise, to get some corn
and fodder--what are the prices Of
those articles 3" =
s'Corn is q dollar and a half per
bushel, aud fodder dollar and a half
per cwt. But hold on let us settle
that newspaper affair. Cant you let
me have it for less than four dollars :
I do not see any good reason for asking
moro than you did formcrlN-which
was two dollars, I,believe."
editor somewhat excited. "Thei
thunder you don't III formerly.
bought wheat<at a dollar a .bushel--
YOU now ask three !! | bought bacon
/. at l2t--now you ask. %! i bought
corn at from so to rs you now ask q
dollar and a half! i bought fodder at
SO cents percwt, ,-you now ask $l.50!
,Ands on to the end of the chapter,
Let us look at the PfaeticaI Working
of the thing. L offer you my paper at
two dollars the old price 1T you will
pay in produce al pMs2egFcs& This
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-12-20

WHAr THE ElrEhon. NAroLEox
SAYS Mr.. Bigelow's reply to. ,.Nlr.
Stewards big cipher despatch (pcr At
lartic Cable) was received on Tuesday
morning, and this is said to be the
whole of it, nearly:
.sIn answer to Il verbal communica.
ton, the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Nj. Moustier, writes me to-day that
FRANCE has not changed her resolution,
but that upon military considerations.
she has deemed it expcdiem to substi-
tute one comprehensive cyacnatios for
an evacuation in separate parts. Ar
of our troops will leave Mexico in the
month of March"
In shorts me re, this is about oquya-
alent to saying: ",Nly dear sir, am
goin 6 to leave MeSico-but i will 90
when | am ready-'not before"
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-12-20
Familiar Conversations.
NUMBER ONE.

"Ah, Mr.. Editor, Iwish to advcr-
tise by the year in your. rapcr. What
will four squares cost ?o
''Fifty dollars, SIR"
"Fifty dollars! Why, I used to
get it foI thirty, before the war. I
can't pay any more nowhere is no
justice or reason in such high prices.n
every we'll, sir, if you don't like
the price, let alone. wish to boy a
pair of. good scwcd shoes. What is
the price Z"
"Six dollars, sir--a very nice arti-
cle."
Ahem I! what was the price of such
shoes, before the war :"
tErpm two and half to three dol
larss,siis everything in our line, you
know, is higher now"
%%"Yes, sir. Have yousomc coffee
and what is the price 2"
GIVE have very nice Java at fifty
cents"
"Fifty cents What was the price
before the war p"
" From eighteen to twenty, SIR"
"Well, Mr.. Graspall, let me SEQ
some Of your bleached shire;ag.
What is the price of that % y
"Bleached shirting is worth half q
dollar per yard, sir"
"Did you not formerly sell it at ff-
teen to twenty cents per yard p
eyes, sir; but, as [ before remark
ed, everything in our line is higher
than formerly"
"Wefl, sir, ] see can't afford to
buy dry goods and groceries but
am obliged to have some -four, bacon
and corn. What are those articles
worth 70
"Flonr is from sixteen to twenty
dollars pcr barrel corn, one dollar
and a half per bushel, and bacon twen-
'ty-eight cents per pound"
"Don't you remember when l ad-
vertised for you for thirty dollars, you
sold -four at So per barrel, corn at so
cents, per bushcl and bacon at l24
cents per pound 70
"Wcll, yes, | believe So"
"IIow then, do you expect me to pay
from one to two hundred per cent. ad-
vance on former prices and not raise
my rates ~
"Well, / don't know, Mr.. Editor
but it does seem to inc your prices are
very extortionate." -!
Reader, the above is 70 fancy
sketch nor does it apply to mer-
chants alone.
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you decline to do, because it would
take two bushels of wheat, which
you estimate at six dollars. It
would take four bushels of corn, which
at the present price, would amount to
six dollars. It would take 400 lbs.
fodder for which yon now ask six dol
lars"
"Hold on, Squire-don't go any
farther. Here are four dollars; put
down my name. 1 find editors are
not, after all, SO unreasonable as some
of the rest of, us.-Ahens (Ga.)
Watchman.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-12-20

CLASSIFICATION OF CoTroN, The
Committee Of the New Orleans Chamber
of Commerce .havereported and pub.
lished the following resolutions
Therefore, be IL resoioed, That here.
after tile classification Of Couon;n tins
market shall be in conformity to the
Liverpool classification, and quotations
shall be made and published in accor
dance herewith.
i ResotyM. That the sample Of each
grade, as selected hv the committee and
deposited with the Secretary of the
Chamber OF Commerce, be and they are
hereby declared the criterion Of the Liv.
erpool classification.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-12-20

The Crockett Sentinel learns from
gentleman just settled near that place
from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. that 1900
wagons, bound for Texas, from South
Caroliua, had passed through that
place. q
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-12-20

Ctr DANGEROUSLY, AND ANOTHER
SLIGHTLY WoUNDED.-A man by the
name OF DR.. Ridley, who lives fifteen
miles from Macon, made an assault with
a knife upon Mr.. Dow, the watchman
of the Stubbeield House, on Tuesday
night, and cut him badly in one of his
temples
The doctor, from all we can learn, is
a respectable man, and has always
borne peaceable character.
1t tappears he had visited Macon on
business, but getting to drinking, had
become crazed with liquor and in that
condition had visited the StSbblefeld
House, at a late hour, and getting into
a difficulty with Dow, attempted to kill
him with his knife, cutting him, quite
severely. if not dangerously.
After cutting Dow, the doctor broke
into the chamber of a gentleman named
Battle, who was lying in bed. After
asking Mr.. Battle who he was, and
being answered, said he intended to kill
him, and made several stabs thin,
Very ibrtupately for Mr.. Battle, Ridley
overreached himself the blade of the
knife entering the leadboard, a few
inches beyond his head. Had it not
been for this. he would most certainly
have killed Battle. -
1t did nottake Mr.. Battle long to get
out of The room, but endeavoring To-
pull the door to, to keep Ridley IN un.
til he could be secured, the latter pulled
the door sufficiently open to make an.
olher stab at Mr.. Batlle--the blade of
the knife being driven with considera.
ble force between the fore finger and
thumb Of the right hand, making an
ugly and painful wound.
Mr., Battles cries brought his son,
who was sleeping in another room. to
his assistance, and he. seeing the peril
OF his father, knocked Ridley down and
threw himselfupon him, and after beat.
ing him severely, secured him, ard surn:
ed him over to Assistant Marshal,
"Black" Johnson, who took bin to the
guard house.
DR., Ridley was the worst used up
man we have ever seen. His head was
bruised, one eye completely closed up,
and the other badly buuged, and his
whole face bruised and swollen. He is
an old man, but apparently very ath-
le.ic and we suppose it was necessary
to thus batter to secure him, as he is said
to have fought like tiger.
Mr.. Battle, after havlnga few mo.
ments conversation with DR.. Ridley
yesterday morning, refused to prosecute
him, but Mr.. Dow had warrans la
ken ont for him, and the accused was
admitted to bail to await an examina
t,on into. the case -Macon Telegraph.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-12-20

A RoMANCE.-A short paragraph appears
in n late London paper which could be easily
worked over into first class sensation ro-
nance of real life. The pith of the story is
about as follows:
Ayoung Trinity graduate, smart, clever
and fast, was disowned by his parents, but
his address and accomplishments secured
him q handsome situation, as correspon-
dence clerk, in an Influential Liverpool
firm, where his efficiency soon brought both
an inci ease of pay and ofhis own responsi-
blities. AT length, however, the cold
Adam" asserted itself, and in order to COW
er his personal extravagancy, the young
man helped himself to his employers cash
to the extent of 1000.
He, of course, himself eloped and all the
ingenuity of the detective officials could not
discover his whereabouts. In the mean
time, the fugitive went TO America, and (as
afterwards transpired) engaged himself to
well known dry goods merchant of New
York, with whom he remained until the out
break Of the American war. His master
being au ardent pntrfot offered to advance
handsome sums ofmaney to any of his clerks
who would volunteer for the war, and the
hero Of this brief narrative was one who
accepted the offer, He went through some
Of the severest brushes of the campaign
without receiving wound, fought at Fred
ericksburg, Fair Oaks and other places and
held n subordinate command during Sher-
mans great march.
AT the close of the struggle he fell in love
with and married wealthy young widow Of
ono Of our Federal Generals who was killed
at Gettysburg After their marriage the
young lady wished to visit Englsnd, but
there was one little difficulty in the way
the $4,000 Ultimately, however. il was
decided that the wisest course would be to
return the amount, and to- the delight of
the Liverpool firm they received the amount
with five per cent. interest, from the date
of The cashiers elopement.
The GREAT MYSTERY. The body is
to die y; so much IS certain. What lies
beyond2 No one who passes the
charmed boundary comes back to Tell.
The imagination visits the realm Of sha.
dows-sent out from some window in
the soul over llfe's restless waters. bn:
wings its way YEARLY back, with an
olive leaf in its heak as token of
emerging life beyond the closely bend
ing horizon. The great snn comes and
goes in the heaven, yet brealhes no
secret ofthe ethereal wilderness; the
crescent moon cleaves her nightly pas.
sage across the earthly deep, but tosses
overheard no message, and displays, no
signals. The sentinel stars challenge
each other as they walk their nightly
rounds, but we catch. no syllable of their
countersign which gives passage TO the
heavenly camp. Between this and the
other life is great gulf fixed, across
which neither eve nor foot can travel,
The gentle friend, whose eyes we clos
ed in their last sleep long years ago,
died with rapture in her wonder strick-
en- eyes, a smile Of ineffable JOY upon hel
lips, and hands Colded ovor a triumphant
heart, but her lips were past speech, anj
mtimaled nothing of the vision thai
enthralled her.-Appeal.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-12-20

Inl850, there were but eighty sheep
in Minnesota. now there arc over FIVE
hundred thousand, The State is ad.
mirably adapted 10 sheep raising.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-12-20

TERRlToRiAIt GovERNNENrs G FOR THE
Sogrn,- ,-T The Hra1Gs Washington cor
respondent says:
There,iS an evident determination on
the part of Radicals TO push their recon.
,struc,ion poGGv 10 tile romt Of bringing
The States lately in rebellion down to
the condition oftrrritores, and organ
ize them anew into State Governments.
This may not be accomplished immedi-
ately, it ia,averred, but that The move
me,&iwill tins eiid rs the confident opin
ION Of those high in Radical position
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-12-20

A USEFUL HINT.-A subscriber at
West Farmingdale writes-hs as follows {:
"a tin tube, made like syphon, driv
en- into the vent,of n barrel of wine or
cider, and the other inserted into vial
Of water, will prevent the air from en-
terng the barred, while the gas escap pes
through the water. Make the barrel
otherwise tight. When the cider or
vine is done working, the water if the
oottle will cease bubbling. It reqnires
no filing mp and there is no loss. /
have tried it," We will only add that
il can be made by any tin plate worker,
aud when once made can always be
Kept fer future use.-- Erchange.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-12-20

Howyfo Geo1 BGEFsTEAk. The
following were the rules adopted bv
the celebrated "Beefsteak Club"
started IN Eng Fin 1854 ;s,a
Pound welfyour ,mcat.untl the'Rbres break. !.
BE sure that next you have, to broil the
steak,f I,
Good coni iln1plcpty. nor 8momept leave,
Butlu IL over this way, y,and tnen, that,
The lean ebGuld be quite rare not so the fat.
The platter now and then the juice receive,
PM mn 3So,ir huttery PLACE il on your menf,
Salt, nsrpor, ,fyh il over serve and eat.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-08-01

DARTMOUTH CoLLEGE.-Ciass Statistics.
The following statistics In regard to the grad
uating class of Dartmouth will be read with
interest by many.
Number of members of the Glass at the
present time. AZ /; number of members of the
Glass when 1t entered, 80 greatest number
belonging TO the Glass at one time, A least
number belonging to the Glass at one time,
Sc number of present members who entered
with the Class IN 1862, D number of pres
ent members who have come from other Col
leges, 6; whole number that have belonged to
the Glass SO; age of the oldest man OF the
Glass, % 3-4 years; age OF the youngest maa
of the Glass, l8 3 4 years avarags age at
time of graduating. % years average weight,
l44 l-2 pounds avsrage hight, 5 feet inch
es number cons of farmers, l6; number sons
of clergymen 4; number sons of lawyers, 4;
number sons of physicians, 4, number sons
of merchants, number intending Law Q
profession, IA ; number intending Theology
as profession 8 /; number intending Medi-
cine as q profession 8; number intending
Business, 6; number undecided, 4; number
of Teachers, L Farmer, l number who uo
tobacco, Is number who use wine, ale, 81
cider, for beverage, 33 number who use 9th
er liquors, % number who smoke but do
not use, strong drinks 3 number who use
strong drinks but do not smoke 7 number
who neither use tobacco nor strong drinks fos
beverage, 5. OF the Glass IL are from New
Hampshire, from Vermont, 8 from Massa-
ohusetts, each from Maine and Rhode Island
and from other states. Two deaths have
occurred in the Class sinco entering College.
The expenses of members for the course have
vsried from about $1,000 in toto to sbeut
5000.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-08-01
Letter from KANSAS.
GENEVA, Allen Co., Kansas,
lima 2l 1Sff

GENEVA, Allen Co., Kansas,
June 80, 1866. {
FRIEND WILLARD II have Mt written to
YOU for some time, and might make the ex-
cuse that l had nothing interesting to write
about, or that | have been too busy to take
cognizance of any important event that might
have transpired, for you know We are up to
our neck and ears harvesting now. Harvesting
requires all the energy fellow has got, physi-
cal, mental and moral, and more, too, unless
he has larger supply than l have. l find 1t
almost as severe as carrying knapsack in
the Army of the Potomac. However, lest
some one should imagine l had the least touch
of laziness about me, would say by way OF
explanation, that we have been having some
remarkably good weather now for few days
past, and we are determined to improve 1t.
There is a splendid crop of wheat in Kansas
to secure this season, and the hours are pre-
cious. But the weather has not been so pleas
ant all the month We have had some Co
pious showers of rain since June came In
Our creeks have overHowed their banks, and
the river channels have been found insufficient
70 carry of the surplus water. The oldes
settler saws the NeashO, in his remembrance
has never been so high before as it was LITTLE
over a week ago. would not pretend to say
tn Il it has never been higher, for Indians tei
of y time when the streams we're several tee
higher than they were during this fresne'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-08-01
A Lady's Visit to Mount Vesuvius

An Eng glishwoman who assembled Vesuvius
in Jnns, writes the following account of her
adventure
L" We started from Sorrento, slept at Cas-
tellamare, and set out from there at six A. NJ .
and drove to Resina, where mounted horses,
and proceeded to climb very broken and oc-
casionally steep staircase to the Hermitage.
The ascent required firm faith in ones steed,
and to keep IN the saddle involved terrible
strain on ones back. At the Hermitage we
refreshed ourselves, and then toiled on for an
other hour through immense fields of lava
the deposits Of the eruption of '5S-which
brought US to the veritable foot of the noun
tain. Here began the real tug of war. Mrs.
-was seated in chair with four bearers
but the rest of us did the ascent on foot with
the help of alpen-stocks and guides. 1t was
irving work, but | was fortunate enough to get
the assistance of two guides, one of whom
went before with strap, to which | held fast
We we're three-quarters of an hour during this
part OF the climb and as it was very hot it was
fortunate in one respect that the day was rath-
er cloudy.
"Our view, however, was not so perfect as
it would have been on brighter day, but we
had, through breaks in the clouds, glimpses Of
the vast plain beneath, and in it Pompeii re-
stored to daylight. Vesuvius was rather ex-
cited, and there we're low rumblings, varied
every two minutes with an outburst of red hot
lava thrown up about twenty feet. This con-
tinued during the whole time that We were
there. Mr.. L. says that the crater is totally
different from what it was two years ago. Ii
is much less deep, and seems to have been
filled in far more than it was, and to be still
filing. When quite full there will, l suppose.
be another great eruption. In spite OF the
horrible appearance of the crater, with it,
patches of su!phurous smoke, three of US de-
termned to 90 down into it. We scrambled
down through quantity of loose small lava
about thirty feet, and at each step We sank up
to our knees, and seemed to find no footing.
1t seemed as if we should be buried by the
rnbble that we set in motion about US. That
peril, bad as it was, was nothing compared to
the danger of suffocation by the horrible sui
phurous steam. The air. too, was frightfuiy
hot, and in many places we could not stand
for more than half a minute, so scorching was
the ground beneath our feet The whole sur.
face of the bottom Of the crater was like a
stormy sea that had been petri6ed, whilst
through cracks we could see the lava glowing
| red hot only few inches below US, and the
fiery red contrasting startingly with the dense
blackness everywhere else around US. We had
sometimes to take bold leap from one rock to
another, as the lava gave way beneath US, and
threatened to let US through into this meth
er furnace. l tore my dress sorely BY the
sharp rocks, and cut and burnt my boots tt
pieces. So much for Vesuvius."