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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-02-18
LETTER FROM PETERSBURG.


Military Despetlsm being Discussed In the We
nate A Statesnaanlike Grafton from Dooh'.
,le-The Compromise between the fresiacn'
And Congrcss-Nc Result known 70 nave "
etc.
g.sHrScrox, February l6, 1867.
mhNSta il very busy to-day on the
,o;i,tsrv. h 1lism and reconstruction
nan"r,c of S,evcdy,k1d there is an ardent
S Ss ~ nress It to vote. AZ the present
'-;.;no, !, does not appear improbable that
a,her very late session will be held: Inc
Sno o;na nS Yesterday lasted until after .
s,.Inck this morning, as the Radicals e1.
o..ssed their determination TO press II 10 o
Pc The result Of the discussion 80 far
,he measure cannot be ascertained de-
en;teIv. and there is great anxiety among
en- Radicals to know whether or not they
can carry Il by a two-thirds. vote. Stevens
i using what influence he possesses in the
Senate. and there has been no little ex-
element manifested.
Senator Doolittle Is making most
statesmanlike speech in favor of the life Of
the Republic. He is very severe in his cri-
ticisms upon the Louisiana bill, and has
created q great sensation. His remarks are
being spoken Of as among the most elabo.
rate and solid illusions that have been
made during the present session. II
is sincerely to be hoped that they Will
check to some extent the fell spirit Of re.
volution and continual strife which is no.
yering over our political horizon.
The probability is that recess VIII Dc
taken after4 o'clock, and the considera
ton of this military despotism scheme re-
newed to- night. The true Union men II
the Senate are determined not to allow
the Radicals to carry their point withoutth
most strenuous objections on their part.
There are various reports and specula
tions in progress concerning the proba
bilities of compromise between the PreSi
dent and Congress, and it is known tina
the Republican members have been re
presented in several informal caucuses o
late. the object of which has been to patel
up truce and establish something akil
to harmony between the executive ant
legislative branches Of the Government
Various propositions have been submitted
in these caucuses, but I have been I'm
able to learn tina. any agreement has beer
entered upon. Banks and Bingham wer
both in attendance; but it really seem
that both of these representatives have
wholesome dread Of the ire Of Stevens AM
others, and do not care to make any over
lures toward Cancellation. 1t is proclaime'
to-day that the President will yield hi
views to the extent of appointing new
Cabinet, to be composed Of such men a
Horace Greeley and other Republicans
but what difference there is between
Greeley and the most radical members o
Congress unless it is on the theory o
universal amnesty and impartial sutirage)
remains to be seen. think there VIII DC
other developments next week: Not o
single word can be obtained at the "hlte
House of the disposition of affairs. The
President is more reticent than ever, and
the congressman who have been in con-
sultation refuse TO give any information
whatever in regard to their consultations,
II looks as if nothing had been agreed
upon. IlMoN.
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EN 80: aa

"a $500 ( ~
OREAT SHORT ROUTE TO THE
" NORTH, EAST, AND WEST, VA TIN
RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG AND POTOMAC
RAILROAD. CARRYING THB UNITED STATES
MAIL TWICE DAILY .-ELEGANT JARS, HIlH
NEW PATENT SLEEPING CHAIRS, on ALL
NIGHT TRAINS, WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE
REDUCED THROUGH PARASITIC only railroad
route issuing THROUGH TICKETS ant THROUGH
BAGGAGE CHECKS from Richmond TO the cities
North, East, and West.
Trains on this road are now run "a follows: This
DAY THROUGH NAIL TRAIN leaves Richmond
daily at so A. n, arriving IN Washington at 50
r. NJ, connecting with the EARLY AFTERNOON
ExPREss TRxIss for the NoRTH, EAST. and
The NIGHT THROUGH MAIL TRAIN, with
ELEGANT CARS with NEW PATENT SLEEPING
CHAIRS attached. leaves Richmond daily At IL as
P. H., arriving In Washington e go 4; N; coz.
the NORTH, EAST and WEST NO EXTRA
The ACCOMMODATIONS TRAIN, with LEGAL ex.
press packages, leaves Richmond daily tsundeys
sxceptsdl at ais p. NJ, arriving In Frsder!eks-
'T T,HRoUaH TICKETS and THROUGH BAGGAGE
CHECKS to Alexandria, Washington, Baltimore
Philsdslphis, New York, Boston, and all the pr!n
sipcl cities In the Wsss.
for further information and through tickets
apply at the once OF ths Company, corner Broad
J. B. 0EHfRY, General Ticket Agent.
gAnURL Ruth, Superintendent. no3
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-02-18

THE AGRICULTURAL FuND.--The Peters
burg Inder says:
"The vicinity of workshops, access to
libraries, and the aid to be expected from
accumulated capital, are benefits which
this school can only enjoy by nearness to
some city, and unless some better reason
than has yet been advanced be brought to
bear against the bestowal Of this endow-
ment upon Richmond College, we shall
think that the appropriation has not been
applied to the greatest possible good"
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10 repair his fortunes, while the WIG c.ne
TO Chicago second time, having upon ner
arrival hardly sufficient means 70 sustain
her for one week. She was oneoi gentie
blood. and unused to work, but sne % once
souoht employment as an humble seam
stress. Some of our clearinghouse men,
being impressed by her appearance reau.s
gave such light work as she was ~. aoi az, -
Incorporating neckties, &C. 30, Win an
gence, she was in few months not Only
able to provide for herself the necesaar -
of life, but to employ two or three assist
ants, and to look forward to the establish
ment of more independent business.
Her husband, mean time, did not do well,
and proving to be unable to combat mistor-
tune successfully as she had done, he re-
turned in q few months, to be supported
by her exertions. A few weeks ago, how
ever, he got at work in locksmith shop,
near McVicker's theatre,) where his skill
as a mechanic soon gave promise OF large
returns. The faithful wife often carried
his meals to him, cheered him, and some
times chided because he prolonged his Ia
bors far into the night. He was then con-
| irving a patent skate. We are told, by
the way, that the rooms they occupied
were curiously adorned. The man was
rebel, and on his side of the house were
hung pictures of rebel chiefs and"other in
dications of his sympathies. On hers
were tiny Stars and Stripes" Lincoln,
Grant, and Union heroes. But this hum
BILE estate was soon to be abandoned.
simultaneously with the appearance OF
the paragraph to which we have made re-
ference, came dispatch to the lady from
Mobile, and another from Washington, no
tifying her that in her fathers right she
was heir to the great estate that was as yet
unclaimed. The sewing machine was
gladly abandoned, and the locksmith threw
down his tools. Before this time, no
doubt the subjects of these freaks OF Tor
tune are rnerrily laughing over their little
anisoia somewhere in the vicinity of Mo-
bile bay, and with chastenod spirits it hum n
bly ENJOYING the goods that have fallen to
them.-C hioago Republican.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-02-18

Senate bill in relation to the obligations
OF the State, etc., came up as the ubfn-
lshed business Of yesterday and the ques-
lion being upon the substitute proposed
by Mr.: LEE to the substitute proposed by
the Finance Committee for the original
bul, ~. KEN addressed the Senate In
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-02-18

The bill to provide for line of railway
from the sesboard to the Mississippi and
Ohio, by facilitstiDgthe construction of the
Virginia and Kentucky railway, came up
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-02-18
.Ra 1G
yIgGIyIA CENTRAL RAILROAD
December 3, 1863.
Ia III -: -

- M .-sss;-s.;i .i ir;S =
EAST FREIG HI LINE BETWEEN
pITuNoyD ann LYSCHBURG The yir-
ginia Central and Orange and Alesandria rail-
roads have arranged schedule for DAILY
EREIGHr TRAIN BETWEEN RICHMOND AND
LYNCHBURG Goods leaving Richmond al A.
NJ. reach Lynchburg same night Goods leaving
Lynchbnrg at 7 T.. NJ reach Richmond next day a.
eP. II. Through receipts given.
VI. d. WHlTC0MB,
aaa General Snperintendent
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-02-18

WRIT bobcats. aEohaH ". wLsos'
4 NTHRACITE COAL NOW LAND.
n IN0-lso tons superior frea-burning hEO
ASH for stoves or CRATES, for sale by ,reou
- - ROBERTS WILSON,
corner Seventeenth and Dock strsets.
COAL sold by weight 10 h--0
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-02-18

AYEcDoTE OF J. CEsAR.-CGsar stood
upon the highest pinnacle of his glory, and
reviewed his adamantine legions. As the
countless multitudes passed before him,
sad thoughts crowded into his mind
"Alas " thought he, but short while,
and all these will have passed away; Q
thousand years from now, and scarcely one
of them will survive. Alas and is it so
Alas alas Ina ha 7"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-02-18

JEWELLERS, &c.
~ GENNET Opposite the post office
W. has beautiful assortment OF
GUTTA.PERCHA and JET JEWELY,
PLAIN BREASTPINS and EARRINGS,
BREASTPINs and EARRINGS, inla!d with
gold;
CROSS PINS and EARRINGS,
SLEEVE BUTTONS and STUDS, inlsid with
gold:
PLAIN BRACELETS,
BRACELETS, inlsid with gold
SHAWL PINS, plain;
SHAWL PINS, inl&id with gold
CHATELAINS,
VEST CHAINS,
VEST CHAINS, inlaid with gold;
FINGER KINGS, etc.
WATCHES and JEWELRY REPAIRED,
OLD GOLD and SILVER EXCHANGED FOB
NEW.
IA l4-ts No. l0ll Main street.
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COAL AND WOOD.

COAL AND con ~;
NJ Orders grSmP.ly hlle led for sIoMhihRsRRY RED
ASH ANTHRAGITg .CoAL-egs and stove sizes.
! : go B.P. LATHROP, Agent,
fsIs Eighteenth street. south Side DOCK.
WOOD, WOOD, WOoD,-FIRE AND I'D
w KfNDLINd w00D CUT. AND SPLIT VI
10 twelve inches long or any sizs, and cord WOOD
sswed 10 suit customers. furnished and delivered
At tn. very lowest cash prices. orders respeeuui
Cash orders Ie.t with L. wagner. druggist, Sixth
and Broad streets; Davies, Musical Exchangs'
Tenth and Main streets; w. II. Scott, dru&gist;
seventeenth and franklin streets, and at Wood
Mil. Canal bAtween Tenth aud Eleventh streets,
or with kindling. wood carts on the street, will DO
pifSrRlp'i' FRED. T. ANDREW. \
A NTHRACTTE COAL.-GARY q
"A CRUTCHFIBLD, Eight street. near the packet
landing have inst reeslysd co suRsrio, 10,
aarstess and stoves. Also, SOFT COKE, B1TUMI.
NOUS COAL, and OAK and PINE WOOD, sawed
or unsawsd, for sale at lowest market rates.
70 13-lm
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RIcxnoEp AND PxrRRsBUzs RAILROAD Co..
RICHMOND. Va. February .. lse7. !


- 8 . -
WINTER SCHEDULE.-On and after
w MONDAY the llth instant the trains on this
road will run as follows:
Leave Richmond dsily st Ais A. d. and 3pP.
NJ. and arrive At Petersburg 81 so A. N. and s.n
M
Leave Petersburg daily at "A. n. and io.BP.
M and arrive at Richmond At 8. II NJ. and u. 20
p M All Of the above mentioned trains make
close CONNIE cions with the trains for the North and
On MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and FRIDAYS
FREIGHT and ACCOMMODATION TRAIN will
leave Richmond at 1890 A. II. and Petersburg at
OILS A. n.
The 10. is P. N. train from Petersburg will stop
only at Chester, and Ais A. n. and the IL p. M.
ira lns will stop only ct Rcs's Hall way, Chester,
and Manch ester, signal being given and the
A. N. train from Petersburg and the ACCohhO-
DATION TRAINS will stop a. places named In The
schedule.
places on that road, will take the ais G: train
IRON Richmond on MONDAYS. WEDNESDAYS,
and FRIDAYS.
checked through every day except sunday.
The train leaving here at 10 7. connects
with the train At Petersburg for Norfolk, and
train will leave Norfolk at =. NJ, connecting
with our night train at Petersburg, arriving In
Richmond st II 80 Z. NJ. K. n. uiLb.
ia lI-ts Engineer and Superintendent.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-10-24
Charles Dickens.

1t is now definitely announced that
Mr.. Dickens will soon visit this cOun-
try for the purpose Of giving a course
Of readings from his own works in our
principal cities. A London letter says:
Mr.. Dickens avant courier has al
ready been sent out. The novelist
himself is busily crushing" work upon
some lesser matters of composition, to
appear here during his absence, which
will occupy about seven months. In
this period Mr.. Dickens will read
three or six nights in the week, aC-
cOrdingly to circumstances. His hab-
it here has been to take a small hall,
like the Hanover Square Assembly
Room, which does not give seats to
above six hundred persons, and to
read two extracts a night three times
week. Each week. is thus made to
comprehend all the selections that Mr..
Dickens will read during the season.
One who heard the celebrated novel
ist read the first time in public, the
place being the English town of Peter
borough, says: 1t was "Christman
CarOl'' that Mr.. Dickens read the
night was Christmas Eve. AS the
clock struck the appointed hour, red,
jOvial face, Unrelieved by the heavy
mOustache which the novelist has
since assumed, a broad, high forehead,
and a perfectly MicaWber like eXpanse
of shirt collar and front, appeared
above the red baize box, and full,
.sOnOrOus voice rang out the words
Marley -t0dS-dedd-t -tO-6egiIl-JUi ," then
paused, as if to take in the character
of the audience. No need of further
hesitation. The voice held all SPELL
bound. Its depth of quiet feeling
when the ghost of past Christmases
led the dreamer to the long forgotten
scenes Of his bOyhOOd-its embodiment
of purely good nature when old Fez-
giwig's calves were twinkling in the
danCe-its fearful suggestiveness when
the spirit of Christmases to come
pointed to the nettIe-grown, neglected
grave of the unIOved man-its ex-
quisite pathOs by the death-bed of
Tiny Tim, dwell yet in memory like
a lOng-knOwn time.
Of Dickens appearance the Boston
Post correspondent says: s'He does
not recall the early portraits, where he
shOne with beautiful black eyes, splen-
did hair and the complexion of healthy
youth. He has fallen off indeed, as
Lord LyttOn has done. If you stand
in KnebwOrth Hall, as have stood,
and look at the portrait of Sir LyttOn
Bulwer, by Maelise, you will find it
difficult to believe that the elderly
gentleman in an OlG-ashiOned blue
coat, with stOOp in his shoulders, a
high collar and stiff neckerchief round
his throat, and who puts his hand be-
hind his ear when you speak to him
was the original of the painting.
Charles Dickens is not a contrast of
that kind. He has escaped the ill
health which has shattered the author
of Pelham. But his hair is iron grey,
and scanty; he wears a mustache and
pointed beard, and his face has a red
brown tinge which sometimes re-
minds one of the complexion Of Louis
Napoleon"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-10-24
SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES" !"
Miscellaneous.
Good Yarn.

In the village of W. lived a man.
who had once been Judge Of the coun-
ty, and was known all over it by the
name Of Judge L. He kept a store
and saw mill, and was always sure to
have the best Of a bargain on his side.
by which means he had gained an
ample fortune, and some did not hesi-
tate to call him the biggest rascal in
the world. He was very conceited,
withal, and used to brag of his bust
ness capacity, when any one was near
to listen. One rainy day, as quite a
number were seated around the store,
he began as usual, to tell of his great
bargains, and at last wound up with
the eXpression-'Nobody has ever
cheated me, nor they can't neither p
Judge" said an old man Of the
company, I've cheated you MORN you
ever did me"
GLOW so p said the Judge.
"It you promise you won't 90 to law
about it nor do nothing, I'll tell you
or else 1 won't; you're too much of a
law character for me-"
"Let's bear p cried half a dozen
voices at once.
"I'lI PROMISE" said the Judge, "and
treat in the bargain if you have"
"Well, do you remember that wagon
you robbed me out off,"
II never robbed you out of any
wagon; I only got the best Of the
bargain" said the Judge.
"Well, 1 made up my mind TO huFe
it back" and -
"You never didw interrupted the
cute Judge.
"Yes, did, and interest too"
"How SOP" thundered the now en-
ragged Judge.
"Well, you see, Judge, I sold you
one day very nice pine log, and bar
gained with you for a lot more. Well,
that log 1 stole off Jour pile, down by
your mill the night before; the next
day sold it to you. The next night
I drew it back home, and sold it to
you the next day, and so I kept on
until you bought your own log of me
twenty-seven times I"
"That's a lie" exclaimed the infu-
rated Judge, running to his books
and examining his log accounts; you
never sold mo twenty-seven logs Of
the same measurement"
81 know it, f" said the vender in logs.
"By drawing it back and forth, the
end wore of, and as it wore, 1 kept
cutting the end of, until it was only
ten feet long-just fourteen feet short
er than it was the first time 1 brought
it, and when it got so short, I drew it
home again and worked it up into
shingles and the next week you bought
the shingles, and then 1 concluded I
had got my wagon back-and slowed
away in my pocket book"
The exclamation of the Judge was
drowned in the shouts Of the bystan-
ders, and the log drawer found the
door without the promised treat.
And to see a mad man, you have only
to ask the Judge if he ever was shaved.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-10-24
The DecOy Which Makes Young
Men Drunkards.

Go with us to the public house,
where a number of young men assem-
bic. All is life and gayety. A few
among them may be young and timid.
They approach the counter, and wine,
rum, brandy, are called for. No, gen
tlemen, we do not drink, please excuse
us. Immediately the rest turn, and
begin to taunt their friends who refus-
ed to drink, saying they are afraid of
getting tight, of the cold man." and
some may whisper audibly, "Well,
they are mean fellOws-thPy are afraid
they will have to spend a cent g''-
Here you see two very sensitive
nerves are tOuched-COurage and
Cleverne ness.-Their bOsoms swell, and
with pride, rather than bear these
filings of their companions. they step
up to the counter and soon Join in the
revelry. The ice is now broken, and
the first great act in the drama per-
formed. Others follow in natural Or
der, until the individual who refused
to drink first, reels along the street
without shame. ..-.. .--. @
Such is the manner in which thous-
ands Of our promising young men are
led away by false ambition and
thousands more will follow in their
path, unless they learn the meaning Of
courage.
We have in our midst a number of
noble hearted, goOd-meaning men,
who do not possess strength of mind
enough to face this opposition. Rath-
er than be called mean they will fol-
low up these habits until their appe-
tites become uncomfortable.
We advise you, young men, when
you are in company, and solicited to
drink intoxicating liquors, to saw
frankly and decidedly that YOU will
not drink. Let your tempters call
you anything, but be firm and unvield-
ing, and they will be forced TO admit
that your courage is sufficient to bear
all their taunts and not yield the right.
Those who stem the tide always meet
opposition; but never despair-press
Our only hope Of rescuing
the race from this brutal, slavish, pas
sion, rests with the young. Will YOU,
young friends, have cUurage-tO fate
this growing evil and Danish it from
our land2
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CHAP. III.

'sIIu55and miner sed sho to Ine
in her vinninest tone, "thy locks is
black, while mine, alas! is gray. Buy
for me also Barrett's potent cure, thai
may be ez fUst you knowd me in
loves young dream!"
Good resist the entreaty? Nary
bought a bottle, and 10! in a month
she wuz transformed. Her rusty gray
hair become ez black ez jet. A new
set Nv custOm-made teeth, wich cost
me fifty dollars, completed the meta
morphOse, and she wuz young agin,-
her youth costin me fifty-one dollars
cash.
Disastrous investment! Four weeks
from that date, she run off with yam
kee pedlar, who spOsed she wuz but
twenty-four!
Kin I sue Barrett and git judgment
for her valyOo? Alas, no! And so I
plOd on wearily and alone, mizable
objict. I Good marry agin ez a young
man, but this fond heart kin never
thump for anuther.
False LOoizer Jane! Too efficashus
Barrett!
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-10-24
A Great NaluraI Curiositr.

I y
The Sentinel, published at Jackson
vile, Oregon, says:
"Several of our citizens returned
last week from a visit to the great
sunken lake situated in Cascade Noun.
tains, about seventy-five miles north
east Of Jacksonville. This lake rivals
the famous valley of Sinbad the Sail
or. 1t is thought to average two
thousand feet down to the water all
around. The walls are almost perpen-
dicular, running down into the water,
leaving no beach. The depth of the
water is unknown, and its surface is
smooth and unruf1ed, as it lies so far
beneath the surface of the mountains
that the air-currents do not affect it,
Its length is estimated at twelve miles
and breadth at ten. No Living man
has ever, nor probably ever will, be
able to reach the waters edge. 1t lies
silent, still and mysterious, in the bo-
som Of the everlasting hills like a
huge well scOOped out by the hands
Of the great genii of the mountain, in
unknown ages gone by, and around it
the primival forest watch and ward
are keeping. The visiting party fired
a rifle several times into the water, at
an angle offorty-fve degrees, and were
able to note several seconds of time
from thereport Of the gun until the
ball strnck the water. Such seems in
credible, but is vouched for by some
of our most reliable citizens. The lake
is certainly a most remarkable curiosi-
tV.
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THE EEND.

The Omaha Republican says the
population of Cheyenne City is now
fifteen hundred, and among them there
is not a gambler or a woman of doubt
fuIreputation. The city is under the
control Of the military, General Stew
ensOn commanding, and he takes es-
pecial pains to ascertain any arrivals
of these classes of people and immedi-
ately puts in operation the most
prompt measures to rid the place of
their presence. Fort David Russell
will have twelve companies ofsoIdiers
in its barracks this winter. In addi-
ton to these, there will befive or six
hundred Government employees in the
various departments.
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CHAP. II,

Home agin! home agin! fropA a fur
rim shore! wuz on the threshold NV
my hOmestid, wich wuz a home to me,
humble though it wuz. Looizer Jane,
the wife Nv my buzzum, wuz at the
gate a gOssipin with her nabor ez wuz
her wont.
"Looizer Janet" shreeked I.
"S-i-r!" sed she in a surprised tone.
"Ha," hist I, "is this the treatment
fond husband receives on his return
to the buzzum Nv his family?"
"Husband! 700? is't possible? Where
is them gray Iox? Hast grown young
agin, ez when in manhoOd's prime
thou wOodst and won me? 1t cannot
be,-and yit,-that breath! 1t is! it Isl"
and she swOondid at my feet. The
children I he'd more trouble with, but
they finally acknoledged me. The
nose wuz the feecher they took hold
Nv; that wuz unchanged.