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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-05-09
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
and Coronation Ball in Surry
County, Va.


A grand tournament and coronation ball
took place at Surry Courthouse on last
Friday. and was well attended by the eltte
of the surrounding counties. The fairer
sex were out in large numbers, ana oy
their smiling countenances and repeated
annlause cheered on the knights. The
dar was all that could have been desired,
the track was in fine condition, and the
riding excellent. The distance run was
eighty wards, aud the time was confined
70 eight seconds. The following named
knights contested for the honors: Robert
Clements, Knight of Surry William Jones,
Knight of James River; NJ. l.: Phllilps'
Knight of Night; j. Wilson, Knight OF the
Evening Star; A. Ellis, Knight OF the fly-
ing Cloud; J. W. Wills, Knight OF the
Mountains; Mr.. Carson, Knight of Isle OF
Wight; John Hart, Knight of the Mystic
Tie: G. B. Chappell, Knight of Wayerly
Miles Ellis, Knight of Sussex; Mr.. Wilson
Knight of the Gilded Star; Charles W.
Sutton, Knight of Heart of Midlothian
William Clements, Knight OF Greyland
w. B. Moore, Knight of Rough Diamond
+. Baker, Knight of Cypress Swamp. AT
/ O'Clock the gaily-attired knights appeared
on the grounds to compete for the honors
of Growing the Queen and Maids. The
charge was given TO the knights by DR..
Quincy Holt after which five tits were
allowed each rider, at the end OF which
the first honor rested between two-Vlz.,
G. B. Chappell and Miles Ellis. 1t was
warmly contested, and after six tits
Mr.. Chappell was declared victor, and
he crowned Miss Annie nj. Phillips,
of Surry, as Queen Mr.. Miles Ellis
browning Miss Mary Owens, of Sus-
sex, as first maid of honor. For the
second and third maids of honor, six
knights contested, and A. Ellis crowned
Miss Faulcon second maid of honor, and
William Clements crowned Miss Ida B.
Spratley as third maid of honor.
Ats o'clock =. NJ. the coronation took
place in the hotel, and the sight there pre-
sented was dazzling to behold. DR.. Holt
delivered the coronation address. Dan
cling was then commenced, and continued
until ! o'clock, when supper was an
nounced, and the tables actually groaned
under the weight of eatables there ois-
played. Mr.. S. B. Spratley proved nm
self a worthy host, and his repast was
equal to Spotswood, Ballard, or tx
change. After supper, dancing was re,
sumed and kept up'until the sun appearea
above the horizon and the parties oegan
to leave for their respective homes wei,
pleased with the days enjoyment anu
wishing that a tournament ike tnat oocul
red every week. The arrangements WEI ",
Under the supervision of MAJOR ". '"
Waddill as chief marshal, aply assiSIeo
bv Messrs. Joseph NJ. Phillips, John I'm
S ~ oS and T. W. Clarke. Too much
u ue. @oou o.nnot be bestowed upon these
p paai for their untiring efforts &c
make the tournament success.
in@Ao 'no AN INVITED GUEST.
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Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.
Memorial Day--Episcepal Council Crops, &C.

STANTON, VA, May s, 1867.
A visit to this old town has furnished
your correspondent with some items which
may be of interest to the readers of the
Dispatch.
The ladies Of the Memorial Association
Of Augusta county are busiiy preparing
for proper observance of the day which
has been consecrated to the memory OF the
Confederate dead. On the morning of the
10th il is proposed to form a procession,
which will proceed to the Soldiers Gene
tery and pay floral tribute TO the patriots
whose bodies are inferred in that conse-
Grated enclosure. Business will probably
be suspended for several hours by all the
leading firms, and all classes will turn out
TO show their respect for the day and its
heroes, At 10 o'clock an address appro-
nr;ate TO the occasion will be delivered by
Colonel Charles T. O'Ferral, the gentle
manly proprietor Of the American Hotel.
A Council of the Episcopal Church is
expected to assemble here on Wednesday
!. the 18th instant. Extensive preparations
are being made by the housekeepers OF
that denomination to extend hearty well
come to their clerical guests, among whom
there will be found o number of the ablest
Episcopal ministers Of the State.
The wheat on the line Of the Central
railroad seems to be fourishing, to the
great satisfaction Of the farmers, who are
expecting heavy crop in the coming
harvest. The oats look well, and many
are engaged in planting their corn: Every.
where there is promise of an abundant
Weld of fruit, which would lead us to sup,
pose that apple brandy will be pientifui
in the Valley. -, co,o,
have spent one night with Colonel
O,Ferral, of the American Hotel, and can
NOT close this hasty note without tribute
to his kind attentions. Colonel OFerraiI
was a brave soldier, and received several
wounds in battling for the "lost cause
Now, as host of the American, he wei
comes his guests with true southern hoSpi-
tality, and seems to take unusuai pains "
II.
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DISCOVERY OF THE SILK PLANT IN PERU.
The Department of State has received in,
formation from the United States Consul
at Lambayeque, Peru, that an important
discovery has recently been made in Peru
of the silk plant. Preparations are being
made to cultivate it upon an extensive
scale. The shrub is three or four feet in
height. The silk is enclosed in pod, OF
which each plant gives great number,
and Is declared to be superior in fneness
and quality to the production of the silk
worm. Its wild perennial, the seed
small and easily separted from the fibre.
The stems of the plant produce long and
very brilliant fibre, superior in strength
and beauty to the finest linen thread.
Small quantities have been woven in the
rude manner of the Indians, and the tex
ture and brilliancy are said to be unsur-
passed. National Intelligencer.
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From the Memphis Daily Appeal.
Might.

mr. EFPIE GLENN.
O. the nieht. the night, the beautini nigh.,
With It's crown Of stars and It's rooe VI hsh'
Failing. floating around.
A witching wonder OF beauty ~ Weases,
Dropping so bright through 'he q"i'eis
Which softly shade the ground.
n the night. the night, the beantifni nigh.'
Crowning with blaze OF glory eacI heisn''
Then brightly shim'ring down, so
,ro siIverv streams In the trembling Sinus
0r the lonely glen and the dnrksome siaoe'
Over the earth SO brown.
q the night. the night, the beautifu III nignt'
Flooding the world with giory % o'ie'
Blazing and flashing down,
Slipping each wave with silvely pe I,,
Till the pillows all set with diamohos seeh'
As in wild glee they bound.
o, the night, the night, the beaulliai hish'
when wandering off In its mystic Hight
The spirit wings Its way,
Sad as the cry Of the night bird alone,
When above the shrek of the storm-gou
moan,
Is heard his plaintive lay.
O. the night the night, the beautituI night'
II fills the soul with the widest delight,
While o er the heart-strihgs sweep
Memories soft as the murmurinRs low
OF the breeze when playing 10 ana ITO
Over the restless deep.
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The Chess Board.


NV little love, do You remember,
Ere we were grown so sadly wise,
Those evenings in the bleak December,
Curtained warm from the snowy weather
When You and played chess together'
Checkmated by each others eyes.
An, still see your soft white hand
lowering warm DER queen ana knlgntS
Rraye pawns in valiant battle stand,
The double castles guard the wings,
The bishop, bent on distant things,
Moves siding through the fight.
Our fingers touch, our glances meet,
And falter; falls your golden hair
Against my cheek; your bosom sweet
Is heaying. Down the field your queen
Rides slow, her soldiery between,
And checks me unaware.
All me the little battles done;
Dispersed is all its chivalry.
Full many move, since then, have we,
Mid LIES perpleXing checkers made,
And many game with Fortune played
What is it we have won?
This this at least-if this alone
That never, never, nevermore,
AS in those old still nights of yore,
Gre we were grown so sadly WISE,
Can you and shut out the skies
Shut out the world and wintry weather,
And, eyes exchanging warmth with eyes,
Play chess as then we played, together?
OWEN MEREDITH.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-05-09

Asix-inch fish was discovered swimming
in the tank upon the fourth floor of the
Tribune building in New York. He had
passed through the large and small mains
all the way from Croton river to Printing
house Square, and had been pumped up to
the tank by the engine in the basement.
When discovered, he was as livel as II he
had not just emerged from torty-mile
subterraneeus passage.
The over-crowding of the poor in South
London (says the South London Press is
getting dreadful. In John street, New
ington, man, his wife, three children,
their grandfather, and three other adults,
sleep in a chamber containing only $40
cubic feet of air. Another room is occu-
pied by man, his wife, their children, and
fifteen dogs.
The Louisville Courier says as to the
men who committed the outrage in Ten
nessee at negro dance, that "some of
them had borne good characters, but
nearly if not all of them were in the Fede-
raj army; and we have here another
instance of the demoralizing influence of
army life"
Some distillers of this county think that
the new meter law will etfectually stop the
manufacture of spirits in the Valley, and
that such was the intention of the large
dealers who had the law passed. Valley
Virginian.
Black river, Wisconsin,, is completely
TANNED with logs for fifteen miles. 1t is
estimated that there were not less than
225, 600, 900 feet in the river at the opening
of spring, of which about l20,0O0,OOO have
already gone down.
Mrs. Scott Siddons, great grand
daughter Of the renowned tragic actress,
has achieved most unequivocal success
in Shaksperian roles at the Maymarkel
Theatre, London.
1t is said a million Of dollars is annually
made by the sale of Florida cedar wood
for lead pencils; but it isalso said that the
man who said so is fool.
There is lady from Louisiana in Staun.
ton who had eight sons in the Confederate
army. One was killed and three wounded
Valley Virginian.
One of the "original Fox girls" famous
some years ago as "spritualists," ETC., ha'
resumed her former vocation, and is te
commence anew at Rochester, N. I.
Theodore Tilton's paper Tor one of it,
contributors) came out last week In favor
of whist, billiards, and dancing.
Four young ladies of Snow Hill, Md.
have succeeded in raising sl5l.25 for the
suffering people of the South.
Income returns for this year at Cincin.
natl will not, 1t is believed, much exceed
twenty. Ave per cent. Of last years return
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WOMEN DoCroRs IN ENGLAND.-The
London Spectator says: eve have heard
the opinion Of one of the most eminent Of
our living physicians that one Of the new
lady physicians is doing, in the most ad-
mirable manner, work which medical
men would never even have had the
chance of doing. Mothers bring their
children to her In hundreds to consult her
on really important points, on which they
freely admit that they would never have
thought Of taking advice at all had she no
been accessible to them. Aud we should
not be surprised to find that even in law
as certainly in literature and art, special
fields of exertion quite consistent with
feminine instincts will spring up, if they
are only looked for"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-05-09

A CoMpL1MENT-OvER THE RIGHT, THIS
T1ME.-It is a good newspaper, and we
make qood use of it as such, as its editors
have no doubt observed. 1t does yeoman
service in behalf of the great Industrial
interests of the State. Indeed, it is the
only paper in the State, it seems to us,
that fully comprehends the wants and in
terests of our people.
But the politics of the Dispatch are de-
cidedly bad. It's theory of the Govern
ment and our theory are as wide apart as
the poles. Its theory makes rope OF
sand of the Government. Our theory is
that Government is thing of power and
capable Of making itself felt. Its theory
of the rights of defeated belligerents is at
war with our theory Of those rights. Its
theory gives control to the vanqnishcd.
Our theory gives it to the victors. There
fore, in view of the evil the advocacy OF
its theory may do, we say its politics are
bad, and it has multitude of faults"
Hdrrisonburg Union.
Is that all? We are answered.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-05-09

A daughter Of Sheriff Dissosway, of
Bethlehem, Pa, aged about ten years, a
few weeks since, while at school, com.
planned OF pain in her eyes, and asked per-
mission TO 90 home. Her request was
granted, but before she reached home.
which Is only about 500 yards from the
senooi' she became totally blind. Up to
TINS time all efforts TO restore her sight
have proved fsuitlsss, lI
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Is that all We are answered.

"CoLoRED OR PLAIN ?"-Waiting for a
car on street corner recently, our ear
was taken by a strikingly novel but highly
expressive discrimination of classes. A
couple of colored women were exchanging
expressions Of surprise at the conduct of
some third person mentioned by one, the
other thereupon inquiring: " Was she CO.
lored or plain 2" "Plainr' was the salts
factory answer.-National IntelHgencer.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-05-09

corroS ON rIs WAY TO ENGLAND
r-ou, returns published in Liverpool in the
last week of April it appears that the
quantity of cotton ahoat from the East 81
Ida and American ports on the way to
Liverpool and London is estimated at
900. 900 bales.
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Steamers.

TOR NEW YORK-OLD DOMINION
STBAMsHTP CoMPANY.-Ths SA
splendid sids.whssl steamships <S6
a.ns.!, Ana sLs sEsnisps. T. foa
AEDs ssSsi sas siTu4S;i
pr Tai;' t saigi y.
snS ar: sna saS
SSods shipped By thi. ilns are landed regularly
North ssn r,a TSJT within III forty sisS, hours
Insurance effected at lowest rates when ordered
Treights for points beyond New York are f Tor;
The stssmers for Chsriss.on, Savannah, New Or.
Joining pier s All goods for tSss. points are
promptly transferred without exposure.
N. l.. MocRRADY, President, 1877 Greenwich
'' sxaG SsE i VII : 90, Richmond, Va;
{ohs w v BTE S1i, Stsy Point and Petersburg
.o' freight Or passage s sPRss{ z 2yRzs CO...
fes-n 1870 Cary street.
DOR NORFOLK, PORTSMOUTH,
: OLD POINT. 49,
AND ALL LANDINGS ON JAMES RIVER.
Tho 5 Join ~ sf f1:s1HRss4 .is.n'''
CAPTAIN 2. G. GIHFoRD,
n' ssn ksi Al .ns
tso,cl9sk A. NJ. and return on Tuesday Thurs.
dsy and Saturday :, az, po,,, :, ym. .
connect with train for Petersburg.
Freight received at all hours for Boston. BaIH:
more principal landings on Chesapeake bay, and
Freight Tor any landings must be pre- paid.
t ARgls'0 Ii Once 3; T ss..nsi as Essit
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-05-09
Coal and Wood.

THE DOVER COMPANY OFFER
i for sale at their yard, on Sixth street between
Canal and Byrd, their superior GOALS 1t the fol-
lowing rates "a a.
Lump, for CRATES. AZ
Fine, for engines and shops ...."......'..'.. w
Coke for cooking purposes ................... "
per load of twenty-f five bushels, delivered in any
part Of the city.
Liberal arrangements will be made with large
consumers of Average End Fine Goals.
mvs THOMAS G. JONES, Agent.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-05-09

Twenty -one thousand gallons of Bourbon
whisky sold in Lexington, KY, on Thurs
day last at seventy five cents per gallon.
Hon. Waller R. Staples is to address the
people of Roanoke at their next court day.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-05-09

WATCHES. CLOCKS, JEWELRY,
w SILVER WARE,
GOLD WATCHES,
Elegant styles Of GOLD JEwELRY,
SILVER CUPS,
SPOONS,
FORKS,
BUTTER KNIVES,
sILVER-PLATED TEA SETS,
Very heavy PLATED SPOONS and
FORKS,
CAKE BASKETS,
PITCHERS,
Breakfast and Dinner CASTORS
BUTTER DISHES,
SALT CELLARS,
SPECTACLES for all ages.
Watches and Jewelry repaired.
Old Silver purchased or exchanged; vyuur
mhs loll Main street, opposite the post-otice.
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Railroads.


n - % EaggR
DICH MOND AND DANVIIIs
llRAfLROAD-CHANg NOE OF sch sDULE-s vr
ARRANGEMENT. -0n and after SUNDAY ".
o. nss,. only ons daily Mail and Passenger Trsi5
VIII DO run upon this road each way h
THROUGH MAIL AND PAssEsGER rpuy
00IEg WEST. H
Leave Richmond daily at...............7.isG
Leave Danvills daily st.........,....,..afsP "
Arrive at Greensboro at...............71p
connecting at Bnrksville win trains on soo,b.i1
railroad for Lynchburg, Knoxville. gasLyIii.
memphis, &c. at Greensboro with train. -
North Carolina railroad for Charlotte, Columbi,
Charleston, Augusta, Macon, Columbus. ezvaa'
nah, Atlanta, Montgomery, Mobile, Row orissn.
GOING EAST.
Leave Greensboro daily at...,...ssly
Leave Danville daily At. .........,.,..siOl "
Arrive at Richmond at ....,........,,,.4GP
connecting at Burkeville With trains on sou,h,t1.
road Tor Petersburg, Norfolk. &c.
THOMAS D0DAMgAD
my6 Superintendent
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nv our speeisl Q onundrumist.

Why lisa debtor always wiser Because
he is knowing man.
Why did the hero Of Switzerland reiuSe
to obey Gessler II was hard to Tell.
When is question that is difficult 70
answer no question at all When u"
knotty question.-Lynch5,ug Republican.
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OFFICE RICHMOND AND PErEs.Bcso)
RAILROAD CoyPAsY
RIcHNosD, Va May 2, iss7.
IA W e

CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.-On and
~ after SUNDAY tho 9Th May, 1867, the TRANS
on this road will be run ss follows:
Leave Richmond daily at $40 A. NJ. and n,
Pm; :"
Leave Petersburg daily at $40 A. N. and . 10
Pm.
On Mondays, wednesd avs, and Fridays an Ic.
COMMODATI0S TRAIN Will leave Richmond 4,
IL 20 A. NJ. and Petersburg at 10 rs A. NJ.
The AIS Train connects with the Train for Nor.
folk daily, except on Sundays.
Through tickets and baggage checked through
10 Norfolk. Fare 10 Norfolk, PouR DOLLARS.
Y. n. GILL
my ITS Engineer and Superintendent
Maryland free press., 1867-03-21

in case the times now fixed by law for holding
rhc regular terms of and of said courts shall ar
tive before Jurics may be sommonea in accord
ance with the provisions ofthis Act, tshaA be the
duty of the Judges Of said courts to discharge the
Jmries which may have been summoned by the
Shcrifl's of said counties, or any of them, without
reference to this Act and to adjourn said term
or terms for such time as may be requisite to en-
ding to the provisions of this Act and 70 direct
q Ie lire facias to issue for summonning the Jul
rors who may be selected for such adjourned
term terms accordingt0 this Act, and to fix
ii day on which said Nenire fcias shall he re-
tUrnable, and thereupon TO proceed To hold SAID
term or terms in the same manner and with the
same ctftSt as if the said term or terms had been
held on the days now fixed by law, and the Grand
and Petit JuriCs so TO be selected and summoned
shall be taken to all intens and purposes 10 lie
the proper and lawful Grand aud Petit Jn-
ries as fully as fthe same had been selected and
summoned prior TO the regular days of holding
the term or tcrais Of said courts.
SECTION S. And be ii enacted That this act
shall take effect and be in force from the date OF
its p ssrge.
SECTION 0. And be il enacted, that all laws
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be
and the same are here by repcalcc.
We certify that the foregoing is true copy of
an act which passed the General Assembly tf
Maryland January Session, 1867.
W. r. COLE,
Chief Clerk of House of Dele gates
AUGUSTUS GAS3AWAY,
Secretary to the Senate. March II.
Maryland free press., 1867-03-21

n~S A Nsw AND GRAND EPoCH IN MKptcxs
Wae9Dr. Maggiel lisa founder a new
Medical System! The quantitarians, whose vast
Internal doses enfeebls- the stomach and paralyze
the soowels, must give.preecacnce.to.th the msa who
restores health and appetite, with from one to tn 0
ofhs extraordinary Pills. and cures the sost viru-
lent sores with box or so of his wonderful and all
healing Salvc. These tive great specifics of the
Doctor are fast superscding all the stereoypsd
trums Of the day. Extraordinary cures BY Nag
ti,sP and Salve have opened the eyes of the
public to the ineficiency of the socalled rem edies
Of others, and upon which the people have SO long
bindy depended. Masgiels Pills are not Of thu
class that are swallowed by tbs dozen, and OF
which every box full taken creates an absolute ne
csssitysfor another. One or two of Maggiels Pills
isices to place the bowels in perfect order, tone
the stomach, create appetite AID render the spir-
it, light and buoyant There is no gripping, and 70
rasclUn in the form of constipation If the v or is
Affected, its functions restored; and if the ner
vous system is feeble, it is invigorated, This last
quality makes the medicines very desirable. for the
wants of delicate females Ulcerous and eruptivs
diseases are literally extinguished by the disnfee-
tant power of Maggitrs'Salve, In fact, it is here
announced that MaggierS Bilious, DrSpEr.Io AkB
DIARRHeA PILLS. cure where all others fail. While
fol Burns, Scalds; Chilblains Cuts, and all abra-
SONS Of the skin Maggicls Pills is infallLJ. Sold
No II Pine street, New York, and by all Druggists
at Is cents per box.
CorSrgnrglTs! CoryrERrsrrs!-AN parties are
warned against purchasing any of Maggicl's Pulls
orSave unless tho name of J. IIaydock, proprietor
in addition to the of J. Maggiel Is ON the
uared slip surrounding each box or pot. All 9th
are counterfeit. mar. limo.
Maryland free press., 1867-03-21

MAnAuE Z. F. TEoRNroS, the great English As
tUlosist, Ciairvoyant and Psychnn stFiciss, VII .
has a,tonishsd tbs scientific classes OF the Old
World, has now located herself atsIIndson, n. Y.
Madame Thornton possesses such wonderful powers
O'second sight, as to enable her. to impart know
edge Of the greatest importance to the single or
married of either sex. While in astate of trance,
81. dclineates the very features of the person you
are to marry, and BY the aid of an instrument Of
intense power, known as the Psychomosrcps, guar
;ntvSs to produce life-like picture of the future
husband or wife Of the applicant, together with a
tc of marriage. position in life, leasing traits o.
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tsSmonisle e an ASSERT. She will send when de
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hat the picture is.what it purports 10 be. BY en-
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