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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-04-26

SUPREME Court OF APPEALS-PREsENT /:
JUDGES MoNCuRE, JoYNEs, AND RlyES.-
James River and kanawha Canal Company
rs John l.. Adams upon a writ Of &uperSe-
dras to Judgment Of the Circuit Court OF
Amherst county. In this case the argu-
ments were heard, but "thc court not
being advised OF the Judgment to be
given" time was taken to consider.
Samuel J. Tebbs rs. Ann j. Duval and
o.h.rs--dccSion OF the Circuit Court ot
Culpcpcr county affirmed. Thomas j.
Urichic and others -. George Cane, ad-
miustrator, etc, Of David urichic-the
decision OF the Circuit Court of Albcmarle
affirmed.
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Governor Pierpoint has re-
turned to the city.
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THANKS FOR PAPERs.-To Mr.. Stocking,
Southern Express Company to Mr.. Tur-
per.
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ID 90 rs, s III o f s i,

DOOTS, s III o ES,
AND
PAPER COLLARS,
OF EVERY STYLE, QUALITY. AND PRICE.
We advertise no "price list" but can convince
all that
WE SELL CHEAPER
than any other house In the city.
We have a large lot OF PLAIN PAPER COLI
LARS on hand, which must be sold by June LIST, rs
change in the factory for which we are AGENTS IL
contemplated, and we are prepared to offer extra
inducements to buyers OF boxes OF 100.
JESSE ]. UNDERHILL,
300 Broad street corner of Third.
Cu.prrsJ GRrySAS. salesman. ap2i-ts
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az A CARD TO TIE ftBLit.-Ihe ioi-
lowing seIles Of resolutions were GhahimouSiy
adopted at d meeting OF the trm Of
4 HgEsH 4 CO., C27 BROAD STREET,
In which the cittz,us of Richmond and the sur
rounding country are deeply Interested
Whereas II being the Intention Of A. HlhSh 10
withdraw from the nrm Oh the lst day OF july
laoI, therefore be IL
R,soty,t That We viii from thin day offer our
entire stock nl
FREsH hPKING DRY GOOrs AT GREATLY
REDUCED PIECES,
and our WINTER GOODS At lsss than cost.
H,aetr.d That should there be decline In the
market the prices vii. DO correspondingly lower
A. HIKsH CO.,
apps 5Y Broad street.
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and reserved funds.

THE SHAREHOLDERS PERSONALLY RESPOS
>IhLE ToR ENGAGEM sITS OF THE
COMPANY.
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THE DISPATCH
ny COWARDIN & ELLYSON.

TEE DAILY DISPATCH s delivered to sub.
,,rfbers a. rtrrFrx cESTs per week payable 10 the
carrier weekly Matted atS6 per annum: "a so fol
Ex months. -se rermrrth for a shorter period
The SEWI NEEkuI DISPATCH at 81 per an.
yyr,. or = 81 far six months.
tsT1a wrrktN pr>PkTCH Al 80 per annum
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NOTICE.

The managers of the Bazaar wish it nm
derstood that the doors are not opened for
visitors until II O'Clock each day, and per-
sons other than those having business in
the rooms are requested not to apply for
admittance until that hour.
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wi DOLLAR SAVINGS BANK -Stockholders in
THIS institution will be emitted - bid, and the
lowest bidder Will certainly obtain from - 600,
81 900, or 80, 900 every month, for the period OF
thr-e or five years, with which amount he may
purchase a hoIue-thus If you now pay fifty dol
lars per month rent, this would be s5o' per year
ana Won will be no better off next year but by
uAying this amount into this Savings Bank yon
obtain II home at once, and AT the expiration OF
three four, or five years, az the case may De- IN
house and lot will re yours. Persons deslrous 81
snbsc riding may do 30, and learn fun particulars,
by appIying al the office corner OF Wall ana Main
streets under ST. Charles Hotel. once ho1re from
8 o. clock until g. and trom4 until o'clock p. NJ.
Sums of one dollar and more received on deposit,
for which six per cent. will be allowed.
JOHN L. Bo>SlEU&, President.
WILLIAM T ALLEN. Cashier ap l5-ts
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an cots between Fifteenth and Seventeenth.

r A NJ MANUFACTCKlNG a l. l.
| kinds of sewed Boots, Shoes, and isp
sIT6olsssls or Tsttil at !lgqgwYGS
prices. | have 4 fine assortment MADE; vxSs-
aud ann making all kinds 10 order: ladies'
from - to - gents shoes, Il to IS so Best quality
French Cal.-sewrd Boots for -: - for toollns
Boots All ork done neat and with dispatch al Tue
Richmond Boot and Shoe Manufactury. No. liOV
Main street between Fourteenth and F.ftyem,9,,,
an ia J. S. LEWIS,
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\ communication from Mr.. Dowell ask
ing il reduction Of the class tax on teic-
graph companies was referred to the Com
mittcc on Finance.
After the transaction of other business
Of no public Importance, the Council adj
iourned.
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MEETING OF THE CITY COrNCIL.-An ad-
journed meeting of the City Council
was held yesterday afternoon. Present {:
Mc+srs. mcfarland (presidenU, August,
Scott, Epps, Crutchficld, Smith, Saunders,
Mason, and Clopton.
Tar Bill.
The unfinished portions of ordinance
left over from Wednesday evening were
taken up, and the following sections
passed
SECTION 4. On interest, or bonds, or GER
tifcates of any country, State, city, or
town, or of any joint stock or chartered
company, paid in money, six per centum
on the amount thereof; and when paid or
provided for by new obligation or certiti-
cate Of debt, six per centum on the value
thereof.
Section. On dividends of all other joint
stock companies located in the city, which
have declared dividend Of not less than
six per centum within one year next pre-
ceding the lst Of February, six per CEN
tum on the amount thereof which shall be
paid by the corporation or joint stock COM
pany.
SECTION 6. On dividends on bank stock,
six per centum of the amount thereof.
SECTION 16. Agents and sub-agents of
any insurance company or Office whose
principal Office is located in the city, shall,
between the lst and 10Th of July and the
lst and 18th of January Of each year,
make a return to the Auditor of the city,
under oath, the gross amount OF premiums
received by the said company for the past
six months, and shall pay to the Chamber
lain two per centum upon the amount
thereof.
SECTION q. The Committee of Finance
shall place each person and firm employed
in the trade or business referred to in sec
tions !, 5, ., 10, II, II, l3, IA, ID, l6, II,
Is, 10, and 20, in the class to which the
committee shall be Of opinion such per-
son or firm properly belongs, looking to all
the circumstances of the case and the
assessor in making out his books shall be
governed by the action Of the committee.
The classification so made shall remain in
the office of the Auditor for two weeks ;
and the Auditor shall give notice OF the
time, not less than one week from the date
of the notice, in all of the daily papers OF
the city, when the Committee Of Finance
will meet to hear applications from all per-
sons who shall think they are placed IN TOO
high a class, aud the committee may there.
upon change their classification ifthcy lind
reason therefor.
SECTION %. This ordinance shall be in
force from its passage.
JVeiglmoStsrS.
Mr.. Scott offer ed a resolution directing
the Committee on Markets to inquire into
the eXpcdicncy OF allowing the weigh
masters 10 have all the fees OF their Offices,
provided they keep the scales i'll order.
Adopted.
Telegraph Companies.
\ communication from Mr.. DOwell ask
ing il reduction Of the class tax on tcic-
graph companies was referred to the Com
mittcc on Finance.
After the transaction of other business
of no public Importance, the Council ad-
iDurupl.
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EOR SALE, Il quantity of WHITE
II OAK suitable for making stavss and also
TINRER for oil b er purposes, situated In the county
OF New Kent convenient 10 the York River rail
road or Pamunkey river. Address - st this
10 80 " ap IL IL
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

MINIATURE ALnAEAC-APKIL 25, 1897.
nm rises.......... $40 Moon rises. 90
un sets.......... 6.It High tide, A. NJ. .. On
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Mrs. n. C. Barton, Miss Graves, Miss
Pizzini, Miss Morrow, aud Miss Eanes, IN
charge OF the Texas table, acknowledge
a box Of fancy articles from the ladies OF
Wilmington, Del, one box containing q
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Mr.. Scott offer ed a resolution directing
the Committee on Markets to inquire into
the expcdicncy OF allowing the weigh
masters 10 have all the fees of their Offices,
provided they keep the scales i'll order.
Adopted.
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TENNESSEE TAHLE
Mrs. George Gwathmey and Mrs. Hartwell
presiding. table, which is very hand
somely furnished, has received no contri-
buttons, but has been supplied entirely oy
the ladies who have it in charge. 1t Is not
gift table-the articles being entirely
disposed of by sale.
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NUMBER 83
A TeIllng Speech.

7
a man on his trial for murder vas sue
cessfully defended by his counsel ID the
following speech:
Thou shalt not kili, Now If you
hang my client you transgrsss the co m
mand as slick as grease, and as plump as
a goose's egg in loafer's face.o Gen.
tlemen, murder is murder, whether CON-
mitted by twelve jurymeD or an humble
individual like nay client. Gentlemen,
| do not deny the fact Of my client hay
ing killed man. No such thing, gen.
tleman. Ye may bring the prisoner. in
guilty, the hangman may do his, duty,
but will that exonerate, gou2 No such
thing. In that case you will be murder
ers. Who among youis prepared for the
brand o: Cainkto be stamped upon his
brow today Who, freemen2 Who in
this land of liberty and light2 Gentle.
men. will pledge my word no. -one of
you has a boWie.knife No, gentlemen.
your pockets are odoriferons with the
fumes of cigar cases and tobacco. You
can smoke the tobacco of rectitude IN
the pipe of clear conscience, but hang.
my poor client and the, scaly alligators
of remorse will gallop through the in.
ternal principles Of yoNr animal viscera
until the spinal yertebr@ of your ana.
tomical construction is turned into a
railroad for the grim and CORY goblins Of
despair. Gentlemen, beware Of CON-
mitting murder. Beware, / say, of med
ding with the eternal prerogative. GEN.
tlemen, / adiure yeu,by the manumitted
ghost of temporary sanctity, to do no
murder. I adjure you, by the name Of
woman, the main-spring Of the ticking
timepiece of times theoretical transmi-
grafton, to dono murder. I adjure YOU
by the American eagle th at whipped the
universal game cock Of creation, and is
now roosting on the magnetic telegraph
of times illustrous transmigration, to do
ne murder. And lastly. If you ever ex-
pect free dogs not to bark at you. IF
you ever expect to wear boots made Of
the free hide of the Rocky Mountain
buffalo--and to sum up all, If you 6yes
expect to be anything but sneaking, low :
flung, rascally Drained small ends Of hu-
manity, whitfield down into fndistincti-
bility, acquit my client and save your
country" The prisoner was dcqnittedl
of course. tssSSfss2A
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The Last Mans Society.

In 1882 an association was formed in
Cincinnati, which was denominated the
"Last Mans Society," It was composed
of seven young men, engaged in various
pursuits, and was organized when the
cholera was prevailing for the first time
in this country. These young mon were
drawn together BY a common tie Of
friendship and brotherhood, and were i'm
PEELED to the action, at the time, on &C.
count of the dangers which were believed
to surround them.
1t was agreed among other things, thai
the anniversary Of the organization should
be sacredly observed as long as any oi
them lived, or until one of them was left
alone, when he was required for once al
least to observe its return. The anniver.
sary observance was to consist. in part. Of .
repast, to be provided by one of the
members, each taking his turn, the Sc
lection to be made by casting lost. All
who could do SO were bound to be pres
ent at the anniversary festival, even il
| it involved considerable expense.
In the celebration of the anniversary
the table was always to be spread fol
seven, the full number Of the society,"
In case Of the absence of one or more
from death or other unfavorable causes
the plates were to remain unturnsd, while
the vacant chair was to be in its place.
/ For Eve years not q death occurred
among the members. At the sixth ami.
versary the FIRST unturned plate and the
first vacant chair were in their places
occasioned by the death of one of theil
members. This death occurred on the
26th of June, 1887; the. second death
took place in November following; the
third on the 18th of October, 1912; the
fourth November Is, 1S47; the eth Jan.
uary 5, 1858, and the sixth August 25
1857.
| On the twenty first anniversary but
two of the membsrsS we're present; and
when the twenty second arrived the last
tie had been sundered, apd the 'slas
man" was leftalone to- fulfill & Cue sacret
| obligation he had assumed. With si1
| unturned plates and six vacant chairs
around the table, he was left in solitud,
and silence to celebrate the last anniver
sary of the association. All but him.
self had been summoned tosthat "bourns
| from whence no Traveller returns" He
still lives, and has survived his eompan.
| ions ten years.
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The Fearful Cost.

The National Intelligencer in q long
and able article on the war-as indeed
all its articles are-shows that from the
first the intention was to emancipata the
blacks and to give them the right te
vote, although concealed from the pub
lie eye and denied, and this they did
"but at what cost?" Thus it answers the
Iquestion:
Prescribing able generals, and exaltine
incapable tools Of power.
Two years Of disasters in battles.
| Hundreds Of thousands of the lives Of
white soldiers, and of these permanently
MANNED and sick.
Meurning in every household of the
Hand.
The ranks Of labor invaded, production
diminished, and prices made exorbitant
Drafts instead of volunteering. &
Foreigners instead Of natives for sol
diers.
Capricious and wicked military arrests
and imprisonments without cause or law
Excessive duties fostering class mon
opolies.
A paper currency displacing gold, ana
having a value, as compared with the lat
ter, of only two and three to one during
long periods.
An infusion Of deep Generalization il
the form Of luxury, vice and crime among
the people.
Division of the people in opinion in
respect to the war.
ProAigacy, corruption, and tyranny
in the administration of the general Gov
ernment and that of the States.
Every form Of fraud upon Government
by which monstrous shoddy aristoeracy
has been created. A
Fraud and force at the polls.
Disregard of the Constitution, laws,
and the judicial Office, with It's judgments
Subsidies levied upon cities and towns
to enforce the draft, with debt contracted
in the same regard.
The destruction Of the shipping in.
terest with commerce.
These are some Of the leading calam.
tiles that occurred during the war. They
were all entailcd by the successful Rad
ical conspiracy against Mcclellan, in
order, by procuring his defeat, that the
emancipation of the blacks should be-
come fixed fact.
This is indeed fearful cost, and when
we add to it a Republic disrupted-ten
States forced from the Union by Radi-
cal Congress-an immense national debt
and taxes falling with crushing force on
the laborsof the oountry-demoralization
and thieving in high places-an internal
revenue that costs one-half to collect
the other half, the people can readily
see that nearly everything that the peo-
pie hold dear, has been sacrificed upon
the alter of mistaken philanthropy in or.
der to make the Black the equal Of the
White, against the DEGREES Of Omnipo.
tence itself.
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pa- Why do birds feel depressed ear,

b@. Why do birds feel depressed early
in summer morning? Because their
little bills are all over DUE
When are soldiers like good flannel?
When they don't shrink.
A canter will give you rudy cheeks; a
decanter rudy nose.
If you can Say nothing good of one,
say nothing at all.
The language Of aowers-"Well, I'm
blowedl"
A wife with capital ism alwaysa cap
/ ital wife.
New Axiom--A thorn in the bush is
worth two iG the hand.
Woman is a delusion; but men will hug
delusions.
An Irish absentee is said to have sent
this comforting message to his steward:
"Tell the tenants that no threats to shoot
you will terrify me. !"
Heavy rains have visited. nearly all
parts of Wisconsin during the last two
weeks, and the dying vegetation has been
revived.
Josh Billings correctly remarks: "Snc-
cess in life IL very apt tew make US forget
the time when we wasn't much. 1t is
just SO with the frog on the jump; he
kant remember when he was tadpole-
but other folks can
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" A R IET5yuaysr :
----a 90 Z s...rg3

E zsE
During the ipast month 689 building
permits were issued in Philadelphia.
Silk-vorm eggs are sold in California
for expectation to France ats10 announces
Seed wheat Is in demaud in Lynch
burg, Va, at So 5o@s3 per bushel.
George Francis Train has rented his
hotel at Omaha for sl0,5o0 year.
There is lady living in Portsmouth
Va, who has attained the remarkable
age of Ia years.
It is estimated that there are seventeen
hundred persons in New York and
Brooklyn engaged in selling hot corn
A machine, propelled BY horse poBest-
like a reaper, has been invented in IIexa'
to gather and chrnsh the potato bugs.
A little girl hearing the romatk that
all people had once been children ,sartless--
y inquired: aWh0 took care Of the
DAD.'s' s ssa
The Chicago cattle yards have one hun.
dred and fifty acres foored with plank.
There are pens for seventy five thousand.
sheep, twenty thousand csttle, aadtusfjA
y thousand hogs. esss 10 saasE
With the mercury at 80 deg, far
mer in Fulton, Wis, recently cut thirty.
two acres of wheat in one day with Glow.
reaper and one pair Of horses.
Forty acres of bog land in the country
Of Mayo, the northwest extremity Of
Ireland, undermined by heavy rains sf-.
| ter long continued drought, lately dis
appeared in the depths Of the Atlsniie.---
Ten acres of standing crops and several
houses were destroyed. aas
The practice of sowing rye early in
autumn among corn, for fall and spring
feed, and for blowing under, is adopted
to considerable extent by the fsrmsrF
of the West. The corn is benefited by
the stirring of the soil necessary to cover
| the rye. s $
TO "break ap'' a setting hen, I: A.
Collins, Of Gardingten, Ohio stiss her
with string four orfves feet in length
to stake driven in the ground, close 70
the path whore he is in the habit Of pcs
sing frequently, and scarss hsr as ofen.
as he goos that way. One day effects
| Icure. zsa 4as aT
| The cost of keeping sheep in the South
| is very small. A correspondent of the
agricultural Department., from Union
County, s. G., says itcoat him but 38I1
cents per head to winter his Aock ofl22s
They were fed about two months, receiv-.
Ing shelter not more than two weeks.
He estimates bis profits from the flock
at $40. ss'l'7s 8
The editor Of the Woodstock, Con-,
Patriot makes merry over.the mistaksief
an old Shanghae hen of his that has been
setting for five weeks upon two round
stones and piece of brick "Her shxs
iety,' he says, sis no greater than ours
| to know what she will hatch If it
proves a brick yard the hen is not for
sale" 80 - s'as's
Tn describing the farm Of W. H. Mann
| s. Bro, in Mclean County3S Ill., of5s
Eaitle over one thousand acress the Prais
RE Farmer mentions "patch'' of Usage
Orange plants for hedges of two hnn5
dred and fifty acres in one body, in rows
two feet apart; enc hundred ncfesin corn,
and two hundred and fifty in wheat and
oats. Only two years ago the whole
was a wild prairiel ~, sau
u
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3 poetrg 0
B EAU TIFUL.
By FRANCIS L, KELLER.

a maiden in the sweet spring time
Sat listening to an evening chime;
Her hair was like the ripping sea,
Her eyes were like the stars, and she
Was beautiful.
And when the summers silver sheen
Clothed all the earth with loveliest green
She wandered DER the fragrant lea,
Kxclaiming in her ecstasy
How bsautifuli
In autumn time, one golden day,
She gave her trusting heart away;
Then as she stro He'd beside stream
With him who won,she dreamed dream
Most beautiful.
When winter with its deeting hours
Froze out the life of all the flowers,
The maiden found she loved in vain,
And dream of hers would ne'er again
Be beautiful.
Alas, when next the spring time came
And proved his false heart still the same
Her snowy robes were laid aside,
For now she ne'er would be bride
All beautiful.
And when again the summer breeze
Swept o'er the blue, mysterious seas,
Her waiting spirit heard cali
From realms of ceassless rest, where all
Is beautiful.
Her waxen lips we left apart,
And sweetly Ger her broken heart
We clasped her hands, IS if in prayer,
And twiued pale blossoms IN her hair
60 beautiful.
A fading mound meath autumn's sun
Tells that her sad, brief race is run, =
The daisies withering in the frost
Reproach the one for whom she lost
Rarth's beautiful.
But from on high her starry eyes
Look downward through the dusky skies
And unto God her pure lips pray
Let him enjoy with me some day
Heavens beautiful.
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"Don't be afther making fun Of the
Bird" said a newly.imported Hibernian
to lad whom he discovered annoying a
land terrapin with bullrush, ''how do
you know but he has blessed fine feathers
under hisovercoat."
The bulletins of fashion state that
''some of the ladies now wear long rib
bons on their bonnets, to the ends of
which tiny bells are attached. This is
doubtless to notify their admirers that
they have no objection to ring.
A. II. STEPHENS The President has
not yet fully considered the application
for pardon of Alexander Il. Stephens, Of
Georgia. The papers are now on file at
the Executive Mansion, and will be again
taken up by the President THE week.
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Seed Saving must not be forgotten :

Seed Saving must not be forgotten
Seeds should be collected on dry day
and ez posed in warm, airy room, upon
paper trays. When perfectly dry there
is no better plan of preserving them than
in brown paper bags, which should be
hung UP where neither frost nor damp
can injuro them. There can be no doubt
that the amount of care bestowed upon
the collection and keeping of seeds will
materially influence the growth Of the
plants and the luxurisnce Of the flowers
next year.
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Why aid tho yellow fever cease in New
Orleans when Butler came? Because
Providence rarely sends two osflictions Of
such magnitude on any place at one
time.
The great objection to smart children
is, that when they commence having
whiskers they leave off having brains
BY forcing children, you get SO much
into their heads that they become crack
ed in oYde. 20 hold it,