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show the urgent necessity Of despatShing
Admiral Farragut, with a powerful feet; to
the scene of the war on the Parana.
1t appears that Lopez conceived the idea
that he was to be made the victim OF oon-
spiracy in which two OF his own brothers were
alleged to be concerned. One of these had
taken refuge with Minister Washburn, as had
also number Of foreigners, among the latter
being the Portuguese Consul. All these refu-
gees were delivered up to the tyrant by our
Minister, with no attempt to resist the out
rage, except by mild protest. The brother
o. Lopez and the Portuguese Consul we're
summarily disposed of, aud the others were
put upoS the rack and tortured into confess
sion of participation in the alleged conspiracy
MIR. Wsshburn finally concluded TO leave the
dominions of the Dictator, which he did on the
18th OF September As he was passing
Though the streets of Asuncion, the
Parsguayan capital, two of the members
of his Legation were arrested at his side by the
minons of Lopez, thrown into prison, aud
subjected to the most revolving torture. The
letter in this matter extorted from Mr.. Porter
In it he is made to accuse Mr., Washburn of
being the soul Of the revolutionary bugbear
which torments LoIez. This accusation is
doubtless unfounded, but from all the advioes
at haLd, and from the letters of Mr.. Washburn
himself he is certainly shown to have
been an arrant coward unworthy of repre-
sentiDg great nation, even at the court of
such petty despot as Lopez.
When Mr.. Washburn found himself ON
board the United States steamer Wasp, and
out of harms way, he addressed letter to
Lopez, in which he heaped unmitigated abuse
on the head OF that heroic butcher. Referring
to the arrest of the two members of his Lsga-
ton, Mr.. Washburn courageously exclaims:-
81 his violation OF the rights of nations ia lust
as Infamous as IL they had been seized 10 NV
house. This outrage is not only directed against
the United States Government. but ag ainst
every civilized nation; ii excludes Paraguay
from the law OF nations You will be declared
ss their common enemy and treated as such"
But Mr.. Washburn, at the last advces
(oct. 81, was safely lodged at Buenos Ayres,
writing letters by the basketball, and doing
nothing to vindicate the honor of his flag or
to rescue his countrymen from the clutches of
Lopez. From this state of affairs we are led
to believe that there is show of truth in the
accusation, freely made by the Brazilian and
Argentine journals, that his apathy has been
purchased by Lopez at round price. Whether
this be true or false, the subject demands
immediate attention at the hands of our Gov
ernment, by which the promptest measures
should be taken for bringing Lopez to his
=
of the Allies and we should hasten to assist
them in putting a summary termination to
the career of the Paraguayan despot. 1t will
require full months time to reach the seat
of the war, and there should be no needless
delay in the business. Let Farragut be off
for the Parana at once
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Work for Farragut,

ADMIRAL FARRAeUT has returned from his Eu-
ropean holiday excursion just in the nick Of
time. He is sadly needed in South America,
where the honor of our flag and the safety of
our citizens are both at stake. A day or two
ago We published some Of the correspondence
of the Hon. Charles A. Washburn, of Cali
fornia, our Minister to Paraguay, in which
were detailed the Oruelties Of Lopez, the blood
thirsty Dictator of that unhappy country.
Later adyices confirm thOss Rrst received, and
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TIE CAPITAL.
Proposed Removal TO enc west.


recent letter from st. Louis to a Washington
apeI has the following People out here have
n settled conviction that the seat OF government
Will be removed bere or hereabouts within the
next twenty years. They cay that they will
nave 1t, not to give importance to any particular
city or locality, but as an emblem that the seat
OF empire Is 10 the Mississippi Valley. The
capital, they hold, will come TO them naturally
nnd inevitably in the course of few years.
Inc East ia not growing; the West is gaining
over in congress- yearly, through the formation
OF new Congressional districts. When all these
vast prairles of the richest land are 6llcd up
win The population they are capable of support
Ing, the wealth and population will be so pre-.
ponderant here thai the seat OF government
will necessarily gravitate to the point where 1t
will be IN harmony with aud an exponent OF the
national heart. This Is the Western idea, and
II IL worth our while in Washin. ton to prepare
to meet 1t by making our city so cosy aud
agreeable as place of residence and resort
that members will be unwilling to leave it t.
banks of the muddy Mississippi.
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THAT MYSTERIOUS BOXi

Mr.. Secretary Stanton,
Before they had Grant on,
Received mysterious box
Twas said TO hold msney,
Twas fastened so funny,
With rivets, with bands. and with LOCKS,
And mighty legal scholars
Said thousands OF dollars
Were held In that package so strong
so In safe apartment.
Below War Department.
They kept IL for ever so long.
But early Wed nesday morning
They thought, red tape sc0rning,
It's contents to light they'd expose:
With great pee lation,
oh queer revelation
JEFF DAVIS feminine ciothesi
Now the ladies send petition
To hold exhibition
or calico wrapper and all;
But the men folks are rushing
And crowding and pushing
For clothes to the GREAT BROWN HALL.
The folks at the War Department ere badly sold
Jetfs cast-of feminines may be exhibited as au
OBJECT OF national curiosity but for Ationa usefu
ness durability economy. and be auy the citizens OF
this great nation seek the masculine apparel which
Is to be had on such delightful terms only at the
GREAT BROWN STONE HALL OF
ROCKHILL t& WILSON,
4ll l4p Nos. 6OS and COS CHEsNU Ut st PhiIada
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credit, to topple over horde Of shaky CON
Germs, and to put the elasticity OF the general
market to It's utmost tension. The relief came
not a moment too late. Aud now that the
trouble is practically at an end fer the time
being, we hope that Congress will take the
matter in hand as soon as II meets, and endsa-
vor to devise some plan whereby no national
bank will hereafter be able to lend itself to
such villainous schemes Of plunder.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-09-23
PETERSBURG, septem Der %, 1868.

PETERSBURG, Septembe %, 1868,
The receipts Of new cotton by the SCUM
ern railroad to-day amount to something
like an avalanche, being between nlnesy
and hundred bales, consigned 10 Vaiio ".
commission merchants on Sycamore suee,'
Such beginning is well calculated 70 elau
den the hearts of tradesnen ana intu'' Nv"
life in commercial circles. .
A general meeting of the stockhclders ol
the Petersburg Railroad Company Is 20 DE
held on the oath instant, the object OF
which is to consolidate the funded ana
floating debt under one mortgage, and to
place all the bonds Of the company as first
mortgage bonds. The business Of the road
has been gradually increasing during the
year, and the hope is confidently entertain
cd that most if not all of the trade which has
been lost since the war will be recovered
under the present management.
A very Interesting revival is in progress
OF the village Of Mechanicsville (Me-
chanics' Factory, near Swift creek, in
Chesterfield, under the ministration of the
Rev. William Robinson, the Baptist clergy
man of that place. We understand that
about forty converts have been added to the
church.
While the dredging machine was ct work
to-day few miles below the city the boiler
exploded, injuring one Of the hands, bat
not severely. 3.
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PROFESSOR AGASSIZ AMONG THE ROCKY
MoUNTAINs.-Denver, Colorado, September
7.-Professor Agassiz, Senator Conklin, of
New York :; Representative Hooper, of Bos-
ton; Judge Ward Hunt, of New York, and
several other gentlemen from New York
and St. Louis, have just arrived by the St.
Louis or Smoky Hill route, travelling from
the end of the railroad at Sheridan GOO
miles distant) in government ambulances
and with a guard of United States troops.
Agassiz is fairly seething with enthusiasm /;
all Brazil was nothing, he says, to what he
has seen of natural beauty and scientific
revelation already in crossing the plains :;
but the half is not told him. When he
comes face to face with the mountains-the
mountains in perfection and the mountains
in ruin-and their phenomena of parks
and wealth Of verdure, then, indeed, he
may feel he is among the "gardens of the
gods" The party is off to-day for as long
as he can keep them among the hills, and
then will 60 to the end Of the Pacific rail
road track, possibly make call on Brig
ham Young, and return early in October.
The professor finds abundant materials to
sustain his widespread glacial theories all
these vast elevated plains, from Missouri
river to the mountains, from Montana to
Mexico-the very heart of the continent
are but, in his eye, the deposit of great
fields of ice, stretching down from these
hills and washing down their heights.
What must they have been once to have lost
SO much and remain so Titanesque - the
very backbone of the continent, the mother
mountains of the hemisphere! C0rrespon-
dence Of the Springfield Republican.
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The solar eclipse, as observed by one of
the German astronomers at Alden, in Ara
bia, and by him communicated to the Lon
don Times, is thus alluded to:
The Great EchpSe.-The only astronomers
and photographers that have come to Alden
are all Germans; three Of them, DR.. Weiss,
Navigating Lieutenant Rhea, and another
gentleman, are Austrians. Their chief OBJ
ject was to make observations on the consti-
tuition Of the corona. From the observations
taken by these gentlemen there can be no
doubt that the problem is now solved, Seue-
raj carried experiments proving IN most
conclusive manner that the corona merel,
consists Of inJlammable gas IN a high state
OF combustion. At the time of totality the
height of the tide was seven and one-ouar-
ter feet, or, for Alden, good average spring
TIDE. The preceding spring tides (about a
fortnight before) were very bad, the rise
and fall not being more than four feet.
This last fact is stated as bearing upon
the question whether the moon Influences
the tides.
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THEApyENT1sTs ON EAsTHoUAKEs.-That
sect known as the Adyentis.s, and all per-
sons who believe in second Visitation. OF
divine wrath upon earth, are greatly agit o,
ted during these earthquake times, W hed
there is apparently no security to be g d had
either upon the land or anoa. upon pSn acct in
N Narss yor ys' on Sunday. At one of these
Rev NJ BROWN delivered o sermon 81, on
a nrulnyn taking for his text the 25sh
eaa n.gr If st. Luke, the predictions Of which
Snap pa;d " wonid surely take place, and that
s ~ si judging BY the recent calamity in
sauth America. He said the lawful shak-
; SunH may commence at any time. In con-
Ing Brother Brown announced that,
!n u, the earthquakes did not begin
before another Sabbath, he would be with
the congregation again and address them.
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NEWS FROM CAPTAIN HALL, THE ARCTIC
EXrLoRER.-Dr. Goold saw Captain Hall at
Repulse Bay in August, 1867. Captain
Hall had been successful in discovering
o,S9ss, further traces of the exnedittiiOon Of
Sir john saa daaid4 fty had learned that
CAPTAIN Crozier and another-thought to
be steward-had died SO late as 1864, in
Southampton Island, the head of Hudson
Bay, to which they had made their way in
the hope of meeting some whaler. He had
obtained what will no doubt be accepted as
tangible evidence Of the truth of this
Captain Crozier's watch. He had also
learned that he would in all probability
secure further knowledge of the fate Of the
expedition-perhaps find some records in
King Williams Land. The people there
are unfriendly to strangers, and the Captain
had made arrangements with friendly Es-
quimaux to accompany him on an expedi
tion-forcible if necessary-into the do
minions of those tribes-a fact indicating
that he had great hopes Of obtaining there
some valuable trace of the long-sought OBJ
jects of the worlds solicitude.-Neeo York
Herald
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VELocIpEDEs.-Our Washington CORE
,nao1aof xYr;toS.

VELocIpEDEs.-Our Washington CORE
spondcnt writes:
"The velocipede sensation has reached
the capital, and it is not improbable there
will be some one enterprising enough to in
troduce it during the coming season. Since
the Emperor Napoleon has recommended
the French army officials to look into the
merits of the velocipede with view of as
certaining its fitness as proper apPendage
to the War Department of that nation, some
of our own army officers have thought
worth while to give it their attention, and it
is even limited that number of drawings
representing the vehicle, its designs and
uses as an army engine, have already been
received by prominent officials connected
with our War Ofice-the result of which has
been an informal investigation into its use
and aptitude for conveyance in the field.
What if it should be adopted as proper for
staff officers to use instead of live stock in
carrying orders from one point to another
during the storm of battle Some parties
claim that it is both safer and swifter than
the horse"
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By wellington Goddin,
Auctioueer and Real Estate Agent.

A ssIGNEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE
n DISTnLERY, AND ALL MACHINERY
LEASE OF THE "AMPTHILL MILLS IN
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, On FALLI Nc
GREEK sx M4Es S9UaH oP
TURNPIKE.-As assignee In bankruptcy OF Alex
ander Clendenin, and with the consent OF the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, at washington, ID.
c., shall proceed to sell at public auction on the
9th September 1883. at 3 O'Clock, P. NJ. all the
valuable MAJ HINERY owned by the said Glen
denim for carving On a first-class disttlery at
tached to the Ampthlll Mills, embracing every
sistine in part of the following articles-viz.,
MASH TUBS, 1s feet;
MASH TUB. feet;
STILL and D0UBLER,
y FFE ERNE TUBS, ilxs feet;
lBEER WELL, 14xs feet;
2WHITSsKIEYY, G GJsTERNs, lax'feet;
2WATER TUBS
WORM and WORM TUB,
YEhST-C0OLING TUBS,
DONKEY ENGINE, lo-horse power:
BOILER, 6o-horse power;
SHAFTING,
GEARING,
and all kinds Of PIPES attached to the distillery
apparatus, together with many other articles.
The purchaser can continue the lease OF the
Ampthfl Mills for 4 term Of years or NOT, as ne
NAV prefer. The water-power Is ample, and small
vessels can come from James river distant one
me) to the MILL thus affOrding great facilities lot
will be offered as a whole; but If 1t cannot be sold
In that way then 1t will be sold In detail, according
to the inventory, which will be exhibited at the
hour OF sale.
'''i' ~ ANDREW RUTHERGLEN,
all ls-2aw4w .&dtds Assignee.
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r AND ON YORK RIVER" KINGS

AND YIN 1Uhh nj Y En- h1No ~
u CREEK,'-THE BEST FARM .IIS LON on 4 ISIlS
DRIED ACRES-TO BE SOLD IN LOTS OF
FROM TWENTY-FIVE TO TWO HUNDRED
ACRES AT PUBLIC SALE.-ln obedience
to an order OF the Circuit Court of York county
made on the 9th of March, 1853, In the cases OF
Smith cashier. Us. Thomas d. Warren, and John
NJ. Jones Us. Thomas ID. Warren and wife, we.
the undersigned, as special commissioners, VIII
sell the real estate as hereafter mentioned called
"KING,S CREEK on York river, In YORK
county, ut public auction, TO the highest bidder or
bidders, before the courthouse door OF 1orh
county, on MONDAY the 10th day Of October, A.
D., 1883.
The sale will be made for ten per cent. OF the
purchase money in cash. and the balance on a
credit Of 8, Il, ard IS months, equal instalmentss
bearing interest from the day of sale, the purcha-
sers to execute bonds with sufficient personal secu-
riy and the title to be retained until the purchase
money Is paid. . I'D
The commissioners directed to lay on and
divide. under the direction OF a competent sur
veyor, the said land In lots OF not less that lwentS
five nor more than two hundred acres, ana TO sell
rs many Of said lots as may sufhce 10 satisly the
judgments Of said Smith, cashier, and said John
~ Jones against said Thomas d. Warren, except
ing from said SALE II it can he done, the dwelling
and curtilage and the lands adjoining me survey
sale A plat will be exhibited on the day OF sale.
The land IS Immediately on York river. It's po-
siton. soil. fish. and oysters, have given IL the
name OF being the best farm on Iorsriver. Thirty
wears ago II was purchased by It's present owner Tor
32 900 or Whereabouts in cash, and considered very
Williamsburg and about twelve miles from York
town Steamers connecting with the Richmond
and York River railroad to Baltimore now pass 1t
four times leach way week.
WILLIAM T. pEACHY,
COX Special Commissioners.
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The EQUINOx.-An old sea-captain lis
tened once with profound attention to dis
cussion before the American Scientific AS
ISOLATION, IN which the learned men argued
against the common idea about bad weather
at the time of the equinox, and scie1tif-
cally" discredited. the notion. He was
asked what he thought of it. His reply
was: " suppose they are right, according
to Gunter; but I'll be id if we don't
have an equinoctial storm every year, not
withstandiDg. "-Alerandria Gazette.
$50 we shall have. But fix upon the 2lst
Of July, or Of August, or of any other
month, and see if we don't have storm
ga week or two before or a week or two
after.'l
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By wellington Goddin,
Auctioneer and Real Estate Agent.

A ssIGNEE's SALE OF VALUABLE
"A MACHINERY FOR THE MANuFAC G
CHESTER At THE SOUTH END OF MAYO'S
BRIDGE.-As assignee in bankruptcy or George
Baughman shall sell at public auction, ut the
mill owned by Messrs Kelly, racket . g Forn,
TENDER. 1888. at 10 o'clock A. NJ. all Of the MA
CHINERY and OTHER ARTICLES FOR THE
MANUFACTURE OF PAPER belonging to the
said Baughman, consisting In part Of the following
PAPER MACHINE and IRONS, for small
LARGE ENGINE, complete;
PRESS,
WOODEN TUB BOILER,
BUSTER,
LINE TANK,
All the BETTING, MILL-GEARING, and
STOCK for manufacturing paper, and great
many other articles Of much value but too tedious
to enumerate.
The property will be offered as whole, with the
privilege Of continuing the present lease; but II
1t cannot be sold In that way then 1t Will be sold IN
detail, according TO the inventory TO be exhibited
at the hour of sale.
TERMS: One-third cash balance Mt and IL
months for approved endorsed negotiable notes
ANDREW RUTHERGLEN,
au 19-d2taw4w &dtds Assignee.
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BY Wellington Goddin,
Auctioneer and Real Estate Agent.
ruE VAIuARLE FARM CALLED

THE VALUABLE FARM CALLED
"yERMEAD.n THREE MILES NORTH
EAST OF RICHMOND. CONTAINING ONE
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY,NINE AND Sc
VEN EIGHTH ACRES, FOR SALE AT AUG
TION.-At the request Of Colonel Sherwin McRsc
I shall sell at auction on the premises, on THURS
DAY the cath September. 1883 at O'Clock Z. NJ,
the very excellent and well-located FARM owned
by him, and on which he has long resided, ad1oin-
Ing the lands of DR.. Friend, Mr. PicOt Mr.. Smith,
and others, containing ONE HUNDRED AND
SEyENTY-NISE AND SEW EN- E1G IL III
ACRES, of which about one hundred acres are
cleared; the balance in the finest wood and timber
of original growth. The cleared land Is in dnc
heart, and much OF 1t highly improved. The soil
is of the best quality, and very retcntive or I'M
provement. Springs Of the purest water abound
on the land, and fine meadow skirts one entire
irrigatiDg the meadow In summer and furnishing
ice-ponds in winter for that lucrative business.
The farm is in square, and may be adVanta,
geously sub-dvded into two or four parts and VIII
be sold whole or In parts, as may be determined
on ut the time of sale.
The place is admirably well adapted for market
garden or dairy farm, or for the suburban resi-
denee of a gentleman doing business In kichmonu.
The dwelling Is l. FRAMED BUILDING contain
ing seven rooms, and built of the best Materials
and the yard and garden, though now neglected
may easily he restored to their former condltloh.
The fruit trees are Of superior varieties.
This farm IS accessible 10 the city by both the
Sine-mile and Creighton roads, the latter being
one Of the best avenues leading to the city.
TERMS !: 0nc-iith cash balance al SIX t~eiSe,
eighteen, and twenty-four months Tor negoiaoie
notes interest added, secured by trust deed
Sc l2-otawtds w. GODDlN, Auctioncer.
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- '''''1' CHARLES K. MALLORY,
WILLIAM T. PFACHY,
az Speciai Commissioners
INTSsTONERs' SALE.-By virtue Of

" decree of the Circuit Court Of spotsylvania
of Scott ne. The Rappahannock Company, the un-
dersigned, therein appointed commissioners Il! for
that purpose, on the 3D. DAY OF OCTOBER
burg Va will sell To the highest bidder, 1t public
auction, the REAL ESTATE OF the RappahaLn,
mock Company and the property known rs Inc
privileges, and franchises, upon the following
terIns-vz., enough in cash to pay two judgments
recovered against the said company-one LOT
slIe. 81 and Costs subject TO credit of s!5 the
other for S2 81 and costs and the costs of sale and
OF this suit and the residue in equal annual pay
ments at one and two years, to be secured by nohd
with good personal security. The title retained
until the purchase money is paid.
WIL II M y PARTON bAR Commissioners.
jyAWi2t
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BY Wellington Goddin,
Auct,oneer and Real Estate Agent.

TsXCELLENT THREE-sTORY BRICK
u TENEMENT. ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
MAIN BETWEEN TWENTIETH AND TWEN-
TY-FIRST STREETS, FOR SALE AT AUG
TION.-Will be sold at auction. on the premises,
on FRIDAY the 18th Of September, -, 1853, at !
AZ above belonging to the heirs of the late Cock
K, Robinson, and now occupied by Mr.. MicbEN
Ryan and others. The lot has front Of about 70
for a retail store and dwelling.
TERMS: One-third cash P; balance at four and
eight months for negotiable notes interest added,
secured by trust deed. W. GODDlN,
60 10 AuctiOneer.
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The account of Walter Whitman, which
the Dispatch accredited to us, is from an-
other, and to us an unknown, source. We
do not think, however, that the article in
question is half so discreditable as the many
accounts of rape, seduction, &c., which GER
tain journals furnish to the qualification OF
depraved taste. The Dispatch must father
the article, or some one else.-Lyachburg
Ne,ns.-
Better and better. We now believe
Mark Twain's story.] -.-....... .....
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BY Francis I. isbell,
Auctioncer and Real Estate Agent,
Eleventh between Main and Bank streets.
SALE OF a TWo-sToRY

1 FRAMED DWELLING AND LOT. ON
TIE CORNER OF MAIN AND hADtsoN
Of deed OF trust executed to the under
signed hy Joseph Brignoe on the ;sth OF Jan an
County Court OF Iienrico, in deed book No. So
page !6l, | shall on WEDNESDAY the 3oth day
Of September. 1883 At half-past O'Clock 7. NJ on
the nremises /, fair, IL not on the next fair day.
offer for sale all that PARCEL OF LAND, trout
ing % feet on the north size OF Main street and
running back oil the eastern line OF Madison stree.
lo3 feet with a two-Story FRAMED DWELLING
thereon and well OF good water In the yard.
TERMS: Enough In cash To pay expenses OF sale
and to discharge note OF 5000, With interest from
January 1865 the residue upon such terms AS
the said Joseph Brguoe shall prescribe, or In ease
of his failure upon such terms rs The trustee saii
name 1T the hour OF sale.
selp JOHN n. JENNINGS, Trustee.