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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-03

BEAUTIFUL HOUSEHUIDF FU hNIs
ID TURE.-FREsH sUPPLIES:-We wo I'D re,
spsctiuiIy invite the attention Of friel Is and
the public generally to the very large, see IT, and
attractive Stock Of FURNITURE now on ,3hibi-
tion at our spacious warsrooms. It comprises
every article pertaining TO the business. and 10
style. a uality, and price, cannot be surpassed 10
this STATE. The encouragement extended through
twenty. i've years past is highly fatterng, and we
most respectfully solicit a continuance Of the
same. HABLISTON b BROTHER,
noio Ninth and n ain streets.
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Coal and Wood.

TOAL.-BEST RED ASH ANTHRA-
" CITE and MIDLOTHIAN BlTUMINoUS at
lowest cash prices delivered in or near city to IA
miles foundries, &C. Special contract sacnres
Bitumnous Lump. Liberal discount for large
quantities. ALBERT BLAIR,
lll3 Main street, with Cabeu Watkins
de 3l-lm
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NOkL, COAL.--Now discharging per
~ schoone.s Happahannock, Clara Merrick,
and Gallagher. further supplies OF RED ASH AN:
THHAClTS COAL, which has given such general
satisfaction. Said to be the finest coal mined.
Sizes for CRATES and stoves.
Also, superior lump, average. and smiths Btu
ininous Coal, from Rorwtod pits:
: P. LATHROP, Agent,
de g Eiphtee-th street. south side Dock
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GOAL AND WOOD.-Just received
~ and now discharging from schooner jesse
Williams 260 tons best RED AS LORBERRY An
THRAClTE COAL, and will sell at lowest market
rates.
Also OAK and PINE WOOD. Orders promptly
attsrded
Office 1859 opposite Old Market, and at yard,
Nineteenth and Cary streets
de II CHARLES b. PAGE.
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Ca?'peti1ags, Furniture, dc.

T A, BELVIN, CABINET MANU-.
u FACTURER, ON BROAD STREET BETWEEN
nfactu-ing Rosewood, Walnut, and Oak FURNI-
TUBE OF the best quality and most approved
styles Also. Agent for Fisks Metallic burial
Caskets aud Cases All other kinds OF Collins on
band de 2a-3m
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4 B. WOOLDKIDGE, dealer in
"A. CLOVER HILL aud ANTHRACITE COAL,
Off ce Glover Hl' coal. yard. Constantly on hand
the best Clover Hill LUMP, AVBRASE 4, and FINE
GOAL. Would be glad to see his friends and the
public generally. s-lm
A NTHRACuTE AND BITUMINOUS
"A COALS-l,o 900 tons L0RBERRY Red Ash
EGG AND STOVE GOALS, 100 tons WHITE Ash
RAGE, $50 cords OAK and PINE WOOD. Orders
promptly filed on accommodating terms
Offices corner Seventeenth and Dock streets, and
~ tne bookstore of J. Wall Turner, = o. lll4 Main
street Gno 20l WHIT ROBERTS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-03

EOR RENT, STORE near Exchange
E and Ballard Hotels, on Franklin street ~
tnow occupied by Mr.; Latouchel, well suitsd E::;S
for tailor, bootmaker, confectioner, cigarGA
and tobacco store, OF other light business.
first class location. Apply at the corner, to
de 2S-lm SHiPLEY. ROANE co.
Smyrna times., 1868-08-12
MARYLAND ITEMS.

Presentation ofd Cane. Several of the per-
sonal friends Of Mljnr Richard Smyth, appre
ciatlng his public spirit in building up and i'm
proving our town, as well as their regard for
him individually. resolved, short time since,
to present him with some token of their conf
dence aid esteem. Accordingly they had
manufactured in Baltimore gold headed cane,
of handsome design, and appropriately inscrib-
ed. The presentation took place at the law
on Saturday afternoon last. The presentation
address was made by General Vickers, to which
Major Smyth made an appropriate reply
Kent Ne,cS.
Measures are being taken for another grand
tournament in Kent county, Md. similar to
that Of last year. 1t will be near Chestertown
Deceased Ruth Jones, relct of the
late Commodore Jacob Jones, of the u. s
Navy, died at the residence of her son, 4. S
Jones, near Ceciton, Cecil county, Md, OF
the 10th Of July.
Mr. VIM Greenwood, tenant on the farm
of Mr. Jesse Lake, of Middletown, situated il
Kent county, about two miles from Millington
had his stack-yard struck by lightning on Sat
urday evening week, about clock, and 40t
bushels of wheat and 200 bushels of oats con
sumed.
For Congress. county, nearly, of thi
district will present a democratic candidate fo
the above honor at the nominating convention
to be held at Salisbury this month. Worces
ter will cast her vote for Levin L. Dirickson
Somerset for Levin L. Waters, Dorchester Io
Daniel NJ. Henry, Talbot for Samuel Handle
ton and Queen Anne's for Lloyd Tilghman
WcOmicO, Caroline, Kent and Cecil have n,
one named as we have seen. So says the Snow
Hill Shield to which we add the following
from the Crunlptonian: The Hon. James T
Congress in first district We have heard i
whispered that when Mr. Earle was candi
date for U. S. Senator, he was induced to with
draw, and thus secure the election of Mr.
Vickers, upon the understanding that certain
politicians were to use their influence in secur
ing for him the nomination in the first con
gressional district.
Smyrna times., 1868-08-12

FELL AMONG THIEvEs.-The Chester PA. J
Republican publishes the following: Henry
Brown, resident of Kent county, Delaware,
visited Philadelphia, on Monday last, for the
purpose of buying horse The polite gentle
man who sold him the animal, was assiduous
in his attention to his friend, and accompanied
him on board the steamer when he left the
city for Wilmington. Coming down on the
boat, two fellows made their appearance with
lock, which one of them opened and shnt at
will. He wanted to bet a cool hundred no
other man on the boat could open it. Horse
dealer was very confident that he could open
1t, was willing to bet, and asked his friend
from Delaware to loan him the money, which
he did, No. sharper held the stakes, and it
was soon discovered that horse dealer c0uldn' II
open the lock. Delaware began to get uneasy,
and when the steamer arrived here, (Chester)
all the party came ashore. The man who got
the hundred slipped aside, leaving his scompan-
ions. The aid of lawyer was sought bv Del
aware, and horse dealer and sharper No. |
were taken before the Mayor who committed
them to the lookup over night. The next day
Delaware was willing to make the whole mat
ter up. He was admitted to the black hole to
see his friends, and they agreed to pay him
fifty dollars, and settle the whole affair." Del
aware would not give security to prosecute the
case he didn't want to get into the papers
and agreed to the terms proposed, paying the
costs and withdrawing the charge. The horse
dealer and his companion paid the fifty dollars
together with five dollars to the attorney, and
the party were set at liberty.
Smyrna times., 1868-08-12
SHEREFF'S SALE.

BY virtue OF a writ of VenditiOni Exponas, to o.
drecled, will be exposed 10 Public Sile, at The bV'
OF VIM. Il. Campbell, an he Town STy y,na, hr"
County, delaware, on THURSDAY. the 2;lh day %
August, 1863 al O'cluck. Z. M, the following UF
scrIbed Real Estate, 10 Wit:
All the right little aud in crest of him the sad J
Newman, (n.) of. IN, and 10 a larm tract OF l"|
situate IN Duck Creek Hundred Kent County 81
Stale of Delaware, lylrg on the road Il odng i'vA
SmyTn 10 KenIOn, bounded by lands OF john 7 he'
heirs Of George Views, James BrIsler (nl and "'D'
lands and SAID TO contain FOur Acres OF Lard be u.
same more or less, the improvements uIOn Which N
single story frame dwelling house, and other ''H''
out buildings 4
Seized and taken in execution the properly ~
JAMES NEW AM, (n.) and will be sold tor c"sa y
:. NJ. COLLINS Shefn
Sheriff's Office. Dover. Del. Aug, 9th, 1868
Smyrna times., 1868-08-12

KENT COUNTY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
This association will hold its next meeting in
Milford, beginning on Thursday the 9th of
August, at o clock P. NJ. Addresses may be
expected on Thursday and Friday evenings
from those specially interested in the cause of
education throughout the State; also class drills
on the prominent branches of instruction in
our common schools by the teachers present
We hope all the teachers of the county will at
tend, as its only through the hearty co-opera-
ton of all that these meetings can be made in
teresting and profitable. 1t is needless to en-
large on their advantages. Teachers need to
meet together occasionally and by mutual dis
cussion learn of each other new ideas and new
ways of doing things. Isolated as we are in
our own school-rooms it is only on such occa-
sions that we can avail ourselves of the inge-
nuity of our fellows, and from any improved
methods of instruction that they may have dis.
covered to our own advantage.
The time of the next meeting is opportune.
Teachers will doubtless be on the ground at that
time preparatory to their Fall sessions, and so
can conveniently spend few days with us be-
fore commencing, thus becoming prepared and
fully aroused up for their next six months la.
Dor. We hope all teachers and others interest
ed will join us and help US, by their presence
and their ideas, to have pleasant and inter
esting meeting. E. w. GAYLORD, Secretary.
Smyrna times., 1868-08-12

THE EASTERN SHORE CONGRESSMAN
A lively time is anticipated at the Democratic
Convention to nominate candidate for Rep
rescntative in Congress from the Eastern Shore
District which assemblies at Salisbury on the
9th of September. A nomination is equiva-
lent to an election, and hence there are about
a dozen applicants for it, as may be seen by
reference to our s. Maryland Affairs" In ad-
dition to those named we may mention the
following aspirants: Hon. H. Mccullough, OF
Cecil, the present incumbent, ex Gov. Thomas,
of Talbot, and King Wilson, of Worcester.
So anxious are some of the applicants, and SO
pressing are their claims in their own estima-
ton and so overwhelming do they expect the
Democratic vote to be, that should the Con-
vention be so foolish as not to nominate they
they may feel justified in going lone hand, u
and running on an independent ticket. The
Cambridge Inteldgencer thinks that the friend;
Of those aspirants who have not good record
for the "lost cause" are greatly discouraged
Their claims are not sufficient
Smyrna times., 1868-08-12

CRoPs.-Along the seabord of our Atlantic
States the cold, wet and very late Spring kept
back ploughing and planting until everybody
feared that the corn crop was ruined And,
indeed, in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachu-
setts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York,
New Jersey and Maryland, the decrease of
acres But on the other hand the increase in
the remaining States has been 3, los, ,2l5 acres,
over 2,500,0O0 of this increase being in the
South. And then the early planting West and
South has given the crop there good start,
notwil lh>tanding the later drought; while the
late planting at the East has been partially
counteracted by the hot July, which brought
the small crop into magnificent condition =
law of compensation follows our blundering OF
unfortunate human steps, and, when we least
thing it, corrects the errors of our folly or oul
| fate
Smyrna times., 1868-08-12

CAMP MEETINGS. the time when, in
1899, the McGee brothers, one a Methodist
and the other Presbyterian minister, in trav-
cling from Tennessee to Ohio, so electrified a
congregation in Presbyterian church in Ken.
lucky, one Sunday morning, as to cause them
TO cry aloud for Divine mercy, and so filed the
church in the afternoon service that it was in.
adequate to accommodate the great throng
who came to see and hear the great preachers
and the meeting had to be held in an adjoin-
ing woods, where it was continued for several
days, the people erecting temporary shelter to
protect them from the weather-we say since
this period camp meetings were never so pop
ular, or at least so numerous as they are here
at the present day.
They have been gradually increasing in num-
hers and extending their territory for a num-
Der of years, and now we have them counting
their tents by hundreds in a single encamp-
ment. Menheim, with its six hundred tents
Martha's Vinyard, with its four hundred tents,
Sing Sing, with its three hundred tents, and
Camden, with its three hundred and twenty
FIVE tents, are among the notable ones of the
present year, while hundred minor ones, OF
more or less note, are chronclcd in various
sections As many as twenty have or are to
he held within a space of little over as many
miles from US.
At the tune ofther origin, (the period above
referred TOY and for considerable period there
after, they were held not only by the Metho
dists, but also by the Presbyterians, Baptists
and other denominations, but they were aban
doned finally by all but the first named, in
which Church it has long been distinctive
feature. And though this means of worship
is so universal among the Methodists of the
Atlantic States, and especially on this PENN
Hula, still the utility is questioned by many o
the members of the Church, even among those
who take an active part in them, frequently
1t is not our aim, however to discuss thei
success as a means of spreading the cause o
religion, but simply to alludc to their increas
ed numbers anl size, and apparently increas
ing popularity.
Smyrna times., 1868-08-12
SPECIAL NOTICES.

A NEW REMEDY IN CONSUMPrION.-A Ply.
sIcian who had COnsum ption for several years. with
frequent bleedIngs OF the lungs cured himself with
n medicine unknown 10 the profession. when his
who has used il in his own person, or who has any
knowledge OF It's virtues; and he ascrbe the de.
gree OF health he enjoys rothing but the use
OF his med lcine and nothing but despair and
entire extinction OF all hope Of recovery together
with want OF confidence in all other induced him
to hazlrd the experiment. 70 those suffering with
any disease Of the Lungs he profers treatment he
confidently believes will eradicate the disease
Medicine sent by express. Send for circular or call
on Dr.. f. BOYLsToN JACKSON,
may6-6S-ly No $50 North 10Th 81. Phlad'a.
Smyrna times., 1868-08-12

Maryland has certainly lost one member of
the lower House of Congress, and very proba
bly, two. Secretary Seward prOclaims that the
Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution
has been ratified by the requisite three -fourths
of all the States, and so has become valid to
all lntents and purposes as a part of the Con-
stitutiOn of the United States" The second
section of the Amendment provides that rep
resentatives shall be appOrtioned among the
several States according 10 the respective mum.
ber of persons in each State excluding Indians
not taxed but when the right to vote at any
election for the choice Of Electors for President
and Vice President of the United States, Rep.
resentatives in Congress, the Executive and
Judicial officers of the State, or the members
of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of
the male inhabitants of such State, being 2l
years old and citizens of the United States, OF
in any way abridge, except for participation in
rebellion or other crime, the basis of represen-
tatiOn therein shall be reduced in the proper
ton which the number of such male citizens
shall bear to the number of male citizens 2l
years of age in such State As there are a
very large number of cOlored citizens of the
United States in Maryland denied the right to
vote at the elections above recited of course
the basis of representatives of Congress must
be reduced. Rhode Island also will probably
lose one, as foreign citizens are not allowed to
vote, unless they own real estate valued at
$l3O.
Smyrna times., 1868-08-12

CHIEF.JUsTIcE CHASE In WEST VIRGINIA.
"A dispatch from Parkersburg, West Va,
9th inst, to The Cincinnati Commerctui, says !;
- 'Chief-J Justice Salmon ?. Chase, who arriv-
ed here last evening presided, to-day, at the
opening of the United States Court for the
District of West Virginia. In his charge to
the Grand Jury he referred to the Fourteenth
Article of the Constitution, recently adopted,
as being valid and entitled to support. He
said that in order to suppress the Rebellion it
it was necessary to create large debt and that
debt must be paid. Under the Fourteenth Ar.
ticle the faith ofthe nation was pledged to pay it,
The Chief Justice therefore charged the jury
that il was their duty to see that the debt,
should. be strictly enforced, and that the bur
lie, be equally distributed among the people,
and not paid by few. It is understood that
the Chief Justice has pronounced in favor OF
Grant aud Colfax."
Smyrna times., 1868-08-12

SUDDEN DEATH-PRoBABLY FROM LAUDA-
NUM.-Deputy Coroner Curry held an inquest
on Saturday on the body of Samuel Griffin, a
boy, the son of Isaac Griffin, an engineer at
the Lobdell car wheel works, Wilmington
The bow has been living with Edward Stroud
about two miles south Of Newark. On Friday
morning he complained of feeling unwell,
whereupon Mrs. Stroud gave him dose of
laudanum and camphor, and told him to 60 to
bed. Several times in the morning some of
the family looked in on him and he was asleep.
In the afternoon some of the children attempt
ed to awaken him, but were unable to arouse
him to consciousness. They went down and
told their mother whereupon she went up to
see the boy, and found him dead. The jury
rendered verdict of death from natural
causes unknown to the jury There seems,
however, scarcely room for reasonable doubt
that the boy died from an overdose of lauda
mum, administered doubtless with the best OF
intentions Commercial
Smyrna times., 1868-08-12
POLITICAL ITEMS.

The Terre Haute Express, Of the 20th instant,
says that Frank Blair, in a speech made in Gil
mans cooper shop, in that city, declared he
" ao0uld rather sleep S0ith a dnigger than q DEM
Ocrdt" The EcpreSS adds that hundreds of
our citizens Of both political parties will swear
that they heard Frank use the exact language
above quoted"
Henry Reed, for several years past the lead
ing editorial writer of The Cincinnati Inquirer,
has left that paper, and The Gdzettc attributes
his TeIiIcmont to disgnst Mt the nomination by
the Democrats Of Seymour instead OF Chase.
The Democracy of Indiana are running for
Lieutenant Governor A. p. Edgerton, owner of
SlG8 600 in Five-Twenties. Capt. Hays Dem
ocratic candidate in the Xth Ohio District, is
also a large holder Of Government bonds, and
the Democracy are reported as going tor him.
Consistent Democrats
Gen. Blair did not stop in St. Joseph on Tues
day week last. A vivid recollection Of an ex-
perience with stale eggs in that city in 1859,
probably influenced him to pass on, though he
should also have remembered that those who
administered the eggs then are his supporters
now.
The Columbus Journal says: "The last act
of the Rebels, before the war, was to vote the
| Democratic ticket The first act of the Rebels
after the war, was to vote the Democratic ticket
As there was but one step from Democracy in.
to rebellion, there was but one step from rebel
! lion back into Democracy"
A leading Democrat of Port Jervis, \. Y.
in a note 20 the editor Of The Union, says
can't go Secession and COpperheadSm as eni
bodied in the nominations Of the Democrats
| don't see it. | believe the best blood of thi,
country was shed in putting down the most
wicked and internal of all rebellions
IF one State had to run Horatio Seymour five
times to elect hiE: Governor two times how
many times will thirty seven States have to run
him to elect him President (or Governor O.
them) one time.
The Elmira Gazette, the only Democratic
daily in Chemung County, New York has come
out for Grant and COlfax, declaring that IIora
ito Seymour can not and should not be elected
President of the United States.
The Richmond Enquirer and E.ccnei,.er say
that the white men Of the Southern State.
"have seen the day when they could use tht
bullet, and if God, in his anger permit tn,
necessity to arise they will see it again -
Blair says Radicaism has made Copper
headism respectable" If so, has it been b,
injecting the Blair family into that party?
The Hartford Post thus hits the nail on tn
head: The Democratic party is the peace
party in war, and the war party in peace. :"
Democratic stumpers and editors tell us the
bonds are held by the rich while the poor pa
the taxes. Seymour says the bonds . hav
gone into the hands of innocent holders, who
to vast amount, are compulsory owners.
IS mistake to suppose that they are mostl!
held by capitalists.
Smyrna times., 1868-08-12

WIIMINGToN ROBBERS. They have bold
enter bedrooms by means of ladders, and steal
the propretor's pants from which they take
the pocket book, after which they throw the
"duds" in the street On Saturday night. the
residence of Mr.. A. A. Capelle, No. goo West
street, was entered, says the Commercidl- =
The room was that occupied by Mr.. Capee 5
father in-law, Mr. James Bryson, of Philadel-
phia. The thief took from the mantle fine
gold watch and chain, and carried off Mr.. Bry-
sons pants containing his pocket-book, in
which there was a sum of money and several
valuable papers Mr.. B. s loss in money and
the watch is about $500.
Smyrna times., 1868-08-12

CONSIDERATION OF THE NEW CATHOLIC
BISHOPS. The apostolic briefs having been
received from Rome, it is understood that the
conservation of the bishops elect of Whining
ton, Delaware, and the vicar apostolic elect of
North Carolina will take place in the Cathe-
dral, in this city, on Sunday, the 10th of Au-
gust Baltimore Sun.
Smyrna times., 1868-08-12

DELAWARE POTATOES SUPERIOR TO ALI.
OTHERS Mr.. Cow who has charge of the
fine farm of Gen. Van Worst, near Milford,
has been sending considerable quantities of po-
tatoes to the New York market the past week
or two. He sent one hundred barrels few
days since, and in acknowledging their receipt
the dealer adds: They were the finest pota-
toes to be seen in the market, and sold readily
at one dollar and fifty cents per barrel more
than any other" Another proof that we can
be at the world at raising truck; for we not
only excel in the potato line, but also in the
production of almost every other root and veg
etable. - Mutual Friend.
From the same paper we take the following
items:
Mr. James Short, of Milford, has been ap.
pointed Justice of the Peace and Notary Pub.
lie, in the place of 2. j. Smoot, resigned.
About fifty laborers, white and colored, left
Milford on Wednesday last, to work upon the
Kent county r. r., which intersects the Del
aware X. X. at Townsend, under the manage
ment OF James X. Mason, who has control Of
one of the sections.
Smyrna times., 1868-08-12

IF there is any truth in the numerous dis
patches which now reach us almost daily from
Spain, that country must be on the eve of a
general collapse. Among the people and the
army dissatisfaction is said to be universal,
outbreaks are expected in almost every pro,
vince, and financial crisis is near at hand
Gen. Prm and his friends, the revolutionists,
have fixed upon Lisbon as the place of their
meeting, and two members of the new Portu-
guese Cabinet, who are intimate friends Of
Gen. Prim, are favorable to a revolution in
Spain.-Nea0 York Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1868-08-12

Howell Cobb, after his fendish speech at
Atlanta, Ca, few days ago, matchmaking
and denouncing the Union men of the South,
should remember Andrew Johnson's scathine
rebuke delivered in the Senate in 1860. In re.
ferring to the seeding members of Buchanan s
Cabinet, Mr. johnson said: Cobb remained
in the Cabinet until the Treasury was bank
rupt and the national credit disgraced at home
and abroad, and then he conscientiously seced-
ed" Such is the man who sets himself up as
a censor of men and morals at the South, as
described by one who is at present his bosom
friend.
Smyrna times., 1868-08-12

The President is reforming. He formerly
violated the law first, and called on his Attor
ney-Gcneral for his opinion afterward. Now
he asks Mr.. Evarts to inform him whether he
can lawfully appoint a successor to Commits
eioner Rollins aud whether he can regard Con.
gress as having adjourned instead of taking a
recess, and whether, consequently, he can make
appointments TO the Russian. Venezuelan, and
Ecuador missions !. and not only so, buthe pur-
poses to wait until Mir. Eyarts gives his opin-
ION. 1t is not even certain that he will not be
ruided by il when given. We may thank the
Democratic Convention for having sat 30 early.