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Farmer has fallen. which should be corrected
There is no class of persons authorized to vote
on this question by the laws of the State, who
will now be excluded. | suppose he had ref
erence to the first order of Gen. Schofeld, un-
der which the people of Richmond voted,
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May we not hope that the sober, second
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lfinterest requires them to sustain it.
Respectfully,
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and when the letter of the President followed,
and the Republicans looked little blank, Mr..
Eldridge, from his seat taunted them with the
remark, why don't you laugh now?
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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-05

To PRESERVE YOUR TEETH USE UNBoITED
FLoUH.-At the Dental Convention at Mia
CARA Falls, DIR. John Allen, of New York,
urged the necessity of supplying in the food
materials which should supply the mineral
wants of the system. He asserted that as
nation Americans have the worst teeth of
any people, because they change the proper
proportions Of the constituents of the food,
while in countries where this is not done the
people retain their teeth sound and bcauti-
full to old age. From every barrel of flour
forty pounds of mineral matter arc rejected
in the process of manufacture, and allowing
half Il barrel of flour as the yearly allow
ance of child, every child is deprived of
twenty pounds per annum of the material
most necessary for perfecting the osscous
structure Of the body, making an aggregate
loss to the system in twenty years Of 400
pounds. To accomplish this great waste,
Is, 900 men arc employed, at IN outlay of
50 900 900 and n destruction Of 100000 900
pounds of the material essential to the for
nation of sound teeth and bones. 10 Off
set this evil, 10000 dentists are employed
by the American people, but their efforts are
entirely inadequate to compete with the de-
structive agencies above named. When the
conclusion is accepted that proper diet is
the high road to improvement in the quality
of the teeth, he would have hopes Of a
stronger and healthier organism but any
means short of radical change i'll this re-
spect would prove inadequate.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-05
Dom estic Markets.

New YORK, August 4.-Noon.-Stocks
unsettled. Gold, Jag. Money, 3@4 per
cent. Exchange, 1O92I. United States
bonds-Old, ll41s; new, i0S55. Tennessee
G's, ex-coupons, G338. Virginia G's, new,
So.
Flour 1O02Oc., wheat 2@3c., and corn
2@3c. better. Pork steady mess, $2S.GSI.
Lard steady ut lS1I@lS3ic. Cotton quiet mt
soc. Turpentine, 45@451ac. Rosin, $2.S7T
@$3. Freights quiet.
Ereniag.-Cotton without decided change !;
sales of 900 bales Mt zoe. Flour-State and
western 10@2Oc. better; southern frmcr !;
good to choice extra, $l0.70@$l5. Wheat
Bose. better, and quiet; No. Chicago
spring, 50 .0S@$2 10. Corn active and cx-
cited ut 3GD4c. better. Pork tirmcr new
mess, S2S.G5@$29. Whiskey shade firmer
ut 63c., in bond. Rice dull at l0@ll Ic.
for Carolina. Turpentinc, 441a@45c. Rosin,
s2.9O@$7. so. Freights lower.
Money unchanged, the supply still ex-
ceeding the demand; call loans, 3@4 per
cent. Gold excited and very active, closing
at l4G3S@l4G1@. One million Of the Alaska
purchase money will be shipped tomorrow.
Exchange dull and inactive ut 10. South
ern bonds generally frmer. Stocks mn
settled.
The Sub-Treasury receipts to-day were
s4,373, 900, and its. disbursements $780,
OOO-balance, SIS, 42l, 900.
BALTIMORE, August 4.-Cotton dull at
SOC. Flour active and higher; Howard
street brands nominal and little in market /;
City Mills family, $l3.75. Wheat firm !;
prime red, $2.45@S2.5O. Corn dull prime
white, $l.3O.
Virginia G's, old, inscribed, 1873 bid,
4534 asked.
WILMINGTON, N. c., August 4.-Spirits
turpentine active and buoyant at dc. Ro-
sin dull; extra No. |, 81. Tar advanced
and firm at $3.50.
CHARLESTON, August 4.-Cotton dull !;
sales, IL bales. Exports TO Great Britain,
COL bales. Middlings nominal al 29c.
AUGUSTA, August -Cotton-There is q
light demand for manufacturing purposes,
sellers asking 2S4c. for middlings sales,
As bales.
SAVANNAH, August 4.-Cotton dull and
altogether nominal; no sales receipts, 2
bales.
MOBILE, August 4.-Cotton = Nothing
done; quotations nominal receipts, bale.
New ORLEANS, August 4.--Cotton dull !;
middlings, ESQ.,. sales, 80 bales; receipts,
80 bales. Sugar and molasses nominal.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-05

SOUTHERN PLAN OF A SEPARATE GERMAN
CoNFEDERATIoN.- Paris journal of the
Goth of July says: The following is some
more detailed information relative to the
negotiations opened amongst the States that
compose Southern Germany, the object
being to form second confederation on this
side of the Main. An accord seems to have
been come to on the formation of military
commission. Each State is to have one
representative, and the delegates will meet
ut Munich under the presidency of the
Bavarian commissioner. The majority of
votes will decide on the solutions to be
adopted. The principal object, as already
mentioned, is to establish 4 system of de-
fence in Southern Germany in harmony
with that of the Northern Confederation
The fortress win be placed under the dircc-
ton and control of the commission, which
will have to come to an understanding with
the authorities of each State on all military
uuestionS.''
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-05

EcuMENTcAL CoUNcILs.-Thc Ecumcnical
Council summoned by the Pope to meet at
Rome has directed attention to the nature
of these asscmblages, of which only twenty
have ever been held. They arc never sum-
moned except in CAGES of great emergency,
when important questions require settle
ment. They are such serious affairs that
no Pope since the Council of Trent lin the
fifteenth century, has been fond of med
ding with them; for, when once summoned,
they arc beyond his control, and their de-
crces or authority are superior to his own.
Though he convokes them, they are not
necessarily held in Rome, nor is he ncccs-
sarily present. A Legate or Nuncio is gene
rally substituted for him, and whatever
decision is arrived at is binding upon him
and the party he represents. The Court of
Rome, however, has usually contrived to
have the direction of them. Whether Plus
TX. has the ability to manage such body
remains to be seen.-Boston Journal.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-05

The Dental Convention held at Niagara
Falls the other day was honored by the
presence of DR.. Bayne (of New York;. One
of the members equals our DR.. Baync in
eloquence and good scnse-namely, DR.. At
kinson, of New York, who remarked tina,
the paper he was about to read WAS one
which would tax the highest energies of the
human intellect to understand ia state
ment amply justified by what followed. lie
then launched out into pathology, cosmolo-
gy, nosology, &C., ad Hbit,um; and, in con-
clusion, claimed that his announcements OF
principles took in sat one fell swoop all
from seraph to Slick" and that any one ca
pable of this was fit "to stand in the full
effulgence Of light from the inetlable blazes,
where we see as we are seen, and know as
we are known" The report was received
with questionable applause, and the ques-
ton being called on its acceptance, mem
Der naively inquired what was the subject
of the report. No one present feeling ca
pablo of making any remarks on this su,
pernatural communication, it was referred
to the proper committee.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-05

Hon. JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER THE VIC
TIM OF 4 Confidence MAN.-1his distin-
guished gentleman, formerly Attorney-Gen-
eral of the State of Virginia, lately return
ed to his residence, in Middleburg, Loudoun
county, after brief excursion to Canada.
A correspon dent writing from Aliddleburg
relates an incident that befel him during
his trip northward. He says Mr.. Tucker
lost seventytwo dollars on his was to Can
ada by the " confidence game" being play
cd on him. He travelled on the cars from
New York in company with gentleman,
and as they neared the Canada line man
stepped up to this supposed-to-be-gentle-
man, tapped him on the shoulder, and told
him he wished him to pay the duty on his
goods. The gentleman pulled out bond
Isl ,O0O) and offered it to the collector, but
he could not changei it; whereupon he turn
ed to Mr.. Tucker and gave him the bond,
and Mt the same time asked him to loan
him seventy-two dollars, stating that at the
next village the bond would be cashed.
The bond when handed to Mr.. Tucker was
in an envelope with name marked on 1t.
When the train got across the bridge ana
stopped, Mr.. fuckers friend, with the col
lector, had absconded, and their where
abouts could not be ascertained. Tucker
did not look at the bond until the cars
halted, and then, to his dismay, he found
only q worthless insurance check. The
man who was seated by Mr.. Tucker pro-
fessed to be merchant in Canada. Mr..
Tucker relished the loss with much more
eauanimity than he did the manner IN
which it was brought about.-Alerandraa
Journal.
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A CURIOUS SToRY.-The New York cor
respondent Of the Boston Journal tells the
following story:
GA short time since, Superintendent Ken
nedy received q telegram from one OF our
thriving inland cities to arrest o fugitive,
who was supposed to be in New York. lie
was fugitive from his home. He had been
q State senator, was on alderman, and kept
one of the principal hotels in the city where
he lived. He had stood quite high in the
esteem of his neigbbors. Financially, he
left his matters very loose. In his flight
and haste he forgot to take with him his
wife and children, but took o servant girl
from his hotel rs q companion. Search was
made for the gentleman, but it was found
that he had left for California, that para
disc of clippers. On reaching the Istsmus,
the ex-senator, tired of his companion,
attempted to get rid of her. She was too
smart to be shook off ut the desolate spot,
and chung to her companion, and when sho
was not logging his steps, held on to the
baggage. -.
'He had promised in that far-otf land to
make her his wife, and she held him to his
contract. The man and woman took the
return vessel lOf NcW lOrh. letcSihPho
will travel faster than steam. The fact OF
the return was duly sent to headquarters
in this city. A gentleman in blue, with
familiar brass buttons, introduced himself
to the parties at the dock. The police sell
dom make mistake in these matters.
They lay their fingers on the very persons
they want. How they do it is q mystery.
Under an escort, the alderman and his mate
were marched up to the station-house and
locked up for the night. The next morn
ing, under guard, they were marched up
to their old home to answer the charges
| preferred against them. So another clope-
| mani cnmn to On unnlnnSant end - -
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-05

HERNDoN THE MURDERER. - Herndon
made narrow escape from arrest on
Thursday night last. He was at the house
of married sister, in the upper part OF
Spotsy lvania, and took supper there. Sheriff
Alsop and possee becoming aware Of the
situation, started for the house, but stopped
at neishhoring one, the denizens of which
were alarmed ut the surroundings, not
knowing but they were attacked by q party
of marauders. The noise made was doubt
less heard at the house where Herndon had
been, for upon the arrival Of the sheriff
there he found them oil up and dressed
the hour being midnight-but the person
they were after was missing.
1t is understood that Hcrndon is weak
from confinement, and unable to travel at
present, and that besides this he has no
funds.-FfeelerickSbsug Herald.
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From WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, August 4.-Thaddcus Ste
vens is seriously i'll, in this city.
The debt statement, which will probably
be issued tomorrow, will show slight in
crease.
Captain N. B. Harrison, of the navy, has
been ordered to take charge of the hydro
graphic Office here.
At the Cabinet meeting to-day Messrs.
Seward, Evarts, Schofeld, and Randall
were all absent-out of the city.
The Express newspaper of this city ap-
pears to-day under the ownership Of Jonah
d. Hoover & Brother.
Rumors relative to the change in the In
ternal Revenue Commissioncrship continue
In response to q second request to &C
cept that office, Governor Cox, of Ohio, to-
day tclegraphed, pcrsisting in his refusal tc
accept it.
Caleb Cushing has resigned his position
as one Of the commissioners to codify the
United States laws.
A convention of negroes from the border
States is being held in Baltimore to-day.
Revenue receipts to-day, S7lG,GO0.
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17;(Ilmond 1ispatelr.
AUGUST 8, 1868.
,r,,cIx1, SCALAwAGs AND CARPET

v,pcIy1A SCALAwAGs AND CARPET
'", ,,,s,-A very persistent effort is being
v,o' ~ the Republicans of Virginia to
''' ,,,?ncral Grant order General Stone
sc ",,yn,nnding the military district OF
N, - - remove the majority Of the
'.. .} municipal officers of that State,
DC .S being that they were rebels, and
[",rcrorc disqualified from holding
r. ' ~, the provisions of the fourteenth
..cnt 10 the Constitution of the
states, recently declared ratified.
''Gl ,nht is expressed at headquarters in
VI" md whether that amendment is ap-
,. u. n, to Virginia in her present condi-
..~ In addition 10 the doubt, General
,.,n. commanding the military dis
.ag,ls that il he should remove the
aG DISQUALIFIED Ivy the amendment he
r,,c unable to secure competent men
,,nc places. General Stoucman is in
<.rth, on leave, and General Grant
..., rr,nrn here for q month hence, and
r,t probable that any definite decision
"a. T., rendered until the return Of the
..., -S ar York Trib'n,e.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-05

INCENDIARIsM.-B Boston, August g.
Catharine Glannon, q domestic, discharged
from the family of Z. w. Burnstcad, of
Highland district, is in Jail, charged with
trying to burn the Burnstead dwelling
house.
LoocV, Mass, August 3.-The fine resi-
dence and out-buildings of A. L. Wait, on
the Chelmsford road, in the suburbs of this
city, were burned yesterday. The fire was
the work of an inccndiary. Ripley & Co. IS
wadding mills, half q mile distant, caught
fire from flying embers, and we're destroy
ed, together with the storehouses and stock.
The loss is $l50,000.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-05

4 NEGRO PoLICE.-Thc New Orleans
!uYute gives us lesson on the subject of
negro policemen: "Those whose business
doe not call them into all parts Of the city
ARye no idea of the amount Of distress
winch prevails in many parts Of it. The
unusually large number of Idle and unem-
t'oyc! persons are daily increasing it to a
,"I!ul extent. The great cause Of this
"''rr!r is the foolish ambition excited
among The yagrant negroes by promises of
l'onotlon to the police force. Every idle
~.S'o IN the city expects to be q policeman.
'"''e who were at work have quit 1t, and
y-'Avi lobbyist at the central police station.
'"'y Aock around the pitiful spoil held out
~ ", "'sIa as yulturcS DO to petrid corpses.
'"Sts Is only one qualification now rcqui-
I f. u III policeman, and that is to vote the
'''t.en. ticket and curse the white peO-
Ig' This they can do. Intelligence and
t11oca'Ions for the position are matters
" hinor considerations. In Mobile, the
" , police behave well, but they arrest
az ,ale'cs, for the reason that they do most
W. Nv stealing and house-breaking them
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-05
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Explosion Of n Recommendations
DnrnaEGtl md pcrsnna EuiNrCG.

Explosion of n Recommendations
Damaged ana Persons Injured.
Special telegram to the Dispatch.
ALEXANDRIA, VA, August 1.-The loco
motive "Augusta," of the Alexandria,
Georgetown and Washington railroad, ex-
ploded her boiler this evening, at the depot
Of the Orange and Alexandria railroad,
just previous to starting for Washington,
knocking away portions of the houses in
the vicinity and doing much damage. A
colored man named Fields was seriously in
jured, and is not expected to recover; the
engineer and fireman were slightly injured
a boy had his hip broken, and several
others were seriously injured. 7.
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TuE sr. To,us Roy MrrnrnFe CoNyrcT-

THE ST. LOUIS Boy MURDERER CoNvIcT-
ED.--The ju-y at st. Louis in the case OF
Max Klingler, the boy murderer, rendered
q verdict on the 2sth ultimo Of equity y
of murder in the first degree. The boy,
who is about eighteen years old, was n
tailor's apprentice to his uncle, Henry Vie
der. His uncle having scolded him, he
borrowed pistol from comrade and load
cd it on the morning of the murder, and
while Wiedcr was making fire in the
stove Klingler approached him from be-
hind, and putting the muzzle of the weapon
close to the back Of his head, fired. The
shot proved fatal. Mrs. Wicder entered,
and the boy seized Ratchet and struck her
several blows on the head, fracturing her
skull. Leaving her unconscious, he fled,
taking what money there was in the drawer.
He was, however, soon after arrested.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-05

THE KUKLUX KHAN IN VIRGINIA.-The
Kuklux Khan hos made its Appearance in
Prince William county, Va, and several
persons of known Radicalism have been
warned to leave their homes or suffer the
penalties of disobcdiencc to the mandates
of the mysterious Order. On one occasion,
when the Klan attempted to serve verbal
notice of this kind, q young man dressed rs
ghost, who accompanied them on horse
back, was shot and dangerously wounded
by the party on whom they intended to
serve their notice to quit.-Neoo York;
Tiinnc
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-05
By the Atlantic Cable.

VIENNA, August a. Dispatches from
Bucharest report that a fight had taken
place near Ructschuck between the Turkish
troops and the insurgents, in which the
latter were defeated and dispersed. 1t was
rumorcd that q Turkish gunboat had been
fred on from the shore in the neighborhood
Of Galatz.
ROME, August 3.-It is rumorcd that in
the Consistory which will be held by the
Pope next month, Mcrodi, Cigi, Talbotrondi,
Farrari, and scgretti will be appointed
cardinals.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-05

~ '' .n,rnocrat, Mr.. Pomeroy's new jour-
1.,ii Will be commenced in this city on the
~" instant. II will be two-cent evening
GaF'' issuing two or three editions every
T, ~, Mr.. Swinton, formerly of the
&" I'n' IL to be the financial editor, and
r,,, howart its city manager.-Ne,o
,o' -"' legislature of South Carolina is com
Inr' '1 aS allows: Senate--white, "a; CO.
,;ys4 '-sotal, -. House of Representa-
TLo2. """'e, is; colorcd, 7G--total, 1874
and r.' IL seven Democrats in the Senate
''ul'een IN the House.
.ai;. d recent thunderstorm in England
blind a "0s struck by lightning and made
bind anu woman who had been stone
s,oraJ VI y, eight years was ,s suddenly re-
dIln. traiiahdigham is announced as q can
Conrso''f The Democratic nomination for
~ S'''' III The third district of Ohio.
Cb,ryy e0i"red Democratic Club in Ward G,
''n' numbers nearly eight hundred.
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\ II SENATOR DESTITUTE-A
PAS al .-lc stcrday the police re-
cor, S',,ad that man had been
pjr,. -" TX .gazinc street in n sick and
dcst ,,oI II, and taken to the Charity
iIospir. Sir lf.,, few lines were all. They
eay".ev warming Of history that was full
Of the most eventful and remarkable adven-
lures. For this sick and destitute man was
once statesman, representative and
rDa,or in Congress, and lawyer of dis
tmgaishcl ability. AT one time he was the
rjoI OF Il great party in a ncighboring State,
ant there was no position Of place and con-
silence he could not have held. But, like
many others, his intcmperate habits soon
>rtrlcl him the respect of his friends and
Tn confidence of his party. Sinking lower
and lower in the pit Of ruin, he dissolved
bis family connexions. His wife abandoned
him; his children forsook him; and, alone
NtAc world, he was picked up in the streets
Of New Orleans sick and destitute, without
4oucy and without friends. There are
@rny here who viii recognize the man.
A.c 0rl,0a& Picuyu,e, July 2S.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-05

THE EMPRESS Charlottesville PrcSSc
reports that the health of the unfortunate
Empress of Mexico is in no way improved,
but that, on the contrary, her reason wan
dcrs more and more. She has formed the
design of going to Miramar, and the great
est pains in the world are necessary to di-
vert her from this project. 1t is feared that
she might make her escape from the cha
teau of Laeken, and hence all the issues Of
the building are strictly guarded, and the
number Of scntinels doubled.
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opens heavy at yesterday prices ;
sales estimated at 5000 bales.
LIVERPOOL, August 4.--Afte77,oon.-Cot-
ton heavy; prices unchanged. Yarns and
fabrics at Manchester quiet. EUcning.-
Cotton closed fat uplands, 9Td.; Orleans,
1O16c.; sales, 1000 bales.
PARIS, August 4.-Bourse dull; rentes,
70f. SOC. f.
FRANKFORT, August 4.-Unitcd States
bonds, 7515@755s.