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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-09-07
X LEN-ELLEN FOR SALE, ON THE
VI 9TH OF SEPTEMBER. AT AUCTION,
WITH THE GROWING CROPS

VI 9TH OF SEPTEMBER. AT AUCTION,
TOGETHER WITH THE GROWING CROPS
OF CORN, VEGETABLES, &C.-Having ar
ranged with the lessee to give immediate posses
sion Of this desirable residence and farm of ifty
acres. situated mile west OF the corporate
limits OF the city OF Richmond adjoining the lands
OF Y. W. HaIall, Samuel g. Robinson, Z. L.
Tabb, Jr, and A. Craig. EsQs., II will now be sold
at auction ON WEDN ESDAY the eth of septem-
Der, 1853 at II O'Clock NJ, unless sold privately
before or which notice Will be given. The dwell
Ing is handsome and substantial succeed brick
house. with nine rooms, besides closets, green
HOUSE. bathroom and two dry cellar-rooms
brick kitchen with six seven rooms. brick
smoke-housc. and two barns; well In the yard
Of most excellent water, and 3 spring equally as
good In seventy-fve yards OF the house. There are
various kinds OF evetRrecns and roses In the front
yard, which Is handsomely laid of; orchards Of
most select apples and peaches, besides grapes,
pears, cherries, &c.
The farm will be SO divided as to give twenty-five
acres with the improvements, and four, ten, or
twenty acres. with valuable granite quarry. situ-
ated about fifty feet from the James River and ka-
nawha canal.
TERMS For the growing crops, sixty days on
all sums over fifty dollars for negotiable notes,
with approved endorser. For the real estate, one
fourth lash balance at one two, ana three years,
Interest payable semi-annually, secured by a deed
OF trust
A plat can be- seen at my office, corner or BANK
and Twelfth street, up stairs. ,,,,,,o,r
gu ?7-eodtoS4&tds JAMES I. SUTTON, jR.
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

EOR SALE, variety OF IMPROvEp
Il REAL ESTATE In the, city, embracing embracing
STORES, and oo other .ot BUSINESS Haa
Also. USIMPROVED PROP In all paris
of the city, amongst which are some valuable
BUILDING LOTS 800, ,-,oo
near this city and In nearly every county IN fas
ern yrginia some Of which Will he exchange, ior
city property. Also SPLENDID fo1hiH AZ
Halifax county. n. G. ~ r,n.rr
Persons desiring to purchase REAL ESIAIE
Of the kind referred to above are lnyited u aPP!
} or address GRUBBS WILiao,
Sc a-lw Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers.
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By P. Bowman, Auctioneer,
12li Main street.

L.
12ll Main street.
TIRsT AND IMPORTANT FALL SALE.
p. BOWMAN,
ACCTIoSEER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
1911 Main street,
will sell on WEDNESDAY the eth OF September
the
FINEST AND LARGEST STOCK OF GOODS
ever offered in this city. In part, as follows:
1000 pieces PRINTS. -
500 pieces BLEACHED COTTONs.
100 pieces DOMESTIC GINGHAMS
200 pieces FRENCH MERINOS,
800 i,ieces SATINETS.
200 dozen HATS.
500 dozen HOSIERY.
200 dozen HOOP SKIRTS,
900 dozen Fl ANDKERCHIEFS,
900 dozen SHIRTS and DRAWERS.
ALSO,
800 dozen cases BOOTS and SHOES. for
mems ladies' and misses wear-frcs
from the Boston market;
and many other goods too numerous TO mention.
Catalogues Will be ready on the day before the
sale.
Sale to commence At 10 O'Clock.
Consignments received till the day before SALE
TERMS: All sums under 300. cash: from 300
To- 1900 sixty days; and over this amount, ninety
days for approved paper
The attention Of our merchants Is respectfully
called to This sale as the goods all fresh and
desirable and will he sold without reserve.
4 FREE LUNCH will be given on the day of
& tide
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A SSIGHEE,s SALE.-As assignee Of

A SSIGNEE'S SALE.-As assignee Of
"A Hymsn Levy, bankrupt, viii on M0NOaal
the 18th day of September next at l2'clnck rt;,
sell at auction on the premises az L9aisa cnn.
tanning about ONE ACRE, on which there - -. :
good store and dwelling-house; Stche d I'M. -
house. fce-house- etc. htogether, this - p ne
Courthouse. ,1. q,
The property viii be sold subject TO two desds %
trust thereon 70 Samuel and William II. AnuEe"'
and 10 A. X. Blakcy, Trustees.
TERMS: One-thfrd cash balance AZ anu
months, with Interest bonds with approved ses II
ri:y Title retained until purchase money J. a.
ns}d - - JOHN g. HUNTER
10 Assignee nf Hyman Levy
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PETERSBURG LETTER.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.

Board of Education-R. III. Cary Elected
Principal of the High School-Sale OF
Farn,s-- Estensiue Correspondence arith
Northern Fd,mers-Postal Orders-Re-
ceiptS Of Cotton and Tobacco.
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Y AND ON YORK RIVER KINc,S

T AND ON YORK RIVER" KINGS
~ CREFK"-THE BEST FARM on YOPK
RIVER, ABOUT ONE THOUSAND TWO HIN.
DRED AGREsmTo BE SOLD n LOTS OF
ACRES At PUBLIC SALE.-In Obedience
to an order OF the Circuit Court Of YORK conntv
made on the 9th of March lsss. in the cases Of
Smith, cashier. rs. Thomas y. Warren and John
NJ. Jones vs. Thomas d.. Warren and wife, we,
the undersigned, as, special commissioners, viii
sell the real estate IA hereafter mentioned called
"KING'S CREEK" on York river in Yort
c. uuty, at public auction. TO the highest bidder or
bidders, before the courthouse door Of York
county. ON MONDAY the 18th day OF October. A.
D.. 1868.
The sale Will be made for ten per cent OF the
purchase money In cash and the balance on a
credit Of Q. IL. ard Is months equal instaments
hearing interest from the day of sale the purcha.
sers to execute bonds with sufficient personal secu-
rity and the title to be retained until the purchase
money Is paid. b s-..s. ..-... .....
The commissioners are directed to lay of and
divide, under the direction Of competent sur
yeyor the said land in lots Of not less that twenty.
ave nor more than two hundred acres. and To sell
rs many OF said lots as may suffice to satisfy the
judgments OF said Smith. cashier. and. said John
M Jones against said Thomas d. Warren, except
ing from said sale. II 1t can he done, the dwelling
and curtilage and the lands adjotning. The survey
Will be made and the lots lald of before The day OF
sale. A plat will be exhibited on the day Of safe.
The land Is Immediately on York river. It's po-
sition, soil fish. and oysters, have given II the
name Of being the best farm on York river. Thirty
wears ago 1t was purchased by its present for
Ss2 600 or whereabouts In cash, and considered very
cheap It lies about seven miles from the city OF
Williamsburg and about twelve miles from York
town. Steamers connecting with the Richmond
and York River railroad TO Baltimore now pass Il
four times leach Way week: = .r,op,
WILLIAM #. PEACHY.
ses Special Commissioners.
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LYNC4gBEEsG LETTER.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.

Business in Lynchbmg-Raihoad Consoh-
dation and its Resadts-The CrOpS-Po-
Htics - Conservative Glib Of COtored
Randolph Macon COllege-its Re
moual to ashland, Professors, Prospects,
ETC., etc.
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SALE OF THAI
I VALUABLE FARM CALLED "hiSoa

~ VALUABLE FARM CALLED SHiSoh
yiEADOW,m IN THE COUNTY OF OF, H IL From
ONLY ONE AND A HALF MILE. rnUS
THE CITY OF RICHMOND.-ln obedieIee ~
decree OF the Circuit Court of the Initea Co..
rendered en- the 2stb day Of June, Mss kc.,
mond va, in the case Of Foster a a,
es. nabbs's administrator: &C. we rfii onsa .S
sale ON TUESDAY the 18Th day OF sepSs ~ jr
isss. on the pre,niEes, 81 l3 o'clock IL, 'aI'
not the nexi fair day thereafter. maj au,gsa
nj TRACT or AND lying Oh the New e ILL.,
road one aud half miles from the city o. ss
s,ond called "HIGH MEADOW, y containipS, a.! ="
acres, and adjoining the lands OF me la1e VI"
picui, Colonel j. II. e. Dickinson q ais.
'Thc-e Is upon this place beautiful ara CONN., -
,toaS dxeliipy house, sltusted on high Dill n
SsInina some seven or eight rooms, u large oa,'-
rsrrsse-house, stable, lce-house, once, an ~.
n,,mhar OF other out-houses n fine yard aa III
dn. and large orch srd Of choice fruit IT, con-
we'll enclosed II L. I'm short, one OF the csc IN
veniept, valuable. and beautiful fsrm. no. TO-. ~
market Nearly all the land IL IN hlsn s'"'' v
reinforcement ri nd In cultivation. ,.,.,.e
TEXANS OF SALE One-third cash inc unnths
upon credit OF six twelve, and egl,seh sac,ri,y
the purchaser giving bonds with apprrFeu ,, re.
for the deferred payments, and me Nssi mnney Is
Sa;S AA''' JOHN II. iouN"
paul. ". w. COSBY
aG la-lawsW
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Montreal is to have diamond ball in
few weeks. One lady promises to wear
100000.
Bismarck, it is said, is to eat opium, by
the advice Of his physicians.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-09-07
BY Wellington Goddin,
arct,oneer and Real Estate Agent

TRUSTEES SALE OF a HOUSE oN A AHg
4 lot ON CHURCH o HlL p ETW EE y
T TW9fENYEfaHH INST eSSsaused
y5tps ssss Of edsq %
s99 dln e e6a1 ee
Angn ra;nses on MONDAY the h Of sepep De
y s. SsSss Fl the Nj khk I'1 EsTAT
the nrse ia.I ths aaid deed and located as above
north n side sS of eeh back ssIeed
two and ;na na sber lee1 ann small TENEMENT
TERMS Enough in cash to de6ray expenses ct
bond Of st tSe r wad
% terms AZ the debtor shall prescribe, or on such
terms as the trustee shall think fit. .-,,,.ao
an n John BRATIER, suhstltnted trnslee.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-09-07
BY wellington Goddin,
Real Estate Agent and Auctioneer.


TRUSTEES SALE OF BEAUTIFUL
l COUNTRY-sFAT. FOUR MILES BEnQW
RICHMOND ON THE NV MARKET kpAH
CONTAINING SIXTY-F0UR AND A HALp
ACRFS.-Ry virtue of a deed Of trust executed "a
the Subscribers by Mr.. William Roh1nson an"
wife dated 2sth June. 1857 duly recorded IN neI-
rico County Cont. we shall. In execution Liets..
proceed tn sell at public auction. on the premises
on WEDNESDAY the 10th September. lss ' a. a.. q
o'clock p. NJ If fair. If not the first far nay
thereafter portion the real estate M
farm called s.WEST0N." now occupied oy .n.
said Robinson. adjoining the lands OF MIR. He1rRa
Turner and others. the New Market roau. arnu
SIXTY-FOUR AND A H.LFACREs. 5na III ildnt
situated requiring no ditching. me sou y eo .
having recently been lined; well adapted u me
usral grain and grass crops. anu "oulu Hlaae
arst-rate market garden. II Is In goon nel2lnoT-
hood convenient and accessible to church ana 70
several mills. ..-,o.,ro one MN
tanning ten rooms Is covered with slate, ana mas
heen recently built. There are the usual out-Duld
in~s and n we'll Of good water IN the ward.
The deed renuires that the property shall ne sold
for cash but the creditors are willing to accept
these terms So far the debt due to them is con-
cerned or in lien of them. one-third cash; balance
Mt four eight. and twelve months for negotlahie
notes interest added. secured by trust deed anu
as To the surplus Of sale If any. such terms as
the debtor shall prescribe and direct.
JAMES PLEAShNTS T-uetoee
sc5 JOEL Il. WATKINS. :
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FOR RENT AT AUCTION.
..T BY Lyme & Brother,
Auctioneers snd Real Estate Agents.
l43e Main street. r

VERY VALUABLE MARKET FARM,
v FRONTING ON THE NINE MILE A I,I
CREIGHTON ROADS ONE NILE EXON :.l,, I IA;
CITY FOR RENT At y I ,o. VII .r nf
September, 1888 at IL O'Clock A. NJ that truly De
sirabe and valuable FARM loeaed as desc pnco
and Mt present occupied BY Mr.. A. j. Waldrop. con
taining one hundred and thirty-seven acres nearly
ali cleared There is on The place fine meadow.
1neut THE improvements consist Of a comfortable
dwelling containing five or six rooms Kitchen, sra
BILE, corn house. &C.. with large ice-h"use. he
front ward is well laid off with quantity OF shFuD-
berry &c Its proximity to the city renders II very
desirable as q market and dairy farm.
' LYME & BRuTHER,
oe7 fds - Auctioueers.
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AUCTION SALES:


FUTURE DAY. s..
,--~.~-4-<
~ Bys. n. Davis,
p.., Estate Agent snd Auctioneer,
corner Main and Eleventh streets ! Z f
VALUABLE BUILDING LOTS ,tn 5 on THE
CQRSEH r2 III AND ON BROAD BIZ
sEGo M TSWVEEN NTTiETH AND TWEMTY7 FIRHs;T,
sTREET FOR SALE he At a. day 81 September
he soin on no,ccr p. NJ, those beautiful LOTS as
THE asoss i ea lot an rGn runs
,os fact THE other fronts % feet, and runs oacS
l65 feet. ,,,,a- o,d IN tba most
imProtiSns tst sale 8. n. DAVIS,
Ah''' - Auctioneer.
POSTPONEMENT. -,
The above sale Is postponed until TUESDAY,
OH &C s. n. DAVIS,
e.s Auctioneer.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-09-07
By Grubbs & Williams, AuctioDeers,
Northwest corner Main and Eleventh streets

VERY VALUABLE REAL ESTATE ON
Y THE NORTH SIDE OF CARY STREET
commencing at O'Clock P. NJ, we will sell un"s nor
the premises respectively, the BRICK TRSF-
MENT, No. 1877 on Cary, between Fifteenth stree,
and Shockoe creek occupied by Nessrs q. p
Stacy & Son 1t was built for and used m,ny wear:
as tobacco factory; Is three stories high sboys
the basement: 243 by about 100 feet having yarS
IN the rear extending 20 feet beyond the buildInp
After which WIN be sold the VERY VALifA.
BILE LOT on Cary between Twelfth and Tbir.
teenih streets, next below Messrs. Tyler q Son
and opposite TO Commercial Block II Is % -,
by about 80 feet; and from It's location In the bet
business portion OF Cary street Is very Desirable
properly. l#9 GRUBBS & WILLIAMS
- sc sv-stE TZEEl Et&EF 10 Auctionesra
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-09-07
ByLee Il Goddin, Auctioneers,
No liz Main street.

4 +
TRUSTEES SALE OF A FARM, ON
i THE CHARLES CITY ROAD ,, THREF
MILEs BELOW RICHMOND, AT AUCTION.
By virtue of the provisions Of deed of trust exc,
cuted to the undersigned as trustee by Edward
Hogan and Of record In the office of the Clerk Of
Henrico County Court in Deed Book 81, page ais
will proceed to sell (bcipg thereto requested by the
beneficiary at public auction on the premises on
SATURDAY, September Sth isoS; az 1Gincn non
TALKING ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE
ACRES, more or less adjoining the lands Of DIR.
Charles z. Anderson, John n. Davis, and others
TERMS Cash sufficient 70 pay expenses OF exc
cutting trust and discharge two bonds for u, geo
each, each bearing date 22d OF October, 1865 With
interest from LIST of March. 1896, upon each until
paid subject to the following credits-ytz $500 or
23d Of March, 1857; $3.50 on 23d OF April 1857 $3.50
on the 2ad Of May, 1857: the halance Of purchase
money, If any, upon such credit as the SAID hogan
may prescribe or, in the absence OF Instructions
from him. upon such time as the trustee may think
proper. ooShfh q. m.n
sale conducted by LEE & GoDD1S, Auction
GERS.
AT the request Of Mr.. Hogan. the above sale Is
POSTPONED until WEDNESDAY, 9th instant,
a. SCI eT ''''A LEE GODDIN.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-09-07
no VIRGINIA LANDOWNERS.

j. A. RICHARDSON. B. NEWBURE.
RICHARDSON & NEWBURN,
IA REAL ESTATE AGENTS
AND AUCTIONEERS,
No. 1915 Main and Eleventh streets.
sell, buy, lease, and rent Houses and Lands, pub
licly and privately In the city and country make
Investments and Negotiate Loans, and give espe-
cial attention to the Collection of Rents.
Refer, bytpermission, to Messrs. Lancaster Co..
Purcell. Ladd Il Co., w. s. Donnan Il CO., Colonel
j. G. Shields. Claiborne Barksdale, ESQ.,, Caskle
& Brothers, Booker, Kerr & Lyon, Allan Il john
SON, Wises z Fitzhugh, Peachy r. Grattan. ESQ.,,
DR.. James Bolton, DIR. w. w. Parker, Peyton \
Cary, Alexander R. Holiday, Esq, Tallaferro
Co.. L. w. Rose. ESQ. jy s-3m
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BY Grubbs Il Williams. Auctioneers,
Northwest corner OF Main and Eleventh streets

A VERY BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. LOT
n ON THE EAST SIDE OF THIRD STREET.
BETWEEN CARY AND CANAL STREETS
ON WEDNESDAY, eth September. after the sale
Of the residence at the Of Canal and Fourth
streets. say at half-nast O'Clock p. NJ. we VIII
sell n very beautiful BUILDING LOT situated In
the former garden Of Mrs. Chevallie. and adloin-
ing the house lot 1t fronts 323 feet and runs back
12n feet to an allev IL feet wide.
This Is one of the most desirable lots in that very
rapidly improving quarter Of the city. .~.t
TERMS {: At sale.
GRUBBS & WILLIAMS
en- AuctinnecrS.
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aAUCTrON SALES.
THIS DAY.
.~~-.o-~oo-~~< OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
BY Lyme &Brother,
Auctfoneers and Real Estate Agents
as. H., M 1aao Main street.
THIS DAY.

W7E WILL SELL ON MONDAY d neTf,
wv the It'll day OF September, lssa Wiiisaia H.
Fsrrar, on Louisiana street in RocnetsHs PHoLD
the grocery OF James Kerss All me ba found gene
and KITCHEN FURNtTuhE 10 De A' =.
rally In good sizea d"ei TYNE 4 BROTHER,
TERMS Cash. Auctioneers.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-09-07
BY wellington Goddin,
Auctioneer and Real Estate Agent.

TRUSTEES SALE OF STOCK, &C.-As
1 trustee In q deed from w. \. Gardner and
wife dated September Is 1866, duly recorded IN
Hanover county, being SO requested by one OF the
benedciarIes therein shall proceed to sell at pub
lie auction at the residence of the said grantors,
called .'Avondale.' - In Hanover county. two miles
from Atlee'- station. on TUESDAY. September 3,
1888. the FLOWING articles of personal property,
conveyed by the deed aforesaid-viz.,
2 HORSES,
MULE,
COWS,
IHEIFER eighteen months oidl
TW0-HUR-E CARRIAGE and HARM ESS,
WAGON and HARNESS,
lot OLD FARMING UTENSILS.
TERMS: For sums of fifty dollars and under
cash for sums over that amount ain authorized
to give sixty days for notes well endorsed, with In
terest added.
Sale to commence at IL o'clock a. NJ.
sea 4. II. COURTNEY, Trustee.
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AUCTION SALES.
erc BY wellington Goddin,
Auctioneer and Resi- Estate Aren't

VALUABLE LOT TN ADAMs's VAT.
Wiley. ION THE GENITAL. p II . ,aL.
WHERE IT CROSSES CARRIN GTny
STREET. FOR SALE AT AUCTION.-Writ
sold ut auction on the premises on THURSDiy
September 10. lses. at O'Clock P. NJ. a VALU.,,
Bile LOT. located rs above. which can be smh
divided into three smaller ones, and Is well suited
for small-siZed dwellings. |ss
SET W GODDIS auct,ora..
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REINFORCEMENT,

The above sale is unagoidably postponen ant :
TUESDAY the sth day OF September next 81 u
same hour. ". Gq Hg1Mv Trustees.
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A SSIGNEE'S SALE.-As assignee OF the

ANDREW RUTHERGLEN,
nm a-dat8w4wSdtds Assignee. :
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-04
Kentucky Items.

The Frankfort Commonwealth says
the Union men of Kentucky are al
most unit for Gen. Grant.
Rev. E. II. Camp has been called to
the pastorate of the Second Presby-
terrain Church at Lexington, Ky.
The Legislature has passed bill
appropr ating $4,000 to the Eastern
Lunatic Asylum at Lexington.
The Paris True KentuckiGn states
that large otter was captured on the
ice near Millersburg, Kentucky, last
week. It, measured three feet nine
inches il, length.oa1 ss ar !
Gen. Leslie Combs has been ap-
pointed Marshal ofthe State of Ken
lucky by President johnson, In the
place Of VIM A. MeFiwethe. 975
2 The ,Daaughter'B College, at 4Hars
rodsburg, Ky, is to be- re7opeped
again on the first Monday in March
next, under the supervision of the
able President John Aug Williams,
late of Kentucky University.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-04
Illinois Items.

A lynx was killed one day last
week about four miles southwest of
Mt. Carmel. ae.t4
A new paper has been started at
Mt. Carmel, called the Register. 1t
is Republican in its politics.
A Grant Club has just been formed
at Rockford, with r. P. Lane for
President.
There are three men confined in the
Alexander County Jail charged with
murder.
The Democrat says that Cairo is
the soberest place in the United
States. fxf
The Freeport Neacs is hereafter to
be published monthly, instead of
weekly, as heretofore.
A man named Geo. NJ. Garlick, was
thrown from his wagon, near Bloom
ington, the other day, and died from
the effects of his injuries.
The receipts of moneys for freights
and passengers at the Galena depot
last year, amounted to more than two
hundred and sixty FIVE thousand dol
lars.
Mclean County is out of debt, or
will be very soon, having, in the last
three or four years, paid off a war
debt of $3.50, geo, besides other county
expenses, and not felt oppressed in
doing it.
The infant child of Mary E. Rod
gers, aged three weeks, was smothered
to death in Urbana, recently. The
child was in bed with its mother, and
it is supposed was covered too closely.
A few days ago Mr.. Granville Tur-
ner shot a gray eagle near the dam,
two miles northeast of Mr.. Carmel.
It measured six feet ten inches from
tip to tip.
The residence of Mr.. VIM. Kava-
naugh. situate about one and a half
miles from Mt. Carmel, was consumed
by fire Sunday evening last. while the
family were at church. There was
nothing saved from the building.
General Leib, late of the Illinois
Post, has connected himself with the
Tribune, the German Republican or
gan of Quincy. The General is an
able writer and wide awake editor,
and we congratulate the Tribune upon
such an accession.
Uncle Sans mail arrangements
must be bad Our letters and papers
reach us-well, when some of
them are not quite so old as Methu-s
saleh is represented to have been.
We don't like to complain; but some
body is to blame, that's certain.-M.
Carmel Democrat.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-04

The Henderson Reporter says it
don't make any difference whether a
man wore the blue or grey during the
war, so that he is Democrat now.
James S. Payne. President of the
Republic of Liberia. was born within
four miles of Lexington. He is repre-
scented to be an Individual of marked
intelligence and ability.
At Democratic meeting held in
Henderson, on the 9th, resolutions
were adopted recommending the re-
election of John Young Brown for
Congress, Stevenson for Governor,
and the nomination of Pendleton for
President.
Mr.. j. D. Osborne, for thirteen
years the business manager and part
proprietor In the Louisville Journal,
has disposed of his interest in the
establishment and severed his con-
nection with it.
Oscar FL. Burbridge, charged with
shooting A. j Morey, editor of the
Cynthiana Nea0s, with intent to kill,
a d recently tried in Covington, was
discharged on verdict of not guilty
being rendered by the jury.
The first number of the Kentucky
Free Mason will be issued in few
days, and continue its publication
regularly. Those that desire to COM
mence with the first number should
send in their subscriptions at once to
Col. Hodges, Frankfort.
A writer in the Lexington Gazette
advocates the election Of Gen. John
S. Williams, of Confederate fame, to
the office of Commonwealth Attor-
ney of the Lexington District, on the
ground, among other things, of his
services to the Confederacy during
the war. The writer says his victory
over the Federal troops at Saltville
should elect him TO any Office. in the
State.
The Henderson Reporter insists
that Noble, of the Paducah Herald,
is an incubus on the Democratic
party; that he is sourcd by nature,
like an old maid-unreasonable as a
picked herring = vindictive = and
without the political sagacity of a Xxx
oyster-while endowed with an in
domitable energy-and that he has
exercised considerable influence in
distracting the councils of the we'll
meaning Democracy of the State,
Noble is doing more good than we
have been disposed to give him credit
for. OF
MISSING. 1t is reported that a.
number of the. Legislators who went
to Lexington on yesterday TO visit the
Eastern Lunatic Asylum are missing
land, strangely enough, those miss
ing are all Democrats. It is shrewdly
suspected by knowing ones that the
manager of the Asylum mistaking
them for a part of his charge has put
them in limbo. We hope a commit
tee will at once be appointed by both
Houses to investigate the matter, and,
if incarcerated, to at once demand
the release of the unfortunate mem
bers to liberty and daylight Com
naoSsoedlth.