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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-22
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IN1r str.E At A BARGAIN, A GROCERY AND MILK
store dom srgctash trade, with three yc1rs tense 81
pghoe house WHICH the rent OF storp III health OF the
owner the only FOR selling Address Grocer 2l0 East
Fifty third street.
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RY HENRY H. LEEDS, AUCTIONEER.
- Restaurant at public auction.

HENRY Il. LEEUS MINEK VIII sell by AIcIIbn Oh IHUIn
day. July Is 1883 at l0H o'clock the premises 69 Broad
Fourth street. the we'll known Restaurant known
the Waveey doing good business consisting OF all the
Bar and Dining Room Fixtures Kitchen Utensils &C. afford
ing excellent opportunity for embarkng In safe and
profitable business including the Excise license which
pires the 1st of Nav. 1859.
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DY JAMES NJ MILLER, OFFICE 20 PINE STREET
ID Wednesday July g. at ~ O'Clock, at the Exchange
sae,room III Boadway Long Branch Property The Hons:
Lot north side Union commencing m rect weat
Monmouth the house three story and basement
FRAME 30x80 feet II lot lO0xl50 feet Map and par
uars 4 the Office
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SALE OF HOUSEHOLD
II Furniture, ONCE Furniture,

BENZ. r: FAlRFIELD, AuctoneeI on Wednesday, Juyy
Furniture consisting OF Sofas Chars Extension and Round
Tables Looking Glasses Bureaus 40 Also Velvet Brussels
Tapestry and Ingram Cape &c Also once furniture iron
Safes, Desks, Tables, &c, BY order of executor
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(NUCKoO CLOCKs.-OUR MANUFACTURE BETTER
~ and cheaper than importsd Wholesale and retail
a. vnANkrIELD A CO. 1e Sixth avenue, corner Of
Dixth street.
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RYJ. BARRY, AUCTIoNEER-AN EXTENSIVE AUG:
- tion sale OF magnificent Household Furniture, most q
which In perfect order and but little usedMessrs BARRY
CO., auctoneers, will sell this Wednesday,, July % ~
the large brown stone residence No. 20 West Twelfth
street. between Fifth and Sixth avenues, commencing
at 10H o'clock precisely. This sale comprises the
entire contents of the house, consisting OF clio
giant rosewood octave Pianoforte, elegant Paror SUITS
French satn also In French rep Centre Tables Easy
Chairs &C. magnificent Bedroom Furniture, Dining Room
Furniture &c Descriptive catalogues the morning OF
sale at the house. Sale without any reserve.
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Tn WHITES DBNTAL OYYTCB n AT q SIXTH AVE
~ nue.Improved Ar!iacol Isssh from IS 70 ea6 Tea
BNos eonnscted with any oahss q NE sass name Raab
hshed Ven yeara
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FoR sALE-A MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS
Store In of the best locations in Brooklyn, doing
splendid business; Stock, Fixtures, Lease The store
viii pay itself during the fall trade III health the only
for selling Apply at flower 100 Grand street,
New York, from 10 A. M. to Up. M.
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re- MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING iSY-
RUP for children teething, greatly facilitates the
process of teethiDg by softening the gums, re-
ducing all infammation-will allay all pain ana
spasmodic action, and Is sure to
REGULATE THE BOWELS.
Depend upon 1t, mothers. 1t will give rest TO
yourselves and
RELIEF AND HEALTH TO YOUR INFANTS.
We have put up and sold this article for years,
and can say in coNFIDENoB and TRUTH OF IL what
we have never been able to say OF any other me-
dicine-never has 1t failed in single Instance TO
effect cure when timely used. Never did We
know an instance OF dissatisfaction by any one
who used it. On the contrary, all are delighted
with its operation, and speak in terms OF COM
me nd alton OF its ma gcal effects and medical viz.
tues. We speak in this matter WHAT WE DO
KNOW " after years OF experience, and pledge our
reputation for the fulflment Of what we here de.
clare. In almost every instance where the infant
is suffering from pain and exhaustion, relief viii
be found In fifteen or twenty minutes after the
syrup is administered. Full directions for using
will accompany each bottle. Be sure and call for
"MRs. WIHsLOW's SOOTHING SYRUP" having
the fac smile of - Curtis Perkins" on the OUT
side wrapper All others are base limitations.
Sold by druggists throughout the world. Price,
only $50. per bottle.
CMces: els Fulton street, N. Y; EOS High Hol.
born, London, England; AL st. Paul street, Mon
trsal. Canada. ocs-eodSm
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-28

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
The effort to change the time for the meet
ing of the National Democratic Committee
to an earlier date than previously fixed has
been abandoned. The ed Of February
therefore, stands as the day for fixing
the time and place for the meeting
of the National Democratic Nomi.
mating Convention. The following gen.
tlemen of the committee have already
signified their intention to represent their
States at the meeting: John S. Millson, OF
Virginia; William Aiken, of South Caro-
lima; William L. Sharkey, of Mississippi
George G. Houston, of Alabama; John
Hancock, of Texas; A. n. Chappell, OF
Georgia; Judge Marvin, of Florida; A. B
Greenwood, of Arkansas; Joseph McCor-
kie, Of Nevada; Thomas Sweeney, of West
Virginia; and Joseph Patrick, of Nebraska.
Edwin Cooper, of Tennessee, it is thought,
will be appointed in the place of Colonel
Campbell, deceased.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-28

A CoLoRED LAwYER.-On Thursday last
colored man sued white man for SER
vices rendered. The cause was set for
hearing at o'clock, at the office of Justice
Kean, and the white man employed law
yer Of this city to conduct and manage his
side of the case. When the time arrived
for the trial of the cause, the defendant
and his counsel were present, and waited
some time for the plaintiffs lawyer to
come along. Finally a colored man made
dis appearance, and presented letter from
one of the officers of the Freedmen's Bureau
requesting the magistrate to recognize him
as lawyer in the case. The magistrate
said he would do so; wbereupon the
white lawyer picked up his hat and left
the office, declining to enter into the dis
cussion of the law of the case with the
colored man. The white man plead his
own case, and it was decided in his favor
and against the plaintiff. - Washington
STAR
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-28

Iron, it is we'll known, under the inhu-
ence of the hammer and of constant use,
gradually assumes, by repeated vibration,
q different texture from that it, had when
the piece was new. The metal becomes
crystalline, loses its tenacity, and gets brit
tie. The sudden breaking of old iron
axle-trees on railways is exclusively owing
to this cause. Now, it would be of the ut
most importance to find some means of as
pertaining whether or not this alteration in
the texture has taken place, but up to this
time every attempt in this direction has
been q failure. 1t appears, however, that
this problem has been solved by Mr.. Sar-
bop, an Englishman, who has thought OF
employing the magnetic needle for this
purpose. 1t is said that when an iron bar
is homogeneous the needle will not be sud
denly displaced from its position on being
slowly moved to and fro in direction per-
pendicular to the magnetic meridian Of the
locality; but if there be in the bar any
unsound place, fault or flaw, the oscilla-
tions of the needle will become very in
tense as it passes over these defective
points. s.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-28

The REPRIMAND TO FERNANDO WOOD
The Washington correspondent Of the In
dependent writes:
"The reprimand to Fernondo Wood was
both serious and comical. During that
solemn proceeding Mr.. Wood looked, and
Mr.. Colfax acted, like clergyman. A
deaf man, not hearing the Speakers
charge, but only observing the scene,
would have supposed that the grave gen.
tleman ofthe white moustacbe, standing al
the bar of the House, was candidate for
bishopric; and that the high-perched
dignitary who held the book in his hand
was performing the ordination. During
| the whole exercise Mr.. Wood seemed like
one Of those old fashioned deacons who
rise and stand during prayer. And when
Mr.. Colfax said, You may now take your
seat he uttered the words as if they were
an amen"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-28

A FEAT OF ENGINEERING.-We are In
formed that the building of the iron bridge
over the Great Miami, on the Ohio and
Mississippi railroad, is considered rapid
feat in railroad construction. This struc-
ture required the driving of 5000 piles,
the laying of $500 cubic yards of ma
sonry, the dredging Of four difficult foun-1
dations in quicksapd, and the constrnc-
ton and erection Of $50 feet Of iron bridge
in three spans, and weighing l,l0O, 600
pounds. The first train crossed on the
18th of December last just 40 days from
the time the drst pile was driven, and nine
days and four hours from tho time the last
stone was put in place. The work was car
ried on night and day, and telegraphic
communication kept up throughout the
whole Of the basin drained by the Miami
so that all storms were prepared for hours
before they or their effects reached the
bridge site. The stone for tbs mason
WORK. which is all tirst-class ashlar, was
auarried ffty-two miles from the bridge
The truss is the iron Fink truss, and CON
sists ofthree spans 2l0 feet each, E
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-28

THEATRICAL GHOSTS AND FLOATING
HEADs.-At the meeting of the polytech-
mic branch of the American Institute last
evening the mystery Of theatrical ghosts,
floating heads, and other seemingly super
natural phenomena, was explained. The
ghost is only reflection made on parti-
ton or plate-glass. The real ghost or image
is beneath the stage floor, and a partially
closed aperture is made in the floor be-
tween the ghost and the glass, and while
the man sees the glass, the spectators see
only the reflection from the glass. In pro-
ducing the floating head large mirror is
placed at certain angle on the stage.
This glass has hole in it, through which
a human head projects. The rufle with
which the neck is dressed covers the hole
close around the chin. The false ceiling
overhead is papered to match the side
walls, therefore it is evident that to the
spectators the reflection of the wall above
appears as though it was the back ceiling
in the distance. Thus the glass is not
seen, and the human head appears to float
in air.-Neu York Tribune, january "a.
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General News.


WASHINGTON, January 27.-The Bureau
of Statistics reports the number of immi-
grants to the United States since 1861 at
100000. ...-...-.
The Union Pacific railroad is in good
running order five hundred and forty miles
beyond Omaha-seventeen thousand five
hundred feet above tide-water.
The Supreme Court has decided that in
a case of necessity the captain of vessel
may sell her in foreign port.
The money stolen by 7. 81. Harmon,
Freedmen's Bureau agent at Lake Provi-
dence, La, has been partly recovered, and
will be refunded to the claimants. He
goes in irons to New Orleans.
The revenue receipts to-day were s72o,-
900. Observation-Disclosures
The substance of the bill passed by the
House to. day is as follows: It enacts that
no money shall hereafter be paid out of the
Treasury on the following classes of cases
arising out of the rebellion until further
action of Congress: .--.--
First. On account of seizure or impress
ment, or on account of damages, or demur-
rage, or detention Of any appliances of
transportation, whether by land or water,
in the insurrectionary States.
Second. For transportation service, tolls.
ferriage, &C., beyond the tariff fixed by
the Quartermaster- General during the war
Third. For use and occupance of lands
in insurrectionary States for Notifications
and other military purposes during the war
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-28

The PANs.-M. Paul du Chaillu, in lee.
ture delivered in New York on Wednes-
day, said: When travelling in Equatorial
Africa, and when about $50 miles from the
coast, he fell in with a tribe of Pans, or
cannibals. They were armed to the teeth,
and wore human skulls as tripkets. Poly
gamy is practiced among them, but they are
very kind to their wives, and when they
are dead, cook and eat them. He stopped
several months with the Pans, and joined
in hunting party that killed twenty five
elephants in three days. There were 500
people, however, who joined in the chase.
Elephant meat is tough; he boiled piece
once twelve hours, but he couldn't get his
teeth through it, so he boiled it another
twelve hours, and was then enabled to mas
ticate it. In the Ishogo country iron is
plentiful, and as it is worked always by q
charcoal. fire it is, of course, converted into
steel. The cloth used by the people is
made Of grass, manufactured in squares
about the size of Observation-Disclosures.
A woman lis allowed only two of these
pieces for her costume; man can use as
many as six or eight. He had several Of
fers of marriage, and one kind chief, to
avoid jealousy, wanted him to marry all
the manageable women of the tribe, num-
bering about $50. .--..-.-..
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|te,AeTERRIBnE CRrME-ARREsT OF THi
ALLEGED GUILTY PARTIEs.-About two
months ago Captain Godfrey Rehrer, d
well-known citizen Of Pottsvil1e, Pa.
mysteriously disappeared. Foul play was
suspected. but all search till now has
proved unavailing. On Friday his father
who resides at Harrisburg, received intel.
ligence announcing the capture, at Buffalo
Of the rnurderers. The Harrisburg Unior
says: Observation-Disclosures
"They allege that one of his partners
named Smith, had employed two men, who
resided at Tamaqua, to put Captain Rehrer
out Of the way; which they did, and
threw his body into one Of the old slopes
among the mines, and. by fastening heavy
weights to it, sunk it to. the bottom, o
depth Of three hundred feet.
!" Shortly after the disappearance Of
Captain R., Smith sent letter to the as.
sassins, advising them to leave. This let
ter remained in the post-ofice, and was
finally sent to the dead letter office, where
it was opened, and Immediately sent to the
police officers of the place where Mr.. R.
resided. These officials at once charged
Albrighton with being connected with the
.fair, when he divulged the whole matter,
but said he knew nothing of it. until after
Captain r. was missing. The assassins are
cow in the Jail at Buffalo, N. Y, one OF
them having in his possession the watch Of
the murdered man. The other parties i'm
plicated are in prison at Pottsville. The
mine in which the body was placed is to be
pumped dry, in order that the remains
may be recovered"
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SUDDEN DEATH IN CHURcH.-In the
Foundry church, yesterday, as the pastor,
Rev. Peyton Brown, was about finishing
his discourse, some excitement was occa-
stoned by lady falling from her seat in
one of the pews near the pulpit. It was
found to be Mrs. Wakefield, who resided
on G street near Thirteenth and on rails
ing her, she was perfectly helpless, and
some gentlemen carried her apparently
lifeless body out of the church. On the
way to the vestibule, below stairs, she ap-
peared to revive, but suddenly sank back
and expired. The excitement was such
that Mr.. Brown suspended his remarks
until he was informed of the death of the
lady, and then, in appropriate language,
made the sad announcement of the death
of Mrs. Wakefield, who, we understand,
was an estimable member of the church
in which she SO suddenly educational
hteugencn, 9th.
[She died of an epileptic fit, says the
ChrOnicle.1 .......-.....
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BRoTHERLY LOVE FOR TUE AFRICAN
Rev. DR.. Boynton, Of the Congregational
church at Washington, whose prayers
and sermons have been OF, the most Radi.
cal stamp, has demonstrated the extent o.
his brotherly love for the African by re.
fusing to admit two colored men to his
church. To make the offence greater, he
preached sermon to justify their exclu
sion on spiritual grounds. "Moses refused
to be called the son of Pharaoh's daugh
ter" therefore the races should be KEEP
separate in the church and in society, he
argued.-Sprinqfeld (Nass.) Republican.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-28

THE RIGHTS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS
ABaoAD.-The report from the Committee
On Foreign Relations in regard to the rights
of American citizens has given rise to
much comment among Congressman, and
is thought that the representatives will
pass the measure with few amendments.
General Banks's report On the subject will
be submitted on Monday. The report is
more bellgerent in tone than the bill, and
a large portion of it is devoted to the re-
hearsal of the sufferings endured in Bri-
tsh prisons by Americans who have been
arrested on various charges during the last
twelve months. Mr. Sumner, who is at
the head of the Committee on Foreign AT
lars in the Senate, does not regard the
Oil with much favor, and will, it is under
stood, hold it in his committee until the
Government can have an opportunity to
consult with the new British Minister, who
Sexpected here next week, and who has
received Instructions on this subject
washington dispatch to the Neao York 1ri-
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-28

CANADIAN TROUBLES. - Quebec; January
25.-In the House of Assembly to-day o
motion was introd uced to take into con
sideration the lamentable immigration OF
The Inhabitants Of the Province Of Quebec
to the United States, and to devise means
for the arrest Of the same. The mover
spoke at great length in support of the
motion, and pointed out that the source Of
evil was the little encouragement given to
the settlers in the eastern townships, and
the want of sufficient industrial and manu-.
featuring resources. Agriculture was not
sufficient to meet the wants of the popu-
lation, as during eight months of the year
that interest was entirely suspended.
Families were forced to immigrate to the
States in search Of employment. He pro-
posed that the question of manufactures
receive their earnest attention, and that
a liberal homestead Law, similar to that in
the States, be enacted. A number of
members took part in the discussion. The
debate was adjourned until Monday.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-28

FIRE IN SPoTsYLvAN1A.-The dwelling.
house at Homeland" in Spotsylvsnia
county, the residence of Mr.. John W
McCaley, was entirely consumed by fire
on Wednesday, 22d instant. The fire is
supposed to have originated from defect
in the chimney, and was SO late in being
discovered that only small part of the fur,
niture and effects was saved. Not even
the wearing apparel of the family was res
cued from the flames. The loss is supposed
to be eight or ten thousand dollars. Mr.
McCalley is an estimable and enterprising
citizen, and was just recovering from the
depredations Of Sheridan's raiders. He
has the cordial sympathy of large circle
of friends and acquaintance.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-28

The STRANGE SToRY-PowELL-BuRN-
HAM.-Some of our exchanges doubt the
truth of the strange story we published
not long since in regard to the wonderful
change of sex of Mrs. Ellen Powell, OF
Broadhead, Wis, from woman to man,
she being few years since wife, now
husband-then loo1lan, now man We
cannot blame people for being incredu-
lous, but the story is a true one. 1t is too
wonderful for belief-it startles even the
medical world. We published the article,
knowing it sounded too strange to be
true-knowing it would be deemed hoax
but the story is true one, stranger than
fiction, and those who deem it otherwise
are the only ones sold. We repeat,-on
our honor as journalist, on the honor OF
mantle story is true, the former wo-
man is now q man, the former wife is now
husband, etc.-Lo Crosse Democrat.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-28

The CorToN SUPPLY.-English manufac-
'u!ers profess to be relieved from their
cuei burden Of solicitude in regard to the
e9ston supply, and to feel more confidence
slat henceiorth there will be no disastrous
fluctuations in the market comparable to
.loSe OF the last few years. Not only. do
S sae United States, in their opinion, give
, letter promise, on account of the prospec-
we removal of the cotton tax, but intelli-
ssace from other quarters strengthens
twrIlci,pations Of a larger production.
WI, "Tio comes from India that crop will be
i isalized this season fully equal to that Of
, D;s year, if not superior. A single pro-
, ,tlce in Brazil will send this year more
s Asn a million arrobas of thirty-two pounds
csel, while other districts are proving their
If HsSpsolilty of furnishing larger quantities
n c luton than they have hitherto done.
-, Egypt and Turkey the cotton crop,
~. sS0st says, is not likely to be diminished,
w W. favorable accounts come from the
J,G S;' indies, Africa, and Australia; but
Of 40 Ii The chief reliance as acompetitor
b 'u p, cotton fields of America. Exertions
nm shis end are in no measure relaxed.
s;s sS's Interested in the cotton trade onthis
crr,. regard the future supply as much less
Im,S Ia'l Than the English reckoning would
F'''-Ne'o York J0,7nal0f Commerce.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-28

A New MODE OF TAXING WHIsKEY.-
The Chicago Tribune proposes modifca-
ton of the revenue law so as to increase
the tax on sales of distilled spirits to three
per cent, reducing, at the same time, the
tax on the distiller to fifty cents gallon
payable at the place of distillation before
the product is removed. This appears to
be sensible, feasible, and, accepting the
Tribune's figures as correct, prospectlvely
profitable. at the usual merchants tax
on sales of one mill on the dollar, the re-
turn to the Government from the spirit
trade last year was 100000 for the whole
sale, and Sl,4s3,00O for the retail traffic.
The 1riba.ne argues that under its plan the
first of these sums will be increased to
sls,27O,OOO, and the last to s54,920,O0O
and that they can be collected-in fact,
that the dealer cannot escape them. Then,
collecting fifty cents gallon from the dis
tiller, the total return to the Government
from whiskey would be $lo3,96O,OOO per
annum. = L. 4s.~ f-@s