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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-10-18

NOTICE TO TAX-PAYERS.-All per-
~ sons who failed to pay onc-half Of their taxes
prior TO the Goth of July must come forward and
pay their bills within ten days or when called
upon and in case Of failure 50 to do | am re-
aurcd to proceed to the collection of the same by
summary process.
BY order of the City Council
oc 7-2w C:'P: WORE, City Collector.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-10-18

THO TEACHERS AND SCHOLARS
school OOKS AND STATIONERY,
wholesale and retail, at JOHN II. WALSH'S, No:
4ls Broad street. Just received fresh supply OF
SCHOOL-BOOkS and SCHOOL and OFFlCE
prices. Great inducements to TEACHERS. The
current literature Of the day kept on hand, and new
books received rs soon as published. sc ~
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CROCKERY, &c-
TRESH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

ERESH ATIONS.-kELL0GG
e Il GIBSON are now receiving aud OPENING,
OF their own importation, large additions 70 iner
ments to BUYERS. New and handsome patternso OF
Dinner, Tea. and Toilet Sets IN rich. decorated
gold band Plain White China aud White 6ranite,
Rich Fancy Goods, Cut and Pressed glassware u
great variety Fine Table Cutlery, OF Joseph h2a-
gers and other celebrated makers P!ated t le
Pitchers, Wa.tsrs, Goblets, FORKS, spoons, e.
Refrtgerators Water-Coolers- Castorsr Lamps,
Looking classes, Block Tin aud Japan Ware III
great variety. ,.,,sa
Country merchants, botel-kecpers, and hoase-
Keepers win consult their interests by eal.ing on
ns f>''' ~ KELLOGG 4 GIBSON,
Importers, Wholesale and Retail DeatietS
Iaof hain street. Richmond. va.
EDWARD B. TAYLOR aud X. Z. SUTTON, w.
Statesmen. ~
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PROPOSALS.

OFFICE BOARD OF EDUCATION, RICHMOND
SIXTH STREET, CORNER FIR tSKLIS,
October Is, 1862.
DY DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF
~ EDUCATION the undersigned will receive
proposals for one week 10 deliver as may be re-
CURED for the use of the public schools of the
city
80 cords SEASONED OAK WOOD-body wood,
prime quality:
SO cords SEASONED PINE WOOD-body wood
prime quality;
100 TONS 4 Nth RACITE COAL-best quality
WHITE or RED ASH, stove and egg sizes.
ANDREW WASHBURN,
oc lest Secret .ry Board of Education.
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POWDER.

DUPONT'S GUNPOWDER, in kegs, half
~ kegs, quarter kegs, and canisters: lull as
and blasting, always on hand and for snle by
seos-atawow = " - Agents.
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TO TAXPAYERS.


UNITED STATES INTERNAL REvESUE.2
COLLECTORS OFFICE. THIRD DISTRICT
VIRGINIA, RICHMOND October Is, 1859,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
ternal revenue taxes on the last annual list, on
the ontiiiy lists for April. May, June, July, and
August, In The Third Internal Revenue District OF
Virginia, make payment of the same ut my Office.
in the c,Istom-housc In this city, or before the
10Th OF THIS MONTH, the same Will be, col
lected by distraint; and all persons doing BUSH
ness for which special United States tax is re-
qulrcd. without having taken ont the same. Will be
brought before tie United States commissioner for
prosecution. RUSH BURGESS,
Collector of Internal Rerenue
oc l6--3t for Third District of Virginia.
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PROPOSALS FOR COAL.-Proposals
4 will be received to IL O'Clock M. on WE'D
SESDAY, Goth instant, addressed to John f. Null
ford, chairman of Committee for Relief Of Poor.
City Chamherlain,s office, Richmond, Va, for
furnishing THREE HUNDRED TONS OF AN
THRAC1TE COAL, to be delivered at the city
aims within thirty days.
JOHN f. MUEFORD
Chairman of Committee for Relief of Poor.
Ne,os and Journal copy. oc It'd
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ATLANTIC FOREIGN EXPRESS COMPANY,
MACKENZIE, HENRY & FLAMANT,
81 BR ADWAY, NEW YORK.
Through bills OF lading given from Richmond to
all European ports for tobacco, cotton, grain and
other freight.
Particular attention given to small packages.
Gable kilograms forwarded at low rates.
Close connection made for the Pacific coast,
Sandwich Islands, China, and Japan.
FreightS forwarded to all parts of the United
States and Canada. Apply to
WILLIAM G. DUNHAM Il CO., Agents,
au2S corner Main and Eleventh streets.
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V,HE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN
4. by order Of the circuit court of the United
Strtcs for the district Of Virginia appointed re-
ceivers OF the effects OF the Bank of Virginia here
by, In obedience to that decree, notify all persons
indebted to said bank forthwith To pAy the debts
due by them TO said bank to the UNDERSIGNED re-
ceivers. DAVID j. SAUNDERS,
5. G. TARDY.
sc 3c-sot Receivers
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STEAM TO GLASGOW AND e
LONDONDERRY. -L

STEAM TO GLASGOW AND FEse
LONDONDERRY. SSAtslts
THE ANCHOR LINE.
tended to sail EVERY SATURDAY, from Dicr
No. 90. North river. atl2 O'Clock NJ.
RATES OF PASSAGE, PAYABLE IN CURRENCY ::
Cabins to Liverpool, Glasgow, or Derry, $50 and
SIS.
Excursion tickets, good for twelve months, $500.
Steerage to Glasgow or Derry, $50; intermediate,
SS5.
Prepaid certificates from these ports, S37.
Passengers booked to and from Hamburg. Havre,
Rotterdam, Antwerp. &c, at very low rates.
Drafts issued payable at any bank In Great Bril-
tain.
For further information apply at the company's
Offices, No Bowling Green, New York, to HEN
DEESOS BROTHERS, or to
WILLIAM q. DUNUAN & CO. a gents.
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d H A D ELP I'll A, RICH 11kEss
i MOND AND NORFOLK EAM-sSSSs4=lss4Ass,
SHIP LlNE.-Stcamers NORFOLK and j. S.
GREEN, composing this line, will leave Philadel-
phia every SATURDAY, and Richmond every FRI
DAY alternately. Fret gt taken for Norfolk 1T mo-
dcrate rates also for Charleston, Savannah. and
New Orleans, and bills of lading signed through
Passage to Philadelphia, including meals ard
stateroom, S. w. Z. PORTER, Agent.
NH 8 Office. No. 2a25 Dock
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NATIONAL LINE.
Steamers weekly TO LIVERP DOL. 1%TrS
calling at QUEENSTOWN, leaving rs sfslsss=z,
pier a North river every Saturday:
FRANCE. QUEEN, HELNETIA,
DENMARK, ERIN, PENNSYLVANIA,
ENGLAND, VIRGINIA. LOUISIANA.
CABIN passage, 500 and s75 currency.
Stccrage passage, $50. currency.
Storage tickets from Liverpool or Queenstown,
SCI, In currency.
Storage passage from Antwerp, Hamburg, Rot
tcrdam, and Havre S!J, in currency.
For further particulars, apply ut the offices of
the company, GO Broadway, +. W. j. HURST,
Manager, or to
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-10-18
GROCERIES. &c.

I hdO CANS FRESH PEACHES, 1000
l.F4O CANS FRESH TOMATOES, FRESH
BUTTER Just received and for sale by
WILLIAM II. TATUM,
Dealer In Fine Groceries and Liquors,
oc Is 600 Broad street,
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BOARDING AND LODGING.

N COLUMBIA, s. c.
Sc 3o-3m* W. A. WRIGHT, Proprietor.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-04

A CONSTABLE SoLD.-A Michigan con.
stable, from custody prisoner had escaped
with only shirt on while in search of the
convict was tcld by one OF his neighbors
that there had appeared at the house Of
the latter, during the night, an individual
who was stark naked and who refused to
give any account of himself. The neighbor
further said that the stranger was still in
his house, and might yet be taken. The
constable flew around, got his handouts,
aud rode up to the residence of the infor :
mant' to find that the lady of the house
had given birth during the night to a very
fine baby.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-04

duced but temporary effect-reaction
came on aud the disease for which it was
employed was aggravated. The conse-
quence ofthis reaction was, that another
depletion was. again prescribed for its re-
moval blood is taken to full syncope--
again relief is felt-again reaction and the
local symptoms return, the practitioner
continues to bleed, and is astonished at the
obstinacy, course and termination of the
disease, which under such circumstances
generally terminated in dropsical effusion,
or in convulsions, or in delrium running
into coma, or in partial subsidence of the
original malady, and protracted GONZALES.
cenee.
Tartar emetic and arsenic were not so
frequently employed, yet they were ac-
countable for large amount of suffering
and very many deaths. They were also
very effectual agents for the production of
chronic diseases of the stomach and bowels,
which would annoy the patient life time.
If to these you add the arrry of cathartics,
blisters, etc., in common use, you will Won
der, not that reform in medicine was
commenced, but that it was postponed SO
long.
We believe that we have given perfect.
ly truthful aud fair statement of the causes
giving rise to Eclectcism in medicine, and
We may with advantage enquire of what
benefit it has baen to the people at large.
At the present time, calomel and other
mercurial preparations are given by stealth,
and there are very few that dare own to
their administration. The lancet and blood
letting is almost banished from practice,
and he who would attempt to revive it
would soon find himself without patrons
Now the sick have water and food, and are
frequently bathed, when in oden time
they were kept in the conditio of the rich
mon described in the Bible They simply
suffer the minor Inconvenience of sick ness,
without the torture of olden time medica
zion
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-04

A SERIOUS AFFRAY IN TENNEssEE.-A
terrible affair occurred near Tiptonville,
Tenn, on Sunday. A party of masked men
went to the house of William Jones, plan
ter, Cor the purpose of disarming the negroes
working for him. Jones having intimation
OF their coming determined to resist, as the
negroes had been peaceable aud well dispo
sed, and made preparations for their defense,
when the raiders came they were met with
destructive fire which caused them 70
retreat, leaving one of their number dead
aud two mortally wounded. The dead one
proved to be Robert Dickinson, living across
the Kentucky line. His cousin, Robert
Bea!champ, died the next morning. He
said he was misled into the sCrape. The
excitement the next day was intenae. Of
fcers came to arrest the negroes, but owing
to the excitement MIR. Jones was taken to
the river in charge Of the Deputy Sheriff,
placed on the steamer Louisville, and
brought here, while the Sheriff, with the
the negroes, started tor Troy, but on the
way were attacked by posse, who took five
of the negroes into the woods and shot
them down. The Sheriff, by hard begging
succeeded in saving the lifo of the Other
one, who was taken to Troy and put in Jail
The excitement in Tiptonville is intense
The parties on both sides are we'll known
and it is supposed that other blood will b.
shed, even if the matter is settled.
Tennessee Paper.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-04

LIEBIG says that science has demons.ra-
ted that man is formed of condensed air;
that he lives ON condensed as we'll as uncon,
densed air; and clothes himself in condensed
all that he prepares his food by means of
condensed air; and by means of the same
agent moves tbs heaviest weights with the
velocity of the wind. In fact, that wind
Is man and man is wind. The fact is
often demonstrated by conventions, in va
rioqs places, and by numerous people.
There, now, that is a comfort! After
having been brought up under the convio>
tiou that we were made of the dnst of the
earth, to have our foundation undrmined
anb lind ourselves condensed air." and
that "wind is man and man is wind n..'
THIS accounts for the JloaO in some quarters
and the airy nothingness of "the noblest
! work" Query-It all men are air, are all
women air (heir) esaes
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-04
4 QUEER WEDDING.

Rev. d., Methodist minister stationed
at MeaGville some years ago, one evening
received note stating that young couple
living in the. suburbs of the city desired to
be united in the bonds of matrimony, and
requested his services at nine o'clock the
next morning. At the proper time he
went to the house designated aud entered
He inquired of a young lady who was busy
washing dishes, if there was couple there
wishing to be married. am the lady"
sold she blushing, " John will be in in q
moment" The minister was surprised to
see no preparations, and stepped to the
door to view the surroundings. Two men
were hard at work grinding scythes in the
yard, and another, who proved to be John,
was tending COW and cali in the barnyard
The young lady came to the door pretty
soon, aud shouted, "John, Johh, hurry up
the preachers here !" John lcaped the
fence and rushed to the house, the cir
wiped her hands on her apron, and after
joining hands, said they we're ready. The
minister proceeded, and had just got thro
questioning the young man when the OLD
lady rushed into the room, shouting, John
John, you didn't turn the COW away trou
the calf = John let 60 his sweetheart
hand instantly, and rushed to the barpyard
pu. the old COW through the bars, and ther
returned to the house, again took up hi,
position, when the balance Of the ceremony
was gone through with. The minister
went on his way. John went to the hay
field, and the lady resumed her dish WASH
ing.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-04
A HORRIBLE MURDER.

A murder, equalllng in atrocity any
known in the annals of crime, was commit
ted near Pleasant Grove, Huntingdon
county, between six and seven o'clock, on
Wednesday evening, November I1th. The
victims were an old man named Peightal,
and an adopted child named Scott Garner
"a boy of ten or twelve years Of age.
They were sitting at supper when attacked
Mr.. Peightal and young Garner were shot
through the head and instantly killed
Mrs Peishtal was also shot, but not fatally,
and was dispatched with an axe or hatchet
The perpetrators of the crime, after
plundering the house and stealing the mo.
ney belonging to the family, consisting Of
coin and greenbacks amounting, it is said,
to about two thousand dollars, the fends
covered the bodies with bedding and
clothes, which they set on fire and then
fled. The fire was at once discovered by
some neighbors, who fastened hither and,
to their dismay, not only found the house
on fire, but the whole family murdered
Suspicion at once rested on two men who
had been seen in the neighborhood during
the day.
A messenger was dispatched to Hunting
don, who, upon inquiry, discovered that
two persons answering the description had
taken the Cincinnati express west. A tel
egraphic dispatch was sent to Altoona, Civ.
ing description of the supposed murder
ers, and upon the arrival of the train there
the men were arrested, and lodged in the
lookup.
On Thursday morning, they were taken
bank to Huntingdon, and recognized at
once as the men who had been lurking
around Peightert previous to the murder.
1t was only through the wise counsel Of
prudent men that they were not lynched by
the indignant populace. After being
taken to the Jail they confessed having COM
mitted the murder, but the evidence
against them is deemed sufficient to con-
vict them, aside from their confession
Several hundred dollars in gold and green
backs was found upon them-the balance
they said they had tied up in a hanGker.
chief and hid along the railroad, before
taxing the train.
Both the men are Germans The one
gives his name as Alfred Bodenburg, who
was born in Hanover, on the Rhine, Octo-
Der 1886, and is therefore thirty six years
of age. The other is named Gotlieb Borer
alias Charlie Moore, alias Dutch Charlie
was born in Wirtemburg, Germany, and is
about forty years of age. The latter, it is
said, was convicted of larceny in Hunting
don three years ago, and served his term
in the pcnitentiary.
Love of gain seems to have instigated
them to commit the horrible crime for
which they have been arrested. They will
be tried at the next term of the Hunting
don courts.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-04

The italian ministry has resigned in
body: What does this signify? Is plush
nobility offended at king marrying a gate.
Keepers daughter. Are the right heirs
OF the throne, after all, the power behind
the throne 1t will be hard for Victor
Emmanuel, toddling to his grave, to recon
struct affairs so as to give stability and har-
mony to his State. A "duck of wife"
will scarcely compensate him for an uneasy
crown, bitter old age, and discordant
empire.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-04

The New York Democrat tells us how
one of The railroad kings of that State trav-
els "Vice- President Terrence, of the
New York Central railroad, has a horse
worth keepiug-an iron horse yelept To-
coGOtive. 1t is fine one, and is elegantly
fitted up, inside OF the engineers house
The seats are on steel springs, and are
richly upholstered, while every appliance
is visible to keep out sparks and dust.
This engine is in charge of first. class
engineer, whose only business is to run his
machine wherever and whenever the Vice
President wishes him TO. Should Mr.. Tor.
renee consider that his presence is important
il Buff alo, the engineer is ordered to fire
up, the telegraph conveys the intelligence
that Terrence is on the road, and away goes
the horse through towns and villages like
streak of lightning, resting not till the
destination is reached. Business f nished
the return is made, the horse is put in the
stable, and not taken out again till the Vice
President issues the order for another ride
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-04

In THE Rhode Island State Prison the
convicts observed Thanksgiving day in a
somewhat remarkable manner After two
speeches, by convicts, appropriate to the
occasion, several songs were sung in chorus
such as "Amerca," Home, Sweet Home"
etc. Two burglars then sanga a song apiece
-"My Mother" and Sweet Ara5ena." :"
After this another prisoner danced break
down, which elected much applause, and
closed the exercises.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-04

1t is now absolutely certain that the
great African traveller, the Rev. David
Livingstone, is safe. A telegram from the
governor of Bombay, containing the infor
nation that he (the governor) had just re-
ceived letter from Mr.. Livingstone him.
self, dated Ujiji, MAY 13, 1869. Nj. Liv-
ingston was in good health, and was every
where we'll taeated
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-04

SLANDER,-Ycs, you pass it along wheth.
er you believe it or not And that one 81.
ded whisper, against the character of vir.
lious woman or an honorable man you will
bear up. aud pass along. Strange
creatures How many regulations have
been lost by surmise. How many hearts
have been sorrowed by whispers. How
many have been Stunned by hint
How many graves have been dug by SIAN
der. Yet you pass it along
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-04

The largest saw mill in the world is at
Orongo, Maine. 1t is 40 feet long, &C feet
wide, has four gang saws, five sing gle saws,
five lath machines, one shingle, and one
clapboard machine. 1t saws daily 200.
600 feet of long lumber, 100000 laths,
10000 shingles, and 1000 CLAP boards !;
and by requirement of law burns up about
l2o cords of waste wood per day. 1t rents
fer S25, COO year.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-04
Glh Gountp Direttorg.
COUNTY OFFICERS.

COUNTY OFFICERS.
President udge-S. p. johnson.
Additional Law Judge-Hon. Jho. P
Vincent.
Associate Judses-E. G. Schultre
Jesse Kyler.
District Attorney-J. X. z. Hall.
Sheriff-James A. Malone.
Prothonotary, &c.-G. A. Rathbun.
Treasurer-Claudius V. Gilis.
Co. Superintendept-Rufus Lucore.
Commissioners-H Warner, j. W.
Taylor, Louis Nolmer.
Auditors-Clark Wilcox, Byron j.
Jones, Jacob McCauley.
County Surveyor-Geo. Walmsley.
TIME OF HOLDING COURT.
Second Monday in January,
Last Monday in April.
FIRST Monday in August.
First Monday in November.
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no OWNER OF UNpATENTkD LANDS
SURVEYOR GgNERAL's OFFICE.

lTarrsburk, Penna. Nov. Sth 1860. I
In obedience to an Act of Assembly approx
ell the Ste day Of April. one thousand eight
hundred and sixty nine, You are hereby noti-
fed that the County Land Lien Docket con-
tanning the list of unpoienc1 lands for Elk
county, prepared under the Act of Assembly Of
the twentieth of May, one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty four, and the supplement there
to. has this day been forwarded to the Prothon-
ctary of the county, at whose office it may be
examined. The liens can only lie lguidated
by the payment of the purchase money, inter.
est and fees, and receiving patents through
this department.
JACOB VI. CAMPBELL.
Nov IS, 1869. Surveyor General.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-04

A San Francisco paper ridicules the
story that eighty Chinese were robbed of
their queues by hair thieves in that city.
1t says that two or three may have lost
their queues by the ac, of rowdes, "but
not for the value of the hair, for it has
none except for upholstery, etc., as bellies
consider it too coarse for ornamenting their
person."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-04

"Joe, my DEAR" said fond wife to her
husband, who followed the piscatory pro-
fession on the banks of Newfoundland, "do
fix up little, you look so slovenly. Oh,
what an awful memory it would be for me
it you should get drowned looking so!"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-04

Two japanese students, in search of ma
val knowledge. have arrived in this country,
aud will soon make application fer admis.
sion to the academy at Annapolis. An
act of Congress extends to them the cur.
tesy of cadetship, provided it shall cost the
United States nothing. Those two young
men are but the van of detach men: soou
to be forwarded
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-04

A vast amount Of grain in sacks was rem.
dered worthless, or greatly injured, by re.
cent rains in California. The loss is said
to amour to several hundred thousand sacks.
The grain was lying on the banks of the
rivers awaiting shipment.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-04

Quantrel, the leaber of the Lawrence,
Kansas, massacre, was traced to San Fran
cisco by detectives, where he enlisted in the
army and went to Camp Scott. The order
sent for his arrest reached there too late, he
aud three others having deserted.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-04
NEWS AND NOTINGS.
The French Empcror's sight is falling.

A flibustering expedition has sailed
from the island of Curacao for st. Domingo,
to join the revolutionary forces operating
against President Baez.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-12-04

NARDS, Bll-Heads, Letter-Heads, Tags
~ Hsndbills, &C., done in a neat manner.
and at The LOWEST PRICE. FOR CASH, at
the Elk Advocate Printing Office.