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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-12-07
LEVY BROTHERS

THE FIRST TO MAKE THE REDUCTION
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-12-07

Frederick Pratt has been detected in en-.
bezzing the funds of the horse railroad
company at Chicago. He contesses to have
taken $4,000.
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REVISION OF TIE TARIFr.

The twenty-eighth proposition was unani-
mously adopted. 1t provides for "the
revision of the tariff and revenue laws OF
the United States so ~ to render them as
nearly as possible harmonious with each
other, just and equal to every class Of the
community, and Stable in all their provi-
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-12-07
-ASoTHER GREAT DECLINE
GOLD DowS,

TT EFFECTS THE PRICES OF ALL GOODS:
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GOODS on HAND MARKED DOWN:
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COSFlsCATIoN OF VESSELS.

The thirtieth proposition Is AZ follows
4" RESOLVED, That Congress, be recon-
mended to repeal so much OF the law OF
1899 "a condemns vessels to conilsCation Tor
acts of their officers or crews and passen-
gers which are beyond the control OF, and
unknown to, their captains or owners
On motion Of Mr.. Seemuller, Of Baltl-
more, the resolution was adopted, and the
Executive Council was requested TO MEMO
rialize Congress for tho proposed change.
UNIFORM COINAGE.
The thirtv-first proposition, representing
"the dcsirab lcness Of efforts to secure uni
formity of coinage among the commercial
nations of the w0rld,' was adopted.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
The following proposition for an amend
ment to the constitution was adopted:
"An amendment to the second section,
by inserting the words, 'who shall IN all
cases have been active members OF the re-
spective bodies which they represent so
that the sentence will read: Delegates.
who shall in all cases have been active men,
bers OF the respective bodies which they
represent for 1t least one year, shall be Sc
lected by the local organizations Ill such
manner and for such term OF not less than
one year as each may see tit.' :"
Inc alucuullcDI pIOPOscu ". VIC A>c"
York Produce EXCHANGE relative to the
manner Of casting votes was referred to the
Executive Council.
The following amendment, proposed by
the Boston Board of Trade, was adopted
"SEcT1oN /. Questions or resolutions,
except those which involve points OF order
or refer to matters of courtesy, can be sub
mitted only by the constituent bodies Of the
Board or by the Executive Council"
CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
On motion of Mr.. Richards Of Chicago,
.ResoEced, That the National Board o.
Trade reaffirm it, recommendation for the
passage by Congress of j civil service law
NATIONAL EXPOSITION.
A resolution offered by General Wal
bridge, of New York, endorsing the ma
tional Exposition at Washington in 1871.
was adopted.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR INTERNAL IMPROVE
4ENTs.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Taylor, 0
st. Paul, requesting the Executive Council
to report at the next meeting on the subjec
of the equalization of congressional appro
priations to internal improvements, wa
| adopted.
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TIE POOR GET THE

ADVANTAGE OF THE GREAT DECLINE
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Be careful, and come TO the right place, aud DO
not stop until you get ne1tt TO Gotens shoe store,
between Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets, oppo-
site Palmer & SONG. ,, r,.,-,r
oc IL JosEfH SihAo"''
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-12-07

On Friday night the Citizens National
Bank at Middletown, Delaware, wasrobbcu
of large amount III Government ana rail-
road bonds. No particulars given.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-12-07

\ son of Dr.. w. P. Ruckcr, at public
nertiug in Nicholas county last week,
stabbed n man by the name of Nef. we
have none of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14
MINERAL POINT WISCONSIN.

now steadily increased till we at
tanned rate ofalmost railroad speed
The river however, was compare
lively free from rocks, and we stop
ped only to bail the water from the
boats. And now, as we looked down
the long vista of the narrow canon,
while We were sliding down an in
clined plane, in fact "eoastine," ;" the
walls seemed to meet where the riv-
er turned round short bend the
water was lost from sight, and the
earth had opened, we Imagined, to
gulp us down. The illusion is dis
PEELED as we round the bend of the
river and dashing through a success
sion of breakers, we debouch into a
beautiful valley. w. H. POWELL.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14

1t is announced that an extensive
esta blishment is about to be erected
at Niles; Michigan, for the manufac-
ture of edge tools, under patent for
making and tempering steel, recent
ly obtained by prominent cutler
of Battle Creek, Mich. A large dam
is in course of construction across the
ST. Joseph river, at Niles, and the
machinery of the new manufactory
will be run by ter power. Under
theprocess just tinvented,i lit is asserted
that swords can be made fully equal
to the Damascus weapons. The blades
of pocket knife, hardened by the
new method, il is stated, will cut
glass, and even iron or ordinary steel,
without any injury to the edge.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14

W Ellis PHYSIOLOGICAL. JoUR-
Nal iof August has the following among its
varied contents: Rev. John z. Newman ID. II.
chaplain to the u. S. Senate; j. Edgar Thomp-
son. President Pennsylvania r. L. Companv
James a. whitney; Henry j. Raymond; The
oid North Church The Waliachians Small
vs.. Large Heads; The Laughing Deacon; The
Lyre Bird; The Phrenologist's Prophecy, or
an incident in the Life of Metternich Bible
experiences; Observations and Impressions Of
Day, Reading Faces on the Rail Marriage
customs, etc, How to become a Christian :: a
"ei'-baianced Mind; etc, with Portraits and
other Illustrations. Price. 80 cents, or So a
year s. R. WELLS, Publisher, s79 Broad
way, New York.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14

LIST OF PATENTs.-Issued from the United
states Patent Office the week ending JuIv
l3, 1859. and each bearing that date; ofacially .
reported through the Western Patent Agency
OF Herthel & Co, Patent Solicitors and At
torneys, opposite the Postoffice, Third St..
st. Louis, Mo-
MISSOURI.
Byron sloper, st Louis, Hydrogen Generator
and Carburetter.
Ihemas Van Peit, Westport, Animal trap
feter Schmitt, stewartsyille Sulky Land
ILLINOIS.
VIM Nj Springer, Springfield, Legislative
Voting apparatus.
James G Johnson, Carthage, Cultivator and
Stalk Cutter.
w V Cecil, Monmouth Brick Kiln.
John johnson, Rock Island Corn Planter
chine. ~
Sam'l Bassett, Galesburg, Mechanism 70,
starting Sewing Machines.
Gate.
IOWA.
SfW Broadwell, Logan, Water-meter.
Mil. nm
Henry G Leyott. Usage, Harrow.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14
Inc August number of 'sThe Ladies

Inc August number of "The Ladies'
Friend" is adorned with a beautiful steel en-.
CRAVING OF those two youthful lovers. "Paul
andN dNlrglnia''-a double-paged and handsome
y colored Fashion Plate, containing the latest
faris styles--s picture of Maidenhood. in il
lustratlon of Longfellow's sweet poem-and
tue usuai number of miscellaneous engravings.
Inc music OF this month is.a ballad, "The Rose
Oh Erin-' The literary contents are good
Ihose fascinating novelets, ''RoIand Yorke ;
or, Done In Passion.' by Mrs. Henry Wood,
ana 'F"tween Two, by Miss Elizabeth Pres
cote' are ~onu7ued. Published by Deacon 4
peterson, 3ls Walnut Street, Philadelphia, at
81 % q year (Which also includes a large steel
engresing1. -Four copies So,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14

ASA PAt lER, a smart Conuecti-
cut boy of old-fashioned Yankee
stock, left his native State when
seventeen years old, with some $40
in money and clothing of about equal
value, and brought up In Susdue-
hanna County, North Pennsylvania,
where he apprsnticed himself to
learn the trade of carpenter and Join
er, which he followed for some years
thereafter marrying in due season,
and buying tract of wild land Which
he proceeded TO clear and till. At
length, he pulled up stakes and
struck for Mauch Chunk, the heart
of the Lehigh coal region, whence he
ran a coal boat to Philadelphia, then
started a store, and soon engaged ex-
tensively in buying coal lands, build
ing railroads, &c, whereby he grew
rapidly and enormously rich. He il.
now worth at feast 20,ooO, 900, and
we believe he came honestly by them.
Though We do not belong to his
thrifty class, we appreciate them as
useful men, and believe the world Is
better for their existence New
York Tribune.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14
THE Scientific american says that

THE Scientific american says that
there are produced annually through
out the world 3,2l4, 900, 900 cwt. of
coal, 19l ,sO0, 900 of iron, l 1,5S1 900 of
copper, 4, 926 800 of lead, 2,35O, 900 of
zinc, besides 459, ,SS3 pounds of gold,
and ,o63 900 pounds of silver. Great
Britain produces more than half the
iron, and more than one-third of the
is lead. Austria produces one-third of
the copper, and America nearly a
third. Half the zine is from Prussia.
and most of the rest from Belgium.
North and South America produce
six-sevenths of the silver, and Aus
tralia and America each produce
nearly half of the gold.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14

THE Fourth District Court in San
Francisco has granted a divorce to 8
young and beautiful lady who was
married to Joseph j. Smith of Salt
Lake City. The lady testified that
Smith was a deacon in the Mormon
Church, and that the had always
treated her kindly they having lived
pleasantly together for several years.
Recently, however, Smith concluded
to have a second wife, to which Mrs.
Smith objected, and so, when the
deacon took home his new bride,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14

THE UNIvERsE.-The second vol
ume OF the "Chicagoan" commences with the
title changed to The Universe. 1t is enlarged
to an eight-page sheet, and contains the COM
nienoement of a story by Mrs. Ccrbin, entitled,
Married or Woman's Deception a cap
itai story by Mrs. Jennie T. Hazen, "Daisy,
or the Married Mans Story" and a great va
rlety OF other matter. Among the principal
articles is one on "Spiritualism a Moral and
Social Necessity by Robert Dale Owen, and
many on varisus phases of the woman Oues-
uon, and Splrituslism. Published weekly
al ~, so per year, by III. n. F. Lewis, ll3 Mad
ison street, Chicago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14

THE UPPER SIERRA OF CALTFoR-
NIA.-The scenery of the Upper
Sierra is of a type of its own, as dis
tinct as that of the Swiss Alps, as
that of the parks and mountains of
Colorado, a. that of the Yosemite it
self below unlike either, but enti-
tied to rank with them all in the first
place among the grand Nature of the
world. In the two elements of sub
Unity and grandeur it probably sur
passes all the others while it lacks
beauty aud variety that give them a
tenderer hold upon human SYM
pathy. The Rocky Mountains are
vast piles Of broken stones the Up
per Sierra, great smooth casteilated
peaks or rounded domes of solid
granite, sometimes unbroken and
unscarred almost for thousands of
feet, but often made up of vast con-
centric layers of rock, reaching from
a broad base to conical pinnacles, like
cathedral spires, and To the eye al
most topping in their dizzy height.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14

The commerce of Cuba ten years
ago amount to S57, 500, 600 of exports,
and S43, ,So0, 900 of imports an aggre-
gate of 500, 500 200. The totsl trade
al present is valued st more than
Sl70, ,ooo, 600, of which (eXports only
the United States does 50 per cent :
England - per cent: and Spain, only
lS per cent. Yet Spain drains over
So, ,ooo, 900 annually from the Island
OF which more than one sixth is
taken to Spain, the balance spent in
naintaining a Spanish administra-
ton and enriching the officials. In
1852 the reported value of the rural
wealth real estate, &c was 1881 ,ooo,-
psJ;and that of the towns was Sl70,-
100000. In the same year (IS62) the
productions We're valued at: Sugar,
S62 ,0oo, ,oeo; Tobacco, $4,000, 900 /;
other products. S62 ,00o, 900, a total
OF Sl29 900 600.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14

Mr.. A. d. Richardson thus dis
courses about the great farms in
California:
''The Californian invites an East
ern visitor: Come down to Sam
Matacco and spend a week with me- ,
Have you ranch there" Yes a
little place What do you call a
little place p We'll, 10000 acres
or so, 900 or 10000, as the case may
be. Everybody seems to have lit
tie place. The other evening / met
General Beale, known as an old
army officer, who led one of the gov
ernment explorations for a Pacific
Railroad. He resides in the South,
below Los Angeles, though his SUM
mer home is in Philadelphia. Have
you little place too?' 1 asked
Yes, De, ,00Oacres on my home ranch,
and d, 900 more in Northern Califor-
MIA" That home ranch ifit were
a square tract, would be 19 miles
across. 1t is one-third as large as
the State of Rhode Island. There
are other men who own SOC, 900 acres
apiece Beale dispenses something
OF cid Barcnial hospitality. Every
wayfarer is welcomed to table and
bed without money and without
price. Some nights thirty travel
ers are there entertained"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14
LITERARY NOTICES.

BRAINARD'S MUSICAL WORLD foI
July, IS as entertaining and valuable rs ever.
The present number contains a large amount
OF choice music, both vocal and Instrumental
besides musical stories, sketches, news. gos-
sip, hints, etc. The music given in each num-
Der Is worth years subscription, which is
ohiy u, ,oo per annum. Pianos, Organs, Sew
ing Machines, Books, Music, etc. are given
ior clubs Send ten cents for specimen COPIES.
win fuil list of premiums. Addres $ Rp.r-
NARD Sons, Publishers. Cleveland, Ohio.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14

PITTsBU RGH is called the Birm-
ingham of America but it will have
10 progress wonderfully to parallel
these figures, which give the weekly
produce OF the various manufactures
of the English city l4,0o0,0 900 of
steel pens, 5000 iron Dedsteads, 1000
guns, SOC, 200, coo of machine screws,
100000, 900 of buttons, 1000 saddles,
5,o10, 900 of copper and bronze coins,
u, 600 balls, 40, 900 pounds weight of
papier mache work, csc, 900 worth of
jewelry, 10000, 900 of feet in length of
wire, &C, 900 pounds weight of needles,
20, 900 pounds Of hairpins, Is, ,750, 90 of
hooks and eyes, 10000 dozen fire
irons, $500 pairs of bellows, $50 sew
ing machines, &c.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14
From the Philadelphia Ledger
A Singular Case

Among the bills of Indictment re-
turued by the Grand Jury in the
quarter Sessions, lately, was one
charging young man with "send-
ing false telegraph dispatch. +"
When Mr.. Haggart, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney, came to investigate
the matter, he discovered that the
Young man was engaged to be mar
ried to a young lady whose parents
we're opposed to the match. In or
apr 10 prevent the union, the parent
sent the young lady to some friends
n the West. The young man, not
10 be outwitted, sent dispatch to
the West, setting forth the serious
illness of the mother of his affianced.
In response, the young lady came to
Philadelphia, where she was met by
fine Young man, and both visited a
clergyman, where the marriage GER
emony was performed. This incens-
ed the parents, hence the charge.
The District Attorney abandoned
tHc ease, submitted the bill to the
iury without evidence, and verdict
II not guilty was rendered.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14

VISIT OF THE EMPRESS EUGENE
To THE UNITED STATEs.-Itis is pret-
ty generally known that Prince Ar
thur, second son of the Queen of
England, will visit Canada and the
United States during the present
season but the fact that we are
about to announce has not vet been
made public-that more illustrious
person will land on our shores next
summer, in the person of Eugene
Montijo, granddaughter of old Mr..
Fitzpatrick, at one time American
Consul at Malaga, and friend of
Washington Irving, who, in one of
his letters, says "Louis Napoleon
and Eugene Montijo, Emperor and
Empress of France .-one whom I
entertained at my cottage on the
Hudson the other, when a child, I
had on my knee at Grenada 1t
seems to cap the climax of the strange
dramas of which Paris has been the
theatre during my lifetime. - =
The last saw of Eugene Montijo
she was one of the reigning bellies of
Madrid" Eugene will not visit the
United States as Empress of France,
out will travel iacognito, under an
assumed title, which, however. will
not prevent her from receiving a
most cordial and enthusiastic recep-
ton wherever she may show her
still beautiful face. She will be the
nrst OF the crowned heads of Europe
- r. L. Il
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14

A lady insulted on the street in
San Francisco, while unattended, a
few nights ago, looked for an officer
and for a cobble-stone, and found the
latter first. She seized the stone and
hurled it at the ruffian's head. 1t
struck him on the head and he fell to
the sidewalk, then staggered to his
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14

The New York correspondent of
the Boston Gazette writes of the Har-
pers
Their invariable rule has been this:
those foreign authors that we re-
print nobody else shall reprint if
any one does, we will kill their edi-
ton 10y selling ours below cost. So
resolutely have they pursued this
plan that every publisher who has
crossed their path has had cause to
repent of his temerity, and others
who would have been glad to throw
down the gauntlet to them, have
wisely let II dare not wait upon
would" The policy pursued by the
Harpers has seemed harsh, but pro-
bably under any other plan, with
their long and valuable list of Eng
lish authors, every unfledged publish
er would have had picking in their
preserves. a history of the different
warfares in which they have been
engaged would reveal not few in
teresting facts in literary history.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14

The Union Pacific Railroad bridge
across the Missouri River at Omaha
will be the largest one yet projected
over the Missouri River. 1t will con-
sist of IL spans of 250 feet each, and
Is estimated to cost when completed,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14

-HYLoCK AMONG; THE PRINTERS.
I'm Il we'll written article on usury,
IN "A New York paper, occurs the fol
lowing, which every printer who has
been employed in the larger New
York officers viii recognize:
printers, proverbially imprOvi-
dent, fall AN easy prey to the vora-
cious drum fishes who flourish in
Printing House Square. Among the
printers Shylock is known as Il
'.banker.n He has no Conscientious
-cruples. and is held in letestation
hy the very men who submit to his
rxtorliou. Ten per cent. a week is
his interest, and the poor printer
atrprlIIar'' or "sub''-out of means
and unable to borrow, never calls
upon him only as Il last resort. He
may at first demure at the rate of i'm
terest charged, but the answer is
ten per cent. week or no money "
This robbery has been perpetrated
year after year IN some of the prin-
cipal newspaper Offices in the neigh
borhoOd. 1t has been the means OF
running many priaters, for when
once within the clutches of the devil
fish, they have found his grasp as
deadly As that of the seductive cup"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14

Half way up Lookout Mountain the nlace
Whefe memory is stirred by a Thousand thrill
ing associations, and where the brave bows of
where the blood of both friend and foe vas
mingled together and ran down the mountain
SIDE IN riVulets, is smooth-faced rock, upon
following ''e
ST I.-S6O-X.-Early in the battle I was
"ounded, and carried to thi spot by two cley-
er 4 anks.' They bade me farewell and As
they supposed, to die, for / was so weak from
loss OF blood that could but family thank
lheIn Tor their Kindness. They left in my can
teen part bottle of PLANTATION BITTERs to
winch owe my life, for il strengthened me
ana kept lie within me until help came and my
wound was dressed. God bless them for their
kindness, and for the PLANTATION BITTER, -
HENRY DAvAGEL,
Company Il, 10th Ga
MA9SoLIA AWATRR.-Superior to the best iID-
ported German Cologne, and sold at half the
1rice.
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The BRIDES FATE. Rv Mrs

IHE BRIDES FATE. By Mrs.
soathWorth- The Sequel to 1.-The Changed
brides, - T. b. Peterson & Brothers, PhiladeI.
phia, Pa. 1t will command a very large sale
a. II is fully equal to 1.-The Changed Brides ;,
falr Play" and ''How He Won Her >,
"hlen are having unprecedented sales. Fo,
'he oriiiiancy and point of her conversations
'he ease and spirit of her narrative, the splen.
old ana graphic character of her descriptions
oi natural scenery, and the general power and
originality of her conceptions, Mrs. South
worth occupies the front rank among all re-
i'iaie writers Of fiction. 1t is published in q
iafSe dnodecimo voiume of five hundred pageS
ana sold ut Sl,15 in cloth, or ST SO in paner
cover ana VIII be sent free of postage TO anv
ohe' on receipt of the price by the publishers
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nvERTISERS Fl R 3

-o.,,,ested to hand in their favors As early
:. tb.. week rs possible.
an orders tor Jop work or advertising, when
..n; by mail, will receive AS prompt attention
:. .,fnarties called in person.
,,ra,fisenents not under contract must be
s.s-,rv marked the length OF time desired, or
- ,viIl be continued and charged for till or
tered out
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14

Ihat popular magazine, "Once a
Month"; has been merged in the "Broollvn
Monthly which is some more spr1ghtly than
ever fubiished by E. c. SPooSER 4 Co.
Brooklyn, N.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14

IN the SATURDAY EVENING PoST
ol 'uly I'th, new Serial is begun by the cele-
DRAFTED 'uthor OF East Lynne" 1t is called
george Canterbury's WILL" and opens IN
ihis authors usual interesting manner. sam
PIE copies of THE Posr, containing the oncp-
ing chapters, will be sent gratis. Price of TIM
I oSr' -, 80 4 year four copies, ST, 90. Ad-
dress IL. Peterson Co., $40 Walnut Street
Philadelphia.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14

Sheridan gives the following hum
Orous definition - Irishman- a
machine for converting potatoes in
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-08-14

In ISIS there were only 365 tons Of
coal marketed in Pennsylvania. In
1862, ., ,S4S, 4lo tons were shipped from
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lob PRINTING

~ ;ts branches, neatly and promptly exc
this Office on reasonable terms.