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MEETINGS.

EHAMBER OF COMMERCIAL meet
Z j ing Of the Board OF Directors Of the RICH
MONiD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. will he held
THIS EVENING at q clock. Sc lj-lt
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ AN ELECTION will he holden at the office
Of the Southern Mutual Insurance Company, IN
this city. on the 25th instant. between The hourS0
and i o clock p. NJ. for the purpose OF ELECT
ensuing year.
Sc ltd J. y. SEXSOS, Secretary.
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OLD NEWSPAPERS FOR SALE BY THE HUN
DRIED ut the Dispatch office.
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LIST OF UNMAILABLE LETTERS REMAIN
ING IN THE RICHMOND PosT-OFFICE SEP
TEMPER Is, 1905. G. Talbot, John II.
Boschen, Richmond, Va; William II. Yer
non, New York city; G. Mcmgcr, Balti-
more, Nd. Colonel Norton, Montgomery
county, Va. Henry Boyd, Hot Springs,
Va; james Govan, -; \. A. Powell
Halifax county, Va; Wallace Roane (co-
lored), King William county, Va.
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n~- GOODS FOR THE
SEASON
At
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DURE COD-LINER OIL.-JuSt received
4 Il supply Of the above, which we can recon-
mend rs being perfectly pure and sweet; fully
equal to any In the market. For sale by
}. BLAIR, Druggist,
au3i So Broad street.
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NOTICE TO sSEs-sGuEE.
~ The boats of the JAMES RI-.ss.sLssSssS-.sz-
YER AND KANAWHA CANAL UUDlfAN
viii leave the dock rs usual promptly at u Nj, oil
Freight and tolls goods for Lynchburg anc
beyond collected on deliyecy, or prepaid, at til.
option of the shipper. Eaely facility possible vii
sumed to deliver down freight elsewhere than al
my Office on the Dock without special agreement.
Way freight will not be dchy cred till charges art
paid.
Boats locked End insured
dali EDWARD DILLON, Agent.
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no uOUSEKEEPERS.

GtARBOLIC SOAP will drive off and
~ nXtcrm!natc all kinds of ycrmin on cattle,
dogs fowls, and about the closets, pantrys, &c,
uf dwellings, and speedily care the mango or
scratches dogs and hogs. Sold ut
MEADE Il BAKERS Drug Store,
SCI Cl9 Main street.
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e.
SPECIFICS.

II is unnecessary to make any comments on
.ELIAS'S EFFECTUAL ERADICATOR," rs
The following certificate proves its excellent quail
lies
"RIcHMoSD, May II, 18Ga.
Mr.. j. Elias:
Dear Sir.-Thls IS to certify that have used
your .EraGicator' tire" times in the course OF
week, and conscicntiously say that / have derived
more relief from 1t than anything have ever trlcd.
have been afflicted with rheumatism for fifteen
years, and during that time have been unable To
thousand dollars without receiving relief. Your
Eradicator' has acted like charm. and sim
.crciy hope you viii succeed In establishing II al
through the country. and heartily recommend IL 10
al afflicted with rheumatic diseases contracted
from colds or other causes.
And believe me, yours. with gratitude,
&C. c. HOPKINS, No. II Broad street,
ELIAS'S EFFECTUAL ELIXIR guarantees To
cure Dysentery, DiarrhGa- and all bowel Gisor-
dcrs. Read certificate TO }. Elias, Esq:
Dear Sir,-I suffering with the dyscntery
four weeks, and after taking one dose OF your
Elixir | was perfectly cured. can only say it
worked Ike charm on me. ] recommend IL
highly To any one suffering with any disorder OK
the bowels.
Yours truly, j. GREESBACa.
"RichnOnd, April 10, 1862"
ELIAS'S EFFECTUAL ELMER BITTERs,
for Dyspepsia, Heartburn, and General Debility.
Ore bottle viii prove its efficacy, and as tonic
dclcs competition.
For sale at retail by principal druggists and gro
GERS, and wholesale b. the proprietor No. siSsiXth
street, Richmond, Va.
None genuine without the proprietor's photo
graph and signature. au al-tNo&
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Or within $1,000 Of the total business tax
paid by the four other principal cities of
the State.
But the sales of merchandise and the
amount of license taxes paid into the Trea-
sury serve to give only u limited idea of
the large trade of this city. To the sales
of merchandise must be added the products
Of our manufactures -such Us the Trcde-
gar, Metropolitan, Vulcan, Eagle, Snyder,
Talbot, Ettenger, and other iron Norks; the
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF RICHMOND, SEPTEMBER Il, 1869.

MINIATURE ALMANAC, SEPTEMBER l5 1863
sun rises ..:. $50 Moon sets. .l2.4
Sun SETS ........ 10 High tiGp.,..l2 L.. 3
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TVuE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF NEW YORK.
ORGANIZED IN 1912.
THE LARGEST INSURANCE COMPANY IN
TIE WORLD.

CPEAR'S PATENT
y FRUTT-PRESERTING SOLUTION,
the cheapest and best method In tnc World TOT pre-
serving all kinds of Fruits, Jellies, Tomatoes Ci
der, Vine aud some Vegetables.
IT SAVES SUGAR.
II saves trouble Of sealing and the expense OF ar
tight Jars or cans. II Is -
FIFTY PER CENT. CHEAPER
than any other method.
One bottle will preserve one hundred aadtTenty-
eight pounds Of fruit
Full directions.
Price ONE DOLLAR per bottle. For sale
wholesale and retail by
PURCELL, LADD s CO.,
sea Druggists.
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Rithmol1d 1ispatt11.
EVERYTHING for the Country.

WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER IS, 1869.
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TRADE OF RICHMOND.
Mercantile and manufacturing Int.
notwithstanding Facts.

The wholesale merchants of Richmond,
in all branches of trade, have made prcpara-
tons for large fall business. Their stocks
have been imported, Or purchased from
manufacturers and importers upon the most
favorable terms, enabling them TO compete
successfully with the jobbers Of any city Of
the Atlantic seaboard. Richmond, while
her warehouses were in ashes, lost por-
ton of her trade, but this has been rapidly
recovered; and now she again occupies the
foremost place among the Virginia cities.
Nay, more-the revenue returns in the
office of the Auditor of the State show that
the sales of merchandise in Richmond du
ring the past year exceed the combined sales
Of merchandise in the cities of Petersburg,
Norfolk, Alexandria, and Lynchbulg-
all put together. The taxes on business
license for the past year paid by these five
cities to the State are as follows:
petersburg le5 81
NOrlUlk ~, ool 50
AleXandrla. iI.O!2 "
Lynchburg 1917 4.
$50, O6O 50
Richmond. $751; 1T 80
sl,ss2 GO
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

CEWING-MACHIN OF ALL KINDS
- REPAIRED. The SLOAT ELLIPTIC SEW
ING MACHINES BOUGHT and SOLD. We sell
the only PROPER NEEDLES for the SLOAT
ELLIPTIC MACHINES. -
SLOAT & ADDINGTON,
jy9i his Cary street, near Fourteenth.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-08-07

a MARINE PHENoMENoN.-Ap phe-
nomenon of most extraordinary nature
has lately been witnessed by the inhabi-
tants of the borders of the Caspian sea.
This huge salt lake is dotted with nume-
rous islands, which produce yearly a
large quantity of naptha, and it is no
uncommon occurrence for fires to break
out i'll the work and burn for many days
before they can be extinguished. Early
last month, owing to some subtcrraneous
disturbances, enormous quantities Of this
inflammablc substance were projected
from the naptha wells, and spread over
the entire surface of the water, and be-
coming ignited, notwithstanding every
prccaution, converted the whole sea into
the scmblance of gigantic flaming
punch bowl, many thousands Of square
miles in extent The fire burnt itself out
in about forty eight hours, leaving the
surface strcwcd with the dead bodies of
innumerable fishes Hcrodotus mentions
tradition that the same phenomenon
was once observed by the tribes inhabit-
ing the shores of the Caspian sea-
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NUMBER 25s.


His name Is Lee Henedict. His
father was o well-known New York
lawyer, who died when tile Oldest chi6
wss fifteen years old. The property left
by the father che boy turned over 70 his
mother and sisters, and deserinihed 10
strike out for himself At sesehtssfi
years Of age he entered . law oaice. and
ut twenty-one he completed his stsa!es,
and was pronounced q young lawyer With
bright future before him.
About this time the young lawyer fell
in love with the daughter Of . wealthy
New York merchant, and che love being
reciprocated he asked pa for the dangh-
ter's hand. Pa was Indignant, and, 70.
forever kill the young lawyers ambition,
he told him that when he had $50, 600
cash, his own, he might ask for the
young lady's hand, with q hore6fsuc-
cess. This was all very nice, but to the
young lawyer just putting up his shihgle
$50, 900 was great deal Of money, at
least the young lawyer thought SO as be
figured up how many briefs he must have
to make that amount.
The result of his deliberations was the
conclusion that if he wanted TO make
this sum at the bar, he could do go, but
by the time no had done it, he would be
SO old that the romance Of love would be
all gone. For long ten days the young
lawyer bemoaned his fate, and then, af-
ter obtaining promise from the young
lady that she would wait, he disappeared
from New York. In early life tho young
lawyer had quick wiz, and one day nseet-
ing negro minstrel manager named
Duprcs, the latter, told him lie had y
talent which would make him $50, 900
in FIVE years. In the young lawyers
frame Of mind It did not take long 10
convince him, aud, dropping Coke and
Blackstone, he took to burnt cork under
the assumed name Of Lew, Benedict.
For time che new bnsihess was har-
! der than the young lawyer bargained for,
but he made oney so fast that his pre-
judice was soon overcome. AT the end
of the first year he had laid up Eve thous-
and dollars, ut the end Of the second
year ten thousand, and now it is said
that he has nearly reached his figures Of
Fifty thousand dollars in bonds.
All the time he has been in the burnt
cork trade he has impFoved his spare
moments by a study of Law books, and in
another year he will go back to New
York with fifty thousand doilars in his
pocket, claim the hand of her he 80
fondly loves, and who has been SO dsvo-
ted to him, and at the same time again
embark in the practice oflaw.--NatiaaaI
CRronicle.
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EXECUTION IN ST.. LOUISA HoR-
RID GALLows SPEcrAcLE.-Sr. LOUIS
July 23.-Willium Edwards, a colored
man, convicted of killing Lewis Wilson,
another colored man, at colored ball
last winter, was executed in the Jail yard
this afternoon. WheE the trap was
sprung and the man dropped, it was
discovered that the rope was little too
long, allowing the eulprit's toes 10 touch
the ground. An awful scene then
occurred. For q moment the body re.
mained perfectly still, after which violent
contortious commenced, during which
the mans legs and arms were swung
and drawn in every direction. The rope
was Immediately shortened by drawing
it up but the writhing of the poor wretch
continued for some minutes, aud it was
not until he had struggled fearfully for
thirteen minutes that he was pronounced
dead. On cutting the body down, after
hanging twenty-five minutes, it was
found that the neck was broken.
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Bachelors and FIirts.
BY JOSH BILLINGS.

Some old bachelors git after flirt,
and don't travel as fast as she dos, and
then concludes all the female group are
lard to ketch, aud good FOR nothing when
they are ketched.
A flirt is g rough thing to overhaul
unless the right dog gets after her, and
then they are the easiest of all to ketch,
and often make the very best of wives.
When fiirt is really in love she is as
powerless as mown daisy.
Her impudence then changes into
modesty, her cunning into fear, her spurs
into a halter, and her pruning hook into
cradle.
The best way to catch firt is tew
travel the other way, from which she is
going, or SIT down on the ground and
whistle some lively tune till the fifrt
comes round.
Old bachelors make the firss, and then
the fiirts get more than even by making
the old bachelors.
A majority Of firts get married finally
for they hev great quantity of the most
dainty tit-bits of woman's nature, and
alwus have shrewdness to back up their
sweetness.
Flirts don't deal in poetry and water
grewel; they hcv got to hev brains, Oh
else somebody would trade them out o
their capital at the first sweep.
Disappointed luv must NV course be
on one side. This aint any more excuse
for being an old bachelor than it liz .fuI
man to quit all kinds of manual labor
jist out NV spite, and jine poor-house
bekase he can't lift ton ct one pop.
An old bachelor will hrag about hi,
freedom to you, hiz relief from anxiety
hiz independence. This liz dead bea
past resurrection, for everybody know
there amt more anxious dupe than h,
IL. All hiz dreams are charcoal sketchel
of boarding,school misses. He dresses
greases hiz hair, paints hiz grizzly mus
tache, cultivatcs bunyons and corns, tev
please hiE captains (the wimmen, ant
only gets laffed at EUR hiz pains.
tried being an old bachelor till
wuz about twenty years old, aud cam,
near dieing dozen times / had NOR,
sharp pain in one year, than hev hac
since, put it all in heap. / was in
lively fever all tn, time
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TEnnrDLE Flour wlrn A HoasE..

TERRIBLE Flour WITH A UoRsE.-
Mr.. George Hamlin Of this place, had b
very narrow escape from death on Sun
day morning last. 1t seems thas the
large black stallion owned by Hamlin &
Wellnan had become unruiy on Satur--
day afternoon, tut altar conflies with
Mr.. Hamlin had considered him sub
dued. On Sunday morning, hoWeveg,
while he was being fed and takea care es,,
he watched an opportunity, and ruskea
at Mr.. Hamlin, catching him by the
head with his mouth, aud iuAicting Sc
we're bite, tearing the scalp loose from
the skull, aud rupturing the temporal arr
terry which runs over the head. This 70,
stunned Mr. Hamiiu that no begun begun 20
fall, when the horse would, no doubs
have paved him to death; but at this
critical moment, when the horse was fa-
rious with rage. the hostler ran Into the
stall aHd struck the beast heavy blow
between the eyes with hsTmeF, noc
however, before he had again bitten Mr..
Hamlin several times on tie aru and
shoulder. The blow given she horss
partially stunned him, and enabled Mr.
Hamlin to get out Of his reach. Mr..
Wellman, heSring Of the affair, under.
took to punish the horse, when the aui-
NAL made for him and seized him by tite
waistband Of the pants, reared mp with
him, not letting go his hold autil at.
tackled by men with clubs, and then com.
pletely tearing the pants OF Mr.. Well
man. Again in the afternoon Of Sunday
last he got loose and out Into che barn
yard, when it became necessary 70 actu-
ally choke him dows by means of slip
moose before be would permit any one to
get within reach Of him. During tho
choking process his freuzy was fcarfal to
witness, as he struggled to get hold of
those nearest TO fim.-Eason Ropssis
lH'ch.) journal
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paratively dry or well creased will cause
twenty miles to take more out of horse
than forty would in the latter case; yet
wheels absolutely screaming from dry
ness are often seen, and heard, attached
to carts, and wagons, and thus would the
brute in human form let them scream
till he reached his journeys end or finish
ed his days work, though his horses
were drawing from such cause at least
one ton in four Of resistance more than
they would if the defect were attended
TO-"
Men who have loaded carts and driven
horses all their lives, ought to know
how horse should be worked to his
masters advantage and his own COM
fort; but the fact is the generality of
working men know little and care less on
the subject. If this is not SO, how is it
that we frequently see tn, following er
ror? A disproportion between the vehicle
and the animal. May not person every
where observe 4 fault Of this kind "a
little horse staggering under the weight
of high and heavy cart, which, if the
load he in front Of the axle, shows the
shafts running absolutely downward; or,
if behind the axle, nearly lifts the un-
fortunate creature off his legs, placing
him in a position in which it is impos.
sible he can exert his power at all favor
ably and, on the other hand, how often
is n tall horse seen between the shafts of
low gig or cart, pulling the shafts up
wards at sharp angle pa position just
as awkward and disadvantageous, and
wasteful of animal power as that men,
ii ioncd before.
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ful slumber she asked the Chief, whom
she recognized, If he had brought "him
with him." meaning Carlotte.
"No," said the Chief, "but will to-
morrow"
ooh, do" she said, II want to see
him. You won't punish him, will you T"
And the eager eyes and parted lips
showed how warm at her wounded heart
-dwelt the image Of the rufiian stabber
yet.
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ADVANTAGE or LANA young man
who had studied law in Connecticut be-
came acquainted with the following
facts, which are very remarkable, though
not so very singular: A farmer cut
down tree which stood SO near the
boundary line Of his farm that it was
doubtful whether it belonged to him OF
his ncighbor. The noighbor, however
claimed the tree, and prosecuted the
man who cut it for damages. The case
was committed from court to court
Time was wasted, temper soured and
temper lost; but the case was finally
gained by the prosecutor. The last my
friend knew Of the transaction was, the
man who gained the cause" came TO the
lawyers Office to execute deed on his
whole farm, which he had been com.
pelled to sell to pay his cost! Then
houscless aud homeless, he could thrust
his hands into his pockets and triumph.
nntly exclain, "I've beat him ~
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THE END OF FOUR GREAT MEN,
The four conquerors who occupy the
most conspicuous places in the history of
the world are Alexander, Hannibal, Ce-
'sar and Bonaparte.
Alexander, after having climbed the
dizzy heights of his ambition, with his
temples bound with chaplets dipped in
the blood of millions, looked down upon
conquered world, and wept that there
was not any other to conquer, set city
on fire and died in scene of debauch.
Hannibal after having, to the aston
ishment and CONSERVATION of Rome
passed the Alps and having put to fight
the armies of the mistress of the world
and stripped "three bushels of gold rings
from the fingers of her slaughtered
Knights" and made the foundation
quake, fed from his country, being hated
by those who once exultingly united his
name to that of their God. and called
him Aani Baal, and died at last by
poison administered by his own hand,
unlamented and unwept, in foreign
land.
Caesar, after having conquered eight
hundred cities, and dying his garment
in the blood of one million of his foes,
after having pursued to death the only
rival he had on earth, was n,iscrahiy as
sassinated by those he considered his
nearest friends, and in that very place
the attainment of which had been his
greatest ambition
Bonapartc, whose mandates Kings and
Popes obeyed after. having filed the
earth asith Tho terror ef his. name-af,;.r
having deiuged Europe with tears and
blood, and clothed the world in sack
cloth-closcd his days in lonely banish-
mcnt, almost literally exilcd from the
world, yet where he could sometimes see
his countrys banner waving over the de
pot, but which did not aud could not
bring him aid
Thus these four great men, who SEEM
cd to stand the representatives of all
those whom the world calls grcat-these
four men, who each in turn made the
earth tremblc at their simple tread, seve-
rally died-onc by intoxication, or as
was supposed, by poison mingled with
his winc-one a suicide-one murder By
his fricnds-and one a lonely exile
How wretchcd is the cpdPo of such earthly
greatness.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-08-07

FOURTEEN YEARS AsLEEp.-M Miss
Susan Caroline Godsoy, the sleeping
wonder, died ut her ,uother's home, some
eight miles from Hickman, Kentucky,
on Wednesday, the 14th July.
The history Of Miss Godscy is well
known to the public, statement of her
wonderful condition having tecn pub
lisled extensively blythe press of the
United States, at the time Of her death,
Miss Godsey was about twenty-six years
of age, and had been asleep, as described,
about fourteen years. The existence of
this woaderful case of coma, or prefer
natural disposition to sleep, has been
doubted by many, but the fact is indis-
putable. Indeed, some twelve months
ago, Miss Godsey was taken to Nashville
and other places for exhibition, but we
understand many even of the physicians
of Nashville looked upon the case with
suspicion. The history of the case is
briefly: When about twelve years of age
che was taken with severe chill, and
treated accordingly by her physician
AS the fever which followed her chill!
subsided, she fell in q deep sleep, in
which condition she has remained ever
since, except at intervals. 1t was her
custom at first to awake regularly twice
in every tweuty-four hours, and singu-
larly, within few minutes of the same
hours each dayj but of later years she
awoke oftener, 30 much so that many
considered it an indication of her final
recovery. She would remain awake five
ten, or perhaps, fifteen minutes, and
gradually drop off to sleep again. When
asleep it was utte.ly impossible to arouse
her. She never complained of any bodi-
ly pain, though when asleep she was very
nervous ut times. and appeared to suffer
considerably by the violent twitching
and jerking Of her muscles and limbs,
and her hands clenched tightly as if en-
during severe pain, but when awake she
did not appear to suffer except from
drowsy, gaping inclination. and persis-
tent effort to cleanse her throat of
phlegm. She generally passed into
sleep through violent paroxysm, which
would last perhaps five minutes, and she
would then sleep awhile as calmly and
quietly as an infant. Miss Godsey was
of medium size, and her limbs and mus
cles were we'll proportioncd and develop
ed, and grew considerably after her afflc
tion.
Miss Go 'sey, on the day she died, in
dulged in little prophesying, which we
give as related for what it is worth She
said "thc sun would be total eclipse on
the 9TH of August" (this is remarkable,
because parties assert that she could
have had no knowledge that this was ac-
cording to calculation,) land that the
sun would never shine as bright after
that day. This would indicate the end
of the world, which was speedily ap-
proaching."
Thirteen OF the principal clothing
A ~
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The Coiored Labor Convention at
Baltimore, yesterday, passed resolutions
that the objections Of white men to work
with negroes must be overcome. A
National Negro Labor Convention is
called to meet in Baltimore, in Decem-
bev, when Congress aiW Be iapaksyss e.
drire Chinese labor o@ qftAe Country.
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Contracts WITH CITIZENS OF REnEr

Contracts WITH CITIZENS OF REBEL
SrATEs.-Judgo Lowell, of Massachu-
sets, has just made decision of much
Importance in relation to the validity of
contracts with the citizens of rebel States.
In 1862 the bark Lamplightcr was
destroyed by the Alabama. Among her
owners were four citizens of rebel States.
MIR. Payne, the master, collected the
insurance and paid it to the owner living
in Massachusetts,, holding that those liv-
ing in the rebel States had no title to
participate. One of the four owners,
who lived in South Carolina, recently
brought suit against Mr. Paynes admin
istrators, and now rocovers by the de-
cision Of tho court.