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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-07-15
BY wellington Goddln.
t,ct;ononr and Real Estate Agent.

COMMISSIONERS SALE 9, OF L, LA TTl
ENJE SHTssbtt:NND V vacant uC1HST LOTS, FORMERLY
~ sidney. BUT NOW IN THE CQRp01--
RATE LIMITs OF RICHM0ND. on =, BoT TT
SIDES OF DqyER or GAf fIpE SLh ETREE Hf,
tND NEAR TO HOLLYWOOD CEMETE:H.h, ::
Nv virtue of a decree Of the circuit court OF inc
city Of Richmond pron6nnccd on me ,i IS,I "t
we shall AS special commissioners thereby ap-
pointed proceed to sell Mt public auction, on s se
premises, on THURSDAY the SIN Of nnsu s i DO
thereafter. the REAL ESTATE dccreed to be
4. THOSE TWO FRAMED TENEMENTs on the the
north side of Dover street about 81 1G &c on
Dover street running back portion there9tIS
% feet 800 feet to an alley feet wide: ana inc IT,
manning 81 feet 10 inches runs back 10y iect' VIII
'iH oT No. ain j. J. Pcasants's plan of sur
yny with BRICK TENEMENT thereon, fronting
on The south side Dover street 26s feet by ~ lne
hoTF aH4 = tGcreo ON the S s" side
of Dover street one 2Gand one 2oa ny ., icGl' rr>
ID. LOT No. 10 In said plan. with BklCh IN
ENIENT thereon, on the west liuc Of Laurei stree'
E: LOT No II in said plan, with BRICh Ten ~ n.
ENfENT on the west line of Laurei street, % ny
1Ot feet ,,, ,,,,r - Nv, 1oa
feet .,,., s;,ro,. ,ro
near Hollywood Cemetery, are well aaap'e'' lnr
the of small ianilies ana are wen hc eecn ot
the Office Of the auctioncer. Taxes ana INSURANCE
for 1869 to be paid by purchasers. .,ro,,.o
TERMS One-third cash; balance at SIN 49,
and eighteen months for negotiable notes, interest,"
added and title retained until all purchase money re!
Is fully paid, and conveyance ORDERED I nh sNe
court. PoM H I,cLIsIS6 HvDfi1N'
Commissioners.
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WEARING MoURSING.-We long for the
dav when this custom shall he abSolete.
II is unbecoming the truly afflicted one
The wearer saws, by the black garments,
~ have lost a near friend. l am III deep
sorrow" But true grief does not wish to
parade itself before the eye Of the stranger,
much less does it assert its extent. Inc
stricken one naturally goes apart from the
world to pour out the tears. Real allllction
seeks privacy. 1t is no respect TO the &c,
parted friend to say we are IN sorrow.
we have real grief it will be discovered.
When God has entered household in the
awful chastisement of death, it Is time ior
religious meditation and communion with
God on the part Of the survivors. How
sadly out of place, then, are the mllllnel
and dressmaker. the trying on OF dresses
and the trimming of bonnets.
There is something profane in exciting
the vanity of ayoung girl by hitting waist,
nr irving on a hat. when the corpse Of Il
father is living in an adjoining room. 1t is Il
sacrifice to drag the widow forth from hel
"ricf to be fitted for gown or to select
veil.
1t is often terribly oppressive to tho poor
The widow left deSolatc with Il halt-dozcn
little children. the family means already re-
duced by the long sickness of the father
must draw on her Scanty purse TO buy new
wardrobe throughout for herself and chill
drcn, throwing away the good stock of gar
mcntS already prepared. when she knows
not where she is TO get bread for those little
ones. Truly may fashion be called atyrant
when it robS the widow Of her last dollar
Surely your sorrow will not he questioned,
even if YOU should not call in the milliner &c
help YOU display it. Do not, in your atllc'
ton. help TO uphold II custom which turns
the affection of your poorer nclShbor &c
deeper poverty as well as sorrow.-Tht
Central Baptist.
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Nathaniel Plat, Of Bradford county, "a,
gives his views as follows to the American
Institute
"My practice is. when I sow piece TO
grass. not to pIow it again in less thaI cish.
Years, and / frequently let IL lay lnHcl'
longer time. ] haze a meadow now Which
hoe bcen moved for sixteen successive
Years. and it was never better than now. In
fact nv meadows, under the right treat
me,it. grow better rs they grow older. 90
It bv returning to q n,eGdo1n al inc mdh@rs
the han redde that arGS taken from a, anu
sowing bushel of gypsum per acre cacii
year. In that way the yield OF SraSs II
heavier and finer and richer as the sou
chickens. j use manure. only 1or top-utIess-
inc the meadows. In that way ! get dou-
BILE price for it. 1t produces rs mlich "oIlh
of grass as it would in grain, and also repro
duces itself again in the turf. Ny turf, when
ready for blowing under, is q solid body OF
grasS roots twelve inches deep or more, ana
so thick on the top that no soil can be seen.
| consider one such turf, when turned TN,
der, equal TO 1850 tons Of tirst-cla>S DarT-yard
manure per acre. --..-..
"Land so often plowed for grain gives up
70 The grain ali the bone. beef, and talloW,
there is in it: consequently the grass crop
is so destitute of nutrimcnt that farm STOCK
will not thrive well upon IL WllnouI Slail
\ portion of the season. It furnishesa plenty
of skin and rib, Us the cattle are witnesses,
but the flesh is minus. Grass grown upon
land kept in the right kind of order for grass
will keep stock in first-ratc order at all sea-
sons of the year. ] have seen it tired IN ooth
WAYS, and know whereof ] speak. Ralslns
grain ON piece of ground three seasons 10
two Of grass cnriches it i'll the same ratlo
that paving three dollars for two dollars
would enrich man. Like produces like IN
grass as in breeding: consequently manure
made of good hay is the best for meadows.
1t stands to reason for meadows to grow
better when their own production is honest
" returned to them. Many Of our writers
ON agriculture have incomes from other
sources beside their farm, and can follow
any system of rotation and have plenty OF
time and leisure. But the man who begins
al. the foot of the hill, runs in debt Tor tWo-
thirds of his farm, all of his stock and tools,
then clears his land Of stone and stumps,
walls it in, cnriches it, and puts on the
buildings, and raises a family of children,
must sound all the depths of true economy, !;
in that case he must not raise too much
grain if he does, the sheriff will sell some
of il for him. ...........
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BY Richardson & Co.,
Real Estate Agents and Auctlonecrs,
mn. 1II3 Main street.

COMMISSIONERS SALE or a , EA NJ :
u ARIE THREE-sToEY BRlG q. ,r NV E Elk
N n1 FRoNTj AND LOT At AucT II }c city
virtuc Of decree of the circuit court on nc Gi.s
or Richmond pronounced on the 18TH day 81 hlaT'
sea. in the case Of John A. Bawsc aha n" ala
shall special thersby, app6G Ges
proceed 10 t Su.' nrcmises on MONDAY the e6th
Instant II. t MT ya No ss. I cantan
inr store with granite front. and LOT fronting
Seventeen feet on the north side OF Broha Str hc
,ot,reen Third and Fourth. and running PACK PC
tween parallel lines 70 als feet 70 m aleI ten
Tho building Is in excellent repair ana iis eiG i
roono rns Tho location rs place of business for
the retail trade Is one of the best in Inc city Money in
TERMS: One-fourih Of the purchase monc! III
cash and on a credit for the residue cl slN.
twelve and eighteen months from the DAY OF SAFE.
in equal instruments. the purchaser siv,ng ncfn-
liable notes for the deferred instruments, WI. ~.
icrcst added from the day OF sac ana III ,rc
retained ms further security until the whole p"r-
chase money Is paid. ,- ,.-,,..;o,,o-
80. T. A. RICHARDSON. Commissioner:
RICHARDSON & Co, Aucti"ncers. y Id
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AGE OF THE EARTH.-Amongt the astound-
inc discoveries Of science is that OF the I'M
mcnsc periods that have passed in the gra-
dual formation of the earth. So vast were
the cycles of the time preceding even the
appearance of man OH the surface OF our
globe that our own period seems as ycster-
day when compared with the epochS that
have gone before it. Had we only the evil
dencc of the deposits OF rocks heapcd on
each other in regular strata by the SLOW nc,
emulation of materials, they alone would
convince us of the long and slow maturing
of Gods work OH earth but when we add
to these the successive population OF whose
life the world has been the theatre, and
whose remains are hidden in the rocks into
which the mud, or sand, or soil of whatever
kind on which they lived, has hardened
in the course of time, or the enormous
chains of mountains whose uphcaVal dl-
vided these periods of quiet accumllla-
ton by great conyulSionS--or the changes
of a different nature in the conliguration OF
our globe, as the sinking of lands beneath
the ocean, or the gradual rising OF conti-
nents and islands abOVc-Or the slow growth
of the coral reefs, those wonderful seat
walks raised by the little ocean architects,
whose own bodies furnish both the building
stones and the cement that binds them to-
~ether. and who worked so bllsily during
the long centuries that there are extensive
countries, mountain chains, islands, and
long lines of coast, consisting solely Of their
rcmains--or the countless forests that have
grown up, flourished, and decayed, TO fill
the Storchousc of coal that feeds the fires OF
the human race. If we consider all these
records of the past, the intellect fails to
grasp chronology of which our experience
furnishes no data, and time that lies behind
us seems as much an eternity to our concep-
ton as the future that stretches indefinitely
before us.-AgasSiz.
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nv Cook & Lsughton, Auctioneers, -,
corner of Governor and Franklin streets.

G A RPETS ), DINING
IL ROOM FURN1TuRIE;; II HAN IDS oNadN Gi,ty
the Iat In slant nc 10 clock, we viii sell ut NO
I Ias, Main street between Thirteenth and Fourr
toa,,3,, streets nm assortment OF EXCELLENT
FITRNITURE, consisting OF s .r
BRussELss CARPETS with7rugss ana OIL
uA s;fs FRENCH PLATE MANTLE
MIRROR, in gilt frame; ,>-,>,c
ROSEWOOD EXTENSION, -DlSlN'-
uANDsoSfE MARBLE-ToP- OAK SIDE
BOARD. FTAGERE-'TOP ,
MAHOGa NY ETAGERE-TOP SIDE
, dozen SpA 6Rk CANE DINING-RooM
wALNUT OFFICE DESK and ROUND
TABLES.
- II y G aud WINDOW-SIIADES, ~
CUT-GLASS, DECANTERS and GLASS
An assortment of CROCKERY, TABLE
A good COOKING-STOvE and KITCHEN
COOK Il LAUGHTON,
iy15 Auctonecrs.
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SELECT CLASSICAL AND
MATHEMATICAL school. FOR BOYS,
NEAR WASHINGTON.
RApPAUANNOCk COUNTY, w.

Nv SELECT SCHOOL for boys will DC re-opened
on the FIRST OF SEPTEMBER NEXT and close
on the 10Th day OF June, 1870 ucder the charge OF
Mr.. c. ii. BARKsDALE, an ". \. graduate Of the
University of Virginia.
Pupils will be prepared for 1.-The University OF
Virginia and other colleges, for the business
pursuits of life
TERMS For board, tuition, washing, &C., $3.50
payable quarterly in advance. No extras. Early
application desired.
For circulars and further information address
JOHN G. LANE,
REFERENCES: Rt. Rev. John Johns, Theology
cal Seminary, Va. William Green, Esq, Rich.
mond, Va. b. II. Shackelford, Esq, Warrenton
Va Professor c. s. Nenablc, DIR. j. 5. Davis, Uni.
yersity OF Virginia Judge ii. II. Marshall, Char.
iotte Courthouse, Va; Wood Bouldin, Taicott,
Charlotte county, Va. Jess--aaw6w
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By irubbs 6 Williams, Auciloncers,
Eleventh bctwccn Main and Bank streets.

4 VERY DESIRABL LIE FARM or,
II SIXTY-THREE ACRES. WITH LAKGE =
NUMBER OF FKUIT TREES o &C;; - nS rfls'
DEEP RUN TURNPIkE, AB0i,T > nALE ro -
SALE ATXuCTIoN.-o THURSDAY. ed July,
Immediately after the safe Of Mr. aieX ii sn,I
the FARM living Just opposite to it, adjoining the
lands of Mr. Ford and Dr. Sinton's estate; Nearly
thc whole Of 1t is cleared ana in a good state OF
"Reminiscences. There is a dwelling with five
rooms situated in Il handsome grove. and the usual
out houses also COO to 700 choice young run trecS
large number or select grape vines also we'll
situated icc-pond. .,,,
This place is peculiarly adapted for trucking and
t'ruit-rrowing and wunld he Il pleasant residence
for Il person doing business Ill Inc Guy.
TERMS: At sale. " j.,
Ii GRUBKS 4 WILLIANS. Anctlonccrs.
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NEWSPAPERS AND SUNDAY WORK.--The
Sunday law agitation in Pittsburg, Pa, is
furnishing themes for many sermons as well
ms editorials. The Rev. w. III. Locke, pas
tor of a Methodist church. referred to the
press few weeks ago as follows:
"The most Christian printer is Il compul-
sorry Jew, and will not work on Saturday
because he must work on Sunday. have
no sympathy with those persons who are
constantly bewailing the profligacy OF the
press. The press, is to-day the rlsht-hand1
power Of law and order, of education and
religion. But I must charge it upon the
daily press that upon its head rests the
onus of much of this public and sem-leSal-
lied Sabbath dissertation. The demand OF
the press for the latest news; that laughs at
expense, or labor. or sacrifice a; that sends
man to China or Japan as it would to the
next assiZe town-it is this demand OF the
newspaper that is the motive power That
keeps the Sunday express train running Oh
the track; that opens the door of the post
office and is itself the electric current that
causes the clicking of the telegraph. How
are we to cmancipate this vast army OF
workingmen from the Generalization OF
SUNDAY labor? How are we to reach the
four or five hundred men of these cities
thus engaged whose presence ut home IN
the family and here in the sanctuary would
be so potent for good? The reading public,
growH to be 50 gornmnd, would not be
satisfied with five papers week, and the
first want of the Christian merchant on
Monday is the newspaper, printed for his
benefit, and while he is ut church on sun
day. You cannot ignore this question, my
brethren; and you cannot have proper
observance of the Sabbath until we at
least attempt to settle it. And having
spoken of the evil so plainly, | consider ii
equally my duty to suggest remedy. IL
the public must have its present Tlantum
of rcadins-and | believe that any reform
in that direction would be rs urwisc as 1T Is
impossible if the merchant cannot arrange
his stocks or adjust his pcrccntum without
the home and foreign reports of Saturday,
doings; if that Monday morning paper puts
in motion the railroad car, and the post
office, and the telegraph; and if its issue re-
q,lires the labor of hundred men, taken
from the family and from the sanctuary
why, then, give us our present Monday
morning paper on Sunday morning; throw
ali this enormous labor in the departments
back to Saturday; let the omission Ill the
papers issue occur on Monday, that tho
press may stand still on Sunday. For tell
YOU, my brethren, that it were infinitely
better that your journal should be dated
on Sunday, and brought to your door on
Sunday, and read OH Sunday, than that it
should be dated as it now Is, on Monday.
and yet at such a cost to good morals and
right public opinion, and the proper OBJ
servancc of the Sabbath, it should be print
ed on Sunday .... ...
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FOR no Journalist among us all cor, lay his
hand upon his heart and say he never lied
with such pathos, such JUNCTION, such eX-
q,isite symmetry, such sublimity OF concep-
ion. and such felicity of execution as when
he did it through and by the inspiration OF
this really gifted marvel of mendacity, the
iamcnted Reliable Contraband. Peace 10
his asbesl .-----,, ., -
Respectfully, MARX IVAN
-PdckdTd's Monthly. tf
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Bv james NJ. Taylor. AuctIoneer,
throc doors below Spotswood Hotel

VALUABLE REAL ESTATE On TIE 7 T;
s,TE AT sITf:TION-Wi1 be sold OIL TIL URS-
BAY the 18th july. 1869, on. the premises, at 5
O'Clock r ~, the following pieces Of propert !c,r
Eighteenth street. at present occupied by Hawes K
Merrman as coal-yard: The lot fronts on DOCK
street 4! feet and extends back about IA ieet 10
Cary street. .,,-..--..,,. .,,o ~ prood
between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets 'front.'
Inv on Rroad street 80 feet, and extending back
,hSoui 1io fnof TO Scabroak,s warehouse. ON ac-
count Of fI,c central location of TINS property ID
NAV he considered to he very valuable ~.
TERMS: Onc-third cash: the balance on crcui'
.,r siy and twelve months for negotiable noIes
WITH interest added and secured by decd OF trust.
iy 10 LANES NJ. TAYLOR, AlCtloncer.
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~ II Il CELEBRATED CALLOGHAN
4 STAND, IN ALLEGHASY COUNTY,

This STAND, one and Il quarter miles from
Browns depot, on the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
road has been so well aud fav0raDly known I"
visitors TO the VIRGINIA SPRINGS for the last
half century that description of Tits locality
and surroundings deemed unnecessary.
1t is now opened as u SUMMER RESORT. Such
persons and families desire the comforts, IN"
enioyments and the qu.etness OF home, Will lind II
4 very pleasant place.
VISITORS BY RAIL will always find = convey
ance Iii waiting at the depot, and those coming In
private convcyances ample livery Tor their horses
and sheds for their carriages.
DINING PARTIES from the White looming
down IN the morning and returning in the evening
trainl will always lind conyeyanccs 1T the depot.
\ SULPHUR SPRING near by viii enable thr
proprietor to furnish his guests with water equal
in all respects to the celebrated White.
Reasonable charges made, and fare not sur
passed by any similar house In Virginia
ie"S-lm WILLIAM j. DiChStN'
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A WITTY ECCLESIASTICAL Roman ecclc-
siastic, in reply to whatever question might
be proposed, began by saying, g make Il
distinction" A certain cardinal having in
vited him to dine, proposed to derive some
amusement for the company from the we'll
known popularity of his guest, Saying that
he had an important question to propose, he
asked, "Is it, under any circumstances,
tinction," said the priest "If you ask is it
lawful to baptise in soup in general, l say
no ; if you ask, is it lawful to baptise in your
cxcellency'S soup, l say yes; for there is
really no difference between it and water"
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Midday I'm Summer.

Lo! living IN the fierce meridian heat
The beauteouS earth looks like thing that dreams
And. all o'ercome with stupor strangely sweet,
She wholly In the warm suns clutches seems.
Cows seek the sheds cool shade: in sober wise,
So iazily through the languid noontide air.
\ crow flies from the high green hill that lies
Aback beyond the fiat. The heat, the glare
Chalks out the white highway that runs along
The distant upland. Not bird makes choice
TO MARBLE even the fragment of song,
And Nature wosd not own Il single voice
But for the restless brooks that all alive,
Murlnnr like bees content in honeyed hive.
. a#a CkauJerS'S JOnrRGt
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BY Grubbs 6 Williams. Auctioncers.
Eleventh between Main and Bank streets.

A VERY VALUABLE f 4 VI OF
THE CITY, ON BROAD,sTREET ROAD, FOR
andcr Kerr. we will sell at auction, upon the pre-
mlses, on THURSDAY, July %, at O'clock <, T.
NJ his very valuable and mncI TmRTY tGREs
OF LAND, all cleared highly improved, ana III
cultivation. .,
The improvements consist of n nice. framed
dwelling with five rooms kitchen WIN tiiree
rooms, Stable. barn. and the usual other buildings
This place offers great attractions 10 persons
seeking Il pleasant home and valuable land near
the city.
TERMS Onc-fourth cash {; balance at six, twelve;
and eighteen months, with interest, and secured
vi Hee' G q & WILLIAMS, Auctioueers.
GALE OF QUEENS CREEK.-The mill
y tary order stispending the sale of this fine cs-
tate having been rcscnded. the same Is again put
upon the market by the undersigned as trustees
mined in 4 certain deed Of trust executed to us by
the late Robert Saunders and Lucy B. his vile
hearing date January 1st, 1861 and record in the
The farm contains nearly NINETEEN HUN
DRED ACRES, Is situated on Queens creek, 4
bold. navigable tributary Of the York river, and
about four miles. The soil Is we'll adapted to All
the fruits. grains. and vegetables, of mild ell
mate and tidewater situation: and is SAID also 10
possess excellent oyster privileges.
The sale viii be made on MONDAY the eth Gay
of August 1862 at the front door OF the
In Williamsburg, on the following
TERMS One-half the purchase money on the
day of sale the balance In two equal lnsta,ments
payable respectively January lst. 1870, and Janu-
ary 1st ls7l: for the deferred payments the pur-
cha ser executing two bonds carrying Interest from
day of SALE and secured by deed Of trust for the
said land.
zt :; R$f 81 ARE5ggpEErr, Trustees.
As trustee under n subsequent deed of trust made
by Robert Saunders conveying the real estate
above mentioned, I will, at the request OF james
nv o5-Got w. :. PEACHY. Trustee.
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BEDFORD ALUM
ID AND IODINE SPRINGS,
NEAR NEW LONDON. BEDFORD CO., VA.

The subscriber takes pleasure in announcing {"
his friends and the public generally that this ccle-
bratcd watering place j. now open for The rcccp-
tion of visitors. lie pledges himself that every
effort will he made to- render the accommodations
second Ia none in Virginia. aud the fare shall lie
the very best the market can afford.
A CONVEYANCE will meet the trains At Forest
depot on the Virginia and Tennessee railroad ten
miles above Lynchburg and four miles from III"
Springs.
TERMS 81 per day, SIS per week. 80 per month
Special contracts with families, sc. Children
and servants half price.
Send for pamphlet. -
ic l0-lm JOHN =. AZ liz, Manager,
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JAMES A. FRAZIER,
JOHN W. WARWICK,
10 ,EPH Lyon.
THE HOT SPRINGS.

4 bHI II NVNNII w
5. C. TARDY 4 CO.. PRopnIEToRs.
Professor j. l.. CABELL, NJ. D.. OF the Unlrcr-
sitv of Virginia, Resident Physician.
VIII he omen for the reception Of visitors JUNE
lsT under the management of J. A. MCCLGNG.
All the buildings having been repaired, painted.
and fitted ont with new furniture linen, beds. and
tableware these SPRINGS offer unsurpassed al
fractions to both the invalid and pleasnre.seeker
No expense or effort has been spared by the pro-
prietors 10 make 1t comfortable and pleasant AZ
possible to ali visitors.
Descriptive pamphlets furnished by the manager
ut the Springs, or by :. c. TARDf 4 CO., klch-
mond. Va.
a telegraph office will be established nj the
Springs. thus aifording visitors an opportunity Of
prompt communication with every part OF Inc
country my ls-2m