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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-05-12
GALE or LAND IN CUMBERLAND

GALE OF LAND IN CUMBERLANp
~ CuUNTY.-The undersigned, commissiSnr,.
berisnd county made on The 9Th day OF MatSt
1853, In the sui OF Ann II. Pettus rs, rettrs,Sa ~
m,nis, rator, &c they will sell It public aasET nt.
ON MONDaY the 9.,h day OF May, 1879 itrat o"pt
court-dayh the TRACT 0FLAhD Of WHICH hS.o
n. Pe.tus died seized. anowa rs "bnrSG-
land Courthouse, containing iio acres.
The improvements consist OF l. large an
handsome two-stnricd brisk DWELL * "i'n -.
rooms above the basement. ana all neceSsai'N
bins and out-houses. ,p
Terms OF sale VIII be on a C; edit Of SIX, tnstL.
ell lteen, and Iwenty-tour months. el9t tAsrSt
mepts, the purchaser 70 execute bonds VIII Do,,
security for the purchase mon J. and Inc w
be retained until all the purchase money IS p%s~'
r. ID. taViAG,
JOHN II Wlt.soS.
my l-2awtw Camia!ss1SH'''
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-05-12
a. BY Wellington 6oddin,
Auctioneer and Real Estate Aren't.
BY Richardson & Co.,
Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers,
lli3 Main street.

A NEAT TWo-sTORY FRAME DWELL
~. ING AND LOT Fob SALE AT AUCTION
VIII be sold at auction, on the premises on
THURSDAY the 18th instant, at O'Clock P. VI. A
neat TWO-STURY FRAME DWELLING and
LOT, fronting . by l3' feet on Duval street cor.
ner OF Clarke.
TERMS Half cash: balance at three and sr
months for negotiable NOES bearing Interest and
secured BY 2 trust deed.
RICHARDSON b Co.
nv 10 $685. Rel vst'te Euc'iSncars
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-05-12
CROCKEEE, &c.

A COMPLETE STOCK OF CHINA,
"a GLASSWARE. and HOUSE-FURNlSalNG
GOODS, &c, selected ESPECIALLY Tor the re
Tail of this city, can only be found at the
China and Glassware House OF
m q Pm Sixth and BROAD streets.
NEW STOCK.-Just received, a large
~ and wel!-assorted stock OF
WHITE and DECORATED CHINA DINNER
HOuSSVEu.FIU-RsNSfTsHIkG GOODS and PLATED
WhkE or every description-at New 1ors
prices, wholesale aud retail.
FANCY TOILET SETS at extremely low
figures.
Also, The NEW METALLIC PORCELAIN
LINED BAKING DISH. Il beautiful ornament
for the dining table.
Cali sud examine the ltock at
an II GsfY'S. 1906 Main street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-05-12
THOMAS F. GOODE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,

oYDTo MECKLEEBURG COUNTY, VA,
n~ractices in tie courts OF Mecklenburg and adj
Joining counties, and In the United States courts
at Richmond. ap 20
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pgdat $50 PIT FUTURE DAY.
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IS ~ last announced. Apart from It's doctrines.
TIE style Is very eloquent, and @ splendid man
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-12-23
POETRY.
CHRISTMAS SONG.

From belfry, towers, and tapering spires
The drifted dark bright cherubs clear,
And bend to hear the chanting choirs
Greet the great day of all the year.
And all the mellow Christmas bells
Clash their wild tunes upon the air,
And, gathering in melodious swels,
Wake the white echoes everywhere.
Around the fame the incense wreathes,
The organ rolls, the anthem rings
Through the dim aisles all Heaven breathes
10 lit the soul from mortal things.
To lift the soul, the sense upbuoy,
And meet the level of the morn,
Wien, breaking all the gloom to joy,
The Savior of the world was born.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-12-23
TOWLE'S PATENT.

Grade and Drainage Level, Price only SIS.
Every Farmer needs one Every School should
have one. No Engineer, required to lay out
roads, walks and watercourses. VIII establish
levels for foundation walls, bridges, made ground,
&c. 1t is extremely simple and beautiful. Sent
to any address on receipt of price. Descriptive
Circulars, with cut, free. Hamilton L. Iowle,
Civil Engineer, and Special European Patent
Solicitor, 176 Broadway, New ork.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-12-23
w A N n ED

100 Confidential Agents to dispose of q stock
of goods. None but good and reliable men want
cd who can keep their mouths shut. Small capi-
tai required. A fortune of $4,000 guaranteed
to man of the right stripe. Particulars sent
free. Sample of goods sent for 25 cents Call
on or address j, P. WATERS & CO.,
dec 2-3mos. 1917 Broadway, N. Y.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1869-12-23
A G. i rs w ANTED,
Local and TRAVELLING,

For the American Meat and Vegetable Chopper,
The best thing, without exception, in the mar
ket saves 20 per cent. in time and labor cuts
10 to IL lbs. of meat, sufficiently fine for pies,
in four minutes. Agents are coming money.
A. Newton & Co., No SO Cortland Street N. Y.
The New York herald., 1869-06-30
EUROPEAN STEAMSHIPS.
~ Queenstown. ." hA'HnTVoh AMI

| y oas.S.5,, oMn LISE-srEAA TO LIVERPOOL AM
Pier ~ North river
1E 1nhEETErIA I Thomson. Saturday July NJ u
Lserpco or ssqrd Jay .,S m
80 currency steerage tickets from Liverpool o.
Apply at the once Of 's' company % P;esags,;
SrssSIAI .siH A. IEoyIcE TO PAssEsGERs-rnE STEAM
SR '''' on iu''diy 5SIs sas s q from pss 10
HiE iSon hAMerRG 4 y, AMERICAN PACKET coMpANY's
Sss & asSf; Ss is e. States malls will san
First CABIN sfss second Cabin s.ser.se s sSa.
The sILEsIA sHe 70 SAL snly n Gsed IA States gold.
nric se ARIA will sail as extra steamer Juys Passage
KggNHAEpr g CO.. c.B. RICHARD BoAs,
81 Broad street. Sc ssseay ssssssFsf srssi assrssy
THE f9IY!1n hSYhL Ax13 ASP SoRTH AMERICAN
,, Shr*hHH hET AZ 19kS CORK tTR HakHoa akkIHSoSasfoo
AhssRIe hs.sIs ws5ns:sss saas: ;ay
SsMaTa sdhas:a.y iay 5ay
RATES Of rassxs Thursday July 70
s' soid sseSad Ss dfcclsias e:rss, s soa
% By he Thursday and Saturday steamer. S gold
from Sepes fGa sss nna Il
ihroash bis fading given for Belfast. Glasgow Hars,
Io, ffois. and sasa passage apply the Compaays Of
CHas. g. FRAScKLYs, Agent
FoELIvERPooL AND oUEEssrows-IsMAsL LINE
CITY oE w -pD'.r s..aTday @ july Il
E1pf ESTf OF PARIs.. Saturday, July 10 ?. NJ
ana Zach Saturday ana asins.: TUESDAY from
RATES OF PASSAGE
PsSs 10 gold steamer sailing syey "a eSr.scy
fe F. London Sasi sssSrffsS ss fssaon
rissiaE iE TUESDAY s. sTEsaER VIA HALirAxG z
,,,,..y Payable 10 gold. Payable in currency
a.!ass ~ 70 s.5ss ssa II Il j. branch
Passengers also forwarded aTTe Hamburg: bremen.
sss Ssp:a! ssss. moderate rates by
For further Information sPp,y 3, he company. os.'
'ohS Is Broadway, b away New Sss"72 York.
ONLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE.
~ The General Transatlantic Comp.nys Man Steamships
sPsssa as hI: sysss ross coan.
81 LATMEsT Is IspsTls ss.,T,d.y jnly y
LAFAYETIE, Rousssn Saturday, Aug. e.
To Esss siss q o. sa Sooa s
70 Paris linsiaains railway totesiNsiss .na sss.
American travellers going TO returning from the Con-
pent Of Europe by taking the steamers OF this line avoid
both transit by English railways and the dscomfors OF
crossing the Channel besides saving te trouble and
pense GE0 MACKENZIE, Agent 20 Broadway.
CtTEAA TO GLASGOW AND LONDONDERRY.
= THE ANCHOR LINE,
Fsyo,s Clyde built passenger steamers are intended to sail
Ss: .ssy ;Ssy s:sEs:s ss:srsy 5s 5sy
Cambria Saturday ypy 10 Columbia Saturday July u
and each succeeding Saturday thereafter,
From pier DO North river. at u O'Clock noon
Hass Of pss.asr psysae or Derry $50 and s7a
Efcursion tickets good for twelve mouths, $50.
steerage TO Glasgow or Derry. xSo intermediates, 3Sa
Prepaid Certificates from these ports sS7.
dam, Antwerp, DC, at very low rates
Drafts issued payable At any bank 10 Great Britain and
ireland.
For further apply the steamers foot OF Dey
street. or Compapys Offices No. Bowling Green. New
York. Henderson BkOTHEhs.
The New York herald., 1869-06-30
HORSES, CARRIAGES, &C.

A SsI0NEE'5 SALE.
"A AThe attention Of gentlemen and horse connosseurs
Is called to special and peremPtory sale without regard
weather and without limit aon OF ve 1ne
class irotting and Road Horses by j. L. vANDESATER,
Auconeer n stable a. 0rea. street, Thursday
sgnee.
Including sorel high bred Trotng Horse 16 high years
old warranted sound and kind and warranted to rot In
dcks HsmSletonan dam BY Cssain NJ Cay extra ne and
kind, and warranted TO show .Sb.
Blood Bav Bashsw Mare l6 high years old pro-
missing and fne warranted sound and kind and warranted
TO fest 80
teel; warranted sound and kind and beat minutes
gelher With style and ease.
Full particulars Herald at sae These
the choicest collection OF fret class horses offered this
Season. and gentlemen wishing purchase risk Will
be warranted represented aud fair trial given II
the purchase viii be returned and the
Rnnued.
The stock be and examined this day stable q
Great Jones street.
The New York herald., 1869-06-30

DROTHER HENRY-MOTHER AND ME ARE GOING
ID TO live In williamsburg; II you wish to live with
will be glad to Send answer 10 your sisters
The New York herald., 1869-06-30
THE TURF.

FASHION COURSE, l.. I--FoUR MILE HEAT STAKES
will close Thursday, July At the once OF the Spirit
OF the Times. J, A. CHAMBERS, Propretor
The New York herald., 1869-06-30
PERSONAL.

NNIE W. K. RHEEL.-A FRIEND WISHES TO SEE
"A her at Ss5 Lexington avenue.
The New York herald., 1869-06-30

u I CANNOT CONE TO-DAY, BUT NEXT wEDNEs:
II. day. W.
The New York herald., 1869-06-30

(NIRLS OF Y. Y. C.-YoU SHOULD WRITE MY AD-
VI dress for tire Is Post Office box 90, Crosswcks
Burlington county, III FRED.
The New York herald., 1869-06-30

The De reached BY Coney Island cars which
ieaye Futon ferry BROOKLYN, every hve minutes direct
70 Clinton Third place thence through Prospect
Park direct. MARTIN KALBFLsIsCH, President
EDWARD p. NORRIS Secretary.
The New York herald., 1869-06-30

$4,000 Eo 4 .i%. IoAs y ss,scs 81 sesS .ss
tate In this Oi'y. '2Hs ei ~,
The New York herald., 1869-06-30

A DvERTIsEMENTs FOR THE HERALD
"a RECEIVED IN BROOKLYN AT OUR
BRANCH OFFICE, les FULTON STREET.
The New York herald., 1869-06-30

E'oR CHARLESTON AND FLORIDA PORTS.
New York and Charleston Steamship Company's fra
class sidewhcei steamship
CHAMPION, Captain r. w. lockwood,
Saturday, July at Y. NJ. sailing from pier No hota
river.
Superior accommodations for passengers.
Through passage tokes and bills OF adiny issued IN co
the South Carolina Railroad all points South
and Southwest and with steamers - Florida ports.
Coos forwarded tree OF commission.
Bills o ladira furnished and signed on the pier.
Insurance br ths line one half per cent.
The MANHATTAN will follow and sail Saturday,
July TO-
HENRY q. MORGAN 4 CO. Agents,
% boadway,
The New York herald., 1869-06-30

II DIR. BACKUS WILL CALL AT i2S EAST TWENTY
second street he will hear Of something to his adyan
The New York herald., 1869-06-30

TTNIOS PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.
u The coupons OF the First MORTGAGE Bonds OF the Union
Paono Railroad Company due July lsa, viii be paid In o.
gold con free OF goyer1mcn tax at tho oce OF The com.
psny ia atste res Boston, Friday June D. and ~ the
banking house OF Blake, Bros CO., 81 Wall street, New
York, O Thugsdav, July l.,
Bros 60. for animation tho 2sth aud 3Oh OF June
yoiiS N. s. WILLIAMS,
ilt state street, Boston.
The New York herald., 1869-06-30

MANHATTAN SAVINGS INSTITUTION, "a BROAD
n way Blocker street, New York, June 2S ls6e
Thyeven,h dividend The tusees Of this institution have
directed the usual seTuanns interest " 10 paid all de-
posts by the rules entitled thereo at the rate OF six per
Payable after Monday, July l9 free
OF government The credit VIII lie maee under date OF
July and not withdrawn VIII receive Interest the same
Is deposi. OF that date I. J. BROWN, President.
EDwARD ScuHf.r, Treasurer.
G. =. ALvoBD, Secretary.
The New York herald., 1869-06-30

TI.O DEALERS IN EGGS, BUTTER LARD, &C.-
KAoiic Acid 10 Invaluable for preserving eggs, butter
lard fruit vegetables eyrup-. hqaors &C., 40 Eaoh OF
favor TO meet the requirements OF long sea VOYAGES or
FOR sale In large small Quantities by Manhattan Chrin
cal Company ga Pearl street kaoo Acid warranted 70
aiye intended. II does not
give satisfaction may be returned and the money viii be
fofunled.
The New York herald., 1869-06-30

CrEAN TO orERSsrows AND LIVERPOOL.
Every "Wednesday Thursday 'Sd Ss,sFs,y Inn. s
HELyEf1A Saturday, July
sr: s x9S tHosFsoss
CTEAx TO eUEEssgows Asp L,yEsrooL
sEyApA s Williams :wsiSs.s.E June ;i ss
rom sSts PsS North 1ci
dam dc Drafts ireland, England, France and Germany
Apply to WILLIAMS oUIoS % Broadway, or 50 South
PRDUcRp RATES. -
LSndsS pS % fss osd9s SSrS Sss Ssss%sP %
river Passage a. SO, s;Gssd Sye sgnryeney Am. :
fkkkauiY: Jsy y eEttNsh
and SGi Ra:eEs !. hs%ss cesT.
to HowLasb NhSSr s fSasf % 4 soaS 4
THE NORTH GERMAN LLoYp's
ing the Uusi sisies mat. from hs Bensa pis foot Of
'"'u '''ee'' nG5SNrl o. THURSDAY, July 1, 1857,
BREMEN VIA souruAxProN,
ia5sa66 hoS66H, HRvRs, souIhAMPros and BREMEN al.
the following ra,es, payable in snd'-- .0,
s.cona s,css Si..sa. Cold
Third cabin ,o ,
is s. fSioS.d Sy steamship Skw YORK, csp'sia
r. Helnbeck on SATURDAY. Jny
fOrfreisht or Passsss IEyy e CO. 90 Broad street
Nrorrcg-rHE SPLENDID STEAMSHIP. NEVADA,
IN Captain j. A Williams will SAL from pier ~ North river
for neenstown and Liverpool direct on wednesday June
ser.1. a. ~. cSrreocs Appy g WILLIAMS 6Ui0S -
Broadway.
SyTEAM TO LIVERPOOL AND QUEENSTOWN.
> Cunard Line. =.
kLRrPo safe. Thnrsd.y yu,v ,v
sseersss passage $50 currency Passage 20 New York at
lowest rates. a., u...x
way iroS 'u''" cuAs. O. FRAYsLYN, Agent.
I,AssRNaERs Per STEAMSHIP CHINA EMBARK
from the Cunard wharf, foot of Grand street, jersey
CIV bv . c0 A. M on "wednesday. June 3D. .
~'''' ~ CfAs. O. FRANCkLYN, Agent
No. Bowling Green, New YORK
STEAM TO AsgEEIsr;. s.nIns I. Southampton.
fnmsn Line.
CITY or DUBLIN
CITY or ~. .s..an
Rates Of steerage Passage.
tn SOUTHAMPTON. $50 To Hsyre
FOR freight or naaaan JOHN e M MpAI5
The New York herald., 1869-06-30

ITO SHIPPERS OF EGGS, BUTTER, LARD, &C-
Ksoiie Acid 10 invaluable for preserving egts butter,
lard fruit vegetables liquors. &C., So Earh q .ncss
articles may preserved In m original purity and
havcr 70 meet the requirements Of long SEA- VOYAGES or 70
the couditi OF the market
232 pear
The New York herald., 1869-06-30

MNE Ann TO LOAN ON FIRv
GCC.UUU mortgage IN sums OF ~
on nrst ciass New York city real estate.
JOHN 2. PIERCE, 1o6 broadway, COY
S350.000 ho Z .a@. hSAsaas % sui; .isa ss
cud mortgages IN this city or elsew hNn(
street, rooA No.
The New York herald., 1869-06-30

xS 600 AND Erwasps pv,t.sI. o.Is.s 70 LoaM 1,,h'n
on moderate rates. HENRY AMh
The New York herald., 1869-06-30

-. .'e""s"" vnrsUENT CIr2
Captain J. b. Uiidreth.
VIII be despatched Saturday, July at O'Clock p n
from pier IL North river. -
Freight received at through rates for ST. Louis Mobile saa
Gslvessop.
The UNITED STATES will succeed, Saturday, July 10
For freight or passage having superior accommodates,
apply to
FREDERICK BAKER
20 Broadway.
The New York herald., 1869-06-30

THE NATIONAL PARK BANK OF NEW YORK.
i NEN YORK, June .. 1859.
semaupuAl Dividend OF tT cent, and govern
declared this day. payable the rst day
of july nex until which books will renal
closod J. T.. WORTH Cashier.
The New York herald., 1869-06-30

EoE CHARLESTON, THE FLORIDA PORTS, TIN
IL South ami Southwest. Regular Line.-The fast and
popular steamship sARAGOS3A, Ryder, commander, VIII
sail Wednsday irsc g. y. r NJ, from pier No. korth
river, foot q Rsctor
Cabin Passage, S2t. .
Through hills OF lading 10 all points and svuuwess
Agents Charleston tayene Coz forward ~. goods trea
OF commission. ARTHUR LEARY, Agent ~ William q.
The steamship MAGNOLIA will follow JuJI.
The New York herald., 1869-06-30

- mont ColuInbIa g. c. June ls Is59-The interest dus
on the of Soah Carolina since July 1871
viii paid and after July 1867 the banking house
IT, II. K,mpton, No. Nassau street New York, and at
the treasury once 10 Columbia The interest due the
rscistered stocks o the July 1861 viii DO paid
the Treasury Department In Columbia only
NILES g. PARKER,
Treasurer of .he state of South Corolina.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-26
THE ROW OFFTCE.S.

The exorbitant fees of the Row officers is one
of the most powerful incentives to corruption,
violence, and rascality in the partisan con-
ventions of this city. When we consider the
nature of the power exercised by the delegates
who are selected to nominate candidates for
Sheriff, Recorder of Deeds, City Treasurer,
Register of Wills, etc, we need not be at all
astonished at the disgraceful character of their
proceedings. The men who seek these offices
are frequently if not generally, of a low grade
of intellect and capacity, who openly aim at
plundering their fellow-citizens, not merely
by obtaining the legal fees, which far exceed
a just compensation for the service rendered,
but by fraudulent eXtortion. The delegates
to the City or County Conventions practically
decide who shall exercise this privilege; and
as no special capacity except greed and un-
scrupulousness is required, their choice is un-
restricted, and their decision is usually die
tated by base and degrading influences.
Bargain and corruption, bribery and favori-
tism, fraud and force are the main agents en-
ployed, under the direction and manipulation
of the insidious ''rings' which rule the city.
These rings are in themselves evils of no small
magnitude, for the active and energetic
spirits they cement together by the cohesive
power of public plunder exert most de-
grading influence over every ramifcation of
municipal government
Moderate salaries should be substituted for
the prevailing fees and percentages; and if
this change was effected, the Offices would be
filed by better men, who would do better
work at less cost to the public. The custom
of pouring fortunes into the pockets of the
scheming politicians who acquire these posi-
tions is not only unjust and oppressive, but it
demoralizes the whole domain of local politics
by stimulating into activity and prominence
the worst elements of society. In the depart
ments at Washington, men who receive a
salary of three or four thousand dollars per
annum faithfully discharge duties which are
infinitely more important and intricate than
those which our Row officials charge from
twenty to forty or fifty thousand dollars for
neglecting; and the Treasurer and Assistant
Treasurers of the United States receive. paw
out, and faithfully account for hundreds of
millions of dollars without receiving a tithe
of the compensation awarded to City Trea
| surers. One of the most essential prelimi-
| naries to a successful reform movement is to
be found in the direction we have indicated.
| While we continue to throw the shield of law
over the present system of extravagant COM
pensation for one species of public service.
the rings will always endeaVor to secure not
only these lawful prizes, but to invent other
methods for enriching their favorites at the
expense of the public.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-26

the Chinese il should be said, how
ever, that, where this prejudice has
been overcome, they have astonished and
delighted their employers by their skill and
economy in preparing palatable and whole
some food. Nor is this result surprising
when we remember that cookery is almost
esteemed as a science in China, and that a
careful writer on that country expresses, as
the result of his observations, the opinion
that they occupy in cookery position above
the English and only below the French.
They eat many strange articles but they are
guiltless of wasteful extravaganza and the
destruction of the better qualities of good
food which is constantly occurring in nearly
all American kitchens. The Chinese are
almost universally addicted to the use of
opium, but this serves as an effective substi-
tute for tobacco and ardent spirits; and while
they no doubt shorten their lives by the use
of their favorite stimulant, they do not suffer
their love for it to interfere in any way with
their daily labors
AS the Chinaman appears fully competent
to furnish good days work for small wages,
it is not surprising that he has rapidly grown
in favor among the employers of the Pacific
coast, and that he is gradually working his
way Eastward in spite of the antagonism
of those whose whole grand aim is to
secure high wages for a small amount
of negligent work. The nation will
be disposed to welcome and protect
those who can help to develop its resources.
1t is reported, however, that the natural cum
ming and greed Of the Chinaman crop out
fearfully when he becomes an office-holder in
his native land, and that he manages by fraud
and extortion to plunder the natives in a
manner that would even astonish the Row
officers of Philadelphia or the operators of
the whisky ring A strict embargo should be
established against Cinnamon Of this descrip-
ton. We may need lessons in cookery in
dustry, or economy, but angels and ministers
Of grace defend us against the introduction of
any new tricks of plundering officials
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-26

LET US HAVE PEACE!"-A very affecting
story is going the rounds of the press con-
cerning the manner in which Millard Fillmore
and Thurlow Weed were recently reconciled
to each other, after having been at logger
heads for ever so many years. We are glad
to see that these two venerable persons
fully realize the injunctions of Scripture, but
why should the public be troubled with an
account of their peacemaking? 1t is of about
as much importance to the world at large,
and especially to the world of politics, as the
friendly embrace of a couple of well-preserved
fossils of the Carboniferous period, after an
earnest but unsuccessful effort at swallowing
each other.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-26
RATIONAL ADYInE

THE President, il is reported, devotes the live
long day at Long Branch to perusal of the
New York papers This fact, if fact it be, is
highly important 1t shows that Long Branch
is about the dullest place for a summer resort
that is to be found on the Atlantic coast Why
can't the Branchers get up a military excite
ment of some sort, as was done at Cape May ?
Now that the war is over, nothing appears TO
afford his Excellency more intense and proper
enjoyment than witnessing the evolutions of
militiamen. ''The troops" invariably "receive
their old commander with cheers, which is as
creditable to ''the troops" as it is gratifying to
the "old commander" 1t is true that we
have seen quite enough of war, and are dead
in earnest when we cry 'Let us have peace =
But these frisky miltiamen, albeit so enthu-
siastic in the presence of 'their old COM
mander,' are the most peaceable fellows in
the world. Their slumbers are not even
disturbed by visions of war; and the idea of
fighting is as far removed from their waking
thoughts as it is foreign to the wishes of the
whole country just at present. If New York
had sent her famous Seventh" down to the
Branch, instead of up into the country, Presi-
dent Grant would have been afforded far
more rational amusement than that of devot-
ing the dog-days to perusal of the New York
papers. But if the people at the Branch are
bent and determined upon boring the Presi-
dent to death in this fashion, we would advise
him to forsake that locality, and betake him
self to Atlantic City. Our Fire Zouaves will
be down there in few days, and he will find
these troops quite as ready to receive their
old commander with cheers as as were the
Grey Reserves when in camp at the Cape.