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who had always fixed their attention upon
this Isthmus for the interoceanic canal,
would undoubtedly turn their eyes in an
other direction, and indeed many were
already disposed to favor the Nicaragua
route.
The Star further reports the arrival on
goth inst. of the Steamer Peru with the
gratifying intelligence from the South
Coast, that the time appointed for the
tulhllment Of the Abb6 Falb's earthquake
predictions had passed without anything
having occurred on The Coast to cause the
least excitement or alarm.
PGRU,-A strong earthquake is reported
to have occurred at Tacna on 9TH instant.
The Guano trade is increasing at the
Guanapc islands where $4,000 tons are
shipped weekly.
, 1869-11-09
THE MILLIONAIRES OFNEW YORK.

Nothing strikes US so strongly in this
Gold Crisis in New York as the enor-
NOUS aud unrestrained power of the new
American Plutocracy. They seem to be
rising to a position which, in the extent
of the influence it c~onfers, is without a
parallel in the history Of aristocracies, or
is paralleIed only by that of the few Ro-
man families which united to hereditary
station in the Republic the command of
masses OF treasure and armies of debtors.
There are men as rich in England, and
men perhaps as Inscriptions in Europe,
but for men as unrestrained in the use of
their power, as dAant of opinion, Of the
law, OF their own reputation, of all that
limits the application Of extraordinary
means, we must seek in the East or in
the history Of the old Pagan world. A
Roman Senator would destroy a province
to recover his interest on a loan, or raise
a civil wal 10 rid himself Of his debts,
and the American "Ring"-leaders seem
willing to force on Il national bankruptcy,
or ruln an army of shareholders, as mere
incidental stroke in some grand "opera-
tion," or rather game, for in many cases
they seem actuated by the determination
to win, at least as much as by any thirst
for profit. What does Mr.. Vanderbilt
with, it is said, ELS, 5000, 900 sterling,-
want with the few scores Of thousand he
makes when in some huge railway cam
paign he brushes a thousand families
Yet he brushes them: In Europe a first
class millionaire of that sort would dread
financial disturbance as he would dread
an earthquake. In America he makes
one. The game, the excitement, the
notoriety seem to be the temptations of
these men even more han the profit, and
the whole scene suggests that in Ameri-
ca, as In Rome, safety comes quick to
the very rich; that for the man of mil
lions life has few interests that the hun
ger for excitement has reached the height
where nothing will crafty it but battle,
or orgy, or huge mad gambling, perhaps
the most dangerous symptom which a
community can exhibit. The operation"
which has recently convuIsed New York
and shaken American credit throughout
the world was not in itself a very extra
ordinary one. American currency is pa
per, but all duties must be paid in gold,
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and a good many contracts must DC tul~
filled in one way or another by transfers
of bullion. Gold, therefore, becomes an
article of prime necessity to trade, and
one specially liable to be m~onopolized.
Most transactions of the kind are Excess
sively dangerous, because, though the
world must have the article, say, for ex-
ample, quinine, or tallow, or quicksilver,
in all of which %monopolies have been at
tempted, still the world can wait, and APP
peal to science for aid but the gold was
wanted Immediately, every day, and
could not be superseded by anything else.
Nobody could or would take anything out
of bond till he knew what he would have
to pay in duties, which he could not know
till the price of gold had settled itself.
A few rich men, therefore, thought that
if they could get possession of all a%vaila-
bic gold they could get their own price
for il, and the gold in stock being every
where a very limited quantity, they fan
cied themselves rich enough TO doit. Civ
en- a few men sufficiently confident in one
another, and sufficiently rich to begin the
game, pIedglng their gold as they got it,
and there is nothirg very extraordinary
or very far seeing in such a plan, which
was indeed very imperfectly organized,
the Ring having either forgotten or been
deceived by The largest buIlionhoIder in
the country, the Treasury of the United
States. The really extraordinary thing is
that men of such wealth and such capa-
city should have been willing to run such
a risk, and endanger the commercial safe
ty of the Union in such a spirit Of reck-
lesSuess. Gamblers do very mad things
sometimes, but in Europe vast wealth
seems to sober men, and the City could
no more think of the Rothschilds, or
Earrings, or any irst-class bankers play
ing rOuge-et-nOlr after that fashion than
OF their trying TO shut the Bank of Eng
land for the sake of studying the ply
slOgnomlcal marks of despair on a SPLEEN
did scale. The effort to do such q thing
would cost any millionaire more cash in
the consequent depreciation of his credit
than he could hope 10 make by his opera
ton. In America, we fear, had Messrs.
Fisk, Gould, and the rest won the game,
and stood out victors amid the surrounding
ruin, their credit would have been %increa-
sed. They very nearly did win. BY
steady purchases they forced gold up from
1873 to 100, that is, they raised the price
by some twenty five per cent, and might,
as they intended, have sent it up fifty !;
but that the Treasury, after giving them
time to exhaust themselves, poured gold
from It's vaults into the market. Their
remaining strength did not suffice to
buy that, the bubble burst, and they
stood with huge masses of contracts 10
receive gold at a price it did not fetch.
Though they won enormously at first,
still. with their nhiant thou nnnst hnun
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auIOdu. 1Ho SNiVHleNtS now DeluS maze
are the residue of unfuIflled contracts;
and as very little, if any, wood is being
brought out from the interior, we may
expect shortly to find the export of Log
wood dWindle down to a minimum of the
quantity heretofore exported from this
island monthly, as nothing but high prices
would induce contractors to engage in
the speculation. Freights are dull, but
vessels for the United States would 6od
employment at $43 to SIS gold for Wood;
and for Europe they would meet engage
ment at about AOs. per ton.
The health Of the island continues
good.
COLOMBIA "A violent eruption of the
Volcano Parace is reported to have oc-
Cured on 4th inst. 1t is about fifteen or
twenty miles from Pompayan and caused
much damage and loss Of life. Two or
three villages in the neighbourhood are
supposed 10 have been completely des-
troyed with all their inhabitants.
ECUADOR A slight shock of earth
quake was felt at Quito on 18th Septbr.
Sr. Herrera, CHILEAN Consul at GuayaquiI
has resigned and will be replaced by Mr..
Higgins. Bishop Ordonez takes with
him TO Rome two young Ecuadorians who
intend to offer their services to the Pope
and expect TO enlist in the PapalNouaves.
CHILE-Professor Falb's predictions
having failed people were returning to
their homes and their usual avocations,
and the celebration of CHILEAN Indepen-
dence was held at Valparaiso on 18th inst.
with much eclat.
Transandine news reports that the Pa
raguayan war is virtually at an end. Lo
pei has not yet been captured but his re-
sources are exhausted. Among the APP
pointments made by the Provisional Gov
eminent at Asuncion it is reported that
one is that of woman as Justice of the
Peace at Caacupe.
PANAMA.-The Star and Herald reports
the death on 10Th ulto. in the city of
New York of Archibald Bordmen Boyd,
senior editor and proprietor of that jour
nal. The ordinary session of the Legis-
latlve Assembly terminated on 10th inst,
previous to which the following motion
was adopted :-''That the Legislative AS
sembly, of the Sovereign State of Panama,
resolves TO solicit of next Congress the
reconsideration Of the treaty for the ex-
cavation of a canal TO connect the Atlantic
Ocean with the Pacific across the Isthmus
of Panama and Darien negotiated at Be-
gotta on the 18th Of January of this yelr,
between the Governments of Columbia
and the United States of America"
DIR. Arosemena in his speech on the
subject, depicted the sad condition of
affairs on the Isthmus, the falling off of
the Railroad business owing 10 the build
ing and operation of the Pacific Railroad,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-10-19
CENTRAL AND WESTERN
PACIFIC RAILROADS.

OHANGE OF TINE Eastward - Express
u Train leaves San Francisco daily at "a. H.;
Stockton, 1l:l6 A. n; Sacramento, ESQ T. H.;
Junction, sos P.M.; Colfax, 6:a5 p. NJ; Reno.
1900 p H.; Wadsworth. 1:5O A. n; Carlin, $50
r. ~; Elko. 4:oS P.x.; Promontory, 6'45 A. ~;
sfs;Ti RETURSING.-E,prcss Train leaves Prom.
ontory daily, 6:45 P. n; Elko, 730 A. T.; Carlin,
$50 4. H.; Wadsworth, 10:65 r. H.; Reno, 1888
A. n; Coifax, T:52 A. ~; Junction, 10:4O A. ~;
Sacramento, 1900 H.; arrive San Francisco
0'IC LEAVE SAN FRANCISCO. 400 P. ~;
Stockton, s:63 r. NJ; arrive Sacramento. 1i:oO
LEAVE SACRAMENTO. $50 A. NJ; Stock
ton, $40 A. ~; arrive San Francisco. 100 r H.
TWO TRAINS DAILY For AARIsyolLLE s,o
and 2:S0 p. H.; arrive Junction TAO A. u. and
$50 r. T.; Marysyilc, 1915 A. 4. and BIO P. n.
Leave Marysville 9:16 A. n. and 1e:46 ?. ~;
arrive Junction 1O:45 A: n. and S:45 p. NJ;
Sacramento 1880 a. Y. and Sl0r;M.
Francisco or Sacramento to Omaha, sss %; to
ST. Louis, S07 so; to Chicago, $91 80; to New
is. SILVER PALACE SLEEPING COACHES
are run daily from Sacramento to Promontory.
Double L9Ser Berth g co. DoSSl' SS boPBSs bSPRss
Borths accommodate two persons; State Rooms,
SECOND CLASS TRAINS leave San Fran
cisco daily, 400 P. NJ; Sacramento lsundays
excepted at 500 A.. n. Fare to Omaha, $it;
St. Louis. $45; Chicago, $l5; New York, go.
CHJLDREN not over Twelve Q2) years OF
age, Half Fare; under Five b) years Of age.
100 100 POUNDS OF BAGGAGE (pcr adult
passenger Free. 80 Pound: B BasSgaso sgsns per
EXTRA BAGGAGE (oyer 100 lbs.) between
Sacramento and Omaha Currency $16 per 100
pounds. A. n. ToWNE, Genl supt
October 4, 1869. octu
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-10-19
BATHERS, ATTENTION !

DR. MAYER viii also attend TO Dental Sur.
,ery' and invites all who may need his services
10 cali on him. Cupping. Bleeding and Lceching
performed in tho best style.
IV For Salc-Frvsh Hungarian and Swedish
Lecches.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-04-17
Affections SALES.
FUTURE DAY.
By arubbs & Williams, Aucttoneers,
u,.-,a,tb between Main and Bank streets.

rg-RUsTEE's SALE OF A FRAMED
A., TE EE ERRn66Nb BETWEEN MADISON AND
ssttpGGpGE sTREETS.-By virtue or q deed OF
.anet syecuted to the subscriber by Mary r
dated ath Of October, 1887. and recorded In
pichmond hustings court office, In oeed.oook 30
noge Ias TO secure to Moses hoonshtDe the pay
mont IF two several promlssory notes, pearlHS
dste the said 4th OF October lss7-one for $751;,
uaSabe In nine months. and the other for S2ss 80,
pnsvabie eighteen months after date-the nrst-men-
ihtoned of said NOES having been paid. and the
second of which remaining due and wholly I'M.
maid shall (being thereto required by the SAID
Moses Moonshiue) offer for gale at public auction:
upon The premises on MONDAY the 10 h day OF
EhND LYISG and BEING IN THE CIrY
OF RICHMOND, usar the corner CT Broad
and Monroe streets. fronting lea feet On tue
south side of Broad street, running back las
feet to an alley in common sixteen feet wide,
bounded on thu east by lot No. Is. on the west by
the said deed OF trust from the property conveyed
hy Lewis Maule and wife to William Kelley by
dee dated oath August 1850, the said lot of land
BY the said deed of trust Of the 4th October 1867.
conveyed, being the eastern half Of lot No. 10 In
the division Of sredercs Barriss real est ate.
TERMS +: Cash for so much OF the purchase mo.
ney as may be necessary TO defray the expenses OF
executing the trust NJ to discharge the said note
for $685. 60 with all the interest lawfully accrulng
thereon and for the residue of the purchase mo-
new such credit will be given as the said Mary L.
Briggs may prescribe and direct: or In Gaze OF
her failure TO give such direction, then such credit
as will be arranged at the me of The sale, Tor
deed of trust to secure their punctusl payment,
the purchaser 10 pay the taxes for $50:
q. A. MYERS, Trustee.
GRUBBs & WILLIAMS Suctfoneers. ap IT
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unsr, ir,e ria.e Goes t,ut.

Through the weary day on his couch he lay,
with the ife-tide ebhinS slowly AWAY,
And the dew on his cold brow gathering fast
As the pendulum numbered moments passcd,
And heard n sad voice, whispering, say
g When the tide goes out he will pass away.
Pray for n SOULS serene release!
That the weary spirit may rest in peace
When the tide goes out"
When the tide goes ont from the sea-girs
lands
It bears strange freight from theIgleaming
sands.
For the foaming wave and wind that's late !;
The treasures cast on n rocky shore,
From the stranded ships that shall sail no
more :;
And hopes that follow the shing seas,
Oh the ocean shall win all these
When the tide goss out.
But of all that drift from the shore to the sea
Is the human sonl TO Eternity,
Floating away from silent shore,
Like fated ship, to return no more;
Saddest most solemn OF al, soul
Pausinp where unknown waters roll
Where shall the surging current tend,
Slowly drifting friend from friend,
When the tide goes out?
For our parting spirit. pray, oh pray,
While the tide of life is ebbing away,
That the soul may pass DER SUMMER seas
Than clasped of old the Hesperides-
A bark whose sails by angel hands
Shall be furled on q strand of golden sanus:
And the friends that stand on q silent shore,
Knowing that we shall return no more,
Shall wish US Joy of voyage fair,
with calm, sweet skies, and favoring air,
When the tide goes ont.
Moore's Rural Neao Yorker.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-04-17
BY Wellington 9oddin.
Auctiouee- and Zeal Estate Agent.

yIRUSTEE'S SALE OF VERY VALUA-
l. BILE REAL ESTATE ON THE NORTH
SIDE OF LEIGH BETWEEN SEVENTH AND
OF SEVENTH STREET NORTH OF LEIGH
SIRE ET.-Ry virtue Of three deeds Of trust exc
cuted by Major " lillian Allen and wife, the first
to James Pie tsants and j. Il. Watkins, daied 18TH
August 1867 the second to James Peasants and
e. q. Lancaster, dated eth January k68: and The
third to said Pleasants and Lancaster, dated nth
March 13S8-al daily recorded in Richmond Hus
tings Court, we shall. in execution thereof and at
the request of The parties secured thereby proceed
to sell at auction, on the premises, on THU SDtY
the 22d April 1850, at d O'Clock L. VI, If fair, If
not, tie first fair day thereafter, the LANCE and
HANDSOME RESIDENCE and LOTS located as
above recently IN the occupancy Of Major Allen,
Mills che dwelling has all OF the usual modern
improvements, and has the most ample accommo-
datons for large family. The yard aud garden are
beautifully set with shade and fruit trees and ever
greens, and the location and neghborhood equal
to the best In Richmond. With the mansion
ming back $50 feet to alley 90 feet wide, with
the large brick building to the west formerly ust
as kitchen. but now fitted mp as residence, lot
No. S fronting 4ss feet, runn back $50 feet said
aley); and TO the east, lots Nos and each IS
by $50 feet to said alley also, lots Nos. II and is,
the east line OF seventh street, fronting together
81 2l2 feet running back 40 feet to another alley
and carrfage-house and gardeners residence
Possession given in a short time. BY consent Of
parties the terms will be One-f fourth cash balance
at four, eight ind twelve months, for regotiablc
notes, interest added. secured by y trust deed.
JAMES PLEASAGTS,)
JOEL y. WATKINS, , Trustees.
R.A. LANCASTER, }
an 3-2awtl5 u Il dtdS
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-04-17
By James N. Taylor, Z uctiuneer,
No. s9l Main street.
three doors below the sp ,tswood Hotel.

TRUST SALE OF VALUABLE REAL
ESTATG AT AUCTION.-ay virtue Of the
pIo0is ions OF deed Of trust dated the ath day Of
December, 1852 ecuted by Robert =" tllett TO
Repismin Chalk, trustee and also by virtue or the
provisions of another deed Of trust. dated The 18Th
day of February, 1851, by said Robert w llett 10
John Z w ung trustee, TO secure the pay ment OF
certain debts mentioned and described In said
deeds the same being OF record in the clerks
office Of Richmond Hastings Court the UNDER
named or said deeds, and Edward Y. Cannon sub
81 tinted trustee in the first named Of said deeds,
fthe said Benjamin. fhalS, the former trustee,
having departed this ife) will az the request and
on TUESDAY the 3Tth day OF April, 1859. at the
hour Of p. NJ. II fair If not the next fair ~
thereafter, offer for sale at auction. on The pre-
misses. the flowing ZEAL ESTATE mentioned
Will be necessary 10 discharge the debt and costs
therein mentioned That certain LOT or PAR
CkT. OF LAND in the city Of Richmond desig-
mated in plan OF French Garden, 10 said city, as
back $50 feet, and fronting on Ninth street tcon-
tinued), with all the improvements thereon.
TERMS OF SALE : Cash as 70 so much OF the pro-
ceeds Of sale as may be sufficient to defray the
with interest thereon from the t4th OF December,
1859 and the further sum of fl33E with tntere at
thereon from the 18th OF February, 1871 and as to
the residue OF the purchase money. ON such terms
or credit he personal rep esentstiye OF robert
Wiet may direct. or IN default OF such direction,
on such rermsas the said trustees shall see tit on
the day OF sale. ...s .sz
The said lot is desirable one and the title is be-
heyed TO be inGisputab'e but the undersigned,
selling as trus.ees will OF course convey With the
3 us1s st sps'sa' "Af EDWARD Y. cANyoN. II.
s.sf. As Substituted Trustee. a
@eT y JOHN b. YOUNG. Trustee.
kuctioneer. ~ ~ g !sssg z y &3Aa up Is
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-04-17

Alkahira, the Conqueress, vulgarly called
Cairo (Kfro), is merely on epithet OF the
Mahometan Arabians. Misr was the an
cient name of Egypt; and Misraim' the
plural or dual, means literally the two
Misrs Zone town on each side Of the Nlle).
Baldpin.
A few Sundays eince, the LeWistown
Journal says, o clergyman IN Maine, IN the
middle OF the sermon, had occasion to use
his handkerchief, and, to his establishment,
scattered in all directions some fifty speci-
mems of paper dolls, which his little girl
had lodged in the parental pocket for safe
keeping. The effect upon the audience was
marked.
A young fellow in England has settled 3
breach of promise suit, brought against
him by 8 most eligible damsel, in q new
way. The damages were laid at $4,000,
and she gained them in full. Whereupon
the defendant addressed the young lady q
note, saying +" have behaved UNANIMOUSLY,
but if you will only forgive and forget, we
may be happy yet. The only objection
which my friends had to you is now re-
moved. They con say no longer you are
without penny, since you have t5, 900 of
your own And she married him.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-04-17


A REAL HERo-A SCENE AT SEA.-Two
weeks ago, on board an English steamer,
little ragged boy, aged nine years, was dis
covered on the fourth day Of the outward
voyage from Liverpool to New York, and
carried before the first mate, whose duty it
was to deal with such cases. When ques-
toned as to the object Of his being slowed
away, and what brought him on board, the
boy, who had beautiful sunny face,
and eyes that looked like the very mirrors
of truth, replied that his stepfather did it
because he could not afford to keep him
nor to pay his passage out to Halifax, where
he had an aunt who was we'll off, and to
whose house he was going. The mate did not
believe the story in spite Of the winning
face and truthful accents of the boy. He had
seen too much Of stow-aways to be easily
deceived by them, he said and it was his
firm conviction that the boy had been
brought on board and provided with food
by the sailors. The little fellow was very
roughly handled in consequence. Day by
day he was questioned and re-questioned,
but always with the same result. He did
not know sailor on board, and his father
alone had secreted him, and given him the
food which he ate.
At last the mate, wearied by the boys
persistence in the same story, and perhaps
little anxious to inculpate the sailors,
seized him one day by the collar, and,
dragging him to the fore, told him that
unless he confessed the truth in ten minutes
from that time he would hang him to the
yard arm. He then made him sit down
under it on the deck. All around him were
the passengers and sailors Of the midday
watch, and in front Of him stood the mex
orable mate, with his chronometer in his
hand, and the other officers of the ship by
his side. 1t was the finest sight, said our
informant, that we had ever beheld, to see
the pale, proud, sorrowful face of that
noble boy-his head erect, his beautiful
eyes bright through the tears that sutfused
them. When eight minutes had fled the
mate told him he had but two minutes to
live, and advised him to speak the truth
and save his life but he replied, with the
utmost simplicity and sincerity, by asking
the mate If he might pray.
The mate said nothing, but hooded his
head, and turned as pale as ghost, and
shook with trembling like reed with the
wind. And there, all eyes turned on him,
this brave and noble little fellow, this poor
waif whom society owned not, and whose own
stepfather could not care for him-there he
knelt, with clasped hands and eyes up
raised to Heaven, while he repeated audi
bly, the Lords Prayer, and prayed the dear
Lord Jesus to take him to Heaven.
Our informant adds that there then oc-
Cured scene rs Of Pentecost. Sobs broke
from strong, hard hearts, as the mate
sprang forward to the boy and clssped him
to his bosom, and kissed him and blessed
him, and told him how sincerely he now be-
lieved his story, and how glad he was that
no had been brave enough to face death
and be willing TO sacrifice his life for the
Truth Of his own word.-Ns,o York Sun.