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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-09-04

MISUNDERSTANDING DEATH OF AN TIA
LIAM BANDlT.-The Italia, Of Naples,
gives an account of the death Of the bri-
gand chief De Martina. This man was one
of the most ferocious bandits that ever
infested the Abruzzi, and was always ac-
companied in his incursions by n woman
even more inhuman than himself. Fo1
some time past the royal troops had been
following histraces, and had at last lcarne;!
that he frequently quilted the band to
indulge in wild orgies in a small valley
completely locked in by mountains, on the
territory of Paglictta. Some days back q
detachment, while searching that district,
discovered in thicket a sort of hut made
of branches. One Of the men approached
silently on his hands and knees, and, be-
lieying lie heard q noise inside, returned
and informed his companions, who then
surrounded the spot and called on the per-
sons concealed to surrender The reply
was a gun-shot, which struck q carbincer
named Caruso in the leg but the flash had
set fire to the dry bushes, and the flames
spread with such rapidity that it was inn
possible to enter or leave the hut.
A few minutes later q woman rushed ont
through the burning Dfanches anu len
almost inanimate before the troops, who
recognized her rs the mistress Of De Mar
tino. She made signs that there was an
other person in the flames, but the soldiers
could not approach until after the fire had
burned itself out, when the charred re-
mains of the bandit were found with the
barrel of his gun and the blade of his poign-
ard by the side Of him, the rest of those
arms having been consumed. During the
conhagration repeated detonations were
heard as the cartridges of the brigand ex-
plodcd. The woman died half an hour
later, and the two bodies were buried on
the spot where this horrible tragedy had
taken place. The wounded soldier is in Il
critical state, and little hopes are enter
tanned Of saving his life.
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"RIcuaoSD, May IL, 1853.

.
Dear Sir.-This is to certify that have used
your .Eradcator' three times I'm the course OF
week, and conscentiously say that ! have derived
more relief from 1t than anything have ever trieo
| have been afflicted with rheumatism for aitccn
wears. and during that time have been unable TO
dress without assistance. It has cost me two
dollars without receiving relief. Your
cerely hope Won will succeed In establishing IL all
through the country, and heartily recommend II 70
ali afflicted with rheumatic diseases contracted
from colds or other causes.
= Ana believe me, yours, with gratitude
10 - - UopETNS No. 10 Broad street,
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TURNER RICHARDSON.


RICHMOND, VA, September Is, 1853.
This IS to certify that during last spring con.
tracted In one of the lower counties OF the state
chllls and fever, and after trying great many
remedies for the disease. found no permdneItre-
iilT until procured from Captain Levy package
dcrs,'' which, take pleasure in stating, checked
them Immediately. The prescription CONTAINED
twelve powders. found IL necessary 10 take only
half the number. | hereby checrfuliy add mine
10 the list of certificates OF the efficacy or tho
..Raphua Powders In cases Of chills and fever,
and would advise all thus afflicted to procure
package Of them at once.
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RAINs.--Thc Farmvillc Journal says:
"Wc had delightful shower on Sunday
night, and another OIL Monday. Everything
has bean refreshed, and tho temperature is
now cool and pleasant
The Fredericksburg Ne,cS announces the
rain in that region thus:
After long and parching drought,
commencing on the first day of June, cover
ing period Of cighty-nine days, we have
nj last had copious and refreshing showers.
Daring this long period of drought rain
fell, it is true, two, or perhaps three times,
but none Of these showers made the ground
wet more than one or two inches, and in
every case the hot sun Of the day obitc-
rated all its effects. Rain commenced fall
ing here between and 3 o'clock on Sunday
evening, and there we're several fine show
ers before night. We also had several fine
showers on Monday, continuing nearly all
day, and coming down quite freely. We
are glad to learn from farmers that fine
rains fell in Stafford, King George, Spot
sylyania, and Caroline"
4 PROSPEROUS C0MPANY.--The Wythe-
vile Dispatch of Thursday makes the fol-
lowing statement, showing the highly pros
porous condition of the Lead Mine Company
Of Wythe:
"The Union Lead Mine Company of this
county declared dividend of $4,000 on
the 30th of August last, this being the
second dividend OF like amount 1cithin the
last sir months. This is ten per cent. on
the capital stock, and speaks more elo-
qucntly of the value Of the mineral re-
sources of this county than all the spread
eagle articles about the vast and unde-
ucloped wealth of the country that could
no written -
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'i'ECIFICS.

It is unnecessary to make any comments on
.sELIAS'S EFFECTUAL ERADICATOR,n as
the following certificate proves It's excellent quail
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To avoid imposition, be sure TO observe the sig
nature OF the proprietor on the wrapper OF each
box.
box. u. j. LEVY, proprietor.
For sale By A. BODEkER L BROTHER, 1885
east Main street; K. II. DUYAL, Main street,
three doors above Ninth, and l.. WAGNER,
Broad street near New Market. F-tSepe
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DHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS accu-
4 rately and carefully dispensed, with pure dnd
fuU-stJc11th medicines only, By skilled and long.
exUcricnced pharmaceutists. ut
MEADE IL BAKERS Apothecary store,
M % glg Main street, near Tenth.
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RIcnaoSD, VA, June q, 1859.
This IS to certify that for twelve months last
past was afflicted with chills and fever, and on
using two boxes OF "Raphua Powders > have been
entirely relieved, and can with confidence re.
commend them to those who are afflicted.
THOMAS H. ROBERTS.
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NEW MUSIC ALBUM, elegantly bound,
~ containing FIFTY CLASSICAL. and rOPt-
each at MARSu'S MUSIC STORE. 9l3 Main
street Also the MUSICAL MONTHLY, con-
tanning twcnty-onc popular pieces. Price, soc;
each. MUSIC from all catalogues IL the Inltcd
states Sc 2-2tk
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Hr. z. j. Lery:
Dear Sir,-Tith pleasure 10 bear testimony to
the efficacy Of your :Raphua Powders In ar
resting and permanently curing ague and fever.
have tried IL in my own family, and confidently re-
commend II TO others.
Respectfully, yours. etc.,
JAMES A. GoDDIN.
CO.. Nhnrf
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LMANACS FOR 1SI0.-RICHARD-
N SONS CWarrock's cditioul VIRGINIA AND
NORTH CAROLINA ALMANAC for 1870 Is now
in press. and Will he ready in few days.
Orders from the trade solicited.
Copyright st C ircd.
Sc i-dltsylt 81. Main street. Richmond.
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MADRID, September 2.-Thc Journals
here are respondent about Cuba, and de-
mand fuller official information Of affairs
in that island.
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The New Cable from France.
From The ". Y Herald.

From The ". T. Herald
While the company formed to lay new
Atlantic cable from the French coast to the
American shore is vigorously pushing forward
its work, and just as it is on the point of COM
mencing active operations, set of narrow
minded jobbers among cur own people en-
deavor to throw obstacles and endorsements
in the way of the enterprise. We are told
that no foreign company can land telegraph
cable on the American coast without the
special permission of the United States Govern
ment, and one benighted Senator is found at
Washington capable of proposing in the Senate
Chamber that we shall use this pretense in this
age of progress to prevent the construction of
this new means of communication with Europe.
Such a proposition from a statesman of the
Chinese Emperor a few years ago, before
Burlipgame's mission, might not have excited
surprise; but coming from the Senate of the
United States, it stamps its author as a man
altogether behind the times. The proper de-
velOpment of the telegraph business is now
the study of statesmen and the object of intel
ligent citizens in every country, and the pro-
gress of the world in this direction for the
next ten years will no doubt be great. The
need of more Atlantic cables is universally
conceded, and the opposition to the new en-
terp1ise does not come from the present cable
company, whose business would be increased
rather than diminished by competition, but
from the "narrow minded blockheads" of the
Western Union monopoly, who desire to trade
upon cable news on their own account, and
whose speculations would be interfered with
by cable landing directly in the city of New
York. That the stockholders of the Western
Union Company derive no benefit from this
dog-in-the-m -manger policy is sufficiently evil
dent from the fact that their stock has been
run down from sixty-fo four to thirty-two, fifty
per cent, since the present management was
installed, only little over year ago.
Fhe French Cable Company has the right to
land its cable on the American coast and to
connect with independent lines under the
| general law. The State of New York has the
power to grant it the right of way if such an
act should be necessary; but if there were
really any doubt or question on these points,
Congress should Immediately grant the privi
lege to any company requiring it. We need
more Atlantic cables, and especially should
we seek to secure one from the French coast
as in the event of any unpleasant complica
tions with England we should then have tn,
means of communication with Europe through
friendly nation.
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a cause of which, as rule, they know moth.
ing at all, or as to their policy in matter with
which they have, and mean to have, nothing
TO do.
But all the world does not know this 80
well as we. These sesquipsdalian speeches
are done into Greek and republished in the
Levant. IL was only the other day that our
Minister at Athens Chow many people know
that We have Minister at Athens p actually
gave lecture in that city on the "Foreign
Policy of the United States in which, II the
Greek papers are to be believed, he really
led the deluded subjects of Danish King
George to believe that Admiral Farragut
might be expected at an early day to bring
Abdul-Aziz in chains to the PiTeus, and carry
him about Hellas, as Tamerlane carried Baja-
yet, in cage, for sign and wonder. Such
follies as this will hardly get us into serious
trouble, it is true. But national disrepute,
after all, is serious trouble And nation
which suffers itself to be paraded as pusy,
body is in fair way to fall into national
disrepute,
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Grants Difficulties,

From The ~. Y. Nation.
Grants opinions about the course the Gov
eminent ought, in his opinion, to pursue on
the leading questions of the day, both home
and foreign, begin gradually to leak out,
through the medium of conversations" with
newspaper correspondents and politicians; and
although conclusions drawn from reports of
this kind have to be accepted with good deal
of allowance, both for misreporting and mis-
understanding, we need have no hesitation in
saying that the country is now in possession of
the leading outlines of his policy-using the
word in the constitutional sense, as covering
the set of measures the President is prepared
to recommend to Congress, aud the set of
principles in which he is prepared to act on
matters lying within his discretion, and not in
the JohnsoDisn sense, as covering what the
President thinks ought to be done, or is deter
mined to have done by any means, fair or
foul, within his reach, and without regard
to the opinions OF Congress or the public.
The most interesting and trustworthy &C
count Of Grants views and aims We
happen to have seen has appeared in the
Boston AdU'rtiSer, whose Washington CORES
pOndence has long enjoyed the rare dstinc
tion of being sensible, accurate, and decent.
According to that writer, Grant is in favor of
"hOnesty, economy, and manlineJs." These
are, of course, vague terms; but the CORES
pOndent gives some illustrations which help
us to fix their meaning. For instance. we get
good idea of what Grant means by honesty
from what he said of certain legislators
speech-that sit was falsehOOd; there was
nothing on which you could put your finger
and say This is lie, but the whole thing
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SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

vn,roRIAL oPINIoNB or yHB LEADTNe JOURNAL
Upon CURRENT ToF1oS-CoMPILED EVERY
DAY FOR THE EvBEIEe TELEGRAPH.
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Which of Them?

The strife of races which has come of the
hcartless and greedy schemes of the plum
dcrcrS OF the State appears in startling con-
trtst i'll the audiences that assemble TO listen
10 the speeches of the two candidates for
Governor of the Commonwealth. WALKER,
whose broad and ample platform would en-
franchise all, put an end to pains and pen
altics. restore peace and good Will to So
ciety and general prosperity to commerce
and industry, is welcomed by the white
people, and by them attentiycly heard.
They group around him and applaud his
views, which are so liberal-so free from
anything to disturb the quiet and order OF
the community-indeed, 50 full of all that
ensure their complete restoration.
On the other hand the representative OF
dscord--thc man who, like the robbcr, is
spreading the flames that he may bear OF
the yaluableS amidst the burning ruins
the man who now fills the office Of Governor
OF this statc-addresses only blacks. He
hoyers ever like white gull over Il black.
black sea; and like the gull is ever looking
down with his keen eyes to see what he can
gather up out of that sea to till his nav and
appease his greedy appetite. He has no
"thcr sentiment, no other use for the Sea-
Which of these two will YOU choose. pro-
pie OF Virginia? Will you say neither:
lhcn you will not lie gratiticd one of them
YOU must have. TO say there is no choice
oc'"een them is abSurd-to decline to make
choice Is worse
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The County Organizations.

We state again that we have no doubt that
President GRANT to the last moment urged
that the county organizations should be
submitted separately to the popular vote.
While we are entirely satisfied that Cover
nor WELLS was ut the bottom Of the oppo-
Sition which led to its retention in the con-
stitution. we think it altogether probable
that one Of the arguments against lis excl
sion from the constitution was suggested or
seconded by a gentleman of high standing
and reputation, and who has much to do
with the subject Of education.
We make no imputation upon the lnten-
ton of this gentleman. We have regarded
him as a man incapable of malice and mere
partisanry, and do not doubt that he con-
Sdcrcd that the striking out of the county
organizations clause would cndangcr the
system of primary education. lie Is cnthu-
Siastic on this subject.
1t is probable that the views Of this gen
tlcman biased the Cabinet, and for Il time
created doubts with General GRANT; but
when he saw that dctriment to the cduca-
tional system need not follow, he pcrscVcrcd
| in his desire to have the clause submitted
separately.
In the matter of that clause, there was.
indeed. Il general belief that it would be
| taken out Of the constitution; so disap-
| pointmcnt is all the sharper. We are per-
rcctlv satisfied that had the proper effort
been made five or six days before the Cabi-
net settled the question, General GRANT $
wish would have prevailed. 1t was indeed
strange that General Cox. Secretary Of the
Interior. should have separated from Gene
raj GRANT on the subject. He was, beyond
question, mislcd by the educational view of
the matter. We would not even now de-
SPAR. if the case was forcibly and calmly
presented to at least two of the majority Of
The Cabinet.
There is Il view Of the subject that is but
lust to the liberal candidate for Governor. As
any other citizen might have done, he used IL
he most active manner (as we know his
influence and argument in behalf OF taking
III. the much mooted clause from the con-
,titution-both with Congress and the Pre-
,idcnt. He believed from what he saw and
heard that this would be done. lie so OK
pressed himself; and no man i'll Virginia is
more surprised than he is that it is not.
Now, as he has no power i'll the premises,
he cannot be considered Us having violated
my promise, and therefore cannot be held
to any accountability. He stands exactly
where lie did aS the advocate of the most
liberal policy. and, if elected, to continue to
advocate that policy until it is completely
triumphant.
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THE LA PIERRE HOUSE, PHILADELPHIA
Some Of the most delightful of our remi-
niscences of hotel-Iifc relate to this admira-
bic house. Under the glorious administra-
ton Of the WARDS it was systematic, ele-
CANT, and luxurious. Such table as they
kept we have seen nowhere. The hotel has
passed finally under the direction of Messrs.
BurrERwoRTn & Co., capital landlords, and
has been restored to its pristine excellence.
It's location, at the corner of Broad ana
Chestnut streets, makes it quiet and salu-
brious, while the most business portions OF
the city are TO it immediately accessible.
OF all the hotels of the city of Penn, 1t IS
the most agreeable, and its company the
least Objectionable. We sincerely COM
mend il.
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To Arms!

Tho Conservative Executive Committee
nm Yesterday adopted the following impor-
,aut resolution. It is the trumpet call 10
arms. And can it fail TO summon TO inc
field the gallant leaders in their coun'f! ;
dcfnnces Never was there period Oh such
pcril in the history Of the state-he'e'
time when the heroism OF her sons was
morc impcrativcly necessary for the Pubic
welfare. The heroism of the saefi'!ce o,
feeling. opinion, and self, for the genera
sar.tt--the hcroism of devoting time and
self necessarily and vigorously to the COM
mon cause.
The leaders, We are sure, will respond.
The committee propose TO add to the spirit
oC the campaign by inducing prominent
speakers to canvass the State 1t large, ana
have invited that able debatcr Mr.. PATRICK
Henry AYLETT to do so. He has consent
ed and will soon set ont OH his important
mission, Such is the immnence of the
danger that the State should be even now
in q blaze of excitement with preparation
for the day of battle. 1t needs but to arouse
the public mind to save Virginia.
The resolution is as follows:
.sRcsolred, That the county and district can
,assers OF the Conservative party arc earnestly cN-
horied to renewed and rcdoublCd exertinns both In
preparation for the approaching contest and tn"
rroscc ation of II. The paramount Importance q,
voting down the stcst-oaih' and the 'distranchls-
ing Clauses cannot DC ovcrcstima;cd: neither can
we oycrcstimlte the necessity Of securing good
Legislature and the best man We can fort"vcrn"r.
these cons liberation surely should call forth our
earnest cndcavorS and arouse us Ia enthusiastic e.
forts In behalf Of cur glorious old Common
rHnIlih.N
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Notwithstanding

one OF the most heightened Virginians
we ever Knew, as we'll as one of the kindest
in1S'efs, was writing letter for one Of his
Hl'eS, ana having written down All ,bot
hao been recited, inquired, ".Do YOU wan,
TO say anything more: "No," suid no
Mass -, 'cep'n you put in de word not
Observation-Disclosures a good word" And so
1t ls-capital. Let us commend it to all
those worthy gentlemen who are prone to
summingnp the disagreeabe things of these
times. Nothing could be happier than at
the conclusion Of the summary to say,
. NOTWITHSTANDING all these matters-so
painful, so repulsiye-I will do what can
o save my State from at least part of the
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..FIyc Der cent increase of taxes! Only think
Do Won own n house worth 81, oooY If so, under THIS
tax you would pay nm annual rental ol miOo ,tirc
estate" -fosfoik Vi,Ginfa,l ,..----s-..s.
Five mills OH II dollar Is hardly five per
cent, neighbor; nor is "JfUe per cent. in
crease ofta1es" 800 on house valued at
$1,000, but on house the taxes upon which
amount to $4,000. But we confess we
harn't any idea as to what the Virg'n'on Is
talking about, nor what there is in the con-
stitution that justifics such extravaganza OF
language. We, shall certainly vote against
the constitution if the Tirginian can make
good even this one charge. Now, give US
the provision.
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MARSEILLES TRIMMINGS.
We are opening beautiful lot Of these popular
goods In oil colors, at CSC. piece;
WHITE MARSEILLES TRIMMING at &c. n
piece worth &c.
COL ORED MARSEILLES TRIMMINGS at e5c.-
great bargain;
FEATHER-EDGE BRAID at SC. per bunch
worth doublc-just the thing for trimming
piGucs and calicoes.
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nominations prepared for her; and VIII
make the best of the situation, choosing the
,c,st and assisting to avoid the worst OF
OWLS. and. in that reconstruction which
must take place and can't be postponed,
tbus save her from horrors not yet ina
cincd." This, indeed, would make mot
,o,thstanding" good word in good place
II would he that golden fruit enclosed IN
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M BENSON'S SALALEM BROTH
This truly valuable preparation Is 4 certain and
speedy cure for letter Ringworm, Itch, Salt
RhcEm, BARRIERS Itch. Poison Oak, Blotchcs,
Iimplcs. and all other Eruptions of the Skin. 1T
has been used with complete success In hundreds Of
cases. many OF them OF long standing aud OF ma
lignaat character. Certificates from some of our
best citizens attest its deserved merit, and Ii needs
only TO he tried to insure relief 1t Is for external
use, and completely removes all cruplions Of the
skim leaving 1t delightfully."- soft and pleasant.
Price, 81. For sale by all druggists
PURCELL. LADD 4 CO, Agents,
NV Il Richmond Va.
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green paper2 While this Is so there can pc
no. steadineas-no order-no well-guarded
system of fnance--no protection from va.
Citation, pressure, and commissions, with
their swarm of frauds and depravities.