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PROVIDENCE CHURCH, AMELIA Co., Va,
July 10, 1869.
Much has been said in regard to the vote
which | cast on the 9th instant. In view Of
justice to myself, my friends, and the peo-
pie of Virginia, desire to say few words
in the way of explanation. Throughout the
canvass l avowed to support the Walker
ticket-not through fear, favor, or atfec-
ton, but upon principle. The morning OF
the 9th went to the polls with the honest
purpose of supporting the Walker ticket
through. I was net by the so-called Union
League in such force as to cause me to
abandon voting at oil. They followed me
through the day, urging me to vote the
Wells ticket. I demonstrated, but remon-
strances only exasperated reason was met
by epithets the most damning, coupled with
threats of my life, until at late hour in
the afternoon, against the honest dictates
of my heart, l voted the Wells ticket
through.
Now, my colored brethren, word of ad-
vice to you. desire peace and harmony
| desire white and black to be united ON q
solid basis The white man is kind. just,
and forgiving. The olive branch is still ex-
tended to you-will you take it? am q
blacksmith by trade. was born a slave
and reared as one. ! saw on the 9th OF
July the white man go to the polls and vote
that you and ! shall ever be free-yote that
We should vote with him-yote that We shall
hold office, from the justice of the peace to
the President OF the United states-yote
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1t cannot be denied that our planters are
becoming deeply interested in the question
of coolie labor. Some of the larger planters
are secretly negotiating for this kind of
labor. We believe that before two years u
thousand coolies or more viii be at work on
the plantations on Bayou Teche, and that
field labor will be reduced to from $40 to
Sl2 per month. But we shall be pleased if
our predictions prove untrue, for we think
our country is at present heathenized as
much as il can bear. Society and Chris
tianity will receive severe shock by using
the yellow heather of Asia as food for the
grasping avarice Of Americans.--St. Marys
(La.) Banner, -gfsE 'slgs@a%-
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INVESTIGATION OF THE CHARGES AGAINST
TIE WEST WARD BOARD OF REGISTRATION.
1t was mentioned in the Hder Of yester-
day that certain charges had been preferred
against the Board of Registration for West
Ward, in this city, or rather the white
members thereof, by James II. Plat, Jr.,
which were duly forwarded to the COM
handing General of the district, and by
him referred to the Military Commissioner
here for investigation and report. The ma
turc OF these charges was First IL refusal
to allow legal voters to register; and
second, shameful partisan conduct of the
Board throughout the entire registration"
After several Intellectual attempts to get
Platt before the Military Commissioner to
substantiatc these charges, that individual
appeared yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock,
and the investigation was commenced. The
defendants, NIessrs. William Wiidt and Je
remiah Toole, were present with their coun-
sci, and read their answer to the charges,
setting forth ali the facts in the case, and
pronouncing the statement of Mr.. Platt to
be ahamefully false.
The first charge was not entertained, hut
the second-'' shameful partisan y conduct,
was fully investigated. Witnesses We're ex-
amiued at length and in detail, and every
thing pertaining to the subject which could
throw any light upon the alleged partisan
action of the Board, was developed, but the
charge could not be substantiated, and the
members of the Board, as they had fully
anticipated, were honorably acquitted Of
the base and malicious aspersion sought to
be cast upon their misunderstanding
E,ifr
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Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch
From G0rtonsyil1e---The CrOps".-BH-
siness Enterprise---PerSOn

GORDOESVILLE, VA, July y, lSos.
The wheat crop of Orange county has
turned out finely. The oats do not promise
so we'll. The corn is sadly in want of rain.
A heavy shower just now would be God
send to the farmers.
Many people in this section are turning
their attention this year 10 the gathering
and sale of sumac. The harvest OF this
plant has already commenced, and there il
promise of a supply almost equal to the
demand, although the latter is by no means
small.
Messrs John r. Dilworth and W. I.
Smith, both men Of enterprise and capital:
have erected q large sumac-mill at the vii
lage, and expect to buy and grind large
quantity this season. They are also large
ly engaged in the grinding Of plaster and
bone-dust, for which commodities there is n
great demand in this region.
Gordonsville is growing rapidly. Several
new dwelling houses and some buildings for
business purposes are now going up, and
the population is gradually increasing
There is on enterprise on foot to erect o
building to be used by the Masons az q
lodge-room, and by the Methodist cOngrega-
ton as place of worship.
George Peabody, the philantbropist.
passed through here to-day in special
cur en- route to the White Sulphur Springs
He was accompanied by George Peabody
Russell and wife, and Mr.. Corcoran. Rev
DR.. Sears, the general agent Of the Pea
body Southern Educational Fund. will pro-
badly join the party at Staunton. Both
trains this morning were crowded with PEG
pie going to the different Virginia Springs
Ex Governor Smith went through on his
way from Warrenton to Richmond.
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4 most remarkable case OF death occurred
few days since on the farm of Mr.. Ed
ward Coles. 4 colored child FIVE or six
years of age climbed over into the hog lot
and caught young pig by the tail. A num-
Der of hogs, attracted by the squealing Of
the pig, made an attack ON the child and
mangled it in such manner as TO cause its
death in n few hours. The poor child was
dragged by the hogs some twenty yards,
and besides the mutilation of its body and
face, had one foot and one arm eaten en-
tirely off. Charlottesville Chronicle.
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Still Peryerse.

Our lively contemporary, the Petersburg
Express, opposes the views of the Dispatch
on the Chinese importation question. 1t
would be pleasing to have the association
of 80 agreeable companion as the Express
but we are consoied in separating from 1t
by recollecting that 1t is prone to getting on
the wrong side. s<5s& :
The Express seeks to convict the Dis
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BRING OUT YOUR HoRsEs.-The Char
1ottesyille Chronicle saws:

BRING OUT YOUR HoRsEs.-The Char
lottesville Chronicle says:
"One idea that we have seen suggested
is, that the United States senatorsllips are
the prizes the Forneyites are striving for.
If this is so, they can give Quid pro quo
that full settlement Of the whole bust
ness, and an end of agitation, we would say
give them what they want. 1t makes very
little difference to the people of Virginia
who goes to the Senate. Let it be DR..
Sharpe, or Joe Cox, or Colonel (?l Forney,
or General (O Whittlesey, or Jim Taylor.
"Two seats in the Senate, as matters now
stand, are worth very little politically, and
if DR.. Sharpe or Colonel Forrey can give
adequate consideration, and want to trade,
which it seems that the first at any rate
does, by all means trade with them, and lei
the whole business be closed up"
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Captain Andrew Houston, of Rockbridge,
formerly of the Eleventh Virginia regi-
ment, is lying hopelessly i'll of consumption
at the residence of his mother, near the
Natural Bridge. Captain Houston was q
gallant soldier and a noble-hearted gentle
man. and his old comradess in arms will
learn of his dangerous condition with feel
ing Of unfeigned sorrow. 7
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SUMMER RESORTS.
CHESTER HOTEL.

A fIESIER HOITE,
oI.f@ So CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
located onf he Richmond and Petersburg railroad
thirteen miles from Richmond and nine miles fr1,n
Petersburg. This IL most pleasant resort Tor
persons residing In the cities OF ond and Pc
tersburg. with railroad telegraph, and post-of!cc
accommodations. The guests viii be received and
Esq, assistant. Terms moderate.
W. II. HAYWARD,
~ o0-lys propriot,-
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NY@ BENSON'S SALALEM BROTH
This truly valuable preparation IS Il certain and
speedy cure for Tetter, Ringworm, Itch, Salt
Rheum, Barber's Itch, Poison Oak, Blotches,
Pimplcs, and all other Eruptions Of the Skin. 1t
has been used with complete success in hundreds Of
cases many OF them Of long standing and OF ma
llgnant character. Certificates from some of our
best citizens attest its deserved merit, and II needs
only to be tried to insure relief. 1t Is for external
use, and completely removes ali eruptons Of the
skin, leaving it delightfully."- soft and pleasant
Price, 81. For sale by all druggists.
PURCELL, LADD s. CO., Agents,
my II Richmond, Va.
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CoSsoL aTfoS sFoR WH1TTLEsEY.--The
Lsesburg Mirror says to Whittleaey:
81 j" Bahi III the election was gone over to-
morrow, Mckenzie would beat You ten thou
sand. There's hardly respectable negro
in the district that would touch ticket with
your name on it.
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INGENIOUS INVENTION BY A vIRGINIAs.--
A most ingenious piece of mechanism has
been completed and patented by Mr.. B. w.
Ogburn, Of Mecklenburg, Va. 1t is scales
which in weighing III pounds sugar at lG
cents pound points out what the sugar
comes to. so Of any article or any number
of pounds, or any price.
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M BACHELORS HAIR-DYE.-Thi
splendid RAIR-DYE is the best in the wo-ld-the
only true and perfect dye; harmless, reliable, In
Simultaneous. No dsappointment-no ridiculous
tints remedies the Ill effects Of bad dyes, inyigo-
rates and leaves the hair soft and beautiful black
or brown. Sold by all druggists and perfumers,
and properly applied at the Wig Factory ID Bond
street New York. NH sa--eodts
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Jim Mcdowell, Lee Morrison, and Will
liam Alexander, the three negroes who
escaped from the jail in Lexington last
week, have been rearrested-this time by
negroes, and in Augusta county.
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GY- |. D. BRIGGS'S OLD-ESTAB-
LISHED BAKERY Established In 1850 keeps
constantly on hand and baking fresh every day,
BREAD. CAKES, CRACKERS, and PIES.
SODA CRACKERS,
BUTTER CRACKERS
OYSTER CRACKERS,
WATER CRACKERS,
CREAM CRACKERS,
ARROWROOT CRACKERS,
SUGAR CRACKERS
LEMON CRACKERS,
MOLASSES CAKES,
SUGAR CAKES,
SPICENUTS,
made OF the best material and workmanship, and
viii be sold as cheap as they can be found in the
city. "a
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The RICHMOND DIsPATCH.-We are glad
to see that the Richmond Dispatch still
maintains its position on the question OF
Chinese labor, which it advocated along
with the Journal several months since. No
other views can be popular in Virginia, and
Tie editors that think differently from
the Journal and the Dispatch on this all
absorbing question. will do themselves no
good by expressing opinions so unpopular in
Virginia. \ little discretion is sometimes
a very valuable quality strange that some
people can't learn that this is the fact
Norfolk JOarnal.
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\ LOYAL. REGISTRAR ARRESTED FOR
FoRGERY.-A discharged Federal soldier
named J. ". Whitehurst alias Robert L.
Mason, formerly sergeant-major of the
Twenty ninth United States infantry, was
arrested yesterday upon the charge Of
forgery. Under the name of Mason the
accused acted as registrar for one Of the
precincts in Buckingham county; and the
charge is that he forged the name of Lieu
tenant F. J. Dunn, the superintendent Of
registration for the district to a payroll
for services rendered as registrar. The
forged payroll was passed upon Messrs.
Holt & Brother, proprietors of the Noryell
House, for a board bill due them by Mason.
The roll was sent to Richmond by the
Messrs. Holt. who received telegram
stating that another roll for the same party
had been sent to headquarters. and that
the second one was forgery. The Messrs.
Holt thereupon obtained a warrant, and
had Mason arrested and taken before JUS
tice X. Matthews, who committed him to
jail for further examination. The amount
of The alleged forged roll is Sll5. The sum
due the Messrs. Holt was $96.S5.
Mason claims that the roll is no forgery
that he was authorized and directed by
Lieutenant Dunn to sign his name to it !;
and that he had no knowledge that any
other roll had been sent in by Dunn or any
other person. He seems to be confident of
his ability TO prove his innocence. Lieute-
nant Dunn is at present absent from the
city and the truth or falsity Of Mason's
statement cannot be ascertained until he
returns. -LynchbTg Ne1rs.
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DIED.
On the night Of the 21st, ut 10 O'Clock, ALICE,
daughter of John H. and Bette I. Moore, aged
three years.
Iler remains were buried III lakewood yesterday
afternoon.
$50 fades the lovely, blooming flower,
Frail smiling solace OF an hour;
So soon our transient comforts ty,
And pleasure only blooms to die"
Washington ID. c. and Portsmouth VA papers
please copy.
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MATING, OgL-CLOTII. &e.

WI
TAPESTRY, THREE-pLY, INGRAM, and
HEMP CARPETISGS;
VELVET, BRUSSELS, and ADELAIDE MATS
and RUGS;
CANTON and COCOA MATTINGS all widths;
LACE CURTAINS and WINDOW SHADES,
FLOOR and TABLE 0ILvCLOTuS,
PIANO and TABLE-COVERS,
LINEN and FRENCH PRINTS for furniture
slips.
am now receiving stock OF the above, and
will sell ut small profits.
X. 7. RICHARDSON,
ap l9-Sm corner Ninth and Main streets.
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OCEAN HOUSE, CAPE MAY, y. j.

This wcli-known and favOrite house, having been
thoroughly renovated and improved has been re-
opened by the undersigned as Il
FIRST-CLASS FAMILY HOTEL.
THE OCEAN HOUSE
Is situated within tlty yards Of the beach. II ocrs
superior advantages In families account al
quiet aud the nigh character Of its guests, ard Il
Will be kept strictly home-likc In every respect.
SEVENTY-EIVE NEW BATHlNG-ROONS
have been added. and many other important i'm
provclncnts which viii contribute greatly 10 the
comfort Of visitors.
The proprlctorS have had several years cxpc
rience In Cape May hotel business and have So
cured help which Will equal that Of any other house
on the island.
Every effort viii be made 10 give satisfaction Ia
al who may favor the Ocean House with iheiE
patronage.
As formerly, no bar on the premises.
For rooms, &c, address
LYCETT ( SAWYER.
JOIN W. LYCETT,
HENRY ". SAWYER. je ?s-tAuI
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n II T. CELEBRATED CALLOGHAN
4 STAND. IN ALLEGHANY COUNTY,
VIRGINIA.
This STAND, one and quarter miles from
Browns depot on the Chesapeake and ohio rail
road, has been so well and faYorably known -
visitors 10 the VIRGINIA SPRINGS for the last
half century that description OF Tits locality
and surroundings deemed unnecessary.
Ii Is now opened As = SUMMER RESORT. Such
persons and families rs desire the comforts th.
enjoymcnts, and the quictucss OF home, VIII hnd It
Il very pleasant place.
VISITORS BY RAIL VIII always find CONVEX
ancc In waiting at the depot, and those coming T..
private convcyanceS ample livery for their horses
and sheds for thelr carriages.
DINING PARTIES from the White looming
down Ia the morning and returning In the evening
train viii always ind c0nycyanccS ut the depot.
a SULPHUR SPRING near by viii enable tie
proprietor To furnish his guests with water equal
in MI respects ~ the celebrated White.
Reasonable charges made, and fare not sur
passed BY any similar house IN Virgins.
je2s-lm WILLIAM !. DICKSON.
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The CHINESE QuEsTIoS.-The Winches
ter Times says:
iIf sufficient number Of these Asiatics
could be introduced to supply the demand
of the cotton region where white men can
not, and freedmen will not, labor efficiently
30 as to restore that region to its former
prosperity, and enable it to regain its lost
supremacy in the cotton markets of the
world, and the importation could be stopped
ut that point, no harm could result to white
labor, and the negroes would work all the
better for the competition; but there are
too many demagogues in this country who
would clamor for the enfranchisement of
these heather idolaters as soon as they set
foot upon our shores upon the plea that
Coolie was ca man and brother" and the
right of suffrage, natural right to justify
the risk.
Republican institutions cannot bear
such strain "a the enfranchisement of an
other md more numerous barbarOus race
than the African would bring about. But
the Chinese are coming, and with a rush
this country is the great so-called asylum
for the oppressed Of all nations-the chosen
field for humanitarian experiments, and
almost before we know it the Chinese will
come in and possess the land, and as the
fifteenth amendment, which is soon to be-
come part of the Constitution, will make
them voters, they will soon rule it. Their
Government will doubtless be an improve
ment upon that of Wells, but for our part
we have no fancy for either"
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GAIT SULPHUR SPRINGS, MONROE
known WATEEING-PLACEis now In thorough
repair and open for the reception of visitors. III"
medicinal qualities Of the SALT SULPHUR AMI
IODINE SPRINGS have been so long and favor
ably known tn the public that we simply refer 30
their analysis by DIR. Nuttcr, OF Philadelphia, and
Professor Rogers, contained In pamphlets fur
niShcd by the prOprictors Oh application. We have
the pleasure of announcing DR.. j. EDGAR CHAN
CELLoR, an eminent practitioner Of medicine, as
resident physician x FINE BAND OF Music
Is I'm attendance. All amuscmcnts Of a firSt-"las'
watering-plarc. HOT and WARM SULPHUR
BATHS.
These Springs are accessible by the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad, terminus at White Sulphur.
leaving only Twenty-Five miles Of staging, or by the
Virginia and Tennessee railroad ria Mount White.
passing by the celebrated Salt Pond. Daily line "t
line con ches on each route. Parties Intending 10
visit the White Sulphur, more especially thus"
from the West and South, will find the route, with
magnificent mountain scenery. by Montgomery
White and Salt Sulphur, much more economical,
and less fttigulnG and pcrpeXng, thHn by rail rio
I.ynchburp. Charlottesville, and Stamtun, with
continual changes of cars and re- checking bag.
gage.
This spot, combining the advantages Of hcal,hfu!
climate, free from the fOgS and dampnrss Of other
mOuntain retreats, excellent fare, and valuable
medicinal waters will be peculiarly suitable 10
parties DESTROYS of spending the whole season, ora
few months, away from the prostrating heats OF
cities the lower country. a reasonable rcduc-
ton of rates VIII he made In such cases.
CHARGES As FOLLOWS Per day. 81; per week,
$3.50 per month, 800. Children under ten year.
and cOiorcd servants, hair price. White servant,
according to accommodations furnished.
my 2S--cod"0t" {. :. PEYTON 4 BROTHER.
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that we shall sit in the jury boz. Whit
more can VIC desire2 What more-can we
oskp The freedman who can ask more is
foIse to his country, false 70 hinisef, wife,
and children, and recreant TO every precept
of reason.
I have shown you what the white man
has done for us. Now let us see what we
have done for them. We voted for them
not TO be free; for them to hold no office !;
and for the manaeles of political slavery to
be riYeted on them forever. Is it right is
it fair? Is it iust9 II you will ask your
self that question your answer will be, 1t Is
preposterous and revolving. -
Again, the very race voted against are
the people from whom my wife and chill
,iren receive subsistence, the only people
that Datronize me- or from whom can get
dollar (the Wells party had not put one
in my pocket. Therefore, voted against
nv every interest. From them alone do
YOU and receive support. Then let me
say to YOU. my colored friends, that when
YOU vote for the white mans interest you
vote FOR your own. When you vote against
the white mans interest You vote against
your own.
fear what I have said will not have its
due weight with my white friends, as de-
ceived them in the late election. [ congra-
tulate myself that the election of the 9Th
was not the only one to be submitted to the
people. There will be elections from time
to eternity; and I here pledge myself, so
long as suffrage is extended to me, to stand
united with the white people, and vote
shoulder to shoulder with them, and l feel
confident I shall carry thousands of my CO.
lored brethren who have erred in the late
election by the misrule of corpet-basgers
and scalawags. MOSES SWAN.
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JAMES A. FRAZIER.
JOHN w. WARWICK,
10 ,EpII LIGOS. " l.
THE MONT merry WHITE
A SULPHUR SPRINGS.

This CELEBRATED WATERING-PLACE Is
now open for the reception OF visitors. Before the
war this was the most popular waterinS-placc In
Virginia. It's situation, In southwestern Virginia
on The eastern slope Of the hlleghanies gives II
beautiful scenery. 4 hcathful climate, and pure
braciny air. McSSrs. WILSON LORESTZ, two
enterprisirg Nirginians, have leased 1t for term
OF i've years, have thoroughly repaired. newly
furnished, andwll open 1t OH scale SURPRISING Is
former grandeur.
rail- Getting of ut Big Tunnel station, on tho
virginia and Tennessee railroad, they con-
viewed into the reception House In ten minutes, on
the Spring Branch railroad.
New baths, billiard and bowling saloons, have
been erected for the comfort and amusement OF
visitors. Post-Oficc, telegraph, express, and
ticket offices, on the premises.
Daily lines OF stages y i'll run 10 the G-ccnhriCr
White on Il route Through the widest scenery IN
Virginia.
Travellers between points North and South will
lind this II most delightful resting place.
The fair has been reduced to the moderate price
Of 81 per day, $50 per week, and $40 per month,
giving the privilege Of special rates TO larger par
Ties for longer time. Children under ten years Of
n &c and servants. half price.
One of the best LAWN AND BALLROOM
BANDS will bc In attendance.
The proprictorS take great pleasure In stating
that they have secured the services OF MIR. Il. NJ
BINFDRD, Of Richmond, as chief clerk Of their
establishment. Mr.. BtErORD Will Ibe happy 20
serve his friends at this popular resort.
WILSON x LORENTZ,
ie 25-lm ProprictOrS.
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In Baltimore, on the cath of juno at ST; Martins
church, By the Rev. John Foley, JAMES hluR-
RAY, OF Baltimore, TO SUSIE BEN, of York Ia.