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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-05

Hon. A., II. "a. SrUAKr desires ns 10 give
NODES TO this gentlemen vino were sppSinted
at the late conference Held in this city .
counties togo 10 Washington that they
ass ssqassted 70 assemble q TIE Nsssonsl
Hotsi, Ia wsshington, on Friday thststa
instant Of s o'clock p. III.
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HORSES AND MULES.

JOHN y. HxarAuLr. WILLIAM I. M1rLx.
DE-OPENING.-In anticipation Of re-
h, Stunning our Legitimate business-yiL., w.
nnders,Tued would respectfully inform thsn
friends and the public generally that JohS =;
and nnfsyitied attention TO all orders aud work IN
the above branches. The long practical expert
sncs OF work In the DECORATIVE. PLAiiSsr;
viii give III large advantage over any other house
in the Souta. economy aud safs cutting OF car
tirure or such work, aud can only be doEe by
For the present we can be found al usasi place OF
business RE6NAULT & CO.,
IA La ss2 Main sEess,
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RANKE RS.

We avail ourselves OF :he season to return our
grateful thanks to our friends and customers for
the largely increased business bestowed upon us
during the past year. We enter upon the new year
with increased facilities and pledge ourselves, by
liberallty, fidelity, aud promptness to merit the
continued confidence and support Of the public.
We continue TO deal in
STOCKS. BONDS, BANK NOTES, SPECIE,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
EXCHANGES &c.
COLLECTIONS MADE ON ALL ACCESSIBLE
POINTS IN THE UNITED STATES,
CANADAS AND EUROPE.
DEPOSITS RECEIVED SUBJECT TO SIGHT
CHECKS. .ser- :
ja5-3t] a..-.s
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FOR SALE.

TWO No. l FRESH MICH COWSGssa
4 FOR SALE by the undersigned, on his.nR.
farm, in Hanover. eight miles from Richmond and
one mile from Affects station.
"a
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than the last, on account OF their Being
slightly damaged;
100 pair at $3.50 worth "a. 50;
rs pair at sa.7s worth g.;
30 pair WHITE llo-l) at San worth o.;
u 80 pair from $3.50 upwards-at less than gold
4. price: se-1.ts s3
$50 Ladies, BALMoRAL SKIRTS at 81 cheapa
also, at o. worth %, and at %, g. and
ss-astonishingly low;
The greatest inducements in CLoAKS End
LADIES' sHAwLs ever offered by any
other house in this city:
90 dozen more Of those cheap LADIES' LINEN
TT Il ,HANDKERCHIEFs at 81 and sLaa
dozen, cheap at %;
.a LADIES', MISSES, and CHfLDRENS
HOODS;
IRISH LINEN,
LADIES' HOSE,
CHILDREN's WoOLLEN STOCKINGS
and thousands Of other CHEAP GCODsm
JOSEPH sTRAUsE's.
The best GRAY, RED, and BLUE TWILL.
ED FLANNEL for a little msney, and
the incest WHITE FLANNEL at loves!
price;
20 dozen best LADIES' C0RsETs at 81 worth
M.so at JOSEPH sTRAUsE's.
5000 yards Of the finest and best EMPRESS
CLOTH ut only s7ac., cannot be bought al
any other house for less than $l.as, at
JOSEPH sTRAUsE's,
rs of the CHEAPEST LADIES' CLOAKs, Just
from auction;
1000 Yards Of the handsomest and finest FRENCH
MERINOEs at the low price OF 81, cheap
ataL7s;
KENTUCKY JEANS,
KERsEYs, HEAVY TwEEDs,
sATINETs, CAssIMEREa
DOEsKINs and BEAVER CLOTH. aston.
insly low;
LADIES, MISSES, and OHILDRgN's
sHAWLS
BREAKFAST sHhWLs,
CHILDREN,s and MISSES HOODS;
STOCKINGS, LINEN DAMAsK,
LINEN TABLE CLOTHS;
Thousands of yards of the BEST CALICO
Of every quality and manufacture, at only
l2Sc.;
BROWN and BLEACHED SHIFTING a!
10 and p3c.;
100 dozen LINEN TOWELS at half their value.
Call, one and all, 1t
JOSEPH STRIUsE'S
No 1919 Main street, near the Old Market
and you can buy for IS rs much You can get At
other places for $3.50.
Be careful OF coming to the right place.
3. g. SMrrHKR and j. e. HAYNES win be peased
to see their friends and the public at large.
JOSEPH sTRAUsE,
del No. 1874 Main street
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M CLOAKs AND sHAwLs.--A large Va
riety OF CLOAKs and sHAwLs, TO be closed on,
regardless OF cost, at JULIUS sYCLE,a
AIS Broad street, between Fourth and Finn.
jas 'sf a#a#. =
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M NOTICE TO FAMILIES.

W NOTICE To FAMILIES.
lam now prepared to furnish
ICE CREAM OF ALL FLAyORs as sl.n per
gallon
TABLE JELLY at $50 per gallon.
Also, large assortment of
CONFECTIoNERIES
always on hand, all Of the FIRST QUALITY
II you wish to sAvE MONEY send your or.
ders to ANDREW ANToNL
ta1-tJas HOS Main street, below postoffee.
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nMpREss GOODS! DRESS GOODS u
DRESS GOODS Of every description, 70 be sold
nj and below cost. at JULIUS sYCLE,s.
ais Broad street, between Fourth and Fifth.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-05

sT JULIUS SYCLE,
No. as BROAD STREET,
BHTwEEN FOURTH AND FIFTH STREETS
has just received large and well-seected stock o.
DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS HOSIERY, GLOVER
HOOP SKIRTS, CORSETs, &C.;
which win be offered Is low As any other house IN
the city. Can at AIS BROAD STREET.
between Fourth and Fifth.
SALESMEN.-E.G g. CARE, GEORGE EVA.
BACHER, j. j. TURNER, J. WEINBERG.
STORE CLOSED ON SATURDAYS. ja1
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sPEcIAL notice..

sgaKgAr BtRaAINS FOR TIE com.
MrHCENEHT OF TEE NEW YEAR.--Yif,y
pasr or Ems BED BLkRKETh tust received from
% late Sew York auctions, % be ssld 1t sfess
..rrs6ee nj JULIUS syCLpA
A1s Broad street, between Fourth and Fifth.
taa
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II ia really wonderful to contemplate the prices At
fia JOSEPH sTRAysE'S
NO. 1883 MAIN srREET.
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A PPOMATTOX PAPER
MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
PETERSBURG, va,

NOTICE. hereby give notice that /
In have this day appointed ROBERT 3: POL
LARD nv agent to carry on the LIVERY STA-
BILE BUsINEsS in the city of Richmond ut No.
l5&o on the north side OF Franklin street bnt said
Pollard Is autho.a:d carry on said business for
cash only.
de R-aW 3. PILElGTON.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-10-14
Latin Prescriptions.

1
The New York Journal of Com
merce is urging a change in the
methods of writing medical pre-
lscriptions
Any one who has examined
these extraordinary productions
OF practicing physicians (says the
editor) must have been surprised,
not that mistakes are sometimes
made by which the lives of unfor-
tunate patients are sacrificed, but
that the majority are served with
the medicines which were intend
ed in the order. The reform we
propose consists of a change from
the dead language TO ordinary
vernacular. The objection to this
is that it would do away with the
mysterious prescription, and the
patients by examining the order
could learn for himself what he
was expected to swallow. We
Istill Insist that this would be an
Incidental advantage instead of
serious objection, and we repeat
our recommendation that all pre-
scriptions to be compounded by the
druggist be written in plain Eng
lish. As some Of the doctors will
object the Legislature should re-
quire it under heavy penalty. II
any patient still wishes to be
kept in the dark, let the physician
compound the dose himself, or
have it done by his verbal order;
but let all prescriptions in a dead
language be absolutely prohibited.
There has not been a case of fatal
error in reading a prescription,
which has come under our notice,
where the mistakes would have
been at all probable if the rule we
propose had been adopted. In
our former discussion, we cited
many illustrations. The recent sad
death by an overdose of ammonia
is another added to the list
The physician ordered: Aq. Calcis,
Tinct. Opii, Aq. Canaan. Had
he written "lime-Tater, laudaDum,
and cinnamon" there would have
been no room for the fatal error
Those who practice on the homoe-
pathic system furnish their own
medicines to the patients at their
bed-sides, and this is not after all
a bad precedent for the allopathists
to follow. At any rate if they
must risk the compounding by
unknown parties, the least they
ought to be compelled to do for
public safety is the writing of
the order in plain English.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-10-14
TERMS.

FTwo Dollars for one wear. ;s.,a-
ta5ly IN adpaHce
VI Single copies, Ten Cents eacn
1 Advertisements inserted at One Dolls,
per square of Ten Lines or less for the 6rs,
insertion Fifty Cents for each coutiuuance
C5@ Local and Special Notices. Twenty
Gents per line.
Or A liberal deduction will be made to
persons advertising for three, six, nine. OF
twelve months.
OF Obituaries and calls on candidates
Fifty Cents per square.
81 The privilege Of yearly advertisers i
strictly limited 10 their own immediate and
regular business; aud the business of an aa-
vertising firm is not considered as Including
that of its individual N embers. O~rNo de-
Walton from these terms under any circum-
stances.
% advertisements not marked with the
number of insertions when handed in. will be
continued until ordered cut, and payment
exacted.
" TO advertisement inserted grath.tously
So Advertisements Of an abusive nature
will lot be inserted at any price,
~ Announcing candidates Five Dollars
10 be paid in advance in every case.
CO Job Printing Of all kinds nestly
done or New type, and on as reasonable
terms as any Office in Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-10-14
CAST q Line for Yourself

A young man stood listlessly
watching some anglers on a bridge.
He was poor and detected. At last
approaching basket filled with
wholesome looking fish he sighed:
"If now / had these, would be
happy. | could sell them at fair
price and buy my food and lod-
ging."
81 will give you just as many
and just as good fish," said the
owner, who chanced to overhear
his words, "if you will do me a
little trifiing favor"
i''And what is thal?" asked the
other eagerly. s4a,r d3
rs f'Qnly tend this line till l come
back; 1 wish togo a short errand." !"
The proposal was gladly accep-
ted. The old fisherman was gone
SO long that the young man began
to be impatient. Meanwhile the
Lungry fish snapped greedily at
the baited hook, and the young
man lost all his depression in the
excitement Of pulling them in;
and when the owner of the
line returned, he had caught
large number. Counting out from
them as many as were inthe bas-
ket, and presenting them to the
young man, the old fisherman said:
81 fulfill my promise from the
fish you have caught, to teach you
whenever you see others earning
what you need, to waste no time
in fruitless wishing, but to cast
line for youtself."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-10-14
Frauds Close at Home.

The we'll informed Washington
correspondent of the Journal OF
Commerce, gives publicity to a
new system Of frauds which has
recently been developed, and
which it is alleged is now under
investigation. The story is an In
structive one, as furnishing an
other chapter in the history of
"loy a" rascality which has abound
ed for years past. A firm of
claim agents in East Tennessee,
by the name of Blackburn d Han
ford, have been detected in a
series of robberies, acting in coIlu-
sion with certain quartermasters
and commissaries who gave forged
vouchers for property on hand
These claims would then be pre-
sented and paid. 1t happened
that the Commissary General,
doubling the genuineness of a.
claim presented on behalf of a
prominent gentleman in Tennessee
whose sieHnture was a cross mark.
wrote HIM letter Of inquiry
The answer was, in part, as fol-
lows: Il did not furnish your a.
my with any subsistence. l have
presented no claim against your
government. / never made a
mark in connection with govern
ment matters, except upon YAM
kee soldier, when ] was in the Con-
federate army"
Associated with these parties is
a certain Lieutenant connected
with the Quartermaster's depart
ment in East Tennessee, who, it
appears, has cheated the Treasury
out of thousands; it also appears
that the papers, the Treasury
warrant, and the endorsement up
OH which the warrant was paid,
are all downright forgeries. How
far the rascalitieS will extend it is
impossible 70 say, but it is hinted
that several gentlemen holding or
who have held positions under the
government, are in danger Of hav-
ing their shirt collars ruffied by
the indeIicate hands of persons
holding commissions as special a.
gents Of the Treasury department.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-10-14
Playing with Pistols.
A Missouri paper saws

"A 1AAooOuAA P0PSA COY
Mr.. George Sebastian, of Delas-
sus, would have been shot through
the heart on the 9th inst, if he had
not turned away the muEzle of q
pistol that had been pointed at him
i'll sport by a customer in bis
store. The shot penetrated the
side of the house.
This is the third case of the
kind we have published, two OF
which resulted fatally: one in
Nashville and the second in Mem
phis. The Missouri merchant es.
capped by a hairs breadth. If this
sort of experiment with firearms
continues, the hardware business
will be classed as extra-haZardous
in insurance offices, and the
clerks will have to wear bullet
proof clothing. If that should fail
they had better arm themselves
with stout cudgels and lay the
first customer sprawling. who shall
play with revolvers at the coun
ter. One Of the States has, very
justly, we think, enacted a Law
Furnishing persons guilty of point
ing firearms in sport, or careless
ly, towards other parties, with q
heavy fine.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-10-14
Odd Fellows.

The annual reports of the Ma
tional Grand Lodge, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, show that
1000 members were initiated
within the past year, making a
total membership of 100000, an
increase of $4,000 over the previ-
Gus year. The Order has SO, ,5O0,-
900 of capital invested above its
present needs. The Order in
California shows unparalleled pro-
gress. In the past year 1000
persons were initiated, making
the total membership 10000; the
revenue was $2S1, $50, an increase
of $4,000. The amount of relief
disbursed was $4,000.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-10-14
old colt went in again.

old colt went IN again.
"Mr. TtomI son, ,S,r 1t may 10
be lonely to you 10 prosecute m
whom you friend, for Commercial
maintenance, but but-eh-dang j
MIR. Thompson, sir It"
"Ob, Smith, you talk like fool
/ never seen a more frst.cias lilo
in the course Of my whole life
What's the matter with you an.
how"
''Mr. Thompson. sir," said Smith
in an agony of bewilderment. Il
may not be known that ycu prose
cuted loDey man who is not gooC
for commercial period of wedlocl
some five ears, bnt-' ET
"See here, Mr.. Smith, you're
drunk, and IT You cant behave
better than that, J you'd better leave
il you don't I'll chuck you out, Of
I'm a Dutohman."
''Mr. Thompson, SIR said Smith
frantic with despair, at may not be
unknown to you that my early pos
sessions are engaged to enter we'd
lock five years with sufficiently
lonely man, wbois good for a com
mercial maintenance-"
"The very deuce he isn't. Now
you jist git up and git, or I'll knock
what little brains out of you you'v
got left"
With thai, old ThomT son took
Smith and shot him into the stree
as if he'G run him against locomo-
live going out at the rate Of forty
miles an hour. Before old Thompson
had time to shut the front door,
Smith collected lis legs and one
thing and another that we're lying a.
round on the pavement, arranged
himself in a vertical position and
yelled out:
"Mr. Thompson--Sir: 1t may
not be known to you"-which made
the old man 80 wIetched mad that
be went out and set bull terrier on
Smith before be had q chance to lift a
brogaD, ,and there was a scientific dog
fight, with odds in favor of the dog,
for be had an awful hold for such a
small animal. ga
Smith afterwards married the girl
and lived happily about two months.
At the end of that time he told a
confidential friend that he would
willingly take more trouble and un-
dergo million more dog bites to get
rid of her.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-10-14
Proprietor.
Vigorous Talk.

The Brownsville Tenn. Bee in
its last issue has a slashiDg ar
ticle denouncing the masked ruff
fans who have recently infested
Gibson county, bringing disgrace
on the citizens thereof. 1t denies
that the scoundrels belong to the
Ku-Klux order, but are composed
of the scum of society who perpe.
trate their deviltry from sheer de-
pravity and meanness. Speak
ing on thesuHect, and addressing
itself to the masked Williams, the
Bee uses the following vigorous
and sensible language;
The people you are moIesting
have as good right to live in the
country, labor to support them
selves and their families, and be
protected in their lives, liberties
and pursuit OF happiness as you
have.
They are entitled TO the color
of their skins and the color of
their politics, and they are en-
titled to be protected against any
of your meddling with them or
their affairs in any way.
There is no language strong e.
nough to express the deep scorn
and unqualified contempt of the
true soldier or good citizen for
such marauding cattle as you are.
For very shame, ye cowardly
scum of iniquity, burn up your
masks, throw your pistols in the
nearest creek or river, pull off
your coats and go to work like
honest men, and behave your
selves like gentlemen. If you do
not, we tell you in good earnest,
that day of reckoning will speed
lily overtake you, and you will rue
the hour you turned outlaws.
We trust we may never hear of
you again, except as peaceful, we'll
behaved citizens. If we do you
will hear from us, in spite of all
your threats, as sure as our right
hand forgets not its pen-hold.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-10-14
Literature in the South.

All Southern men and women
with a proper feelingof self-respect,
should be deeply interested in the
efforts which are now being made
throughout the South to develop
her native literary talent, and to
build up literature, through
which her past history shall be
vindicated from all the obloquy
which is now being heaped upon
it, and whereby Southem thought
and Southern civilization shall be
adequately represented in the
arena of the modern world. But
strange as it may appear, there
prevail a remarkable apathy and
Indifference on the part of the
great mass of the population TO
all literary projects, which can
scarcely be accounted for on
grounds. creditable to Southern
character. The editors of the
South, as a body, have perhaps
done what they could to dispel this
indifference, and to arouse the peo-
pie to the imperative necessity of
fostering native enterprise, if they
wish to preserve inviolate the sa-
cred honor of their dead, and to be.
queath a heritage of liberty to their
children.
The Me,o Eclecti Magazine, which
has now been in existence for three
years, and with which has recent
ly been incorporated The LAID We
Lore, stands at the head of the
list of Southern publications. At
this period Of the year, when per-
sons are in the habit of choosing
their periodicals for the winter, it
is especially requested of the pub
lie that they bestow q part at least
of their patronage upon 4 periodical
published in their interest, and
which, the Southern and the North
thern press both beiug judges, is
the peer of any magazine published
in America,-both in its literary
standards and the quality and at
tractiFeness of its typography.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-10-14

WHAT SMOKING DOES FOR BOYS.
"A certain doctor, struck with
the large number of boys under ff-
teen years of age whom he OBJ
served smoking, was led ia inquire
into the effects the habit had up
on their general health. He took
for his purpose thirtY-eight boys,
aged from nine to fifteen, and care
fully examined them. In twenty
seven of them he discovered iDjuri.
Gus traces of the habit. In TWEEN.
ty-two there were various disor-
ders of the circulation and diges'
ton, palpitation of the heart, and
a more or IeSsmarked taste for strong
drinks. In twelve there was rath.
er frequent bleeding Of the nose
ten had disturbed sleep, and four
had slight alterations Of the pu'
Gus membrane of the mouth,
which disappeared on ceasing
from the use Of tobacco for some
days.
The doctor treated them all
for weakness, but with little eff
feet until the smoking was discon-
tinued, when health and strength
were soon restored.
Now this is no cold wiie'f
tale" as these facts are given OF
the authority Of the British Medi.
cal Jolnnql.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-10-14

A. lady of Providence, Rhode
Island, died hast week in a fit pro-
duced in the following singular
manner: Is6ppears that she had
two children attending school al
the time of the gale, and fearful
lest something might happen tc
them, sent a servant to fetch then
home. The teacher justly afraid
to trust them in the street IL
such a tempest refused to let then
go. and the servant returned with
out them. The mother, seeing
him come back alone, believed
that her fears were true, anc
that something fearful had hap
pened. No explanation coulo
satisfy her and she went into con
vulsions, from which she never
recovered.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-10-14

Some of the Louisiana papers
are taking decided ground against
the introduction of Chinese la
borers into that State or section of
the country. Upon the same sub
ject the New Orleans Picayune
says: "The need of greatly In
creased labor, and the unreliable
character of the negro, are admit
ted but the introduction of the
Chinese seems to be regarded as a
great evil. Grave and wide spread
social and political evils are antic-
ipated as the consequences of the
settlement among us of another
inferior, unassimilating and un-
christianized race. 1t is feared
that their presence would, In time,
bring upon us a CONFUSION no less
fearful than that from which we
have just emerged. We confess
the problem is a grave one."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-10-14
The flesh had crumbledfrom each limi
Interesting Correspond
0nCe.

The following correspondence,
recently held between citizen of
Missouri and the assistant assessor
of his district, will be read with in
terest. We especially commend
its relations to the matrimonial
privilege, and have no doubt but
Mr.. Dalrymple hes determined
this point in q manner entirely sat
isfactory to the department, how
ever it may be considered by gen.
tlemen matrimonially involved ::
LEBANON, Mo-, May 80, 1869.
C. L. Dalrynlple, assistant asses
Sor. BOliUar, No:
"SIR You have notified me
to pay a tax that l don't think |
have a right to pay. / have never
sold an acre Of land, or lot be-
longing to any one but myself.
Excuse my impertinence, but per-
init me to hug my own wife, if you
please. Respectfully,
MI
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-10-14
Precocious Darling

"Ma," said little "hopeiul, I"
the other day, to its maternal par
ent, who is a fair and charming
young widow, wilhelm the presence
of lady friends, sis Mr.. Brown my
papa?" "No, my son." said the
lady blushing, ''where did you
get such an absurd C) idea%
"Cause the other night while the
moon was shining, and you and
him were on the sofa in the par
lor, just after supper, | peeped
through the crack Of the door, and
l saw you put your arms around
his neck, and-and-and call him
honey and that's what you used
to call papa when he gave you a
new dress" 1t is needless to add
that Charlie always finds himself
in bed before supper.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-10-14

A prominent physician of Port
age county, Ohio, relates a case
within his knowledge where boy,
now some fifteen years old, has
used tobacco since the age of five
months. When five months old,
being nervous fretful child, a
plug of tobacco was placed in his
mouth and produced a soothing ef-
feet. The remedy was often used
during infancy and through teeth
ing period, and before the child
could talk plainly it was a con-
firmed tobacco chewer.