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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-09-13
OFFICE OF THE CITY ESG1SEER,l
,ier,ember Is, 1870. !

NOTICE.-In years past citizens were al
Y lowed 10 connect with city ~culyerts upon sp-
nlicatjnn and the payment OF an entrance sS. h5
At IN At time the houses were unnunbercd. the 10
cati N OF eArh, when connections we're Dade,
could only ne entered upon The nfl'e books with
~. name Of the owner, and rs lying upon one
street between t-o others. Where hon.es, since
these entrances have passed into other hanos, ths
m,esns nv which they could have been located
through the. c records is lost hence In pre:enting
bills under the ordinance Of Deremoer ls, ists,
wherein all person: adjacent 10 cry cusVer,s are
t,nps tnere viii be encountered Instances OF
former payments. Should bills for cuIyest Ia1 DC
t sSnr vii f,vor the Engineer by their present ttion.
INV CHARLES n. DIh&OCh,
=, City Engineer.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-09-13

Mr.. R. II. GLASS, late Of L%ynchburg, now
editor of the Wellsburg Brooke county,
Nesrs, is nominated for the Office of clerk
of the circuit court of the county.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-09-13

~NEW CALICOES, NEW DE
LANES NEW DRESS GOODS, NE" PANlA-
LOOS sTUFFS;
large stock Of FLAHNELS;
nI,E CHED and UNBLEACHED COTTON
FLANNEL;
TABLE-CLOTHs, NAPKINS,
and TOWELS;
Don't fail to look ct the PURE LINEN HUChA-
BACK for towels at ltsc. per yerd worth CSC.
Grca. bargains in everything in the r GOODS
line AZ LEVY BROTHERS.,
1918 and 1918 Main street. Richmond, Va.
COTTON YARN, every no. from 4 to Il at
81. IS per bundle or bale of FIVE pounds. KNIT
TING COTTON, eoc. per pound. au 80
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-09-13

mn BATCHELOR'S HAIR DYE.
This splendid HAlR DYES the best In TUG w",iu'
IN. oni, true and perfect dye; harmless reliable.
instantaneous no d!sap poirtment no ridiculous
itnts remedies the Ill Effects Of Dad dyee inViBo.
RIA, 8 ,na caves the hair sort and beautiful 0loe"
or bropn. sold oy al druggists and perismers,
and properly applied at BATCaELok,s "ie
FaCTOnY, No. ls Bond street, New isfS'
4. 2-eou1yr
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-09-13

We beg pardon of the Scottsville Register
for calling it BY the wrong name.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-09-13

AT THOSE PURE LINEN TABLE
CLOTHS, two yards long, at 81, worth Sl.5o. are
cheap. Everybody says 50.
A ~largssized HOSEY-COMB OR IDA
QUILT. large enough for the largest bed a sl.5a
worth 81. 80, must be cheap, As no one ever dis
putcd 1t.
SUEFTING OF 35c. per yard.
LINEN sHEETING, full two and g half yards
wide, at soc.
pILLow-CAsE LINEN, forty inches wide. ~
50c. worth T5c., at LEVY BHoiHEfo''
A fun supply OF COATS's SPOOL COTTON.
The trade supplied at New York prices. IA 50
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a~ DISCIPLES CHURCH (S4CA-
anyEl. ELxyENTH STREET
|BaOAD AN HARsHALL.-Prracnins On
EVERY LORDS Day - IL 4. d.. and TX h'
EIdsr J. 1. DEARBORN. pastor. rrsyer mest-
tng on WEDNESDAY EVENINGS at I'M
Seats fres- -
rsrsonsge, lss Twelfth street. Dy1
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-07
A Novel Writer's Revenge.


The following allusiOn to A. I. Stew
art, appears in recent novel entitled
"Chris and Otho."
"Why not 90 to Stewards at once"
asked Sabrina, "where they keep every
uhing?" A ~
Because" replied Mrs. Walsinghan,
"they have such an unpleasant, indiffer-
ent, supercilious set of attendants there.
1 went last year to buy large bill while
was ordering Ptssey Ashcroft's trous-
seau(our little Texas friend, you know,
dnd asked for the first thing on my
list-a lace cape. Two clerks were con-
versing together, and spoke twice be-
fore they even looked at me. Then one
die turn and stare up and down my gray
travelling dress, and cody informed he
they had none likely to suit me; ncne
under fifty dollars and the fellow Pre-,
sented his shoulder and the two brass
buttons in his back, and resumed the
account Of a street brawl which 1 had
dsringly interrupted. Quite quenched
/ retreated to the glove counter and took
modestly q pair aes gants, which i got
tossed down before me, after couple Of
eHtreaties, and tried the leather and sx-
amined tile makers name"
Don't stretch those gloves that war,
ma'am, il you please!' expostulated tn,
clerk in tone of the deepest injury.
Absolutely extinguished. ! dropped
the hand-shoes and witlidrenghutl XVII
to get of with my head on my shoulders,
and / cut loose from Stewards forever;
and I know that mine is not solitary
case. Yes, know it quite well. A Ia
dy who goes in that store in plain dress
has no chance at all, unless she Is willing
to be snubbed, and takes joyfully, con-
looks and supercilious service.
which am quite willing to admit do
not II 1 am about to spend money.
like to leave it with agreeable, cheerful
people, who are not too fine to attend to
their duties, and who will not glover at
my clothes and toss their goods about
as If the sight of me was hateful and my
simple inquiries personal affroas.r
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Idle Billy.

Nobody loves me but Jack and
jenny said idle Billy DoolittIe- "I
wish L was a donkey, then mother
might call me all day to bring in oven
wood, and / shouldn't hear. don't
like to work nor get lessons, and L
guess won't much more. Jack and
Jen and / will go down to the turnip
field, and make us house snug under
the fence, and eat turnip5, won't we,
Jack? III make me some big long
ears out of brown paper and tie on, and
when father comes after me, III. Just
get down on my hands and feet and
eat turnip-tops, and he will think there
are three donkeys of US, and am gone
off,
That's an ugly old lesson any way,
that Miss Walker gave me. She says
l won't be man if / d)n't study my
lessons, and Pm sure don't want to.
What's the use of being q man and
working like sixty, and have 70 smoke
an old dirty pipe? I'd twice rather be
a donkey and eat turnip-tOps?
Miss Walker was near and saw Billy
throw down his books, and heard every
word he said to his cts. BY and by tie
little fellow fell fast asleep, and she
took him in her arms and carried him
to the house and put him in his trun-
dle-bed. The next day she told him
she would give him no more lessons,
she thought it would be better for him
to be donkey, and have paper ears
and eat turnip-tops, than 70 live in q
nice house, and have good father and
mother. Billy's bright brown eyes
opened wide, and smile crept into his
face Ss he said: so, did you hear me
dream about that? thought was a
donkey, and had great paper ears, and
Jack and Jenny and / bad such nice
time down il the turHip-patchu
Then Miss walker told him that in
Mexico, and some other countries,
where there were no reods, that the
poor dOnkeys had TO carry heavy bur-
dens for many miles over the noun
tains. Sometimes thay are so packed
with wood that you can't see much of
the poor animal but his ears. The mar
row path is very steep and rocky, and
if q misstep is made he may tumble
down the mountain and never get up
again. So he must travel day after
day and get only kicks and cuff, not
as much as turnip-tops to eat.
Billy looked sober as Miss Walker
stopped talking, and said he guessed he
was only in fun when he dreamed, and
If she was willing, he had much rather
get lesson than to be donkey and
get beaten.-LyceuBs Banner.
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An Explosion.

The steamer S., commanded by Cap
tain S., exploded several years ago with
terrible effect, and burned to the water's
edge. Captain S. was blown into the
air, alighting near floating cotton
bale, upon which he fioated uninjurej,
but much blackened and muddied.
Arrived at village several miles be-
low, to which news of the disaster had
preceded him, he was accosted by the
editor of the village paper, with whom
he was well acquainted, and eager for
an item 81 ,,s
~ say, is the S. blown up?"'
Was Captain S. killed ?'' -
am the Captain". .r
[ :. The thunder you are! How high
were you blown?" -
"High enough to think of every
mean thing ever did in my life before
/ came down here"
The editor started on run for his Of
flee. The paper was about going to
press, and not wishing to.omit the item
Of intelligence for the next issue, two
weeks off, wrote as follows: -
"The steamer S. has burst her boiler,
as we learn from Captain S., who says
he was up long enough to think of
every mean thing he ever did in his
life before he Lit. We suppose he was
ND about three months" 3a
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-07
VOL. XVI.----NOI.... 7. :.

tions of barbarity. Our city is fast at
tanning a reputation for prize-fights and
other exhibitions that are not permit
ted in any well regulated communities.
The tastes Of our citizens do not call for
any such amusements and scenes, that
would put to shame the gladiatorial ex-
hibitors Of the dark ages. Let strin-
gent law, either city or State, be enact
ed that shall forever prohibit a repeti-
ton of such diabOlical secenes as were
witnessed at the Driving Park yester-
day.
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In What Does the Security OF the In
sHred Consist /?

The meager ratio which the capita
employed in the business bears to tn
i vast aggregate of wealth which, in lth,
shape of goods, buildings, factories
warehouses and ships, is depenten
upon it for replacernentin the event. o
loss by fires, is conclusive that, the Sc
curity of the insured does not depept
solely upon the financial guarantees. =
The total amount of property now in.
sured in the United States is not les.
than twice the sum of the national
debt, while the total gross assets of the
companies engaged in the business O
0O0, 900. 'i' so f-ffF,h1 ',l1 7''''',,F I'
The security of the insured, therefore
depends not upon this 200, 900, 900. The
ratio which this hears to the Whole
amount insured is soitrffiing and ihsig-
nificant, that if even four per cent. OF
the later should be destroyed Within
the next twelve months, bankruptcy
would Oyertake every insurance COM
pany in the country, and beggar very
many of the insured.
1t is upon the sufficiency of the pre-
MUM that the security of the insured
entirely depends. =
If, therefore risks are taken at less
than an adequate premium, it is done,
not at the risk of the insurers, but of
the insured. Cheap insurance is a
fraud, and a fraud of the most danger
Gus kind. The applicant may suppose
that, If he can succeed i'm Jobtaing a re-
duction of the regular rate, it is SO much
money in his pocket; the truth is, that
it is SO much and many fold more mo-
ney out of it. The reduction is made,
If made at all, at his peril. He has
more at stake in the solvency and per-
manency of the company than of its
officers or directors possibly can have.
With them it is but the loss of single
venture if the company fail with him
it is the loss of aH-home, or ware
house, or business prospects, the dear
ly-bOught labor of lifetime. n
The Insignificant difference upon.
which all this depends is matter of as
tonishment. Often il its the differences
between IS and one per cent, SO close
and sharp has been the pressure of COM
petition. 1rlsrr.- I d
We say, therefore, to the applicant
for fire insurance, money is not your
security, nor good names nor honesty
of purpose. Your only security is pru-
dence of management, and adequate
rates. Fire insurance is no more guess
work than merchandising or commerce,
or the simplest operations of mathema-
tics. 1t is founded upon the ascertain
ed facts of experience, and it demands
OF you adequate remuneration for the
security which it offers, not as specu-
lation, but as necessity; not to en-
rich the management, but to protect
you. If you buy cheap insurance, you
also buy dear experience. The compa>
ny cannot lose by taking your risk, un-
less you are the greater loses, and eve-'
ry dollar you think to gain by reducing
their income, reduces your chances of
payment in case of loss hundred fold.
Such are the compensations of fire un-
derwTitiDg. Insurance Chronicle.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-07

QUARTErTE SINsING.-A exchange,
probably afflicted with quarte!te sing
ing in some of the Reformed Church
es, says: "Is there no way of stopping
the murdcrous style of singing which
executes some of our best hymns, or
rather garrctes them in the following
style The ye-be-he-he-hear of Jew
Billy, of Jew Billy, of Jew-ew-ew-
Billy-ey-ey, Jc-ew-ew Billie, lie he is
Gomez 3D..
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-07
Lszlf90D YBf32 bis yT5l,iiIM
BY Alfred -. HOrsley. -,
- -rrfg t:t f.ot u dt3 10 JiUuILHuA
gsstrs..
THE OTHER DAY..

The shadow of some hundred years
Falls on mansion quaint and gray. q
Where l, with mingled hopes md fears
Whispered sweet secrets fnifhe ears: n
OF one whom now see through tears.
Clt Sagyg Only the other day.
on, Margaret my Margaret! no
As Oft In rhyme [ used to say,
Girl with theeye of violet!
How in the pine wood walks we met,
when early flowers with dew We're wet,
a-T'rekW5Y Twas but the. other day.
When sunset skies were amethyst,
We to the woodlands found ozlr way;
At eve our elders played at whist,
Ana we, OF course, were never missed
when We stole out, and talked and kisse,
gn rIs Only the other day.
/ went across the salt sea foam
We corresponded while away;
Paris 1 saw, Vienna, Rome,
The Bridge of6ighs, st. Peters Dome,
And thec, with hungry heart, came home
C-fH,'g7 BY steam the other day,I :
Ny Madge was married to an Earl
"a gouty one, I'm glad to say;l
Her tresses have the self-same curl;
Through rosebud lips see the pearl;
But, oh she's not the little girl
.H.'lc Ifc I wood theofher day. 4
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-07
Losses or the PrusSian Army.

At last 1 have obtained what purports
to be a, correct statement of the losses
OF the Prlissian army in killed, wound
ed, missing and prisoners, from the
commencement of the campaign up to
the 18th of August. My information
comes from private source i'm Berlin !;
and, although l cannot affirm that it
is infallibly correct, 1 have reason for
believing that it is not far out of the
way. / may add that the information
was not sent for political. effect at all,
but was transmitted from > medical
man in Berlin, connected with the
medical service of the army, TO fel-
low-surgeon in London. The state.
ment is as follows: -I1tI at-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-07
spurgcou on Open-Alr Preaching.

MnoFl has been said of late1on thi,
subject. and the English press is tecm
ing withthe most eloquent appeals il
favor Of open-air preaching. W.
have seen nothing, however, more Ii
rectIy to The point than The following
extract from sermon delivered BY
Mr.,SpIrgeon at atNewipgton,E England
:" Our Masters mission had ont
point in it which we ought never tc
forget, namely: that it was carried on
very largely through open air preach.
ing. Iremember well the time when
it really seemed an outrageous novel
ty for man to preach in the streets
recollect proposing, twenty years
ago, to my good deacoDs in the eoun-
try thatI shonld preach on the Sun
day evening by the river side, and the
. remarks was made by one of them,
All I do not like 1t, it is initiating
the Methodist" To him as q sound
Calvinist it was a dreadful thing to
do anything which Methodistsr we're
guilty Of; 10 me, however, thatlwas
rather a recommendation than other
wise, and was happy to run the risk
of being Methodistical. All over
England, I'm our cities, towns, villages
aud hamlets, there are tens fthou-
sands who never will hear the Gospel
while open-air preaching is neglected.
believe that God allows us to preach
in churches and chapels, but do not
believe that we have any apostolical
precedent for it, certainly none for
confining our ministry 10 such places.
/ believe that we are allowed, = If it
promote order and edification, to set
apart buildings for our worship; but
there is no warrant for calling these
places sanctuaries and houses of, Goo, !.
for all places are. alike holy where
holy men assemble. 1t is altogether
a.mischievous thing that we should
confine our preaching within walls.
Our Lord, it is true, preached in the
synagogucs, but he often spake on the
mountains side, or from boat, or i'm
qH court of a ahouse oriu the pnblic
'th6ronshfares. TO him an audience
was ILLEGALLY 1iecessity He was a
fisher c T sous of The true sort, and
not of the sAodeffii order, who sit i'm
their houses and expect the fish to
come to them to be caught Did our
Lord intend q minister 10 60 on
from his pulpit 20 empty
'pews, when by stanaingop achair or
table outside the messing honse he
might sbe heard by 4hundreds? Of
eourse, II the crowd fill the house,
mud tn, as fafs0ias<Hie human voice
:ran fig ,alSere is the less need Tor MS to
90 out into the streets but, alasj there |
are places Of worship IN London, by
scores, not one-tenth nfied, and yet |
the prcaeaer goes on contently! A
minister is living in positive sin, who
constantly breaches to mere handful |
within walls, while outside there are |
courts, and lanes, and alleys,
where men ere pefishing for. lack of
The minister who does
his duty, goes out into the highways
and hedges he goes into al the world;
he breaches whether men will hear,
or whether they will ferbear, and de-
lights to make hills and woods ring
with the message of peace" /
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-07

In New York, four months ago, q
Frenchnian borrowed S25 of a French
woman, and left his daughter in pawn.
Last week he wished to repay the loan,
but the woman refused to give up the
child, as she had become attached to
her. The disconsolate parent made in
effectual attempts to recover his child,
and finally has appealed to the courts.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-07
Beuths' 3spafl1
rRUE HERozsn.
Br GRANT ?. RoBsNsos.

faft -r.- - - 2 ~ n
Let others write of battles fought
OF bloody, CHASTITY fields,
Where honor greets the man who wins,
2 And death the man who yields.
But will write OF him who fights
= And yanQuishe5 his sins,
Who struggles on through weary years
Against himself, and wins.
He Is a herostaunch and brave ei
Who fights an unseen foe,
And puts at last beneath his feet
His passions base and loT;
Who stands erect in manbOOdts might
Undauntei. rtstIfsmayed-
The bravest man who drew q sword
: In foray or in raid
1t calls for somethins.mOre tllan Drawn
Or muscle to O'ercOme
An enemy who marcheth rot
With banner, plume, and drum
n foe forever lurking nigh,
With silent, sfealthy tread.
Forever near your board BY day,
At night beside your bed.
All honor, then 10 that brave heat,
Though poor Or rich he be-
Who struggles with his baser parl-
Who conquers and is free
He may not wear herO's crown,
Or MI n hero'S grave;
But truth will place his name ansong
The brayeSt OF the brave.
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ed just as MS DaDys n0d been; what
should have done, if he had left me
alone - -. s.-zs--aszs =
The last distinct words that Harry
spoke We're Take me up papa.n II
was the first time either child had call
ed him so, and . sob came from the
strong mans breast. sariii seoi -
Fa1A few weeks later Mr.. Powers asked
his wife 10 90 with him and see some
little stOnesl that he had looked ot to
mark the children's graves, Before
they came to the marble wOrks, he
said suddenly, as though anxious to
have it off his mind, Ihaye had the
baby taken up and buried by Harry,
and I have been looking at q stone for
'hi$ father; you would ike to have one"
And sthe46 Was q fine, large piece of
fildFb1a sef 3si1e for Eusan's Judgment,
sid 46e IND tile blocks were Of the
;&1fe AhS turQvein. In awhisper, as
Ith6x W61f64 - give the final order, her
husband sn5i e the baby had no name
hut fzWould like to have Susan, on
thestone.u = And thus it was.
ff1er next ye6f b little boy was born,
and his mother named him "Philip,n'
but his father added "Henry" as his
part in the naming of their only son.
"Whom we bless, We love-"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-07

To this awful total of 10000 Killed,
captured, missing and wounded, must
be added the losses suffered by the ar
my through disease, and the killed and
wounded in the numberless skirmishes
and little fights that have occurred
The army has suffered from dysentery
ever since the invasion commenced,
and my informant believes that tn the
above total should be added at least
10000 to 1900 for those who died of
this and other diseases, or who are now
lying sick in the hospitals. This makes
in round numbers, 10000 men to be
deducted from the German force which
marched into France Correspondence
Ne,D York World. gE
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-07

sketch Of A. t. Stewards Last Great
ifi Enterprise.


irI Enterprise.
The great Woman's Hotel of Mr..
Stewart, on Fourth Avenue, between
Thirty-Seconda and Thirty-Third Street,
has reached the third of its seven sto-
ries, and is fast becoming ON object Of
interest to the crowds daily passing
its rising walls. ....r
THE DIMENSIONS.
The whole building Is to be o. iron,
filled in with brick, and will be thro-
roughly fire proof. 1t will cover an
area of Al 600 square feet, the front on
Fourth Avenue measuring 1921 feet,
and the two fronts ON Thirty Second
and Thirty-Third streets 205 feet re-
spectively.
The architectural design of the struc-
ture is modern French Gothic, with a
mansard roof, in the upper part of
which will be an additional story to
those enumerated. The color is to be
white, and the hight OF the building at
the highest parts Of the roof one hum
dred and nine feet. The main part OF
the structure, to the entablature, is to
he ninety feet, and to this the roof will
add twelve feet at the sides, and eigh-
teen feet at the several centers on the
different streets.
The principal entrance on Fourth
Avenue, is 48 feet wide, and the portico
front two stories in height, is already
built, together with the outline of twen-
ty-four stores, each 81 feet deep by II
wide, which ere comprehended in the
first story. A wide staircase will lead
from the vestibule to the upper stories.
The vestibule will have tall and mas
sive pillars, and beyond it will be hall
thirty feet wide, paved with marble
and containing double flights Of stairs.
Elevators will be constructed on each
side of these. The interior courtyard,
which the building surrounds, meas
ufes "a feet by 116, and viii afford light
to the inner rooms, which do not face
toward the street. The house has ad-
yanced sufficiently far to display this
design. In the center Of the square
will be a fountain. The basement Is
fourteen feet below the level Of the
street, and among other conyeniences
located there, will be an engine for
heating the building, moving the ele-
yators. aiding in the laundry work and
driving the cooling fans that are to
play in various parts of the house. The
bathrooms will also be situated there.
The kitchen and laundry arrangements
will be conducted on the most improvH
ed hotel plans. Ventilating shafts will
run from the basement to the roof
The height of the first story is 19l feet,
the second IA feet 2 inches, the third,
vet unfinished, is to be 13 feet : inches,
the fourth 121 feet, the fifth II, the sixth
IL feet 5 inches, and the seventh feet
IL inches. saf
The laundry and kitchen are to be on
the first floor, at the back of the build
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-07

VIM. III. Davis, of Henrico county,
Va, stabbed and killed Pinckney s..
Cox, of the same county, on the l4th
inst. Davis was provoked to the deed
by playful remark from Cox. They
had previously been warm friends.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-07

NIr. Templeton, of Louisiana, No,
expects to raise five thousand pounds
Of hops from his four-acre field, and
has already been offered twenty-five
cents q pound for his crop.