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WASHINGTON NEWS.

MosE BANK Norris AND CURRENCY
Washington. April 29.--One step forward
was taken in the Committee on Banking
and Currency to-day on the financial ques-
ton, nv vote to report bill to the House
lions Of dollars of additional bank notes and
for tho redemption Of forty millions Of three
per cent. certificates, which are now held
hy tho banks rs the lawful reserve. The
remaining fifty millions OF bank notes arc to
take the place Of an equal amount of legal
tenders, thus showing that the bill does not
in effect increase the actual volume OF cur
reucv-though a different construction is
1ilacrd upon il by different members Of the
House. Some declare that 1t is an imitation,
while others maintain that II is an actual
contraction. But whether contraction or
;nflqtion. the amount either way does not
annrar 10 exceed ten millions of dollars.
1hc hin. besides other important features,
provides for a bond bearing four and half
nor cent. interest. which the new banks
are REQUIRED to pay form gold orats cquFa-
lent. The bill will probably be brouSht
into the House on Tuesday next. By that
time the new funding bill will be reported
from The WAYS and Means Committee, and
thus the newest phase OF the hnanclal STU
alton will be before the House ana the
country. The latter committee had up that
measure ut their meeting to-day. but reached
no conclusion. Notwithstanding all that
has been published to the contrary, the fact
appeared to-day that the committee have
not voted on single amendment to the Sc
nate bill.
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ATLANTA, April Ga motion to recon-
sider q resolution passed yesterday seating
members who were not elected under the
reconstruction act was passed BY vote of
II IN AZ
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WE ARE PLEASED to see the name

AEILL-sTONEs.-W are prepared pa SI,p 70
MIi,T..STONES for grinding wheat or corn, ana
NSoPUs for grinding corn; best boL BIOL aSsa
CLOTHS, Anker brand, various nnn In ~.
cleaning wheat, suitable for small mills. and SUI
perior quality MHL-PICKs-our own manutac-
ture, JOSEPH HALL d CO..
Richmond Iron Works,
corner Ninth aud Canal Streets
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More (,c1onfsta,

NEW YoRK, April 30.-The schooner Hat
tie Low sails this evening, carrying the
second detachment Of colonists for Hyde
Park Colony, N. G.
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DUChW ALL q HUUDE,
my2 1913 Main street, opposite post-ofic

d EFRIGERATORS!
IL WATER-COOLERS!
CREAM-FREEZERSt!!
Just received, full assortment of REFRIGERA-
TORS, WATER-COOLERS, patent and plain
CREAM-FREEZERS, together with an entire
stock OF the improved KING STOVES,
RANGES, and HOTSEKEEPINGA ARTICLES.
Call at CHARLES G. GREGORY'S,
my2-lm No. l4l7 Main street.
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REAa. ESTATE AT PRIVATE SALE.
OK CASH PAYMENTS ON LOTS IN

THE TOWN OF wOODVLLE,
near the Mechanicsville turnpike. FIFTY DOL.
LARS for each lot, and only FIVE DOLLARS
CASH balance in monthly payments of THREE
DOLLARS until paid for.
Offers n frst-rate opportunity for every one to
secure u building lot. Apply to
F. B. NEWBURN, Real Estate Agent,
ap27 No. l0lG Main street.
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rOPYING-PRESS
" LETTER COpYlNG-BOOkS,
COPYISG-INK,
BLOTTING-PAPER,
OlL-PAPER,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
together with full stock of BLANK BOOKS and
OTHER STATIONERY for the office and counting
room WOODHOTSE Il PARHAM,
booksellers and Stationers,
ap2l 1905 Main street.
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UTNDOW-sHADE DEPOT, 1885
w MAIN STRET.-M. GOLDEN IL selling OF
OILCLOTHs, &C., at gold prices. Gold, Velvet,
and Crystalized Shades, with FiItures to match
Marble, Mahogany. Rosewood. and Figured OIL"
duck, for covering carriages, at less than New
York prices. Call and buy OF ID. GOLDEN, 1875
streets. sps Sm
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DEEDS OYSTER, FISH. a ~
fFstabliahed 1854 ~
There can always beiound the best OF YORK snd
other river OYSTERS, with large supply or all
hnds Of FRESH FISH, arriving daily. Having
an interest in several fisheries, i am certain or
these qualities. Orders promptly attended 70.
Depot Sixth street near Cisy: 80
NIB se-lm EoBzHT bEiDs
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ApRII. ], 1870

T ANDS IN LARGE
IL AND SMALL QUANTITIES.
have In my hands for sale LANDS in almost
every section of the State. number OF them are
large, first-class estates, with splendid improve
ments, and deslrably located -
GEORGE NJ. DREWRY,
an e5-lm l0ld Main street,
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Tor inc biSptitSu'
rudepeudent Order OF Good Tenn
psars.

INDEPENDENT Order OF Good Tenn
plars.
FAIRFAX COURTHOUSE, April 90.
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars o.
Virginia closed its annual session to-day
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: 3. ". Clark, q. W. Z; 1:
Mrs. Fannie Bowman, &. w. V. T.; &. b
Wilirt, &. W. Counsellor; S. Is. Wibirt, q
W. Secretary; Z. +. Mason, G. w. Trea
surcr; Isaac NJ. Foster, G. w. Chaplain
George NJ. Thompson, q. w. NJ. l.. e
Over, 6. ". Guard G. Plasket, q. w
Sentinel; RoXey A. Bryce, &. w. d. NJ. ;
- Bailey, G. W. A. S.; Rev. L. NJ. Nick
erson, K. W. G. l.. Representative.
Last night the hall was thrown open and
publicly installed by job HaWXhurst, Z. u,
". c. +. after which interesting speeches
were made by several prominent advocates
of the cause Of temperance.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD NEWS.
Every day brings people and the other ne
cessary paraphranalia used in constructing
n railroad. Work has now been regularly
commenced on nearly every section from
Guyandotte to Charleston. There are at
present about 800 negroes engaged on diff
ierent sections Of the work, and we learn
that they make excellent hands.
Mr.. John HasSon, the contractor Tor The
masonry at Mud Bridge, below town, has
been on hand for several days building
shanties and getting ready for operations
f,rher contractors are busily employed IN
nroviding shanties preparatory to putting
on large force.-CabeH County PreSs.
A GrSpRors LYNCHBURGER.-Mr.B enJa.
min Hart, q prosperous merchant or New
York city, when first informed OF the grea'
disaster 1T Richmond, telegraphed Gover-
nor Walker to draw on him aS agnt tol
81 900 for the relief Of the families OF the
victims of the accident. MIR. uart, WIG
made this liberal offer, is LynchpurseI ny
birth, and son of tle late Michael Hart, al
one time Mayor of this city, Mr. Hart Was s
born in the building now occupied by Tue
Republican otfice--perhaps IN the ysry
apartment in which these lines are written,
Lynchburg Republican.
A VIRGINIA ISvESTIoN.-Mr. James "a
Rucker, Of Bedford county, had on exhl'
bition in this city yesterday the model or q
pneumatic pump, of his own design and
construction, operating to raise and throw
water In large volume and to great distance,
on the principle of atmospheric pressure.
The mechanism seems ingenious and per-
feet, and the working OF The model is GER
1ainly smooth and satisfactory. MIR. Rucker,
who has devoted years to the study Of me.
chanics and natural philosophy, is conf
dent Of the success Of his invention, and
thinks that the principle on which 1t Is
based is capable of being applled to accom-
plish much greater results, which may In
yolye thorough revolution Of the indus
tries and travel Of the world ynchburs
Republican.
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BLUE HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA
PLAsTER.-One cargo (2so tons) for sale, to
arrive. PALMER, HARTsooK & CO.,
ap 2S-1w Commission Merchants.
NEW LUMBER BUSINESS.

am glad to inform my old customers and the
public generally that have resumed my LUM-
Der BUSINESS. Having just located MILL
on the finest lum ber- land ever owned, am now
prepared to furnish all kinds OF BUILDING
LUMBER at the shortest notice.
BRIDGE-BUILDERS and persons wanting
HEAVY HEART LUMBER would do well to
call on me.
1 shall keep good assortment OF LUMBER at
each of my present wood-yards-at Basin and
Weldon railroad T. l.. 81. YOUNG,
an le-Im Petersburg, Va.
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DICTURES-AN ASSORTMENT OF
IL 1000; BIBLES the most approved, llx13,
Morocco GUT, with double gllt clasps, with family
album and record PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES
sold very cheap CARPETS Of all descriptions
FRAMES OF all sizes made on the premises. Sold
by payments Of weekly installments as cheap ss
they can be purchased in the city for cash, or In
WILLIAM DAFFRON,
Wholesale and Retail Picture Dealer,
No. Eighteenth street.
al Ie-eodsmx between Main aud franklin.
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POSTAGE STAMrs.-The two-cent and ten
cent postage stamps Of the new issue re-
scmte each other very much, and the New
York Commercial saysth that one of the clerks
Of the ro>t-oftice in that city sold sheet of
inn-cent stamps for sheet of two-cent
stamps. which was applied for. The pur.
CHASER gave 3 to the clerk and received slO
Nnlt b of stNmnS.
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VIRGINIA ApFolSTMESTs.-I Marion
Hamilton. postmaster at Middleton, Frcde-
rick county. ricc George ". Allen, re-
signed. Joel +. Cooley, postmaster at
Kapp's Mills. Rockbridge county, utcc Jo-
scph s. Reid. resigned. Henry Miller,
postmaster nj Gareysville, Prince Georges
county. tce John Magee, resigned.
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NTOTICE.-I hare the celebrated CE-
III MENT PAINT for stopping leaks iE Oh
soofs. Any person having leaky roof can nave
u sesoPpsa " SsAAsNo - JOHN BOWERS,
Successor TO Yale, Bovcra q Yale
Iron Block Governor street, Richmond, VS..
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GROCERIES, GROCERIES.
~ Is hogsheads BACON, sides and shoulders
8 hogsheads PORTO RICO SUGARS,
20 barrels REFINED SUGARS,
g hogsheads L1SH ISLAND and PORTO
RICO MOLASSES,
so barrels SYRUPS, common to best:
90 barrels CUT, EASTERN. and NORTH CARO-
LIMA ROE HERRINGS;
DO bags RIO, LAGUAYRA, and JAVA COFFEE;
SOAP, CANDLES, LARD, HAMS, RICE, &C.;
80 barrels WHIsKEY, all grades;
CHAMPAGNE, SHERRY, SCUPPERNONG,
and other WINES; BRANDY, GIN, RUM,
ALE, PORTER, &C.
CHAMBERLAYNE & JONES'
ap ls-2w 1915 Cary street.
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W. 81. PECKHAM, President
W. T. HOOKER, Vice-President;
L. McADAM, Secretary and Actuary;
g. 4. FUDICKER, Superintendent.

SECURITY, CHEAPNEss, LIBERALITf
PROGRESS, and SUCCESS, mark and distin
guish the management OF this company.
ISAAC HUTZLER GEO.,
General Agents for Virginia and North Carolina
WILLIAM LOVENSTEIN,
Agent for Richmond
ONCE, No. s02 Main street.
Or. j. g. CABELL, Medical Examiner. nol'
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FIRE, MARINE, AND INLAND IN
H SURANCE.

SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF NEW YORK.
!. &c
AZ 9:
BRANCH OFFICE, NO. lola MAIN STREET.
We Issue POLICIES In the above frst-class
company on every description OF REAL AND
loss or damage by FIRE. MARINE and INLAND
RISKS taken to any point in the United States.
Policies on brick buildings Issued for from one
I've years.
Rates as low as those Of any other company
equally reliable. Applications solicited
e2l j.. N. WALKER Sc CO., Agents.
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Policies In foroe.. oso, W
Assets. 2ooo, oss
Annual income. Iooa el
Losses paid. COZ, esl
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JESSE j. PORTER, ID. @.
". WESToHs d. O.. 800 ap 7-ThSw
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FOE LIVERPOOL AND ~41pl
NATIONAL LINE.

Steamers weekly to LIVERPOOL, INA
;aliing Of QUEENSTOWN leaving
oier n North river every Saturday
G GssAANMsRx 9RRREfEEN F FEEssxNssFtAH;As1A
ENGLAND, Virginia, LOUISIANA.
CABIN passage, 500 and 87s, currency.
Storage passage, $50, currency.
Storage tickets from Liverpool or Queenstown.
137, In currency.
Storage passage from Antwerp, Hamburg, Bot
erdam. and Havre 445, In currency.
For further particulars, apply at the ofhces OF
Tho company, 90 Broadway, +. w. j. HURST,
EiLLIGM C. DuNHAM q Co, Agents..
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GUARDIAN MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE CoNPAHYs
OF NEW YORE.
HALF LOAN GIVEN,
STATEMENT

LAST CASH DIVIDEND, FIFTY PEI GENT,
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Spanish Royal Pride.

Every Schoo!-boy knows that when
Xerxes built a. bridge of boats over
the HelIespont, for the passage of his
army, a storm broke it up; whereup-
on the great monarch caused the sea
to be whipped with chains, as pun
iShment for its audacity. This instance
OF pride, you may say, sis trite and
we'll knowL; but no one would be so
foolishly proud now" We hardly
know that. A Spanish ambassador
assured the King of France concern
ing his master, the King Of Spain,
Philip II. that God was King in heay-
en-, and Philip king upon earth, and
that doubtless he could prevent storms
IF He LIKED! Notwithstanding which,
a storm helped the English to destroy
utterly his Armada, as that people
gratefully acknowledged in the motto
of the medal struck on the occasion.
The folly Of the Spanish Court
exceeded, perhaps, anything in the
world. 1t was the etiquette there
that no one of inferior rank should
touch the king; and the consequence
was. that one poor king, being set be-
fore the fire to warm himself, and the
fire suddenly burning up, had his legs
so severely burnt, that the monarch,
Philip Ill, absolutely lost his life
through it. The great courtiers had
left his side. it was not etiquette for
the king to help himself, nor to rise
without aid: so he preferred being
burned to sacrificing his pride. Nor
did the veneration which the people
regarded the king cease with his per.
son. The queen was sacred. If the
king once mounted horse, no one
was ever allowed to ride it. King
Charles H., Of Spain, being offered a
fine steed, refused it, as, if he had ac.
cepted it, it would never again be of
use to any one. So far did the regal
pride extend, that if any one of the
cour.iers dared to touch the queen
if even he wished to aid her, he was
| punished severely, banished, or exc
cuted. The Couut de Medina, being
fondly in love with Elizabeth, o.
France, wife Of Philip ", set fire tc
the theatre in which she was, thai he
might, in rescuing her, take her in hi;
| arms.
When the king was not by, The
queen had to mount her horse alone
and unassisted, for, if even a grandet
touched her, it was death. When th,
queen of Charles Ii. was mounting
her horse from her carriage door, thu
horse took fright and ran away jus
as her foot was in the stirrup. Tht
horse dragged her for some distance
and the queen would have been killet
out for two gentlemen, Don Luis d,
Torres and Don Jaime de Soto, VIII,
rescued her. But Immediately afte
| hey had done SO, they rushed home
mounted their horses, and escaped il
hot haste, and only returned whel
they were assured Of pardon througl
the Conde de Peneranda, who had
with unheard-of temerity, intercede'
| for them!
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The DEAD SEA.-The Dead Sea
differs very materially from other wa
ters, as we learn from the very best
authority. This is not at all one of
those travellers yarns" which many
put so little faith in. 1t is true its
water is perfectly clear and transpa
rent, but it is much more salt and bit
ter than that of the ocean. 1t acts
upon the tongue and mouth like alum
and smartS in the eye like camphor
producing over the whole body, also
burning, prickly sensation. If the
head is bathed in it, it is found tC
stiffen the hair as pomatum would
You do not, in fact cannot, sink, bu
can stand perpendicularly in the wa
ter, the body descending not lowel
than the arms. This is owing to th,
specific gravity of the water, which i
so great that even under strons
breeze it is not ruffled. This fact ex
plains its being called the Dead Sea
Whether Sodom and Gomorrah, tn
ancient cities of the Vale OF Siddin
lie under that wonderful sea or not
cannot be known. Many cities hav,
been flooded with lava, and burie'
from sight forever; and we see no es
pecial reason to doubt that some kin
dred catastrophe may not have over
taken the two in question. History
even such as seems legendary, gener
ally has some foundation for its ste
ries.
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HORRIBLE MURDER.-A young man
named Rufus J. Rimer has been com
mitted to Jail near Salisbury, n. c.,
for the murder of his mother on the
5th Of this month. He is about %
years Of age, and has always been
considered by his neighbors as partial
ly deranged. He and his mother, a
widow of 80, lived alone in the town
of Rowan. On the day Of the murder
he borrowed an axe at a neighbor's, S,
chopped off one of his fingers, and re-
turned home. He says his mother
while wrapping his finger, hurt him.
which induced him to kill her. He
first pulled a stone from the hearth
and threw it at her as she escaped
through the door. The stone struck
the door, when he again seized it, and
pursued her into the yard and beat
her brains out with it. After be had
completed the bloody work, he bull
a great fire in the fireplace Of the
house, laid the body of his mother OIL
top of it, locked the doors, and wen
to bed. The next morning he went tc
a neighbor's house, and told what hi
had done.
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Food Cure.

This journal aims to show how to
maintain health by natural agencies,
and by the same means to restore it
if lost. 1t is not pretended that all
diseases are cured in this way; but
it is very certain that quite a number
Of ordinary ailments may be removed
by the .judicious employment of the
contents of well furnished larder-
and with this great advantage, the
cures are more permanent, and less
liable to return-accomplishing their
object without any shock to the sys-
TEN, and without the danger of killing
the patient by mistaking the quantity,
or quality, or name of the dose.
Ripe fruits and berries, slightly
acid, will remove the ordinary diar.
rh9as of early summer.
Common rice, parched brown like
coffee, and then boiled and eaten in
the ordinary way, without any other
food, is, with perfect quietude OF body
one of the most effective remedies for
| troublesome looseness of bowels.
Some of the severest forms of thai
distressing ailment called dysentery
that is, when the bowels pass blood
with constant desire yet vain efforts
to stool, are sometimes entirely cureC
by the patient eating heaping table
spoon, at time, of raw beef, cut W
very fine, and repeated at intervals o
four hours, until cured, eating anC
drinking nothing else in the mean
while.
If a person swallows any poisoI
whatever, or has fallen into convul
sions from having overloaded tht
stomach, an instantaneous remedy
more efficient and applicable in larg
cr number of cases than any half
dozen medicines we can now think oil
is heaping teaspoon Of common sal
and as much ground mustard, stirret
rapidly in teacup of water, warm o
| cold, and swallowed instantly. 1t i
scarcely down before it begins t.
come up, bringing with it the remain
ing contents of the stomach and les
there be any remnant of a poison, how
ever small, let the white ofan egg. o
a teacup of strong coffee: be swallow
ed as soon as the stomach is quiet
These are very common articles nu
lify larger number of virulent po
sons than any medicines in the shops
= Halls Journal of Health.
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The Wall Of Snow.

When the year 1914 began, troops
of Swedes, Cossacks, Germans, and
Russians were within half an hour s
march of the town of Sleswick and
new and fearful reports of the beha-
vior of the soldiers were brought from
the country every day. There had
been truce, which was to come to an
end at midnight of the 5th of Janua-
ry, which was now drawing near. On
the outskirts Of the town, on the side
where the enemy lay, there was a
house standing alone, and in it there
was an old pious woman, who was
earnestly praying, in the words of an
ancient hymn, that God would raise a
wall up around them, so that the enc
my might fear to attack them. In the
same house dwelt her daughter, wild
Ow, and her grandson, youth OF 20
years. He heard the PRAYER of his
grandmother. and could not restrain
himself from saying that he did not
understand how she could ask for anv-
thing so impossible, as that a wall
should be built around them which
would keep the enemy away from
their house. The old woman, who
was now deaf, caused what her grand
son said to be explained to her, but
only answered that she had prayed i'll
general for protection for themselves
and the towns people.
However," she added, "do you
think that if it were the will of God
to build a wall around US, it would be
impossible to him p
And now came the dreaded night
Of the 9th of January; and about
midnight the troops began to enter on
all sides, The house we were speak.
ing of lay close by the road, and was
larger than the dwellings near it
which were only very small cottages
It's inhabitants looked out with anx
ious fear as parties Of the soldiers en-
tered one after another, and even went
TO the neighboring houses to ask for
what they wanted; but all rode past
their dwelling. Throughout the whole
day there had been a heavy fall of
5now,-the first that winter,-and to
ward evening the storm became VIC
lent to a degree seldom known. Al
length came four parties Of Cossacks
who had been hindered by the snow
from entering the town by another
road. This part Of the outskirts was
AZ some distance from the town itself
and, therefore. they would not 90 far.
lher, so that all the houses around
that in which the old woman lived
were filled with soldiers, who quarter
ed themselves in them: in several
houses there were fifty or sixty OF
these hall-savage men. 1t was ter
rible night for those who dwelt in this
part of the town, filled to overfowine
with the troops of the enemy. But
not a single soldier came into the
grandmothers house; and, amid the
loud noises and wild sounds all around
not even a knock at the door was
heard, 20 the great wonder Of the fam
lily within. The next morning, as il
grew light, they saw the cause. The
storm had drifted a mass of snow tt
such a height between the roadside
and the house, that to approach it wa;
impossible.
Do you not now see, my son" sale
the old grandmother, " that it was pos
sibe for God to raise a wall arounC
US ?'