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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-02-28

NOTICE. have the celebrated CE-
IN MENT PAINT for stopping leaks In old
roofs. ANY person having leaky roof can have
Il stopped by calling on .. ,g r
JOHN BOWERS,
Successor TO Yale, Bowers & Yale,
Iron Block, Governor street, Richmond. Va.
feT-Sm
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-02-28

TOWELS, TABLE-CLOTHS,
NAPKINS, DOYJIEs.-We call particular at
tention to our stock of TABLE LINENS, which
We offer In great variety. Also, LINEN and COT
TON SHEETING, PILLOW-CASE LINEN and
COTTON. COLORED DAMASk for ia BILE covers,
and all kinds Of OWELLlSG, at
LEVY BROTHERS.,
1918 and l2l5 Main street.
FULL ,YARD-WIDE WHITE FLANNEL,
very fine, at SOC. per yard worth 70c. fe
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me- SNOW ! sNOWl SNOW!

FALL, NOT OF SNOW, But
IN THE PRICE OF DRY GooDsi
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DRUGS, MEDICINES, dc.

DOBINSON'S GROATS AND BAR.
IL LEY. Comstoct,s Rational Food Lie.ig's
and Borden's BeeG Corn starch farina, &C.;
"''''Fs L0'snsfTS o sSsts ssSss 5sR;:
fe22 Ninth and Main streets.
MO Y-BAsSs GREAT
~ cONSUMP1IVE RE MED IA certain
colds. coughs. asthma chronic Irrltations Of the
throat and lungs and all dLseasss "l The bronchial
Sns syen me Pro-
fe ssor Carrier r. Johnson. and It's efficiency Ia
the above diseases is confidently recommended ~
The following certificate Is appended:
"UowARDsTILLE, A., January IL 1870
IT. Z. Bqss. Esq. Riehmond "a; ,,. r.
eous for some e hsG
out by several good physicians TO die with con;
by Dr. Albert Mayo. cousin Of niue, 70 try your
cough syrup. and am happy to say that was inlly
restored fhaFe nov very dear friend suffering
with disease OF the throat called lartngitis. II
You think your medicine will reach his case send
me bottle by packet,boat, and lwill send you
the price and freight by return i ms t Man my
49, ''Iremain yours. respectfully, ,or
Price, 6oc. and 81 per bottle. None genuine
without my signature For sale hy all drasSs
DR. FRANKS GRAINS DE sASTE
~ sold at MEADE & BAKERS.
TUBES LEvAssEUR, for asthma, sold st
MEADE & BAKERS.
PACLLISIA, for headache, sold at
MEADE & BAKERS
CIGARETTEs-EsP1C, for asthma sold st
MEADE & BAKERS.
LAvILLE's GeUT ELIXIR sold at
MEADE & BAKERS.
PAsTILLES DIGESTIyEs, for dyspepsia. sold
NrknE q RAKERS,
PERLES HUILE PHOsPHOREE soldat
MEADE 4 BAKERS.
sIROP DE RAIFORT lode, and all genuine
French medicinal preparations, sold by
MEADE & BAKER,
Dispensing Pharmacists,
nae sls Main street.
Homeopathic MEDICINES. A
| III full stock Of HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES
yoaS " s E1so sTs T psSs s streets
OONGREss WATER. SARATOGA
WY *sss1s 9a dFaosao ls1 anu
| OAsWELL HAZARD & CO.'S
~ PREPARATIONS.
lFERRO-P HosPHORATED ELlGlh
| OF CALIsAYA BARK.
I This beautiful amber-colUred cordial b sg.Fee-
BILE TO the taste acceptable to the most delica'e
stomach, has given universal satisfaction VIPER"
ever introduced, and is prescribed oy tne n"ss
eminent physicians In all cases where pie"sa'''
aud eficacious tonic is required.
l. FERRO-PHOsPHoRATE ELIXIR W
CALIsAYA WITH BISMUTH,
| adapted especially to gastric difficulties.
lFERRO-P OSPHORATE ELiAlh
| CALIsAYA WITH STRYCHSlA.
| COD LIVER OIL; COD LIVER OIL Win
| IODINE, BROMINE, AND PHOSPHORUS
| COD LIVER OIL WITH IoD1DE OF ihos'
! AMMONIA ClTRATE-BisMUTh'
| an inestimablez remedy for difficult dlsesti'''
acidity of the stomach. nausea, snd diarfb@a'
JUNIPER TAR SOAP,
q very efficient remedy for culaneous auee.!ons'
ELIXIR LUPULINE, HYDRATE W
CHL0RAL, and
ARsENITE OF sTRYCHSiA.
The trade supplied at manufacturer prices p'
THOMAS H. HAZARD, Sole Agent,
m7 Franklin street corner Fourth.
1 Il N
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NOVA SCOTIA GRINDSTONES.--Ten
IN tons best NOVA SCOTIA BLUE GRIT
IGRTNDSTONE4I landing and for sale By
fes5 ROBERT y, WILLIAMS q Gu
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WILLIAM THALHIMER q SONS,
col Broad. corner Sixth street.
VINO. and J. A. PECOR, are with as, and ask
call from their friends. Ie|
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+ oaIa1sAI cosT lrR1cE

Having consolidated our business Of our new
place, we and our stock too largs for the present
time, and during the month OF march oner all
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EJr. srssa,s osissr rsen, Eebert Nsssso,,
ior,' 10y, Tbaysr, hoinzz eatxorth' sssnise'
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j. II. Humphreys, Secretary.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-04
Shadow PaRt0mimes.

Shadow pantOnlImes can Ire etfectu-
ally arranged in parlDrs by following
these simple directions: Fasten sheet
tightly across the space between the
open folding doors. The room in front
of the sheet must be quite dark. The
back room, where the peformers ope-
rate, must be lighted 10y Il candle, OF
large Kerosene lamp, which stands up
on the floor. To determine the size of
the required figures, let the actors stand
within n foot of the sheet, and carry the
lamp forward and backward until the
right focus is obtained. To make an
actor descend from above, he must
stand behind the lamp, and slowly step
over it. The audience will see first his
foot, and then his whole body gradually
appears; and by stepping backward,
he can be made tOdisappear in the same
manner. To throw an actor up out Of
sight, lift him slowly over the lamp,
and bring him down again by revers-
ing the process. Two gentlemen, or
large boys, and a smaller one, with one
lady, are enough for most pantomimes;
and the properties needed are easily cut
from stiff pasteboard, when they can
not he readily obtained in the house.
The subjects are manifold; but ut first
L will describe some of the simpler
ones
l. The Jdr6c's stOp.-The barber
and his assistant descend from above,
and bow to the audience. Boy arran-
ges chairs. Old gentleman enters; is
placed In chair by the boy, who pro-
ceeds to cover him with "A sheet and
apply the soap with feather duster.
Barber approaches with huge razor.
Boy trips up barber, whose razor cuts
off customers head, which is done by
quickly turning up his coat collar, and
drawing razor through his neck. Con-
sternatiOni They consult together,
and decide to throw the body up i'm the
air, which they do, and then making
their bows, ascend out of sight.
:. The edeRtist.-Same opening scene.
y large tooth i drawn with the tOngs
from under the patients coat.
8. \ duel, in which the swords can
be run through the actors by passing
behind them.
T. Boxing match between small
boy and Il tall man. The one who falls
is thrown up into the air, as before.
). Witch going up on brOomstick.
BY stepping over the lamp.
u. The Grecian bend illustrated by an
extravagantly panniered young lady.
s. Jack the giant iiieT.--The giant
can grow or diminish by moving the
lamp backward or forward; and Jack
can slowly ascend the bean stalk,
which can first lie shown, and made To
grow rapidly in same manner.
y little practice will enable the per
formers To keep the scenes well in fo-
Gus, and cause much amUsement to
both spectators and actorS.-Littte OR
porui.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-04
Hairy Ronaaec.


4 magnificent piece of human hair
tho Ior,,est finest and most valuable
-, =, -l.1.i,;o, u,
III -Nlhe'N ~" ivy" VI"
New YORK. III Il OF Il diifk pro"il nue.
soft rs silk, weighs seven ounces, AMI
is sixtv-four inches i'm length five feet
f,,r in,.,ss I'm ma,Ii,n, sizod wo-
80 -, ',I.~. e.. m.
man thiS "O''h' sweep 'i'e Iooi- i'e
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-04
Russian Railway frayellns.

Russian railway carriages are little
houses OH wheels. In the first, and
partly also i'm the second class, their in
terror may be described as a saloon,
with all the necessaries and sume Of
the elegancies Of such an apartment.
II is furnished with looking glasses,
heated by porcelain stoves, aud lit by
lamps and candles, Along the sides
soft divals are ranged; the middle Is
occupied by y mahogany table, double
windows, with red curtains, exclude
not only the rude touch of the Russian
air, but also the aspect of the wintry
sky. 1.-
The company sit or ln,iasc about,
chatting, reading. at playing cards,
chess or Sl0alinOes. The day passes
pleasantly enough, and as night comes
the passengers betake themselves to
rest almost as comfortably as at honle.
BY a simple process the divans are
made into beds and sHIplied with pill
lows by the afiieious guards.
In the first class the carriages are al
Sd provided with second stories, 80 to
say, reached by an elegant staircase,
and fitted with complete beds; i'm the
second, If there are too many passen-
gers to hG accommodated on the divans,
part of them are lodged i'm berths,
which take the place of the rack pro-
vided In England for hats and caps.
At length every one Is snugly en-
scOnced, the ordinary good wishes are
exchanged, and it Is night In the ear,
The guard and the driver only Keep
awake.
During the twenty hours a passenger
is whirled along between 81. Peters
burg and Moscow the train stops twen-
ty timee at least.
The stations are elegant buildings,
painted red, with broad, white facing
round the windows and along the caves.
Without, the very picture of cleanli-
hess, they are well-stocked receptacles
of the good things of the world, within.
.4pscoso C,rrespaaelence.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-04
From the Western Rural
The Snap Dragon and the Dew Drop
4 Fable.

a drop of dew found itself one morn
ing closely confined in a small and ra
ther uncomfortable cell. 1t looked
around, vainly endeavoring to find
some mode of escape, but soon discov-
cred that escape was impossible, as its
prison (and a beautiful prison it WAS
all busted with with gOldl was no less
than the mouth of huge snap-tlragon.
How it lOnged 10 have one peep at
the bright sun, whose light shone softly
through the walls of its cell, and who
was mingling his rays with the fieecy
clouds floating SO silently by, up in
the deep blue sky; and who was be-
ginning to awaken the many tinted
flowers around-for it now first knew
itself to he an inhabitant of the fiorife-
rous world. But the train Of its
thoughts was soon broken by the faint
and plaintive Voice of pansy at its
captor's feet, saying,
My giant neighbor, will YOU tell
me why the schoFching sun i 80 much
more lenient with YOU than with me?
See, | am withered and painting for
breath, while you are Us fresh and
bloeming as at dawn of day.
You are unjust replied the more
wise snar dragon; "the sun is no
more lenient with me than with you.
But why did you drive away so rJdely
that little dewdrop this morning, say
ing You are troublesome and | can
shelter myself under under the broad
spreading wings of friends, who will
gladly favor their petted pansy-for my
beauty and fragrance they know il
would he misfortune to lose" Now
all that remains for you is disappoint-
ment, for we all have enough to do to
take care of ourselves, ard hope in
the future, you will provide for YOUR
self and not depend on your neigh
bOrs."
Now, my dear children, | hope you
will try tD initiate the wise. snap
dragon, and not the foolish pansv
for if you do not make AN effort To
help yourself, you may bc sure that
no one will attempt To help you.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-04
Little annie.

She had heard, like every one el-e,
Of the terrible earthquakes in South
America, which swallow up 81 many
people. \ few days after, she found
in IA book picture of n huge croco,lile
with his mouth open, looking up Mt It
man in hammock.
"o Ellier she exclaimed, sis that
thing an earthquake ,n
OF course all laughed at Annie's mi>-
take. Some little girls would have
pouted and looked very red and angry,
and some wOuld'h have cried But An
nie only laughed with the rest.
".Well, | am sure it looks like an
carthqtrlke,' she said. Its mouth
* big enough 20 swallow anything "'-
LyccuIa RfnHer.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-04
me Man. .Tartles or the Turtle Man, eI
= the "What-is-it?''

We were informed some weeks ago
by a gentlemen of our acquaintance
that there was at that time in the city
the greatest of living human curiosi-
ties. He described it to us as q monde
script half human, half turtle, and with
al not hideOus monstrosity. We de-
clined to believe the statements of our
friend at the time, but we have since
bad an opportunity of seeing this Won
derful being, and convincing ourselves
of the truth of the statements originally,
made us. 1t is now on exhibition on
on Second street, between Madison and
Monroe, and any of our readers who
are skeptical can, like ourselves, have
all doubts removed by visit thither.
The creature is the likeness of moth
ing else under Gods blue canopy. 1t
is about thirty inches in height, and
when standing erect, and looking to-
wards one resembles somewhat the
pictures of the dwarfs in the fairy books
of our childhood. The feet are very
large, being fully eleven inches in
length, and are encased in stocking and
slippers. The legs are very shorf-hot
longer than the feet. The body is ap-
parently all paunch, off which rests q
very large, but well shaped human
head, the face having rather pleasant
expression of cOuntenance. The arms
are short, and consist rather of a sue
cessiOn of joints, like the fiips of tur-
tie, each arm being jointed thrice from
the hand to the shoulder, and the joints
being of such kind that the arm can be
doubled up or bent in any direction
But the most wonderful thing in regard
to the structure of this strange lusus
nature, is the fact that his back is coy-
cred with shell exactly Of the shape
and substance as the shield or back Of
a soft shell turtle, scales, marks and
all. Around the margin of this shield
the hide is marked like the skin Of .
rattleSnake. The creature speaks three
English, French and Choc-
taw; walks equally well on his hands
as on his feet, and better on {" all f0urs"
than either, and is as much at home
in the water as ON dry land. His face
wears a perpetual grin. His keeper
says that he is always in good humor.
He eats anything that other humans
do, and has other human attributes. -
He is inordinately fond Of whisky and
the girls! In response to our questions
he told us that he came from Brazil
when twelve years old, and has lived
since in the Choctaw Nation, he being
now twenty-one years old. His mo-
ther is a South American, and his ia
ther Frenchman, who for years has
been trapper in the Indian Territory.
In this limited sketch we have only
been able to speak of the more striking
and remarkable features of this wonder,
but we vouch for the truth of our state
ments, and invite all who wish to, see
for themselves to call Immediately at
the booth, on Second street near Madi-
son.-Ae mphis appeal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-04

HEo,n she said, coolly and cuttngly,
and never, Mr.. G1ardendon, appear to
wear your laurels until you have IRON
them" 49,, - -. -,
So much for q smile!
He.strode from her presence with
curses, not loud but deep, foiled for the
first time in his life by woman, and
cursing the lips that had unwarily
smiled away fortune Of fifty thousand
dollars. - es.55 -, = t
And Ben Morford married the idol of
his boyhood and manhood in less than
three months after, proving beyond
doubt that he tried again, and that Ma
bel forgot her young Apollo in a cruelty
short space of time.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-04

The cultivation of cotton i'm the East
Indies, it is asserted, has become more
popular among the natives, who have
discovered that it is more profitable to
grow cotton at twenty cents pound
than to raise the millet grain for con-
sumption at home. The cotton ex-
ported from India in 1850 amounted i'm
value to 81 ,50O, 900; but the crops for
1869, it is estimated, will bring 500, :
"a, i25. The East India cotton is short
staple, and decidedly inferior to that
grown i'm the United States but greater
care in cultivation has been exercised,
and more attention paid to packing the
bales without the admixture of dirt.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-04
THE COTTON SUPPLY.
A Standard English Authority on the
Future Of the staple.

+. In careful review of the prospects
of business among the manufacturers
of Great Britain for this year, the Lon
don Economist points out the improve,
ment i'm activity in Lancashire, ana
expresses great confidence that food
will moderate in price; that the mar
ket for goods will he active, and that,
on the whole, the revival of trade Is
but beginning. But there is another
question of importance, on which 1t
confesses doubt: Hs
But the second condition of manu-
featuring profit-a plentiful supply Of
cottOn-is very obscure. Such a sup
ply cannot certainly be relied on for
the present year. The consumption
last wear i'm bales of 400 pounds was
2,347, 600; and as third more was
necessary to give full employment to
the mills, there ought to be prospect
of that addition, or of 100000 bales
more, this year to make Lancashire
quite comfortable. But the most san
guine do not anticipate so much as
this; and so sudden an increase, espe-
cially without any new stimulus in
prices, is in the highest degree imprOb-
able. Possibly it may lie said a less in
crease will suffice-say enough to MAIN
tain the present consumption of about
$1,000 bales per week-that Is from
800, 900 to 400 80 bales more this year
than last. Tt will be enough, it is
thought, to save the mills in operation
from excessive competition for the raw
material. 7i
We are not so sure of this, the temp
tation to reopen the mills being very
great: but assuming it to be true, the
chance of the requisite number of bales
icing received depends on two doubtful
contingencies. Practically, as we ex-
planned i'm a recent article, we depend
upon America and India for our sup
plies, as we get five sixths of the total
from them; but there is doubt as to
both fields. No one can tell with GER
tainty what the last American crop is.
The officers of the Agricultural Bureau
calculate it at 2,750, 900 bales, or 800,
900 bales more than the previous year,
which is very satisfactory, as we are
sure to get the bulk of the difference.
"Our imports from America, again,
as We have seen, already exceed by that
amount the imports of the same date
last year. But this is not enough for
certainty. The motive of price, as well
as the forwardness of the crop, would
be quite sufficient to account for the
imports; and the official figures as to
the crop are necessariiy based :. on lmper.
about America, there is still more about
India. According to all accounts there
is larger area under crop than there
was the pre- sious season; but the wea-
ther has been bad, and there is coilsid-
erable doubt whether we shall even get
the import of last year, though 1t is also
possible we may get good deal more.
Thus, with the American and Indian
supplies both doubtful, il would be very
rash to feel confidence that Lancashire
will fully benefit by the improved de-
mand which has set In,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-03-04
Horrible Revelation Of Chinese Gus
toms.

A San Francisco correspondent gives
the following sketch of Chinese hos
pital % 81 ti14 7-a s' s1. r' Il
Very few of the women brought here
are wives, and they live, for the most
part, in the most abject manner. When
one of these poor unfOrtunates becomes
weak and sick, and a Chinese physi-
clan pronounces her case hopeless, she
is notified that she must die. She
knows very well that protestatiOns and
prayers are unavailing, and submits
without murmur to her fate. Lead
by night to some miserable tenament
that goes by the name OF : hospital" !"
(hOw it gained such a Significant anti
thetical name we do not know she Is
forced within the door and made to lie
down upon a shelf. A cup of water,
another of boiled rice, and little metal
oil lamp is placed by her side. The
assassin passes out of the death cell, the
heavy door is locked, and the misera-
BILE creature is left to die alone. What
agonies the poor victims suffer in their
lingering death, no one knows. The
smothered shrieks of despair the
dreadful means with which weakened
nature announces its suffering, may be
heard in the immediate vicinity; but
they either pay no attention to. them,
or simply vent maledctions on the suf-
fering cause of their annoyance. No
one thinks Of interfering with the
doomed one all know the law, and
none are brave eenOugh to interfere with
tho dreadful edict. After a few days
the lamp burns out; the light fails for
lack of oil the rice cup and water cup
are empty and dry, and the Joss-sticks
which were lighted when the woman
was brought to the cell, are nothing
but charred splits of bamboo. Those
who have immediate charge of the
hospital know how long the oil should
last, and when the limit is. reached
they return to the hospital, unbar the
door and enter, that they may remove
the unhappy victim of such barberOus
usage. Generally, the woman Is dead,
either by starvation or her own hand;
but sometimes life is not extinct; the.
spark yet remains when the doctors
enter; but this makes little difference
with them. They come for the corpse,
and they will not go away without it.
If the victim be not already dead, the
circumstance only delays the removal
of the remains few minutes. When
they enter, the woman is still alive,
but they soon come forth bearing
body-Only body; tire heart has
ceased to beat; the breath comes and
goes no more the soul has fled. How
the deed is dOne-whether blood Is
drawn, the victim slaughtered or
smOthered, none save those in the Sc
cret know. The result is past dispute:
A poor, erring woman, helpless and
unloyed, is murdered, and tl.is in the
heart of an enlightened and Christian,
s.jty