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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-16

LlBEkTG, lolll July, IoiO.
Editor Bedford Sentinel:
The letter Of the 9th. alluded to in your
last issuc, signed by number of my fellow
citizens of this county, calling upon me to
announce myself Il candidate for Congress,
has been received. | have received n,l-
mcrouS solicitations from other sources to
the same elect.
In response thereto / hereby authorize
YOU TO announce me rs candidate.
] am not informed whether q convention
date. If II convention is held, fairly con-
Sti;utcd. | shall, of course, submit my
claims to it.
| deem it unnecessary in this cOmmunica.
tion to enter into discussion of political
nrinciples. All who know me can have no
hesitation in believing that | am conscrvl-
tive in all my views and principles. Since
the termination OF the war between the
nUrthcrns and southern States the legiSla-
ton Of Congress seems to have been con-
trollcd with view to the oppression of the
people of The southern States. / shall, if
chosen as representative, do all in my
powerto procure Il repeal laws which are
now so obnoxious and oppressive. An eXpe-
rlcnce OF twelve years as u member OF the
| Virginia Senate, during portion of which
time | was the presiding officer of that
| body, has given me il familiarity with par
| liamcntary laws and rules that may be use
| ful in the service OF the people if ! should
! be chosen their representative.
| During the late terrible war between the
North and South my sympathies and efforts
were all given to the cause of the South
came under the ban Of the lith amend
ment, but my disabilities have been re-
moved by Congress, so that am now cligi-
bic TO il seat in that body.
| expect to address the people of this dis
trict in the different counties during the
canvass, when my views and opinions shall
be freely and frankly spoken.
i'll ain elected all my energies and efforts
shall be given to the promotion Of the pros
prrity OF the people of my district and Of
NV native state.
Very respectfully,
JAMES T. JouSSON
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-16
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
New York stock and Money Market

NEW YORK, July l5-NoOn.-Stocks dull and
weak. Money firm ut aGO5 per cent. Gold, ll4i.
Sterling Exchangc-Lone, 109l short, ll0i. S-2os,
o. loos. Tennessee 6's, cy-coupons, 0'; new,
Git. Virginia O's, ex-coupons, es ucw, OF. Lou
isiana G's. 7Il; new, "a: Lcvee Gs, II; SIS, 9lt.
Alabama SIS, 100; SIS, H. Georgia G's, 81; f's
9:s North Carolina G's, sig; new, 30. South
Carolina 8's, SO new, ISL. -.
Ercning.--Money, sac per cent. Sterling Ex-
change, lOai@IlO Governments closed dull and
weak. Gold closed otrong at 1let@lles. Southern
Securities dull and heavy.
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Chinese ImmiGrafiOn-Arri of Five
Hundred Chinese i'm Tennessee.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 15.-Thc shipment
of Chinese women to America will proba-
bly, be stopped by the Chinese Government.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, July 15.-Five
hundred of the two thousand Cinnamon for
the Alabama and Chattanooga railroad have
arrived here.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-16
Marine Intelligence.

FORTRESS MONROE, July 15.-Pilot-hoat
Coquettc reports passed in for Baltimore,
barks Traveller, Rio; May Queen, savan-
nah. Passed out, bark Elvertin for Porto
Rico brig Mary Rice for South America !;
schooner Corinne for Eleathera.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-16

ATLANTA, GA, July 15.-A resolution
was introduced in the Senate declaring
Bradley (colored Ineligible to seat in that
body, aud made the special order for Wed
ncsday.
Both Houses adjourned until Monday.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-16

RECEPTION OF. THE NEWS IN THE AMERICAN
CONGRESS. ....
WASHINGTON, July 15.-The announce
ment in the Honse of Representatives by
the Associated Press dispatches Of war be-
tween France and Prussia was received
with applause, and Congress extended its
session to 9 o'clock. ''
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-16
Georgia's Opinion of Her Admission
Bill.

ATLANTA, GA, July 15.-The general
opinion among all parties is that the Geor-
gil admission bill gives us an election this
fall
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-16
A Native yirginian Appointed to
nflSen

WAsn1SGToN, July 15.-Colonel Ambrose
w. Dunn, of Virginia, was to-day con-
firmed by the Senate Consu-Gcneral at
IIakOdali. JaDan,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-16

rAUTION. Don't drink whaskeyss issa ~, So =,
yss Won, ssks!s osn sas,ef RYs fasn asn Wiz MME
MlRRktssti Magsk wv ssS aiwsys bs bad from
sna AZ ss per a gallon, AZ o,n I'D
1i0Mis ION TIA STORE n n2sfRs S ,sl md ssss BssT ~
RnssTEn uoFFnE, Eishih and MAls stsssss;
hunSsrEE ROASTED DAILY hx Stan.
PtiWER Tor groceries and hcscis oy oss SASS1
sscsasss IS 81 = sss''s
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-16

CHISEsE IN NIRGISIA.-It is stated that
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Com
puny intend employing immediately one
thousand Chinese to work OH the conSIruc-
ton of the road. They are induced to take
this step, it is said, because Of the unrelia-
bility Of the negro laborcrs who have left
and are still leaving the road in large num-
bers.-Lynchbury Ne,cs.
x La
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-16

The sermon of Bishop Doggett before the
graduating class of Martha Washington
College, on Sunday last, was Il discourse Of
great ability. abingdon Vtrginan.
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"The colored troops fought nobly."

LAND SALE.-On Saturday last 1S2 acres,
one mile and Il half from Fredericksburg,
the property of ID. G. Monroe, to Mr.. L. f,
Ilornblowcr, of Newark, New Jersey, for
Si,700-part cash, part on time. Mr.. Horn
blower will improve the land at once in the
way of fine building. cksdury
H1uN.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-16

NOTICE TO SHIPrERS.--is4..es u ;s,s
IS Th. boats or the JAMES RI -sssss.ssErssss.ssss
YER AND KANAWHA CANAL COMPANY
will leave the dock MS usual promptly at u ID, on
Freight and tolls on goods for Lynchburg and
beyoad collected On delivery, or prepaid at thS
be afforded consisnecs, but no obligation is as.
su,,;, d TO deliver down freight elsewhere than at
NV ONCE on the Dock without special agreement.
Way freight will DOT be delivered TIL! charges are
paid.
Boats locked and insured.
dell EDWARD DILLON. Agenk
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-16
NI' IN'IVVs'V W.T..
JAMES T. JOHNSON.

Way GOVERNOR LETcHER'S House WAS
BURNED-Attcr alluding to General Filz-
hugh Lees correspondence with Governor
Lnlchcr relative to General Thomas, the
Lexington Gazette adds:
"Ifwe are not mistaken, there are others
in the United States army who. among the
taithlcsS faithful only they to the pay and
pcrlusitcs of promised promotion, will
have their gulldy feathers plurkcd of by
the truth. The time has not come yet for
The qualification OF their disgusting impor-
t,lniticS for places in the Rebel army
The effort to destroy the evidence of their
shame by burning the private residence Of
Governor Letcher, and with ii all of his
papers, was in keeping with their lofty
patriotism. The placing guards around his
house under the pretence of protection, the
SeDcated assurances of prominent officers OF
Hunters army that nothing should be mo-
Tested, the sudden occupation Of the build
ing by soldiers prepared with all the neceS-
saly material for rapid and complete con-
Migration, the iorcible refusal for any article
to leave the rooms-aIl had deep but plain
misunderstanding to ashes the proof of the
personal intamy of some "Moral Heroes"
in the "Grand Army"
"Since the war one of the chief officers Of
Hunters command has had the honesty or
cilrontery to tell Ex-Governor Letcher his
house was burned to prevent unpleasant
Developments
ACCIpEET.-On Monday little George Kcl-
Ter, son of our townsman William n. kel-
Ter. met with Il terrible accident ut one of
the brick-yards near town. Some of the
hands were engaged in digging out clay,
and he was undermining Il bank of earth
when large piece, weighing thirty or forty
pounds, came down upon him, catching his
LETT lee between Il shovel and pick-handle.
breaking the small bone, and dislOcating
the larger one So rs to force it through the
flesh 1T the ankle, 1t is feared his leg will
require amputalion. He was sprightly
little fellow of about twelve years, whom
we hope to see Oh the streets soon again.
Bristol NeaCS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-16

EOR NEW YORK The OldealsII.
IL Dominion Steamship Company's .Sszrsss.sIsx- Szss.sIssx
eIcy;lnt side-wheel steamship SARATOuA, Cap
tain CorCn: will leave her wharf al Rockets ON
SUNDAY. July l7tiI ut o'clockp j.. NJ. Freight re-
DC; round-trip tickets $40 For freight or passage
apply 10 JOHN "; " 1AlI, Agent
jy IL 1T NO. ex-governor street.
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y statement OF tte Bedford Tragedy.
NIh"AETsvlLLE. BEDFORD COUNTY, EA.,s
july 1870 {
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-16

DOR BALTIMORE.-Stca S4ilsNeI
Il STATE OF MARYLAND will SSsssssssssk
leave her wharf SATURDAY, July lU,n, Ut 4
O'Clock +. NJ. Freight received up to 81 O'Clock
=. M. For freight or passage applyS0
iyli w, =. RRETT, Agent.
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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-31
The French MitraiIleur.


From the New York Tribun91
The MitraiIleur, which is as yet IN
tried in practical warfare, is consid-
cred by the French as the most de-
structive military weapon known.
Recently, 800 wretched horses, already
condemned to the poleax, were pur-
chased at the rate of four orfive francs
each, and ranged at a considerable dis
lance. Two mitrailleurs were brought
to play on them, and in three minutes
after two discharges, not one of the
animals remained standing. On q
second occasion, 800 horses were
brought down in a single trial. This
formidable weapon is constructed as
follows:
It is q light 37-barreled gun, ar
ranged that its barrels may be dis
charged simultaneously, n eonsecu-
lively. The thirty-seven cartridges,
intended for one charge, are contained
in a small box. A steel plate, with
corresponding holes, is placed on the
open box, which is then reversed, and
the cartridges fall points foremost into
their respective holes. They are
prevented from falling through by the
rims at their bases. The loaded plate
is then introduced into the breech-slot
and when the breech is closed by a
lever, a numtar of steel pins, pressed
bv spiral springs, are only prevented
from striking the percussion arrange
ment in the cartridges by a plate in
front of them. When this case is
moved slowly by the handle, the
cartridges are fired one by one. If the
plate be withdrawn rapidly, they
follow each other so quickly that their
discharge is all but simultaneous. The
invention seems very well adapted for
use in forts or other permanent places
of defense or offense, but its carriage
and management in the field would
present many and. insuperable obsta-
Giles to its general use.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-31
CARE AND THE BAccHANTEs.

Old Care, with brows enwrinkled,
sal eyes that sought the ground,
Went slowly passing onward
Through life his weary round;
And m"Ournfully he chanted
a melancholy song.
While on his urrowed temples
Thin fingers strayed along.
All, me! how weary, dreaiy, is life to him
Is void OF forHs of beauty; whose days are
Whose memory ever broodeth on hopes that
bloOmed in vain"
A burst OF jolly laughter
Upon the breeze swept by.
And Father.Carel lifts upward
\ nIeditatIve eye.
He hears the ramp of footsteps
That beat the ground in glee,
As toward him thrOng with o and
And tunefnlly in chorus their merry tones
are blent
" Let's take without a murmur the goods the
gods have sent;
And since our lives are short ones, in Joy
they shall be spent"
Old Care, to II the riot
And laughter of the tnrOng,
Made haste to leave the roadway
Bus like a band OF hunters
That zone about their prey,
The jolly band press forward
TO bar tn . old mans way.
Ho! slack thy speed, good ~greybeard un-
knit those brOws Of him
That We may bind them greenly with gar
lands of the Yinei
Unlock your lips, upraise your eyes, and
warm your cheek with wiue!'
Slim girls with Syren voices,
Glad eyes and floating hair,
Held cups of ruby liquor
To the thin, dry lips of Care;
And one, the fairest maiden
Among tue laughing crew.
First kissed her golden goblet,
Then held il high in view
4" Now, plcdgcl' she sad in accents gay as
laughter of n child;
q" Now, pledge me, worthy greybeardI" Tire
COOL old man, beguiled,
Drank Of the Prohered goblet and, drinking
10, he smiled.
Dublin UtirersLy Magd=iRe.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-31

GENERAL ]. ID. G. ATKINS, of the
Paris Htedigencer, has sold his inter-
est in that paper to Mr. w. r. Hawley,
his former partner, and retires from
editorial control. General Atkins has
not left the press, any more than he
had before done the halls of Congress,
without making his mark. He has
proved equally able in his late field Of
Journalism; and with so genial a gen.
tleman and able a man, as a member
of the profession, we can but express
u regret to part. But there is a
large field still before him for the eX-
ertion of an active, discriminating
and vigorous intellect, and the re-
ward of eXertiOn and fame will
still be gathered in his progress.
In every walk of life he is highly
esteemed, and our wish is that his
future may be as prosperous as his
pasr has been honorable and useful.
OF his successor We r not, from per-
sonal acquaintance, so well able to
But the columns of the Intel
Ggencer still bear the marks of ability
and fidelity, which give promise that
it will not fall Off in the hands of its
present editor. The IteUigepcer is a
sterling Democratic paper. 1t is anti
third party, anti-protective tariff, anti
corruptiOnist, and pro-patriotic, and
for the good of the State as heretofore.
We wish the new proprietor and edi-
tor ample success.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-31

THE Age says it is recorded as an
item of general news that Miss
Whittemore, a school teacher in Ash
burnham, Mass, received a note on
the 9th Of June, warning her to
leave the district, on peril of her life.
The same day, while passing along
the public highway, accompanied by
others, some unknown persons threw
a stone, which, striking her upon the
back of the head, caused serious, if
not fatal injury. Since the assault she
has been rational but a few moments
at "a time, and nothi5ng can, therefore,
be learned from her as to the indi-
vidual or possible motives of the as
sailant. Had such an occurrence as this
have happened in any one ofthe South
ern States, it wouldhave been reported
in all the Radical papers, with conspic-
uous headlines, calling attention to
another Ku-Klux outrage, while the
people would have been held up as
brutes and rufiians. But when the
act occurs in Massachusetts,, the mar
rative is stuck away in the corner OF
the Radical papers, and no notice
taken of it. The Radical party is
hypOcritical, as well as corrupt and
Venal.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-31
Negro Slavery in COnstantinOpIe.

As there is not much doing Just now
in the political fancy business, the St.
Louis RepUGiicdH suggests that Wen
dell Phillips might organize a crusade
against the Turks, with the object of
emancipating the negroes in the Otto
man Empire. There are about 10000
negro slaves of both sexes in COnstan-
tinOple. They are imported from
Eastern Africa, especially from Dali
gour, Dongala' and Abyssinia. Not
over five per cent. of the whole number
of African slaves in StambOul are born
there. The free children born Of their
own race, or by miscegenatiOn with
Turks and the lowest classes Of the
accidental population, in the Turkish
capital, almost all die infants. The
colored women, with scarcely any ex-
cePtiOn, are prostitutes, and a large
proportion of the males are made
eunuchs. The price for females
changes according to their physi-
cal attractions. The ugly ones
are exceedingly cheap, whilst
the prettiest among them, espec-
tally those from Abyssinia, often COM
mand very high prices. Those who
do not become Odalisks or servants in
the harems of the rich Turks live a
miserable life. After having been 1eX-
hausted by four years hard labor,
and the lowest vices, they are usually
abandoned to themselves and obliged
to beg or steal their daily bread. The
number of female slaves who have no
masters is so large at certain times,
that they are often formed into COM
panies to prevent them from doing
any sort of mischief.
This is evidently a vast field for
reformation, and men of such large
philanthrOpic views as our Lloyd
Garrison and Wendell Phillips might
in all propriety make a crusade
against the evil. In going to the
place themselves they might discover
at the same time, that the English
abo~litionists, who were so hard
at work in this country, do
not use a particle Of their
powerful influence in Turkey toward
the abolition of an evil which APP
pears there in a form incomparably
more strociOus than ever existed in
the Southern States of the Union.
They have no pecuniary interest at
stake, and their philanthropy remains
dormant.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-31
The Needle Gun.

A writer in the Chicago Tribune
gives this description of the needle
gun, which will probably play an i'm
portant part in the coming battles in
Europe:
L. The range of the needle-gun is
from n thousend two hundred to
a thousand four hundred yards.
2. The movements of loading are
executed with the right hand, as fol-
lows: An upward stroke with the
palm Of the right hand against tho
chamber knob opens the breech, the
cartridge is inserted into the cavity of
the barrel, apush forward and down
ward stroke Of the chamber knob with
the right hand close the breech, and
another push on the needle chamber
with its spiral spring. completes the
loading, and the rifle is ready for
Sire" During the whole movement
the gun is held with the left hand, at
a ''ready."
9. The gun is never loaded or re-
loaded while at "aim," simply be-
cause it is impossible to do so.
4. The powder is not ignited at the
rear end of the cartridge, but next to
the ball, where the igniting matter is
placed in a kind of socket of papier
mache; and this is what gives more
power to the ball, the powder burning
from the front to the rear.
5. The cartridge is made up-baII in
front, ball socket with igniting mat
ter, powder. The shape of the ball
resembles the shape of cucumber,
and is called long lead Qdng 6lei).
g. The recoil of the gun is only felt
when it becomes very much heated
and the air chamber filled with the
refuse of powder. When clean, no
reeoil is felt at all.
In case the needle should break or
bend, or otherwise become useless, a
new one Fan be inserted in less than
five seconds; each soldier carries an
extra supply of about six needles.
1t is not much the superiority of the
needle-gun over other breach-loaders
which has secured, and, in all prOba-
bility will, III the present struggle,
secure success to the PrusSian armys
as it is the thorough education Of
each individual soldier and his perfect
familiarity with his weapon.
The needle gun was first used in
Prussia in 1873 and 1919, in Baden
and Sehleswig, and not having been
deemed effective without an entire
change of tactics, and especially of
skirmish instruction, was almost con-
demned.
The Prussian army has but one
ealibre for all small arms, so that in
fantry or sharp-shOOters can be sup
piled with cartridges from any cav
airy, pistol, or carbine cartridge
wagon" 81
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-31

IT is understood that Chancellor
Smith declines the race for the Su-
preme bench and that our particular
pet, Barbour Lewis, takes his place.
The Leagues are busy with their dark
lantern and midnight conclaves. They
will put any man on the bench they
can who is only a Radical, whether
he has three legal ideas in his head,
or, ike Lewis, is incapable of appre-
ciating or retaining a single one. They
will rob the people, whether as County
Commissioners or as undertakes,
over-charging twenty-siX hundred
dollars for the funeral expenses of Sec
rotary Rawlins. Neither the living
nor the dead are safe from their ra-
pacity. And they who love public
robbers, high taxes, oppression of the
poor, and corruption and dishonesty
generally will vote for them Of course.
We take the following from the Nash
vile Banner:
The public is informed, upon the au-
thority of that illustrioHs statesman,
Winfield Jerusalem Smith, that the
eminent jurist, Barbour Lewis, will nm
to drag the judicial ermine
through the Radical mire of politics for
the next eight ~years-always provided he
gets the requisite majority of votes. No
thing could have been better calculated
swell the Inajorities of the candidates
of the late Judicial Convention than this
announcement.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-31

a declaration to thesame effect as that
OF France.
And Prussia also followed with a
similar declaration.
Each of these declarations was by
its tenor and law gauge temporary
only, being a waiver for the present
of belligerent rights claimed by each
OF these great powers under the law
Of nations.
1t viii also be seen that the En-
peror's declaration of March 80, 1854,
anticipates in substance the united
declarations of the great powers at
the conference of Paris. France, OF
course, cannot now treat us as a party
to that declaration. But if the En-
peror spontaneously repeats, in our
behalf, the &c pGrte declaration OF
1854, we certainly have cause 10 APP
plaud and honor his liberality.
And we may assume, without hest
tation, that similar l~iberality toward
the United States, has been, or will
be manifested by North Germany, as
indeed clearly appears by the pub
lished dispatches of Count Bismarck
to Baron Gerolt, which was, in fact,
anterior to the reported action OF
France.
Mr.. Cushing then suggested that the
foregoing covered the most important
points involved by the European war,
so far as relates to the rights and obi
cations of maritime neutrals.