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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20
"OH, CARRY Me BACK TO OLD VIR.
OMAHA lady correspondent writes from

"OH, CARRY Me BACK TO OLD V1R.
OMAHA lady correspondent writes from
New York to the Washington Patriot: S.
:. Almost thirty years ago a gentleman from
Boston was travelling through France in
one OF the old stages whose compartments
were only obtained at considerable ex-
pense, and met as his fellow-passenger
gentleman whose general knowledge and
easy chit-chat rendered the journey most
pleasant. When the stage arrived the Bos-
tonlan disclosed his nationality, and Mozart
eagerly asked him about the negro melo-
DIES, Which he had till then vainly searched
ior. The gentleman was about leaving for
bis own home, but promised to bring
Mozart all that he could gather of this
music on his return 10 France. He kept
his word, and during the winter after his
arrival the masquerades, just before Lent,
were gwen with all the elegance which dis
tlngulshed them ut that time for the no.
billty, and even members of the rovaI fam
lily, trequented the gay salons where Mozart
led the orchestra. On this evening, at the
end Of the season of 1874, new strain, full
of tender pathos, seemed delcateIy inter-
woven with the overture. At first light and
graceful, the music was charming, and then
O wall that seemed TO express u wild, pas
slonate heart-cry, sounded, and the whole
assembly, wild with enthusiasm, turned to
Mozart, and, with one shout of applause,
lifted the tone-master from his stand and
bore him in triumph round the room. Is
there Southerner who can ever forget this
air, ora Virginian who would require to be
taught the notes of ooh, Carry Me Back
to the Old Virginia Shore?' This old song
of the South had charmed the maestro. and,
grating it upon his own individuality, he
had thus inspired the brilliant circles of
France"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20

A Coop APPoINTMENT.-The directors of
the Richmond and York River railroad
have appointed Capt. VIM. N. Bragg SUPER
intcndent of their road, to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation of Col. Doug
lass. Capt. Bragg has been railroad man
all his life, and Is practically acquainted
with every branch pertaining to their oper-
atoms. He was at one time superintendent
of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac railroad, and more recently filed a
high position ON the Richmond and Peters
burg railroad, and has always discharged
his duties with fidelity and to the satistac-
ton of his employers and the public. He
was the inventor and one of the patentees
of the sleeping-chairs-tirst used on the
road between this city and Aqua creek,
and which have since become so famous
throughout the country.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20

BECOMING A FoRTUNE-TELLER AGAINLs
HIS W1IL.-This droll story of mishaps Is
told by the Pail Mall Gazette:
1t is not easy to conceive 4 combination
of circumstances under which man can be
forced to become fortune-teller against his
will. Such combination, however, has
occurred in the career Of Mr.. Thos. Finigan,
Drummond street, st. Pancras, London.
On appearing in company with Mrs. Fini-
gan before Mr. Barker to answer charge
of unlawfully pretending to tel! fortunes,
Mr.. FinIgan stated that he was unfortunate
enough to occupy house which had form.
erly been the residence of fortune-teller,
and he was so continually pestered with
people coming to have their fortunes told
that he had been actually forced to
become Il soothsayer in spite of himself.
He had told his wife to pretend to tell for
tunes, so that people, finding they were
duped, would not come again. To render
the deception more irritating, Mr.. Finigan
was in the habit of permitting those who
consulted him to reward him for his infor-
nation by fee, and it was probably this
practice, in itself doubtless capable of as
innocent an explanation US the rest of the
defendants proceedings, which prejudiced
Mr.. Barker against him, and led to his COM
INITIAL with Mrs. Finigan to three months
Imprisonment, with hard labor.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20

REPoRToRIAL Observation-Disclosures are no
longer any incendiary fires. 1t is the ''tire
ticnd" that does it all. Are there lives lost
on some railroad? 1t is "holocaust," you
know. Does anybody fall down from apo
pleYyf Straishltway, the fact is announced
is empty. 10 there is "tamine" right
away; and if John Jones knock down Pat
rick Maloy in 4 corner grocery, nothing
short OF carnival of crime" will answer as
a proper Typographical preface i'll chroni-
cling the fact. And so on all through the
catalogue of current events. This tawdry
style Of writing originated with the cheap
yelloW-coyered novels OF the George Lip.
pard and Ned Buntline school. 1t is about
time it was snuffed out. It is not whole
some style. When one has fact to relate,
or story to tell, it looks best and sounds
best in pure, plain English.-Phsladt lphia
DdY. -.- .....
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20

THE SQUIRE's INDIGEsT1oN.-Old Squire
Il was very successful and subStan-
tial farmer in an interior town of Massa-
chusetts, and more amazing eater never
lived in any town anywhere. And espe-
cially much did he eat when fresh pork was
TO be his nourishment. We'll, ut certain
time, one Of his hogs had been killed. The
next morning there was fresh pork for
breakfast, and the old man ate most WOLF
derouSly. In the course of the forenoon
he ate his luncheon, consisting of bread and
butter, mince-pie. and cheese. at noon
his dinner consisted Of fresh pork, pickle,
mince-pie, and the usual accompani-
ments. His afternoon luncheon was like
that of the forenoon. When he came
home to supper, his favorite dish had not
been prepared rs part OF that meal. The
old man tretted and scolded till fresh pork
was added to the substantials. lie ate vo-
raciously as usual. In the evening he
toasted some cheese, buttered and ate it,.
Just before going to bed he roasted a cou-
pie of apples and ate them. In the night
he was taken with severe collie. The doc
tor was with him till morning, and nearly
wrought 4 miracle in the old mans life.
The next day Bolles W., one Of his neigh
bors, went in to condole with the old
Squire on his illness. "Faithful Bolles,"
said the old worthy, 81 liked to have died
last night. I'll never eat another roasted ap-
pie as long as / live. / never did love them
very well, and last night ate only two, and
they nearly killed me-"
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CONCERTS OF THEODORE THoMAs.-Of one
of Dir. Thomas's concerts prominent crit.
ical journal says: "There were hundreds
present last night who do not know note
in the scale, and are wholly incapable of
drawing anything but discord from catgut
and iyory-lnen and women to whom Wag-
ner, Beethoven, and Meyerbeer are utter
strangers, and who could not for their lives
tell the difference between fortissimo and
p!dniSsimo-yet the sublime melodies of
their selections from the masters impress
ed them as wildly as their more learned
neighbOrs."
Miss Mehlis's fine knowledge of piano
music, and the superb manner in which
she demonstrated it on the occasion Of Mir.
Themas's first concert in this city, gave her
an introduction to Cincinnatians that will
eyer make her momory pleasant one here.
There has been no female pianist in this city
1or years who has shown herself such q
complete mistress of the instrument "a Miss
Mehlig."
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WY A CLERGYMAN DYED HIS HAIR.-The
BOSTON Traveller SAYS:

Why A CLERGYMAN DYED HIS HAIR.-The
Boston TrauelIer says:
A clergyman who has seen his two score
and ten was complimented on his hale and
youthful looks the other day. Smiling, he
touched his handsome brown hair, and re-
piled: You know they have way of help
Inc old men little in these days." "What,"
said his friend, "have you been coloring
YOUR hair?" eyes," replied he, 81
have been doing what thought once
nothing would induce me to do. | have
been turning my gray hair brown, and
will tell you how was brought to it. After
leaving my position As, l proposed to
90 back into the ministry and become a
parish minister. Accordingly, as had OPP
portunity, I preached to several destitute
churches, and was gratitied to hear, at
the conclusion of my services, that
the people were well pleased with
nv preaching, and but for my gray hair
would gladly have me for q pastor; but
they could not think of having so old q
man Well, while was going through with
this experience an old friend suggested to
me to color my hair, and thus remove from
the eyes of the people the reproach of being
an old man. And l consented, finally, to
make this experiment. And what do you
think? The very first time that preached
with brown hair upon my head was
greeted with call to settle in the ministry,
aud have ever since been the happy pastor
of united and apparently perfectly salts
fled people," So much for the color OF ones
hair. So much in proof that looks are some
thing, after all; Notwithstanding the old
proycrb that looks are nothing and beha-
yiOr is all,
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The Lyndon (N. H. Union says: "Ed.
Clement told lis the other day about 4
friend of his down in landau, N. H., who
was out logging in n swamp, and found a
LOG in the miro so far that he couldn't back
his horse to it within about six feet. He
was an original genius, and very quickly
devised way to reach it. He tied bis heels
to the whiffletree, and crawled to the log,
clasping 1t with both arms, and sang out,
1Giang, Old DOLLY She Changed ut
once, and took her best gait for the mousse
with Eds friend dangling at her neels.
The road from the woods to house was
strewn with old rags, bits of hair, flesh, &c.
He got up, winked himself into correct
points of compass, and remarked, THAT
the next time he tried that experiment he'd
tie his id heels to The log instead OF the
whiffletree, SO that he could let 60 when he
wanted to-
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20
The Diversions OF Young America
"A DlabOlfcaI Device.

There is hardly in the whole range OF
human research more curious or interest
Ing study for the philosopher than the
come and go-the ebb and flow, so to
speak--of boyish diversions. For every
| sort of game or amusement, such as may
be considered well established and stand
| ard, there Is q time and season. There Is
| a season for kites and time for tops, an
other for stills and month for marble.
Gun-powder and fire.crackers come regu.
larly twice n year. Ball and sold sow"
and 60 ut their allotted periods.
All at once some exceptional device up
pears, and sweeps over the land like visit
alton Of cholera. Such was the "nigger
shooter" which ragged here last summer
with such vlrulence that in few weeks
there was hardly a whole. pane Of glass or
live pigeon left in the city. And what Is
curious about these epidemics-if we may
call them such-is that !" no pent-up Utica !"
contracts their powers. Boys are attacked
by them all over the country about the
same time. The {" nigger-shooter disease
ran through the country last summer from
Maine TO Florida, from ocean to ocean, and,
Tor aught we know to the contrary, it may
nave clrcled the earth, and affected every
country where india-rubber and pebble
stones could be found. Where the impulse
comes from-by what laws its movements
are governed-how it happens that boys in
all parts of the world are attacked by the
same games, tricks, devices, and diversions
at the same time, is curious subject for
speculation, and something that philosophy
has not yet solved. Just before skating
and sleds came in, all the boys in the town
were lifting brickbats out Of the pavements
by means of "suckers," that being q cord
and apiece Of soft leather moistened and
pressed fiat on the surface Of brick. Since
that time horns have been around once.
and we ,don'tknow what else. L r..
The other dry .(sayss the. w heeling Tntelh-
gerlcer, from which paper we borrow these
remarks,) a new device in the hands of
Young America made its appearance stimuli
taneously all over the city, and no doubt
in every other city in the country. 1t is
called the Allegheny Whistle "-Pluto.
MAN scrccch would be better. 1t is very
simple in its construction, but terrible in
effect. An old tin can or cup is the basis.
A hole is driven through the bottom, cord
inserted and fastened by turning knot on
the end. Then the cord is rosined and the
"infcrnal machine" is complete. Hold the
can in one hand, and draw the thumb and
finger of the other hand rapidly along the
waXed cord. The result is the most harsh,
hideous, rasping, demoniacal, unearthly
sound that ever grated on human ears. All
day yesterday and until 4 late hour last
night these awful screeches could be heard
ali over the city. Yet there is nothing that
genuine Young America enjoys so much,
and every boy who can muster an old oys-
ter-can and q hemp cord is just as happy as
a clam at high tide. The fact that every
body else is rendered unutterably wretched
only adds to the zeal aud pungency of his
enjoyment.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20

A bill now before the Wisconsin Assem-
b,v Droyides that whenever eleven jurors,
im9paneiled to try any criminal case or
civil civ action, shall agree upon a verdict,
such agreement, duly announced in court.
shall be taken and held to be the verdict OF
the whole jury. ....r.s
The new shades in evening silks arc
apeach blossom" and "sky blue" for the
blondes, and the "cameo" shade, ranging
from saffron to pale cream color, Ior Inc
brunettes. - -"
TX A New York paper SAYS Of q man who
exhibited tire-escape In that city :" Dur
inc the time 1t took him to make the
descent, fire would have consumed o
block Of houses" 800. +, 81. .,IF,,f - =
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20

So DECIDED in his temperance opinions is
the Rev, MIR. Cooper, Presbyterian pastor
of McConnellsyiIe, Penn, that when the
subscription books for his support were
opened, he instructed the deacons as tol'
lows 10 receive no money on subscfip-
lions from families any part OF whose IN
come is derived from the sale OF lntoXi-
eating liquors; to mark all such subscrlp-
tions rs paid, and charge the same TO hls
account and il the amount allowed hun
as salary could not be raised from other
sources, the salary might be reduced just
as much as the subscriptions from these
doubtful sources amounted to- &
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20

| Nor DEAD, BUT Hrs WIPE MARRIED
| AGAIN.-The Springfield Republican gives
! the particulars of romance in real life
which came to light in the town of West
field, Mass, last week. It seems that q
young resident of Westfeld, an only son,
who made an honorable record as q soldier
Of the Tenth Massachusetts regiment during
the late war, having married rnhappily at
its close, left his wife and child about four
years ago and took up his abode In North
ern New Hampshire, near the Canada line,
where until quite recently he lived an adj
venturous life, his whereabouts unknown
to his family or friends. He had been away
two years when he saw in the papers
notice of his own death by drowning. He
took the matter as harmless joke, having
once before, while In the army, read his
own obituary as consequence of his name
inadvertently appearing in the list of killed
in battle. He did not contradict the story,
and was accordingly mourned as one dead
by his relatives in Westfeld.
A short time ago news reached the wan
derer that his father was ut the point of
death, and he FASTENED back to Westfeld
to see him before he should die, surprising
hundreds of his old acquaintance, who
supposed him dead, and still more his
family. His father, on the brink of the
grave, was just able to recognize him.
Meantime the wife, surprising herself q
widow, had married again, the fruit of the
new union, as Of the first, being one child.
And now it happens that the father, be-
l'eying his son dead, had made will in
which he, the only lawful heir earring the
widows third), is said to be left out, while
the property, yariousy estimated at from
$1,000 to $4,000, is supposed to be be-
queathed partly to his step-mother and her
children by former husband, who have no
hereditary claim upon it. His wife finds
herself with two husbands, but it is said
that The wandering soldier boy has no wish
to. disturb .She relations last formed, and
will leave the woman and her two children
In the charge other second choice, although
they are not legally married.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20

DANIEL MCCARTNEY, a humble laborer
in Salem, Columbiana county, Ohio, fifty
three years of age, possesses such Won
iIerful memory that he is the subject Of IN
article in the last No. of the Journal of
Speculative Philosophy, published in St.
Louis. The article was written by W. D.
Henkie, the State Commissioner Of Public
Schools in Ohio. Mr.. Henkle visited Nc
Cartney and used all possible ingenuity in
making repeated tests. Mccartney is illite-
rats and nearly blind, but he remembers
the occurrences of every day since January
i, 1927, when he was nine years ola d., Men, is1-
Years. and he tells instantly what day of the
week it was, what sort of weather pre-,
vailed, and what he was working, at and
conyersed about. MIR. Henkle provided him.
self with a journal for forty-five years, and,
after several severe cross.eXaminations,
nroyed Mccartney to be correct invariably.
Mccartney also displayed remarkable ia
Guilty for mental arithmetic.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20

THOMAS W. KEESEE will sell at 10 A. NJ, at
his store, piano, household furniture, &c.
W. GODDIN will sell at 4 P. N. two valuable
farms-one on the Williamsburg road, and the
other On the White oak road, few miles be-
low the city.
COOK & LAUGHTON will sell at 10 A. H., at the
residence on e5th street two doors from the
corner Of Grace household furniture, &c.
]. D. WHITEH FAD & co. will sell at 10 A. N.
groceries, &c.
GRUBBS Il WILLIAMS will sell at Il P. N. a
residence on the west side of 9Th street, be-
tween Cary and Canal.
JAMES NJ. TAYLOR will sell at P. NJ. build
Ing lot on 9th street, north of Leigh.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20

ATTEMPT TO BREAK JAIL.-An attempt
was made on Friday night last by some of
the inmates of Henrico county jail to break
out. Among the number was Frank Blair
and Frank Wells, found guilty of felonous
house. breaking, and their terms of impris-
onment fixed respectively at six and five
years in the penitentiary. Judge Minor,
on hearing OF the circumstance, on Satur-
day departed from his usual course in sem
fencing prisoners only on the last day of
the term, had them brought into court, and
pronouncing sentence on them, ordered the
sheriff 10 take them to their future home at
once,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20

ATTEMPTED ROBBERY .-On Friday night
an attempt was made to break into the un.
occupied house No. 300 Broad street, be.
tween Sd and 4th streets. Before having
succeeded, however, the thieves were
frightened away by policeman. The house
was entirely empty, except the usual gas
aud water fiYtlIres.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20

LECTURE To-NIGET.-At Virginia Hall to-
night, Judge Farrar, Of Amelia G. H., will
deliver his entirely new and exceedingly
humorous lecture on GA Brave Knight and
His Adventures" Tickets are selling rap.
idly, and it is thought that the hall will
hardly hold the crowd. The proceeds will
be devoted to paying off the debt on the
new Pythian Hall.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20

Parties desiring Life Insurance would do well
10 read the advertisement OF the Brooklyn Life
Insurance Company, THos. N. ALFRIEsD &
SON, General Agents for Virginia. before acting.
Good agents wanted everywhere In Virginia. This
is safe and reliable company, having large de-
poslte in the States OF New York and Virginia as
q guarantee to policy-holders.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20

A FEMALE IMPosToR.--A lady giving her
name as Mrs. Jones has been going about
on Church Hill for week or two past
making collections for the benefit of the
Baptist and Methodist churches in Il ocketts.
for the Leigh-street and Union Station
Churches, for a feast in aid of poor widow,
and for other benevolent enterprises. She
succeeded in raising good many dimes, If
not dollars, and it is now discovered that
she is an impostor. Housekeepers are
warned to be on their guard against her
and the like of her. =
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20

POLICE COURT, SATURDAy.-Justice j. j.
White presidin5.-The following case was
disposed of:
Wiley Timberlake (eolored), charged with
obtaining money under false pretences.
Case continued until the goth inst, and the
prisoner remanded to iail.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20
AUCTIOH SALES TMIs DAY.

On all public or prisats sales If Real Estate
made betpeen the lstof January and the 1St Of
1nlp hepurcsosers pay the tares for the pro-
sent gear; but on all sales bettneeD the first
day Of July and the last ddyor December the
seller 1dYs them
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20
SHIPPING.

I,DE NEW YORK.--The Old 1<frSS
!. miaI"n Steamship Co.'s tie- ssss1sz sssEe
sul asdc-wA"ci steamship NfASOkh, CaiLiln
.rtEsE, Will leave. her wharf HI kOcketts on
t. >DAY. March "lsl. Al O'Clock y. NJ. Freight
,r~tNr,i uuil o'clock +. NJ ~
iuc, 5l"; storage. ae r"cnd-trip tickets, $zc'
J' '!,tEh. or paasHGc, ap..iy 10
JOHN w. WYATT, Agent
ut Cot No. Governor street.
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II you don't want to disgust everybody with
YOUR offensive breath, cure your catarrh.. Five
hundred dollars reward 10 offered by the proprie-
tor of DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy fos case he
cannot cure. Itis sold by druggists. Can getit
for slxty cents by mail from Dr. H. V.fIARcr,
nnfraIo. N. Y. Pamphlet free. .-4g1@4>>ss> y IS.
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MASONIC NOTICE.-The men, essggap
Nl beers Of HARTMAN X. A. CHAPTER, 8HxXA
Mo- S. are requested to attend u stated yHA&
conyocation at their Chapter-rooms, on 49,
25th street. THIS (Monday) EVENING AT
O'Clock. The attendance Of every member ID re-
before the Chapter.
By order of NJ. +. II. z.
March 20, A. D. 1871 A. L. 5s7l. IL"
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DIR. FpwARDs,s eloquent address at the dedica-
tom OF Pythian Hall should be read and treasured
nv every Knight Of Pythias. It is pubhshed IN
the True Knioh. for April, ont to-day
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20

An Intellectual attempt was made on Mon
day night to throw the Ashland (pennsyl-
yania) train off the track on Manon9y
Plain, by placing cross-ties on Inc trac ca
PennsylYania needs o Kuklux IaW.' Aas-@'1',
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20

A block Of granite, weighing sixty tons
was raised from quarry in Westefiy, a..
T.. last week. II 10 said TO laYs .gesn ~ the
fourth largest stone ever quarfas0 W " e elss'
United States. III y 3 d =
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II you desire rosy cheeks and complexion far
and free from pimples, biotches,2 and erupttons,
purify your blood by taking DR.. PIERcE's Alt
Ext, or Golden Medical Discovery. It has no
equal for this purpose, nor as remedy for FLYER
complaint or biliousness. Sold by all druggists.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20

CHICKENS SToLEN.-Ex-Recorde NJ. j.
Powers was robbed on Friday night Of a
fine lot OF game chickens, which cost him
abOnt $3.50.
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USE THE BEsT.-The celebrated Pemoro1e
Shirts the best shirt made. Call on Z. Is. sPENcE
6 Son and supply yourself.