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ara the Publishers Agents for the above Books'
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We have full line of
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things considered, the
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the western shore to water not less than
forty feet deep. This was also rejected,
The bill was then, after three hours o1s-
cuspinn Y,oncpd
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COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

A communication was received from the
House announcing that that body had
passed joint resolution asking for q COM
mittee Of conference in relation to the dis
agreement Of the two Houses on the militia
bill. The resolution was taken up and
agreed to. The following is the committee
appointed on the part of the Senate !:
Messrs. GRIMsLEY, PATTERSON, and AUSTIN.
adjourned
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-26

MONEY DESTROYED IN A FIRE.-Some
Specie Recorered.-We gave in yesterdays
issue a short paragraph of FIRE which
occurred at Petersburg yesterday morning.
From to-day's Lnder we learn that the loss
was more serious than at the time antici-
pated
The building was owned by an old colored
man named Peter Jones. The fire first broke
out in his barn, and was evidently the work of
an incendiary. The flames then spread to his
dwelling house, which was soon laid in ashes.
After the fire, "Uncle Peter" with the assist
ance of some of his friends, searched among
the ruins for some specie, he had stored away,
in some stone butter-pots." The specie was
found, and when asked how much he had, the
old man astonished his friends by answering,
"about So, ,500." Sure enough, when the coin
was washed and counted, there were $3.50 in
gold, and about $4,000 in silver and copper
coin.
The money was very much disfgured by the
fire, some of the coins being melted together,
and most of it blackened and otherwise dam.
aged.
The old man had, in addition to his specie,
about $1,000 in ''greenbacks," which, of
course, was entirely destroyed-all of this
money being the earnings of hard labor. He
has the reputation of being an honest, correct
and industrious old man, and no one save his
wife, his faithful companion of many years,
knew that he possessed so much treasure.
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Abraham Lincoln.

The New York Tribune, referring to the
many tales representing Lincoln as good
na-tured ignoramus, says:
"Now this good-natured zany was man
over fifty years of age, who practiced law
successfully all his life, who had been in
Congress and his State. Legislature, who
had been the leader of his party in Illinois
for twenty years, who was the most con-
summate and far-seeing political manager
in the Mississippi Valley. He knew by
education and instinct the general drift and
tendency of American politics better than
any man in Congress- He kept the mere
politicians dancing about him like puppets
to his piping. He was honest, as states
men go, but he never despised human
weaknesses and follies as means of govern
ment He said one day, in an hour of Bit
terness, after closing a protracted local
squabble with brilliant compromise, call
there is of honest statesmanship consists
in com mbining individual meanness for the
public good Yet it is this shrewd and
sagacious schemer, this Machiavel of the
back timber, who is generally represented
by recollectors and paragraphists as
sniveling sentimentalst, full of credulity
and enthusiasm, blown to red heat by every
blast OF rustic patriotism which visited
Washington.
"Those impatient gentlemen who went
to the capital to tell him what he should
do, remember well enough the reception
they met with. One of them, prominent
New York lawyer, began his remarks with
the swelling phrase, Mr. President, the
North having generously offered you its last
dollar and its last man'-was interrupted
with the chilling retort, That is poetical
and not true. The North gives not dol
lar except on good security, and every State
in the North has protested against its quota
in the draft The speech was entirely
spoiled, and the impatient patriot went
home to construct his report of the
interviaw
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Te1egraphic Summary.

The dwelling of B. G. Foster, at Con-
neaut, Ohio, was destroyed by fire yester-
day, and one of his children, girl four
years of age, was burned to death, aud
another, boy of twelve, was so badly
burned that he died in few hours.
Inexhaustible coal mines and oil wells
have been discovered on the Isthmus OF
Panama, thirty miles from Aspinwall, and
the government has given to the discoverer
an immense tract of land.
At Ossiau, Iowa, Mrs. John Larber
smothered her infants, and then committed
suicide by throwing berself under train
of cars.
1t is reported that the steamer Queen of
the Thames, from Melbourne bound to
London, has been lost, and large number
of persons drowned. No particulars
The official vote of Wisconsin for asso-
ciate judge of the Supreme court gives
Lyons, Republican, 1854 majority over
Pulling, Democrat.
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Improvements AS well as other parts
of the city, Church Hill is gradually awaken
ing to the spirit of the age, and improvements
are going on and in contemplation in several
localities. Among others, we notice that S.
Wesley Farrar has greatly enlarged and i'm
proved his drug store on the corner of Leigh
and Twenty fifth streets, and is fitting it up in
style that will equal some of our more aristo-
cratic downtown establishments. His assort-
ment of drugs, medicines and fancy articles
will be largely increased by orders from the
Northern factories, and will be reliable and
of the purest character. In addition to which
q soda fountain will be arranged, which, with
the best syrups, will greatly invigorate the
denizens of the Hill with cool and refreshing
beverage during the summer months. We
notice that he has supplied himself with an un
usual quantity Of plaster, the explanation of
which is caused by the base. ball fever break
ing out afresh among our Juvenile friends in
that locality. Medicines are not very pala
table, but it is some consolation to know that
when you get them from Farrar, they come
from neat and tasty establishment, and are
put up with care and experience.
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LOCAL NEWS.


We have received from Messrs. II. NJ. Smith
& Co., their illustrated annual catalogue Of
agricultural implements for 1871, which is
published in a superior style by Messrs. Fer
gusson d Rady, printers of this city.
The establishment Of II. M. Smith 4 Co. is
too well known to the people Of Virginia and
the South to need commendation at our hands;
but as we are earnest advocates and supporters
of home manufactures we cannot neglect to
give this firm a passing notice. The senior
member of this house, in conjunction with
others, commenced business on the corner of
Main and Nineteenth streets, In 1929, If we are
not mistaken, and from that date to the pres
ent, the business has steadily and surely in,
creased, until now it is as widely known as
any other establishment in the country.
The catalogue before us--a work containing
eighty. eight pages-gives some insight into
the vast resources of this house. Itis filed
with cuts representing almost every descfip-
ton Of agricultural implement used, with their
uses, and the price at which they can be pro-
cured. large number of them owe their or.
igin to the inventive genius of Messrs. II. M.
Smith IL Co. large force of workmen are
constantly employed, in two factories, and the
warerooms at No. 1882 Main street, are kept
well filled with the results of their labor. We
would advise the farmers and planters of Vir-
ginia and the South, when they visit the city,
to call at these warerooms and examine for
themselves the endless variety of implements
to be there seen, and to be sure to send for
catalogue, which will prove of great value to
them, even if they do not purchase any of the
machines.
For forty-one years the manufactures OF the
senior partner have been the favorites among
the farmers and planters of Virginia. The
reputation so thoroughly established for ex-
cellence and reliability of work during this
long period, has, since the war, produced a
large and constantly increasing demand for
their goods from the South and Southw west,
This large trade has been established without
drumming, or the modern system of travelling
agents. The goods have been their own her.
aids, and every sale has led to others.
To the farmers and dealers. of the South who
have not heretofore purchased of them, we
would cay, give this reliable firm fair trial.
as those who favor them with their orders NAV
rest assured that no machine or implement
will be allowed to leave their house that is not
sure to give full satisfaction to the purchaser,
and bear the test of long service. Efficiency
and durability will be, as they have been in
the past, the leading characteristics of their
manufactures.
The members of the firm are Ii. NJ. Smith,
/. s. Tower and J. T. Smith the title of
the firm H. M. Smith & Co., No. 1882 Main
street,
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Skating to-day at Assembly Hall at 4.s0

Fashionable Maria ges.-A large number
of persons assembled yesterday afternoon at
st. Peters Cathedral to witness the wedding
ceremonies of Mr.. Robt E. English and Miss
Madaline Augustine, eldest daughter of Joseph
Augustine, Esq, of this city. The bride and
groom were attired in an elegant and tasteful
manner, and were attended by number of
their friends. The ceremony was performed
by the Right Rev. Bishop McGill. The happy
couple left the city last evening, and will be
absent several days.
A large and fashionable crowd assembled at
st. Paul's last evening to witness the marriage
of Dangerfield Lewis of Clarke county, to Miss
Carter Penn Freeland of this city. The cere-
mOny was very lish. The Rev. DR.. Minne-
gerode read the solemn and beautiful mar
riage ritual of the Episcopal church.
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quarter of million of dollars, or, to be
exact, 1928, ,559l This, then, in brief, is
the legacy left to us by these reckless
spendthrifts This is the enormous bur-
den, nearly one million of dollars, with
which they have loaded us down This
is the amount which their extravagant
prodigality has cost us
We know all Of us, only too well, how
deeply our people are afflicted and over
bourne by the calamities, misfortunes and
pecuniary embarrassments, under which
they are suffering. We know that the
property of the city, especially the most
valuable of it, has gone down day by
day, week by week, and month by month,
in value, till now it will hardly rent for
more than enough to pay repairs, taxes,
insurance and other expenses; and we
know, too, that the red flag is seen and
the sound of the auctioneer's hammer is
heard on the front steps of premises whose
owners, utterly ruined by inordinate taxa
ton, are compelled to sell their property
for what it will bring.
Another year of such administration of
the financial affairs will make any man who
owns property in the city to any extent
poor, wretched aud miserable, just in pro-
portion as the extent of his possessions is
increased. We must have reformation,
and if it is not speedily made, and by
peaceable measures, we shudder to think
with what disorders and riot it will finally
come
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The Civil War in France.
REACTION IN FAVOR OF NAPOLEoN-Hos-
TILITIEs SUSPENDED AT NEUILLY--
THE GERMANS LEAVING THE
SEINE, &C.

London, April 25.--A Times special
from Versailles says that Theirs had a long
interview yesterday with Prince Albert, of
Saxony, and General Fabrue.
Fort Charenton is occupied by a de-
tachment of the Versailles army.
A strong reaction, favorable to the restc-
ration of the Emperor Napoleon, is re-
ported to have set in in the provinces.
A number of the deputies TO the Assem-
bly, are known to desire to make the Duke
D'Aumale President of the Republic.
The Daily Nesos' special dispatch from
Versailles says Theirs has resolved to bom-
bard Paris when the forts east and north
of the city are delivered up by the Prus-
SLAMS.
Versailles, April 25.-President Thiers'
circular, bearing date of the Oath instant,
says: The last few days have been en-
ployed in engineering work and concen-
trating our troops.
London, April 25.-A dispatch from
Dieppe, says placard, urging the sup
porters of the Commune to hasten to Paris,
has been displayed there, but was destroyed
by the inhabitants. The inhammatory
document had no effect upon the inhabi-
tants.
A dispatch from Versailles says lively
cannonade is in progress at Bagneaux.
President Theirs and Marshal McMahon
visited the trenches at Chatillon.
Versailles, April 25.-A heavy cannon. q.
aiding from the batteries of the Versailles
army at Mendon, Creteuil and Chatillon,
was opened this morning on forts D'Issy
and Vanvres and the ramparts of Point
du Jour.
Picard has issued circular to the pre-
fects of departments to the effect that the
municipal elections to be held are to be
followed by those filling the vacant posts
in the Assembly and the Council General.
The official journal of to-day announces
that until the insurrection is queled the
Germans will continue to hold certain of
the forts about Paris, because the govern
ment is without credit.
Paris, April 25.-Hostilities have been
suspended at Neuilly to allow the inhabi-
tants to remove.
Regault has resigned the office of dele
gate of the Ministry of Public Safety, and
is succeeded by NJ Courn.
Pyatt has withdrawn bis resignation.
The Germans are abandoning the left
bank of the Seine The soldiers of the
Commune occupied certain of the forts
thus given up. A flag of truce soon made
its appearance from the German lines, and
perfected objection to the act, whereupon
the Communists, at the order of General
Cluseret, evacuated the forts.
The army of the Assembly is mainly
engaged in the establishment of new bat
teries.
General Dombrowski demands the pros
ecution of the chiefs of the 226th and
22lst battalions of the National Guards
for cowardice.
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President Grant visits his Farm.

81. Louis, April 24-President Grant
visited his farm at Gravoit this morning,
and then drove over to Glen Kenneth, the
country seat Of H. Benton, where he
lunched with number Ct friends. At 2
o'clock the party drove to town. At7P.
M. the President and General Porter dined
with Col. Robert Campbell and few
prominent citizens, and at 1890 returned
to Mr.. Benton's, where number of old
friends and citizens generally we're as
sembed to pay their respects. The meet
ing was informal, and an hour or two was
spent in conversation only. No speeches
were made.
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THE LATEST NEWS
ESPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE STATE JOURNAL
Washington News and Gossip.
BY TELEGRAPH.



LAUNCH OF STEAMER.
Washington, April 26.-The United
States steamer Perriwinkle, which has
been fitting out at the navy-yard here for
service with Captain Halls Arctic explo-
ring expedition, was launched yesterday,
and will be ready for sea in two months.
PATENTS ISSUED.
The following United States patents
were issued to citizens of Virginia, for the
week ending yesterday: Paddle-wheel, to
Ebenezer Mathews, Harrisville; stove-pipe
cleaner, Daniel Murphy, Richmond corn
harvester, Richard L. Nelson, Orange
Court House; machine for boring and
morticing, Richard L. Nelson, Orange
Courthouse; pile for nut blanks, tubes,
&c., Jonathan Ostrander, Manchester ;
preparing an extract for meat, Mann s.
Valentine, Richmond; water elevator,
Robert McPheeters, Arbor Hill.
NAVAL ORDERS.
The navy department to-day issued
about fifty orders, changing stations of
officers, but mostly confined to those on
Eastern stations.
THE NEW STATE DEPARTMENT.
The commission appointed to examine
and select material for the new State De-
partment building, met to-day, and will
probably select granite.
THE PRESIDENT.
President Grant will return to the city
tomorrow night.
DISCHARGE OF EMPLOYEES.
The engraving and printing bureau Of
the Treasury Department is being very
much reduced. Forty employees were dis
charged last Saturday, and one hundred
and sixty will be discharged next Satur-
day.
CELEBRATION.
The biennial celebration of the Odd Eel
lows here to-day was a grand affair.
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The INDIANs.-There is good authority
for the statement that the government is
at this time nearer at peace with the In
dian tribes of our country than at any time
within the last forty years. This is the
result of what is called the "Quaker
policy" but which is really the policy of
placing the administration of Indian affairs
in the hands of honorable, intelligent and
humane men of various religious denomi-
nations, who deal fairly by the tribes and
protect their interests, instead of keeping
that branch of our public business in the
hands of agents and contractors who re-
garded Indian moneys and Indian goods
as only so much food for plunder.-Bah
Sun.
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READ, PONDER, AND BE WIsE--Housskeeper
should bear in mind that of all the different Bakip g
Powders in market, none have stood the test of q
strict chemical analysis like DO0LEY'S YEAST
POWDER. D0OLEY's YEAST POWDER contains
no ingredients but such as heslthful and chem-
cally pure. This insurss uniform in the
making of rolls bscuits &C.. which inferior articles
do not. Manufactured and sold at wholesale by
DOOLEY & BROTHER SO New street, New York,
and at retail by grocers generally.
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Police Court The following cases were
disposed of by Police Justice White this
mornings:
James Tyree, drunk and unable to take care
of himself, was warned and let off.
fully trespassing on the premises of Margaret
Diekle, was let off on condition that she would
leave the premises at once.
Agnes Hoard, an old offender, for abusing,
breaking and ipjuring the property of Frede-
rick Miller, was required to give security in
the sum of 500 for her good behavior for
three months.
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DR. MURRAY, chief of the surgical
clinics at the Philadelphia College, has re-.
vived the troubles regarding the attend
ance of the lady students at the clinical
lectures and dissections. On Saturday he
sent them note requesting them to alb
sent themselves from the clinics that day,
and adds, repeatedly has the presence of
women interfered with the proper manage
ment of the clinics in ways too numerous
to explain" The female students ap-
parently did not appreciate" and were
at the clinics as usual. They were rudely
treated by the male students.
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Religious Reviyals. The series Of meet
ings, commenced week or two ago at Union
Station church, are still in progress, under the
able ministration of Rev. B. F. Woodward.
A number of persons have professed conver-
sion, and there are yet others nightly seeking
salvation.
A revival is also in progress at Trinity M. E.
church, condacted by the pastor, Rev. Mr..
Garland. The meetings are we'll attended,
and great interest is manifested in them. We
learn that several conversions have resulted
from them in the past few nights.
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Sacred Music.-Prof Crane, who has
been teaching number of young ladies and
gentlemen for some time past in the art of
singing, will give public exhibition of the
skill of his scholars, in Leigh Street Baptist
church to morrow night, at 8 O'Clock, in con-
junction with the choir of the church. Good
music and excellent singing may be expected,
as Prof. Crane has brought his pupils up to
high state of proficiency, and the choir, al
though small, executes at times some very diff
cult pieces in an artistic and skilful manner
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MARRIED..

ENGLIsH-AUGUsTINE Tuesday, the 25th
instant, at the Cathedral, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop
McGill, ROBERT EMMET ENGLISH son of Capt.
daughter Of Joseph Augustine Esq., all of this city.
COMPREHENSION Wednesday the 10th, at
the residence of the brides father by the Rev j. p.
Woodward, j. r. JOLLY, of Brunswick county, Va,
to Miss SUSIE q. PEBBLES, of Prince George
county Va.
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PcsT OFFICE DEPARTMENT.-The Post
master General has ordered the re-estab-
lishment of the postoffice at Museville,
Pittsylvania county, Va, with D. A.
Cooper as postmaster.
w. S. A. Loveland is appointed post
master at South Hill, Mecklenburg, vice
William Loveland, deceased.
R. c. Pollard is appointed postmaster at
King William Courthouse, Va, vice D..
d. Remell, resigned
James A. GreDs is appointed postmaster
at Wilderness, Spottsylvania county, vice
Joseph Moncher, failed to qualify.
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The SOUTHERN STATES are likely to de-
rive little benefit from the act increasing
the national bank currency fifty-four mill
lions. Thus far only about fifteen millions
of this additional currency have been paid
out, and there are on file application for
about ten millions more. These come
mostly from the Western States and Ter
ritories. The first distribution was made
upon the basis Of population. Hereafter
it is to be made upon the basis of resources
and wealth. The comptroller of the trea-
sury is of the opinion that the South will
be unable to take much of the remaining
circulation, and that at least twenty five
millions will remain for distribution
among the Western States at the close of
the present year.-N y Herald.
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FATAL ACcIDENT.-M Daniel Berge,
of King William county, met with an ac-
cident on the 18th instant, which resulted
in his almost instant death. He was driv-
ing wagon load of straw home, when his
horses took fright, ran away, and throw
ing him from the wagon, he was run over,
and taken up in dying condition. Mr..
Berge was some fifty.6ve years Of age.