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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-17
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.


House met at 10 A. M.--Spcaker TURNER
in the chair.
BILLS REPORTED.
Senate bills: TO incorporate the Rock
ingham Home Mutual Insurance Company;
to Incorporate the town OF BlacksDurg,
Montgomery county; to amend the charter
of Gordonsville to incorporate the Life
Insurance Company Of Virginia; to incor-
and Trust Company of Norfolk; House bill
eXempting the tiremen of Richmond,
Lynchburg, and Petersburg from jury duty,
with a recommendation that it do not pass.
RoLL.CALL AT THE NIGHT SESSIONS.
Mr.. MCCAULL offered resolution sus-
pending so much of the rule requiring the
calling of the roll at the night session.
On motion of Mr.. SEGAR, the resolution
was laid on the table.
PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
Mr.. CAMPBELL had 1t entered upon the
Journal that, had he been present last night
when the vote was taken on the passage OF
Senate bill disposing of the States interest
in railroads, he would have voted in the af.
firmatlVe.
FERTILIZERS.
Senate bill requiring manufacturers oil
fertilizers to label their packages with q
correct analysis of the same, came up as
unfinished business.
A substitute for the bill, offered by Mr.
JACKSON, was rejected.
The bill, as heretofore amended, was then
passed.
DISMISSED.
The following Senate bills were dismissed
To authorize reassessment Of lands in the
counties of Culpeper and Fauquier tc
amend the act prescribing the duties anC
compensation Of county officers.
FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Senate bill to require deposits from for
eign insurance companies doing business il
the State came up, was amended, anC
passed.
SPECIAL ORDER.
Senate bill to protect the oyster-beds O
the State was made the special order for to
morrow [to-day], after the morning hour.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
The following Senate bills were passed
10 amend the charter Of the city of AL
exandria.
TO amend the act to incorporate thu
town of Liberty, Bedford county.
To incorporate the q Atlantic Milling
Manufacturing, Warehousing, and Guar
anty Company.
TO extend the corporate limits Of thu
town of Manchester.
To replenish the fresh water streams O
the Commonwealth with fish.
To incorporate the Culpeper, Madison
and Stanardsville Narrow-gauge Railroad
Company.
To amend the Norfolk city water-work.
act.
To incorporate the Middleburg Saving,
Bank.
To turn over the Southwestern turnpike
to the counties through which it passes.
To incorporate the towns of Middleburg
Hillsborough, and Hamilton, in the county
Of Loudoun.
To incorporate the town of Blacksburg
Montgomery county.
To amend the act incorporating the towr
of Gordonsville.
To incorporate the Farmville, Charlottes
vile and Stanardsyille NarroW-gauge Rail
road Company, with amendments. i
To authorize the Orange, Alexandria anG
Manassas Railroad Company to connect the
eastern portion OF its road with the south
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-17

JUDGE RIyEs.-A mistake of the printer
made us in yesterdays issue call Judge
RvEs's court at Lynchburg "Judge
LYNcH's." AS a Judge, RIvEs Is so great
an improvement upon UNDERWOOD that we
do not wish to say aught against the former.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-17
mARKQED.

Al tho residence of j. o. Sale. in Harvtc. on the
sth Instant bv Rev. W. w. Wood, JAMES Z;
RrLLOCK, of Kanawha county, West va, aho
Mrs f. Il. DANIEL, of Henrico.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-17
SPECIAL NOTICES.

MT PORT WINE.-Just received, dl-
rect from Oporto, very superior OLD PORT
WINE, in wood and glass, put up specially Tor
me, for medicinal purposes, and for sale by
OSCAR CRAM,
NH ls-at& No. Exchange Block
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-17
llIED,

On the morning OF the 18th lust, Mrs Many
WILSON, wife of John Morrison ESQ., Oh Feters-
burg, in the 9th year of her ages
On the 18th inst, WILLIE, only daughter of DR..
Her funeral will take place from the RESIDENCE o.
Major Noble, 30 Grace street, THIS EVENING
at O'Clock.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-17

The January No. Of the Edinburgh Quar-
terly Reuie,C has been sent to us by Messrs.
WooDHoU5E & PARHAM, Main street, the
Richmond agents of the American pub
fishers
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-17
DRY GOODS.
GOLD OUT OUR WINTER STOCK
COME AND LOOK AT
TIE CHEAPEST SPRING GOODS
IN THE
WIDE, WIDE WORLL

5000 yards elegant French Chfmbrays at ?os.,
worth Today ut wholesale in New fo! X SOC.
These are bargains TO buy: Silk Japaneie robes
at ST. SO, worth Slo IS yards Lawns, Grenadines
and Spring Poplins At prices that would sston'
lsh old fogies-fresh, new goods. just look 1t our
All-wool Carpets at 75c.. Ma1ings at 9oc., Floor
or. Cloth and Oil-Clcth Rugs, Stair Carpets at
s7lc., then you will know what cheap goods are.
Elegant Huckaback Towels at *l.2s. worth v 'he
world over; so boxes OF magnificent French
Flowers Elegant Roman Sashes at 80 IS, worth
3s-a genuine bargain; Waterproof Cloth AT
soc, worth Sl.25 a full line Of Blsck Alpacss,
cheap, cheaper, cheapest; Bridal aud Honeycomo
Quilts worth buying; hrs.-rate Corsets al 49,;
pure Linen Handkerchief Il, aoc. per dozen, worth
a.; full line Of Kid Gloves; full assortment Of
BLACK and Colored spool SILK Coats's and ClarS'S
Spool Cotton ut &C.: Good Spool Cotton at lc. per
spool: the best Needles In the market.
ANYBODY will tell you where 10 got genuine auc'
ton bargains. DUCKWALL & RoUss,
No. 1918 Main street
NH IL opposite post once.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-17

O7yfUE on yHE BoAaD nyEDrt,AYfor.
CORNER TWELFTH AND CAY sra.

VICE. TaE bOAhD on EDCt,ATfGr,
C0HNEE TWELFTH AND CLAY Srs..
ITO ARCHITECTS. BUILDERS Ann
1.CQsTE ACTO Ra. : plsns, spee ffcstions snd
estimates for The construction OF three BRI M
suhOOL.hyubEs, 70 accommodste hw lar
this city, will be received ut this once m, e. =,
O'clock n. THURSDAY, 18th March M ~ !" ~
Ihe sosrd reserves The right 70 reject any or an
No plan win be piid for unless sdopted nv ~.
o""iu c.., ALFRED MOSES,
chairman OF the Building Com.
The time for receiving the bids mention Al 49,.
mas nsen EXTENDED to MONDAY, the 27t, inst.. 81
NO pixns Will be considered unless accompanied
with specifications and estimates. S'a'p"nieo
Il, ALFRED MOSES
NH ltd Chairman OF the Build,Se en-
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-17
mo CARRIACE AND WAGnN NAV

L Ek5.-Proposals will be received At ~,
office, No. 42s, Sixth street. until SATURDAY
the 18th instant at IL NJ, for the building THREs
Department. Plans and specifications can he
seen at the Office Of GEO. A. AIHsLlE, Chief I'm
gineer. The Committee on Fire Department r.
serve the right TO reject any or all bids of.reI
CHAS. l.. TODD
NH IL g. Chairman COMMITTEES
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-17
CHIEF FNGryEER's UPPrck T,
CHRsAPEAKE AND OHIO KAILRolD.

CHIEF FNGTNEERfS UFPrCk1
CHKsAPEAKk AND OHIO KAILRoln
RICHMOND VA, March II, isiI.{
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.-Seaied
~ proposals will he received by the nndersia,u
ca, ut Richmond, Va, until II n. MIrch atb
1871, for the construction of SHOPS at HuntIna,
ton, W. Va, on the line OF the Chesapeake ana
Ohio railroad, near the Ohio river Propossi.
will be made for tie wood, iron, stone, and br;ns
work; and for the sewerage, plumbing, Windows
and doors, separately.
Plans and specifications can be seen At the
Offices OF the company in Richmond and Hun,'
ington on and after the 10th Instant
II. ID. WA1TCOMB, Chief Engineer.
NH l4-tmh2S fCitr naners cnnr
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-17

me- SPECIAL ATTENTION is called
to our stock OF
WALTHAM WATCHES,
which we sell ut the
VERY LOWEST PRICES,
and cheerfully recommend them as being, all
things considered, the
REST AND CHEAPEST MADE IN THIS
COUNTRY.
C. GENNET, Jeweller,
Main street, opposite post office,
NH 11-5w* Richmond.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-17

4 111ESdI EAhC dNU OI1IU RAII-
~ ROAD-NOTICE TO COhTKACTOKs
Sealed proposals will be received by the under.
signed, at Richmond, Va. until Il NJ. 18th Narrb
1871 for the graduation and masonry ON one HIM,
drcd and eight miles Of this road west OF While
Sulphur Springs, 1t being all the remaining Nm.
ished portion OF the road not now nrder Contract
The work embraces 3, oo0 900 cubic yards In omen
cutting, $1,000 cubic yards in tunnels, and co 600
cubic yards OF masonry. or all classes. and ia Ia
be completed May LIST, 1872. ProGles and specIa.
cations can be had after tn. l4th March. at The
Offices Of the company, 81 Williams street, New
Va. Plans for and proposals for buil1ing the
iron superstructure Of the NcH River Bridge. Al
Mlller's Ferry, Fayette county, W. Va. viii be
received Mt the same time and place. There will
be two spans Of $50 feet each, ana two OF 10 feet
each. Parties submitting proposals should see The
site of the bridge, where further information may
be had from the engineer IN charge. This bridge
must oe completed by December, 1871.
II. u. WHITCOMB,
fe 27-tMh28 Chief Engineer G. & O. z. r.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-17
me- COUNTY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
AND SCHOOL TRUSTEES

AND SCHOOL TRUSTEES
want the
BEST BOOKS FOR VIRGINIA CHILDREN.
GUYOT'S BIOGRAPHIES,
McGUFFEY'S READERS,
MCGUFFEY'S SPELLERS,
HARVEY'S GRAMMARS.
McGUFFEY'S READERS, prepared by DR..
McGuffey, of the University Of Virginia, are now
In use in over ninety per cent. of the schools In
Virginia.
THE BIOGRAPHIES OF PROF. GUYOT, the
most eminent living geographer, endorsed by the
highest authority in the world.
HARvGY'S GRAMMARS are considered by
our most successful teachers as the best In use.
ELLYSON & TAYLOR,
BOOKSELLERS,
1ll6 MAIN STREET,
are the Publishers Agents for the above Books,
to whom all orders should be- addressed.
We have full line of
STATES.
COPY.BCOKS,
INKS, and
SCHOOL STATIONERY,
Of all kinds, which we sell on the lowest terms
mh1a.1w ELLYSON & TAYLOR.
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PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.

Mr.. CAMPBELL had 1t entered upon the
Journal that, had he been present last night
when the vote was taken on the passage Of
Senate bill dsposing of the States interest
in railroads, he would have voted in the af-
tirmative.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-17

Mr.. MCCAULL offered resolution sus
pending so much of the rule requiring the
calling of the roll at the night session.
On motion of Mr.. SEGAR, the resolution
was laid on the table.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-02-16

mentiig his force. Is there any person
stupid enough to believe that. the inn
petus thus given to manufacturing in
Belmont County will prove injurious to
the interests of agriculture? There
may be such one, but he viii hardly
be found among the farmers. Take
away from Belmont County the market
afforded by the manufacturing city of
Wheeling, and the four or five leading
towns of this County, and what would
be the prospect of the agriculturistS :?
Where would they find market for
their vast surplus of small marketing,
and perishable articles which are raised
in great abundance, and which could
be augmented to almost any imagina-
BILE amount? Could they ship them to
Europe with any prospect of remuner-
ative returns? That would hardly be
claimed, by even the Free Trader. No
interior town or city can grow much
without manufacturing industries, and
no town of large size can live after it
has grown, unless it is a producing
town, and produces something to sell.
Our citizens are fast waking up to this
fact, which is making our towns what
they ought to be, not only self-support-
ing, but capable of confering blessings
and benefits on the surrounding cOun-
try. .-... -..--lI --. FARMER.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-02-16
WOnlanly MOdesty.

Man loves the mysterious. A cloud
less sky, the full-blown rose, leaves him
unmoyed; but the violet which hides
its blushing beauties behind the bush;
the moon when she emerges from be-
hind cloud, are to him sources of in
spiration and pleasure. Modesty is to
mark what shade is to figure in paint
ing-it gives to it bOldness and promi-
pence. Nothing adds more to female
beauty than modesty; it sheds around
tbs eountenance a halo oflight, which is
borrowed from virtue, Botanists have
given the rosy hue which tinges the
cup of the white rose name of "Maiden
blush" This pure and delicate hue is
the only paint Christian virgins should
use, in is the richest ornanament. A
woman without modesty is like faded
flower difrusing an unwholesome odor,
which the prudent gardener will throw
from him. Her destiny is melancholy,
for it. terminates in shame and repen-
tance. Beauty passes like the flower
of albo, which blooms and dies in few
hours but, modesty gives the female
charms which supplies the place OF
the transitOry freshness of youth.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-02-16
How q Whole Family Became
Blind.
From the Cambridge tMass.) Herld.

from the cambridge tMassl Herld.
There lives a family in Dorchester
county, every dark-eyed male member
Of which for the past fifty years has
gone blind at the age of 20 to 25 years.
Those with blue eyes have escaped the
terrible aff1iction. There is a tradition
about this singular circumstance which
we lay before our readers as we heard
1T. Some sixty years since, so goes the
story, beautiful black-eyed girl of %
from some cause or other lost her eye
sight. Her misfortune brought penury
and want with it.. Being reduced to
beggary, she was wont to go abroad
asking aims. During one of her journ-
eys she visited the neighborhoOd in
which resided the ancestors of those
who are now sightleSs. Instead of her
helpless condition exciting, as it should
have done, feeling of sympathy, she
was treated with ridicule by some OF
the younger members of the house her
evil star had led her into. Two of the
boys, as matter of mere deviltry, took
her out, promising to conduct her to a
place where plenty awaited. Instead
of giving her a safe conduct, they car
ried her into swamp and left her. 1t
is said that she cried out beseeching
them to put her on the public road,
but they needed not her lamentations.
Finding herself about to be deserted
among the tangled brushwood, she
turned her prayer to curse, asking her
Maker, in her own revengful anguish,
to punish her betrayers, by making
their offsprings for seven generations as
helpless as she was. 1t is said that she
was found dead in the swamp, having
perishing from hunger and cold. This
may seem somewhat romantic, but
false or true, it is assuredly fact that
the male offsprings of the family re-
ferred to lose their sight as Indicated
Hundreds of persons in Dorchester
county will certify it. a ,5t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-02-16
Relics of a Lost Race.

The East st. Louis reporter of the
Democrat has from time to time made
mention of the finding of large quanti-
ties of human bones, ancient vessels, Or
naments and implements, in the mound
at that city, now being levelled, and
used in filling the trestle work of
one of the new railroad tracks across the
old slough east of Bloody Island.
The mound is about mile from the
ferry landing. 1t was originally forty
feet high, oval in shape, and about
eight hundred feet long. The greater
portion has been cut away and carted
off. On the summit of the portion left
standing is a large elm tree, probably
60 or 20 years old, and near this was an
oak of about the same age. About 20
years ago there was dwelling on the
top of the mound anda graveyard on
the side The workmen have dug UP
the bones of these races buried in the
mound-first whites, whose remains
are only partially decayed, the collins
showing that the recent interments
were not more than twenty years ago !;
second the bones of Indians, with skull
entire, indicating a period of interment
perhaps hundred years distant; third
the remains of the ancient mound-buil-
ders, much decayed, the skulls being in
fragments, and the smaller bones en-
tirely decayed. 1T b. .lg-ala dl
The bones of the whites were care
fully placed in pine collins and reinter-
red in suitable place. Some of the
skulls had the hair on, looking compar-
atively fresh. There was the skull of
woman with long hair, tastefully
plated, and looking as though the hair
had been dressed by some Elms of a
former period. The skull of an infant
had crumbled to dust, leaving a mass
ofsilky hair, matted together. These
human remains filled seven or eight
large boxes. t..3r -.r 81
Although nothing very remarkable
or new was found in this old mound,
yet the relics are of great interest to the
antiquarian and paleontologist.-[ 81.
TOJfis DoDOerOf r
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-02-16
Temperance.
A Touching Incident.

Some years ago we visited Ports
mouth, n. H., to attend mass meeting
of the Washingtonians. As we passed
along one of the principal streets, our
attention was attracted by the sound of
a bell, succeeded by the stentorian tones
of the sturdy crier, who was announc-
ing the meeting. As he approached
near, we said to him:
"Friend, l hope you are personally
interested in the object about which you
are making so much noise for the bene-
fit of otherS?" 500 EIaf 7.....
'ssAhp 20 said he, am glad you have
mentioned it. | want to tell you about
it; am ashamed to tell you i was an
awful drunkard once. I'll tell you
what turned me round. l was terribly
dry, one morning, and wanted some
rum; / handed my youngest boy, only
six years old, some coppers and a jug,
and told him to go and get me pint of
rum. 1t was real cold morning, and
Willie's trowsers were thin and ragged,
and has had no great coat or mittens.-
Willie didn't want to go; but 1 scolded
him, and he started a few steps and then
stopped and said, tss4t
'fFather, 1 wish you would give me
q cent to buy stick of candy
~ told him to go along, and not
bother me abOuta stick of candy. The
little fellow began to cry, and stammer-
ed out:
"'Father, you never give me any
money to buy candy. Tommy Jones
Che was the runseller's boy) has candy
every day, and he says / can't have
any because my father Is drunkaFd.'
"I felt as though lightning had struck
me. Good GOdp said /, 'has it come
to this? Have been paying my mon-
ey to support the rumseller and his wife
in luxury, while nay own little boy
could not have single cent for candy?
Yes, / am a drunkard; but old Jones'
children won't sneer at Willie and me
any more f1a dl1fiL liz
''I called my boy back, and took the
jug and themoney. Hereare cOppers, !"
said he, taking them from his pocket
! s-ssfive of them; / will keep them rs
long as / live, and when die, leave
them as a sacred legacy tony children.
I have six and good wife besides.-
You do not look upon a drunkard now!
Thank God, / am saved and my home
is happy! / will do what can to save
others, ranger-that jug don't go to
Jones' now, and my boys as smart as
his" Having told me "about it," he
rang his bell and walked away, pro-
claiming as before, the invitation to at
tend the great convention. The name
of the noble man has passed from my
memory; but his story Is fresh in my
mind, and is given very nearly in his
own words. -.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-02-16

A young man OF the name of Joseph
recently tickled a young lady in church
on North Bars Island, in Ohio. The
lady squealed, and the preacher barred
his arm sailed into the worshippers
powerful" He said woman and men
should no more set together under the
droppings of his sanctuary. But, even
with the possibility of being tickled be-
fore their eyes, the ladies refused to be
separated, and on the very next even
ing all sat together. The preacher was
on ana eroagn1 before es mae se
ofthe peace. Ajury wasdemanded, and
no juror should be a member of the
church. Three days the trial lasted,
but at last the oppressed went free, and
now In church they tickle each other as
of yore, to keep awake In an amusing
manner. .s..
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-02-16
A Composition,

Ajuvenile, who during the past week
has visited newspaper Office, handed
to the teacher composition entitled
"How to Make Newspapers" in which
he thus describes the process: E
"The Headmen sit down to their
desks and write on little pieces of paper
what to print in the paper. Then they
put them in box and send them up
stairs. When they get them upstairs a
man takes them and gives lot of other
men every one a piece of this paper.
The man that the paper is given to
takes the types and fixes them one af-
ter another so they read when the pa
per reads. A man then takes the words
and puts them in a box as they are to
be in the papers. Then he takes the
box and puts it in some machinery and
makes it go back and forth, then there
is boy who stands over the machinery
and pokes the paper in, and then some
hooks bring it down over the box with
the types in, and the types have ink on
and print on the papers then there is
hooks that take the paper up and lays
it on table then they fold them and
sell them, the end John M"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-02-16
Problem Extraordinary.

2 Suppose man and a girl were mar
ried and-which is of course impossi-
ble-that, at the time of the hymenial
contract, the man was thirty-five years
old, and the girl five; which makes
the man seven times as 9ld As the girl.
They live together gpta the girl is ten
wears old-this makes him forty, and
four times as old as the girl; they live
until she is fifteen, the man forty-fiye
this makes the man, three times as
old; they still live until she is thirty
this makes the man sixty, only twice
as old. And now, as we havn't much
time to work it out, perhaps somebody
will be good enough to tell us how long
they would have to live to make the
girl aS old as the man. -..---
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-02-16
An Effectual Rebuke.

3 On his way home from his last tour
in Ireland, Rev. Roland Hill was very
much annoyed at the reprobate conduct
of the captain and mate, who were
greatly addicted to the ungentlemanly
habit of swearing. First the captain
would swear at the mate, and then
they would both swear at the wind.
"Stop, STOP" shouted Hill, ''let us
have fair play, its my turn now"
"At what is it your turn?" asked the
captain. 5,s
"At swearing" replied Hill. ("
After waiting until his patience WIS
exhausted, the captain urged Mr.. Hill
to be quick and take his turn, for he
wanted to begin again. oST
"No, no." said Hill, "I can't be hur-
ried; L have right to take my own
time and swear at my. own convent
ence." .- ..r1ii e.
"Perhaps you don't intend to take
your turn" responded the other.
"Pardon me-" said Hill, "but / do as
, soon as can find the good of doing So.
The rebuke had its desired effect; there
was not another oath upon the voyage,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-02-16
Another Cure for Drunkenness

To those who have unfortunately be-
come addicted to the use intoxicating
drink we would recommend the fol-
lowing:
To CURE THE APPETITE FOR ALoo-
HoLIC STIMULANTs.-Am mixture made
up as follows, and taken in quantities
equal to an ordinary dram and as often
as the desire for strong drink returns,
will cure the worst case of drunken
ness: s.s'I Hl ... ell
Sulphate of Iron, five (5) grains,
Peppermint Water, eleven (lD drams,
Spirits of Nutmeg, one ~ dram. :
The preparation acts a tonic and
stimulant, and so partially supplies the
place of the accustomed liquor, and
prevents the absolute physical and
moral prostration consequent upon a
sudden breaking off from the use oi
stimulating drinks,