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ID ICiMOND AND DANvILLE RAILROAD
III On and after July 2sth, 1871,

ID ICIiMOND AND DANvILLE RAILROAD
HI On and after July 2Sth, 1871,
GOING WEST:
Train No. Through Passenger leaves Rich
Danyille at HOO A. M; arrives at Greensboro at
1852 7. M.
1rain No. Lynchburg Passenger leave.
Richmond daily at s:l5 A. NJ; arrives at Lynch
Tram No. ID Freight and Accommodation
leaves Richmond at 500 p. NJ; arrives at Burlses-
vile at 9.54 T. NJ, stopping at all way stations
daily Sundays excepted.)
TrainNo. II (Tlirough Mail and Express )leayes
Richmond daily at 2:40 7. NJ; leaves DanviIle
daily at 1912 P. M; arrives at Greensboro daily
GOING EAST:
Train No. IA Through Mail and Express)
leaves Greensboro daily at 100 p. RI; leaves
Danyile daily at l0:12P. Nj; arrives at Richmond
daily at 5.l4 A. M
Train No. Through Passenger) leaves Green's
boro' daily Except Sundays at ll0o A. NJ. leaves
Danyile at 1:27 2. NJ; arrives at Richmond at S22
p. NJ
Train No. 10 Q-ynchburg Passenge,) leaves
Lynchburg daily at $50 A. M; leaves Burkeylle
at 7: M arrives at Richmond at 4 p NJ.
Train No. 3 (Frelght and Accommodation
leaves Burkeville at 4:30 A. M; arrives at Rich
mond at $40 A; NJ stopping at all way sta
lions daily (Sundays excepted)
Trains Nos. and IL connect at Greensboro
with Trains on North Carolina railroad for all
points South
Train on Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad
for all points Southwest and South
THROUGH TICKETS to all points South and
Southwest can be procured at the ticket Office in
Richmond, and Of r. I. WALKER, AGENT of At
lantc, Mississippi and Ohio railroad, No. 1925
Main street, Richmond
Papers that have arrangements to advertise the
schedule of this company will please print as
above. JOHN r. MACMURDO.
General Ticket and Freight Agent.
T. M. r. TALcoTT, Engr and Sup't au24
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GIFT CONCERT.
5 | /, 0 0 O., 0 0 @
10y AUTHORITY or a SPECIAL, ACT nF

III ADlifOAttII OF A SPECIAL ACT OF
~ the Legislature of Kentucky, of March ~
ioIi, the Trustees of the Public Library of Ken.
lucky will give
G AND GIFT NCERT
AT LOUISVILLE, KY,
On TUESDAY, October 81, 1871,
Under the direction of the best musical talent
100000 Tickets of Admission, $40 each, curren
cy half tickets, 50; quarter tickets, ~ 80.
Each ticket will consist of four auarters-value
sz.oo each. The holder is entitled to admission
70 tne concert and to the amount of gift award
eu 10 1t or its fraction. Tickets number from to
100,0 600. --'' "
THE CITIZENS BANK OF KENTUCKY Is
TREASURER.
All moneys arising from the sale of tickets will
pc deposited with the Citizens Bank, subject only
10 ths order OF the President and Treasurer of the
ger 'i"''
During the Concert. the sum of
$550,000 IN GREENBACKs
VIII be distributed by lot to the holders of tickets
In the following GIFTS, viz:
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Dated September 10, 1871.
LUMBER, &c.
SUMMER RESORTS.
MOUNTAINOUS HOTEL.


ATOUNTAIN-TOP HOTEL.
This desirable and beautiful summer resort,
situated on the summit of the Blue Ridge Noun
TAIN on the line OF the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
road, one mile from Alton depot, Albemarle
county, commanding full view OF the surround
ing country has been enlarged and thoroughly
reftted, and will be open on the LIST of JUNE
BoARs-Per month, $40; per week, $l2; per
day, ". Children under IL years, and colored
servants, half-price.
The CHALYBEATE SPRINGS are equal to
any in tho State. E
Coaches will run daily to and from the depot.
le l6-3m JNO. N. BALLARD.
rF,ARRANT's AELTzEK APERIENT,
GRANULAR EFFERVESCENT SALTS OF
KISSINGEN,
vICHK AND CITRATE MAGNEsLA. q
L. WAGNER & CO., Druggists
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CHAS. II. PETERS,
Manager. Huntsville. Nv.
MARSHAL'S SALES.

NH No. l33--Inyol. s&s
ATARSfIAL'S SALE. IA lss.
+ In the matter of Larocca & RHO, bankrupts.
BY virtue of an order in bankruptcy, issued
from the office of the Register and to me direct
ed, shall proceed to sell, at public auction, for
cash, on he 23d day of September, ISL at the
store formerly occupied by said banl1rupts, No.
1868 east Main street, Richmond, Va, the fol-
lowing property, to wit A general assortment of
GROCERIES,
. CROCKERY, 4,4a
FIX DRY GOODS,
SHOES, &C., &c.
Sale to commence at 12ocloek noon.
!. Purchasers desiring to purchase are invited to
be present. 49,
4 45ssz DAVID B. PARKER,
snz .ts f4 u. S. Marshal.
Dated September 10, 1871. Sc l6--tds
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CCHOOL TEACHERS Wanting Employment
y at from $50 to 800 per month should address
SIEGLER & McCURDY, 10 south Sixth street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
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RAILROADS
HI YORK RIVER RAILROAD.
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS AND THE TRAVEL.
ING PUBLIC
Rg-EsTABLIsHMESr or THR DAILY LIMB BETWEEN
RICHMOND, BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA
NEW YORK AND BOSTON,
ANB TO ALL PoiSrs.NoRrH AND EAST, WEST AND
NORTHWEST.
GREAT REDUCTION OF FARE
ACCOMMODATIONS tNSIrRPA SSED

Passenger Train leaves Richmond depot daily
tSundays excepted) at p. M connecting at
West Point with the firstclass steamers
EASTERN CITY and DANIEL WEBSTER,
touching at the river landings and arriving in
Baltimore on the following morning in time to
connect with trains North and West.
Through Tickets and Baggage Checked to all
Points.
Passenger Train leaves at p. M. on SUN
DAYS for West Point only.
Steamer leave pier No. 10, 144 Light street, Bal
timore, daily, Sundays excepted at =. NJ, ar
irving in Richmond the following morning at H.
BY this line passengers enjoy good nights
rest.
Freight train, with passenger car attached, will
leave daily Mondays excepted) at A. M, and
on Sundays at A. M.
Freighls received daily, carefully handled, and
promptly forwarded. =
Through bills of lading given to all points
FARE
From Richmond to Baltimore. .....-..-..s so
" Philadelphia rs
New York. ............ 10 90
Boston, all rail from
New York. ......... 10 90
" Boston, via the Sound 10 90
Excursion tickets to New York and return
good for 80 days. ...................... Is 90
~ D'itiintTe ana return So. 90
VIM N. BRAGG, Sup't
>. @. GRAsTY, General Agent, Baltimore
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JAMES +. NETHERLASD,
General Ticket A penf
niRECT PASSENGER ROUTE
~ BETWEEN
s8Hsk RICHMOND AND THE
SOUTH, SOUTHWEST AND NORTHWEST.
ATLANTIC, MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO II. r.
TWO TRAINS EVERY DAY

~
This Great Passenger Route is composed of the
Richmond and Danville railroad, Atlantic, Mis-
sissippi and Ohio railroad, Fstst Tennessee and
Virginia railroad, East Tennessee and Georgia
railroad, Nashville and Chattanooga eailroad,
and Memphis and Charleston railroad aud their
connections. Passenger trains leave Richmond
daily at 0:l6 O'Clock and sos o'clock D. m.
making close connections throughout to
Lynchburg and all stations on A. nj and Ohio
railroad, Knoxville, Decatur, Corinth, Grand
Junction, Memphis, NewOrleans, Chattanooga.
Canton, Jackson, YicAsburg, Mobile, Dalton, At.
lanta, Rome, Selma, Macon, Columbus and all
points South and Southwest Nashville, Column
bus, Chicago, Cairo st. Louis and all points
North and Northwest.
Through tickets good until used.
Baggage checked through
New and elegant sleeping cars on all night
trains.
Good eating-houses, and ample time for meals
Fare lower than by any other route.
For further information, apply at the Office of
the Virginia and Tennessee Airline Railway
1875 Main street, or at the Office of the Richrrond
and Danville railroad.
r. F. WALKER
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NKGINIA STEAMSHIP AND -
Y PACKET COMPANY, aLEEN

The steamship GEORGE b. UPTON leaves
New York every SATURDAY; leaves Richmond
every TUESDAY.
Inc steamship WILLIAM p. CLYDE leaves
every FRIDAY
Freight received daily
Close connections made with steamers for a
Southern and Eastern ports
d. ]. BURR, President
WASHINGTON Co, Agents, Richmond, Va
I1er II North river, New York. api
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AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
.TARKE'S DIXIE PLOW.

Bf INVITATION OFM f. O. WIIIIADIe-
Vi inc county OF Nottoway, number of gentle
men assembled at his residence Saturday, De
~ 70 test by practical experiment the
comparative value OF the DIXIE PLOW, manu-
Iactured by StaTke & Co., and any other that
might enter the field Of competition.
me plows were taken to the field at half
past two ?. M, the following gentlemen acting as
Judges; +. W. Eppes, j. b. Williams, Robert
Scott jus. s. Gillian VIM. It. Christian. Rich
ard ard Eppes DR. Daring, Sidney Graves, Walton
Syunor, T. y. Williams, G. N. Seay and T. M
Hurt. Mr.. S. Graves and Walton Sydnor were
the principal plowlnen. Mr.. w. Sidnor working
the Watt pillow, and s. Graves the Dixie-both Of
success. TO
Those entered were the Dixie two-horse right ard
ieft-nand plows, and the Watt two-horse left
hand- soon after the trial commenced the beam
OF the Dixie right-land broke in two ami was laid
ABIDE, the contest being narrowed to the Watt left
hand and Dixie right-hand The soil first selected
was a stupnie ioam withoutsoi but as the plows
We're new and did not turn in consequence of the
roughness OF the castings, after q short trial il
was decided to take them into another field where
sne sou was well-trodden, tenacious clay, with
a timothy sod covered with vegetation and with
straw The plows here performed their work adj
mlrably, cutting and turning without choking.
as me Dixie was new conner, Us the contest
Waxed warm most of the judges took hold of it
to test personally its practical working. While
there is no intention TO do injustice to any. as
neither party had agent or representative pre-
sent and both plows did well, vet the trial. with
the award of the Judges, is deemed of sufficient
Importance to the interest Of agriculture to usti-
fy its publication
The award of the judges was unanimously In
favor OF the Dixie on the following grounds
list. 1t cut a deeper fulTow
2d. 1t cut a wider furrow
Sd. 1t more efiectually inverted the sod
4th The draft seemed to be no greater
9th. The mechanical arrangement for altering
cut was deemed more simple and efficient
At the conclusion of the trial some of the
Judges were SO pleased as to determine to order
Them for their own use
j. NJ HURT Secretary
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DUTLER,s nAIsAMIC MIXTURE /. moe

ID thing of yesterday, got up to gull the un-
wary and put money in the pockets of the pro-
prietors. 1t has stood the test OF time. Having
been in the market over thirty years its very
name will recall to many who are now the re-
spected heads of families, the haicyon days of
their youth, with all its joys and sorrows 1t is
still the same invaluable in its operation; spe-
citic remedy for youthful indiscretion and folly
a true friend It is for sale by all druggists
Price, 81 per bottle. de lily
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CHRONIC DISEASE,

especially of rheumatism, Gout, Dyspepsia,
Constipation, Torpidity of the Liver, Weak
Lungs, and lncipent Consumption, Paralysis.
Poor Circulation, General Debility, Curvature of
the Spine, Scrofula Diseases of the Skin, Ute
torrhea, etc.
Any one wishing further information should
should send for circular containing further par
ucuiars, terms, etc. which will be sent free by
return mail -
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|
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT. =
BURG AND POTOMAC ROUTE, GOING
INTO EFFECT JUNE 7, 1871.
| THROUGH TRAINS leave depot, corner
| BYRD and Eighth streets, as follows:
! me DAY TRAIN daily at 5:2o A. M. Arrives
! In Washington at 12:l5, Baltimore Except on
sundays At 2:l5, Philadelphia at 6:l5, and New
York at 1920 p. M. THE SAME DAY
The NIGHT TRAIN daily Except on sundays)
The DAY TRAIN arrives in Richmond at 2:l7
The. NIGHT TRAIN arrives in Richmond
| Mondays excepted at $50 A. M. sfst
The ACCOMMODATION TRAIN. for Mil
ford leaves Broad-slrect Depot daily (Suntlays
eexeeptesl at 4:3o P. M. Arrives in Richmond at
FREIGHT TRAINS leave Richmond on
I TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS.at e:45PM M.
THROUGH TICKETS and THROUGH BAG
GAGE Checks to all the principal points in the
North, East and West
CoMPANY's OFFICE, corner of Broad and
TICKET OFFICE, corner Byrd and Eighth
streets.
T. b. GENTRY,
General Ticket Agent.
E 7: D. MYEhS General SUPERINTENDENT
4 siiEsAPEAKE AND ONO RAILROAD.
On and after TUESDAY, JHne LIST, PASSEN-
GER TRAINS lesSe Richmond Sundays ex-
$50 A. M.-MAII. TRAIN for White sulphur
Springs connecting at Gorlonsville with Orange
alexandra and Manassas train for Washington
tu NoTth, ana i.ynchburg and South
$50 p. INSTRUMENTATION TRAIN for
Cfordonsy1lle, except on Saturday, on which day
1t leaves at p. M. This train connects at Cor
louisville with the night trains the Orange,
Alexandria and Manassas railroad for Lynchburg
and Washington.
On and after the 10th of SEPTEMBER
PASSENGER TRAIN will run daily(except SUM
days. between Staunton and the White Sulphur,
as follows
Leave Stamton on Thursdays and SATURDAYS
at SID A. M, arrive at White Sulphur at l:32 T.
NJ leave White Sulphur on Wednesdays and
Fridays at 2:35 p. NJ, arrive at Stanton at 7;4
p Nj. -
THROUGH TICKETS, sold at low rates. to
all points North, West and Southwest
Further information may be obtained at the
conpany's office.
No Passenger Trains are run on SUNDAYS.
tf&sf A. H. PERRY
General Superintendent
JAMES T. NETHERLASD,
General Ticket Agent 90
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BUILDERS MATERIALS.
DUY YOUR

Buy YOUR ,,.,.,
MOULDING, f! iEljE.
STAIR WORK,
And everything in the domain Of WOOD TRIM
MINGS for BUILDINGS, OF
l. A. HANCE,
SIG Third Ave, corner Twenty seventh Street,
New York. ff4
They are the Best and Cheapest in market
my 27-d&w3ln
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MANNER OF DRAWING.

There will be two glass wheels One wheel
Will contain 100000 numbers, plainly printed on
leather tags. The other wheel will contain 72l
boxes, each containing a gift. One tag or num-
Der will be drawn from the 100 900 wheel and the
f1rst box drawn from the second or 72l box wheel
will contain gift, neatly printed and sealed up,
and the gift SO drawn from the second wheel will
be the gift of the tag first drawn, whether 500.
VI 900, or 100000, as announced.
1864 Tickets Disposed of in July.
To insure ticket holders, the public are assured
that if only $4,000 tickets are sold only 20, 900
numbers go in the large wheel, the III Gifts
awarded, but diminished pro rata. In case 50,-
700 tickets only are sold, only numbers to 10000
go in the large wheel and the 72l gifts diminished
one-half; and in case only $4,000 tickets are sold
The entire 72l gifts will be paid IN ful-it being
intended that no unsold tickets shall participate
The Manager has already paid into the Citizens
Bank S50,00O towards defraying the expenses, and
does not depend on sales of tickets to pay his ex-
penses of printing advertising, &c. The public
are invited to the utmost scrutiny us to the reia-
bility of the entire affair.
Persons DESTROYS of acting as agents for the sale
of tickets in any city in the United States or Can
adas, address N
CHAS. II. PETERS,
Manager, Louisville, Ky, r..
OFFICE, 100 Main street, Jol,nsons Block.
r. I. DURRETT President
w. N. HALDEMAN, Vice President
MI. w. CLUSIAY, Secretary
CITIZENS BANK, Treasurer A9
au l7-eodlm ltsAt t'-H
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J. NJ. HURT,

Y - W. II. CHRISTIAN,
J. B. WILLIAMS,
january 9,ls7l. N JAS. S. GILLIAN.
manufacturers themselves, but hope that every
farmer will at once make full trial of the DIXIE
with every pillow he can find, and buy that which
does tine best work. havebeen not able to supply
the demand, nor fill my orders for sometime, and
must leave tield-trials where they rightly belong
to themselves 77i{l'
p, H. STARKE, r.
APP l2-w3m No 1440 Main Street
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PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS. FOR
BUILDING MATERIALS
FOR THE
NEW co URT- HOUSE
AND POsT-oFFICE.
COL V1DfA, soUTH eARoAfxA.
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Alter paying all the expenses of the enterprise
ana making the distribution of the Gifts, the bal
ahce OF the proceeds arising from the sale OF
ola N ~
FREE LIBRARY IN LOUISVILLE, TO BE
CALLED THE
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STEAMSHIPS
STEAMSHIPS
NEW SCH b g L e. e.;-s;n-
FOR JAMES AND CHICK AHOMINY MINERS;

The fast and elegant side wheel steamer PAL l.
| SADIE, Capt. CHAs. NELSON will leave her wharf
at Rockets, (PowlIatan Steamboat Companyis
| shed,) for Kings Mill and Grove wharyes on
! TUESDAYS and SATURDAYS, at O'Clock A
| M, connecting with the o'clock train at CITY
Point for Petersburg. Returning, will leave
Grove wharf and Kings Mill ON WEDNESDAYS
and MONDAYS at O'Clock A. NJ. touching at
all the regular landings each way.
| VIII leave her wharf Mt Rockets for Binn's ON
Chickahominy, on THURSDAYS at 8 A. M,
connecting at City Point with the o'clock train
from Petersburg, touching at all the regular
landings on James river down to billiards.
Wharf, and all regular landings on Chickahomi
| n.y. Returning, viii leave Binn's on FRIDAYS
| at o'clock A. M
Freight received daily.
Freight for Chickahominy received ON We'd
nesdays
All freights to way landing must be PREPAID
For further particulars, apply to Captain on
board, or to WIN. p. BRETT, Agent,
au 20 at Powhatan Steamboat Sheds.
LNOR NEW YORK.--OLD DO- F l;1Se
Is MINION STEAMSHIP COM :xx&&sE
r, The @, splendid f! new side-wheel Steamships
1SAAC BELL, ALBEMARLE, SARATOGA
HATTERAS and NIAGARA leave New York
Norfolk, City Point and Richmond every TUES
DAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY, at i.
These ships entirely new, and were built
expressly for this route
They have splendid saloons and state-rooms
passed 80
Goods shipped by this line are landed rero-
iarly at New York, on the Companys covered
pier, 81 North river, within forty-eight hours.
insurance effected when ordered Mt a QUAR-
pany
Freights for points beyond New York forwarded
with dispatch, and no charge made. execopt 40
tual expenses incurred.
nH- For further information apply to
JOHN W. WYATT, Agent,
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n H ANHE0OD:

A LECTURE ON THE NATURAL TREAT
MENT, and Radical Cure of Spermatorrhea or
Seminal Weakness, Involuntary Emissions, Sex
ual Debility, and Impediments to Marriage gene
rally; Nervousness. Consumption, Epilepsy
and Fits; Mental and PHYSICAL Incapacity, result
ing from SelfAbuse, &C., by RoB'r ]. CULvRR-
WILL, M. d., author Of the "Green Book" &C.
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TUST PUBLISHED :


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s550,0oo In GREENBACKs
One Grand Gift Of s1Oo ooo
One Grand Gift of 5OO00

VIII DC distributed by lot to the holders of tickets
in the following GIFTS, viz:
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certify that the above was sent to the Rich
mond 'sWhig for publication by myself; that
am not acquainted with Mr. Starke; that he had
never seen the paper and knew nothing of its
contents, and was in no wise party to the trial
of the plows alluded to-
January 2, 1871. $751; j. NJ HURT
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"A BOON TO THOUSAND OF SUFFERERS.

Sent under seal, in plain envelope, to any ad-
dress postpaid, on receipt of six cents, or two
postage stamps, by
CHAS. j. O. KLINE & CO.,
III Bowery, New York, Post Office box 1886
10 S-eod3m
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We, the Judges in the s'Plow Trial" on the
farm of Mr., +. q. Williams, published in the
Wing hereby certify that it was directed to be
sent to that journal as a communication by the
Judges who trr.yde the award
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OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT,
September sth, 1871.

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT,
September sth 1871. { -
SEALED PROPOSALS viii be received at
this office until la o'clock M, of the ast,, d,y Of
September ISL for furnishing and delivering on
the site Of the
NEW COURTHOUSE AND posT-oFrIcE,
To be erected at Columbia, South Carolina
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Twelve hundred d2O0) cubic yards. more or
less, hubble, which may be of Granite, Lime
stohe, Or othef suitable stune having Il nat bed
clean square fracture, oue-qnarttr to be bond
stones. OF a length equal to the thickness of the
Was, ana 10 contain not less than ten (lo) cubic
uNl cubic feet, or to be less than six a, inches
tmck Bids will be made by the cubic ward
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rive hundred GEO cubic yards more o., less
hard, durable Stone broken 10 the size of hens.
eggs, suitable for concrete. Bids will be made by
the cubic yard. 0 ~
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SAVINGS BANK.
CHARTERED BY CONGRESS, MARoH, 1865

NATIONAL FREEDMEN'S SAVINGS AND
TRUST COMPANY
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W. WHiIEEEAD VIII sea ~ III a. " gro
LOCAL MATTERS.


Fatal sHooTIEe AFFAIR IN GoocH1A 4 Nm
Observation-Disclosures has been received
ID sthls city or the shooting In Goochland
county few days since i(Hot far from the
Court-house) of colored man by the name
OF S1mmsiSby youth whose name orr in.
fornant had forgotten. The circumstances
however, Of the affair ss related to rls ara as
follows: ,''e -
! Il he father OF the young man had lost o
hog the night before the shooting, and It Is
stated that he had good reason to believe
that Simms had been the thief; indeed, the
hog was found in his possession. AS soon
Us he received this information he started. !.
in company with bis son, to Simnns's house,
which, it seems, is not great distance from
his own. l., ~ .#, .ass -
On reaching the farm of the colored man
he entered the house to make some inuui.
had he gotten inside than SmmS com
menced an assault upon him, which l the
gentleman resisted with yigor. In the scuE
file which ensued Sfmlns threw bis antaco.
mist on the bed. Tae son OF the gentleman
who had carried ble-barrelled shot.
gun with him, cooked his piece and fired
aud though Simms was on top the lad miss
ed his aim, and the whole load went into
the bed. Simms then seized The son with
one hand, and with the other held fast tc
the father, and being powerful man, this
it seems he accomplished without much
difficulty. In endeavoring to keep both
down. however, the muzzle OF the gun, In
some way or other, came in contact with
the mans side, and while In this position
the youth succeeded in discharging the
piece, the whole load from which took eff
feet IN Simms's body, and he was instantly
killed.
The affair is said to have created intense
excitement In the neighborhood, but .whe.
ther any arrests have. been made we are
not advised. ...,...,