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AUCTION HOUSE.

II MCCORMICK, Ee
Ill. NO. 1414 MAIN STREET,
RICHMOND, VA,
AUCTIONEER s. &CONMISSJO ONMERGIIANT,
Keeps on hand for sale to the trade or families,
at private sale, a large stock OF t
CROCKERY, GLASSWARE,
FURNITURE, CLOTHING,
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, &c.
All of which viii be sold at auction prices,
wholesale and retail. A. 80. lEL
ME- AUCTION SALES DAILY 10 A. nj. and
Up. M. ~ N-3m
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glConpia. Emanuel jackson, convicted OF
housebreaking by the Comfy court of FAR
fax and sentenced to one year in the peni-
tentiary, was delivered at that institution
Yesterday. rf.In
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The Talking Machine. There is real,
living curiosity at the auction store OF H..
Mccormick, No. 14l4 Main street, IN the
person of Mr.. Perry, the auctioneer. His
wit and humor, which flow like the gurglng
brook, keep the large crowd nightly in at
tendance in roar of laughter. Beside this
peculiar attraction, goods are sold without
reserve to the highest bidder. All goods
sold are warranted as represented. Call at
14l4 Main street.
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Eptni,tg Stats aui'rnal.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
TO ADVERTISERS.

Advertisements of Lost, Wants, Found, For
Rent, &C., not exceeding three or four lines VIII
inserted under the proper headings at TWEEN
TY-FIvE CENTS for one Insertion; or twoin-
sertions for FORTY CENTS; three insertions,
SIXTY CENTS--invaribly CASH IN ADVANCE.
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Hot for Vest PoiM.--We acknowledge;
an invitation to be present at the grand
temperance picnic at West Point, to take
place ou "Wednesday next, I'd of August.
The entertainment will be under the aus
nices Of the Harmony Division Sons oil
Temperance. A band of music has been
enoared, and from present indications this
promises 70 be the grandest affair of the
season. lIa
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A Fapaa Assailaa--He .Loees Horses.
r. A. Branton was arrested on yesterday
by Officer Lyle, of the police, charged with
assaulting w. A. Lampkin and also with
being vagrant with no visible means Of
support. He was locked up in the first
police station during the night and brought
before Justice White this morning for a
hearing, when he was adjudged guilty and
sentenced to jail for three months in default
of security in the sum of 800. Branton
seems to have mania for horses and to
that extent, for some months past, he has
been a source of great annoyance to certain
livery stable proprietors. 1t is thought
that by the time he has served out his term
Of imprisonment, he will be thoroughly
weaned of his fondness for dumb brutes
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s&-..B select' whiskey sold by w. d. Blair
4 CO, Ninth and Main streets, is equal to any
brand in the market They sell it at $3.50. 1t is
rich and mellow.
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Commission De Lnatice haqn'endo.-
A commission of lunacy was tins morn
ing ordered to inquire into the condition OF
Maggie Lynch, who is now conflned IN the
CITY iail and believed to be insane.
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LOST.

r OsF-A, double-case Silver Watch on the
i morning Of the 26th instant. Any person re-
,ss,S = n trs NV office will be suitably rewarded.
gfeI.-'l're = ,G-TtT RO. G. BARKSDALE,
~ sx,lo1-,sx Shockoe Slip.
DOG LOST-A black and white SHEPHEkD
lJDOG, with tin collar, and medal COY
Answers to the name OF Coon"
SUITABLE reward will be given if returned 10 the
51DsSggDTAT OEE,IfyF jy 2l--ts
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There is but one vacant lot on Main
street in Lynchburg, if we are to judge by
the Republicans article in reference to the
ste for the New C!1 Murket-house.
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Funding the Public Debt.--The amount
of the public debt funded yesterday was
s174, 500 90, making the total to date s3,-
500. .S6S Al,
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COLLECTION OF CLAIMS.

RITISH AIMS. s.-t
We win attend to ali CLAIMS OF BRITISH
SUBJECTS against the government oil the Uni
led States payable by the of the late trea-
~ between the United States and Great Britain,
. These claims are for acts committed against
the person and property of subjects of Great Bri-
lain during the period of the late war, and by the
army or authorized agents of the United States
CHANDLER, MORTON& SHIELDS
iy 27--3m ..elIft.Hisf IafHff d.
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BANKERS AND BROKERS.

STOCK EXCHANGE AND MONEY BROKERS,
l0l4 MAIN STREEr, RICHMOND, VA.
We tender our services TO holders OF Virginia
State Bonds, to fund the same for them under
the Act OF sOth March, 1871; and will furnish any
Information thereto, upon application, either in
person or by letter.
RONDS and STOCKS of all kinds bought and
sold on commission. va.
All business entrusted to us will receive PROMPT
and best attention. ,
iy 3-dSwlm X. IL. MAuhf w.
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rHEdwnrds' Circulating Library Is the
place for cheap and good Reading.
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Accident m.--Yesterday afternoon, young
lady, living with. Mr.. Kraft on Eighth
street, whose name we were unable to
learn, met with most painful accident at
the fair grounds while attending the St.
Patrick's church picnic. She had as.
cended a ladder resting against tree, and
in coming down she missed her footing and
fell. In the fall her right leg caught in the
rounds of the ladder and was broken just
below the knee. She was Immediately
brought to town and DR.. Beale sent for,
who reduced the fracture. understand
that her condition is much improved to-day
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Important to British Sulyects.-Chandler,
Morton & Shields, with their senior partner
at Washington, offer facilities for the pros
ecution of claims against the United States
government by British subjects, too Inn
portant to be overlooked. They are active
and energetic, and will give satisfaction to
those who cntrust their business to them
See their advertisement in another column
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WANTS.

yryANTED TO PURCHASE FARM, Of
rs w about 200 acras, in one of the Southern
States: must be healthy. Address, stating crops
: grown terms and full particulars, 10 BOX 1900
J ST. PAUL, MINI. 80 - ~ ~
81. 81 DENTISTRY.
awJSAYLOR BROS, k
sG-5s,o -ai DENTIST,
ah ~ rI1le MAIN STKsET,
90 rA RlCHMOND, Va.
s.sh-asn
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Their Personnel-An Amazon-A "oma" ""i
fined for Stealing Twenty-Five Cents
ACuriosity. &c.

Through the courtesy of the gentlemanIly
keeper. Mr.. O'Dwyer, we visited the fe, !,
male department of the city jail. we e '1una t%nm
there twenty-five women most OF then,
confined for lcwdness, drunkenness ana
petit larceny. Wcrecognized quite mum, N,
ber of faces familiar as old friends 10 al
persons whose daily duty takes them to the
police court. First among this number We
must mention
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-07-28
TENNESSEE ITEMS,

SHOOTING AFFRAY.--On last Sun
day morning Nathaniel Brown who
is now living on the jackson farm"
in this county visited his old home
stead in the Greasy Cove, and while
at his barn looking after the crops that
had just been gathered, he was fired
upon by Charles Upton. Brown made
a very narrow escape, as there were
four shots fired, some twO'Or three of
which passed through his clothing.
The cause of the i'll feeling between
the parties, we understand, originated
during the war.-UcrdLd & Tribune.
MORE ARRESTS.-On last Monday
Jos. A. February, Dept. U. >. Mar
shall accompanied by A. NJ. Piper,
Asst. Col. & III. p. Daily, Gauger, ar
rested Calvin Cox, charged with viola
ting the revenue laws in making and
selling brandy. =
Also John Harry Cox, charged with
the same offense. They were tried at
this place on last Tuesday before Com
missioner Dukes and bound to appear
at the next Federal Court at Knox
ville.-Ibid.
POIsoNED.-Mr. I. \. Babb, wife
and youngest child, Mr.. Henry Babb
and wife, and Melissa Fitzgerald, all
residing i'm this place, were poisoned
last Sunday by partaking of milk Gus
tard at the noon meal. The custard
was prepared the day before in clean
brass kettle and as soon as made was
transferred to tin vessel. 1t is claim
ed by the attending physician that
specific poison was generated, as is liza
BILE to ali articles of food i'm which milk
is the principal ingredient that are
suffered TO stand sometime before eat
ing. The unfortunate persons were
soon attacked with sickness, vomiting
and painful gripping. The services of
Dr w. R. Sewer were procured as
soon as the poison began to operate.
Mr.. I. Y. Babb soon recovered, but
the other cases stubbOrnly resisted the
autidotes administered. All are i'm
proving and are considered out of dan
rer.-NO blame or suspicion can attach
tn the coIored woman who prepared
the custard, but it is one of those gem
Grated poisOns in lacteal diets, which
we understand has not been generally
known to the medical profession, un-
til the last few years. We expect a
noper from the pen of DIR. w. r. Sc
vier on the subject. Several cases oi
a similar character came under hls OBJ
seryation and treatment in his Cincin-
natti practice, and his article will be
of general interest to the people and
of great value to his professional
brethern.-I6id.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-07-28
From the California Bulliten.l
California Wonders.

Near the confines of FRESNO, Tulare,
and Inyo counties, in the vicinity of
the head-waters of the Keweah, there
exists a remarkable piece of country.
The Indians say it is the abiding place
of the Evil Spirit. The country is
rugged and r0cky-mountains, with
deep valleys and precipitous cliff
Snakes and reptiles of every descrip-
ton abound in untold numbers, and,
taken in all, it is wild and most unin-
viting region. But. aside from this, a
a most curious phenomenon exists
The ground trembles and quakes al
most continuously, and the abundant
rocks grind and grit together as If be-
ing urged by some terrible influence.
Frequently, deep discharges are heard,
muffied and dull, like the distant
sound of artillery. AT night the
sounds seem to be more abundant than
in the day time. No Indian can be
induced TO venture near the locality,
regarding it with superstitious horror.
No theory Is advanced by any one tn
account for the strange phenomena
mentioned. We also learn from VIII
liam FaymonviIie that above the head
OF Crane Valley, in this county, anoth.
er place similar to the one mentioned
exists. Persons who have visited the
last place named describes the sounds
mentioned as like mufiied thunder.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-07-28

ed less successful part in the schemes
of Paris for correspondence than was
to have been expected. MeSsrs. VenO-
ven, Delort, and Robert, indeed, on
the 9Th of December made contract
with the government for sending down
the current of the Seine hollow
spheres of zine metal containing mos
sages. These were to be rugged to avail
themselves of the current, and to be
caught at Paris in nets. But the Ger
man spies were on the alert, and the
Germans put out their own nets high
er up the the river and caught the hOl-
low spheres A certaian NJ. Baylard
undertook to remedy this by using
small tubes of glass slender enough to
pass through the meshes of the Ger
man nets. But the frostking came and
put an end to the project. A later de-
vice of NJ. Lacoin would probably
have been the first to be thought of by
an American. 1t was to use small
elastic balls of india-rubber. This
plan was never even tried. Still more
ingenious was the idea Of one NJ.
Duchemin, who suggested the he How
ing out of old cOrks. His notion was
that people so fond of beer and wine
as the Germans would never think of
a cork. Unluckily some
eager reporter of the press got hold of
the notion and made himself very
with it, at the expense of the
public service to which it really might
have proved very useful.
Towards the end of the siege sub
marine boat made its appearance. 1t
was too late to be be tested as it should ]
be. But with many another outcome
of this tremendous excitement in |
mems minds, the future may perhaps
put it to profit. The "struggle for |
life," after ALL seems to be the natural !
of development.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-07-28
BRISTOL!

Il cannot be said that Bristol is
hugged by land grabbers. We know
of no town in the country where pur-
chascrs have so many encOuragements
offered them. 1t is usual for wealthy
land owners to acquire all the land
about enr country towns and hold it
like the grave will one day hold them.
Not SO in Bristol. We know Of no
land toGching our town which cannot
i've purchased on fair terms, either in
lots or at wholesale. excepting Mr..
SuSong's farm ard the land owned by
the children of James King, Jr.-
While this gratifying state of affairs
exists it should not be forgotten that
ihese lands should be laid off by our
iown authorities, in harmony with the
plans of the two towns or purchasers
will not know where to invest with
satisfaction. Col. JnO. G.. King has
already done So, we believe, and he
now offers 200 attractive lots for sale.
They are near King College and are
ut low prices.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-07-28
Brides at Niagara.

A Niagara Falls correspondent COM
menting upon the bridal feature Of
that resort, says that the New York
brides can easily be distinguished
from those of other sections. They
partake too strongly of the idiOsyncra-
cies of their metropolitan city to adj
nit of any mistake being made. The
New York brides are OF all others the
most stylish and self-pOssessed. They
suggest Madison avenue and Sunday
afternoon strolls there i'm the midst of
the beauty, the grace and the style of
the town. Their tOilettes are marvels
of artistic taste, and they never wear
ill-fitting, awkwardly arranged gar
ments, nor an inharmOniOus cOmbina-
ton of colors. They have a real geni-
us for dress and never touch Am article
of wearing apparel without investing
it with a new grace and individuality.
There is an air of fashion In the very
looming up of their dresses and tying
of their bows, an indescribable touch
and finish that no other American
women ever get. From their friZzed
Pompadours and lOOped Chatelaine
braids, down to the French heels nf
their cunning walking boots, there is
not one thing to criticise.
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The Angel Of Patience.

Beside the toilsOme way,
Lonely and dark, by fruits and flowers un.
blest,
Which my worn feet tread sadly, day by day
Longing in vain for rest.
An angel softly walks,
With pale sweet face, and eyes cast meekly
down,
The while, from withered leaves and flower
less stalks.
She weaves my fitting crown.
A sweet and patient grace,
A look of firm endurance true and tried,
Ofsuhering meekly borne, rest on her face
So pure, SO glorifed!
And when my fainting heart
Dcsponds and murmurs at it's adverse fate,
Then quietly the angels bright lips part,
Whispering softly "Wait!''
Patience ~ she sweetly saith
"The Fathers mercies never come too late :.
Gird thee with patient strength and trust
ing faith
And firm endurance, waltz
Angel, behold, wait,
Wearing the thorny crown through all life's
hours
Wait until thy hand shall open the eternal
gate,
And change the thorns to flowers.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-07-28
VIRGINIA ITEMS.

DRewNED.-A special telegram ftom
Lexington to the Richmond WIG
says that on Tuesday last Archer Gil
ham, eldest sOniof Col. VIM. Gillian,
of Richmond, was drowned i'm North
river while bathing. A number OF
citizens turned out, and after long
search succeeded in finding the body.
He had only arrived i'm Lexington the
previous day, and had attracted gene
raj attention by his manly appear
ance.
INFANT DROwNED.-A correspon-
dent of the Richmond Dispatch, wri-
ting from Mt. Crawford, Virginia
that on Monday last, little daughter
of Mr.. J. A. Fifer, of that place was
drowned by falling into a tub of water.
FUNDING THE STATE DEBT.-There
was funded at the office of the State
Treasurer yesterday Sll9,542 79 of the
public debt. The amount funded to
date is 81, ,3S3, 1854 50.
TEA GROWING IN SOUTHWEST Va
| was presented yesterday by Capt.
Robt. Ballard, with a sample Of green
ten, raised in Bedford county, and saw
the same tea growing in his yard
What he gave me is fully equal to
4" store tea," and says it is no trouble
to raise. The seed has been in the
Ballard family for four generations,
and they have made all they used.-
Why not raise it all over the State
and save the heavy tax for the foreign
Lynch. Ne,Os.
DEATH OF DIR. BIDGoOD.-Dr. r.
w. Bidgood, late of Richmond, died
in Lynchburg on Saturday night last,
after brief Illness. DR.. BidgoOd was
a dentist, and a minister of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church.
SALMON DISCHARGED FROM CUSTo-
DY.-CHARLOTTSvIL July 19.-Sal-
mons counsel claimed that there had
been three regular terms of the court
since his Indictment without his being
granted a trial, and that he is entitled
TO his discharge according to section
"a. which says every person charged
with felony and held in any court for
trial, shall be forever discharged from
for the offence if there be
three regular terms of such court after
he is SO held without trial. unless the
failure to try him was caused by his
or by the witnesses for the
wealth being enticed or kept
away, or prevented from attending by
ETC."
AS no satisfactory reason could be
given for the delay in SalmOn's trial,
the court, after lengthy discussion.
decided that the prisoner was entitled
to his discharge, and accordingly dis
missed the case. III.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-07-28
A Rival of niagara.

A correspondent of the Norfolk
Journal writing'from MorgantOwn, n.
G. speaks of "Linnville Falls" fif-
teen miles from that place, as the
greatest rival that Niagara, the liking
of Cataracts," has on this continent in
terrific splendor, though comparative
ly unknown to fame.
He says: Linnville Falls Is the re-
suit of Linnville river, from an eleva-
of over 1000 feet, forcing its way
through Linnville Mountain and Ire-
cipitating itself into the valley, 1000
feet below, by a succession of falls un-
SURPRISED in beauty and grandeur
The highest of these falls is one mass
of granite and geologists assert that at
some remote period of the worlds his
tory the river plunged into the valley
almost at one bound, but has since
worn its present channel into the solid
granite. The imposing view from be-
Meath the main fall of the Overhang-
ing cliffs, hundreds of feet high, in its
awful sublimity would make one real
ize, as nothing else could, the force and
beauty of that inspired metaphor:
"Rock of ages cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-07-28
The Future s( Europe.

Such, then, is the power of Germa-
nv as it has come out of the great war
of IS7O-'7l-bouDdless, without rival,
With nothing to prevent 1t from salts
fyinp IFS lusts or completing its desti-
nies. | never felt so keenly the apt
ness O! this saying of a French writer:
Nothing is so terrific as the absolute
victory of any one" At the same
time, we may, even now, far away IN
the future discern the embryo of an
other great contest for European SUI
premacy. As Italian unitication was
the pattern upon which Bismarck
worked out the unity of Germany,
German unity, i'm its turn, may become
the signal for third and still greater
movement of the same sort. Behind
Pangermanism, not very far now from
its completion, will certainly rise Pan
slayism. with its nucleus in Russia,
with the Vistula and the Leitha for ils
western frontier, and stretching to the
south as far as Cape Matapan. Then.
and not till then, will the real contest
take place-one in comparison with
which the war of 1870 itself may dwin-
die into insignificance. For the pres
ont. all symptoms of such revolutions
are dormant. The courts Of Berlin
and ST. Petersburg are friendly. The
Emperor Alexander has rendered his
now imperial cOmpeer services when
deserve acknowledgement, and has al
ready received substantial return IN
the notifications just introduced into
the treaty of 1886. Russia, moreover,
is far from being ready: it has not yel
realized the beneficial consequences oil
the cmancipatien of the serfs: II Is ae-
tually engaged in the process OF in
! crrasing aud transforming its army
Yet we must not forget that the pres
cnt good understanding between Rus
sia and Germany is merely personal,
that the heir TO the throne OF Russia
il at no pains to conceal his very diff
ferent feelings, and, above al that the
Russian party, IL what is the main
part of the nation may be called par
fy, entertains an equal dislike for us
German fellow citizens at home ana
the German nation abroad. Such are
the clements out Of which political
sseculators must try to evolve the fu-
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The Convention scheme.

The Abingdon TirginiGR comes out
very clearly in favor of primary elec.
tions as against county conventions.
The truth is conventions have become
odious, because dishonesty and trick
cry generally triumph in then. The
people sometimes submit to them
because they are sometimes necessa-
ry, but When they can be avoided it
should be done. We are determined
that we will generally oppose them.
There is no necessity for one at Alb
ingdon. 1t is apparent that diSsatis-
fed parties are ende1vOring to forge
one in order that by it they may APP
peal from the verdict of the people to
that of a manipulated caucus. 1t will
not work. Ff.- ss-.. ..
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-07-28

Hon. JEFFERSON DAVIS.-A ridicu-
ious story is going the rounds of the
sensational press to the effect that Hon.
Jefferson Davis ran off with another
mans wife OH Tuesday night the l1th
instant. from Memphis. Tenn, taking
the train for Huntsville, Ala. As
there is class OF people who are ready
to believe anything that may I've said,
against the Confederate ex-President
it will not be amiss to state that he was
at Barnum's Hotel, in Baltimore. on
"Wednesday, the 18th instant, which
would have allowed him about twenty
four hours in which to make Il trip of
some 800 miles. OF course the story
is pure fabrication and a very dis
graceful one for its author.-BdttimOre
Sun.
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Brisfut 0efus.
FRIDAY, July %, 1871.
THE UNWIsE CHOICE.
By ALICE CARY.


Two young men, when ! vas poor,
Came and stood at my open door;
One said to me, 81 have gold to give"
And one, 81 will love you while live ~
Ny sight was dazzled; woe to the dAyl
Md scut the poor young man away %
Sent him away, ] knew not where,
And my heart went with him unaware.
lie did not give me any sighs,
Rut he left his picture in my eyes:
Aud in my eyes it has always been;
have no heart to keep it in,
beside the lane with hedges sweet,
Where VIC parted never more 10 meet,
lie pulled flower Of loves own hue,
And where it had be; n, came out two!
Anlin the grass. where he stood for years,
The dews Of the morning stood like tears.
Still smiles the house where was born,
Among its field of wheat and corn
Wheat and corn that strangers bind;
! reaped as sowed. and sowed to the wind
A. one who feels the truth break through
His dream, and knows his dream untrue
live where splendrrs shine, and sigh
For peace that splcndors cannot buy;
Sigh for the day was rich, tho poor
And saw the young men at my door!