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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-06

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Gallery go M ain street.
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Reserve endowment policies is a specially with
the Widows and Orphans, Benant Life Insur-
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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-06

j An entiro new assortment OF goods Just received
at the Dollar store. corner s.h and Main streets.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-06

OCKLAND LIME.-2 SIS barrels
~ nocKLAhD LIME daily expected, for sale
low from wharf.
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FERTILIZERS.

y AW-BONE DUST, WARRANTED
IL PURE,
McGruler's PBOSPH0-PERUVIANG GUANO,
McG uGer's TOBACCO FESTILIZER.
For sale ty CHAS. Meg GSUDER,
Commission Merchant, corner Of
SEQ 5t* 12!h End Cary streets.
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TsoR SALE, Ss, 900 10 Sil, 900 OF HUSI-s
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1871-10-28

secret so long, was the exclamation
heard upon the streets this morning.
The plans had been laid most judi
ciously. The Council kept the mat
ter a secret, and ably seconded the
suggestions of the Mayor, assuring
him that they wonld support him
in his efforts to clear the plague spot
from the city.
The character of the parties who
composed this gang was so well known
that it was necessary to proceed with
the utmost caution. Policeman Bru-
ner, who has developed the shrewd
qualities of the Deceive, was con-
stantly on the alert, and he, in confer
enee with the Mayor, knew all the
plans of the burglars before they
were fully carried out.
There was regular organization,
with chief officer, who directed the
proceedings of the gang. The strong
est obligations rested upon each and
every member. One of their oaths
was that if any member was arrested
they were to swear him out. The pro-
ceedings before the Mayor will begin
as soon as possible, and it may be
that they will be brought before the
Court of Common Pleas ut the pres
ent session.
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reused as to ascertain under what
circumstances these cases of mer-
chandisen were found in our midst.
Coroner Jackson instituted search
ing inquiry and ascertained that three
hundred cases of torpedoes were
shipped by the house of Klueber q
GoIdschmidt, New York, to Morris
McGraw. of this city, who intended
them for sale, but hearing of
recent explosion in New York, he
informed the house that he would not
receive the article. He admitted,
however, that if he had not heard OF
the explosion he would have received
them. In consequence of this refusal,
Mr.. Goldschnidt came from New York
and made arrangements to have them
stored, and they were being landed
and so disposed of when the explo-
sion took paices
The captain of the ship, on his part,
knew he was taking torpedoes, but
was assured that they were perfectly
harmless were lawful merchandise,
and were regularly shipped to New
Orleans by almost every steamer and
sailing vessel. The inquest is not
yet concluded.
In the meantime, the City Council
have interposed, and ordered the
return to the leyee Of the twenty
cases which were on one of the drays,
and stopped the whole lot from
removal from the landing. There is
every probability that they will be
consigned to the bottom of the
Mississippi river, where they won't
hurt if they do explode.
We hope the lesson taught our
dealers in such dangerous material
will not be lost ON them. That ii
they will have handled these glycer-
inc preparations, they will warn their
unfortunate employees of the risk of
conclusions, that they will not conceal
the deadly character of these "mer-
chandises and delude poor workmen
into careless moving about and tumb-
ling of highly explosive and deadly
missiles. If they viii not, we hope
that the city authorities will adopt
such stringent regulations as will, to
the greatest extent possible, secure
the community from the recurrence OF
such terrible disasters.
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Federal Interference.

If it be true as the telegraph reports,
that it is the determination of the
Government not to remove the Gus
tom-house officials, who were respon-
sible for the disgraceful occurrence of
August 8, when a political convention
was placed under the surveillance of
the military, and that a pacification is
looked for upon the impeachment OF
Governor Warmoth, then only mirac-
ulous efforts can prevent Louisiana
from casting a Democratic electoral
vote in 1872. To desert Warmoth at
this time, is something no honorable
man can do upon the evidence pre-
scented by the opposition. Governor
Warmoth is the Chief Executive of
the State; he has preserved the party
in times of peril; there is no proof
exhibited that that he cannot do SO in
the future, if Federal interference be
withdrawn. We want no dictation
from outsiders. The people of Louis
lana are competent judges of their
own needs and wants, and much bet
ter acquainted with the integrity of
their officials than heads of depart
ments one thousand miles away.-4t-
takdpds Register.
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aonalosonollle Gblef,
Tbe stage-Driver's story.
BY BRET HARTE.

BY BRET HARTE
II was the stage-driYer's story, as ne stood
with his back to the wheelers,
Quietly fecling his whip, and turning ms
auid of tobacco; :;
Willie on the dusty road, and hlent with the
rays of the moonlight,
We saw the lash of his whip and the JUICE OF
tobacco descending
Danger, sir, | believe you-ndeed, may
say on that subject,
You your existence might put TO the hazaf"
and turn OF wager,
deed | assure YOU;
perchance twas the man with the dog that
is sitting alone in yon wagon.
It was the Geiger Grade, a mile and nan
from the summit:
Black as your lat was the mght, ana never
star in the heavens.
LAUNDERING down the grade, the gravel and
stones we sent flying
Over the precipice side-a thousand 1eet
plumb to the bottom.
Halfway down the grade felt, sir, thrill
ing and creaking,
Then lurch to one side, as we hung on the
bank of the ravine, =
Then, looking up the road, saw, III the us
lance behind me,
The off hind-wheel of the coach just loosed
from its axle, and following
One glance above gave, then gathered to-
gether my ribbons,
Shouted, and flung them, outspread, on the
straining neeks of my cattle;
Screamed at the top OF my voice, and iashed
the air in my frenzy,
While down the Geigef Grade, on three
wheels, the vehicle Numbered.
Speed was our only chance, when again came
the ominouS rattle:
Crack. and another wheel slipped away, and
was lost in the darkness.
Itco only now were left; yet such was our
fearful momentum,
Upright erect, and sustained on tco Wheels,
the vehicle Numbered.
AS some huge boulder, Embossed from It's
rocky shelf on the mountain,
Drives before it the hare, and the humorous
squirrel, far leaping,
So down the Geiger Grade rushed the plo-
neer coach, and before 1t
Leaped the wild horses, and shrieked III adj
vance of the danger impending.
But to be brief in my tale. Again, ere we
came 10 lile leNtI,
Slipped from its axle Wheel so that, TO DC
plain in my statement,
A matter of twelve hundred yards or more
as the distance may be,
We travelled upon one wheel, until we drove
n up to the station.
E#Then, sir, we sank in a heap; but picking
n myself from the ruins,
q heard a noise up the grade, and, looking,
saw in the distance
The three wheels following still, like moons
on the horizon whirling,
Till, circling, they gracefully sank on the
road at the side of the station.
This is my story, sir; trife, indeed, as
sure you.
Much more, perchance, might be said; ba
hold him. of all men, most lightly
Who swerves from the truth in his tale-No
thank you-Well, since you are pressing
Perhaps l don't care if | do; you may give
me the same, Jim-no sugar"
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Not Too Fast.

The editor of the New Orleans M
traitlease was evidently in earnest
when he penned the following:
Several of our State exchanges have
hoisted the name of General Grant at
the head of their columns. Is this not
going little ahead of the fox?. We
submit that there is plenty of time
yet, before the meeting of the conven-
tioE to hoist a figure-head, and we
should not be surprised should vast
change take place in the opinions of
the people respecting the policy of
renominating General Grant.
So far as Louisiana is concerned, we
may well refuse to be in haste in this
matter. Has General Grant yet given
us any tangible evidence that he dis
approved the Custom house outrage
We think that, by this time, he has
had ample scope for investigation. If
he approved the conduct of his officers
on the ninth of August, in this city,
we don't want any more Grant in our
columns. We never can consent to
vote OF deliberate under the menace
of bayonets, and if General Grant re-
fuses to rebuke in the most positive
manner those who appealed to this
despotic power in this State, we are
against him, though we stand alone.
Massachusetts has repudiated Grant in
the person of Butler, and the course of
the good old commonwealth is worthy
of note; other States will repudiate
him should he fail to remove his
brotller-in-law and the other faction
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A curious case of Kleptomania, says.
the New York Sun, has come to light
in Lawrence, Mass. A burglar after
breaking into a house was captured,
shot and carried sto the lookup. Al
though his wound was slight, it was
agreed that the surgeon should tell
him he would not live more than an
hour, in order to draw u confession
from him. The burglar, after exact
ing solemn promise from his captols
that all money in his possession
should be handed over to his wife,
confessed that he was the author of
many burglaries that had been COM
mitted in that region, and that he had
secreted in Ash Grove Church, in
Albany, under the pulpit, two tin
boxes filled with gold and silver, and
in his room, In Arch street, in that
city, several hundred dollars in bank
notes around the waistcoating of the
windows, and in other places; also,
that his real name was Carrel San
born, and that he had worked for Mr..
Mcdonald, in Albany. He then
handed over $500 in greenbacks,
saying that according to the agree
ment that sum, with $500 in savings
bank in Albany, and some $500 more
secreted in his room, should be given
to his wife. He had not robbed for
money, he said, but for the pleasure
of it; it was mania which came over
him at times, and which he could not
shake off until he broke into some
place. The dark lantern found in his
possession is a marvel of perfection,
and was made by himself. Sanborn's
wife, who resides in Bristol, N. H.,
was shocked when she heard of his
arrest, as she supposed that he was at
work in Albany. All the money and
property was found concealed in the
places indicated.
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lists who disgrace the Republican party
in this State.
The newspaper editors who were re-
fused even ticket of admission to the
tyrannical military convention OF this
city are doing nice business to hoist
Grants name in their papers while he
refuses to rebuke the scoundrels who
perpetrated this outrage upon the
press. Good God, to what depths OF
degradation some men are willing to
be plunged We say, if Grant has
determined to retain Packard, Lowell,
Casey and their satellites, let this lit=
tie commonwealth fight him to the
bitter end, though she fight him alone.
Base towards are we all if we yield
men who would cringe to any tyrant
and lick the hands of the master who
would scourge us. Should Henry Clay
Warmoth bow to such tyranny and
make terms short of the removal OF
the above named gentlemen, we are
through-of him, at least, we hope
better things. God knows We have
loved him more than we ever did NOR
tai man, and almost with the love we
would extend to a wife, BECAUSE we
have believed him honest and capable.
Few have had better opportunities
than we of judging of his character
and conduct. We have eat at his ia
BILE, slept in his house, watched his
every act, and judged of his every mo-
tive; aud we have, in the midst OF all
the contumely, SANDER and vitupera-
ton to which he has been exposed,
believed him to be a man of clean
hands, pure motives and honest pur-
poses; and should he bow to the be-
hest of the man who, as far as we now
know, sanctions the insult and igno-
miny cast upon the people OF Louisi-
ana, all we have to say is, that we can,
in future, have no faith in human ma
ture; and should the Republican party
in Louisiana submit to such treatment,
we have had enough of the party, and
can, with clear conscience and willing
mind, abandon it to its inevitable fate
We can submit to defeat rather than
disgrace, poverty rather than dishon-
or; and If this be treason to the Re-
publican party, our friends can make
the most of it. IF it be treason to re-
bel against military despotism, we are
guilty, and the sooner we are tried and
convicted the better. We have yet
confidence that the Governor of this
State will maintain his dignity o.
character, and never bow to tyranny
Every noble character III the State
will sustain him, and we trust that the
editors of the press of the State vii
remain firm in their determination tt
protect our citizens against the acts o.
a tyrant. If we do not, the Custom
house outrage will be accepted in his
tory as Republican iniquity, and thii
we can never afford. Hence we say
hold in while before you hoist thu
name of q. S. Grant to the head o
your columns.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1871-10-28
Torpedo Explosion.

We copy the following account of a
terrible accident in New Orleans from
the Semi Weekly Louisiaaiaa, of Octo-
Der 22nd
Between the hours of nine and ten
o'clock, on Thursday morning last,
the denizens in the vicinity of the
French market were startled out of
all propriety by a sudden and tremen
dous defamation. On crowding to the
spot tragical scene displayed itself.
There lay scattered around Il large
quantity of sawdust, scraps of paste
board and paper, fragments of board,
the remnants of shattered dray, a
hurt mule, several wounded men, and
the mutilated, half naked corpse of a
dead drayman while near by stood
dray with number of cases of
merchandise
A brief examination and inquiry
revealed the facts that the demolished
dray was loaded with. twenty cases of
the Patent Celebrated Union Tor
pedoes,n which had been taken from
the Ship George Hulburt, and were
being conveyed to some warehouse in
the city; when on nearing Madison
street, on old Levee street, the dray
came in collision with street car,
and the ccncussion produced an inn
mediate a terrific explosion.
In addition to the particulars first
mentioned, it was found that two
saloons suffered considerable damage
windows and glass doors, and guam
tity of bottles were smashed to pieces,
and a lot of plastering broken from
the walls; the losses are estimated at
about $500.
The unfortunate drivers name who
was killed was Jim Corners. He was
instantly killed, having one of his
legs torn off and hurled two squares
through the air, over the tops of
houses, and deposited in jackson
square; two ribs and several other
bones broken, his skull fractured, and
every tooth knocked out. The explo-
sion doubtless started from the rear
of the dray and sent its fury forward,
enveloping and killing Corners in its
furious flight.
Neither the driver or any of the
passengers in the street car suffered
any damage; the iron front to the
ear resisting the rush of the material.
The driver of another dray, also
loaded with twenty-one cases of the
same articles, and Immediately in
front of the exploding dray, one
,Jaque Coulogne, received a severe cut
in the head, but to the present time
we do not learn that danger to his life
is apprehended. The other wounded,
we learn, are all recovering.
Public attention was not long since
called to the importation of torpedoes
when, clerk in one of our city stores
was instantly killed by the explosion
of a box OF torpedoes; and the City
Council adopted a measure which was
believed would save the public from
the dangers incident to the handling
of such material. It was, therefore.
but natural, that as soon as the last
disaster occurred, the Police Depart
ment, the City Administrators, and,
indeed, the whole city shonld be SC
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