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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-18

The Prize Boz establishment ON Brooo
'Street-A General Look Throuqh the Boz
es.-ln our issue of yesterday we directed
attention of the public to the "prize box'i
establishment, kept on Broad street. near
the new market, and expressed the opinion
that it, like most establishments Of ;ts
kind, was conducted unfairly. by means ot
which the ignorant were cheated of their
money.
This morning, the Mcssrs. Harrison pro-
prietors of the concern, were INTRODUCED IN
us by friend, who endorses them both as
gentlemen, and who, from their appearance
and manners, we believe to be such.
AT their request, we visited their place
oil business, which was thrown open to ms.
and every box in the house opened and ex,
ahmed. We examined them with the view
of telling our readers the fact in relation to
u'er mode OF conducting business which
mas grown INTO dlsrepute, by having fallen
mto dlshonest hands, as general thing.
In nearly two hundred boxes we opened
we found prizes of various kinds, among
them, watch, valued at ten dollars, a
twenty dollar gold piece, one of ten dollars.
one OF fye, and one of dollar, and so on
GOWN to Zen cents. In but two boxes we
lound a blank, which they informed us was
1nlitentional, as they propose putting at
,edS' zen cents IN coin or currency in every
ooS. Weare now satisfied these young men
are conducting their business in a fair and
honorable manner, and are incapable from
the high character given them, of following
the example of most persons who conduct
this prize business alone.
Our admiration for fair play induces us
to, to make this statement in relation to them.
They also informed us they frequently
employed some one to guard the door so as
10 Keep out the boys who will congregate
around their house, and that they prefer
refusing to sell boxes to boys.
we were glad to ascertain these gentle
men are IN no wise connected with any 9TH
CT mouse OF Its kind, and particularly the
charged with distributing counterfeit mo-
ney.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-18

School Matters. The buildings for the
accommodation of the teachers and punils
composing the city schools, which COM
mence their sessions ON the first day of Oc-
tober, are approaching completion. Two
OF the new houses are rooted, and the third
nearly ready to be enclosed. Everything
connected with the schools seems to be
working smoothly, and promises great
efficiency. Out Of about 40 applicants for
teachers certificates, 80 have been ac-
cc.epted for examination, and the examina-
ton will take place next Monday.
The buildings will have capacity to ac-
commodate nearly five thousand scholars.
and and ninety teaches will be employed in the
different grades, besides the principles. We
hope, in week or two, to be able to give
our readers official and more extensive in
formation concerning our city schools.
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evening state Solltnat.

WHEN an unwilling witness is upon the
stand, the rule is so general as to be almost
invariable-short answers to long questions.
But this rule does not apply to some great
men, interviewed under protest." like the
Hon. Jacob Thompson, under the persua-
sive inquisition of Mr.. Cuthbert, the Her.
ads Virginia correspondent. Cuthbert is
brief enough to claim for his interrogato-
ries that they are the soul of wit; but the
moral pressure must have been tremen-
dous, for the protesting interviewed fairly
gushes out words, in the stereotyped form
familiar to every man who has been south
of the Potomac single hour; and an
nounces his likes and dislikes, whose ad-
vent delights him-whose exit will fill him
with joy.
If the Hon. Jacob Thompson had been
unknown to fame, his out-givings, under
Cuthbert's psycho-borean press, might be
palmed off as fair representation of the feel
ing entertained by Southern people. Know
ing him as one ''long on the political grid
iron," his opinions of Northern settlers and
sentiments towards them have long been
public property. We can only say,
''methinks this caitiff doth protest too
much," and recommend Cuthbert to put
his protesting witness under pressure once
more, and ask him if he ever "extendcd
cordial and hearty welcome" to any man
who avowed Republican principles how
he can reconcile his protests with the fact
that to be known as a Republican, is certain
ruin to any person whose business success
is dependent upon the purchasers of those
he calls Southern people ?
Is 1t not the deliberate purpose of Hon.
Jacob Thompson and his Southern friends
to make Republicans odious to ostracise,
malign, crush them that he may the more
cheaply and readily carry out his and his
friends Cherished purpose-which he hints is
being gradually accomplished make the
colored voters in the South "divided in
politics." that he and his Democratic allies
may attain power, and crush out Republic
cans as party, as ruthlessly as they now
crush Republicans as individuals?
We will be satisfied with monosylIabic
answers to these queries, and hope Mr..
Cuthbert may succeed in obtaining them
without extraordinary pressure or protest.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-18

The &o'mof Testgtlay,-We are under
Obligations to the clerk of the weather for
directing such change as to relieve us of
the intense sweltering heat through which
we have been sweating and toiling for MANY
days, and surround us with cool bracinr
atmosphere which makes us feel ten years
younger. Yesterday afternoon storm
passed over the city, bringing with it wind,
ram and hail-the latter of which proved
rather select in its visits. Beyond Broad
street, on the north side, no hail at all fell.
1t refused most positively to visit the
penitentiary, but on Main Street and in the
neghborhood of our office it fell in balls so
reminding us of Pizzini's lemon drops we
were induced to taste it to see if Mr.. p.
had not complimented us specially. Alas
they were tasteless, but as cold as his
creams and ices. We h,ao,o they are cold.
but are entirely ignorant of how they taste
Shan't we know some day, Mr.. p? We
think we hear you softly whisper, 'snary
hme," without the stamps.
The rain was very much needed in the
country, but we doubt the utility of its ac-
cOmpaniement.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-18

The City Filled Wah Birds Last Niust.
For several hours last night the city was
filled with birds of different kinds, which.
attracted by the lights in the different parts
of the city, battered their heads against the
lamps and windows as if seeking shelter
from the cause which drove them here.
About O'Clock we heard numbers of
them singing, and from the sound supposed
they were passing overhead.
At the Monumental hotel, several gentle
men, occupying the front portico, while be-
ing entertained by the music of the birds,
were astonished to see bird of the crane
species, commonly known as the "fiy-up-
the-creek, f" make dart at one of the WIN
dows, striking his head violently against the
glass. So persistent was he to effect an en-
trance that he remained until captured.
rather than go away.
A bee-martin was caught in the street
near the Valentine house and killed by
cruel boy.
Will some of our wise men tell us what
drove the thousands of birds into the city
last night?
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eminent sisterhood who are eloauently
chanan;on;no. tlo ,o,.sx,- "a IL =, -. 4 -

eminent sisterhood who are eloquentl,
champloning the cause of their sex.
"He credits us with having discovered
or invented him as Presidential candi
date. Well, this was the happiest inspira.
ton of our lives. Diogenes looked for ar
honest man without finding him; zoe found
such one without looking for him. He
was ready at hand. And we are proud o
him. When a postmaster at Brooklyn was
to be appointed by President Lincoln, Mr..
Greeley, who had named the candidate,
wrote in his praise these words: .If he
steals anything charge it to nue. We will
enter into the same obligation in behalf OF
our candidate for the Presidency.
'Mr. Greeley's allusion to a certain lady
whom he describes, but does not name, IS
an ungentle and gross reflection on life
which has been marked by great suffering.
which has been guided by pure motives,
and which has hOwered into rare worth.
Knowing her well, we respect her not less
highly than we do Mr.. Greeley himself.
We know not how to say more.
"But even if the worst which Mr.. Gree
ley imagines against woman nominated
for the Presidency were true-if, for in
stance, she were prohigate-Mr. Gree
ley's own logic would cstop him from OBJ
jecting to her political preferment on this
account. MIR. Greeley believes in the same
morality for men as women. Now, he has
spent lifetime in advocating the fortunes
of politicians who were perfectly well
known to him to be personally unchaste.
How many presidents, governors, senators,
judges, and the like, has
Mr.. Greeley helped to elect, knowing or
believing at the very time of his advocacy
that they were loose and irregular in their
private lives?
"Mr. Greeley, by this letter, exposes the
young ieutenants of his office to unin-
tended peril of their lives. Hitherto, a
great many of the old-fashioned reformers
who have bewailed the Tibme's opposition
to woman suffrage have refrained from
speaking of that journals moral delin-
4uency, solely out of respect for Mr.. Gree
ley. But he now says that he is not the
author of the 11ibne's diatribes against
the woman suffragists. This is as much as
to say, Ladies', | am not the offender to
be punished. Allow me to present you to
Reid, John Hay, and the other
youngsters of the establishments. Strike
hem.' Now look out for the Womaa's
Journal, the RerOlation, and Woodruff and
Clatim's Weehly! Indeed, we have been
already told that some of the most brilliant
IF the Iiibune's editorials against free love
ire written by gallant whose presentation
'f the beauty of virtue in the mornings
PAPER shines with light reflected from the
saiety of the nights amours. We allude
o the rumor for the sake of Indignantly
lenying it and bringing to the face of its
luthor the blush of shame.o
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-18
THE oENQUIRER" AS A HISTORIAN.

History has always proved agreeable
and generally instructive reading but writ
ing contemporaneous history is hazardous.
even for the Enquirer, because assertions
and deductions indulged in by the writer
are apt to find sudden shipwreck against
stubborn facts; and omissions, necessary
to make reasonable premise for the de-
ductions the historian labors to establish
therefrom, are apt to be interjected by
readers who are as familiar, if not more so,
with the events recorded, to the utter dam
age of his pet theory. We also fear the
Enquirer will infringe the law of copyright
in its "review of Radical rule in Virg g.nia, :"
unless it is more careful. Our sprightly,
imaginative friend, j. p. Cowardin; ESQ.,,
has described the late constitutional con-
yention, to some thousands of auditors,
quite as truthfully and far more wittily
than the "heavy man" of the Enquirer.
The Enquirer had better leave that to
him, and give us its views upon the
constitution itself. The members of the
convention, as such, are dead, " dead
as herrngs-herrings that are red )"
but the constitution which they framed,
was adopted by an overwhelming majority
OF the people of Virginia, and is now the
organic law of this State.
The views of the Enquirer upon the Rad
ical features of this instrument may be of
value. Does it propose to ego back' on
free schools, homestead, prohibition of in
creased public debt, limitation of poll
tax, universal suffrage, vote by ballot, or
any other provision not found in the con-
stitution of 1850? That is what we want
to know.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-18

Rop.-The colored folks got into a row
about half-past two O'Clock to-day, at the
corner of Main and Twenty-second streets.
Two females seemed to be the principal
actors. Several rounds were fought by
them with more or less blood and consider
ably more rant.
They circulated all over the pavements.
One of the belligerents finally retreated to
her domcile. She was followed by the
other, who smashed in the glass door with
her hands. The inside foe retorted by
throwing water through the breach. The
appearance of the police had quieting ef-
feet, but when we left there were strong in
dicatiOns of renewal of hostllities.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-18

4ccidea to a ChiLd.-This morning. as a
little girl, ten or twelve years old, named
Askew, was walking in front of the Rich
mond Opera-House, corner of Broad and
Seventh streets, window shutter from tire
building fell upon her head, and inflicted
severe injuries. The child was picked up
and taken into DR.. Garnett's drug store,
and DR.. Grebe called in, who, with DIR.
Garnett, gave such attention as the case re-
quired. 1t is thought the skull is not frac-
tured, but the injuries are severe. The
sufferer was removed to her home on
Fourth street, between Duval and Baker.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-18

PrepMmgfor Wo,h.-The Old Dominion
Sugar Refining. company are progressing
rapidly with their work on Seventeenth
and Dock streets. AS we have already
said, the buildings known as Myers will
be converted into the refinery, but as the
work will be conducted on a scale of great
magnitude, an additional building is being
put up on the west side of S. G. Tardy 4
Co.'s store. Some of the machinery is al
ready on the ground, and the remainder is
being constructed with all possible rapidity
by various firms in this CITY.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-18

ne Still They Come!
Read phat tie People say Of the Remedies sold al
The Pain Paint Office.
The box and contents arrived safely in due
time l tried the ASNIHILAToR and experienced
relief from the first application. 1 think it will
make final cure of my catarrh. l return many
thanks for the bottle of PAIN PAINT.
Yours, with much respect, JOHN MOORE.
Oaks, orange county, NJ C.
$1,000 have spent for rheumatism across my
back. have been great sufferer for l2 years
have been in Kings College, London, and never
could get any relief until used DR. Wolcott's
PAIN PAINT. AT the first application of this Won
derfnl remedy TO my back, was entirely relieved
of all pain and stiffness, and could move as nim-
bly, as boy Those who doubt the merits of
PAIN PAINT can call at the Office and satisfy them
selves OF Its great value. W. BAKER.
Eight Days loM Ntairdtgid.--I had a fearful
pam IN my jaw and head for eight days tried al
most everything; finally went to DIR. Wolcott's
once, 2O7 Firth street, between Grace and Broad
and was entirely cured by him in five minutes
His remedies are articles of great merit A pro-
per test will be sufficient to satisfy every one.
EDwINF SMITH.
All can test it free at PAIN PAINT office o07
Fifth street, between Grace and Broad
Small bottles sold at drug stores. Sent by ex-
press on receipt of the money.
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Theodore Tilton OH Mr.. Greeley and Woman
Suffrage.


We find in the Richmond Wing, lively
rejoinder which we copy with the editorial
comments of that paper:
"Mr. Tilton comments on Mr.. Greeley's
objections to woman suffrage in his ire
pressible style. We subjoin the conclusion
of his article. BY bringing Mrs. Greeley
upon the stage he hits below the belt-but
1t is nevertheless a hard blow, and will
stagger our friend Horace"
[From the Golden Age1
''Mr. Greeley speaks of his two daughters
with an affection which does honor to his
heart, but he hopes if ever they are to be-
come woman suifragists, and to speak in
public, or to argue law cases, and the like,
he'may first have q chance to creep into his
grave. And yet those two daughters have
mother as well as father. Their mo-
ther, as is we'll known, is a hearty woman
suffragist. She headed the petition to the
constitutional convention of the State of
New York praying that body to incorporate
woman suffrage into the New constitution.
She is very ill-nearer to the grave than her
husband. And we believe that nothing
would cheer her in her sick chamber so ex-
quisitely, or make her so content to ex-
change worlds, as the reflection that she
could pass away, leaving those same daugh-
ters in full possession of all the rights
which she so bravely demanded for them
from the supreme law of the State, under
her husbands frown and against her hus-
bands vote.
''Mr. Greeley's imputation that woman
suffrage tends to transform women into
men with female physique is slander
which we credit to moment of ill temper
and not to habit of misrepresentation.
We are acquainted with MIR. Greeley's
friends, and we happen to know that, not
withstanding his present Obligations, the
women whom he 'most admires and reyer-
ences' include some of the intensest advo-
Gates of female suffrage. He knows true
and good woman whenever and wherever
he sees her, and we actually suspect him
OF being secretly proud of the public ap-
pearance of such ladies as Lucy Stone, An
'olnette Brown Blackwell, and others of the
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-18

D,omned.-Yesterday morning Martin
Shine, an employe of the Old Dominion
Nail Works, on Belle Isle, in crossing from
this side of the river, near the Tredcgar
Works, to the island, was drowned by the
capsizing of the boat which he was using.
The cause of the upsetting of the boat is
not known, as no one witnessed the acci-
dent but the boat was afterwards found.
bottom up. floating down the river.
MIR. Shine was native of Ireland. and
about forty years of age, and leaves a wife.
lie was very steady and Industrious man,
and was much thought of by his employ
ers, as well as by large circle of friends
and acquaintances.
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Gate's and Democratic C,uelty.-Demo-

Gd'9el's and Democratic Cueltg.-Demo-
cratic cruelty has exhibited itself in new
shape IN the Enquirer of this morning.
winch attacks the recent discovery of Mrs.
Daniels, of Boston, for a new method by
winch ladies' stockings are kept up.
In the first place, the Enqnirer has rot
nothing to do with ladies stockings, and its
none of its business how they are kept up
neither has it right to be discussing the
shape of their limbs-neither has it right
to mslnuate that Yankee ladies are less de-
ficlent IN well developed ones than the ladies
OF Virginia. For this, the whole force of
the U. ). government should be called out
the authority given the President by the
ku-klux bill should be exercised, and an
army sent to exterminate the horrible crea-
turc who dared promulgatc such an idea.
The Yankees will demand ofthe Eqquiry,
the surrender of its prejudice in favor ofthe
Virginia lady as against the Yankee. We
are from the country, and will not stand by
and hear this stuck-up city paper say that
the country girls use tape, strings and even
straw to hold up their stockings. 1t is a
williul, deliberate, premcditated libel on
country limbs, and the author ought to
have his throat cut from ear to ear for per-
petrating such SANDER. What does this
wise man know of country girls and their
stockings?
What right has he to say anything about
them? How dare he, who never saw any
thing but the pale, sickly, painted faces of
some city belle, whose heads would frighten
one of our country girls, or induce her to
attack it for hornets nest. We say what
right has he thus to critize the rosy-cheeked
glrl of the country, who plats her hair like
molasses candy, wears calico dress of 8
yards, homemade shoes and black stock
ings, and no hoops. She, who with vial
of essence of cinnamon for perfume, can
dance all night without stopping. ta
Get out, you city chap, and let the legs,
stockings and garters of the country girls
alone. The doctors say the new invention
is q good one, and recommend it. You
amt no doctor, and besides that, haven't
got right to get up another rebellion Just
about a garter. That flag around which
Virginia once rallied, may again be unfurled
in defence of garter, but, like its prede-
cessor, will go down beneath the triumph
ant march of progress and Yankee genius.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-18

County Court, Minor, Judge-Eiday,
August lS.-The business was light in this
court this morning. The following cases
were disposed of:
Commonwealth VS.. Thomas Isaacs. De-
fendant appeared in court and confessed
judgment. Fined one cent and costs.
The case of the Commonwealth VS.. Isaac
Williamson, Indictment for murder, was
postponed till next term of the court.
). N. Davis, Esq, qualified as notary
public for the city and county.
The court will adjourn tomorrow to the
next regular term.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-18

The New York Tribune believes that
political platforms are, at best, but per-
functory affairs. The nominating conven-
ton is usually in such hurry to get at the
more enlivening business of presenting the
candidates, that the work of drawing up
sounding resolutions of party faith has
come to be regarded as mere premonitory
tiddling, whereto the wirc-pullmg finesse
and triumphs and defeats which follow are
the real overture to the political campaign
just opening. We have passed out of the
era of high and mighty declarations, like
those of the Virginia and Kentucky resoll-
tions of '9S and the enunciation of Repub-
lican political principles in 1856 and 1850.
The platform which asserts. itself is that
public opinion which shapes legislation, in
dependently of partisan desire, and finds
new expression as circumstances vary and
men change"
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THANK You!-We thank the Whig for
one little word calculated to abate the baby
carriage nuisance. They and dogs are our
present weakness, both of which we would
gladly see abated, mot the babies):
The LITTLE BABIEs.-We have societies for the
prevention of cruelty to dumb animals, life
saving societies, wolnan's rights, etc, ETC.. but
we have not heard yet of prevention-of-cruety-
to-babies society or babys rights. We have
often wondered if mothers knew how their little
cherubs were treated on the streets after being
consigned to the tiny carriage and the tender q
care of the nurse.
We cannot think that they do. No mother if
she knew it, would allow her little one to be
wheeled square after square through the hot sun,
with its face turned up and the carriage top
thrown back, the nurse the while gossipping
with some other nurse or with some colored Lo-
thario. Often have we seen babies crying piteous-
ly lying in their carriage in the most uncomfort-
able of positions, and being jostled over the rough
pavements at break-neck speed, until finally over
goes baby, carriage and all We saw such an oc-
currence on Broad street not long since.
1t will be well for mothers to think about this,
as many a fatal disease has been caused by the
carelessness and neglect of nurses.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-18

Sale Of Vnfna and Adjoiniag Tracts.
Yesterday Messrs. Lyme & Bro, real estate
agents, sold the Varina tract on James
river, belonging to the estate of Albert
Aiken, deceased, and consisting of ,2l9
acres, to r. b. Chaffin, of Amelia, for
$42 ,6Sl.90. Locust Hill tract, 1874 acres,
to Rush Burgess, of this city, for 81 ,l95. ID;
Darbytown tract, Us acres, 81 ,225; FISH
cry at Deep Bottom, $l59, to Rush Bur
CESS, of this city. Total amount of sales,
SIG. .25l oh.