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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08

POCKET PIcKED..- Mr.. Frank Cochran had
h's pocket picked Of $50, besides valua ole
papers, while on the Chesapeake and ohio
Train between Waynesboro' and Richmo1 d
on Wednesdsy last.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08

Strangers attending the Pomologica! Exhibition
will find the VISITORS Guice TO Richmoud and
Vicinity" usefu! and entertaining companion
In their rambies. For sale by BENJAMIN BATES,
n In
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08

AN elegant assortment OF seal and diamond
rings, new styles OF silver ware, fine watches, ana
beautiful! Jewelry, just received at Jso. II. 1rLEE
Co.'s new store, ,lo7 lain street, opposite Flist
National Bank.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08

VISITORS to The Pomological Exhibit II should
also visit FRAYsER extensive Photograph Gal
ery, opposite the post Office.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08

Reserve endowment policies is specially with
the Widows and Orphans Benefit Life Insur-
ance Company. J. B. MOORE, Agent
No. Ills Main street
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08

We are happy to inform our readers that the
beautiful 1vorines are taken only At that elegant
studio. the LEE" Gallery, and that llb rally
has prompted tn. proprietor to reduce his prices.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08

WErsIGER. 1901 Main street, has Just received
oil the latest styles Of stiff and fancy hats for
young gents Call and see them.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08

DELEGATES to the Pomo.ogica Fair are Invited
to visit FRAYsER's extensive Photograph Gal
lery, opposite the post Office.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08

HARPER's WEEKLY and Frank Ieslie's
Illustrated papers for this week are to hand
from EIlyson & Taylor, booksellers and
neWs-dealers, next to Dispatch office.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08

WEIs1GER, 1901 Main street, has the lates, stTl
OF cloth hats, in every variety suited for the refill
trad
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08

VISITORS GUIDE TO RICHMOND AND VICINITY.
Published AID for sale by BENJAMIN BATES ll0l
N ain, near 18th street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08

NOTARY PUBLlo.-Goyernor Walker has
appointed j. w. Logan notary public for
the city OF Richmond,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08

An entire new assortment OF goods jus. received
at the Dollar store. corner OH and Main streets.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08

FEAYSEE'S extensive Photograph Gallery
SEEMS to be very attractive to tbs strangers now
III the city,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08

ENVELOPES furnished and printed al -, $3.50,
$sIs, and $3.50 per coo, At the Dispatch Prin!ls
Establishment.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08

ARREST OF AN AroTHEcARY on sERIo Us
rHADGE.-For several weeks past the po..
lice department has been in qutVer OF
excitement over an alleged ABORTION case,
which, having been partially brought TO
liqht by some efficient detectives. was said
70 implcare q leading Richmond apothe-
cary doing business down town. The rll-
rlors on the subject were verified yesterda
bv the grand jury of the Hastings Court
rcporting true bill Of indictment against
DR.. .. A. Strecker for completely IN crime
the nature OF which is above intimated
The Young person who is said 10 have been
the doctors patient was uninjurcd by 'he
operation and appeared before me grand
iury an unwilling witness tor the Comm On,
wealth. The testimony was OF coufsG Vi
such character is to preclude us pllol''a'
ton. ,.oor, ;ssuad hv
Judge Guicon. DR.. Strecker WAS aries.el'
un"n il e-lerday afternoon by Dcputv ser
cant Horz niger, and conducted 10 Inc Guy
;ul TO await trial ~ the present Term Oh
The court. 1t was understood that the ac-
cu.ed would be allowed bail. but al the
hour of :his writing no application hao
been made tothat end.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08

-,,v 8 y,A7-GaToS viii sen st 10 o'o''ck iur-
III L
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08
DIED.,

At SIS o'clock A. n: Thursday, The 7:h instant.
lille CHAStIE, aged IS months, son Of Spots
wood ID and Mary +. Waldrop.
his funeral viii take place 40 DAY 3. 10 A.. 81.
fom has fathers residence, No. al oh :tfeet.
Friends and acquAintances are invited to .t!eno.
"Of such Is the kingdom OF Heaven"
FATHSR.
On the 5th inst, at auckland, the residence o!
his father. In the county Of Charles CITY, LsE'
youngest son OF Col. James ID ana Virginia "ir'
cox, aged years mouths and Is days.
Petersburg papsrs please copy.
At O'Clock Saturday, September 81, 1911;
WALTER AsDkEH, son OF Cecena A. ana =.
j. A. Thomas, OF cholera tDlantuin, as1a
months and IL days.
Farewell, alas our WALTER dear,
Thy form lies cold and stil.;
Thy death has caused vicact place.
This world can never Hi.
Sad Is The house and lone The hour
Since thy sweet smiles ere gene;
But Oh !! 1 brighter home than ours
In heaven, Is now tn own. ...s..
BY ALLIE fHH"'
A. hts residence, In the town OF Culpepsr. op ",
9Th ins:., DR.. WM. a. HERNDiS. aged - w.,
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MAKKlElD,

September oh, By Rev. james r. "sssenef
Rev JAS. 4. sPINRS, Of DinwIddIe county, vs.
and Miss FLOkENCE, duugrter OF Z. Y. Low
ard, Esq, or Ashland. Va
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08
EyOgramiae To-Day,3

The exhibition at Assembly Hall will be
open today for the last time. The public
Will be admitted between the hours Of 9
4. NJ. aud Z. Nj.
At 10 o'clock tonight the delegates to
the American Pathological Society will be
entertained at grand banquet to be spread
in Assembly Hall under the auspices of the
Virginia Horticultural and Neurological
Society.
The American Pathological Society will
resume its sessions at 8 O'Clock this morn
ing at the Exchange Hotel. During the
day the award Of premiums will be here
announced by the chairmen of the different
committees.
THE COMMITTEE ON TIE BANQUET,
which consists of Captain John a. Sloan,
l.. -. Crcnsnaw, Jr., Colonel W. z. Tan
ner, Colonel William S. Gilman, w. Il.
Quarles, Ii. It. Miller, and Roger Johnston,
will meet ct Assembly Hall tonight at
O'Clock.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08
SECOND DAY.
wEw ENTRIES AND ADDIIioSAA
ARRIVALS.
TRANSACTIONS OF THE AAER1oAN
p0uoL oGICAL SOCIETY,".
VALUABLE TAFORMATIos ABOUT
FRUIT.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY.

The attendance at the American Pomo-
logical Exhibition at Assembly Hall vas
even larger yesterday and last night than a, on
the first day and night of the ente 5 h,,t
ment. Few new features were p no.eur in
many persons seemed to take ad P.uaI tables.
lingering around the rrn 1,cra than once.
p At n indy the sssemblage was largely com
n ~, ei Of ladies and their escorts, Iac'
vr ISI made the scene much more attrac-
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08
TREASURES REPORT.

Mr.. T. p. James, treasurer. submitted
his biennial report, showing that the re-
ceipts of the society have been st.0O3.03,
and that there is balance OF Sl2416 on
land.
The report was filed and ordered to be
printed.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
The President announced the appoint
ment of the following standing commit
tees;
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08
CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATION.

! Mr.. Elliott, of Ohio, moved that COM
mittee be appointed TO petition Congress
for $4,000 as a permanent fund, of which
the society shall use nothing but the ILL
tercsL for twenty years. Agreed to, and
the President and Secretary authorized to
appoint the committee.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-08
SPECIAL COMMITTEES.

Mr.. Newman, Of Georgia, presented a
resolution, asking that committee be ap-
pointed to report upon the cXpedlency oil
asking Congress to repeal the tax on the
dt>tllation OF fruits. Alter lengthy dis
cu>son the resolution was rejected by a
large vote.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-09-20

Let the person whose name you wish
to know inform you in which Of the up.
right columns the frat letter of his name
is contained. Ifil be found in but one
column, II is the top letter, IL Il occurs
in more than one, It is found BY adding
the alphabetical numbers Of the top let.
ters Of these columns, and the sum will
be The number Of the letter sought. BY
taking one letter at time, in this way,
the whole can be ascertained. For ex.
ample, take the word Jane. J is found
In the two columns commencing with
b ane ii, which are the second and
eighth letters down the alphabet their
sum is ten, and the tenth letter down
the alpbabe: is the letter sought. The
next letter A, appers in bu! one column,
it stands at the top. N is seen in the
columns headed b, d, and ii ; these
are the second, fourth, and eighth let.
tiers Of the alphabet, which, added, give
the fourteenth, or N, and so on. The
use cf this table will excite no little Gu
riosily among :hose unacqusin,ed with
the foregoing explanation.
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tion, ] am not able to say. Bur it
! wonld te a losing business now.--
There was no preparing Of post
age, and very often " bucketting |"
letters we're sent expressly to make
one pay postage. In the course of
time the Post Master. G General es-
tablished o line Of hacks by Green.
vile, aud a two-i orse stage carri.
ed four passengers from Green.
vile to Columbia in three days.
This Was great improvement, {, and
! we boasted Of it. But it was very
seldom the old stage brought q pas.
scnger to Greenville, or carried
one from this place. l remember
we'll tho first four.horse coach
which ever came to Greenville. It
was quite curiosity to tho natives,
and many went ont to see it. We
never dreamed Of railroads in
those days, or telegraph wires
The merchants got on their horses
and rode to Baltimore or Charles.
ton to make their purchases
Goods were wagored from Balti.
more to Greenville, a few years
only before l came here. What
would our merchants say to this
now2
The profits Of the merchants In
those times were enormous. They
did not sell a great many goods,
but profit OF one hundred, and
one hundred and fifty per cent.
was very common. John Roberts,
who was in partnership with Var
dry McBee, was the first merchant
in Grcenville, who began to sell
goods for moderate profits, and his
sales soon showed the wisdom of
his policy. Every one went there
to purchase. Capt. Cleveland, Col.
Toney and John Brown, who were
the Oldest merchants of the place,
seemed to be disgusted with the
new order of business, and closed
their stores. Roberts sold for
cash, and was willing to receive
small profits. He could turn over
bis capital every three or four
months, whilst the other mer.
chants, who sold ON q credit, haG
to wait almost as many years.
This was the secret of his success,
and others began to follow his ex.
ample. He had no bad debts .o
run away with his profits, like
those who sold on O credit. lie
lost nothing either by forgetting to
charge goods sold. l once heard
Mr.. Hargroves, an eminent mcr.
chant OF Augusta, say that most
country merchants broke by neg
lecting and forgetting to charge
their customers with their pur
chases, in the hurry of business.
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
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Sheep Husbandry q Necessity,

Sheep husbandry is a necessity.
There is no substitute for the ami.
NAL with the golden hoofs -
none which can 80 cheaply sup
ply the elementary wants of a
dense population. France has as
many as souls in the empire
England could almost as safely
part with the air breathed by one
fourth of her people, as with her
sheep-.the meat, wool, hides,
and manure they yield and while
wo are glad to see largo focks
transferred to and established on
the plains Of Kansas, Nebraska,
an ID other sparsely populated
States and Territories of th g
West, the older States, where
lands have lost their virgin fresh
ness aud fertility, can i'll afford to-
submit to further reduction. The
great bulk of the best wool grown
in the world is grown by small
fiocka, in the midst Of the most
densly peopled regions. 1t is so now
in the United States, and so will
it continue to be. On the whole,
therefore, we look in the future of
the wooden industy hopefully, and
with abiding confidence.
{ Wool Circular.
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BIZ A MAN.--Foolish spending is
The father of poverty. Do not be
ashamed of work, nor of hard
work. Work for the best salary
or wages you can get, but work for
half price rather than be idle. BE
your own master, and do not let
society or fashion swallow up your
individuality--hat, coat and boots.
Do not eat up or wear out all that
you earn. Compel your selfish
body 10 spare something for profits
saved. BE stingy to your own ap
petite, but merciful to others ne.
cessities. Help others, and ask no
help for yourself. See that you
are proud. Let your pride te Of
the right kind. Be too proud to
be lazy too prond to give mp with.
ont copquering every difficulty /;
too proud to wear coat that you
cannot afford to buy too proud to
be in company that you cannot
keep up with in expenses /; too
proud to lie, or steal, or cheat !; too
proud to be stingy.
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WHAT Is IloME.--" Home" says
Robertson, in his sermon, I" is the
one place in all this world where
hearts are sure of each other. 1t
is the place Of confidence. 1t is
the place where we tear off that
mask of guarded and suspicious
GOODNESS which the world forces us
to wear in self defence, and where
we pour OFT the unreserved com
mnnication of full and oonfding
hearts. 1t is the spot where ex.
pressions of tenderness cash out
without any sensation of awkward
ness, and without any dread of
ridicule. Let a man travel where
he will, home is the place to which
his heart nntRavelled fondly
turns lie is to double oil pleas
ure there. lie Is to divide all
pain. A happy home is the single
spot of rest which q man has upon
this eerth for the cultivation of his
nobiest sensibilities."
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ron the GREENvILLE EHrERrRIsE.
Incidents Of q Trip to the West,
Council BLUFFS, Iowa,
Inly I5tlI 1871

Dear Enterprise--I have deilb.
erately and dispassionately looked
at the state of affairs out here, and
have come to the conclusion that
things are mixed, "and that smart
ly." Iexpect, Messrs. Editors, you
think that have said considerable
about the ladies in my previous
letters. Maybe / have, for my
opinion is, that life is too short to
waste any time upon men.
The following colloquy took
place this morning, between my
self and a bootblack, eight years
old:
"Givc you shine sir9' "No."
Give you q South Calina shine 2"
!" Very WELL" 81 believe you are
from Calina?' Yea" I" How
is times down there 2" Very
good" "Do you know William
reh Henderson, of Abbeville Coun.
tyr Yes he is a friend and
neighbor of NINE" "He stayed a
good deal with us, and / kinder
liked him; ho wasn't much &c.
quaintcd here, but / took him un.
der my wing, and found him a
mighty apt scholar; he picked mp
idccs faster than a duck picks MP
corn; he was powerful fond OF
looking at the city by gas light, /,
and like all Southern gentlemen,
he was mighty liberal; if yon
would like to run in his ruts, / am
tho boy to initiate you. Do you
know old Governor Ora" Yes
he is friend of mine" I" He ex.
pressed the same to me. I kinder
liked him too. He is a gay old
cock. Iheard him tell j Judge Jemes
that he would have to go back
to the times of Henry the Eighth
to find what was the law in South
Calina. He paid like O true South.
ern gentleman. When you 90
back, give my respect to Tell aud
the Gov. ! believe you are the
only man in the city who has no
business ON hand 7" Possibly !
am" Are you living on the in.
terest OF your money 3' u an at
present" "Are you supporting
any body in particular except
yourselfW "No.n "How many
more can you supports" and with
this he presented bis hat to get
what was coming, he then bowed
and smiled, said he would be hap
| py to mako himself useful, and
with a significant grin, he asked,
Hhow is that for eight years old. .
You know yourself / told hin, he
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"REMINISCENCES
OF THE
COUNTY OF GREENVIL l.E
by Ex GOVERNOR D. +. PERRY.

CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK
Judge Earle, 1 have mentioned
at considerable length in my " Ro.
miniscenccs of Public Men," and
will now pass over. l have writ.
ten sketch Of General Waddy
Thompson, in my "reminiscences,
and will, therefore, pass him by in
these notices. Col. Tandy Walker,
was a prominent lawyer, in full
practice when l came to Green.
vile. He was very kind, pleas
ant and ainiablc gentleman, and
tor many years represented the
District in the Legislature. He
was personally very popular, and
married the belle Of tho village in
her day and time, Miss Mary
Toney, daughter of Col. William
Toney. William Choice was for
many years the law partner of
Judge Earle, and regarded as tho
best collecting lawyer in the cir
cult. lie was, also, Commissioner
in Equity, for O great while, and
]iis office could not have been kept
better or more satisfactorily. lie
made fortune by his profession,
and retired from business many
years since. He wa, born and
educated in Grccnvillc District,
where he still resides. His pro.
fessional life was marked by ener
gy, industry, attention to business,
punctuality and correctness in all
of his monied transactions. DIR.
William Robinson was in full prac.
tice as physician at this time,
and single. lie was a great ladies
man, and very much esteemed by
them for his agreeable manners and
kind attentions. Greatly indebted
to him were all the young people
for getting mp balls, dancing par.
ties, riding parties, &c. DR.. Rich.
ard Harrison was also practicing
medicine hero O: the same time.--
lie had a very high reputation aa
II physician, and was a man of tai
cnt and high character. lIe mar.
ried the daughter Of ChanceIlor
Thompson, and died early in life,
deeply regretted by all who knew
him. He was o most excellent,
modest and loyeable gentleman
The Rev. w. B. johnson bac
chor~a " 80 az. Eo-.lz AuI.
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The Hal vest Call.
pr WV. II. BuaLlreu.

Abide not Ia The realm CT dreams
oh, man, however fair il seems.
"ne'e uro~sy a'rs 'hy Towers 'ePress
!" '""g"or % sweet i''ehess'
Nor lingor In the ,ny .iy pnst.
E,tranced In visions vague AM vast;
o'. wiz" e.er eye '"e PRESENT sca"'
n"' "e"' y" e"'' " ""u a"u 'na"'
That call, though many voiced, 10 one
With mighty meaning in each tone;
"'S" SUI '"" 'A's"'e'' sur" ""' pray
~
a'' '"''"''e 'hee'S '"ee rywhe'e.
Think not in sleep 10 fold thy hund.,
,u.I - 'ny ''o's eo""a"ds;
~ NO ",e rec
''''ou' ''u"S "a'" need OF 'hse!
Look uTst the wide OK: ended plsin
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JOHN c. BAILEY, PRVR.
suBscRrrrros Two Dollars per apnum.

ADvuurfsexrSrs Inserted Al thc rata. n,
ono dollar per square Of twcIvo Minion lines
(tbis ere typc) or less for the first insertion,
nfty cents each for the second and third inser.
tions, AMI twenty 1--we cents for subsequent
insertions. Yearly contracts will be made.
All advertisements must have the number
nf Insertions marked on them, or they will be
inserted till ordered out, and charged for.
Unless ordered otherwise, Advertisement q
will invariably be "displsyed."
obituary notices, and all matters inuring TO
to the benefit Of any one, arc regarded as
Advertisements.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-09-20

SoMETnISa WoRru REMEMBER.
mo-" 1t any one speaks i'll OF
thee," says Epietetus, consider
whether he hath truth on his side,
and if SO, reform thyself, that his
censures may not effect" When
Anaximander was told that the
very boys laughed at his singing,
" All !" said he, "tIIen l must
learn TO sing better" Plato, be-
ing told that he had many ene-
mics who spoke i'll Of him, said,
" 1t is no matter; l shall live so
that none will believe them."-
Hearing at another time that an
intimate friend of his had spoken
detractingly of him, lie said, 81
am sure he would not do it if he
had not some reason for it," This
is the surest as we'll as tho noblest
way of drawing the sting out of a
reproach, and the true method of
preparing = man for the great
and only relief against the pains
Of calumny.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-09-20

II may be interesting to those
who have sent for counterfeit.
money, in answer to the numerous
circulars which flood the country,
to learn that q full list Of the
names of such is being prepared.
for publication,
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-09-20

SOME arith,nctician discovers
tha the French war indemnity
Of 1,O00,0O0,000 would, in five
dollar gold pieces, cover moro than
nineteen acres of ground used as
paving. 1t wouh take one man
222 years to count them, at the
ratio of 100 minute for twelve
hours q day.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-09-20

IpLESEss.-Boys, never he idle.
Always have something to do.-
You can study when you are not at
work with your hands. Every
work Of God has a lesson upon 1t
Tor your mind to master. You
can walk tho street and pick up O
piece Of paper being tossed about
by the winds, and upon that piece
Of paper there will be lessons for
yon to learn. Never be idle
when you can find go much work
to do, rss
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-09-20

FATE AND NEcEssrTY.--We can
not conquer fate and necessity |;
yet we can yield to them in such q
manner as to be greater than if we
could.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-09-20

A YOUNG man in camp meeting
asked the prayers Of the assembly
because he could not sit down to
q meal without eating three times
as much as he ought"
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-09-20

l'nE pastor of the Baptist
church in Cambridge, Missouri,
baptized two young ladies the 9TH
er day, and then married one OF
them right there in the church
before she had time to get dry.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-09-20

A GREAT pear shaped spot, forty
thousand miles hong, is now to be
observed OH the sun. 1t Is said it
can be seen without telescope
through a dark colored glass.