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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-08

STEAM NAVIGATION on CANALS s-This
asirrt has attracted the attention OF IN
n',a> and others interested in canal traf-
. fer lie last forty years or more, and va
.au, mOGuiS and experiments have been
id without success. In fact, the perfect
ad successful navigation Of canal boats by
'rIW power, without in jury to the canal,
Ia, bccn deemed imprarticable, but by the
np-rc>S OF science and force of necessity
ii t.ings are overcome, and the elements
Aldo >ubservient to the uses of man. This
anN> eminently SO, says the Cumberland
uadun, in Il new invention recently pa
r#ed by Alex. Marshall, Esq, of Fauquier
auntv. Va. and which is now owned
. Messrs. II. kcSlhy. j. E. Russell,
slack, and !. }. lioblirzcll, Of All@-
aHy county. These gentlemen have
i huilt Il canal-bOat at the yard OF
+. NcrtcnS, in Cumberland city, and arc
Ing The machinery and engines put in
rs McSsrs. Hill. Gcphart & Co., and it is
Nlrctcd the whole will be completed By
4r ! Of April next and practically tested,
7 Ilu.r persons who have examined the
a's;rl have expressed their fullest BELIEF,
, the GtfIIidn. in the SUCCESS OF the ln-
cation, and The proprIetors have the ut
l.>t confidence in its working capacity.
. az l'4'! I'oNNl - SiittI va WV Slbo
N.r.cd non paddles, working on the very
.."r principle OF the web foot Of = duck
t,.. >.inulnlng. rnc paddles are hung
hr 4 hinge, and when forced outward
"-~ut 4 iul face to the water, and
! len drawn in swing on tsio hinge,
4'". o&er 10 resistance. The two pad
/" work attrrQaIe!E forward AUD back
'"jH q. the stern Of ihe boat, occupying u
~"r" about lSe. feet. The motiSe-power
- ""'k the paddles is 4 sleam-ensine OF
'rvu' 'tn-'iorsc power, with two cylinders
4" rls!pn-god Of each connects directly
''dG lLc js0die-har. An upright boiler
ti'I"- t:tr steIin, and the Whole-bolier,
'"-'lr, pAHdce, Nc.--occupy no more
."" Oh The stern OF Il boat tina mis- taken
r. iI the cabin, is bouts arc now built.
| ~ weight OF ali is estimated to be about
Dr ions. The engine vii! be geared to
'aH" about Il!ty rtrOiutions per minute,
" "H'h l. believed viii give The boat speed
= 'a:'e miles per hour. Two hands only
= i'nu'rrd 10 IDanagc the boat, and con-
i"nlly bat four lneu will be needed for
% NO d:y and night running.
>Hou!d this invention prove what the in
''"'1fs claim for it, q great revolution in
.'&'-1oaung VIII at once take place, and
..' expensive teams Of mules and horses be |
II. Hr.t |" agricultural pursuits, whilst busi-
D,'' "!i canals "lll increase to double that
"' present. In fact. the whole system of
.':.,.'h"'ting viii be changed, and new |
'". '""rc prosperous era jnan.,:+nted. the |
. 80 One q! these new steamboa,s, oil
.''.'lc, Viii not be any more,o or perhaps
r. .''oiI, a' boat and u good mule team
...H 3,t Ao", whilst the speed and efficiency
"h be nearly doubled We shall await
"9 ,i It'rIopncut Of this enterprise with
t'S, p hteIcst, believing, with others who
nave seen the work, that it Is desLined to
'ihe tAa great desiGerdtum 10 long
"SAt lor III canal navigation.
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THE HENRICo OUTRAGE.-Y Yesterday morn
ing Jel. Grimes, the negro who is charged
with violating the person Of young lady
of Henrico county, was examined by "a ma
gistrate, and sent on for Indictment. Sub.
sequently the prisoner was indicted by the
grand jury, and his trial will take place on
this day week hence.
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AUCTION SALES THIS DAY.

On all public or prtpate sales Of Real Estate
made bet,oecn the lst of January and the 1st Of
July thepurchdsers pay the tanes for the pre-
sent year but on all sales bettoeea the frst
day Of July and the last dayaf December the
seller pays them. s afr.. ~.
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Cne thousand dollars reward will be paid by the
proprietor of DR.. Pierce's Alt. Extract or Gold
en- Medical Discovery for q medicine that will
equal 1t in curing all The diseases for which 1t is
recommended. In the cure Of severe and linger-
ing coughs bronchitis and diseases OF the lungs,
1t is without an equal. Sold by all druggists.
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TREASURED have secured rich yellow
heart pine wood, perfectly dry, for kindling, pre-
pared by IN lchinery. Also, oak for cooking II
Is very convenient also, every size best anthra-
cite and bituminous coal and coke, which art
spccialies. Cffices I'LL Main, 9th and Cary ant
l7.h and Dock streets. j. &. WATKINS.
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TIE ALARM OF F1RE turned in at box Is,
corner 1st and Cary streets, at 7:45 O. clock
last evening, was caused by the burning of
some brush in Penitentiary bottom, which
was mistaken for sure enough" fire.
The Department were on hand as promptly
as usual, but their services were not needed.
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Y SALE OF SUGAR REFINERY.-Thep proper
ty known as I" Morriss's Sugar Refinery"
was sold at auction on yesterday tor the
sum Of $S5, 900. The properly was pur-
chased by company OF gentlemen who
propose organizing to commence work at
once; ss - f
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UNMAnABLf LETTERS REMAINING IN THE
RICHMOND ~PosT-OFPIoE MARCH Z, ISL
John Nj. Granger, Old Church Capt. c. Fl.
Epps, Hiss Jennie Mclndoe, Mrs. j. T..
Baenail, Richmond Mrs. Mary A. Barrett,
smlthfeld e. Barkesdale, Halifax C. n. /;
Mrs. Thomas Henderson, Belize, British
Honduras.
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JOB PRISTING.-We call the attention Of mer-
chants, clerks Of courts. sherifs lawyers, rail-
road, steamship and canal officers and agents, and
all others having orders for printing tot the facii-
ties offered at the DISPATCH PRINTING EsTAB-
L1sHMENT for the prompt and faithful execution
OF I'll kinds Of Job Printing. We can furnish az
short notice Cards, Bill Heads, Letter-Heads,
Programmes, Ball Tickets, Blanks, Pamphlets,
Tags Hand-Bills, Catalogues, Bills of Fare, Show
Bills, Checks, Drafts, &C., &C., &c. Satisfaction
guaranteed,
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CALL at my Office. corner 9th and Main streets
Wood & Sons drug store), where you may get
very superior article Of sawed and split Oak ant
Pine Wood for cooking and kindllng. Also, Goa
and Coke Of every kind. Also, long Wood. yer,
cheap. Il. W. WATKINS, Agent.
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AcoIDENT.-Mr. John Netherland, the
purchasing agent Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad Company, fell between two
freight cars yesterday and was severely
bruised. Medical aid was called in and his
injuries cared for.
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CITY SAVINGS AND INSURANCE BROKERAGE
CoMPANY.-This is the name OF company
chartered on Yesterday by the Circuit
Court of Richmond, with maximum capl.
tai of 5000, 900, divided into shares OF Sot
each. In addition to the; usual business o
savings bank, the company will engage IN
general insurance brokerage. The OF
ficers are : Lawson Nunnally, president
Il. B. Meade, secretary; William Coulling
cashier ID. 8. Woodbridge, William f.
Taylor, William Fl. Powers, james Plea
SAINTS, John II. Greanor, W. r. Quarles
William II. Lucke, and c. r. Barksdale
directors.
Books of subscription are opened at Ian
caster & Co.'s, and by w. Il. Quarles, al
William B. Isaacs & Co.'s.
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HBgRN1A BUILDING FUND CoHPAEY.-
At the annual meeting Of the company
Yesterday the following officers were elected
for tlle ensuing year a. M. Kelley, Presi-
dant; John Ahern. Treasurer; F.. Nc
Cartty, secretary. Directors: VIM. Eng
slish, F.J. Rellley, A. q. Babeock, j. M.
Higgins, d. Brophy, j. 81. Dooley. Trus-
tees Jas. Golden, j. in Whitaker, James
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7 Mr.. CARswEIL.-The address of this cele.
brated temperance lecturer at the Theatre
last night was one Of the best to which we
have ever listened. Full Of anecdote and
huuor as it was, there were nevertheless
many passages of pathos and eloquence.
He i'm presses all who hear him with bis
earnestness in the work. -.
The other exercises of the evening
song. "Father's Drunkard," by Miss
Wyatt, and /" Put Me in My Little Bed,
by Me ssrs. W.. S., and W., were well exc
cuted. ..-,.
MIR. Carswell will speak again tonight
The following order Of exercises WIN % !
observed: Song, "Take Back the Hearyg,
by Mr. III. g. W. 80 The Rumseiler Ia
ment. % by Prof. w. and brother Aions l
and From Home, !" by Messrs. w, p, ailo ~
w, and the address by BIZ. CarsWeil.. Sd
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For medicinal and family use we confidently
recommend "B Select" whiskey, only solo
by W. d. BLAIR Co., corner 9th and Main
streets, at $3.50 per gallon. Their stock of fut
Teas Is unsurpassed.
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Skating Rink open this afternoon.

KLLYsoN 6 TAYLOR, l1le Main street, are pub
lishcrs' agents for Guyot's Biographies, adopted
by Etae Board Of Education for use in public c
schools of virginia.
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, Hayonef Election LAVA Repub.
Eicau View of Ii.

.H.. Chicago Tribune, in an able editorial
g.. ar. announces that it regards the law
The regulation Of elections by Federal
....ir'> rs "0f doubtful constitutionality,
4. .> party measure, Il great mistake
, >amma:izinS the provisions of the
The .'2bHnc says:
e. MS act rests upon the assumption that
....rz~ .ni thc tnitcd States marshals
racir deputies are more competent TO
.....t f9s trn!!iIcal liberties Of the people
,li. pc,8,lc themselves. We have an
..a in this city every four years, at
.. /, Presidential electors, Governor and
~. u,t.ar~. twenty-five members Of the
...l assembly. twenty Aldermen, and
.. r;,ltar>. State and municipal. 10 the
s..g nUm5cT ~! tiity, are 10 be chosen.
a. !.r same election we have TO choose
...gal.r cf Congress. Under the pre-
. nE ."gulat,ng the election of this one
.....t q; congress. this act lntcrpoSes
4nWDr OF the Uuitcd States mar
....> 10 toEt possession OF the re@lstra-
. books end "t The hallnt-toXes, With
.....rr = exclude any other persons;
s A '.soint power TO arrest any voter or
..... ,...a: person ohjcctin@ 10 their pro-
,f,. ana with power TO arrest the in-
,.. -u,~ ut election appointed under the
: ID" Lt" inv. '''S'''' 80 "'i~h'' Aiie ~ 49,
~. any Had every STATE or municipat law
'Hi rial process "A'ch might RESTRAIN
.,
la"!-". n1mi"Aiiy' lIlS = TO De u9ne
" t.'r'c' - 'he t!ertlo'' Vi tme inehioci
. aa-Ir>>. IL must aiiccI rqutiiy ing elec-
a ~ "ti Ia" "'iIcf olIcti> |I''e ' "tiu ioeni,
81 !ur al me same t'lhr. i!s TohSiess
...ht. ur having the technical power,
La. Il lhu> 10 '1Sinp, :" trN' ~ oInct;ons
i. .' cEi'lt"'; H''' -: :.,,,, u''> " ~ handS
>,a.r ai,' 1o."i "'tt. W ""' ~ ru,,, ,,,,da,.
" '.@ N9ri" ~ 'u' o'"''' ''1'u VIA "''0
.@ -'"- "' ,i' 0!ItG' ,1,o
t". 'HH enl'i ~ 'I'S '''s,',.o" "pV, .ho tho
.r .ALht - UHi"QH' ~ l'".t-ND1 v, Ja,. bnu
80 'a' >e"'lHHi I'N, I,'', ,>'...,;a '.u .,,u.a
e. U-. A"ihi>' ana IiI't"u',' ~ pcl pG.ua.c
g.. l"'yrE al ""!h ft"TrHi party. IL uas
81 "'''tto"''l En''t' n',t ,no"S, ,,n Inv ,' Id"
iHt i'mi ''. h>'>''" =; ,t,i,ii'r' ,r. .,,. pbbph
.t i'""it- ~. ''"> "r''''I' -, bn.. .i "nGn
t"p, II. N''' '"I> ~" ,, s'hsI, .uII 81. tioop'
'F "r c'H!!"t'" ~ 81" '.'e il'i ,'ii's az, tn Tu-
i'rIhg 'htF 1">.'l''r ,oi'tl"i q. tne pIm,s'
ana thousands ol |'"i"Us anu e'une ne,
! '.".trIn>, III All pari- "l ihp country, VIII
u h">'tat" 10 drn'}l'lcc >.:Gh unnecessary
"a ""n'"h h',@i'cit!ct WIN .nt llee9on t
J '""ii"H>' "" tG.c,s i.i s''h pIot5,, pi5Iot5uvs
t3> F"'r>t'n- "SAinI' suon Sia..on .a,i
lf'i" icN0iGt'',l,"e ~ sns poH;.e"t oiSah ;S.Ia
'1',,'H VI '4e "o'o1 niiieN' Ia J." ''1@N
".l''H' ,... ,,,,, J., .,o,o,o
hH'' suppose lneIt Snoult ps . cltAnso e
:" II" a,,tl!uAHc! "i Y"i W. "uu ;ors
4 "'Eu ,'n,eo i'l'' >i.'!>' an" "a: NY
49, 3iiu III" 'I>l"'''"i> VI c','tt'ts' ahu
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BOOKS Aan sTATxcAEgx. d

VIRGINIA LECT LIST OF
Y sCHOOI-BooKs ADOPTED by THE
srATE FDUCATiONAL BOARD.-McGuffey's
Pictorial Primers, ,McGufey's SPelIer, HcGuncy,s
fe3's Third Reader, McGuffey,s Fourth keadsr,
McGufey's sinh header. MeGufsy's Sixth
Reader, Harvey,s Elementary Grammar, has-
to the Study of Geography, Guyo.'s NlemeDagfyi
Geography, Guyot's InierInedia,e Geography,
GuyVrs Common School Geography
Ali the above, together with any and every artf-
Gle needed In the school room or Office, can be
had in any quantities required, atl003 Main street.
BxHJAMIs BATES, sae{3
Bookseller and Ststioner,
,rb Ficlmlnd. va. e.
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M Hi%EsE FREE FiGnT.-iSan Francisco,
,.r't" I,,ii., The Chinese INDUCED in q
;l'' i. A|l battle III the rear Of their theatre
G. t4> i'H'cihOou. Knives aud iron bars were
iIsy!s i,' ~; used. They were finally dispersed
=, =. Vhe l!cans OF shower of bricks, hurled
l,,' ,Yln a, 'he heighboring roofs by mutual
'al'oS OF the contestants. Many were iD.
."ei, but 1t is not known whether any
'''e KILLED. Several were arrested. as :
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TIE FREsH.-The James, which has been
somewhat turbulent for few days past,
has resumed his Wonted tranquility, and
; now looks as harmless as eYers tfa
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The public schools OF Virginia will bear in mind
that STARKE 4 RYLAND are agents for Davies
Arithmetics, BullIon's Grammars, Holiness SPELL
or and Readers, Maury's Biographies, AMI Ven
able's Arilhmetics. School books Of al sorts on
hand.
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THIS DAY.

ROBIESON'S PRACTICE, Vol. 6. E5i
The Principles and Practice Of Courts OF Jnsa.e .
wny Ropiuson Vol. d. Further as 70 tn,
Grounds and Forms OF Defence In fersoiiai
Actions. Price, $50. @s7@s
Published this day by
q fe Is WOoDHOCnfs q fapnaA'
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Skating Rink win be open tonight for gentle
men exclusively.
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Skating this afternoon at the Rink.

BEST anthracite coal, ss to $3.50 per ton Glover
q I'll coal, s.. so to s5.7s.per load oak and pine
wood, lowest cash prices, at CHARLES II. PAGE 4
CO. s., 18th and Cary or 7os Grace street
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Large quantities Of oranges are now arY
r;ying at New York from Florida.
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OLD PAPERS at 4oc. per hundred at the Dis
patck counting-room.
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ENVELOPES furnished and printed at &s, $3.50,
Ss7s and $3.50 per Loco, at the Dispatch Printing
pstabltshTnfnt ..ss.s.e.
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FaoM Johnson & Salden we have liars flia. !.
Twain's (burlesque)t Aut0biog ograpnY ano ~
First Romance - Is.5g ss,5. !
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WOOD AND COAL.

SPECIAL NOTICE.-The undersigned,
- having opened WOOD and COAL YARD al
No liz Broad street, between lst and I'd, respect
fully solcits the patronage OF the public gcner-
ally.
ynhS-1w ,TIIDS. e. EPPS 81 GU.
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Skating to night for gentlemen only,

SCHOOL gooKs.-Great inducements offered in
school books by ELLYsoN & TAYLOR, llls Main
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r7HE AMERICAN REPORTs-contain-
4 ing all decisions OF general interest derifed
with notes and references by j. Il. Thompson, Vel
l. Including cases decide! In MARYLAND, Msssach,t-
onI New York. Price, 80. subscriptions received
By RASDoLEt4 y 90 % E.,soLl.s,sa. II 2,
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Skating Rink open this afternoon at :, and TO-
night Exclusively for gentlemen) at O'Clock.
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EORi NEW YORK.-The Old G4Tss
IL Dominion Steamship Co.'S - -, ~
CANT side-wheel steamship ISAAC BELL, CaLI,
BLAKEMAN, will leave her wharf at Rockets on
FkIUAG. March 10Th, at O'Clock Il. II. Freight
received until O'CLOCK Z. NJ.
Fare, 5l2; sIeerage, a.; round-trip tickets, 800.
JOHN W. WYATT, Agent.
NH 8-3t No. Governor street.. =
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ALL PERIODICALS ct publishers pri ces at Ell.
TYSON & TAYLoa's news depot, next 70 dispatch
office. 5R4issEa 's-as :
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SHIPPING.

EOR RPHILADELPHI 1eeSss
IL Steamer j, =. GREEN, Capt. CAER,aSAlEEsSsaS
win receive freight for the above port till III
DAY, the 9th instant, aL u O'Clock. .zg.E
Freight taken for New Orleans cheaper than
by any other route. Algo, for Norfolk ut mode
rate rates. Passage to Philadelphia, including
meals and state room, $s.
W. P. PORTER. Agent 2:
NH SGT No. 24a5 Dock street.
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LECTURES.

THE LADIES OF THE NATIONAL
II WOMAN SUFFRAGE AND EDUCATION.
AL COMMITTEES who argued the constitutional
question OF -.ts-9f7ttl q - 81. -.5titty5ezs
WOMAN's ENPRAECHIsFMEST
last evening, will speak again THIS AFFEfS-
NOON at 4 o'clock and THIS EVENING at 8, IN
the UNITED STATES CoURT-ROGM. They
win present the Hhoie srgrsge ar gnment, and ali-
swer objections.
Admission flee. Ladies and gentlemen Ger f1Ity,
invited TO attend. '.sfg. : - f.ts.ssys, ~
SPEAKERS: =
Mrs. PAULINA WEIGHT DAVIS,
Mts. JOSEPHISE L.. GhEFFISG, I5ss -
lt* Mrs. ISABELLA BEECnER HoSKEY
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~ a MichI2an parent pulled his little sons
Val VI us Il chastjsement,
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All the latest novels at ELLYsoN u TAYLoR'S
lil6 Main street. ass
ELLYsoE Il TAYLOR viii furnish public and
private schools with books at lowest rates.
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CtOAL, COKE, AND KINDLING.-
Best ANTHRACITE COAL, all sizes, lower
still.
Bsst BITUMINCUS COAL, from 80 70 ss.75.
Best SOFT LUMP COKE at SO.
Headquarters for ST f NJ KfNDLISG.
COOKii. G., and CORD WOOD.
Office, Illl Main street, and 18th and Dock SITS.
IN Ia-cod3m j. 3. WATKINS
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GOAL A ND OOD,

TTU o 4 J. a n d W UU u,
Best ANTHRACITE COAL, per 1000 D,....fS 30
Best ANTHRACITE COAL tmuddy), do.... 90
GLOVER HILL. COAL. from.......f3 50 10 90
COKE and OAK and PINE WOOD AT lowest
cash prices ut 10Th and Cary or 1es Grace strest
NH 6-Im CHAS. II. PAGE u CO. :
GOAL FOR RSALE.-HALL BROTHERS
~ u CO.'S FRAnKLIN EGG AND STQfE
GOALS, which cannot be excelled In quality ;
HAIL; also, CUMBERLAND" COAL for engine
and smiths use OAK and PINE WOOD, for
sale. W1RT ROBERTS, IN
ja4 corner I7th and Dock streets,
r EHIGH, LORBEREY, and LOCUST
lity. ANTHRACITE COAL-Goupdry, Egg,
Stove, and Chestnut sizes. CUMBERLAND ard
CLOVER BILL COAL. Purchaeers are invited
to call on l7th street. at Uraw-Drjdge. - /.
des y. L. LATHROP. I
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Storm Eorecasts.-H How TO Foretell
the Weather.

The power OF foretelling the character Of
the weather is sometimes very useful to
landsmen rs we'll as to those who follow the
sea; and 1t is gratifying TO know that the
wise men who are something more than
almanac makers have reduced the problem
TO demonstrable science. The best sum-
mary of meteorological observations that
has been made in this direction is that
which Professor T. B. Maury has given in
his papers In Scrtbner's Monthly. After Il
careful analysis Of the studies of Redfeld,
Reid, and other distinguished meteorolo-
gists, he has added conclusions Of his own;
sefraining, with too much modesty, from
taking to himself the credit which is his
due. We gather from his pages few notes
concerning storm premonitions:
Michelet is quoted rs authority for the
prophetic instinct of birds concerning the
weather; for the bird, he says, is eminently
electrical, and possesses, as it were, kind
of physical prescience and he adds ::
Would that Napoleon, in 1912, had taken
note OF the premature migration of the
birds of the North! From the storks and
cranes he might have secured the most
trustworthy information. In their preco-
ctous departure he might have OWNED the
imminency OF n severe and terrible winter.
They ha>tented towards the South, and
he-he remained ut Moscow"
The vegetation of q country furnishes an
other class OF dumb but credible guides in
the study Of its neteorology. 1t is said by
pioneers Of the forest that in our hemis-
pherc, knowing that the moss delights in
shady places, they borrow the custom of
the Indian, and find. their way at.mitnight
through unfrequented woods by feeling the
moss ,on the northern side of the trees.
'' In every country" says Fitzroy, "the
bark of trees and vegetation indicate the
prevalent winds" If the wind blows con-
Stantly or chiefly in one direction in any
country, the windward side OF it is apt to
be crowned with vegetation, while on the
other side there is scarcely shrub or q
flower. This is the case in Peru, Patagonia,
some portions OF Arabia, Africa, and on
many islands. In some places wind carry
ing moisture affects one side of a hill or
mountain chain, and does not affect the
other. England and her sister isles receive
westerly and southerly winds for about
three-fourths of the year, producing con-
trast very marked-1reland, the most wind
ward, receiving the greatest amount of
tcpid yapor from the Gulf Stream, and thus
obtaining the name of Emerald Isle"
RAINBows.
Rainbows in the morning, seen in the
west, toreshadow the approach of cloud
of rain from the west, and when seen in
the evening show clearing up in the west.
They have given rise to the popular prog
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RIVER AND WEATHER.

The river continues to fall at this point,
with eight feet on Harpeth Shoals
Westher clear and pleasant
The John Lumsden arrived Yesterday,
with a cargo cOnsi sting of I, 1873 sacks Of
corn, % casks lard, and 10, 900 shingles.
The Ella Hughes arrived from Hurry
county, with about 120 hogsheads Of to-
bacco, for re-shipment to New Orleans.
The James Gilmore arrived with two
bsrges Of PiItsburg coal for the gas works.
She departed again yesterday.
The Umpire departs for the Upper
Cumberland this evening at o'clock.
The gu will be all right.
The Mallie Ragon delivered at Clarke
vile on her down trip 40 hhds tobacco,
which is the largest shipment of the week
received there this season by the river.
II any pugnacious individual wishes 20
introduce on the wharf a spring fight let
him sing out ''Ers's your ice-cold sulphur
water q
The John Lumsden, Capt. o. W. Davis.
is the regular packet for Cairo to-day at "a
P. N. Davis and johnson clerks. Il
The America, from Cincinnati, Will Sc
in port to-day.
We clip thefollowing from the Memphis
AgdLGnche of yesterday:
The river fell Is incees since our lsst re-
port, and little more than feet in all.
The decline is graducl all the way down,
aud at Fiar's Point the fall has been some
s or s inches. Planters along the river
banks are more cheerful at the prospect Of
an early release from the floods by which
they have so long been surrounded. Pre-
partitions are active for cultivsting large
crop of cotton and corn, ard orders fog
supplies, which for some time past have
been he'd back by the overflow, are now
rapidly coming forward. The weather
sinca our last has been clear, warm and
pleasant. Arkansas river has about u feet
in the channel to Little Rock, and has
risen feet since Saturday. White is fall
ing, bat is still high.