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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-07-05


it makes the gilskin or second thigh appear
almost US broad rs the stille itself. With all
these splendid points Longfcllow cannot hut
prove the most valuable stallion in the coun.
try. He was bred by Mr.. John Harper him.
self, and his refusal to sell him last summer
may be readily understood. MIR. Harper has
repeatedly said that Longlellow was the best
horse in America. His victory yesterday
was, therefore. Il great triumph, and it in.
deed nearly oyerpowered the old gentleman
for, amidst the congratulations of the hun.
dreds of friends present, he came near faint
ing, and was compelled to sit down and he
tanned by some of his numerous attendants.
r.az From the New York Sun, sd.
.,s., HARRY BAssEFT's CONDITION.
-. We do not suppose that there are ten per-
sons i'll this country protesting to have any
knowledge of horSctlesh who could believe
for one moment that the miserable show
made by Harry Bassett in the race OF yester-
day was any criterion OF his racing ability.
1t is true that the first mile was run ut rat
tliny pace, and also the mile and q quarter,
but after getting iHto the stretcl it was
patent to every one that Harry Bassett was
in distress. He was apparently holding ms
own at the spring. one mile and llillf from
the start, bat directly Longfeliow went up
to him he literally went to pieces. ..
5, At the end of two miles, which Lonstel-
low ran in 3:36a, Harry Bassett was fifty
yards behind, and we will endeavHr to show
how inconsistent this running was with bis
real form. At Saratoga last year he ran two
miles under pull in S::3'j33, and carrying LII
pounds. Yesterday, when year older, and
therefore, by the rules of horse-racinS, en-
titled to carry eighteen pounds more, be
carried two pounds less, or, in other words,
MAS running with twenty pounds advantage
in the weights, and'ye could not get within
mailing distance of his antagonist III iieirly
second longer time. The time Of the Whole
race Yesterday was so, or ut the rate Of
1 40 Is to the, mile; certainly not within -
per cent. OF what Harry Bassett showed he
could accomplish last year. Then, again.
look atthe average Of the two miles.
Harry Bassett ran the first mile under
null, and to- nil appearances going within
himself in LA, and yet although the race III
the second mile fell of TO 1:52s, he quit like
fsa steer,7 as the tnrflnen say, and actually
could NOT raise decent ga!lop. What is the
NATURAL sequence deduced from these Facts
lie is, one OF two things. Either that Harry
sBassett has entirely sost the form he showed
last year and this spring, and was quite oul
OF condition, l0r else that meeting for tllt
first time horse Of ms great speed ID hinlsei
he ran coWardly- We are 10th to believe
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RICHMOND AND DXNpILLE RAILROAD C0.,l
80 !; SsRg5i rs RICHMOND, 5l:fe 7, 1871. 3
DICHMOND AND DANpILLE RAIL
Ia ROAD.-Or aud after SUNDAY, June 9th,
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GEN. GRANTS PROPERTY.

No paper in the country is fond
or of being smart at the expense of
General Grants quickly acquired
riches than the Courier-J Journal.
Yet, the Washington correspondent
of that paper writes as follows upon
that subject:
But your correspondent begs to
refer to the President merely as a
typical head of his party, and not
the individual representative of any
fraud, or job, or corruption. He
has always entertained the belief of
the Presidents integrity, and states
furthermore that an investigation
into his pecuniary affairs corrobo-
rates that belief He does this speci-
fically to justify his opinion, to do
justice to political adversary, and
also TO correct an erroneous impress
sion.
The President has been and is pos
sessed of this property, viz: One
hundred thousand dollars donated
to him by the merchants of New
York ; house in Philadelphia. S40,-
600, rented now at S2,400 per year
$40 acres of land near st. Louis,
purchased, with all improvements,
at less than $4,000; one-fourth OF
12O acres of land situated near Chi
cago, $1,000; 5000 stock in Mich
igan iron company his Long Branch
residence, $4,000, and a small
amount in Adams Express and rail-
road shares. The bulk of this prop
erty was obtained through the gifts
made to him by the New York mer-
chants before he was elected Presi-
dent, the Feal-estate presented to
him in Philadelphia and Washing
ton, and his purchase of the St
Louis estate from his brother-in-
law. 1t is not improper to state
more specifically Ethat the Presi'
dents income, outside his salary as
President, is $4,000 per year.
make these statements because il
has been charged by Wendell Phil
} lips that Gen. Grant was worth
100000 or SS,O0O,O0O, and be,
cause I am satisfied the statement ii
untrue. Perhaps it should be add
ed to this that Grant is anything
but an extravagant man, aud the
story is told. ..-.....
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HOW is THIS?

Will his excellency, Governor
Palmer, of Illinois, look at this 2
On the 22d of February, 1872, his ex-
cellency wrote to the President
something like the following, which
we extract from the official letter:
"Iwould feel very greatly obliged
by the appointment of the Hon. j.
A. Powell, of Richmond county, to
the pension agency in the Salem
district. DIR. Powell is an old and
always reliable republican has the
strongest claims on the GdnainiStF7-
tiO1, and has freely avowed his
preference for your (Gen. Grants)
denomination, etc.
(Signed) JOHN NJ. PALMER"
1t will be observed that this let
ter was written on the 22d of Feb
ruary of the present year. Chicago
had been c ruin for several months,
and yet Gov. John M. Palmer writes
a letter in favor of General Grants
denomination to General Grant, ask
ing the appointment of DR.. Powell
as pension agent.
Will the governor please explain
where he is5 1t appears that he
wrote this letter only two months
ago, in the hope that the appoint
ment of Powell would help him in
his plans ct q reelection. But we
may be pardoned for quoting from
his recent Springfield speech. He
claims that Gen. Grant has been
using his official patronage for his
own advantage, and spends half a
column in calculating the heinous-
ness of this offense. His letter, how
ever, to the President for the APP
pointment Of DR.. Powell, is positive
evidence of similar intention on
his part.
The answer from Washington
crushed his hopes. DR.. Powell was
not appointed; there was no dispo-
sition manifested by Gen. Grant to
compromise the difficulties the gov
ernor had precipitated in the Chi
cago military.:occupation; Republic
cans at home had satisfied them-
selves that Palmer wasn't a safe
guide; aud 1t got out that Qglesby
would be nominated. Here were
difficulties innumerable so the
Governor cut the Gordian knot,
apostatize6, and is to-day what the
Chicago Tribune calls a shining
light amongst the political saints
st. louis Democrat.
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SOUTHWEST.


Supt. Peter, of the A. T. & S. F.
railroad, writes to the Augusta Re-
publican that if Butler county will
raise 100000 in bonds. he will en-
deavor to place the contract during
the summer to construct a railroad
from Cedar Point, on the A. T.
road, to Eldorado.
The Arkansas City Iraveler office
has a centipede. Better keep it, or
send it to US, to throw at belliger-
ent visitors.
The herd law takes effect in
Cowley county to-day.
Miss Lizzie Swarts, of Arkan-
sas City, started April oath ult. to
fulfill an engagement as teacher of
painting and drawing in Baker Uni
versity, at Baldwin City, Kansas.
The piers and false work are COM
pleted across the channel of the Ar
kansas river at Wichita, and every
thing is now ready for the super
structure. The contractor says he
will have the bridge completed by
the Goth inst.
-Griffenstein's three story hotel
80 by 80 feet, will be completed by
the 25th of May.
Texas cattle men are arriving in
large numbers in advance of their
herds, which are coming by tens OF
thousands.
The A. T 81 S. F. cars will be
running to Wichita by the 10Th
instant at farthest. Only nine
miles remain to be laid, and the
men are now advancing at the rate
of IL miles per day.
Wichita claims population OF
1000.
Mr.. Shepard, of FIT. Scott, Su-
perintendent of the Fit. Scott, Hum
boldt and Eureka railroad, and Mr..
French, the chief engineer, favored
us with a call this week. They have
been looking over southern Kansas
with a view to building railroads.
They speak very highly of our new
county, and think it will make one
of the leading counties in the State.
-[Sumner County Herald.
The Surveyors of the Galveston
railroad are at work in COwley and
Sumner counties.
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NEWS AND EDITORIAL ITEMS.

The condition of affairs between
Germany and France is feverish.
The peace that exists does not seem
substantial, and people are all the
time expecting that the next mail
may bring news of trouble. 1t is
certain that nothing bat the almost
helpless condition of France pre-
vents an outbreak. The London
Daily Telegraph, a paper which is
supposed to reflect the opinions of
Prince Bismarck almost semi-of1i-
cially, announced recently that the
increased size and efficiency of the
French army, together with NJ.
Thiers's speech st the ADJOURNMENT
of the Assembly, were regarded in
Berlin as in some sense q menace of
vengeance and threat of frances
intended reputation of the indebt-
edness to Germany. 1t went on to
say further that Prince Bismarck
had made certain peremptory de-
msnds of the Versailles Govern
ment, 0oRp,ing them with a threat
of re-occupstion in the event of re-
rusal. No other London paper mad
any news of the sort, while the Par
is Constitutional fatty contradict
ed the statements made. On the
18th OF April. however, the Zeie-
graph returned TO the charge, in an
editorial article, from which the fol-
lowing is an extracts sWe deem it.
our duty to declare abe certain and
solemn fact that upon President
There's decision this week depends
tbs faie of France. We are not
mechanically; we measure
these most grave aad mo-
words. On Monday, Count
von ArnIm, the German Ambassa-
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dor to France, carried the ultima
tunl to President Theirs. The pur-
port of this ultimatum is that Ger
many sees in the French Army bill
and the speeches of President Theirs
menaces of vengeance, and q pro-
grammc for the eventual repudia-
ton by France of her Indebtedness
TO Germany. Prince Bismarck
therefore demands that the arma-
ments OF France be reduced, and the
war estimates diminished, or the al
Tentative will be the re-oceupation
by German troops of the evacuated
French territory, and war if neces.
sary." Such a statement, so sol.
emily made, cannot be without
some basis of fact, but Just how fal
it is true remains to be seem Il
Germany has really made such 8
demand as this, President Theirs il
placed in a most embarrassing posi-
ton. Whatever France may hope
10 become, she - certainly no matci
for Germany just now; and q wal
with that power would be a fata
bIunder. On the other hand, thu
French are an extravagant and rath
err unreasoning people where thei
prejndices a~e involved, and thei
temper would be sorcly tried b!
any further concessions to their en-
envy over the Rhine. To refuse &C
quiescence in Germany's demand
would be immediate suicide on tn
part of NJ. Thiers's Government
while to grant what Germany asks
in the present temper of the Frencl
people, could hardly fail to prov
equally disastrous to the existin
regime. 1t looks dark for Francs
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POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.

The White Cloud CHEZ thinks
the Topeka ''Liberal" meeting must
have been a big thing. II says:
"If anybody doubts that the To-
peka Liberal Convention was a big
thing look at this:
Marcus j. Parrott-Big Disgust
Sam Wood-Big Humbug.
L. G Ross-Big Failure.
SamI j. Crawford-Big Nothing
g. T. Pierce-Big Blow
A. Thoman-Big Fraud.
L. ii. Sanford--Big Sausage Cover
q. I. PrescOtt-Big Timber.
T. u. Mills-Big Head.
b. J. Langdon-Big Injun.
C.B. Butler-Big Mouth.
N. A. Adams-Big Contractor.
w. Il. uutchinsou-Big Drunk.
Lucien Scott-'Saul, Saul, it i
hard for thee ="
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- . . . -
MAY DAY.


May day is hardly known with
us except as a season of common
social congratulation. But few ru-
raj customs are known, and none
are extensively observed among our
people. Yet the season of spring
time comes alike to all with well
come loneliness. The dreary win
ter has passed, and nature, throw
ing off the cherries embrace of cold
and tempest, gladly opens her ho-
som to the warm dalliance of soft
winds and yellow sunshine. Man
and beast alike feel tie reviviDg in
fluence of the genial warmth which
this season of youthful beauty diff
fuses. Vegetation revives, and the
world teens with resuscitated veg
etable, animal, and insect life. The
green lawn brightens with the fresh
verdure. The buds swell and open,
and the foliage thickens upon the
leafless forest-trees. Birds-those
sweet messengers of love, and OBJ
iects of refined admiration-carol on
house-top and bush, and swell their
gay notes even smopg the dust and
clamor of the city. Flowers spring
up by the narrow walk, and house
plants, which have been hid from
the rough wind and the cold sun
beams of winter, are now seen at
the open lattice, turning their bright
tints and lily hues to the warm sun
and drinking in the soft zephyrs of
spring-time. Spring-time Is a sea-
son full of hope and promise. 1t is
a symbol of youth, and its opening
10 worthy to be kept with innocent
pastimes and as a joyous holiday.
In many places the custom of eele,
brating May day is kept alive. 1t
beautifully tends to infuse poetical
feelings into common life, its asso-
Citations being of the most joyous
aud fascinating character, while it
also softens the rpdeness of man
ners without destroying their sim-
plieity.
The influence of this beautiful
custom has been most salutary in
England where it is held as festi.
val full of delightful interest.
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NEW ADyERTlekMENTs.
no BUILDERS.

OFFICE OF STATE HOUSE, CoM16Ts-
sIoSKRs, ToPEKAs KAs.. April ., ISgz5
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL. ne
RECEIVED by the UNDERSIGNED at the or
Zee of Secretary of State, Topeka Kansas.
until O'clock D IA. TUESDAY. Nav ISth
1872, for the construction OF ali the Mason
ny in the east portico and steps OF the east
wing OF the State House. Plans may be
day. 2Sth OF April, and specifications IS
coon thereafter as they can be printed.
Every bid will be accompanied with a
guarantee In the sum oftwO thousand dol
lars, signed By two responsible suTeties,
conditioned that the bidder will enter IT,
TO contract and give proper and satisfac-
tory bond for faithful perlor nance Of the
contract In case award is made to him,
aud the names of the bidders bondsEpen
must be given with his bid.
Bids will be opened st 3 O'Clock p. m.
May lab, as nearly IS prsctible, and bid
ders will be present in Top eks, within
call OF the Commissioners, when the lids
are opened.
The Commissioners win be under no
obligations whatever TO parties who do
not conform TO the above conditions.
All bids will be ss.aied, Endorsed, PRO
pOsals for masonry of portieo,' addressed
to the undersigned.-eare OF the Secretary
Of State, Topeka, Kansas. 4ls
Fhs right to reject any and all bids Is
reserved to the Board Of State House Com.
mfssioners.
BY order Of the Board OF State House
Commissioners. j. &. HASKELL.
1919 Architect and Sup't
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KANSAS RRIRRRy CASE,

Washington Cor. of the N. \. Tribune,
April "a.
The Senate Commit ee on Priyi-
lcges and Elections did not take up
al its meeting to-day, the Caldwell
bribery case, the whole session haV-
ing been spent in discussing the
question of privilege between the
two Houses, in relation to the ORR
gin of revenue bills. The clerk of
the committee has been directed to
prepare an abstract of the testimo-
nv taken before the Committee of
the Kansas Legislature TO: the use
of the committee at its next meet
ing. 1t is expected that the papers
will be laid before the Committee
showing that, damaging as the tes-
timony taken in Kansas is to Cald-
well, the most important witnesses
who could testify directly as to the
payment of money, were either not
called, or were allowed to go out
of the State and beyond the juris-
diction of the Legislature before
they were summoned. Some of
these men, among them several of
the most prominent Republicans in
Kansas, have now announced their
willingness to appear before the
Senate Committee and testify to
their personal knowledge of the
use of large sums ofmoneY by Cald-
well and his partner, Len. Smith,
and their public boast that they
would carry the Legislature if it
took a quarter of a million of dol
lars to do it. Mr.. Pomeroy. who
supported Clarke IN the contest
against Caldwell, now begins to see
the folly of having allowed himself
to be connected with the affair at all
as he was Offering resolutions, etc.,
in the Senate. tits said that, what
ever else Pomeroy may be guilty of
there is nothing in the testimony,
nor IN the accusations now made by
Caldwell's enemies, that reflects at
at all npon him, except a single
statement made by one witness in
regard to Pomeroy's last election,
and that this is easily susceptible
of all explanation. Mr.. Pomeroy
has, therefore concluded to demand
of the Committee a separate investi-
CATION of the charges against him,
and separate report, in order that
he he may not be loaded Gown
wife any of CaldWelPs sins.
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PREsBYTERY.-The Presbytery of
Emporia held the regular Spring
meeting at Wichita, Kansas, begin
ming Thursday evening, April 18th,
1872. The opening sermon was
preached by Rev. r. NJ. Overstreet.
Rev. Jas. Gordon, of Eldorado, was
elected Moderator. The meeting
was a very pleasant one, lasting till
Sabbath evening, the 2lst inst,
when Rev. Jno. p. Harsen was in
stalled pastor of the Wichita church.
Nine new churches were reported
as having been organized during
the year, three church edifices built,
and two pastors installed. The I'd
Presbyterian (Welch) Church of
Emporia was recommended for
$1,000 aid from the Board of Church
Erection. A petition signed by
over thirty of the best citizens in
Newton was presented, requesting
that the Presbytery would provide
regular preaching at that point.
The petition was granted, and the
Committee on Home Missions di-
rected to provide supplies, and Rev.
Overstreet preached at Newton OF
Sunday the 2lst inst, to large audi
ences. Rev. w. X. Boggs, of Belle
Plain, and Elder j. M. Rayburn, OF
Chelsea, were elected as delegates
to the General Assembly to meet IN
Detroit on the 10th of May, with
Rev. N. A. Rankin and Elder r. r.
McCandliss as nlternates. The re-
ligious interest in Wichita still con-
tinues, and the preaching by the
ministers of Presbytery in the eve
rings was before full houses.
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If Mr. Greeley were not so forget
full of his past utterances, he might
take warning from what he himself
said of the invincibility of General
Grant during the Presidential can
vass oflS6S: ave are led" remark
ed Mr.. Greeley, 'by him who first
taught our armies TO conquer IN the
West, a Id subsequently in the East,
also. Richmond would not come
to us until we sent Grant after it
and then it had to come. lCheers.
He has never get been defeated, and
he nerer t1iU be. He will be as grea
and successful on the field of poll
tics as on that of arms"
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TIME YINDlCATES AN INNOCENT
MAN.

The Jacksonville Journal Belates
the following singular occurrence,
showing how sometimes innocent
parties suffer from unjust accusa-
tions:
Fifteen years ago Sam Steele wor-
ked on farm for Mr.. George Bar
bour, who lived a mile and a halt
north of this place. One day Mr..
Barbour came TO town. bringing
his wife, Before starting he called
in Steele, and in bis presence put
$3.50 in bureau drawer locked it
up, and delivered to hun the key of
the drawer, as well as the key of
the house, telling him to take care of
both for the day. Returning home
at night and recounting the money
Mr.. Barbour found that a fifty dol
lar bill was missing. Steele, who
was the only one that knew of the
money,beside Mr.. B. denied all
knowledge of the missing bill, de-
claring that he had not entered the
room since he did so with Harbour.
The latter maintained that Steele
must know something about il, and
finally discharged him from his SER
vice. Steele has not been heard of
since. A few days since Mr.. Bar
bour found the missing $50 in the
back part oTlthe bureau, caught in
the frame. One-half of the bill was
worn away by rubbing of the draw
er as IL had been pulled backyard
andalorward. When he found it he
he burst into tears, concious-strick-
en- from having nnjustly accused
and censured Steele The remain
der of the loDg-lost bill is now in
the possession of Mr.. John Brad
bury.
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What q thrilling place for resi-
dence Is the vicinity of q bGrainR
volcano. For some days the papers
have been freighted with particulars
concerning the eruption of Mount
Vesuvius. A dispatch from Ma.
pies some days since said that 20C
persons had been harmed by the IL.
va, and that the flames burst from
the earth under the feet Of the I'm
habi,ants in several places. The
citizens OF the many towns fed In
CONSERVATION from their homes, and
neighboring municipalities are act
lively engaged in looking AFTER and
caring for the victims and refugees
OF the terrible disaster.
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The city of Duluth was startled
by two heavy explosions last Mon
day in the direction of Superior
City, which was found next evening
to have resulted from attempts TO
destroy the new dixie buildings, and
to cut of the water of the st. Louis
river from its natural outlet. A
considerable portion of the work
was blown to pieces. The citizens
of Duluth accuse the people of Su-
perior City, though the actual per-
petrators are not yet discovered.
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Fine Residence for Sale,

II OFFER my r, sidence on Constitution
Il street. for sale cheap for cash. 1t was
pat up in the fail of 1870, and is one OF the
best built houses in the rily. Il contains
seven rooms, four Of them large; a good
dry cellar, pantry, closets. two porches.
etc. Atthe door is a first-class 30o-barrel
cistern; the lots ars fenced in the best
style; there are two lots, in ali look 49,
feet. The house Is only three squares
from the business street. The front yard
is sOdded with beautiful blue gras and
the lots contain large number of young
fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs and
flowers. II is a first-clsss place in every
particular, the house being very solid,
comfortable and well ventilated. Under
the weather boarding is lining Of inch
boards nailed with teD-penny nails. /
have spent on this place. exclusive of lots
So, 200. offer it at q bargain. No suit
has been brought against sIle, and the time
having expired, the property is not affect.
by the 'tLoat;" will therefore give COOS
title. sc ONE and see me.''
JACOB STOTLER.