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, 1872-12-26

As the wea*her report predicted, Christmas
VAS cloudy, and u1ilder than the days preceding
it. To-day We are to hare northWesterly winds
and colder weather again.
, 1872-12-26

King Eamehnmeha Of the Sandwich Islands is
dead, ard movement, which may end in revo-
ution. has at once begun, for freer form OF
government in the Island.
, 1872-12-26

Roscoe Conkling, IS Presidential candidate,
is said TO have been one OF the elements in the
game Of battledoor and ahuttlecock lately
played with tie New York Tribune. The pres
5Tn1ta1
, 1872-12-26

By the terms of the bill read in the Cortes yes
terda=, slavery is to cease in Porto Rico in four
patton is passed, and the shareholders are to be
paid for the human property thus conhscated.
, 1872-12-26

ACADEMY OF MUSIC Ha1sted street, Eouth OF
Madison. Engagement Of tho Carroll Family. New Sea.
aa;iona1 dram, entitled stOur Mother"
, 1872-12-26

MYERS OPERA HOuSEMonrpe street, between
sta,e and Dearborn. Arlington, Cotton q Ke.nble's
Minstrel and Bu1lesqae Troupe.
, 1872-12-26

EooLEE'S OPERA HOUSE, Randolph street, be-
Clark and LaSallc Now Comedy Company.
.' Tnc Lsncasl!ro Lee
, 1872-12-26
TO-DAY'S ADJUSTMENTS,

-7'yrCEER:s THEATRE-Madison street, between
s.e-c zad Dearborn. Engagement Of Miss Charlotte
C1s3.aaa. ''Guy Manncriug-"
, 1872-12-26

Nl80SS SA1l2HIT1EATRE-C Clinton street, betEaeu
Washington and Randolph. Engagementof Zoo.
, 1872-12-26

GLOBE TEEATRE-Desplaines street, between Madi-
1oa aaa Washington Tle Leon Brothers. ttThe Union
, 1872-12-26
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Thursday Morning, December 20, 1879.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-21

NJ AN IMPORTANT MATTER. Isaac III.
Shields, Esq, attorney-al-aw, has, upon
invitation, furnished to Colonel John w.
Wolff. Secretary of the, Republican State
Central Committee, a brief legal opinion as
to the requirements Of the national election
law, from which we condense the leading
points. IA. 4 ...,fIs,yg st..,.sfs ,l.
H. Recommendation should be made at an
early day to the Hon. Hugh l.. Bond, Judge
of the United States Circuit Court, fourth
judicial circuit, of the name of one of the
United States Commissioners in each of the
judicial districts of Virginia, for appoint
ment as chief superviser3f elections, in ac-
cordance with the act of Congress approved
February %, 1871. These appointments
made, it is necessary to have two citizens
and voters in each city in the State of over
10000 inhabitants apply in writing to the
said judge for the appointment of two SUI
peryisors of elections tone of each partly at
each election precinct in the city, to guard
registration and election. 1t is the duty of
the chief supervisor to nominate to the
judge after the two citizens have made the
application in writing. Application in the
same manner should also be made by the
same persons to the United States marshal,
for the appointment of deputy marshals at
each election precinct according to the same
act of Congress. The amendment to this
law, approved June 10, 1872, provides for
the appointment, on the application of ten
voters to the said judge and marshal, of
similar officers drought each county of the
State.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-21
VIRGINIA NEWS.

DIR. John Lloyd, who died in Louisville,
KY, last Wednesday, was native OF Fau-
quicr county, Va.
Books for subscriptions to the capital
stock of the Alexandra city railway COM
pany have been opened, and considerable
amount of the requisite stock subscribed on
the first day. g is q U5
The Greeleyites of the Second Con-
gressional district have issued call for a
convention at Suffolk, on the 4th day Of
September, to nominate candidate for
Congress.
The corner stone of new colored
Baptist church was laid in Alexandra yes
terday afternoon. Friendship Lodge oil
Masons of this city participated in the cere.
monies.
Gen. j. A. Early. in a letter to the
Lynchburg Frginian says ''if compelled by
force" to vote for either the Baltimore OF
Philadelphia nominee for the Presidency
he ''would vote for the former, for the
simple reason that the mass Of his friends
support that ticket. But the General says
ali he proposes to do in this canvass is to
'sstand aloof from the contest" ~ ,i
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-21

Mr.. Wendell Phillips has written letter
to the leading colored citizens of Boston,
counselling them to vote for Grant, in the
course Of which he SAYS:
''My Judgment is the exact opposite of
Mr.. Summers. II think every loyal man,
and especially every colored man. should
vote for General Grant, and that the nation
and your race are safe only in the hands
of the old, regular Republican party. =
v | know the defects of Gen. Grants
administration as well as any man. think,
distrustful as Twas of him, am able to
see the good service he has unexpectedly
rendered the nation. ,s.
But no matter for those defects. AT the
most they are not fatal and events have
lifted President Grant into being to-day the
symbol and representative Of loyalty. The
conspiracy between Southern secessionists
and Northern copperheads, of which, very
naturally, Mr.. Greeley is the tool, and, un.
fortunately, Mr.. Sumner is the endorser
and, | think, the dupe, leaves room for but
two parties-tho who are for the nation
and those who are againstit. bate no jot
of my brotherly regard and sincere esteem
for Mr.. Sumner in thus holding him deceiy-
ed. The entire faith have in his honesty
of purpose obliges me to think him dipped.
The only wonder is now this is possible
when the South is so insolent and shan
less in proclaiming her intentions. Tho
South has long since seen her mistake and
often confessed it. The Tribune itself
makes this statement as late as June, 1871.
That mistake was to contend for her ideas
with mhskets and outside the Union, leav-
ing us the government and taking herself
the part Of rebel. She has often announ-
ced in the last instance, by the lips of JEFF
terson Davis, that the cause was not lost,
and must be won by getting possession of
the government and leaving us in the OPP
position. m
Such is the present plot. That Mr.. Gree
ley sees it would never prevent his aiding
| it. That Mr.. Sumner does not see it is to
me matter of profound establishment. AT
such moment the regular Republican par
ty becomes again the accepted and one in
strument OF resistance, and Grant repre-
sents Loyalty as Lincoln did in 1861! '
If General Grant is set aside who is offered
us in his place? Horace Greeley. | need
not tell you, my friends, what Horace Gree
ley is. We abelitionists knew him only
too well in the weary years of our struggle.
| He had enough of clear moral vision to see
| the Justice of our cause, but he never had
courage to confess his faith.
If events had ever given him the courage
he never would have had principle enough
to risk anything for an idea. A trimmer
by nature and purpose, he has abused even
an American politicians privilege of trad.
ing principles for success. But for the lack
of ability he would have been the chic
time-seryer of his age. | never knew til
now any Of his eulogists SO needless and I'm
discriminating as even to claim that he was
sincere man, l'S tsrh a.a1i at /.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-21
From the Washington Chronicle
Colored People RESPONDING.
CULPEPER, Va, Aug. IG

CULPEPER, Va, Aug. IG, 1872.
DEAR SIR: The colored people of this
place held a meeting last Tuesday night to
give an expression of their views on the
letter Of Senator Sumner to the colored
people, advising them to support Greeley
and Brown. ,.i tg5f.tsI
The following preamble and resolutions
were offered by Mr.. Philip Nelson, Of this
place, and unanimously adopted as the
sense Of the meeting - lt
Whereas we, the colored citizens of Gull
pepper, have learned with sincere regret of
the course of our late friend, Hon. Charles
Sumner, in turning his back upon us, his
friends, and Of his having espoused the
cause OF those who have always opposed
him and the cause of human rights, which
he has heretofore so ably yindicated !;
therefore, be it
Resolped, That we cannot consistently
accept the council of Mr.. Sumner, given in
his late letter to the colored people, but
after mature elaboration and careful study
Of the case as stated by him, are more fully
convinced than ever that our duty is as
plainly marked down as in the past, and
we shall therefore give our united and
hearty support to U. S. Grant and Henry
Wilson, the chosen candidates of the great
national Republican party, for President
and Vice President of the United States.
Resolred, That we, as colored men, point
with pride to such friends as Hon. William
Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and
Wendell Phillips, who we are confident
will, as in the past, never desert US or our
cause for any personal considerations and
we also refer our colored friends to the
past recordof the Republican party as the
best evidence and assurance Of what it will
do in the future for the great masses of
our people, and we urge our colored broth
ren all over this land to stand firm in sup
port Of the party of equal rights and inn
partial justice; believing that the best in
terests Of the country depend upon the
election of Grant and Wilson, we shall, as
sure as the sun rises on the fifth of Novem-
Der next, give them our undivided support.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-21

FUNERAL OF A. j. ADDINGToN.-
The funeral of a.. j. Addington, who died
at one O'Clock yesterday, as announced in
the STATE JOURNAL, took place from the
First Baptist church, of which he was a
member, at half-past eleven o'clock this
morning. HIS remains were escorted to
the Petersburg depot this afternoon, and
sent by rail to Norfolk for interment. They
will be received at Norfolk by Knights Of
Pythias Of that city. ~sa-. .ftsn
Mr.. Addington had been resident OF
Richmond ever since he was sixteen years
of age. He was forty-thrce years old at
the time Of his death. He leaves wife and
two children to mourn his loss. He was
a worthy and entcrprising citizen, and his
loss will be seriously felt by the
entire community. He was mem
Der of Syracuse Lodge X. of P,
Pocahontas Tribe l. 0. r. NJ, In
dependent Order of Mechanics, and of the
Independent Order of Odd-Fellows, many
members Of these orders attending his fiine-
raj. Before the Inauguration of the paid
fire department, Mr.. Addngton was an ac-
tive member of the volunteer department of
this city, and acting for many years as the
captain of the Liberty Company, No. 1.
By his indomitable energy and industry he
had accumulated considerable property,
and it is a consolation to know that while
his loss to his family is irreparable they are
not left entirely destitute of the comforts Of
this world.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-21
LOCAL MATTERS.

q A YOUNG MAN DRowNED.-A young
man named i. d. Swcetnan, of this city
was drowned in the James river, near Cha.
fms Bluff, about nine miles below Rich.
mond, between eleven and twelve O'Clock
last night. lie was one of the moonlight
excursionists on the John Sylvester, and
the accident occurred on the return trip.
We are informed that Mr.. Sweetman had
been drinking pretty freely during the even
ing, and had become very much intoxicated.
Just before the accident he was noticed
sitting on the railing, with his face TO the
water, hat and coat off. When he DOTTED
his hat and coat, he handed them to a
friend, remarking that he was going to swim
ashore. These were regarded as idle words,
and those near him had no apprehensions
of any such intent! They were greatly
surprised, therefore, to see the young man
afew moments later plunge into the river.
Whether he went in purposely or accident
ally does not appear quite clear. Those
who saw him in the water say he appeared
to be making for the boat. The vessel was
running at a rapids speed at the time, and
the unfortunate man seemingly passed
under the wheel and was lost to sight.
The alarm was Immediately given, and
as soon as possible the boatwas stopped,
turned around, and taken back to where
the accident occurred, but no trace of the
missing man was discovered. There is a
bare hope that he succeeded in his avowed
intention of swimming to the shore, and
may yet be alive; but the probability is
that he was carried under the wheel, per-
haps disabled by it and drowned. ,tasl !.
IA Mr.. Sweetman was 26 years of age, and
unmarried. He has been for the past three
or four years in the employ of the city,
and up to few days past, when he was
suspended by the Council committee on
light, held the position of assistant gas in
spector. He was the son of Mr.. N. Sweet
man, formerly city gas inspector.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-21

Position Cfluclsed.. -agtz4 i f.
The following letter from Col. John s.
Mosby. written to a gentleman in New
Work ffcitv. we find published in the New
York Times ef The Goth. It contains some
facts and Statements that will he found in
terest;ne ~ -I-a" ~" tiG,s- ~. !,
~. i 'a WABRENToN. VA,
III. ~. Auo,st ls 1875 "
.DpAr SrR.. yonr farer Of ths IAN inst
b.s heen rece;vad ;ny;t;na mo 70 snaai i,
the citv If Nav Work On tho russians Of
the PRESIDENTIAL canvass i T cannot accent
vour invitation now as Ill the time can
snare from nrnfess;onaj dnt;es will he mora
affic;entlv an,njoved i, NV own Stato
in exnos;no tba fraud and delns;on Of
tb,s Iast oGreaIey;s,,, T con 600
in tha elact;on Of TInrane GroeIav No
ral;ef from any, If The J, ev;ls fron,
which tha -So,,tbsrn neonIo- arc Snffer;ne
hut rathar ~ aggrayat Enf e them Iii II
10 t,ne NC hase baa,a ,,,I,,ndorad rs narnat.
haoaers 90 uo', bsya III ira,n,nang th;e1es
bn31 90 }ba ;ntallaonea II tha Son,h ~ 3
made tha footstnol IF ;gnorance hv tho
nni;r1 IF ,,,b;cb Groalav gos tbo foremost
aduncoto ond dasandar, and M wh;ch he MO.
,,.sas T., ,,o,,,atnota hnuy nan b;s oloy.t;o,,
r. tho Cb;af Mao;e}racv az tho Trnion ra .
~ o : go 49, -. tta.1
nower throuSh' lpcal msaa;or;t;esi Does he
az President nronose Il override them )
IF 60 what then becomes of his hoastea
s. local self.ooyernmentp ~, I have inst
road b;s sneech III Portland in which
while ;,st;fyinp The K,Y.klux law as neces,
sarv to renress violence and disorder, he
saws that there never would have arisen
an AM occasion for such a law if amnesty had
heen Granted to the Sonth. Now this e
one Of those nlausiblc sonhistries with
which Greeley has succeeded in eullino
both North and South. Amnesty means
noth;np more than relief from the disahili.
ties imnosef nv the Fourteenth Amend
ment which Grs.lev advocated (which onIv
axcIndsd CERTAIN classes from hnl5;no o1;ce
BIT not from not;ua. Do the Hamnto9ns; D the
P;cka ns and Tho prestons Who governad
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-21
aul3-Tu3N
4I37
FESIIIS is TO GIVE NOTICE--That OH the

i sth day of August A. ID. 1872, a warrant in
bankruptcy was issued out of the District Court
of the United States for the Eastern District of
Virginia, against the estate OF Fl ances g. Terrell,
of Essex county and State of Virginia. who
has been adindged a bankrupt on his own peti.
ton that the payment of any debts, and the
delivery of any property belonging 10 said bank
fnpt to him or for his use and the transfer of
any property by him, are forbidden by law that
a meeting of the creditors of said bankrupt, to
prove their debts and choose one or more asst
gnees of his estate will be held at court of
bankruptcy, to be holden At the Registers office,
Richmond, Va before w. w. Forbes Esq. Reg.
i>t-r on the 9th day of August, A. ID. lS72 at 10
o'clock A. M.
DAVID h, PARKER,
a l2--M2N MI
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-21

CONCERT FOR A LAUDABLE PUR-
PosE.-The Eureka Quartette, composed
of young gentlemen of this city. and the
Rosebud Quartette, composed of juveniles,
assisted by several accomplished amateurs,
will give grand vocal and instrumental
concert at Grace-Street Baptist church on
Thursday evening, August %, at 81
O'Clock. This entertainment is for the
benefit of the Sunday School attached to
the church. An extensive and admirable
programme of sacred music has been ar
ranged for the occasion, and we have no
doubt will prove highly entertaining and
gratifying to all lovers Of music. The OBJ
ject is worthy one, and should be aided
in the most hearty and liberal manner by
our citizens. Let the Quartettes have full
house, and the Sunday School the benefit
Of the largest possible revenue. - g
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-21

CHICAGO HOTEL REPORTER. One of
the most novel specimens of the newspaper
which comes to this office is the Chicago
Daily Hotel Reporter, published by Frank
Glossop. This paper when started, just
after the great fire last fall, was not more
than onc-fourth the size of the STATE
JOURNAL, but as Chicago builded up, the
Reporter swelled out, enlarging every time
anew block of houses was finished till now
it is nearly as large as our own sheet, hay
ing recently been enlarged and typograph-
ically improved. This enterprise could
have succeeded nowhere else in the world
than Chicago, and no one but Frank Clos
sop could have conceived it. His paper has
already become worldwide in its fame, and
in all lands where there are hotels, the Re
porter is as invaluable in the transaction Of
the business of the concern as the office
register. Its success is astonishing, but
seems to be fully assured.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-21
Matilda Heron in Court.

San Francisco, Aug. 20.-Matilda Heron
Byrne Stoepel has applied for recognition
as the widow Of Henry Byrne, deceased,
and asked the Probate court to allow her
5000 per month from the estate until the
case was finally settled. She was in court
Saturday and vehemently denied that she
had ever been divorced from Byrne, claim
ing that she left him on account of her re-
ligion and married Stoepel under the i'm.
preston that Byrne had obtained divorce
from her.
II. Mr.. Carpenter, an executor under the
will, denies that she was legally the wife OF
the deceased, and further claims that the
debts due will about nearly cover the en-
tire estate.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-21

FIRE THIS MORNING. An alarm of
fire was sounded at quarter past 4o'clock
this morning from the box at Rockets. 1t
was caused by the grocery and dwelling
house of Robert Kerse, in Fulton, taking
fire, the flames finally communicating I'd
the grocery and dwelling Of Michael Corr
way, adjoining. The houses were both
wooden, and were nearly entirely con-
sumed. The goods and furniture of each
were pretty much all saved. Loss about
$4,000, covered by insurance in the Vir-
ginia State.
;, Tie fire was at least mile beyond the
box which gave the alarm, and about the
same distance from fire-plug. Two en-
gines were on the ground in an incredibly
short time, and by the use of water from a
duck pond, saved a great deal of property
in the vicinity of the two burning buildings.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-21

JOINT CANVASS. An understanding
for the joint canvass of the Third Congress.
sional district by Messrs.J. Amber Smith
and George D. Wise was arrived at be.
tween these gentlemen some time ago, and
we understand they are now arranging the
details of the canvass. We doubt not
from the character of sthe two gentlemen
and their well-known oratorical abilities
that their meetings will be well attended
by the people of the district, and that the
questions at issue will be thoroughly dis
cussed and fairly presented.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-21
evening statt aui,raaI,
LETTER FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
The Democratic Cry of Fraud in North Caro-
itA lina-A Pertinent suggestion. ,,.......
MARION. Va. Aug. 49,


it lina-A Pertinent suggestion. ,,.....
MARION, VA, Aug. 1e.g
To the Editor Of the State Journal; tf4 sr5ll'ri
What means all this cry of fraud in the
Democratic papers in regard to the recent
elections in North Carolina 2. When the
returns were first coming in declaring great
gains and Overwhelming majority for the
Democratic candidates, every single paper
throughout all this State favorable to Mer-
rimon and his party declared that the cleo
ton was orderly, qaad and far Why do
they change their song so soon?
But write only to say that should they
proceed to such an Infamous contest as has
been suggested, to place Merrimen in that
seat which the people denied him,by q DEM
ocratic partisan and INSCRIPTIONS Legisla-
ture, we trust that each Republican candi-
date in that State. who was defeated, will
at once take steps to contest his opponents
right to seat in Congress. "Even handed
justice commends the ingredient Of the poi
soned chalice to their own lips" 4 rrt
Respectfully, 'a 9sss9 40 III. o
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-21

A GREELEY TRICK.-From reliable in
,telligence received in this city we are enabled
son Barbour. ESQ.,, before the Conservative
nominating convention Of Alexandria was
wholly unauthorized by that gentleman.
We suspect that the use of this gentleman IS
name in that convention in connection with
the nomination for Congress was trick of
the Greeleyites to prevent him from rum
ming as an independent candidate. Should
Mr.. B. consent to make the race, we pre-
dict that he will not only overmaster Mr..
Hunton on the stump, but defeat him at the
polls. aai
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-21
Letter from Jndge Hoar.

Judge Il. r. Hoar, of Massachusetts,, has
written q letter to the Ohio Republican
State Committee, in reply to an invitation
to address a meeting in that State. In
the course Of it he says: II think General
Grant able, patriotic and upright. What
ever mistakes he has made, do not know
any man in public life who has been much
famed in connection with the Presidency
whom should think preferable on thewhole.
His magnanimity since the war has equaled
the courage and persistency with which
he conducted it. Following the declaration
Let US have peace, be sought in the most
direct and simple way to complete the res
toration of the Union by recalling the last
of the seeded States to their proper rela-
tons to the Government and the country !;
and it is to him that Virginia, Mississippi
and Texas are largely indebted for the
opportunity to throw their votes against
him if they see fit. -! r.
The country under his administration is
prosperous at home and honored abroad.
The public debt has been largely reduced,
the public. credit improved, and the public
burdens diminished. He has been the I'M
pretending but steady and efficient friend Of
the colored race. He has exercised no mill
tary power except for the protection OF
rights which law, national honor, and Off
cial duty required him to protect. With
the efficient aid of two eminent citizens Of
your own State-Secretaries Cox and Della.
no--he has preserved peace and promoted
civilization among the Indians. IN. ia
He has kept us at peace with the world,
and has steadily repressed violations of law
| within our borders. In the Treaty O
| Washington he has made our country q
| party to the greatest contribution of mod.
ern times to the cause of peace and Chris
tian civilization. His conscientious care il
the selection of high judicial officers de
serves grateful recognition from the people
whose security and welfare are so deeply
and permanently concerned in the learning
ability, and uprightness of judges.
HIS NATIVITY. "What is your name?!'
asked census officer. "John Corcoran.'
"Your age?" "Twenty-one." You
nationality ?'' swell, that's what bother
me. I'll tell you, and may be you cal
make it out. My father was Irish, m,
mother English, and was born on
Dutch frigate, under the French flag, il
Turkish waters. Now how is it"