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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-17

,. 7ry rASroEATE Accompanying
~. 49, ,rr, ices which have hc'n held a''s.
''- .l ~, ,,,,, two weeks at The SeNentt->'rce1
:',- ,r' !" ,'a,r,h CLOSED last night, During
( 'l .''%,n .,r,,,rIanrr several additions were
3' =, ,l,. church. Mr. Joseph II. yer
',''. . ..,t ,aihc Ier,toralc of This chllrci nus
"''' . ,.,,,,,I, ha- accepted the position Tor
80, .,'r,, i. Iurlyr months. tie VIII leave
~ - -, .n-jg, for his home in the West pre-
,....., f.. nj, residence i'll this cty. b"r-
'a'a,% I;, .nnrr say here his preaching was
-,., .,- ' attended and The deep interest mani
- .haNrd the high appreciation ot ms
.. H.. will return and enter upon MS
r.-a duties the Ii O; October. ,,
IN connection with the above We w"''''l
..,, ,hTt ,u H.; sunday the yo'In@ men o'
~. rhnr.h organized mission school iot
49,, ~. ..,,ro,., ol rduc;Itinc INDECENT scholars
r,, ,n,IINfn. officers were elected : Joseph
T,i.r .umrmtcudcnt: ". I. Daniel. Jr'
.,,,.,,nt Superintendent ;. !. iy'cr' trc;''
,,,.~, and ii'raran; W. VI. Hill. secretary.
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>tHHt>rEEED HIMSELF TO TIE AUTHORITIES.
""ailon has I"ru made in the U$po'Ch of
'1">' >'ootin~ "f Mrs. Gill. Mrs. Radtord, and
-;"l>. in t"ck"tt-. on last saturday week.
III William jialTi>. Hearing that Il warrant
nli a"rU i->tIrl for his arrest, Harris report
ri himself to the officers Of the police force
Yesterday morning. and expressed himself
Wiling TO meet the charge against him. He
Ms brought before Justice Crew. and hailed
IN IA" sum Of 500 for his appearance this
morning. il being necessary to continue the
ease, IN" witnc>.c, not having been sum-
EUnrt,.
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III PrBjc Hon SCRooL.--Candidatcs for
admission t" the City High School must pre-
>'hN Themselves for examination at the school
rooms, on Broad street between Ninth and
i'ah streets, on next Tuesday the 2ith in-
>'1n' at . O'Clock. Pupil. Of the public
''hoot> promoted from the first and adj.
'iN'rd grammar grades will be received into
~ nigh school without further eNalnina-
'h All others must stand an examinations
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H. ALNrH0CsE LIBRARY Y.-ContributionS
- -, books, periodicals, newspapers, &C., to the
.ti'ry OF the city almshouse will he thank
."lH Received. and, ii Necessary, will be sent
i"F u! The superintendent,
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,,..' ,n'AArRicAL.- Mrs. +. J. Parker, j. G..
Ihc',, ana l.. Gibson, Of the Richmond
r,n company, arrived yesterday.
, ,',..'',p carpenter and scenic artist are busily
lj,r o's'o '. IN preparing the new scenery so
Gr,n.,,S l%,n'i.S play, which is Augustin Dai. Is
J,"iou>y." ""'''n ''"o''' u
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I'll oN THE STErs.-On Sunday night, a>
u" r"NEr"-aiion al the First Baptist church
were coming out after service, an old lady
"n'Nr name we could not ascertain, fell down
ih' Steps and WAS badly hurt.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-17

A>l<roXi, trEp WnMAN ALLOWS lIER tHlp
q. ulr.--Ou SUNDAY morning Coroner Fay
N"r Na~ called lu view the dead body rf the
,hi.I nt Mrs. lIlmnon, who resides at No. 5
NT.,mli street. II appears that the mother
Na> Intoxicated 81 the previous day. ard
H"lt t. h'd in that condition. During the
r-i' tI, child. n sick one. about two and 4
H1i months old. WAS heard by the neighO"rS
rriu. - y in pain, hut the mother was too
much lu !iluor 10 attend TO lis wants. and in
'n~ H'"luug when >h" aWokc it was dead.
>h'a llr-t told, the coroner that it died in
4.r 'Jr at midnight. hut thc evidence proved
.'"H"j>'. The Jury (Juhn Wilkes folemanl
'Und tuat The child died "trom CAUSES I'M
-ooNu. IL mother being Intoxicated and un
''l' 10 render it proper attention" 4 pos
#.r'.m examination was deemed ,mnecrs
-
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i'l[AL ArrorSTMENrs.- The following
,., -" appointments of W. S. Gilman, elec.
uiio W. III" richmond district, and George u.
,, consecutive candidate for Congress
'I"o'er ,E%N'er Courthouse. September Is.
A>hIand, September 20.
,,Ii 21'a'id lCh"Sterfeld), September IS.
,,n %' courthouse (ChestertelU, October j.
H., ',"ef appointments will be made during
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M. I"ho ,'! ANn tA>E fEAc:SG.-Thc officers OF
,ia. :, ">i HSlnm regiment are TO meet tt
At In 'D""|r' hal toppositc the poSt-otfice)
uca,. 'locN lh!> morning, TO make arrange.
,n,,ii "n.> Tor forming Il class in sword and cane
ut',, lug under Professor f.. Mason, Il Virgil
'''''' !alc 0! New Orleans.
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,,r AZ CONSERVATIVE CoMMITTEE.-A rp-tl.
"'''i'S o! the state Conservative Com
.,.,,,, WIZ h" held at headquarters this
'"tin2 al o'riock. -f SCI
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-17

,rrntxrvy>7 ,Nr AccyrrANCE.-R"r. John
v,rm .rolr> has been appointed General
Superintendent al The work oi ire Nni'oa!
>.1nM and Bible Board Of the Baptist Gene
,,I A,.o,isiion Of Virginia. and has accepted
,I,. no,i,jon and viii enter at once upon the
a,,rlwrgc Of III duties.
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Tvvr, fnES.-On sunday morning at
,,o,. o'rio.k the Fire Department was
.-l'lyi out by An alarm from box No. First
vnlt, sra'iun1. which Was caused ly slight
rr,. N ;h, va<tc-ronm nf the Chesapeake aud
uhio dc,1l. -Four or five bales Of stuff were
NOR, or lc>> Damaged. Cause unknown.
An hour later ou the same day an alarm
vas given from box No. : (engine-house on
Eighteenth street.. when the lumber Kiln OF
+. H. Rahm. on the south side oi the Dock,
va gurtialIy burned. pamag" Sioo; n" III
-n~tHrr,. tlIl>"-a 4 defective stove.
Yesterday morning between 5and 6o'ciock
. ,mGi portion Of the kitchen Of Mr.. Havey-
-rn,w, hou,,. at the extreme end OF sever
'.rr;h.rr.,r. was burned. Cause accidental
r,,. t1ru va~ "ivcn from box No. II. cor
rcr ~H,nrrnth Hnd Washington streets.
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replace or repair set Of them more than
once i'm eighteen months or two years. The
services OF proper workman can be had at
any time that such work is needed, and we
are fully satisfied that MI the work he would
be required to do could lie obtained without
costing the city one-half the amount Of his
wages.
Tic carpenter is likewise Il supcrnume-
rary. au, his discharge was ordered because
we could find no necessity for his employ
meDt.
As no other objections were had to these
two men, it was not deemed necessary to 90
through the formaity of their trial either by
committee or jury.
Mr.. Adams was
DISCHARGED FOR USING THREATENING LANGUAGE
TO ONE or THE COMMITTEE.
and was reinStated for the reasons before
| mentioned.
The sum total of the matter is as follows /:
The discharge Of fifteen men altogether, and
the replacing Of three others in the 1nspec-
tors department at /; reduction Of sI5 per
month in the expenses of the same, and pec,t-
Wdrty thus:
= coalmen and coaIwcigller (3l at S,,..... ~ CO
servtcc-piTeineii al o.
Driekh!cr- .......-........ -
servants at il.95. 50
sls rs
At an average of $50 days per annIm. S5.o!s
Mr. Dean, 3dI DAYS nj l.!6O
MIR. Bell. ut 500 per month :........; l,?,O
Reduction In Ins pecor'- Office. Sl5 per month. $50
Total saving ss.It5
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leoseLrDEr os reuaFs rAcF3
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-11-22
19oetrg.
TIRED MOTHERS.
BY MRS. ALBERT SMITH.

A little elbow leans upon your knee,
Your tired knee, that has so much to bear,
A child's dear eyes are looking lovingly
From underneath thatch of tangled hair,
Perhaps you do not heed the velvet touch
Ofwarm, moist fingers folding yours so tight
You do not prize this blessing overmHch
You almost are too tired to pray tonight.
But it is blessedness A year ago
did not see it as do to-day,
We are so dull and thankless and too slow
To catch the sunshine till it slips away,
And now it seems surprising strange to me-
That while wore the badge of motherhood
did not kiss more oft and tenderly
The child that brought me only good.
And if some night, when you sit down to rest
You miss this elbow from your tired knee;
This restless, curling head from off your breast
This lisping tongue that chatters constantly
If from your own the dimpled hands had slipped
And ne'er would nestle in your palm again
If the white feet into their grave had tripped,
could not blame you for your heart ache then
| wonder so that mothers ever fret
At little children clinging to their gown
Or that the footprints, when the days are wet
Are ever black enough to make them frown
If could find little muddy boot,
Z Or cap, or jacket, on my chamber floor;
II could kiss rosy, restless foot,
And hear its patter in my home once more
If could mend broken cart to-day,
To morrow make kite to reach the sky,
There is no woman in Gods world could say
She was more blissfully content than I.
But ah, the dainty pillow next my own
Is never rumpled by shining head,
My singing birding from its nest is flown,
The little boy used to kiss is dead.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-11-22

chaplain, or as Minister to France
Every campaign orator came upon us
after the battle was over for recon-
mendation as Secretary of the Treasu-
! ry or the loan of half adollar. If one
of our party had an interest pending
at Washington, the orator of the Tri-
6u,ae was telegraphed in frantic haste
to come to the capital, to save this bill,
crush that one project or stop another.
He was to be SEverybody's Friend -
with nothing to do but to take care
of other folks business, sign papers,
write letters and ask favors for them,
and to get no thanks for it either
Four-fifths of these people were sent a.
way without what they wanted, only to
become straightway abusive enemies.
It was the worry of life to try to graf
/ ify one demand in dozen for the 9TH
er fifth. ...
'"The man with two wooden legs con-
graduated himself that he could never
be troubled with cold feet. It is a
source of profound satisfaction to us
that office-seekers will keep aloof from
a defeated candidate who has not in
fluence enough at Washington or AL
bany to get a sweeper appointed under
the sergent-at-arms, or a deputy SUBJ
ssistant-temporary-clerk into a paste
pot section Of the folding room. At
last we shall be let alone to mind our
own affairs and manage our own news
paper, without being called aside eve
ry hour to help lazy people whom we
don't know and to spend our strength
in efforts that only benefit people who
don't deserve assistance. At last we
shall keep our Office clear of blather-
skytes and political beggars, and go
about our daily work with the satisfac-
ton of knowing that not the most cred
ulous of place-hunters will suspect lis
of having any credit with the appoint
| ing powers. That is one of the results
Of Tuesdays election for which we
own ourselves profoundly grateful"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-11-22
Cure for Corns-Pro Bono Publieo.

A correspondent sends us the follow
ing: Corned brains and corned feet are
offensive to thecommuhitya as well hurt
full to the individuals. Many however
totter along our streets without grog
shops aid, or high heeled shoes. Modes
of cure are numerous, and feet doctors
make a living by their Inventions
Cutting with a knife is dangerous, as
it cannot be so carefully guided, and
often provokes the evil it would des-
troy. Outward applications ofen fail,
because the hard flesh is only softened
and not removed. 1t is only hindered
in its pressure for time. ..a -
Here is tried remedy: Go to your
hardware merchant and purchase rat
tail flea fine one, as long as such an
imal's. tail. He will understand and
hand you the article. Wherever there
may be callosities on your body rub
them down, only stopping when the
under flesh becomes sensitive. line
cessary continue this frequently until
a healthy state of the place affected
commences. If you see fit to promote
more rapidly the growth of flesh, rub
with oil. But remove the latter before
filing, as the drier the surface the more
operative the file. No other applica-
tion is necessary, except when the cal
losity is removed and the cuticle is
sound underneath, reduce what may
remain of the corn with the finger nail.
What are called Japanese files" are
sold for the same purpose, but they
are rough and injurious, at least infe-
rior to the common rat-tailf file. '.-,i.
Certiticate-The writer has used the
! file more than one year, and removed,
every bit of hard flesh on.face, foot and.
hand. He has now no pain in walking.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-11-22
Selecteh Miscellang
THE LATE GEN. MAGRUDER,
A Lover of the Magnifcent-Th Envied
of Men-The Adored of Women.

OA "cA-AAc AuOFe1 Oh "Omens
This old warrior sleeps the sleep Of
a soldier in a rude Texas grave, over
which there is no monument. The
grass was growing about it in the ear
ly summer, and there were some flow
ers there, withered and faded, scatter
ed by woman's hand. A votary at
the shrine of nature, and finished di-
plomat at the court of Venus, it was
fitting that there should be largesse OF
green growing grasses and loye-fow-
ers. If roses are the tear drops of an
gels, as the beautiful Arab belief puts
forth in poetry, then is this lowly
mound halloWed spot, and needs not
the sculptured stone, the fretted col
umn, the ivy and the obelisk.
Magruder was wonderful man.
He stood six feet four inches in height,
and had a form men envied and Wo-
men admired. His nerves were all
iron. Foreign travel and comprehen-
siye culture had given to his wit zest
that was always crisp and sparkling.
He never lacerated. To the sting of
repartee he added the honey of the clo-
yer. He could fight all day and dance
all night. In the morning a glass of
brandy and strong cigar renewed his
strength and caused the cup of his
youth to run over with the precious
wine of health and high spirits. He
loved magnificent uniforms, magnif-
cent horses, magnificent riders, and
magnificent women.
Gifted and graced in conversation,
he was a pet in the boudoir and logi-
clan in the barracks. He had studied
French in Paris, Italian in Rome, and
Spanish in the Halls of the Montezu-
mas. His horsemanship was of the
English kind, that is to say, not grace
full, but impossible to be surpassed for
firm riding and endurance. He wrote
little love songs that were set to mu-
sic; one of them 'Imogene," had in il
the plaintive melody of lover, and
the sad rymth of burial bugles.
In the Crimea he astonished the
French officers by sleeping at the front
with the chasseurs under fire. In
Mexico he sent back to the Archbish-
op lady's perfumed glove he had
found in his palace when the city was
won, and with a note which read: '1t
is pretty enough to have belonged tc
a queen. Would she have pardoned
me if had appropriated it ?'' AS the
Archbishop sent him the next day g
basket of delicious wine, it is supposed
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-11-22

posterity will be sure to clear him OF
them. Taney could not, at such a
crisis, hope to escape. Not he, but the
Constitution was on trial-the Consti-
tuition, declared by Marshall to be a
superior, paramount law, unchanged
BILE by ordinary means. The time had
come when it was to be changed, be-
cause it's provisions, framed in an ear
lier day of narrower thought and ex-
perience, had ceased to express the con-
victions and purposes of the people,
Neither ordinary means, nor the extra
ordinary methods of amendment pro-
vided by the instrument itself, were a.
vailable. The supreme remedy of civil
war was close at hand.
It is relief to turn from this public
prosecution to the private life and char
acter of the Chief Justice, as sketched
in this volume. His simplicity and
high honor impressed every one who
came into relations with him. The
great men who had been his political
enemies in early life sought reconcilia-
ton and asked counsel of him in his
later years. The few charming letters
that are given bear witness to the ten
derness of his affections and the gentle
authority of his social influence. His
religion was that quiet and constant
force in life of which the Roman Cath
olic faith often offers such beautiful
examples, and his charity in act and
speech the ready expression of an hon.
est, generous nature. AS a strong,
calm and pure man, filling blameless-
ly the highest station in the most trou-
bled period of the national life, Chief
Justice Taney will always remain one
Of the most venerable and interesting
figures in the history of the country.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-11-22

His Judicial and Personal Character.
From the Nations Review of Tyler's Life of
Roger B. Taney.l
Taney alone of the public men liv-
ing at the outbreak of the late war saw
all the phases of that long quarrel
which planted discord at the very birth
of union. From the Massachusetts
declaration Of tlse fig - secet1.e, up
on the purchase of Louisiana Terrific
ry, and the assertion by Josiah Quincy
of the duty to do so, at the admission
of that State eight years later, through
the times of the Hartford convention,
accused by Adams of conspiring to
dissolve the Union, through nullifca-
ton and the compromises of 1920 and
1850, through the suspension of the
right to petition and the Kansas and
Nebraska Acts, down to John Browns
raid and the fall of Sumter, he knew
all the elements in that widening strife,
and the chief political actors on both
sides who fomented it. The story of
it's progress is told by his biographer
in the language of the South, with
blame only for the North. It is not
within the purpose or limits of this
paper to point out his inaccuracies of
statement, especially with regard to
the fairness and general acceptance of
the compromise Of 1850. At last, af-
ter Taney had presided in the Supreme
Court for twenty years, growing in the
respect and confidence of the nation,
the duel of the sections took the shape
of a constitutional question before that
tribunal, and the issue whether Con-
gress could exclude slavery from the
Territories was presented in the famous
Dred Scott case. The decision that it
could not, given by six judges out of
eight was delivered by the Chief JUS
tice in an elaborate opinion. 1t is out
of place here to consider the merits of
that controversy. But two points in
the subsequent history of the decision,
on which the biographer dwells at
length, cannot be passed over if justice
is to be done to the memory of Taney.
In the necessary review of the condi-
ton of the African race, at the time
our Government was formed, Taney
stated, as historical fact, that through
out the civilized world negroes ewere
regarded as so inferior, that they had
no rights which the white man was
bound to respect" These are the very
words of his decision, and some iudg-
ment may be fonmed as to the temper
of the times, when it is remembered
that they were seized upon by parti-
sans, falsified into an utterance of his
own present views upon the rights of
the blacks, and published throug gh the
world and believed by thousands as
such. A graver charge against Taney,
and as false one, was uttered on the
occasion of that decision by no less a
person than Mr.. Seward, on the floor
of the Senate-the charge Of corrupt
arrangement between President Bu-
chanan and the judges Of the Supreme
Court to get up a mock trial on the
Dred Scott case, for q political pur-
pose. The biographer shows conclu-
sively, by correspondence with the
Judges and by comparison of dates,
that there neither existed nor could
have been supposed to exist a shadow
of truth in the story.
Such accusations, indeed, though
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-11-22
Economy in Good Roads.

There is no economy in Saving at
the spigot and losing at the bung:"
There is economy in parsimony in road
making and paying treble or quadru-
Iple to wagon makers, blacksmiths and
harness makers. Uneven road beds,
gulleys and boulders tax man more
heavily in purse and are more vexa-o
tious to spirit than his part of the cost
of constructing and maintaining road
as 'Elevel and smooth as barn foor."' ;,
Men don't get rich or are a long time
getting rich just because they don't be-,
gin right. What is the use of toi1ing
to save crops if share Of the profits
lis lost in getting them to market? A.
man starts to his nearest town with. a
ton of hay from which he expects to re-
alize ten to fifteen dollars. He runs
into a gulley, tips over, and a half day
is lost to himself and team in getting
Strengthened up; or he. loses a tire,
breaks some part of his wagon, or casts
a shoe, because of boulder or so1ne-
thing else that shouldn't be there-out
comes his purse for repairs, and. away
goes an hour or more of his time
But the cost and loss of time is not
all-he gets fretted, worried in spirit,
and becomes exceedingly unamiable,
boorish and bearish. And this last is
no first rate evidence of his civilization
traced back to his imperfect road bed.
A poor road in a popu1ous community.
costs enough, incidently (and accident
ly,) in the course of twelve months
shall We say TITO macadamize its
whole length, and to give something,
almost as durable as the .teverlasting
hills"
Our old system of road working
needs alteration. Itdoes not meet the
wants of the people to-day. 1t is too
antiquated and too imperfect TO be rec
ognised as in harmony with the spirit
of the age. It needs thorough revis-
ion. What scholar and philanthro-
pist can devise system that will COM
bine thoroughness of structure, COM
pleteness of detail and no waste Of the
peoples money? Such man will be
the benefactor Of the rural districts,
and as justly entitled to reverentiai
memory as any inventor of the age
Gautauqata Farmer. .r
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-11-22

powders, given two each day, will be
all that the horse may need, and after
he begins to get better, one a day will
be all sufficient for him. They should
be continued until his cough is cured.
This powder is as appropriate for the
complications as for the disease ITSELF
and this treatment, or one similar to
it, is all that human science can do for
the suffering animal.
Most respectfully, - .'i'
J. B. JOHNSON, M. ID. y
Alexandria, Va., Nov. II, 1872. ~ ,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-11-22
The Way Horace Solaces Himself

The following characteristic edito-
rial article appeared in the Tribune
just after the late election:
"CRUMBs OF CoMFoRT.-There has
been no time, until now, within the last
twelve years, when the Tribune was
not supposed to keep, for the benefit
of the idle and incapable, sort of Fed
eral employment agency, established to
get places under Government for those
who were indisposed to work for their
living. Any man who had ever voted
the Republican ticket believed that it
was the duty and the privilege Of the
editor of this paper to get him place
in the custom-house. Every red-nosed
politician who had cheated at the eau
Gus and fought at the polls looked to
the editor of the Tribune to secure his
appointment as gauger, or as army
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-11-22

tions are formed, so that when the ma
tions are gathered together in 1876
each Commonwealth can view with
pride the contributions she has made
to the national glory.
Confidently relying on the zeal and
patriotism ever displayed by our peo-
pie in every national undertaking, we
pledge and prophecy, that the Centen-
nial Celebration will worthily show
how greatness, wealth and intelligence,
can be fostered by such institutions as
those which have for one hundred
years blessed the people of the United
States.
JOSEPH r. HAwLEY,
President.
LEWIS VAIN SMITH,
T,oo1,a,oo.or,I Nocrotos,,