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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-09-04
THE POOR MAN AND HIS HOME,

If ever household affections and loves
are graceful things they are graceful in
the poor. The ties that bind the wealthy
and the proud to home may be forged on
earth, but those which link the poor man
to his humble hearth are of the truer met
tai and bear the stamp of Heaven. The
man OF high descent may love the halls
and lands of his inheritance as a part of
himself; as trophies of his birth and DOW.
er; his associations of pride and weslth
and triumph the poor mans attachment
to the tenement he holds, which strangers
have held before, and may tomorrow oc.
cupy again, has q worthier root, stuck
deeper in purer soil. His household
gods are of flesh and blood, with no al.
10y Of silver, gold or precious stone. He
has no property but in the affections Of
his own heart; and when they endear
bare walls and floors. despite the rags and
toll and scanty fare, that man has his love
OF home from God, and his rude hut be-
comes u solemn place.
Oh! If those who rule the destinies Of
nations would but remember this--if they
would think how hard it is for the very
poor to have engendered in their hearts
that love OF home from which all domes-
tic virtue springs, when they live In dense
and squalid masses where social deceucy
is lost, or rather never found-if they
would but turn aside from the wide thor
oughfares and and great houses, and
strive to improve the wretched dwellings
in by-ways where only poverty may walk,
many low roofs would point more truly
to the sky than the loftiest steeple that
now rears proudly up from the midst of
guilt and crime and horrible disease, to
mock them by its contrast. In hollow
voices from workhouse, hospital, and Jail,
this truth has been preached from day to
day, and has been proclaimed for years
1t is no light matter-no outcry from the
working vulgar-no mean question Of the
peoples health and comforts that may be
whistled down on Wednesday niRhts
In the love of home, the love Of country
has its rise; and who are the truer patri-
OTIS, or better in time of need--those who
venerate the land, owning it, woed and
stream, and earth, and all that they pro-
ducep or those that love their country,
boastng not a foot of ground in all its
wide domain ?-Charles Dickens
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-09-04
Fraud!
Corruption !!
lrregularity !! !

Who steals my purse steals trash-there's nothing
init,
But he who flches from me my oyster cans and
boscls
Robs me Of that which not enrches him, (not much)
Aud spos the sweetness OF my disposition.
Thousands and thousands of CANS and BOWLS
loaned from COCHRANk'S BIvALVE COLloEUM NJ
nlied. as delivered, with PoRTLY OYSTERS fresh
IIom the sheil and LUSCIOUS ARCTIC CREAMS have
kone from my gaze. We miss them at home. A.
tnere 10 not time to order sufficient cargoes of such
ware irom Europe, u is modcstly suggested that a
part at least of the missing dishes be returned in
season for the Immense business of the coming
November election.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-09-04
Nennebrt gournal,
Published on Water Street Foot cf Court,
AUGUSTA, MAINE
BY SPRAGUE, OWEN d NASH.
Gully Aenuebee sournal,

Is issued every morning, except Sundays.
Contains the latest news by telegraph and mail
gves reports ofthe Markets, and has carefully pre-
pared political and local articles. and generout
amount OF farming, home and miscellaneous read.
ing with a full compilation Of State news.
Terms, q per annum in advance, $sn payment
Is not made within the year. Single copies 5cente,
70 be had at the bookstores and at this ofIae.
Advertisements one inch i'll length, three in
sertons or less, $40; 70 cts for every subsequent
insertion. Longer advertisements, or those inserted
tor any considerable length oftime will be
at favorable terms to the advertiser.
Special N ices IS per cent. additional.
Amusement Notices. ~ per square per week
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-06
The January Interest.

We confess that we are at a loss to under
stand the action Of the Virginia House Of
Delegates in passing a resolution to stop the
payment of the january interest on the
funded debt. The funds in the treasury
amount to S1,800000, and the sum required
to pay this interest is only SC00,000, leaving
balance lin the treasury Of S1,200,00O.
Wherefore the necessity, then, Of stopping
the payment of interest? While this action
is inexplicable to us, we do not entertain the
thought that it means reputation, for we
cannot think that o Virginia Assembly, COM
posed mainly of Virginians, would he guilty
of such moral wrong and dishonor. -:
We wish the press and people would cease
agitating the question of reputation, as it is
measure that should not be entertained for
a moment. We are satisfied that vast ma
jority of our people are heartily opposed to
any such scheme. State Reputation would
be as dishonorable as individual Reputation,
and one will certainly tie itself to the coat
tail Of the other.
We anxiously await further legislation to
dissolve the mists concealing the motives for
not ordering the interest on the funded debt
to be paid. If any reason can he assigned
for such action, when the Treasury is over
flowing with funds gathered from the people
in order to pay the States creditors, we would
like to know what il is. The people would
rather see the money pressed out Of them
devoted to the purposes for which it was
intended than laying idle in, the Richmond
banks. We hope our Legislators have the
manliness to do what is right, though the
heavens fall."-C Clarke Courier. 4
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els. 90
The Tobacco Market as Reported by the Now
York Tobacco Leaf.

Smoking.-A slightly improved feeling was per
ceptible IN the smoking trade, thouga Iansscnons
branch Of trade until the course Of Congress shall
termine what goods are going TO be worth few
MtaafactMred.-A few sales Of fancy bright goods
were made for shipments and little business was ..
done In the usual aSsortments for consnmptlon Dt
the week, as whole, was poor one FOR tue uSde.
Prices, Considering the full stocks and prevailing
dulness IRE very well sustained and this IS about
the only cheering, or rather encouraging sign 70 oe
met with In business circles. y
few orders for export awaiting isvo. n
SOME instances than profit margins will Re
ceipts nre libes Is always thecase at THIS seas9n
when manufacturers 9re clearing 9uL OiS s1tsr
the recess it Is to lie hoped 1t viii at once give tse
f, to tine work so urgently demanded by TINS inter.
Already 100 much valuaSe s Has 81 tc
delay has been greater than can be really coMpupso
fin dollars and cents. ia !. .tE4s5t, "
10 tsGEIhe c e arKe no d snsn the Weak
Just closed The new year opeus With dull Market
Tor ali Kinds Of obaceo, and from present indisas
tons We infer that thai speedy revival % pusnsa'
The stock OF manufactured tobacco IN the sa.1oas
markets Of the country Y uSgsaIy fge n nj
there IS nothing in tho general aspect Of sts e en-
the belief nauy greet nom a.. q eo
WI Or can REsysa II br eae ia Tie saps Of
lIrcd goods al home and abroad which can
scarcely occur nuch before the commsneemcotT on
snrlIlg ut which time manufacturers WIN 0aburauy
he aesin In full operation. Prices, Notwithstanding
fs fact Will Trobaly remain shout aS they are now
at ali events It Is not likely they VIII be any lover.
the ex port demand being sliclenuY aeusc " pt0-
As previously stated by US, the receipts OF the new
crop fu the markets Of Virginia are composed many
81 low grades and, for the most part, are
though priced psrcels are arriving, ana, Wnen ~
good condition, bring full prices. s-l,.f ~,
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HON TO lstsfs, e State.

We are 10th to believe that the Legislature
of Virginia contemplate the reputation OF
the obligations OF the State. They have
stopped the funding Of the public debt with.
out any jllstfable cause for such an act, and
with nearly two million dollars i'll the
Treasury they hare seen tit to de-
clare the inability Of the State to
pay the January interest on the debt
What their object is in this, beyond de-
sire to please that class OF their constituents
who make war on the funding bill for lack
of something else to @'umble and fuss about,
we are unable to determine; but we believe
they have committed an act rnWarrHnted by
reason, or justice, or common sense, and one
which will meet with the unqualified disap-
probation Of large proportion of the people
of Virginia. 1t can be Of no present OF
prospective benefit to the people of Virginia,
but, OH the contrary, will be the source Of in.
finite mischief.
We appreciate as much as any one can the
impoverished condition Of Virginia and the
necessity of Tightening as far rs possible tllc
burden Of taxation under which her people
are complaining, and any measure consistent
with the honor of Virginia to produce econo
my in our public expenditures and to lessen
taxation we will endorse. We strike hands
with all those who favor retrenchment anC
reform, but we must insist that the passage
of any act by the General Assembly which
has about it even the faintest flavor Of repu
diation will only result in disaster to the
prosperity Of the State and the ruin of hel
people,.
We do not believe that our legislators con
template the reputation of the State debt
but they have given foundation for suspi
cion that such is the ease, and its injuriou:
effect on the credit of the State is already ap
parent; and if they desire to effect the uttel
ruin Of the State they en- adopt no surer o.
more speedy method than to "save eX
penses" by refusing to pay her debts. 1t il
true that the people Of Virginia are poor
and are little able to sustain heav,
| burden of taxation, but we do not be
lleve that they are ready just yet tx
commit the suicidal act of repudiatins
the obligations Of the State, or that they will
countenance any movement in that direction
The State is just beginning to recuperat,
| thirty from the disasters Of the war; and til,
attention Of eniigrants and capitalists is be
ginning to be turned in this direction; bu
with few more "wild bills" by our Legs
lature our hopes Of pro ,perity will cease, anC
the old Commonwealth will lose the prous
position she has go long occupied, and he
name become a by-word. Let our legisla
tors think little before they 90 too far
| Marion Herald.
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e New York Tsa,ns.

New YogS, January TIE steamers
Hansa and Ialaposa hare the smallpox
aboard. re-. - -. $3.50
q John c. Broadhead, ex-treasursf Of Ron
doEt, is 900, COO short. saF:a
Two. men, have keen committed to jan.
without hail, for outragi ga little girl twelve
+ The Russian feet is at the docks ii Hzesk-
|; The smallpox Is: III the Newark jail. ~
], The Union Repnbl ican General Commit
tee have reelected Horace Greeley chairman.
I: The Injunction restraining Airs. Mansfield
and others from publishing James Fisk's bet-
tsfs has teen continued. - ~
E., j. C.. Lindsey, before the Senate commit
tees said lie was reluctant to give any cvi-
dence, rs he was challenged last night at bis
hotel. lie did not know whether the party
challenging him was ctistom-house oftcer
or not. l...-,s ~.
!. The opponentsof the present management
of the Erie road hold $40, 00o, GOO stock. They
require three or four millions naore to enable
them to change the control. b.
IS The property Of the New York Printing
Company was sold under the hammer a to-day
for So, 0OC. .a. 49, !,
Judge Cardoza accepts Richard n. Tweed
as bail for his father. ~. 49, 1850
!, Horace Greeley has declined the chairman
ship of the Union Republican General Com
mittee for 1872. !.
+, It isreported that q bill viii be presented
I to Congress next week providing for Gov
ernment election inspectors to canvass tho
presidential and congressional vote.
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Tfse State Nebt.
every cas-
For the Dispatch.
RICHMOND, JAM

RICHMOND, January 5, 1872.
Feeling the greatest interest In the welfare
| of my native State, [ avail myself Of the
"public pres" respectfully to call the atten-
ton of the members of the Virginia Senate
to the alEimportant question of the estate
debt"
To be brief and plain, should certainly
have opposed the "funding bill upon its
passage for two most important reasons: 1st.
That Virginia could have paid her debt IN
full, even in her present condition. I'd. That
the coupons being receivable for taxes,
make themselves payable without any leSis-
lation, while the registered bonds require
an annual appropriation to be made.
However, us previous Legislature passed
the "ftlnding BILL" the same having received
the signature ofthe Governor and the approval
Of over two-thirds of the bondholderS, also
the endorsement by the monetary centres /"
that said act was an equitable adjustment be-
tween Virginia and her creditors, cannot
understand why the agricultural representa-.
tives should come to the Capitol wildly bent
upon repeating this law.
The l"funding act" certainly settles the
question Of one-third of the State debt, prin.
cipa and interest, for all time to come. The
bondholders may not look ut the act in that
light, but it is plain Virginia binds herself
only to pay two-thirds of The present ascer-
tanned debt, and only acts rs trustee for West
Virginia's third.
The objections to this coupon feature of
the act cannot now be removed, as. they
must be received for taxes until the bonds
are paid.
You viii see, therefore, that my objections
to the funding bill differ essentially from
those of the advocates Of the joint resol,l-
ton in this, that originally it proposed terms
too favorable for Yirginia--terms such as g
jealous regard for the plighted faith ought to
have induced her rulers to pause before
making; nevertheless, they have been nc
cepted with alacrity by her creditors.
These being, now, facts accomplished, and
the plghtcd faith of the State having been
infused into law, Senators, had you not better
sustain the Governors veto of your joint res
olution, giving him the credit or odium of
having arranged, in conjunction with the last
Legislature, the delicate question Of settling
forever two-thirds fthe estate debt, )" instead
OF the whole, to the satisfaction Of more than
two-thirds Of the bondholders, and at the
same time sustain the faith of the State un-
furnished.
lSignedl MANUFACTURES"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-06
TEEEGRAprITe
Wow York stseR and Money Marine,

Eew Work stsck and Money aFarfrct.
~ NV YORK, january = Money estsisr at
I, currency to- fraction commission. Sterling
heavy ats to OF. Gold, 1881 to 100. Gov.
ernments quiet and steady !, 10 'Gas's,
no; 1915, 11Ol '65's, 112l new, Ia 1; .e7's,
1927; 1855, same; 1o-fo's, 1902 Tennessee
firm. Virginia,s less strong, end North Care.
fina's strong. South Carolina's, new, STEADY
rhe remainder Of State securities dull and
steady. Tennessee's, 6ss; new, 63s. VII.
ginia's, SO; ne~52. Leuisiana's, 80; new.
90. Levee's, 81; s's, y. Alabama's, 90
IS, 80. Georgia's, 7o;i7's, II. North Caro-.
lina's, 80; new, 10. South Cardinals; 40
new; a5s zEs- .+ss 2e1
The Treasury has -disbsrsed s7oa, 900 in
gold to-day. 1JEr-Jt'E ~ 4itg /.
The report that two London houses would
take $500, 100000 Of the new bonds has weak.
ened both gold and sterling. Tsf-t&
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-06

The T1cuuoRSE CAsE.-The Registers Of
flee is still engaged in prosecuting the search
after q record of the American vessel Osprey,
and have at length discovered the right yes
sci Of that name, the owners OF which re-
side at Boston. This is the Osprey which
was in Australia in 1854, and which was
wrecked on her return voyage, and oil hands
on board persisted. The inquiry is now be-
ing prosecuted as to whether there Is any
one living, or any information which will
lead to establishing the alleged fact that the
captain of this vessel rescued young Orion
or Tichborne from shipwreck during that
wear off the coast of South America.
The examination in the Tichborne case
develops almost daily startling facts, which
seem to justify the belief that the claimant is
really the missing Sir Roger Tichborne. The
last witness examined when the British mail
left was d Mr.. Locock Webb, the chancery
barrister, who testified that he drew the
original tbill . for the claimant, who, at the
time, exhibited stperfect knowledge" Of
the contents Of several deeds relating to the
estate; but there was some uncertainty with
regard to the name of the vessel that had
picked him UP at sea, the impression of the
claimant being that it was the Osprey, and
no name was, in consequence, mentioned In
the BILL Washington Patriot.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-06

TIE WHARTON TRIAL.-On Thursday DR..
Warren answered that it was not possible
that General Ketchum could have been poi
soned Oh Saturday night or Sunday night,
because on both of these occasions he sat up
and talked, and was not disturbed for some
hours afterwards. In the cross-eXamination
he declared that General Ketchum's death
was inevitable, and the result of purely
natural causes, and that neither the admins
tration of choral nor yellow jasmine inhu-
enced or aided in the death. He had seen at
least fifty cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis,
and had made post-mortem examinations Oh
the disease.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-06

RI u II II g EnSIands -
sLdspos, January aSs sfhs s shsp setr4t
Down, Gbm LiTerpoo, for San Eraiscaseo,
has been wrecked. Only Eve OF her sfSw
were savsd. y Y Es1s
I Sir Francis Croseley, member Of Pariiarncut
from Halifax, Is dead. ~. e.
Tie total number III Deaths rom SMALLPOX
during last year was /, 900. The average At
the thirty-one years preceding Is 600. The
medical journals cali attention to the aissin-
ing increase Of. the disease, and warn tho
public to take al precautions, and appeaisto
the Government to interpose rigid sanifAry
regulations, &c. e 81 yssss
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-06
T,,o <,nbanL Insnrrection.

HAVANA, January ga popular subscrip-
ton has been inaugurated to raise funds to
,be given to the party delivering General Ces.
pedes into the hands OF the authorities.
The insurgent chief Juan Benigno Gomez
crossed the Trocha at the head Of fifty men,
and IN engagement followed on the "a In.
slant. Gomez lost four men killed and seven
taken prisoners, and in consequence ne, with
nine of his men, surrendered to the Span
iards. * ,. ta1-s.s, l-ls Isl.
Admiral Chicaro has gone to sea to inspect
different stations. ~ x
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Photographic Summary.

Major Johnson, of Memphis, Tenn, has
been reelected by 800 majority. -
r. Is. F.; Gator, of the firm Of Gator, ATM
strong g. Co., of Baltimore, is dead.
The iroll-clds Canonicus, Manhattan, Wy.
andotte, Saugus,t and Ajax arc fitting out at
the nayy-y;ud at Philadelphia, supposed for
Cuba. sy ss.s, ,,,e-.f,r3 81 a,..ss-.y
|. 4 dispatch from San Francisco states that
the Fcjee Islanders recently murdered four
Europeans.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-06

Mr.. Rutan Republican, was elected Speaker
of the Pennsylvania Senate Thursday by Mr.
Buckalew Democrat voting for him. This
is supposed to be the result of q compromise
agreed upon by the committees of the two
parties at meeting last night.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-06
n,n ..,ic INTERPRETATIONS TrLEGRIArnI

:, NEW YoRx, January 5.-Cotton Grn; sales, s,77s
bales; upiands, ee.c. Orleans. sisc Flour acasS
and tirner; common to fair extras &gSL7ss4
Wheat-GooI export demand; winter rcd WESTERN,
si.sSGsf.eS. Corn steady.a Rice steady PORK h 2
steady. Navals dull. FTeghts unchanged.
BALTIMORE, January s.-virsinis,s, consolidated,
Flour lou active and f,voTs seier Wheat ftmer and
20 n}s III s;6ISiss Corn tir,ner white eoutbsru,
ss6S7cc yellow eallcsc. Oats quiet u fro'
visions and butter unchanged, hickey nominal
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FROM NJ AsHiNsSFoN.
Tr,e Maal 81 5. q, HGfsei,ns,s,.

WAsHSGrok, obituary 4.-The military
election programme for the presidential
campaign will be developed in the House
next week in the introduction of q bill
agreed on by many OF the southern Repub-
iican members, especially those from yir-
GINA, by which it Is proposed to extend the
enforcement act Of the list Congress to every
polling precinct in the country, thus requi-
ring Federal inspectors of all elections for
members Of Congress or United States Off
GERS, and the use of troops in such cases as
1re made and provided In the present law !.
The act as 1t now exists Is restricted to cities
whose population is above $4,000. Porter,
OF Virginia, will present the enlarged bill,
and ask the House Judiciary Committee to
consider it.-BdlhmoTe San.
Republican NationsI Convention.
The Republican National Committee an
pointed at the last convention will meet here
OH Thursday next to decide upon the time
and place for holding the next Presidential
Republican Convention. Several of the
members arrived here to-day, and they state
there is no doubt that majority favor Phjla-
delphia, and that it will probably be held
there the last week in May or first week in
June. The claims of Cincinnati and St.
Louis come next in order, but both united
do not overcome the vote that will be cast
for Philadelphia. 1t Is intimated that gen.
eral movement is on foot among leading Re.
publicans to induce Vice-President Coltax to
reconsider his intention not to become a cam
didate for reelection, and it is said Penn
sylvania delegation will soon be here OH such
a mission. -
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-06

A terrible accident occurred near Timber.
vile, on the Manassas railroad, on Wedncs-
day, by which woman whose name we
were unable to ascertain had both legs
crushed off BY the northcrrl-bound passen-
ger train Of that road. The woman, 1t APP
pears. was intoxicated, and was walking on
the track when the train came In sight
Lynch6urg Nees.
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PROPOSALS.,

NOTICE TO y ACTORS Sealed
lN nronosals atfl be received by The andATstEDed
until IL 81 TnuRsDAY Jasaary !. ,sIs, i y z -
Snssaneake and Ohio Railroad from alrngto9
Street 10 James rtyer. Including q tnnHa throasn
Church fIiif abont s,4co feet g1r is1ane3 par
Chief Engnees Chesafe 1ke ard qhto kslTosd
de oS-td hISHinoAkAAs va
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Tho Reyogu.ion In ask:co.

MArAaoaAs, January 4.-The revolution,
ary chief, Valdez, has been captured and
hung. q - -. = .. a ,,
The Juarezists captured the city OF Piedfas
Negras, losing twenty-five killed. sia ian
were wounded on both sides .lssa +. rs, ,.
The reyolutienists hold GMisr; Otherwise
they have made no progresa IN the .state g
Taraai,Ijuar 10 III ESsfs Sc ,s
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list Of April next. General Hoffman, chief
engineer In tho field, and Major Fisher are
now in our town engaged Upon office work,
and in few weeks will be ready with IN
enlarged corps of engineers to make the final
location.-Bristol Nears.
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[Signed

The Clifton Springs Hotel. New York, was
burned on the 4th. instant. No lives We're lost.
The fire was caused, it is supposed, by an in
cendiary. Loss, $I20, 200. Theproperty was
partially insured.
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,,,s sout, coro,sna KukIux Trials.

The South Carolina Kuklux iriab'
CoLuaBIA, January 5.-The kukitx tslais
are concluded for the present. Forty-eighss
kuklux from Spartansburg, who spleaasa
guilty and confessed; were sentenced TO ini-
prisonment ranging from one month to TWO
years. The petit jurors were finally dls-
charged by Judge Bond, who y expected %
leave tomorrow for Baltimore. Il - -,