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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-02-15
-Mardi Gras Dav at Nou, or,.

.-Mardi Gras Day at New Orleans and
Hemphls was unprecedently successful.
No disturbance.
Julius Hans house, with three chill.
dren, was burned Monday night. in WI
mona, Minnesota.
The steamer NASHVILLE with sl75.-
quo worth of freight for New Orleans. has
been sunk by the ice at Cincinnati.
The Mobile Tribune saws that d. q
Rugg, a class-mate of General Horace
Porter, has been appointed deputy collector
OF customs at Mobile.
The foreign consuls and other renre-
sentatives at Bucharest have united in
making formal demand for the protection
Oh the Jews in the principalities.
The contract for rebuilding the Pa
clfic Hotel at Chicago has been awarded
ana 1t IS expected that the building will he
finished by next New Years day. The
estimated cash cost is 81 ,OoO, 900.
"A fearful snow storm prevailed in the
Northwest yesterday, the cold being in.
tense. The Canadian surveying party
numbering rs persons, are Supposed -
nave nave pcrshed, and it is rumored that
Spotted Tail" and his band are frozen to
death. won "
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SHIPPING NEws.-The Old Dominion
Steamship company was sued in New York
few days since for damages in the sum of
5000 for the accidental death of man bv
the name of James Miles which occurred
Ia November last. The plaintiff falling to
show that the accident was caused by any
negligence on the part of the company, the
suit was dismissed by the Judge before
whom it was brought.
The launching of the steamship Old
dominion, at Wilmington, DEL, which
was originally appointed for to-day, has
been postponed until the 20th inst. She
will be ready to take her place in the line
from this city to New York about the first
OF April. The construction of this vessel
does not differ materially from that of the
Wyanoke of the same line. Her registered
tonnage is $500, and her carrying capacity
IS estimated at u, 900 pounds. She is sup
pied with steam elevators and every appi-
ance to facilitate the reception and discharge
OF her enormous cargoes. Her length be-
tween perpendiculars is 255 feet; length
over all, 263 feet; breadth of beam. 4lA
feet depth of hold, % feet. Her builders
are Harlan and Hollingsworth.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCIAL meet.
ing of the Board of Directors of the Rich.
mond Chamber of Commerce was held
last las evening, the president, David j. Burr,
Esq, IN the chair. The president laid various
documents before tie meeting: AMONG
them communication from A. Watson
OF Washington, d. c., asking the passage
OF resolution by the Richmond Chamber
OF Commerce requesting Congress to make
an appropriation to lay cable and furnish
storm and relief ship, to be permanently
anchored in mid-ocean and connected with
line of telegraph. Mr.. Watson saws in
his letter that he was the principal instiea-
tor of the government storm signal bureau.
Inc communication was referred to the
on outward trade. Also a COM
from the American Social Sci
ence Association of Boston, asking infor-
nation as to rates of wages and chief in
dustries in this vicinity, which was appro-
priately referred.
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fORTY- Y-SGCOND CONGRESS- I'd Session
" "EDNEsDAY, Feb. IA.
SENATE


sumner's resolution calling for informa-
ton regarding the sale of public arms to
france occupied the entire day. and the
Senate adjourned without action. The dis
cussion was bitter and was confnad 70 a.
Republicans. " '"0
Messrs. Conkling, Morton, and other
urant men profcssed to be wiling to inyes-
hgate, but denounce the resolution as ~,
attack on the administration.
MI. Sumner insisted that it was des;roa
Tor the vindication of the United States
government from tho suspicion entertained
oy oermany and the present French gov
ernment. He made long speech. showing
that the United States government sold
arms 10 Richardson representing Remine-
ton q Som as an agent of tho French gov
ernment, and that the French government
pad moro than our government received.
Messrs. Wilson, Harlan, and Conklipp
defended the administration, and asserted
that the War Department had accounted
Tor all arms sold, and had no knowledra
that bennington and Richardson acted foy
the French government.
HOUSE OF REPREsENrATIyEs.
The Committee of WAYS and Means IN.
troduced a bill abolishing the tariff on ten
and coffee, which was referred to com
mittee OF the whole. Mr.. Finklenburp. IN
reporting the bill, stated that the majority
peal.
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LOCAL NOTES.
There was not single bill presented
in the Senate to-day.


There was not single bill presented
in the Senate to-day.
VIM. f. Mitchell, long resident OF
Church Hill, in this city, died yesterday
Hugh W. Fry, ST., died in this city
early yesterday morning, in the seth year
of his age.
.-Thomos Steers, of this city, has oh.
tanned patent on process for the manu-
facture of extract from sumac.
VIM. L; Kimbrough, member of the
Fifteenth Virginia regiment of infantry in
the late war, died in this city on Tuesday.
Earnest Wilt, of the Mercantile
Reading Rooms, left for Boston to-day on
business connected with that commendable
enterprise.
The case of Winston, Powers ct al VS..
the Midlothian Coal Mining company, on
the motion of the defendants to dissolve the
injunction, was being discussed in the
Chancery court to-day.
Mr.. G. Jay French, formerly special
agent of the Postoffice Department in Vir-
ginia, now of Georgia, and f. Vernon. edi-
tor of the United ,States Railroad Gu,de.
were in the city yesterday.
The atmosphere was decidedly fricid
this morning. A few more such DAYS and
we will have another ice crop and general
Decentralization" of business through
the suspension of navigation.
The Cadets of Temperance, as we
learn, will have dramatic entertainment at |
Virginia Hall on the evening of the 9th |
instant. The proceeds of the affair will be |
devoted to the purchase of new regaia for
the members of the order,
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LOCAL MATTERS.

IHE MILLER WILL CASE.-This case
now being argued before the Circuit Court
of this city, and to which we have briefly
alluded from time to time, possesses many
extraordinary and complicated features.
The will of Samuel Miller was executed in
1853, ten years prior to his death. 1t pro-
yides that after the allotment for certain
legacies mentioned in detail, the residue of
the estate shall be placed in trust to the
Board of the Literary Fund of Virginia,
ior the founding of an agricultural college
or school in the county of Albemarle, for
the education of INDECENT white children.
The estate of Mr.. Miller is valued at over
two million dollars. After giving several
leegacles, amounting to about three hundred
thousand dollars, the residuary bequests to
the Literary Fund amounted to about one
million dollars. This bequest was limited
upon the event of certain contingencies. oc-
curing to his illegitimate children by a
woman named Mary A.. Davidson, and
these claiming that the contingencies have
happened, bill has been filed asking that
the subject of the residuary bequest be paid
over to them by the executor. Another
bill was subsequently filed by the execu.
tor, asking the court to construe the will.
and to settle several important questions
involving the redemption and satisfaction
of some legacies, among them the legacy of
sl50,000 to the Lynchburg Female Orphan
Asylum. 1t is insisted that these leeacies
are specified, and were advanced by the
testator in his lifetime by the sale of stocks
which formed the subject of the bequest.-
1t is further insisted that the legacy to the
Asylum was satisfied by ejft to that in
stltution by the testator in his lifetime, and
after the execution of his will, exceeding in
the value of the legacy. If these
!egacies shall be held specific and advanced,
it will increase the residuary bequest.
AS is well known, some of the ablest
lawyers of the State are engaged in the
case, and the complex nature of the ques-
ions involved furnishes abundant oppor-
unity for the display of the fine legal abil-
ty having them in hand.
Mr.. Brown concluded his argument to-
lay. Judge Robinson began his, and will
conclude it tomorrow.
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RsDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY IS, 1879 Vol. ". NO. 81.

THE FIRE LAST NIGHT.-About
eight O'Clock last night, an alarm of fire
was turned in at box IL, and in moment
or two more at box "a, and shortly after
at box IA. As may be imagined, some
confusion was thus created, the firemen
being unable to determine exactly whence
the alarm proceeded. All these boxes be-
ing central, however, the alarm brought
the entire department out in hurry, and
they were not long in locating the fire.
An unoccupied building near the corner
OF Thirteenth and Arch streets was discov-
cred to be on fire. The building was soon
wrapped in flames. The fire rapidly spread
to the sash and blind factory of Mr.. j. j.
Montague, which, as well as the unoccu-
pied building, beng composed wholly of
wood, and also filled and surrounded by in
hammable material, and a strong northwest
WIND blowing, was consumed in an incredi-
Ole short space of time. These buildings
were owned by Mr.. Charles L. Palmer,
whose loss we are unable to state accurate-
~, but which is said to be nearly covered
by insurance. Mr.. Montague's loss in
stock, machinery, &C., will probably reach
$4,000, upon which he has insurance to
the amount of 800 in the National, Se-
curity, Andes, Albemarle, and Petersburg
Savings and insurance companies.
The buildings bordered on the mill race
of Messrs. Haxall, Crenshaw & Co., and
the work of the firemen was then confined
to one side of the structure. The night
was excessively cold, the wind piercing,
and the men endured great suffering from
the cold air and freezing of the water with
which they were saturated. Even the
lorses gave evidence of great pain from
ne cold to which they were exposed.
Neither men nor horses, however, flinchea
rom any duty they were called upon to
perform. If there are any men in the
world who should be well paid for their
services, they are our gallant firemen.
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POLICE ITEMs.-A gentleman named
Theodore Il. Tilton, a travelling agent of a
New York firm, was arrested in this city
on yesterday, upon the charge of violating
the revenue laws of the State of Virginia
and the ordinances of the city of Rich
imond, BY selling or offering to sell goods
by card or sample, without first obtaining
the necessary licenses to do so. The arrest
was made by Detective Dan Wren. Mr..
Illton was brought before Justice White
TINS morning for an investigation of the
charges. 1t appearing that the laws had
been violated, as charged, he was fined $50
under the city ordinance, and sent on to
the Hastings Court to answer under the
State law.
William Haffey was before the Police
Court this morning, on the charge of dis
orderly conduct on the premises of Mrs.
Diggs. Fined So. :,
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Energy of Will.

1t IS energy of will that is the soul of
the intellect; wherever it is, there is life
where 1t IS not, all is dullness and despon.
ooncy and desolation. People who have
no experience Of it imagine that it is de-
structlve to the nerves, exhaustive of tbe
animal spirits; that it aggrayates the weor
and tear of life excessively. But this is an
id'e notion, as idle as the habits and hui
mors OF those who entertain it. We leave
II TO any man who knows its real effect. to
strike the balance--to compare the exhaus-
ton OF an indolent day with that of mn ac-
tive one; to say in which of the two cases
the subject is In better heart for work and
litter to undergo it.
Whatever we may be about, one thing
we believe, is certain, that if the spirits aTe
spent by energy they are utterly wasted bv
ldieness; at worst, energy can only end in
relaxatlon--it is superior to it for a while
and possibly at last may fall into r.:
whereas, ldleness is actual relaxation from
nrst TO last, and can be nothing else, But
even this view favorable as it is, is vet not
favorable enough to be Just. The fact is.
that violence is not necessary to energy anv
more than tyranny is to kingship On the
contrary, it is the great energy that does
the most work.
Energy, literally from the Greek, means
idnward.workingness the blooming of the
flower is energy, the increase of fruit is en-
ergy, the growth of the body is energy; /;
yet, IN all these there is no violence the
efficacy is not destructive, but vital with
out 1t the whole frame must fall at once in-
to corruption, with it, instead of corrup-
ton we have life. But this, it may be said.
is refinement. 1t may be so, but it is
true IN fact, nevertheless. The gainsayer
Will find it difficult to produce anything
from the subject of surer or more essential
truth.
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GRAND JURY OF THE HENRIco CoUN-
TY COURT FOR THE MARCH TERM
Thomas Johnston, James w. Whitlock,
William Taylor, - Leake, J. G.. Beattie,
Elisha Tnrpin, S. A. Thorpe, John X.
Fussel, G. II. Powell, NJ. f. Burton,
Charles Cottrell, A. j. Jones, George v.
Brown, A. j. Waldrop, Richard II. Duke,
l.. W. Rose, S. P. Aiken, j. II. Mckenzie,
l.. Chamberlayne, G. G. Paleske. Will
liam johnson, Franklin Davis, w. II.
Brauer, j. f. Bradley.
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IHE BRIBERY COMMITTEE - Col,
Jenkins again before the House-Pr Prstileoe
granted him for Defense.-Col. Jno. W.
Jenkins was arraigned again this morning
before the bar of the House Of Delegates,
and again refused to disclose the name OF
his client and the amount of fee he received
Tor his services as lobbyist. He asked
that he be heard in defense of the position
he has assumed, which, after some discus
sion was granted. Until tomorrow morn
ing was given him to prepare his defense.
and the time limited to half an hour.
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FUNERAL PROCESSION funeral
ceremonies of William F. Mitchell took
place at Union Station church, on Church
Hill, at O'Clock this afternoon. The pro-
cession which accompanied his remains to
their last resting place was quite large, and
being composed of large number of rela-
tives and friends, the Henrico Union Lodge,
No. l30 of Masons, of which the deceased
was Past Master; Rome Lodge, No. 1870
]. Q. o. F., and Damon Lodge, No. Z X.
Of P. These orders appeared in full rega-
lie o"
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SUMMARY.

The reform ticket was successful in
Richmond county, N. Y.
Nine and a quarter million bushels Of
wheat are in store and afloat at Chicago.
e. A. Bulkley, president of the Etna
Life insurance company, is dead I; aged SO
years.
Captain James Biggs, of Covington,
Ohio, late deputy U. S. Marshal, has been
arrested.
Two persons were killed yesterday by
an accident on the Hartford and New Haven
railroad.
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POSTAL CHANGES. John A. Casey. of
this city, has been appointed postal car
clerk on the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac route, in place of Paul r.
Hambrick, removed, at an annual salary of
$1,000.
N; b. Jones, Powhatan county, Va,
has been appointed route agent on the
Richmond and Danville railroad, in place
of Isaac 3. Bass, resigned, at an annual
salary of 81 ,0SO.
Both these appointments were made on
the recommendation of the Hon. Charles II.
Porter. MIR. Casey is an ardent working
Republican of good character and ability.
Mr.. Jones is well known as a leader
among the Republicans of Powhatan
county.
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Richmond Grain Market.

Corn AND FLOUR ExcHAsoB(
RICHMOND, Feb. Is, 1872.
OFFERINGS ....
WhsAT-White, S64 bushels
CoRS--White, 3lsS bushels Mixed. 22s BUSH
els. ' sNS
OArs-Sl1 bushels
RTE-60 bushels.
MEAL--50 bushels. ..
CLoykk SBKD-52 bushels
Sales
WHsAr-Whitc, s44 bushels at $3.50, 81. .85 and
SL70.
CoaS-White, 1910 bushels nj 6s6src Mtxsd
22s bushels ut 66Q367c
OATs--66 bushels at &c.
MHAL-o0 bushels at 7c
Res1hi5itcd.
CoRs-4o bushels.
OATB-l00 bushels,
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LIST OF UNAVAILABLE LETTERS Re-
NAMING IN THE RICHMOND PosT-
OFFICE, FEBRUARY 18TH, lS72.-New
York Tribune, New York; Patrick Raw,
Sampsonville, KY; Miss F. Winston, Miss
3. Cooke, w. Lilliston, VIM. A. Walsh.
Sallie B. Davidson, VIM. Nation, Thomas
y. Jeffress, Joe Middledorfer, Miss d.
Cox, Richmond,
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An Incendiary Lynched.

Louisrille, Feb. 14.-The tobacco factory
OF Ayres d Bro, in Mclean county, KY,
has been burned. Cause, incendiaris m.
Sixty thousand pounds of tobacco was de-
sstroyed. The supposed incendiary was
lynched by masked men, and was found
dead at the foot of tree,
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Ampezzier Arrested and Money Recovered
Railroad Matters, &c

Sardnnah, Feb. 14.-John Conner, wi o
abscondcd from Scranton, Pa, with elo.-
o0o, was arrested yesterday on the steamer
Magnolia" from New York. 5000 of
the money was recovered.
AT the annual election of officers of the
Atlantic and Gulf railroad to-day, the old
board was reelected.
The proposition to extend the road to
Mobile met with great favor, but was re-
terred for further details.
An offer from Morris Ketchum and 9TH
ers of New York, to lease the road, was
read and motion requesting the parties to
make definite offer adopted; the PROPOSE
ton to be submitted to the stockholders.
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A FIRE ON THE SLY.-Nlr. Il. Phillips,
engineer Of the Hand-in-Hand, and j. A.
Mussen, tillerman of the Hook and Ladder
company, promptly squelched fire in the
roofofa building on Twelfth street, between
Broad and Marshall, occupied by Mrs.
Yancy, this morning, by their own ex-
ertions, and thus saved the trouble and
expense of general alarm of fire.
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Husr1NGs CoURT.-Judgc Guigon, of
this court, still being i'll, there was no
business transacted to-day. The case of
,Goddin d Brock, recently sent on, will
be considered on Thursday, the 22d inst.
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IMPROVEMENTS are glad to see
the changes taking place in some of the
old buildings on Main street, between
Nineteenth and Twenty-third streets. Some
of them are receiving new fronts, and
those old eyesores on the south side Of
Main, below Twenty-second, are being re-
moved, and the high mounds of clay on
which they stand, will soon be converted
into bricks, under the manipulation of Mr..
West
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BENEFIT.-Mr. }. +. Noyos, who has
been acting and stage manager and leading
man at the Richmond Theatre during the
present season, will take benefit on
Saturday evening next. The bill has
not yet been announced. Mr.. and Mrs.
Noyes both have many friends and admir-
ers in the city, who will, we hope, give
substantial token of their appreciation on
this occasion.
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IHE MECHANICS UNION OF RICH-
MoND.-This organization will meet to-
night at "a O'Clock at Monticello hall. This
IS an adjourned meeting for the discussion
OF matters of interest to the mechanics of
Richmond. A full attendance is earnestly
desired.
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The New TUNNEL.-The caving in of
the Shaft of the new tunnel on Twenty
fourth street, will delay the operations of
getting the engine to work for several
days. No other serious damage resulted
from the accident.
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The THEATRE.-Janausc and her
star company had another good house last
night. Many who were in attendance COM
plain that the building was not properly
warmed. The bill for tonight is "Mac-
beth.n
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IVES. virainia Constitutional convent,.u.

Charleston, ". Pa., Fob. l4.--In con-
yention yesterday, after several days warm
.s1 alscasslon 2. upon the subject embodying the
words white citizen" in the proposed
new constitution on the definition of quail
ned electors, the report of the committee
was adopted giving all citizens the right of
suffrage. An effort was made to attach
the capitation tax as necessary for qualih-
cation to vote, but failed. Tho ballot sys-
tenn of voting was adopted.
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ET Mrs. L. H. Milton, Healing and Test
MEDIUM and BUSINESS CLArRvoYAsr, gives cor
rect spiritual communications, and reveals past,
present and future aiTairs-delineates character,
and gives advice on health and capacity, at 1908
Main street. Circles every Monday eve Ing. =
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, VIRGINIA HALL.-The man with the
iron jaw and the llerculean lady, assisted
by the Hyams sisters, appear at Virginia
Hall tonight.
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BE Musical Instruments and Musical Mer-
chandise OF every description can always be
found at j. MARsH's Music Depot, No. 9ls Main
street. He has just received new and exten.
siye stock of the above named goods
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CoLD.-At 0 A. M. to-day the mercury
s.ood at II degrees in thermometer at
West & Johnston's; at II NJ. at "a de-
grees, and at 2 P. NJ. at 27 degrees.
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re FASHIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR.
Latest styles of BuTTRRIcK's PATTERNS just re-
ceived at the office OF the Howe Sewing Machine,
1923 Main street. Also, Metropolitan for February
J. F. McKByEEY, Agent.