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ESTIMATED TOTAL LOSS.
EsraNf SfEDHS.
From New York Tribune.l

FROM Ne" GIN ifiDule.I
"rhcrc's never big SHOW till there's ice
to bear ii, say the Weathcr-WiSc. Take some
of the most notable SnoW-storms and try them
10y the rule. 1t will be found that they were
usually preceded by Intense and long-con-
linucd cold. This was the case in Deem.
Der, 1855, rendered memorable by New
Works great ire, when III! tie hydlHnts
were frozen. The snow-storm which fol-
lowed that "coId spell" WAS perhaps the
heaviest ever experienced here. The storm
ot January is, 1852, which gave one week of
>iclghuS with the good old omnibus sleighS,
over Il bank Of solid snow breast high from
the Battery to Union SQuare-thc finest
" slciShiug carnival" New York ever saw
WAS preceded by intensely cold weather. The
SHOW OF january 3, 1856, called the biggest
since 1881" was preceded by clear weather,
50 cold that the thermometer went consider
ably below zero in Boston. Just before Il
great >now-storm in the early part of Janu-
airy. 1864, four persons were frozen to death
| IN Philadelphia, and tue Thermometer sank
| III Il. Lou, 10 the unparalleled point of ~
| degrees below Zcro.
We might largely multiply these eXan.-
| pies, but 1t i not necessary. When the in
equality OF temperature between land 50
NpiC '.iN Il St.t ~ Couli)aiullNcil WARM ms
| acc,iinuiat q 4 condition Of sufficiently uu-
stable equilibrium III the atmosphere that
which overhuns the sea comes rushing over
the land. "NorthcaSters," a. is now well
known, start on their long curves from
tropila! seas. Striking our cold land winds
they prccipitatc their own moisture As i,
freezes into SNOW, in falling the moisture
gives out its latent hca', which it has L ought
| perhaps, from the Equator. AS IT,: SNOW
Tails consequently the air usually grow.
warmer. Not only are general rules Xix,
these descriptive OF most snoW-s!orlns; thcr,
are oiheracconpanimcnt> strangely frequent
Many Tires IIsl::ii!y prccede them during tn,
..coid SPELL" and usually some railroad acci
| dents. This could be readily shown in de
tail, but the law which occasions the concur
renee is obsc,lre--if indeed it j. TO Ge sOugh
elsewhere than in the rigors of the cold it
sell. Perhaps it will be sufficient to adduc'
rs examples The New York fire OF 1885, an(
the plunge of railway train into the Hack
| ensack river the night before the great SHOW
storm OF March u, 1861.
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THE PoTOMAC RIVER IcE-BLoCKADE.--A

THE PoToMAC RIVER lcE-BLocKApE.--As
REGARDS color, the Potomac river now can.
no; be distinguished from the land, and rs
far rs the eye can reach it presents, III either
direction, Il sheet of untrodden snow, for it
was covered with ice before the Snow-storm
commenced, and willingly received the CO.
yerng afforded it. Navigation is of course
entirely suspended Tor vessels of all dcscrlp-
lions. and 10 track has been made through
its icy coating since Friday last. One OF the
crew of the schooner Lucy Wright, who ar
rived at Alexandria, Va, Christmas night,
from Quantico. reports that that vessel is i'll
Ouantco bay. She was bound out, but was
caught there by the freeze, and has discharged
her crew and gone into winter quarters,
with her mate in charge. There were eight
ovster-boats lying in the same bay, the most
OF which were bound for Washington. TIE
CAPTAIN OF the brig NJ. c. Haskell, from Alex
ondria for Havana. also arrived on the train
from Ouaniico. lie reports his vessel at
piney Point, and the tugboats Potomac,
Katie Wise, and Governor Curtin at Ma
tLiass Point trying to get Off the steamer
LADY, of the lake. Also the tugs johnson
Rrothers and Ariel at Quantco, tight in the
ice Three soldiers from Fort Foot, who
must need, hive some Christmas, walked
across the river from Opossum Hall, ana
from presen. indications the sumo feat can
be performed indiscriminately, ana without
any limit rs regards ti!le.- Alesafsaraol Va')
Gazette.
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Eis THE BFssExEa CHANNEL STEAMERS. "a
lt.ompaDy has actually been formed in Eng
Hand TO build two steamers in which the
passage of the channel can be made without
1.-THE horrors of sea.sickness. They are dotI-
ble-ended, and are propelled by four large
| raddle-wheels, two at each side. The ends
nre kept low for the purpose of reducing
themotions produced by the action of the
| wind and sea. and the middle portion IL
| made sufficiently high to enable them to
steam at high speed against the worst seas
| they will have to meet. a rudder is fitted
at each end, with means for locking. so that
the ship will be able to steam in either di-
rection, and will not require to be turned
| round in harbor. The great popularity,
however, Of these ships Is that each will
contain large saloon, designed by Mr.. Bes-
semer. suspended in the middle of the ship
in such way that it can be moved about
in longitudinal axis parallel to the
keel. The motion of this saloon, which
would be set up when the vessel rolled If
left free to move, will be governed by by
draulic apparatus, and will be completely
under the control OF one man, whose duty it
will be 10 keep the floor Of the saloon, under
all circumstances, in line with spirit-level.
Each steamer will be $50 feet long, 40 feet
wide along the deck-beam, and 65 feet wide
across the paddle-boxes. She will draw I
feet 6 inches of watcr,-the same as the pre-
sent steamers-and will be propelled ut Il
speed of 20 miles per hour by two pairs OF
engines Of the collective power of 1900
horses. The centres Of the two pairs Of
paddIe-wheeIs will be LOG feet apart. The
BeSsemer saloon, which is 70 feet long, 81
feet wide, and 30 feet high, will be in the
middle OF the vessel, and will be specially
adopted for use in all states Of the weather.
Its great advantage is that whatever motion
the ship may take from the waves--and this,
from the adaptation Of her form, passvity
among channel waves will be slight
the saloon will be practically free from
it. 1t is in the middle of the ship, as regards
length and breadth, and tile axis of rotation
is at height where there is least motion, so
that, as regards its position, it is one in
which the vertical and lateral motions PRO-
duced in every part Of the ship by the
pitching and rolling will be so small rs to be
inappreciabe. The cabin will also have no
sensible pitching motion, for the form of the
vessel is such rs to make it impossible for
the sea Of the Straits of Dover to raise the
ends very considerably, and even the small
effect produced at the ends of the ship will
be reduced by one-seyenth ut the eNtremities
of the cabin. The length of the vessels, the
placing Of the engines at the two ends OF the
saloon instead of in the middle, and the
speed Of twenty miles an hour, which they
are fully expected to attain, are adduced as
reasons why there will be but little rolling,
while the lateral and vertical movements are
reduced to minimum.
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The EXPLOSION or kITCuES-RASGE.-
Mrs. Knox, wife of Samuel Knox, Of 2o6
Walnut street. Harrisburg. died on Tuesday
from Injuries received by the explosion OF n
range in her kitchen. During Monday night
the fire had almost died out. On rising at s
O'Clock Tuesday morning Mrs. Knox added
wood and other fuel to the stove, and then
took Il scat in front TO warm herself. The
night had been exceedingly cold, and thu
water in the pipe between the watcr-bacl,
aud the boiler had frozen. is the tire
burned steam was generated i'll the boiler,
and having no means Of escape. 4 terrific cX-
pto>i0n WAS tie result. The range was shat
tered into Il thousand pieces. The hot Goals
aid the fragments Of metal Were driven i'll
every direction.
Mrs. Knox was struck hy pieces OF the iron
in her face and chest and wounded iear!uliy.
The burnin. embcrs were hurled upon her,
Der clothes We're set on fire, and she was
thrown back into the room a distance Of six
feet. She was 50 severely burned that the
bones We're laid lsre. In fact, her arms and
legs We're alnos stripped Of iiesh.
Mr.. EuuN wis liz bid 1t the time of tic
,xpiosiGn. Tie noise and shaking Of the
house aroused him, and lie fastened down
stairs. lie found his wife living in The mid
die Of tue hi chen, and, from the condition
of things, At once guessed the cause of the
accident. lie cHGc;yorcd TO carry his vile
into the yard, tut was so severely burned i'll
the attempt that he had to lay her upon the
snow Us soon as lie had got her out at the
door. lie then ran for piece Of carpet Oh
which to place her. In the mean time his
son Samuel had made his way TO lis mother,
and was applying snow to relieve her ago
mics and to eXtinyuish her dress, which was
still OH fire.
Mrs. Knox was subsequently carried up
her bedroom, and Doctor was sent for.
Every me1l,s were used 10 alicviat" her slt-
ftr!ligS, but in vain. She expired Ill great
agony about five ncur$ after tie accident.
She was sensible almost to the last, and was
able to make statement rs to bow the dis
astcr beiell her.
The report OF the explosion was, it is said,
as LOUD is the noise made by the discharge
OF cannon, and WAS heard quarter OF ;
mile from Mr.. knox's house. The houses
in the vicinity were shaken, and the win
dow-frames in the kitchen were blown out
| bodily.
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ALouisiana aunt of the late Horace Gree
ley relates that some years ago her distin-
guishcd nephew came to deliver the address
at her county fair, and, to enable the boys
and nil farm hands to listen to his agricultl-
raj learning, went into the corn-tield, hung
lis coat on n crab-apple tree, and stripped
husks so vigorously thar the job was worked
off IN good time for all to partake of his pas.
orai,succulence.
Punch is responsible for the following:
"WhGl is the difference between fixed stars
and shooting stars, The one are suns, the
ether darters."
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BRUTAL TREATMENT OF Az OLD MANA
correspondent of the New York Sun, from
AIuciilla, Fla, gives case of brutality that
presents the other side Of the kukluX qucs-
ton, and may baye been an incentive in other
similar instances to the disturbances of
which the advocates Of the kuklux complain.
lie says:
"In this town (Ncwmansvllc) resides Il
feeble old gentleman, now in the seventy
ninth year of his age, John Powers by name,
who as early as 1912 enlisted in the army OF
the United States, fighting all through that
war. He was also with Decatur in bis eX-
petition against Tripoli, and served in the
Creek war under Jackson. Last Saturday
week this old gentleman, while attending to
some little matters III town, was assaulted Gy
Il stalwart negro. borscwhippcd, and knock
ed down Mr.; Powers; through the inter-
ference Of another negro who had some re.
spcct for his gray hairs, made his escape, fol.
lowed by about thirty OF these devils, shout
ing xiii the id old -, kill him. For
tuaatclv lie gained the house Of a friend,
where he secured Il gun and put to bay the
mob
The correspondent mentions other out
RACES OF the same character. lie continues
zone of the most recent of these outraSeS
happened on the day Of election at this pre-,
cinci, and the writer and hundreds of Others
were eyc-WitneSSeS to what follows. The
polls were opened at the usual hour, and
when the voting began it was almost lmpos
siblc to keep the negroes from taking com
plcte possession Of them. About the mid
die of the day colored man voted for Gree.
lev and the Conservative State ticket, whel
disturbance arose, which was kept up unit
late III the evening, and finally eliminated in
deadly assault on two citizens OF the town
One OF them (Dr. Jacllson) was struck and
knocked sen>eIess by bludgeon of some
kind as he was cnt criug his dwelling to 60 tc
his supper, and he now lies in danserou:
condition. A gun was fired at him while
falling, and some forty or fifty shot pene
tr1,ted the door Of his house. About thu
saline time a young man was also .ass'ilcd
but having been struck a slanting blow OF
the side of his head he was only slightly
stunned. The only offence that these gen
tlcmen had committed was that Of voting IL
thew saM proper"
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ARREST OF NED BUNTLNE.-S. Louis, No,
December 26.-Ned Buntline, who, with
Butlalo Bill and Texas Jack, has been play
ing in sensational drama at the Grand Opera
House here, was arrested to-day on war
1ant issued at the instance of Prosecuting
Attorney NormiIIc for alleged completely in
the riot which occurred in the southern part
of the city in 1852. After examination Ned
Buntne was released in $500 bail On each OF
two indictments found against him twenty
years ago. The proceedings are regarded rs
q farce
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

W DECEMBER, 1872.
NEW sHAWLs, CLoAKs, AND DRESS GOODS
7. X. PRICE & co. arc opening daily
STRIPED and BROCHE SHAWLS,
SACQUES, plain and trimmed;
ROMAN SCARFS. GUIPURE ChPES.
BLASKET-SHAWLS: SATTEENS, all shades;
OTTOMAN CLOTH, REPS. EMPRESS.
IRISH P0PLINS, FRENCH CASHNERES,
BLACK and COLORED SILKS,
GR0-GRAINS, &c.
MOURNING GOODS. great variety:
LONG and SQUARE BLACK THiBET SHAWLS
FL, CANT C!tCHEMERE SHAWLS.
BLANKETS, FLANNELS. CUTTONS,
MERiNU SHIRTS and DRAW EitS,
New French and AMERICAN PRINTS, &C.
&c 10 r. j. PRICE & co.
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r~ADDITIOE4L BARGAINS!
Excellent DRESS GOODS at IS, 80, IS, and DOC. per
yard;
Resi- Pack ALPACAsat 20, 80. "a, and 75c yard;
All-W.ol EMPRESS CLOTHS, Is TO 55c. per yardi
Extra quality SATTFEES ut 75c. per yard;
BLACK CREPE CLOTHS and FRENCH MEhl-
NOS ut Il and 81 .25 per yar'l;
SILK pOPLINS. very wide. 81 and Sl.59 per yard;
III colors TRIMMING SATINS, $3.50 and - per
yard;
81 per yard;
GeautiruI coorcd DRESS SILKS ut $3.50 per yard !;
CASSIMERES from &c. to 81 per yard;
Rack BEAVER aud CHINClllLLA CHOTHS at
$3.50, &C.; tincst WATERPROOF CLOTHS al
o5,sl5O. and sl.75; BLANkETsandQ QUILTS
from saa5 upwards; large and pretty SliAWLs'
from $50 upward.
Subias. Hoods. Children's Jackets. C!oaks Under
Shirts Hose, Gloves CcrScts. Ties, Ribbons, Halu,
kcrchcjS Collars and Cuffs Skirts, furS lae!e ahu
ptno-, overs, &C., C.. 1T the very lowest irccs.
WILLIAM TIiALIflMtR SON.
No. 1913 Main street. opposite po'l-oince'
d.o aud Col Broad street, corner SlAta'
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THE LATE PETERSBURG FIRE-LossEs AND
ISsuRASCE.-[From the Petersburg Inder,
2Sth The total loss sustained by Mr.. Os-
borne on the building, stock, machinery, and
fixtures Is about $4,000, and his policies OF
insurance are rs follows: Petersburg Savings
and Insurance Company, $3.50; Home H.
surance Company, $4,000; North British
Company, $4,000; Manhattan Insurance
Company New Iork). $3.50; Firemen's
Fund, $500; Mutual Assurance (Rich-
mond), $4,000; Liverpool and London and
Globe, 81, 500-total, S37,'jq.
The loss above the insurance is therefore
very small. Everything in the building was
destroyed, the machinery aud fixtures being
fit only for junk.
The insurance on tic building was $500 :
on the stock, $1,000; and OH the machinery
and fixtures, sl4,150.
There was an insurance in the Fircmcn
and Merchants Company (Messrs. Stevens;
agentS,) OH the stock in Messra. Maclin &
Iosh'S factory, which WAS probably injured
to some extent by removal, but the loss is
slimllt.
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MT GREAT ATTRACTION
AT RB1GGo'5 BAKERY
TOT MAIN STREET.

Don't fail to call
At BRIGGS's BAKERY, 707 MAIN STREET.
ORNAMENTAL CAKES
AT BRIGGS'S BAKERY, 7O7 MAIN STREET
PLAIN AND FANCY CAKES
AT BRIGGS'S BAKERY, TOT MAIN STREET
THE GRAND DUCHESS
AT BRIGGS'S BAKERY, 707 MAIN STREET
ALL KINDS OF CAKES
At BR!GGS'S BAKERY, 7O7 MAIN STREET
FAMILY CAKES baked and ornamented
AT BRIGGS'S BAKERY, 707 MAIN STREET
PARTIES SUPPLIED
AT 8RIGGS'S BAKERY, TOT MAIN STREET
BRANCH STORE AT A16 BROAD STREET.
BRANCH! STORE AT 42G BROAD STREET.
BRANCH STORE AT 426 BROAD STREET.
Gdc III
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SUDDEN DEATH.-Mr. William Ogden, a
highly respectable young citizen of Bedford
county, died very suddenly, at his residence
in that county, on Wednesday morning last.
The deceased was in Lynchburg Tuesday in
fine health, and left there late in the afternoon
to return heme. He arose on Wednesday
morning apparently well, but in q short time
was stricken by the hand Of death; and be-
fore medical assistance could reach him, was
a cOrDSe,
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GOOD AND USEFUL ARTICLES FOR
PRESENTS.

Handsome EDHANDKERCHIEFs
Rich SILK SCARES and NECK-HANDKER
CHIEFS,
Elegant LACE and CROCHET TIDES,
sATCHELs,
PoCKET-BoCKs and PURSES,
FRAMES for Photographs.
CARVED WOOD CARD-RECEIvERS;
JET, GILT, and GoLD-PLATED JEwELRY
GLoyE-BoXEs,
HANDKERCHIEF-BoX
WORK-BOXES,
CIGAR-BoXEs,
TEA-CADDIES,
SHE'LL BONES;
KID, DOGSKIN. BUCK, and wOOLLEN
GLOVES and GAUNTLETS;
CIGAR-CAsEs,
sNUFF-BoxEs,
HAND LoOKING-GLAssEs,
POWDER-BoXES,
SILK CARRIERS,
sLIPPER-PATTERNs.
HANDSOME FANS,
NUBIAs,
sHAWLS,
CLOAKs,
sACQUEs,
FURs,
FINE SOAPS,
COLGATE'S and PHALON'S HANDKERCHIEF
EXTRACTS,
TABLE-CLOTHs,
NAPKINS,
DOYLIEs,
TOWELS,
BLANKETS;
PIANO, MELODEON, TABLE, and STAND
COVERS;
Handsome CASSIMERES,
VESTINGS,
LACE and EMBROIDERED SETS and COL
LARS and CUFFS, and COLLARS and
SLEEVES;
Fine CORSETS,
RUGS,
WISDOW-SHADES and CURTAINS,
and hundreds Of other articles,
all Of which can be seen by calling at
LEVY BROTHERS.,
de is 1917 and 1919 Main street.
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MILLINERY.
rOa MAIN STREET.-SIGNS.-

700 MAIN SIRE Z T SIGNS
AL SIGNS-722 MAIN STREET-ROUSE,
SIGN. and ORNAMENTAL PAINTING; also,
BANNERS, CHARTS, and DESIGNS painted Ut
short notice and upon reasonable terms. WALLS
usual The subscriber, sensible OF the numerous
favors of his many patrons and of generous public
for their mast support confidently assures them that
If Quantity and ou1iiy az work II exceedingly low
rues Is anything, trusts by strict attention to bust
ness and purpose to please, both TO merit and ca,
ftriiites soiis orders from the city and surround
ing "auntry. j. 81. CARTER,
7a2 Mdn street, between Serenth ard Eighth.
de a1-lwF
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The other morning Jenkins announced The
price Of tickets, in an advertisement OF his
coming lecture, a, follows: Tickets, %
cents; children supplied 1t the same rates."
During the afternoon he received orders Tor
three and u PAIR of twins. lie il now trying
to buy out 81 orphan asylum.
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M" WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED BY
express those extra quality DOGSKIN GLOVES
for gentlemen. Those who have been waiting can
now be supplied.
de Is LEVY BROTHERS.
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nj HO! FOR GILL'S BAKERY
$50 BROAD STREET.

CHRISTMAS CAKES! CHRISTMAS CAKES!
Nothing but best material used.
We sell at the lowest figures; don't fail TO sec us
before buying.
The best FRUIT and POUND-CAKE ever made
In Richmond.
The finest ICED and ORNAMENTAL CAKES
to be found anywhere.
Wedding and other parties specially; all kinds
Of Pyramids made TO order
FAMILY CAKES nicely baked and iced at short
notice.
Extra MINCE and other kinds Of PIES fol
Christmas. Come and see and leave your orders
dcl!-l5t
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DIED OF HIS WoUsDs.-Mr. James Il.
Jewell died III Marion, on Sunday last, from
the effects of wounds received on the head
some two weeks since ut the hands Of q
nero named Charles Saunders.
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New methods OF securing safes against
the do,l.c Of making the cashier disgorge are
&r!ug invented. One new safe has three
,IoaE<, cue nan being required to open each
Of t,r outer ones (<ay the president and
t.ss,Iirr), the key TO TIE inuer one being de-
posted in some other safe in Tic neighbour
hood.
TIE Hyrrisonburg Old Commonwealth
notices the severe illness OF Hon. John !.
Harris, 81, 6.
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MI SCOTCH WHISKEY, JAMAICA
and ST. CROIX RUN, Of The very finest quality
on hand aud for sale by
de ia-tJal Do'aN ShN-'"'
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II TIE LINE OF PRoM0TIoN.--A London
cores pouucnt Of the Boston G!0de states
that it i not n Ill unlikely that Mr.. DcnJa-
min, rX.LUNlederatc Attorney General, Will
be elevated to Il jud.c,hip sooner or later.
He is ut this ln0mcnt one Of the most sue
ce-Sful advocates at the English bar, with an
enormous and growing practice. The ap-
puintmcnt OF q barriotcr Ct foreign descent
10 20 high al Office would be very unusual,
j! mot unprecedented, in Great Britain.
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~ ELEGANT CHRISTI AS AND
nEW-yEsR PREsENTs-COLLARS, HAND
xERcHIEFs. GLOVES, SECk-SCARFS, FANS
rOI, THE HOLIDAYs.-THOM 4. PRICE i
60. have lust received . great supply OF new ana
beautiful goods for PRESENTS, &c:
Hemmed and Embroidered Handserchieis, In boxes
for brides;
initial Handkerchiefs: Handkerchiefs Id ianey
boxes for Indies and gentlemen;
| Misses aud Boys Handkerchiefs:
| Linen and Lace Sets In endless variety;
lace Collars and Sleeves, Kid Gloves
| snIen,jid Party and Bridal Fans, Roman scarfs,
s,I, Ncck-Tics ior ladies, with many other articles
lola T. Il. PRICE s. co.