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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-12

the next blow which The execntiones gave ,,,ss
himot, tie knee elected from lne 81,
prit scream oil pai that caused sne n,o ss
Of the spectators to freeze. After TINS lnhn.
tson he seemed fussnsible, and the otnsI
blows that crushed bis joints, and tne nnlsn !.
inc strokes on bis belly, were given as 10 u
dead man. -. h,d
Meanwhile Werthstcip, in his chains, nao
tn look ON. He rent the air with his safnenoa-
fjons. and came near fainting away when the
cyecutioner dealt AleXiry the first blow. ne
tlung himself to the floor, and begged plte-
ously for his life. but after the Iifeiess corpse
Of Aleyiry had been detached from the fatai
cross the Jew was dragged to 1t. and In spite
of his invocation fastened to it like his &C,
complete. He yelled even before he received
the first stroke with the iron club, put wheh
that instrument of torture descended upon
his shoulder-joint be gave an unearthiy
scream, and the executioners blow upon US
knce-pan made him howl still worse: fcf
live minutes-an eternity under the circutn'
stanccs--he continued his yells, ana IL was
not until the eXec.Itioner gave nun .nfee
heavy blows on the abdomen that AL was
quiet. and Servian Justice was satisfied.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-12

Real Estate Agents and huctonce1,
Office corner of Seventh and Hull streets,
Manchester. Va.
EOR SALE PRIVATELY. Il nice FARM,
l. thirteen miles from Manchester, containing
TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES. near nd
courthouse. Il has Il new frame dwelling an't all
tile necessary Out-buillings: half of the land Is well
timbered. and the balance In cul tivation. he soil
is good. and in good heart: also, g0od peach
and ample orchard. The dwelling cost S?.50o since
the war. portion Of this land Is low-:rounds
Price. s., 500. Terms easy.
Several FARMS lying near Manchc stcr, contain
ing from FORTY to TWO HUNDRED ACRES, AT
prices ranging from 1900 to Sl.5oo. with improve
inents. on liberal terms. ~
nm % MOODY e ROYAIL.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-12

WANTED, a good COON, NAsH ~
w and IKUNER. without incumi,rancc, Tor
small famly. Apply at residence 70e cast Grace
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-12
FOR RENT.

DOR RENT, SECOND FLOOR, Ct
l. newly painted. with kitchen accolnmoda- Es:J
ti,uS Possession given al once. Terms moderate.
Aprlv nj the corner II Sixth and Main street,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-20
Civil Service Reform.

Senator Edmunds made last week an ex.
ceedingly able speech in the Senate, upon thi,
subject. After running coloquial FIRE be.
tween himself and Senator'S Carpenter, Conk.
ling and others, he dwet at length and very
forcibly upon the vice of a system which con-
tinually tempts secretaries aud senators to
trade appointments for votes aud votes for
appointments, and went on to speak of the
proposed reform About its constitutionality
he has no doubts Promotion in tho military
service is regulated by law, aud it can be SO
regulated in the civil. He does not pretend
that the commissions plan is perfect There
are things in il which he hardly likes. He
admits there is no guaranty that the examin.
ing board will always be impartial, any more
than there is that judges will always be i'm.
partial. He admits that the board will make
mistakes and pass the wrong men, just as
ures sometimes find the wrong verdict.
But no one proposes to do away with courts
of justice, or trial by jury, The benefits
outweigh the drawbacks, So it will be in the
case of this board 1t will be Independent.
II will have no policy for which it must con.
ciliate the approval of Congress. 1t will
never be troubled about its appropriation
bills. And, therefore, while it is not pre-
tended that the board is another name for the
millennium, there are yet reasonable grounds
for expecting that We shall get better civil
service at its hands than has been seen in this
country since the days Of jackson.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-20
Senator MIIson,s Fignrcs.

Senator Wilson, in recent speech deliy.
cred in New Hampshire, presented some tell
ing figures in proof of The general honesty
of President Grants Administration in hand.
ling the public money. The collections in
the last three years have amounted to about
$1,000, 000, 600, or about s4OO, 900, 600 per
year. The amount paid out is about sl,.
100000, 900. The total which has passed
through the hands of the fiscal agents of
the Government is S2,200,00O00O. The
loss in all the departments Of the Govern.
ment, on this vast amount of collections and
disbursements, has been 81 100000 or less
than the fifteenth part Of one per cent. "
During these three years s90,000,0O0 in pen
sions have been paid and, while there have
been five defalcations, all of them on the
part of soldiers acting as agents Of the Gov
ernment, not dollar has been lost 10 the
Treasury. In the Post-oflice Department
with $4,000 post.masters, clerks, and mail.
carriers the total loss for three years has
been less than one tenth OF one per cent, on
all the money handled. These figures show
anything but system Of general looseness
and thevery in respect to the public money
received and disbursed by the Government
under General Grants Administration. The
carpiug Of Democrats and Ant.Grant Re.
publicans on this subject is simply lying
slang, having no foundation in truth. Con-
sidering the immense number Of agents en-
ployed who must be trusted with the public
money, and also the vast amounts which baye
passed through their hands during the last
three years, the comparatively small sum lost
is evincye Of great energy and fidelity on
the part of the Government in taking care of
the public money. No Administration in
the whole history of the country presents in
this respect better record than that Of Gen.
eral Grant.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-20

We are thankful for the era of iuyesti.
eating committees Abuses weave their webs
in dark corners, which need first light to be
explored, and then broom to be swept. We
are especially glad to see the investigation
into the French arms fairly under way. Ii
will, we trust, be as thorough as possible. 1t
seemed at first blunder that the Senate did
not elect Mr.. Schurz one of its committee
but, if it made an error in its ballot, il has
rectifed it, as far as possible, by allowing
him to act practically as one of the commit
tee, with full liberty to question witnesses,
aud only withheld from making up the minor
ity report. The evidence thus far ia satisiac.
tory enough to show that there was no evasion
of the laws.
Arms were sold freely at an enhanced price,
to the profit Of our Government, but not sold
to any man known to be an agent Of France
or Germanyi though, Of course, when the
war had so increased the demand, every bid.
der was under suspicion. 1t is pleasant to
know that there is absolutely no proof of
dishonest gains by the sales to any persons
connected with the Government Indeed
though II would have been easy enough for
sales to be made to Intermediates on rising
market, the United States Treasury made
every cent Of the profit of the rise. The at.
tack is now clearly seen to be of political
character, for the political purposes which
Mr. Schurz, II not Mr. Sumner, had in view.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-20

O~Jay Gould has resigned his position as
director of the Erie railroad and his resig
nation has been accepted. The executive
committee Of The Erie railroad has made a
report Of its liabilities as follows: Common
stock, $4,000, 600; preferred stock, SIS, $780,
900; funded debt, s26,45S 300; CONSOLE
dated mortgage, issued but not sold, 1856.
000-total, sll6,3Sl ZIG. The company
owes in addition, for supplies, labor and loans,
So 693,674 1t holds leases of other roads,
the annual rents Of which are sl,ll7,000,
and the income from which exceeds the rental.
and holds as collateral for loans &c, to the
amount Of SS,S06,400. The official report
of the new directors states that the earnings
Of the company from November, 1871, to
date were s2l 100000, against sl7 600 600
the previous year. 1t is rumored that the
receipts were 81 100000 above the expenses.
An exhibit Of the receipts and expenditures
of the Erie railway, from 1865 to 1872, shows
deficit of 100000. Since Jay Gould
has had an interest in the road the contingent
ces have increased from s32 600 to nearly
5000 900; the expenses of general superin-
tendence have increased from $4,000 to
$4,000; the issue of stock has increased
from 100000 to $4,000, 900, of which
sum SOL 100000 is covered up in some un.
known way on the books the expenses for
agents and clerks have increased from 5000.
900 to sl,70O000, and so on.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-20
FORTY.SECOND CONGRESS-.
SECOND SESSION.
TUESDAY, Mar. lo.

TUESDAY, Mar. l9.
in the Senate the bill granting the right of way
to the great Southern Railroad in Florida, was
passed The legislative appropriation bill was
amended by oppropriating $4,000 for the publ
cation Of laws in newspapers, and providing that
such publication shall cease after the present
Congress
In the House b F. Myers was admitted to the
contested seat Of the 10th Pennsylvania district
The Yerba Buena bill was recommitted with in
structions The post-ofice appropriation bill was
considered in committee Of the whole.
wrDNFsDAY, Mar. 10.
In the Senate the legislative appropriation bill
was discussed at length Among the bills reported
was one to provide for the payment Of women
nurses in the army.
In the House the bill toprohibit the enlistment
Of minors in the army was passed. The post
Office appropriation bill occupied nearly the entire
session in consideration in committee Of the
whole
TnuRspNY, Mar. II.
Neither the House nor the Senate did much Of
importance In the latter the legislative uppro.
printion bill ELECTED some discussion on the quos-
ton of salaries, and the bill as amended was
passed. The tariff bill was taken up after some
talk On the Chicago Relief bill, which was made
the special order for Monday. Without action
on the tariff bill the Senate adjourned
In the House a bill was passed paying the State
Of Kansas 1897 GOO for expenses incurred during
the war. The Senate bill to extend the time for
a. e. A r4tf "A
from Lake st. Croix to Lake Superior with the
amendments reported by the Committee on Pub.
lie Lands, was then taken up and debated until
adjournment
FRIDAY, Mar, Is.
In the senate the tariff bill was taken up and
Mr. sherman Of Ohio made long speech upon
il. The bills extending the time for the compile
ton of the Portage and Lake Superior canal, and
authorizing the President to appoint paymasier
general in the army, were passed.
In the House the commerce committee was d.
rected 10 inquire into the nature and objects Of
the Southern Improvement Company The Wis
consin Railroad bill was taken up, and the substi-
tute declaring forfeited to the United States the
land granted for the construction of the st Croz
and Lake Superior Railroad, was adopted and
the bill passed
SATURDAY, Mar. 10.
No public business was transacted in either
house to day.
MoNDAY, Mar. Is.
In the Senate the resolution asking Of tue Presi-
dent a statement Of recommendations to office made
By Senator's from New York, Illinois, Missouri
and Nebraska, was adopted The Chicago relie
bill was discussed, but without action.
In the House the bill to contract with the Gloa,
for the publication Of debates was debated, but
not disposed Of
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-20

The BATTLE OF CEDAR CREEK THg SrArK
PAINTiNG-PHoTo0RAPn WANrEp. The artist
Julian Scott Of New York, whom the State has
employed 10 paint a historical painting of The
battle OF Cedar Creek, to be placed in the State
House at Montpelier, has been engaged for mnnv
months ~ working up the details Of the painting
Inc preliminary studies are nearly completed
the plan ana composition Of the painting are mr.,
ranged and the whole will soon be growing into
NE on the canvas. The painting il 10 be n very
large one, and 1t has been from the first the inten,
tiOn OF Mr. Scott, Tn add 70 its value and interest
by making as many as possible Of the faces md
hgures represented, actual portraits of the men
engaged In the battle. To this end he addressed
last summer many letters to officers and men vho
were In the battle requesting their photogranbs
We learn from him that not half of The reo,o',,
have been responded 20. 'S4u0sS
lhe object OF this paragraph is TO request Yer
mont officers and soldiers who fought at Cedar
oreek' VINO have not already done 40. TO send
their photographs TO Mr.. Scott, for use in The
preparation OF the painting. This request il nnt
confined to those who have heretofore received
special requests to the same effect, by letter Tho
address OF many whose pictures he would Iike 10
moi known 70 Mr.. Scott, and it would be favor
70 MN, and TO the State, whose property the
painting VIII be, If without further invitation
,ney would send him their pictures without de-
lay These may be addressed to Julian SENT
studio Building, 81 West 10Th street, New York
WIN our brethren of the Vermont Press please
give TINS request the benefit Of their Circulation
Huntington Free Press.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-20

Six steamers have lately been destroyed
by fire at Cincinnati, and five have been de.
strOyed at the same city by ice during the
winter. The destruction of these steamboats,
has severely crippled the river transportation
OF that city, and, besides causing great pri-
vate loss, greatly lessened the accommoda-
tions of the public. To encourage the re-
placement Of these boats leading journal of
Cincinnati now proposes that Congress allow
a drawback or bounty to the builders equal
to the duty on the iron which must be used
in replacing these boats. It assumes that
such an allowance would result in the rebuild.
ing of most if not all the boats with iron,
and in this way not only relieve the sufferers
by the fire and ice, but also give better aud
safer accommodation to the travelling public.
while ultimately the government would de.
rive from the change more revenue than the
amount of the drawback,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-20

-- Senator Wilson is sensible man. Re.
Gently while speaking in the Senate in de-
probation of the delay of public business,
for the ventilation Of personal greis and per-
sonal aspirations on the part of certain Sem
ators, he said
Work hard, work early, and work late 4;
finish our business, and see if we cannot re-
deem ourselves from the criticisms of nine
teen twentieths of the sober, thoughtful aud
rejecting men Of the country, who disap.
prove of what has taken place in this Senate
during the last hundred days. l was away
from this city eight days recently, and | say
here on my conscience that in public meet.
ings, in the cars, among the people, did not
see single human being or hear one word
that was not in condemnation of the wasting
of our time here, and Of the useless debates
of partisan nature in which we have been
engaged
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-20

The Hartford Couraat makes the pre-.
diction that Judge Davis will never write a
letter Of acceptance approving the resolutions
of the Labor Reform convention which nom.
mated him for the Presidency and that this
is the last the country will hear of him as a
Presidential candidate Of any other party.
He cannot accept the nomination without the
principles The man that accepts those trin.
ciples, says the COurant, is not only unfit for
the Presidency, but he ought to resign his
Judgeship.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-20

The French Assembly is just now taking
its turn at dealing with that terror of Europe
an governments, the International, and shows
a characteristic lack Of sense in its treatment
Of the question. By nearly dve-sxths vote,
the assembled wisdom Of the nation have made
it criminal oiiense for Frenchman to belong
to the society, thus giving favor of martyr
dom to membership, which will only strength.
en- the hold Of the organization upon its sup
lorters, and 80 far as it Affects national inter-
ests at all, increase the already sufficiently
grave complications under which France 10
laboring.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-03-20

The latest estimate Of the number Of peo-
pie who welcomed the Queen on Thanksgiving
day places the total at 2,2l7,600. In the
streets during the night there must have been
as many as three millions Of people looking
at the illuminations
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1872-07-07

demasiado de fraseS: hoy no Sc habla
mas que de la nacion armada cuando
Sc abuse de Ia libertad; todos exage-
ramos la necesidad de 6rden, y este
nos condujo al imperio. Sc ha abusa-
do tambien de la fraternidad, Erase
que para rejuveneceEla Sc llama hoy
solidaridad. Con la palabra de la na-
cionalidades, la Francia ha creado ell
reino de Italia y el imperio de Alema
MIA, y hemos perdido nuestra posicion
en- Europa.
Bajo el inAujo del discurso del pre-
sidente de la repdblica, la enmienda
del general Trochd, que este vuelve &
sOstener Ell una improvisation eleva-
da tamhien, y en- la cua pide Sc re-
duzcan a tres los cinco amos de servi-
clio en- ell ej6rcito active, es desechada
por 462 contra 228 votos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1872-07-07
L L E G. A D A I.

FL siguiente suelto que tomamos
de El VoIunt0rio de Manzanillo del
20 de JUNO, prueba que va va siendo
un hecho la paciGcacion del departa-
mento Oriental de la isla de Cuba:
"Despues de ounce dias de conse-
cutivas operaciones ACADIA de llegar en-
el dia de hoy (martes) nuestro apre-
ciable y querido Teniente Gobernador
Coronel Don Fermin Daza y Mantle
ca, quien saIudamos cordialmente.
Esta visto que nuestra Jurisdiction
Sc encuentra limpia de insurrectos,
mejor dicho, de facinerosos, pues este
nombre merecen los restos que han
quedado de Yara y tanto es asi, que
habiendo llegado Ell Sr. de Daza con
su columna hasta la Jurisdiction de
Clba no ha encontrado rastro nj YES
tigio alguno que le indicara por todos
los puntos que ha recorrido, sospecha
alguna de que Sc halIara en- los mis-
mos enemigo alguno; y adnque los hu-
biera habido, son tan cobardes y trai-
dores, que seguros estamos hubieran
esquivado ell encuentro con nuestros
bravos soldados y voluntarios, segun
la tendencia que tienen de imitar STEM
pre- al conejo 8 liebre tan pronto ven
fuerza espanola: desuerte que por dom
de las cuadrillas de bandoleros Nero
dean, es por la Jurisdiction de Santa
go de Cuba
Esto bien claramente deja compren-
der, que con los golpes y descalabros,
que ditimamente han sufrido las refe-
ridas partidas; con los presentados q la
clemencia del Gobierno y con la con-
tfnua y tenaz persecution que nues-
tras sufridas y valerosas tropas las ha-
cen, Sc pueden tener por terminada
la guerra muy pronto, puesto que no
les queda va mas recurso que, 6 pre-
sentarse, 8 MORN en- la contienda, 8
bien esconderse cuatro estadales baio
de TERRA.
lQuiera Dios, que 4 imitacion de
Cinco Villas, podamos yer pronto pa
ci6cado todo Ell Departamento Orien-
tai, para yer entregarse a sus pacf6cos
habitantes al trabajo y toda clase de
labores y quede reconstruido todo 10
que la infame tea asolo"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1872-07-07
DISCURSO DE MR.. THEIRS.
Dice sobre FL La Epoca:

Dice sobre 81 La Epoca:
No tenemos espacio, absorbidos CO.
mo estamos por las preocupaciones
de nuestra polftica interior, para ex-
tendernos en- la resena del notable
discurso. pronunciado por Thiers, So
bre la reorganization militar de Fran
cia. Durante dos horas ell presidente
de la repdblica ha tenido atenta la Ca
mara, y la impression general es que
estuvo moderado, digno, patricia y
conciliador. La ley que ha votado va
la Asamblea y que Sc aproxima bas-
tante al sistema militar de Alemania,
no era el bello ideal de Theirs, quien
habrfa preferido emplear todos los
recursos que hoy va a exigir un ais
tamiento general en- instruir y soste-
ner sobre las armas ocho contingent
tes anuales de 10000 hombres, que
darfan un ejercito permanente dc
100000 soldados : una reserva aguer-
NS-----
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1872-07-07
da una de esas mobiles aspiraciones,

da una de esas mobiles aspiraciones,
que habeis formulado en- seis bases;
esta sola palabra "realizada.'
Entire tanto, sean elias nuestra CO.
mum bandera, nuestro pacte polftico y
defendamosle con igual einpeno aquf,
ante los poderes constituidos que nos
han de dar los medios de realizarla, y
ahf ante las exageraciones de inocen-
tes ilusos y las insidias de hip6critas
traidores que intenten dirijir la opinion
por caminos extraviados hacienda ir-
realizable 10 que es practice y conve-
niente.
La opinion pdblica estara con nos
otros, no To- -dudeis, 4 uno y-otro lado
delGldN due nos separa; porque todo
corazoh saho y todo espfritu sensato
anna y aplaude que, sin poner en- peli-
gro ell mas remote La integridad del
territorio, Sc introduzcan Ell esa An
tilla cuantas reformas aconseja la ex-
periencia prudente y sabiamente ad-
quirida.
Nadie anna el NAL por ell NAL, nadie
que no sea un malvado sc complace en-
ell dano de sus semejantes; y asf GUAM
do la opinion Sc forma sana y podero
sa, cuando Sc la sostiene y defende
con medios y con fines mobiles y pa
tri6ticos triunfa y 10 cue exige Sc rea-
liza.
Tales son mis- puntos de vista, tales
mis- prop6sitos y tai la conducta que
mepropongo seguir, buscandoel acuer-
do de mis- dignos companerds, todos
mas ilustrados que yo, para ell mejor
desempeno de mi cometido.
Terminate este, quedaran mis- es-
peranzas cumplidas y mis-. afanes so
bradamente recompensados, 81 pueden
decir los que ahora me favorecleron
con sus sufragios que fuf digno de
ellos, 81 no por mi acierto, por mi hon
RADIO cello.
Viva Espana, con la prosperidad
de Puerto-Rico!
Madrid 10 JUNO 1872.
Bose GaIIOstra v Frau.