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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-01

RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG RAILROAD Cost
RICHMOND, VA, March 30, 1872.
| ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, MARCH
-, sist, the TRAINS on this road will run rs fol-
lows:
The MAIL TRAINS. leave Richmond at ass A.
NJ. and 23o 2. NJ, and leave Petersburg at II A. III.
and 7:30 Pm.
FREIGHT TRAINS, with a passenger coach at
tached. leave Richmond at 8 A. NJ. and Y. d., and
leave Petersburg Mt 7a5 A. M. and $50 z. NJ.
The 1886 A. NJ. TRAIN Will not leave Richmond
on Sundays, and the 100 =. N. Mali. TRAIN and
Ills A. NJ. FREIGHT TRAIN will not leave Peters.
burg on Sundays.
Fare for single tickets. ...............Sl2s
Fare for return tickets. .............. 800
Communication tickets can be had at the following
rates:
Fifty-trip tickets for. ...... ..........$to 90
0ne-huniied trip tickets for....:.. 20 90
Passengers for Norfolk will take the 2:30 +. Nj.
DAILY TRAIN, and those from Norfolk will con-
meet at Petersburg with the II A. NJ. TRAIN.
Passengers from Glover Ii will take the $50 A.
VI. TRAIN on Mondays. Wednesdays, and Fridays;
and returning, leave Richmond on the same days ut
The MAIL TRAINS viii stop only at Chester and
Manchester. $3.50.
with the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad Tor
h PTLLMASs PALACE SLEEPING CAR win
be attached to the THROUGH TRAIN at Weldon,
running through to Wilmington,
NH so Ticket and Freight Agent.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-01

Err. II. Il. CowLEs.--The many friends Of
this excellent minister Of the Gos,nl will no
glad 10 learn that he has so far recovered
from The recent accident at Warrcn;on nv
which his lcg was broken MS to be able TO 70
about with the mid OF crutch. We trust
soon IL zee him entirely Observation-Disclosures.
b.I,,, tFffS
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-01
s's'c:u t;rays0u County.


''1" "''' ~ ,'''. '''.i'"' ., 49,. D>iN,,C-
t'i'+!t NrEH'h' A., -Al'a -!'i.' l9'-'
"u'"hir'F j. Il iittSc OF lilii'!''uic Iii
.-.".,~, located III me WNhNopuS, tiiit!-
''..,> IRON II" i@lIr"a1. iNC miles h"fth
. 49," \"F.H tu"iiHA iihc, hcNcfliicc>s II
"'.H3:- the most beautiful ana picturesque
"T, vt 2Hy town IL Southwest Virginia.
!".H, LcHN"E.| our grand old noun
.s r'1I"i TIE Village, known by the young
~ Il, on" II the finest resorts for en-
.... 81 and picnic parties. has been on fire.
f.. -'}'N'i days past. ana lit night presents
-.,2d.>t scene Imaginable, itS face ap-
an a> 4 solid mountain OF IRE.
'u.Eiy Court Has hc,n III session All the
80 "rra. @nd "n saturday evening adj
r"u'n III Monday morning at IL O'Clock.
i... Or tom dAEa were consumed IN the
49," '-a'''n II Wltn">>cs IT. 10 the >alli!y OF
BE-. ''.'t u = certain deceased party WI" one
'N' "f'A> previous 10 his death haG
' """i hr real estate to another party ior
.." t"i5.t!"n al naintrnancc during life.
D.. .tii'r ii dccca>ed claimed that the
'.'"' THilHn was too small, and that de-
-d al ~" I'm" OF making his dccd ct
N"'"' WAS ahorih% under Ge'GcntH',
-.. . '-3H"I' al iran>actng business cor
..,' ->A"F Iot@ atH' tVni"u> cAainl'la-
y y - witnesses anu medical experts. the
F. -H" !" III" conclusion that he WAS ell
i '~'i"ii" At III" tiuc "i making the deed.
a."'''l HHifrlh' III "'hci times.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-01

WILCOX & GIBBS MACHINES
with. At late auction at SOL Broadway n. ; ,.ss
of these capturcd machines were sold ny the lcoa
& Gibbs Company to start on their OLD rotMu i'l'
come back to be exchanged for the reliable ILL
cox & GIBBS MACHINES. ,,c NJ.
CHIMES kept on hand for sale, exchange, ana rcn,
nj WILCOX & GIBBS'S Office, Ninth and Bahf
streets, Richmond, Va.
ape JAMES r. a. GiBbS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-01

PROBABLE FATAL CoLLlsoS.-A collision
occurred at New River bridge, on the Viz.
"inia and Tennessee railroad, on Sunday af.
ternoom last, between two freight trains, by
which four persons were injured, one Of
them. il is supposed. fatally. One Of the
trains was coming east and the other was
going west. when they collidcd the engines
o! both trains being badly smashed up and
some OF Tic cars slightly damaged. The en-
Siuccrs ana trcmcn of neither train were
hurt. but four youths, whose names we could
not learn. who were riding on the tender of
tie clStcrn-bouud train. Were badly wounded,
one OF them having his leg broken in two
places, and his skull fractured, besides re-
cciviuS other injuries, which will probably
result fatally.
The accident blocked the track to some en-
tent. hut the wreck was cleared in time for
The ls'SSa-c Of the passenger trains, and they
were subjected 10 no notwithstanding
Nc'r$.
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SWEAR TIE TRAIN MEN

was recognized as citizen OF llalTlsonvilie.
About twenty Others were recognized, and
will doubtless be brought to justice and pun
ishcd for this the blacklist and foulest mas
sucre of the age. The county of Clss is now
in Il state of open revolt and anarchy. The
rutlanisn of these lawless men, now in
famed and melted by the in1ammatory teach
ings of the Bulletin of this city, which has
circulated gratuitously hundreds of copies
filled with seditious articles among them, is
now merely whetted for more blood. The
strong arm of the State authority will no
doubt be invoked and this terrible disgrace
wiped from the fair fame of Western Mis-
souri,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-01

RICHMOND, March 81, 1872.
DICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAIL
IL ROAD.-On and after SUNDAY, March 3lst,
1872: :.
Train No. Through passenger) leaves Richmond
daily Except Sundays) at 1886 A. d.; leaves Dam
Vile at 1ll7 Ali; arrives ut Greensboro at e:ls
PM.
r PM n. "'' - ''i' ~ '''' 800 : " - -
Train No. IL Through mail and express, leaves
Richmond daily at ?:35 L. NJ; leaves Danyille daily
at Il p. NJ; arrives at Greensboro daily at lbs
GOING EAST.
Train No. Through mail and eIpressI leaves
Greensboro daily ut 1?a5 A. NJ; leaves Danyille
daily at $3.50 A. NJ. arrives ut Richmond daily at
Train No. Through .passengerl leaves Green's
boro' daily Except SundHysta TAT 1910 a.. 81 leIves
Danvfllc at 1247 Z. NJ. arrives at Richmond at sas
Train No. 10 H.ynchburg passengcrl leaves Lynch
burg daily at Q A. NJ: leaves Burkerille at r.
NJ; arrives at Richmond ut 400 Z. NJ.
Trains Nos. and IL connect NJ GreelSDOro Win
trains on the North Carolina railroad Tor all points
Train No. 8 connects at Burkeville with train. on
the Atlantic Mississippi and Ohio railroad for all
points southwest and south.
Train No. II connects at Greensboro with train Tor
leaving Raleigh ut 7:l5 =. NJ connect at Green's
DOro' With train No. for Richmond.
THROUGH TICKETS to all points south and I'd
Rrhmoni. and Of K. +. WALKER, Agent Of the At
lantlc. Mississippi aud Ohio railroad, NO. 1873 Main
street, Richmond. +. .s". $780,
PAPERS that have arrangements to advertise the
schedule Of this company WI pleIse Prlt rs aoo'e'
General Freight and Ticket Agent.
I. NJ. R.-TALCorT, Engineer ana Superihlenu
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-04-05
Notable Events.

Bowling was famous old Englisl
game. and was very common as early us
the 18th century. Charles |. played at
it, and it was daily sport with Charles
Ii. at Tunbridge.
The first bank was established in Italy
in sos, by the Lombard jews, OF
whom, some settled in Lombard street,
London, where many banks have ever
since been located
The first piece of artillery was invent
ed ly n German, soon after the lnven-
ton of gunpowder, and artillery was
first used by the Moors Mt Algesiras, in
Spain, over 500 years ago.
The olaest and largest chain bri lge in
the world is said to be that at kingstung,
in China, where it forms n safe and per-
feet road from the top Of one lofty
mountain to another.
Calico, the well-known ootton-cloth,
is named from Calicot, city of India,
from whence it first came. Calico was
not known in England at al until as late
as the year 1881.
Among the Romans all men Of full age
were obliged to marry, and it is even a
modern law of England which inticts a
fine upon all the bachelors in the king
dom OF twenty-five years and over.
Women never appeared upon the
stage among the ancients their parts
were represented by men until as late as
the year 1861, when Charles III. first
encouraged their public appearances.
Glass bottles were made in England,
about l55S, but the art was practiced
by the Romans in tho year -, A. D.,
as they have been found plentifully
among the ruins of Pompeii.
The first book ever printed was the
Book cf Psalms, by Faust and Schaffer,
A. D., 1857. 1t was printed on one
side only of the leaves, after which
they were, in the binding, pasted back
to back.
The bayonet derives lis name from
the place where it was invented, Bay
onnc, in France, and was first used in
battle as weapon by the French in
the year 1908, and soon became uni
versal.
The practice of insurance is of great
antiquity, and was known in the time
of Claudius Caesar, A. ID. 43. 1t is
certain that assurance Of ships at sea
was practiced as early as the year As
A. d.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-04-05
A Noted Sort OF Gambling.

The Q. ne of Policy" as played in
our large cities, and particularly in New
York, as we learn from n local paper,
is so entirely safe for the policy
bankers that immense odds are given
the players, in promise, Mt least. For
single numbers thoy pay four dollara for
one. If the player undortake' TO name
the first number to be drawn n, any lot
tory, the policy bankers agree to pay
him, il he succeeds, one thousand dol
lars for tho one he pays them ut as
may be imagined, they are rarely called
upon to redeem their promises. But
this play is unusual, as even the most
sanguine Of players have little faith in
the cir ability to select at nine o'clock in
tho morning the identical number a
blind youth will pick out soventy-egh
hours later. They are rs able to do it az
to do any Of the other things they con
fidently expect to perform, but they
cannot be made to believe so. The pol
icy players are the most radical of fatal
lists as q general rule. TO a greater ex-
tent even thnn lottery buyers they de-
pend upon the signs and portents found
in dreams, or in the most trivial accident
or incident Of their waking hours to de-
termine their play. The "Wheel of
Fortune stands them in good stead,
and few of the hal itual players make n
venture without consulting that oracle,
Negroes are the most constant OF pol
icy players, but hardly the most profit
able, as their Investments are usually
very small They generally cor.fne suoh
operations within twenty-five cents,
which they judiciously divide between
" saddles" and "gigs," rs five cents Id
usually then limit to the latter. Every
day the policy-shops in Thompson and
Sull in streets are crowded with me-
groes Of both sexos, and it is u COM
mon thing for the "book " of the
dealer not to exceed five dollars for every
drawing when he is apparently doing
an immense business. While few of his
customers exceed the amount / have
named, many of them play one cent on
saddles and three cents on gigs, and
revel until the drawing arrives in the
anticipation Of getting forty cents or
nine dollars by the venture. Is the
hour approaches when the return Of
the drawing is expected, these players
gather in great force at the various
shops, and the probabilities are eager
ly discussed. IT. as is often the case,
any number has not been out for several
days. there are good many cents bet
on it's appearance, and the excitement
is intense. Sometimes mania seizes
tho entire fraternity of colored players
to play some particular "hat gig"
which is generally 4-1l-44, and the
numbers being sure to be drawn only
after everybody has been tired ont and
quit betting on them ; their appearance
evokes n storm that Ia comical in its in
tensity when its occasion remembered.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-04-05
Brigllam's Wives.

Very extravagant statements have been
published Of the number Of Brigham
Young's wives and children. How many
he has had from the time he courted
Miss Martha Brotherton until now, it
would be difficult to estimate. Some Of
his wives are dead others have left him,
and many probably have bcen sealed to
him who strayed away like those of
Brother Heber, and he knew not whittier
they went. OF Brighams present family
am personally acquainted with nineteen
of his wives. Before he was Mormon
he had wife and family, but Of that
lady know nothing. Two of her daugh-
ters are in Utah. His Mormon family
begins with his first legal wife, who is
stll livng-Mrs, Mary Ann Angel
Young. She is probably about his own
age, but is physically less preserved, and
looks much older. She is "a most excel
lent and amiable lady, and bears traces
of having had her full share of earthly
troubles. She is the mother of three
prominent sons, Joseph A Brigham.
Jr John w, and two daughters-Alice
and Luna. Each of the sons has three
wives The first daughter is the third
OF four wives in polygamic household.
The other daughter is the first wifo of
young man, and has for companion
wife her fathers doughter by another
mother The eldesG daughter, Alice,
has also her half-sister as an associate
wife in her husbands household.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-04-05
Facts and Fancics.

They coil whiskey bugle paint in
Cheyenne.
The rats in Cleveland breweries at
night get as drunk is humans.
An old saying is that whether n man
marries or not, he is sure to regret it.
Honiton lnce parasol covers over black
silk are the latest novelty in that line.
Six of the foreign diplomats at Wash
ington are married to American wives.
Long and wide sash ribbons are COM
ing in fashion again for house and street
costumes.
Fashionable young ladies consider
evenings at home as the greatest CHORES
III existence.
The principal amusement of Ameri-
cans in Paris is in looking in at tho
shop windows.
Two reprobate Sophomores at Har-
ward University have just been expelled
for insulting ladies on the street.
Many OF tn fashionable uptown res
idenees in New York have been built
with open tireplaces in each room.
A new style OF ornament for the hair
is small humming- with diamond
eyes and a jeweled arrow through its
breast.
The old fashioned style of necklaces
worn by our grandmothers, of several
rows OF small beads, are al this rage Mt
present.
Sir Walter Scott said that tho battle
of Waterloo created in the British en-
pire 49, 600 widows. A sad commentary
upon victory.
Pointed aud scolloped hounces are the
latest style of trimming dresses, and
make the ladies look like small peram-
bulating awnings.
A grocer had pound Of sugar retum-
ed to him with note stating, "too
much sand for table use, and not enough
for building purposes.
The San Antonio (Texas) Express
thinks that large fortunes can be made
in that city, but it is very decided in
the following warning: "We don't
want any more lawyers, doctors, or can
didates for Office, just at present, in this
city, unless it be = man of remarkable
genius and learning, combined with en-
extraordinary taste for several OF the
lost virtues
Methodism is becoming huge in ex
tent and vast in numbers. In the cen
tenary year, the various branches in
America were estimated ut 2,O00 600 of
people now the two largest bodies in
the United States now reach that num-
Der, while all the branches in Canada
and the United States embrace popu-
lation of 100000. One-hfth of the
inhabitants Of the United States, or
s, 100000, are under Methodist iniu-
ence
The Ohio liquor law which enables
the wives of drunkards to recover dam
ages from the sellers of liquors is being
used as an inst rument OF blackmail.
Dissolute husbands and unprincipled
wives at Columbus, have combined their
talents to make handsome income from
the saloon keepers. The husband gets
drunk, and the wife straightway demands
Of the sinful publican the payment of
twenty, twenty-five, or fifty dollars, rs
the case may be, on peril of a suit for
damages. This law evidently needs
little doctOrinp.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-04-05
New York and Erie.

During the past fortnight New York
and Erie stock has been the excitement
of New York and London stock brokers'.
1t ran up as high as 6S cents, and
fortunes have beon made and lost in
it. New York paper says of scene
in the Board "Orders to buy came
from al directions, and the brokers'
rushed back and forth yelling even
more than is their wont, which is saying
great deal indeed, as any one can tes-
tfy who has ever iad his senses con-
fused by looking down from the visitors
gallery, which, by the way, was crowded,
despite tho 2isagreeable weather Re
port assigns from 5000, 600 to S4, 000, ,00O
lost to single account from Baltimore.
The New York accounts, on the same
side, no doubt suffer to much larger sums,
but the Street is accustomed to heavy
and violent differences in the fortunes of
Wall street speculation. 1t may be noted
in this instance, however, that nearly all
the losses fall Mt home, while the profits
inure to the Exchanges of London and
the Continent, and their correspondents
behind the scenes in New York.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-04-05

A FRUIT TREE.-The saeo-palm Of the
East Indies ranks, if it does not outrank
the date-palm as a food producer. 1t is
truly an extraordinary sight, says Wal
lace, after describing the process Of max
ing sago- bread, to see whole tree-trunk.
perhaps twenty feet long and four or five
circumference, converted into food
with SO little labor and preparation. A
good-sized tree will produce thirty
bundles of thirty pounds each, and each
bundle will make sixty cakes of three to
the pound. Five of these cakes are a
days allowance. A single tree will thus
supply man with food n whole year.
The labor to produce this is very moder-
ate. Two men will finish a tree in five
days, al two women will bake the whole
into cakes in five days more but the raw
sago will keep very well, and can be
baked as wanted, so that, as he estimates,
n man in ten days might produce food
for the whole year. If he has to buy his
tree and pay for the labor at the usual
rate, the total cost of his years food will
be about twelve shillings.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-04-05
Dolly WARDEN SrTps Ladies' "

DOLLY WARDEN SUIPs.-Ladies who
object 60 the gay chintz colors of regular
Dolly Vardens, says a fashion jouln nal,
will find at the furnishing houses sum-
mer suits that retain the fashion of this
garment without Its pronounced bright.
ness. For instance, there are cambric
and percale suits with skirts of white
ground striped with black, while the
polonaise is white strewn all over with
black flowers. The trimming is broad
stripe of black percale with white braid,
of open, lace like pattern. laid on its
edges. The skirt has the Inevitable kilt
pleating, wide row at the bottom edged
top and bottom with black, and two or
three narrower rows above. A pretty
effect is given the polonaise by putting
n deep triangular facing of the material
inside the front of the skirt, and turning
it back en- rerers Buffpercale suits with
black stripes on the skirt and black
flowers on the polonaise are made in the
way just described also gray suits with
white stripes and flowers. The Dolly
Warden organdies, with pale buff, pea
green, or black grounds covered with
gay flowers, are among the most effective
of the chintz figured fabrics. These
organdies hang softly, and their pale
transparent grounds look very pretty
over black silk dresses. When made
in elaborate fashion, and trimmed with
two ruffies OF the material, they cost S35.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-04-05

TRIcHINA Young German named
George Mechlin died, in Utica n. T.,
from the effects of trichinosis. About
six weeks ago the deceased and one Por-
nesina and his wife, with whom ho
boarded, and a fellowlodger named
Deisenholt, were all seized at the same
time with violent vomiting and diarrh9a.
Deisenholt, after suffering for several
days great pains in his muscles, died, as
it was supposed, from inflammation of
the bowels. Mechlin's symptoms were
also mistaken, and he was declared 10y
the sapient physicians who attended him
to be suffering from typhoid fever, and
was treated for that disease. The real
malady was not discovered TIL few days
before his death. OF the two remaining
victims the woman has recovered, but
the man still lies in a critical condition.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-04-05
The HOME OF LORD FAIRFAX The

The HOME OF LORD FAIRFAX. The
first real business which General Wash
ington undertook when commencing life
was a survey of the possession OF Thomas
Lord Faixfax. He entered upon this
work when he had just completed his
sixteenth year, and continued it for three
years, as it was very profitable employ
ment, receiving, when actively employed,
a doubloon, and sometimes six pistoles
a day Ia pistole is $500. While thus
employed surveying lands beyond the
Blue Ridge. he was often an inmate of
Greenway Court, the residence of Lord
Fairfax. The house of Lord Fairfax
is still 10 be seen near the village of
Millwood, in the Shenandoah Valley.
In stands on a green knoll, overshadowed
by trees, and is low stone building, one
story in height, with dormer windows,
two wooden belfries, chimneys studded
with swallow and martin coops, and a
roof sloping down in the old Virginia
fashion into low projecting caves, that
formed verandnh the whole length of
the house.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-04-05
Persecution of the lows.

A correspondent writes to the London
papers "The latest news flom Rou-
mania is truly heartrending. Great as
have been the cruelties committed at
Ismail, they were by far exceeded by
the horrors perpetrated at Cahul. This
is town with a population of about
70Oo, 1000 of whom are Jews These
were suddenly set upon by their fellow
townsmen, and for three days beaten,
wounded, plundered, driven out OF their
houses, which were battered to ruins,
and the tenants forced to take refuge in
the barracks, where, instead of being
defended, they were allowed again to be
beaten, and for several days left without
food. In these tumults heads were split
open, arms broken, boards plucked out
by the roots, and rapes committed. One
Of the sufferers, namod Gold, more cour-
ageous than the other victims, defended
his house for three days, his four sons
standing by him. He made them swear
that, should he fall, they would continue
to fight. The bands surrounding his
house we're for a considerable time held
at bay by these bravo men, but they
were at last compelled to give way as
the villains set fire to the premises. The
damage inflicted on these Jews is valued
at 10000 ducats. The two synagogues
were devasta ted and filthy polluted,
and the sacred objects found scattered
in all directions. My informant, whose
veracity may be relied on, adds The
sufferings of the Jews of Cahul were
horrible Language fails to depict what
they had to endure. | cannot suppress
my tears when recall these suflerings.
And then CONTINUES They say there is
scarcely a village in the whole of Bess-
arabian Roumania where there have not
been frightful scenes. The misery is
dreadful help is needed Immediately.
My informant then urges that mass
meeting Of citizens, without distinction
of religion, should be forthwith con
vened in the metropolis, in order to pro-
test against these scenes, which threaten,
as Passover approaches, to be even more
frightful."
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-04-05

NEEDLES There is a needle factory
in New Haven where the whole process
is done by single machine, without the
manual labor of any person. A coil of
steel wire is put in the machine cuts it
of at the required lengths it cuts the
steel pieces consecutively, punches the
eye.holes. countersinks the eyes, and
grinds the points-and, in fact, does
everything until the needles drop out
completely formed. Another machine
picks them up and armnges them heads
and points together, and third piece Of
mechanism puts them into paper. One
of these machines occupies no more room
than an ordinary table and each Of them
turns out from 10000 to 40, 900 needles q
day.