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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-20

by Cook 6 Laughton, Anctioneers'
corner Governor and Franklin streets.
SALE OF NEW BUG
{ GlES AND CARRIAGE AT AUCTlON.I,
On FRIDAY, goth instant ut o'clock, We VIII seu
In front OF our sGr"
OPEN BUGGY,
OPEN BUGGY(side spring.,
TbP-BUGGY,
lJUMP-sEAT ROCkAWAi (ieat TWO OF
four persons.
superior JENNY LIND.
The attention Of those in want IS partlcnlariy
called ~ this sale. as the vehicles are from one on
with steel axlcs. leather and cloth trimmings: war
ranted as represented and will be sold without re-
serve Such an opportunity seldom occurs,
IUOK & LACGHTON,
do "A Auctionecrs.
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POSTpONENIENT.

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In consequence Of the incemcncy OF the weather
on Thursday the 10Th Instant, and by the consent OF
the parties Interested the above sale will take place
at my office on TUESDAY the 18th December. 1872,
at ~ O'Clock IL. W. GODDIN,
rio On tbs AucttopCer.
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... DRY GOODS. .s.. 6.
NHARLOT SVILLE WOOLLEN
MILLS CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.
The fabrics of these mills, consisting Of
DOESk1N, DIAGONAL, aud
CADET-GRAY CASSIMERES:
KERSEYS, SATINETS, FLANNEI.S, &C,
are for sale in Richmond by
THOMAS X. PRICE 4 CO.,
GEORGE Z. SMITH,
CARDOZO, FOURQUREAN & CO.,
PEDIN &c WHITLOCk,
LEVY BROTHERS.,
BREEDES l. FOX,
". ii. RICHARDSON & CO,
j. Z. PHYSIOC.
Samples mailed merchants promptly on appca-
ton. de li-d.Sw?w
DRY GOODS AT REDUCED PRICES.
We offer from this date our large and well assorted
STOCK OF DRY GOODS
| at greatly reduced prices. Buyers may he assured
| Of great bargains.
Positively no goods chargedo or delivered until paid
for. J. C. COURTNEY & Sun,
SIS Broad street.
DECEMBER Cd. dc a-.m
NUTMEGs, MACE, CLOVES, PEPPER,
and other SPICES, for sale by 81
PURCELL, LAID q CO..
E3ss 1szs Main streets
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gy Cook IL Lansrsa AuetloneeTss IS h
come. Franslln and Governor streets.

y - 3
~ Cook 81 Langnsnn. Auetlone sgssss
corner Franklin and Governor streets. .gFE
TurREITURE, CHINA TEA SETS,
F GLAssW Ar STOVE &C., AT AUGI la.ss
TTJIS nay NJ 10 o'riock we VIII sell NJ Our aucsO
r,.,ins n general assortment or .,xrr-,,1,sa
HoISS EH0LD and KITCHEN FLRNitUhEf
EO0kTS(i aud HEATING STONES. ..sS,-i
! French INA. TEA SEIs, complefci
Il CORLE,TS, GLASS Row LIS
& TOILET and LIQUOR SETS, stSss itt@.
VASES, TOY TEA SITS, &c. ,,,,..,r,,,-- gf4
COOK s LhIYGHTON.
dc 20 Ancttonec[s.
BY Tho,aas ". Kcescc. Auctioneer,
No. 1917 Main street.
cPECIAL SALE OF FINE OlL-PAINI,
> INGS. ESPECIALLY FOR LADlEs.:,--l, VIII VIII
sell nj auction. at my salesroonls NO. i3li aia t
street on FRIDAY MORNING. December .otn.
commencing NJ IL o'clock, the finest ana largest
collection of .r,>-co
.ror orcrcd I'm fills city, selected by Mr.. Ienls
isle of the PENNSYLVANIA Art tiallery especially
for us, among which ruay be found paintings ny
kuatr. Webb, Collins, Condor, O'Berinun, anu
oIhrra ,,.
We aak the ladies to attend the sale rs the Pnint-
iugs are all very t;ue and worthy their attention..
Sale made 10 give thcu IN opportunity OF ATTEND
Ing. IdohaS W. 1880 s
dels .Aucuohccr.
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5000 NEWSPAPERS

ind estimates showing the cost Of advertising, also
naGy useful hints 20 advertisers, andsouc account
ni the experiences OF men who kiown success
fal GareTtisers. This firm are proprietors OF the
AMERICAN NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING
AGENCY,
al Park Row, New York.
and are possessed of uneauad facilities for sect,.
ring the insertion of advertisements In NIL newsy3.
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GEORGE L. ROWELL s co.
tor hcircular Or lnclose Twenty-Five cents for their
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES PAMPHLET,
containing Isis of
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kICHMoND AND DASyILLE RAILROAD Cc-i
EICIINoSp, August Is. 1871.
AND DANYILLE Rail-
~ ROAD.-On andaf,er SUNDAY. August 18TH,
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BY Gruhbs & Williams,
Aucaoncers and Real Estate Agents,
Eleventh street between Main and Bank.

dc ls-ls.sls,la,2l,2!.e5,25,e7.2a,3o,3 l
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CTRAY COW.-A red COW with SEssfs
~ long horns came to Wcstham some three aG~,As-
or four weeks ago. The owner Will please come for
ward pay for this advertisement aud for her feed,
n!id take her away, she will bc sold according to
law, rs cannot winter her. being scarce OF proven
der. / may DC found ut 1119 Main street.
de ls-at WILLIAM II. POLK.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-18
TYYDALL As A LECTURER.

In the full report which we elsewhere give
of the first of the series of Prof. Tyndalps
lectures, there is perhaps, enough to indicate
the causes of its success. That is unquestioned,
and yet he has tried the hazardous experiment
in which most foreign lecturers would have
failed, of making his debut in this county
elsewhere than in its metropolis. But we for
gave MN the capital SIN or giving his fresh
bloom from the salt winds of ocean to Boston
and Washington. He certainly had no reason
to complain of his audience, either as to size
or character. And his audience had no reason
to complain of him.
1t is the great merit Of Prof TyndalPs sue
cess as a lecturer that it il not adventurous
1t is due to the simplicity with which he pre-
sents his subject. The audience are interested
because they understand. "Did it please you 7"
"Oh, yes 1t was so plain" were words incl
dentally spoken among the retiring listeners,
and really were true criticism. We need such
lecturers, men whose thoughts travel direct
to the points they wish to elucidate. We have
had plenty who showed US dazzling expert
ments; plenty who dazzled US with words. 1t
is rare 10 find one whose audience retires with
the feeling of knowing more than before. We
once heard sage advice given by an old hand
at the business to younger one who proposed
to address the public. The aspirant enume-
rated some of the valuable truths he intended
to teach. "Don't lot them know that you are
teaching Them" said the elder; there is
"nothiug the public hates worse than instruc-
"tion." Perhaps the public has changed since
then. At all events It's hearty appreciation lof
scientific knowledge, clearly and simply con-
veyed, is credtable alike to audience and leo
turar.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-18

buy Christmas gifts no matter how thin and
fat are pocketbooks. IL we are poor, we can
vet be both generous and honest Ihere IL
no need to match our presents to the income
Of our friends by sort Of percentage. Be-
cause Jones is q millionaire, must we give
him priceless old china or nothingf Let us
not be afraid to send him our delft vase IL
delft suits our pockets, and be sure that ne
will detect the hearty good will and wish
within it, which no money could buy. III he
cannot, what is Jones TO US or we 10 Jones
any more than Hecubai One art let us Try 10
learn in which Americans are ODDLY
deficient the expression OF ourselves
in our gifts. Just now, we shut our real
selves up in our bodies quite out OF slght'
The bodies We anxiously hide in uniform
provided by a London or Paris tailor. The
faces are schooled to sour and funereal
mask, modelled after an undertakers hearse-
driver. There is nothing we envy our Chlnese
brother 30 much as the inane smile ana eye
with which he defes the world to read MN.
When we venture in our houses, outside Oh
the pattern used by our neighb0r, we Gluten
wildly at any ornament or design which we can
first reach, though incOngruOus with ourselves
our tastes and habits, as o beaded p0lonaise
ON the Cardiff Giant. Here is Boston 1sn
merchant with ducal lion-rampant ana
crossed swords on his carriage . and on
the letters which carry the price of cod to his
fellow-men; and Philadelphia pill-vender
with frowning hyenas guarding his marble
palace. AS much palace as he pleases; but,
in the name of common sense, why hyenas !
So in our gifts-artists grocers, h0usekeepers,
and surly crtic-we all run about alike, CIV
ing to each other the same pictures, books,
and bits of silver.
Is it impossible to bring any identity into
our utterance of ourselvesi II might not SUIT
to try it in dress perhaps. If Smith, whose
luxurious consciousness everybody knows, came
out on Broadway in the BETTING robes OF
Sardanapalus, OF that stern Spartan, Tomson,
appeared in his pew in Roman toga, too
much might be sacrificed to the aesthetic prin-
ciple. But in these Christmas gifts, this
delicate handling of ourselves and our friend,
and the tie between us, which is to come with
the coming holiday, let US try to put
more of our real selves; let the neat
hand-work speak of hands both deft
and tender; music Of him to whom music
has meaning; color of the eye that loves 1t.
There is one kind of gifts at least, into which
| we can put no money, nothing but our most
real selves, but which are beyond all value ;
the kind look, the hearty word to our poorer,
weaker brother, whether we be able to give
him more OF not. There Is the gift which best
utters Christ's greeting to the world. A mere
habit of cheerfulness, too, which makes the
voice gentle at home and the face bright upon
the street, is perpetual boon to mankind,
and breaches a sermon which he who runs
NAV read --te'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-18
INDEPENDENT WEST INDIES.

Although the Santo Domingo annexation
scheme has not been officially revived, there Is much
talk incidental thereto ~ very calm di'passionate
view of the whole case is made by The Hartford Coanf
which argues that the West Indian islands may be said
to phicay belong this country just as naturally
az the Cyclades 10 Greece and the Channel Islands 70
Great Britain It Ia also nconyenient 70 have any OF
these islands dominated by any foreign or European
power as we found during the civil war. But me
Couranl does not look on annexation with favor IL
says:
And vet IL remains true that have not naval sta
tion in tho West Indie and that the presence There OF
the great sOveregntics Of Spain ana GreaI Dill Us
neither agreeable safe. What snail De uonc VIC
have no idea that shall 90 on for many years onseL
without port OF OH one OF the Elshoh, Eoou
harbor Of rendezvous and repairs fortined pace OF
vantage a naval station, which shall admit US 10 par
tia equality with foreign powers In our own waIes
the United States could make situation 70 sum isei.
AVOIDING the perls Of annexation and OF proectoae
on the one hand and the annoyances or foreign powers
eneamued in our very waters, would doubtless IKE 70
see the British flag disappear from the Bahamas ana
from jamaica; Cuba independent, with slavery aOol
ished and Hayti also independent with these iahds
ali independent OF any foreign donlhatlon We shOn
be on the most friendly terms With them commercially
and otherwise and for the privileges OF gocd ne 8f
hood and for q necessary harbOr here and there we
could to guarantee them from foreign conquest OF
interference The independence Of the west lnuIeo
no doubt the solution OF the present AWKWARD st
ton II may be accomplished By diplomacy; We VUs'
fbaf war will not be needed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-18
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

| Looking in at the shop windows this morn
ing from one end of the country to the other
one would be driven to the conviction that
the great business of the American people was
to give and take gifts. Here are rivers of
diamonds in the jewelers. case which even the
| millionaire fingers with doubt here sudden
outbreak of wooden poetry Of penny dolls in
| the window of the country store. among the
| year-long prose of yellow sugar and Hoffman's
bitters the philanthrOpic mill-owner orders
| thousand turkeys for his hands the baker
| leaves gratuitous Dutch cake with the ten
penny loaves on Christmas morning. II Is all
| the same; there is an infection abroad
| in the wintry ARA genial, whole
some fever the eruption of love and
| friendship. The best and worst Of us have All
| irresistible impulse to give Or goodwill in
| visible shape, veritable BIZ of ourselves, into
| the hands of our neighbor for his keepine
| and comfort. Here in the city the custom, like
| all other customs has let the soul slip too
much out of 1t, and only the hackneyed form
| is left. There Is too often, even in the costly
bouquets and baskets with which fashionable
men load the tables Of their five hundred lady
friends ldear In every sense), tacit sort of
reprisal for invitations and courtesies which
they had no other means of paying. We all
know what wedding gifts have come to be,
| and hand over our pearl necklace or plated
butter-kniyes, according to our means, with as
much zest as we meet the tax-gatherer at the
door.
But let us.!for the Christmas season at least,
be quite sure that every gift means just what
it says. We will believe that tho holy season
strikes its heat and truth through Its com.
monest token. The beplumed and jeweled
child finds as keen pleasure in it's costly
toy, provided it come from Santa Claus. az
the ragged urchin in his penny pie. The
flowers heaped on Amelia's table ane, on that
day, not so many payments OF due-bills but
sweet, fresh homage to her own freshness and
fairness; 1t is not turkey nor champagne
which Jones gives us at his Christmas dinner,
but an offering of solid esteem and cordial
friendship better than tho wine of the gods.
With this coming Christmas glamour before
our eyes, we nee0 a0t 30 afraid " set out TO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-18
THE LOUISIANA CASE.

Subjoined are the sections in full Of the
act of May 81 1870 eOnferrng upon the Federal Courts
the jurisdiction which Judge Dure Of NewOrleans has
recently exercised
"SEcTIoN 8. Aud be Il further enacted, That the Dis
trct Courts OF the United States within their respective
districts, shall have exclusively OF the courts OF the
several States cognZance OF all crimes and ohenses
committed against the provisions OF this act and 5so
concurrently with the Circuit Courts OF the United
States, of all causes, civil and criminal arising under
this act except herein otherwise provided and the
Jurisdiction hereby conferred shall be exercised IN con-
formiy with the laws and practice governing United
States Courts; and all crimes and ofenses committed
against the provisions OF this act may be prosecuted
by the Indictment information filed by the District
Attorney in court having jurisdiction.
"SEC 49, And be further enacted. Ihat whenever any
person shall be defeated deprived Of his election To
any Office except for electOr OF President or NicePres
osnt, Represen atiye Delegate in Congress- or mem
Der Of State Legislature by reason of denial 70 any
citizen citizens who sha offer 10 vote, OF the right TO
VOTE account Of race, COLOR previous condition OF
servude his right to hold and enjoy such office, and
such denial, and they may bring appropriate suit
proceeding possession OF such oice and in
where shall appear that the sole question touch
ing the title such Oce arises out OF the denial OF the
right to citizens who offered TO vote on ac-
Of race color previous condition Of serytude.
such suit proceeding be instituted IN the Circuit
or District Court OF the United States Of the circuit or
district in which such person resides And SAID Circuit
District Court shall have, concurenty with the state
rights of parties such office by reason OF the de
NAL OF the right guaranteed by the XVIII Article OF
Amendment to the Constuoniof the United States and
secured by this act"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-18
POLITICS In NAyY-YARDS.

The California politicians who have been
sufine the Mare Island NayyYard with useful men,"
have Just been astonshed by the following order:
No person must be rated on the rolls Of any depart
ment OF this navy ard position he is not qualified 20
fin All such ratings to be discontinued nom this
date. IHos. u. bElFRlDCEs Cemmahuant'
A local paper remarks thus thereon;
II this order is carried out strictly the changes
IN tho yard will be- Of such nature Us 10 astonlsh
outsiders and make them wonder II wholesale ais
ehorre Is going on It would -a1oct some OF thcso
poteaf 4orenen and even the constructor would nave
cause 10 tremblc. 30 long, however, rs the irihg Oh
men is left 10 the foremen &c cannot Dc expected ls
they will employ any but such may suit ihenl whou.
regard to their ability Az they are IN fact MOI aoe
ths mselyes TO dstin glsh between good ana an lhe
rLor the dismissal ought 70 begin right tneo'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-18
An OLD-FASHIONED MISER.

Sometimes, in this age of lavish and sump-
tuous habits we begin to fear that your real.
old fashioned miser has become Us obsolete az
mastodon or megatherium. We fear this, be-
cause after all that sort of character was
interesting. 1t was an agreeable fillet to our
feelings to read of man worth millions Of
money hiding it away in cracks, denying him.
self fire and light, food and clothing, and
leading O life from which everything comfort
able had been eliminated. The breed is by
no means extinct, however The London news
papers record the death of Mr.. George Freder-
lex Rose, a gentleman of independent fortune,
and also of very Independent turn Of mind,
wh::cch; 10 b. manifested by breakfnsting In the
most private manner In hs r52m at 4 o'clock
a. m, and then dining In the same seclus.soh ~
10 O'clock a. m. That neither his breakfasts nor
his dinners were epicurean, appears from the
statement that the coroner who held an inquest
upon his remains could not find " an ounce of
" fat upon his body.n He never wore clean
shirt, and the first thing the doctor prescribed
for him was that desirable article, the putting
on of which, however, tho patient violently
resisted. The principal amusement of this
ornament of tho human race was the hiding
OF money. and the principal amusement of his
heirs since his death has been looking for it.
In one Of the attics q roll of sovereigns was
found hidden, and two more parcels in another.
The misery gentleman was very strong on
keys. for several hundred were found among
his effects. Ho died poor, miserable, dirty,
gangrened creature, but no left neat little
sum of money behind him.
Some people will say that this Geo. Fred
eri61 Rose was a failure; but then. though
tho ends no aimed at were not very lofty, it
cannot be said that his life was without an
aim. His business was to hoard money, and
no boarded II. We suppose that he had appe-
tites, but he controlled them; passions, but
he kept them under; sensations of cold and
hunger, but he needed them not. He was
true to the highest resolve of which his nature
was capable. lie said, 81 will hoard money"
and ho hOardod it, resolutoly. upainchingly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-18

and 10 the very end. Now It is question
whether it was any worse for him to do this
than it is for O man to use his money in OPP
pressing his fellow-creatures, in gratifying his
own selfish instincts, in purchasing power OF
nosition with no intention of using either for
the benefit Of mankind. Any man whose
whole business is to make money is really
miser at heart, though he may spend freely,
NAV build fine house, may give great balls
and dinners, may be as eager to exhibit as
this Door English gentleman was to hide DIS
cash. Morally, it comes to about the same
thing. The miser is contented with the knowl-
edge that gold is in his possession; the osten-
tatious man is equally proud of bis money
and wants his brethren to admire MN
for having it, The spendthrift ID no
wiser than the miserable hOarder Each
equally misses tho true value OF posses
sion. Equally it is true that it depends upon
tho man whether riches shall be blessing OF
curse; but, on the other hand, poverty may
also be o blessing or q curse, just as we take
it, Avarice has been greatly stigmatzed, but
ayarice lis only prudence carried good deal
too far Fortunately the bulk of mankind ID
not subjected to the test either Of opulence OF
of penury. The old prayer which asked mel
Their poverty nor riches was the right one
after all however few there may be who can
sincerely utter it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-18
TOPICS OF THE TIME.
THE CHINESE AND JAPANESE INDEMNITY
FUNDS.

ApropOs Of the proposal to absolve Japan
from further payment OF the indemnity due theIUnied
States and to make Of that already paid the follow
ing statement Of the case Is published:
One Of the excellent ideas conceived by Mr.. Burlin-
game while he United states Minister 10 China
that the surplus OF indemnity fund.- extorted from
there in founding an institute Of learning. named
Ia Me! Ktsoh Hob Kua0 the American College This
he proposed to locate At Pekng the political and literary
center Of the Chinese Empire, which IL visited every
by thousands OF students % compete for the mpe
rial literary prizes Its objects were TO be two-fod
First TO teach Americans the language and literature OF
China, TO 1T them be interpreters and consuls
and second to educate clever Chinese In English stues
and In their own literature, with view 70 their EN-
poyment either by their Own rulers or by the United
States. Mr. Burlingame urged THIS idea on Mr. Seward.
aud II has since been advanced here from time 70 time
not only certain to produce beneficial results, but
calculated 10 secure the appreciation OF the Chinese who
could not be Indifferent 70 the spirit OF equity which
gave this direction TO large sum OF money Ihat origin
ally from their own Golfers. While Mr.. Burlngamo
was urging this disposition OF the surplus CGnese lnen
nifty fund.- the United States alliance with Great Britain
France tho Netherlands, extorted ~ 10000 from thn
Japanese for having permitted Dani0 10 erect Dat
teres at the Straits OF Smonosch 10 keep out foreign
vessels OF Uncle Sans share enough was received and
invested by the Department Of State TO make pr
opal and interest $4,000 and there 10 an unpaid bal
ance due by Japan amounting ~ about $4,000 more.
The total cost Of the expedition which secured THIS sum
was only about t20Oo 1t is now proposed u turn over
this Japanese indemnity fund to JAPAN ~ be used for
educational purposes and tho matter Is urged upon the
attention OF Congress by eminent friends OF edncati0n
Japan Tor the endowment Of universities VIII be made
Dy learned Chinese BOW on his way mere ana Dy u1
accomplished Mr.. Mort Of Japan, who has turned ms
attention from diplomacy 70 education