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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-15
JAMES RIVER STEAMBOATHlI-El.
~ COMPANY. lassssssSz& &
FOR NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, BALTI-
MORE, NORFOLK, PORTSMOUI
AND ALL REGULAR LAND.
INGS ON THE JAMES
RIVER.
ALSO. FOR OLD POINT AND "EUE DE
I.,EAI' lSEM ELL'S POINTl.

The fast aud elegant United States mail steamer
JOHN SYLVESTER, Captain nc. CLIFFORD leaves
ConIany's wharf at Rockets for the abOye-named
places OH MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and FRI.
DAYS at 50 a. d., and returns 90 Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturday afternoons, at "a O'Clock.
Passengers connect At Norfolk with tile old Bay
Line steamers fol Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New
York.
Train leaves CITY Point for Petersburg on arrtva
of steamer.
Fare to New York. .Yl2 81
FARE 10 Philauelphla. 5l
w
Fare 10 NnTiOk ~
Excursion tickets to Old Point and 'Fue
L'Euu and return, 81. Good until used.
Tickets on sale at CARRIER & CO.'S EXPRESS,
and baggage checked through.
7 Freight received TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS,
and SATURDAYS, for Norfolk, Portsmouth, Boz
ton, baltimore, and principal landings on Chesis
pclke Bay, and ali regular landings on James river
al REASONABLE RATES.
Freight received from 4. NJ Till s =. ii.
Freight for way landings must iA prepaid.
The steamer Sylvester will be chartered for eve"
ming excursions II reasonable rates.
l.: II. TtrUM, General Agent
Office, Company's wharf.
Branch Office, corner Main and Ninth streets. te
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{ H&kaftatlkB LINES.


LING PUREIo. 80 : - = 3 s s
notice. train leaves ts as as (. ~ nl ariisr
in M, " Wet Point with splendid sfe{iser sTs1E
sALTialSss; sHILApEIpHla. sssr Ys,pg.
and FOR WEsT PoTST daily Il same hoaa M.
Ing ut Richmond at 1880 A. III. ~ eSs
l rs o sa +
Freight train, with passenger car attached leay,.
d.. for through feghts 10 .ii points Norfi, and
West; and on Mondays, Wednpsdays ana Eridavs;
for iceaf freight between Richmond and West Point,
Freight received daily, carefully handled. an,,
promptly forwnried Through bins of fading gwen
20 all points. No freight taken BY passenger train
From Richmond 10 baltimore nei !, j,
from k kshmond 70 70 mn
From Richmond 10 Boston, all rail... n Al
From Richmond to Boston ria tine Sound II %
WILLIAM n. bragg superintendent.
y. L. TAYLOR. General Ticket and Freighr Agent
Richmond. 80 IN m -
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO Rail.
mr., MI .kOAD;aOn and after Jiiiy Let PASSENGER
i ~. WI leave Richmond rs follows i
tn ~ Wh a; aMAiL TEAM Except Sunday, for
VILE with the Orange, Alexan Ilia and Msnassss
ira, a Tor Washington ana Norf!, and lynchbnrY
4.i i. M.--AcCoMMoDaTToN TRAIN q, conf
SundaSt Tor Gordonsville, arriving at s2e r. Al o.,
saturdays rms through 10 Stanton, arriving NJ n
1. NJ. rms Train connects at Gordonsy,lie With
the night trains on the Orange, Alexandria and Ma
TON. ''S'1 A.'A = p>'a ii''se1-
train leaves Gordonsyi!le except Monday, al
l:ls Z. NJ ,'' '' 'i's a.
Through tickets, at low rates, sold TO all points
Northwest and Southwest. pS A'
Steerage tickets from LIVERPOOL Oueen,fawp
Amsterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Hayre Ro,ter,Isn,,
bergen, Copenhagen, aud Gothenburg, to ali poinfs
on this roa.t eau be bought OF the General Ticker
station agent on the road - AS'
pany'S Offices :" 'z s s e 'o
:. A. H. PERRY, General s,,nerin,anden,
JAMES h. NErHERLAND, General dicket Igent
iyl '>'' Ss <NscHsss &.
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f'ifty-trip tickets far

RICHMOND AND DANvlLLE RAILROAD Co.
RICHMOND. June I, 1877. I,
plCHMOSD AND DANVILLE Rail.
~ ROAD.-On and after SUNDAY, June eth.
GOING WEST.
Train No. Through passcnger) leaves Ricbmono
daily except Sundays ut $40 4. NJ. leave, ban.
z. NJ. = GOV
Train No. . Gynchburg passenger, leaves Rich
p. II. - w. a''''eS - Ishchonfe ~
Train No. II Through mali and express, leayea
ltichihond daily at las p. NJ leaves Danyflle daily
at s;'0 T. NJ; arrives Ut Greensboro daily at i2:gs
GOING EAST.
Train No. Through mail ana eypress} Leaves
Greensboro daily mt A. NJ; leaves DanyiIIe
daily Ss at iao A. a.; arrives at Richmond daily at
Train No. Through passcngcr) leaves Green's
b0ro' daily Except sundays nj lll0 A. NJ leayea
Danrile ut 1852 L. NJ. arrives al Richmond nd Gao
Train No. i1.ynclburg passenger) leaves Lynch.
plfs 'iaiiy at 9 4. NJ leaves BurEcville at ! r.
NJ; arrives ut Richmond ut o'clock 2. N.
ITi'ils NOE ana ii connect at Greensboro with
trdii,' On tue North Carolina railroad for MI points
south S $3.50.
Train No. COUNCILS at Burkeyllle with train on
me htllhli Mississippi and Ohio railroad for all
lblnts southwest and south.
Train No. II connects At Greensboro with train for
Raleigh arrives there ut 1906 A, Nj. Passengers
leaving Raleigh at tbs r. NJ. connect at tircans-
b9r9 pro wi With train No. for Richmond.
southwest can be procurc.i at the ticket Cfiee In
Richn oni; and OF X, i. WALKeg. Agent of the AT.
lantic MI slssipp and Ohio railroad, No. 1928 Main
street. Richmond. -
Pal crs that have arrangements 10 advertise tle
schedule OF this company will please print above,
JOHN X. MACMURDO, -
- General Freight and Ticket gent.
~ h. u. TALc0rr, Engineer and Superinte,d-
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RICHMOND. Fprprn,cxspI,p,
RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG RAILROAD co. -
81 RICHMOND Iuno Ia 900

RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG RAILROAD en- :
RICHMOND, Va, June 10, 1877.
nN AND AFTER MONDAY. JIINE
~ 10th, the TRAINS on this road win run as fol.
The MAIL TRAINS leave Richmond $, 8
NJ. and 1905 L. NJ. - AA'@s ~
FREIGHT TRAINS, with a passenger coach AZ.
iacnt'i, leave Richmond Mt 8 A. NJ. and r. Nj and
leaxe fttersbiirg at 7:i5 A. NJ. and a:s0 Z. NJ -s
me 500 y. Nj. TRAIN Will not leave RIch,nond
On sundays, and the 500 L. M. MAIL TRAIN ami
I:b A. NJ FREIGHT TRAIN will not leave Peers.
burg Oh Sundays '~ 'S etei'-
Fare tor single tickets. Slss
. rare !Or return tickets. ...,.... ia
Communication tickets can l,e had M the foiiowtno
rates: ' - 'is ioio"'hs
Ftfty-trip tickets for. Gan m
One-lilinlrcd trip tickets for 90 GA
ItsSegcrS Tor Norfolk will take the iho p Al
DALI TRAIN. and those from Norfolk win con
meet III fetersDl,rg with the lies A. M THAN -
, PASSENGERS from Clover Hill will take fhc aso A
Vi. TRAIN on Mondays, Wednesdays and EriJnvs
and returning, leave Richmond on the same div; M
VI The MAIL TRAINS win stop only at Chester and
The 4. NJ. TRAIN VIII connect at Petersburg
WIN Wne ie atlantis Mississippi and Ohio railroad for
PULLSfAN'5 PALACE sLEEPING-c.R vii,
be attached to the THROUGH TRAIN MT Weldom
running through TO Wilmington. ~''
% - r. b. KAsEY,
~ le " Ilcket and Freight Agent.
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covered by a thin layer of a moist caustic
potassa. When the rats walk on this It
makes their feet sore these they lick with
their tongues, which makes their mouth sore !;
and the result is that they shun the locality,
not alone, but appear to tell all the rats in
the neighborhood about it, and eventually the
house is entirely abandoned By them, not
wlthstanding the houses around may be full
OF rats. Third, the Dutch method. This is
said to be used successfully in Holland; we
have, however, never tried that. \ number
OF rats are left TO themselves in a very large
trap or cage, with no food whatever, their
craving hunger will cause them to fight, and
the weakest will be eaten by the strongest.
After short time the fight is renewed, and
the next weakest is the victim, and so it goes
on till one strong rat is left. When this one
has eaten the last remains of any of the 9TH
ers, II Is set loose the animal has now ac-
qulred such taste for rat flesh that he is tie
terror OF ratdom, going around seeking what
rat he may dcvour. In an incredibly short
time the premises are abandoned by all other
rats, which will not come back before the
cannibal rat has left or died. -Nooufoc',nt,'
and Bui'dpy
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Gibraltar.

Recently petition was presented to the
Spanish COrtes, praying that the Government
should take some steps towards restoring
the fortress of Gibraltar to its natural father
land. For ages it was the KEY of the Mcdi-
terranean. In 1904 it was conquered during
the war of the Succession, in which England
interfered, as was her practice then and for
more than century later. The combined
fleets under Sir Cloudesley Shovel and Sir
George Rookie appearing before Gibraltar.
which the Saracens had fortified thousand
years before, had the good fortune to find it
defended, or rather occupied, by garrison
of only one hundred men. The: defense was
more formidable than might have been ex.
pected, thanks to brave commander, who
finally retired with all the honors of war.
Gibraltar fell, and Rookie, who had made the
attack, nominally as as the ally of the Arch
duke Charles, who was supported in his claim
to the crown by England, took possession of
the place in the name Of Queen Anne, hoist
ing the English standard and not paving the
slightest attention to any remonstrance or
suggestion that the place ought to be held
for the Spanish ally whose cause England
was then supporting by her arms. Every
effort to regain Gibraltar was unsuccessful,
and by the peace Of Utrecht, in l7l3. it was
formally coded to England.
->oW th'tt I'iitiiiilu Has CcaScu 10 ~ rule
the waves" that the once-famous "wooden
walls" have been superseded by iron-clads,
and that England's policy is "peace Mt any
price," her further occupation of Gibralter
appears anomalous. What right has Eng
land to occupy and garrison an important po-
sitiOn in Spain? If England tried to occupy
Cherbourg in like manner, would France SUBJ
init to it? England has as much right to
hold New York as to hold Gibraltar. If. by
chance the Prince de Joinville, who wrote a
pamphlet in lS47 showing the practicabilty
of French invasion OF England, had put
himself at the head Of French fleet, taken
Dover by surprise, and hOisted the tri-color
flag on the old castle there, his doing so, es-
pecially if he were able to retain his contest,
would be taken not more to heart, we dare
say, than the continuous occupation of Glib
raltar by England has been during the last
one hundred and sixty-eight years, by the
proud and patriotic people of Spain.
England has as much right to occupy New
York as to occupy Gibraltar and no more
As colony the annual expenditure on its
account exceeds its revenue; therefore, Gas
it does not pay" it need not be retained
Besides, its retention is not an advantage any
longer. AS to any humiliation in returning
Gibraltar 70 the country (which it is n part
that need not be question, seeing that on
the election ola Danish Prince to the throne
Of Greece, England voluntarily surrendered
| the IOnian Islands, the sovereignty of which
she had held without a shadow of right fol
full fifty years. The disgrace attaches not tc
| restitution, however tardy, but to robber,
and the continuous retention of stolen prop
| erty.--The Press.
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Walking.

how lew men or women of our country
seem to find pleasure in walking. Look al
our cars and Omnibuscs daily filed with those
who prefer riding instead. Among those able
to choose their mode of conveyance pedestri-
ans are the exception rather than the rule.
Gentlemen who have the good sense to walk
often, express regret that ladies, on every
occasion. resort to the carriage, instead of
employing their muscles in this healthful
graceful exercise. 1t is refreshing to meet
now and then, with those who have. by ex,
perience, proved its benefits and it's pleas
ures. Said a Doctor of Divinity the other
day-one often seen upon our streets in man
ly vigor-" have ever been walker, Dur
ing my student life more than once / walked
from Newton to Providence" A slender.
refined lady, after serving the cause of our
country and humanity as nurse of our SOL
dIers, was sent to Europe to find health. and
there learned-to walk In Scotland and
Germany twenty and even thirty miles Of
that animating, life-giving exercise was no
uncommon exploit SAID She "Now think
nothing of ten miles, May the example of
this noble little mountaineering about upon
her mission of healing, she will vet make
herself known among us-be considered
worthy Of Limitation.
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Pat at the Railway Station.

'1,iket to Ne Yark," said Pat the other
day at the railroad station.
s. BY the Shore Line ?" inquired the ticket
clerk, who always wants to be certain with
this class of customers.
''Shure line! Faix 1 do, and mighty shure,
too, for l want to see me brother Dennis In
Worcester, shure, on the way"
That's not the Shore Line. You want
to go to the station on Albany street"
Divl & bit do want to go to any sta
ton, FaiX, was i'll 4 station all night for
givin' an omadahn black eye that was
Safeguarding me, jist."
You don't understand. The Shore Line
don't go to Worcester"
"Augh, bother that! Me brother towled
me the train was always shure to 90 to Wor-
cester, an l want the shure train"
"No, no. said the clerk laughing. This
train does not run to Worcester; this is the
e-S-h-o-r-e-Line-on shore. You un.
derstand what coming on shore is, don't you ?''
"COming ashore is it? An is it laughin'
We are bekase We think Pm just ashore, an ]
vOtin' more than dozen times wild the byes
o. the owled Sixth since set me foot in
Ameriky ?"
81 tell you this train does not run to wor.
cester."
"Don't it: Bedad, perhaps it walks there
thin, for I've heard OF things bein' slow anC
shure"-
'If you want TO 90 to New York by the
way of Worc''--
81 don't want 10 go any by-way, avic; it,.
the shure way, told We, and stop at Wor
cester.'
''This road don't stop at Worcester, | tol.
you; it goes to New York;
AN Worcester is betwane Boston an
Ne Yark?"
eyes, but not on this road"
laugh! 90 way wild We! Give me m,
ticket, and let me go. Faix, III stop if tn.
road DON'T
"There's a ticket for New York" sale
the clerk, S. but YOU can't stop at Worcester
with it, mind that"
"Shure l do" said Pat, passing over hi
currency. "Faix, I've no desire to shtop a
Worcester wild it. Shure I'll leave it wi,
some gentleman in the car till return"
The case was hopeless, and the ticket
seller was obliged to let Pat go, but coul
not but smile at the task the conductor ha
| in prospect. Boston Com. Ado.
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How TO Drive Rats Away Without
Poison.

We know Of three methods: First, the old
French plan this is followed chiefly in Paris
by men who make it special business They
take deep tub with water on the bottom and
a little elevation in the middle like an island.
on which is only place for just one rat TO sit
on it. The top is covered and has large
balance valve opening downward. On the
middle Of this valve piece of fried aprk or
cheese is placed, and when the rat walks on
it to get the cheese the valve goes down,
drops the rat into the water and moves back
in position. A road is made from rat hole
to the top of the tub, by means of pieces of
board rubbed with cheese, so as to make the
walk attractive for the rats. In the course of
a night, some ten, twenty, or even more rats
may go down, and if the island was not there
they would be found most all alive in the
morning quietly swimming round; but the
provision Of the little island saves the trou-
BILE Of killing them, because their egotistic
instinct for preservation causes them to fight
for the exclusive possession of the island, on
which, In the morning, the strongest rat is
found in solitary possession /; in all others
being killed and drowned around him. Sc.
cond, the New York plan, invented by one Of
0llr friends The HOor raor tho ma 4, tola e
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PROPOSALS FOR WRAPPING PAPER
L. AND TWINE
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
NAsHISGToS. d G. Daoamhor6 1o-

MASHINGToN, ID. C., December 5, 1872.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
TINS Department until the 9Th day of January,
1916, at IL o clock noon, for furnishing WRAP.
PING PAPER AND TWINE for the use of the
Post Offices in the United States for one wear
from the LIST day Of February, 1873; the said ar
tcles to be delivered, free of expense, to the
Department, at the BLANK AGENCY of the Post
Office Department, Washington, d. c.
The quality and the estimated quantity of each
article required are specified below:
$4,000 reams OF Wrapping Paper, 2Ox25 inches
in size, and to weigh % pounds to the
ream, each ream to contain 20 perfect
quireS.
80 reams of Wrapping Paper, 26x4O inches
IN size, and to weigh 90 pounds to the
rean, each ream to contain 20 perfect
quires.
$4,000 pounds of Cotton Irvine, to be s ply and
to measure from $50 TO 775 yards to the
pound, OF sufficient strength to sustain a
weight of Is pounds and to be put ND in
balls weighing about one half pound each,
ana so bound as not to become loose and
tangled in transportation.
$4,000 pounds of Coarse Hemp Irvine, to be
ply and TO measure from 80 to IS wards
to the pound, and to be put up in balls
weighing from one TO two pounds each,
and so bound as not to become loose or
tangled in transportation.
samples or the articles required will be fur
hiohCu w pcIsOHS WHO u6SlTe 10 DID on apDltcl-
ton to the First Assistant Postmaster General,
Washington, ID. e.
More or less than the estimated quantities NAV
be ordered as the necessities of the Department
may require, at the discretion Of the Postmaster
General.
Awards will be made for each article separate
ly 1t deemed most advantageous to the Depart
ment
Bids not made in conformity with this adver-
hsement will not be considered
Each bidder must furnish with his proposal
guarantees of his ability to comply with his bid,
and certificate from a postmaster that such
guarantors are reliable persons.
A bond with two sufficient sureties will be re.
quired to each contract
A failure to furnish promptly any article con-
tracted for, or an attempt to impose upon the
Department articles inferior, in the opinion of
the Postmaster General, TO those contracted for,
will be considered sufficient cause for the for.
fixture of the contract
The Postmaster General reserves the right TO
reject any or all bids, if in his opinion it is re-
quired by the interests of the Department.
Proposals must be indorsed on the envelope
Proposals for Wrapping Paper" or "Propo-
sails for Twine,'' and addressed to the First As.
sistant Postmaster General, Washington, d. C.
JNO. A. j. CRESWELL,
dec 1t Postmaster General
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exact date OF its revival is not known. but il
seemed to have come into favor at the time
OF the marriage Of Isabel Of Arragon to Ga
leazzo, the Duke Of Milan. Catherine de
Medici was the first to bring ballets and balls
INTO fashion, and thenceforth their popularity
steadily increased, and dancing became a re-
hned pastime. In 1861, Louis XIV. founded
an academy of dancing, the members OF
Whlch, thirteen in number, were selected
from among the best dancers in the kingdom.
Inlll the year l612, ballet dancers never ar
peared on The stage without being masked.
Alter leave had been given them once or
.MIcs 10 appear, on special occasions, with
out Their masks, they were finally allowed IN
discard them entirely. In connection will
ms, 1t may not be amiss to state that women
were lor long time excluded from the bal
iet, ana the first who venturcd upon the
stage IN the capacity of dancers were regard
ed WIN contempt. The ever-deliohtfnl waltz
contrary to the German belief is not of Ger,
man origin. 1t was extremely popular in
rance toward the thirteenth and fourteenth
centuries, and became known in Germany
only alter that period. It's popularity was
soon established in all countries, DESPITE of
inc prejudice aud objections raised against if
Inc polka was brought from the forests of
hungary IN lao, and created quite sensa-
'-'is',,ihS WAS uone IN polka fashion
there were polka hats and polka dress goods
polka iewelry and polka trimmings. Shortly
after the polka became popular here, or about
inc time Mr.. Polk was elected to the Presi-
aency OF the United States, and, owing to
the somewhat singular coincidence, many
supposed the new dance was named after
NM, or IN his honor. The Scottische and
mazourka next came in vogue, and from thai
time fancy dresses multiplied rapidly. MANY of
them going out of fashion before the end Of a
month";
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Dancing Viewed HISTORICALLY.

The Romans performed only sacred dances
at first, and regarded all others as degrading
Romulus is said to have invented the first war
dance, and Numa instituted the order of the
Sali, whose occupation it was to dance around
the affairs Of the god Mars. A time came,
however, when the Romans departed from
their primitive nervousness, running into the
other extreme, they honored dancing as one
of the most ennobling arts !; they even treat
ed favorite public dancers in manner befit.
ting great men or sovereigns only. The first
converts to Christianity being still imbued
with their pagan customs, introduced dancing
into their new form Of worship. Large com.
panies of men and women were in the habi,
of going out in the deserts to participate in
religious cerenppiopriatens .,sinly consisted
OF wild, fantaid, linked the new amt, .1g il
time become No. TO
hibited by the MSsnt
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TIE DANGERS ATTENDING THE TEACH
ING on Young IDEAS IN GEoRGIA.-Mr.
John Sims, school teacher, near Ball
Ground, Cherokee county, one day last week,
while hearing a recitation, differed with a
young lady as to the correctness of spelling
a word. Each persistently insisted that the
other was in error. The young lady's
brother, Mr.. David Darby, learned of the
difference Of opinion and visited the school
teacher, and in an encounter put him to
flight. At constructing that night, at
Mrs. Carpenters, a large crowd assembled
and among them Mr.. Darby, who was seated
in the house telling how he made the school
teacher run that morning. Mr.. s., about this
time, stepped in and overheard the remark
and said: ayes, I did run, but I'll not do il
again." Mr.. Darby then started toward
him, and as he did so, MFR. Sims drew pisto
and fired at him, shooting him through the
right arm, infiicting a painful wound. Thi.
terminated the difficulty. Augusta (Ga.) Con
stit,fioanlist