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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-29

GLEELEY As CALF.-lt is asserted in Texas
newspapers that Horace Greeley, on the occa-
sion Of his visit 10 that State last year, was
eliertllalIy hoodwinked by the kukhlx De-
mocIacy. They took charge OF him on his
arrival in Texas, and led him about, says the
Houston Daily Union, ike 4 notable bull
calf intended for exhibition at the fair. They
isolated him completely from the Republicans.
aud learning OF his intention to go to Aus
tin for Il talk with Governor Davis, checked
his baggage by the wrong route, and so con-
fused his plans that the visit had to be given
up" The trick played upon the sage of
Chappaqua is now "a common joke among
the Democratic roughs and kuklIX conspi-
iators ofthc State" CinctnaaH Commercial.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-29
BLACK
LYNCHBIyRG. VA.

MARCH 2S.-Owing to the cold, harsh weather re-
celpts were not very Large the past week. The
sustained. Yellow Is in demand and higher prices
were paid the past week than any this week. We
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-29

TUNARD LIN THE BRi- -<sss
" TISH AND NORTH AMERIC n $780,.
ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS bctwcern New York
and Liverpool. calling ut Cork harbor.
RATES Of PASSAGE.
BY the Wednesday steamers, not carrying steer
age:
First Cabin. $3.50, gold. Second Cabin $50, gold
fllst CaD 10 ialls. slt3' go!'
Rcturll tlckeIs. sZ5U, SOiu
By the Tuesday and Saturday steamers:
First Cabin. ..S3O gold Storage. $50, currency
Stccrge tickets from Liverpool and Queenstown
and all parts of Europe. at lowest rates.
Through bills OF ladimg from Virginia to Liverpool
Belfast, Glasgow, Havrp. Antwerp, and other port
on the Continent, and for Mediterranean ports, will
be issued ny the VIRGINIA and FO r FL G n
THROUGH LINE they having made the necessary
arrangements with the OLD DOMINION STEAM
SARD LINE thence to Liverpool. &c.
For rates, &C.; apply 10 The Agents of the Old DO
minion Steamship Company.
CHARLES e. FRANCELYN,
General gent CIlnard Line.
j. ID. KEILEY, Jr., General Agent Virginia
Ia and Foreign Through l. Inc
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-29

MARCH of-Rcceipts very light. owing TO thc con-
timed bad condition Of the rOps. TIE market show.
more animation than last week, with some advance
In prices. We quote:
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-29

.rr,-pnn,,cncc OF tho Richmond Dispatch.
W.s,,rNGTOS. March -, 1872.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-29

r." ST. LOUIS, MO.
MARCH 25-ISe quote. 81. LOO bs.: scraps. $50
$3.50; factory Tugs, Sj.sDd S25 planters Tugs, $7.5
MSs.25: common leaf $3.50 SO; medium 10 good
iGaf 2 Sl2; colOry leaf. le6IS?O; bright offer
ing, s..
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-29


MARCH -Cottoa.--To-day there was an Inn
were firm. We quote: Ordinary, ls3 ll9c.; good or
binary 90tS20ic.; low lniddlng, 2II2ltc.
Corn .Hedl~-hImket quiet aud well supplied at SOC.
Corn.-Market dull with downward tendency,
and prices have declined fully 2G2c. since the pre-
vious week. Sales to-day OF 1000 bushels only, ut
e3sc. for white and Gle. Tor yellow; no mixed re-
ported.
Sales during the week Of ZOO bushels at Sc.
PednutS.-The market closes dull and depressed.
None sold to-day. One hundred and forty-eieht
bags sold on yesterday Mt Sl&3lss Is reported to-
Eggs.-The quantity Of receipts as well as the de-
mafd and price, have all improved, and shippers
paid 2Uc. very freely.
Peas-tIare subsidized and gotten very duh. All
kinds are so. An offer Of ssc. Was accepted for
cargo OF blacks Black-eye are noniinaiiy $i.lo q
busheI.
l6unt.a Racon,--yery dull, and common quality
IL barely saleable At Loo. ft-ts& 81,
Sinrss,-White oak hogsf,ead heading IN excessive
supply, aud must decline unless accompanied Viii
full proportion of white oak hogshead slaves. Re
ceipts Of pipe slaves are more liberal we quote,
them at Sta0. Red oak. S3ssIss3: culls, S.sf*&3o
White oak hogsheads, $e5; cults, s35gfss2. While
oak heading, tssGs7O; eails, $50. White oak pire,
Mingiss.-The market has been little better the
past week with ,ncderafe demand. Sales OF te,GSa
feet a-feef hearts to-day Of Sli.5o We quote
heart, ae@Slo; saps, $3.50; si-inch heart Sloas
Raiilosd Ties.-aarset quite active Ut CSC. for
s-fest and 3cc for eject. go t.g1,s ~ II
Luraber.-Littie dull, and onr quotations arc
mainly nominal. Yellow pine clear flooring, q 1000
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
Dangers Peculiar to Underground Rail.
WAySs

Underground railroads are subject
to some peculiar dangers. During a
heavy rain one of the stations of the
London Metropolitan road took in so
much water that the fires of an ap.
preaching engine were put out. The
switches would not work, the telegraph
gave out, an express train was coming.
and there was really: Serious danger. A
new engine was fastened by means of a
chain to the train but failed to pull it
out. During this time the passengers
were unable to leave the cars on &C.
count Of the depth and fury of the tor
rent. A panic seized the railway Of
ficials, and despair the passengers,
many women fainting. By great efforts
a few passengers were removed when
up came the express, hailed by q shout
of apprehension by all who looked on
the scene. But fortunately the water
had gone far enough down the tunnel.
the coming train raised wave before
it, and the fires of that engine were put
out too: It approached to within five
feet of the cars before it.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14

tainous character of the northern king
dom. Poseneath, near Glasgow; Cari-
lane Craigs, Lanarkshire Loch Do.
chart, Perthshire; Arthur's seat, Edin-
burgh; Loeb Kinellan, Cromarty; the
castles of Auchinduin and Kingerloch,
in Argyllshire, are all noted for what
Doctor Tyndall calls wave motions, and
tourists linger at these places and listen
with delight to the curious effectt pro-
duced.:
AT Rosenate, if trumpet be played.
the echo will begin the same tune, and
repeat it accurately; as soon as the
echo has ceased another will give the
tune in o lower note, and after the Sec
ond has ceased, q third will succeed
with equal fidelity, though in a much
feebler tone. But the most beautiful
echo in Scotland-one of the finest in
the world-occurs in the ancient and
abby church of Paisley. When the
door Of the chapel is shut the rever-
berations are equal to the sound of
thunder. Breathe a single note in mu.
sic and the tone ascends gradually till
it dies away in soft and most bewitch-
ing murmurs. If COOL voice sing, or
q musical instrument be we'll played,
the effect is indescribably agreeable
AU the Year Round.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
Fishes EYES.

The eye in the ]ancelet and the hae
is of the simplest form, consisting of a
nerve termination coated with black
pigment, and capable only of perceiv-
ing the presence OF light. In young
lampreys, while they remain buried in
the sand, the eyes are very minute and
undeveloped; bnt when they reach the
adult period these organs are devel-
oped to an average size. In the major
ity of fishes the eyes are admirably
adapted to the purposes of vision in
water, and in the four.eyed fish of
South America not only are the eyes
very perfect, but they are also divided
into an upper and lower portion, giving
them the appearance of two pupils and
enabling the fish to pursue its prey
when out of as well as under the water,
In the catashes the greatest variety is
found in the size and arrangement of
the visual organs, from the large eyes
on the sides to minute ones placed on
the upper surface of the head. In
some of the members Of this family
they are 80 buried under the skin or en-
cased folds of cartilage as to be of but
little or no use.-Scribner's MopthLv.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
Why Truth Goes Naked.
List to tale well worth tho car
OF all who wit and sense admire:

List to a tale well worth tho car
OF all who wit and sense admire;
Invented, it is very clear,
Some ages prior to Matthew Prior.
Falsehood and Truth, "upon t;me,"
One day in Juno's delicious weather,
('rwas in distant ago and clime,)
Like sisters, took walk together.
On, on their merry way they took,
Through fragrant wood and vortlant meadow
To whcro beech beside brook
Invited rest beneath its shadow.
There, sitting in the pleasant shade,
Upon the margins grassy mating,
\Avelvet cushion ready n,ade).
The young companions fell to chatting.
Now, while in volublo DISCOURSE.
On this and that their tongues were running
AS habit bids each speak-perforce,
The one IL frank the other cunning.
FaIsehood, at length impatient grown
With scandals Of her own creation,
Said: Since VIC two arc quite alone.
And nicely screened from observation,
Suppose in this delightful rin,
While all around ia 10 propitious,
We take bath?" Said Truth, II will:
: A bath, I'm sure, will bo deliclous!"
At this her robe sho cast aside,
And in the stream that ran before her
sho plunged, like Oceans happy bride.
AS naked as her mother boro hcri
Fa!sehood at leisure now undressed.
Put of the robes her limbs that hamper.
And having donncd Truths snowy vest,
Ran of as fast rs she could scampcr.
Since then the subtle maid, in sooth,
Expert in lies and shrewd cvasions,
Has borne the honest name Of Truth,
AND wears her clothes on all occasions;
While Truth, disdaining to appear
In FaIsehood's petticoat and boddicc,
Still braves all eyes from year to year,
As naked as marble goddess!
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
A Narrow Escspe.

Bishop Persico, who was on the
steamer Virgo, bound from New York
to Savannah, on her last trip, made a
most remarkable escape during the
prevalence of storm. He had left the
supper table just before the vessel was
struck by heavy wave, and endeavor-
ed to pass along the deck to the state
room cabin. He had not proceeded far
before ne was Jared off his feet, slip
ped, and fell headlong and PROSTATE
directly through the railing, his head,
shoulders, and a portion of his chest,
hanging over the vessels side. With a
spasmodic effort he threw his arm
around post, but had no power to
help himself up. There he hung
shouting fvr succor, his strength fail
ing, and his eyes staring down into
what seemed must inevitably be his
watery grave. Seconds then appeared
to him like hours, and another moment
would have exhausted his strength; but
his cries were heard, and the venerable
prelate was rescued. His escape was
truly Marvellous -Gharleston.C Courier,
October 18th.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
The Dengue Fever-Its Horrible Rav-
QgeS i'm India.

The Madras Times of the 23d Of last Au
gust says that the virhlence with which
1engue fever was then raging in Madras
was simply astounding" There are, j,
says, in Black Town, whole streets where
scarcely soul, man, woman or child, has
escaped. Though the disease has proved
most fatally to'children, yet grown-ap per.
sons are said to have succambed. Ii il
true that the strong invariably escape
death, but we hear that those who are mos,
healthy, most muscular, or Of full habit oi
body, feel the frightful bonc.aches, shoot.
ing pains, and after. effects of the disease
most keenly. Whole months after the ac.
tual virulence Of the fever has abated, the
pains in the joints remain. Men feel, for
a long period after the fever has left them.
as if they had been severely beaten and
A really pitiful sight may be witnessed
my day, by any ono who may choose to
walk through tho narrow and crowded
streets of Black Town. In hundreds of
houses tho inmates are nearly all down
with dengue, or are recovering from its
effects. You may hear the cry of little
children and the groaning Of the elders.
You may witness the anxious faces Of
mothers, and strong men hmping about
the streets, evidently ir severe pain. We
have no desire to be sensational on such
serious subject, but We must eay that just
now, what with dengue and other kinds Of
sickness, Black Town and other crowded
cities OF Madras presents q most heartrend
ing aspect. The poor doctors have only
100 much to do, and there is heard, day by
lay, the tolling ofa bell calling tho clergy
man to q funeral. In many households
:wo.thirds of the servants are down with
he fever. There are no horse. keepers to
groom the horses,no cooks to see to the din
aer, no chokra to answer the bell, no
to pull tho punkah.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
Sea Sickness.

A man who has been sick unto death.
and very often, at sea, writes an ac.
count ofa recent voyage for India. and
how he circumvented the attack:
My remedy was this {: I did not.
like SO many passengers who felt so
we'll and jolly with the sea breeze and
still water, go down to dinner, but sat
quietly on deck till such tine "a I felt
little hungry, and then went down to
my berth, had some toast, lying down.
though it was then rough and we were
IL the open sea, and slept we'll dur1ne
the evening aud through the night. I
did not get up next day, though I felt
quite vel, but at the stewards favor
ate quite good breakfast ana dinner
lying in my berth. I arose on the
third morning, feeling perfectly we'll,
and from that day and all through the
voyage, I took my meals at the table,
ate heartily, having found, as I then
believed, and still am assured of, per-
feet cure for sea sickness. may men.
tlon that fully one third of the passen.
gers were sick, and q number did not
make their appearance at the table till
a day or two after me, and can only
attribute my unwonted immunity from
the miserable complaint to lying in my
berth till such time as my system had
become accustomed to the rolling and
motion.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
Treasures Of the Escurial.

A correspondent of the London Daily
News, speaking of the Escurial, lately
partially destroyed by fire, gives an &C
count of some relics which the palace
contained, and which had been collect
ed by devout Spanish kings from all
quarters of the earth. Among these
were o bar of the gridiron on winch
st. Lawrence was burnt: = piece of the
sponge in which drink was given to our
Saviour while hanging on the cross !;
some pieces of the column to which he
was bound when scourRed two thorn
from his crown; piece of his tunic; a
piece of the manger in which he was
born; the thigh-bone of st. Paul;
some bones of the Evangelists St.
Mark and st. Luke; the body of one
of the Innocents slain by order of
Herotl; a finger of St. Lawrence and
half of his backbone the entire bodies
of St. Mauricio, st. Theodorus, St.
Mercury, st. William, and others the
heads of st. Bias. st. Julian, St. Felix,
and others; a rib of st. Adams the
knee Of st. Sebastian; a foot of St.
Phillip the Apostle, one of the water
pots from the marriage feast at Cana,
and other most interesting relics of men
and events mentioned in ecclesiastical
history.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
How England Governs Her Railwa
Resurrection OF a Young I.ady in Ohio.

Resurrection OF Young Lady in Ohio.
A few days since a young lady of
Urbana, Ohio, who had been i'll a short
time, died, and the body was prepared
by sorrowing friends and attendants
for interment, and placed in a coffin.
The night before the day of the fune-
raj, number of young lady watchers
were seated in a room adjoining that in
which the coffin had been placed. when
greatly to their consternation the fig-
,,re OF tho dead girl appeared before
them and spoke family. When the
horritied attendants had somewhat over.
come their fright, seeing that the
then supposed corpse was really q
thing of life, they took measures to
caro- for the'rtfriend so startlingly re-
stored to them, almost from the very
grave, and she received proper atten-
tion, and is now, we are told, likely to
recover.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
The Grand Duke Alexis.

The errant Prince, the Grand Duke
Alexis, who was here a year ago, has
been drifting with regal leisure around
the world. touching occasionally upon
communicable point and then drop
ping out of sight for season. At last
advices he was hobnobbing with the
Maharaj jah of Jahore-whoever he NAV
be-and receiving at the hands of that
monarch the entertainment common to
the country. The principal tete for the
editication of the Grand Duke was a
contest between tiger and a buffalo.
10 make the combatants equal, the
tiger was given opium and the buffalo
arrack. This comparative arrange
ment was somewhat overdone. When
the curtain rose the tiger tried to sneak
away, but the intoxicated buffalo was
eager for the contest. The tiger fell a
victim after some little clawing and
chewing. This spectacle ended, tstes
and banauets followed, His Majesty
drinking the health of his royal guest,
and Alexis responding in the brief but
sufficient phrases with which his Amer
lean entertainers vera made familiar q
year ago.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
An Eccentric Millionaire.

An eccentric millionaire, who died
recently is mentioned in Chicago cor.
respondence of the New York Tribune
His name was Bradford NJ. G. Durfee,
and although less than thirty years old,
he was the richest man in Fall River,
and one Of the richest men in Massachu-
setts. An only child, his father died
when he was barely three years old,
leaving an estated valued at something
like $500, 600. The property consisted
mainly of real estate and mill stock,
which has gone up so steadily and rap
idly that, when young Durfee died he
must have been worth $1,000, 600 or
&c, 600, 600. Mr.. Durfee was somewhat
eccentric, as is shown by having pur-
chased, while in Europe some years
ago, Kaulbach's cartoon of the IRE.
formation" for 81, 900, and by his roll
ing it up and depositing it after his re-
turn in an old storehouse, where it has
remained ever since.
He knew nothing of art, and bought
the picture merely because he wished
to out-bid several other men who really
it.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14

laid paper in her lap, and watched
the pale face expand and blossom while
she read a deed of gift to her of the
prettiest cottage on tho prettiest street
in the city. The company which Char
Icy served, and which could do hand
some things rs we'll as thoughtless
ones, begged her, in fiattering note.
to accept the gift as q small acknowl-
edgement of their obligations to her.
How could she make little nest
for him2" asked Charley, looking at
her through brimming eyes.
"Why, with her hands, after ALL"
Madgie, crying.
"And this will always be- the prettier
hand of the two," said that foolish
fellow, touching the bandaged one.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
Pencil Written Notes.

1t is popular fallacy TINT promis-
sorry notes, written or signed in pencil
will not stand good in law, and case
has just been dismissed by one Of the
New York courts grounded on that be-
lief, the decision given beng that a
note in pencil is legally as binding us
one in ink: "Story ou Promissory
Notes" declares that gu promissory
note must be in writing, either in ink
or pencil; that is to say, the signature
of the promisor must be so; the body
of the note may be printed. This is
conclusive; but the courts IN great
many cases, and without. dissenting
judgment, have confirmed this rule. 4
note promising to pay a certain amount
OF money is merely an indie 5tedness,
and note without the signature of tue
Promisor is good, if there is evidence
that the promisor intended to execute
it; that is to say, with the additional
evidence mentioned. The note is priMa
facie evidence of the Indebtedness.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
The llOOf ard Mouth Disease in the Ar.
gentine ReDubiiC.

Tho following circular has been is
sued from the Treasury Department to
Collectors OF Customs at all the prin.
cipal ports 49,
The Department has received inform.
alton that the hoof and month disease
of horned cattle has again broken ont
In portions OF the Argentine Republic,
and. therefore, to prevent, ii possible
its introduction into the United States
you are requested to givce he necessary
instruction to customs officers at yU,r
port for the careful observance Of tho
existing regulations which prevent the
importation of neat cattle or hides from
IL country afflicted with such disease.
unless such importations are accom-
panied by q certificate from the United
States consular officer ut the port of
shipment that the snme are FREQ from
infection, and are protlact of section
of country where the disease does not
exist.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
(suS from Air,

An air-gas patent is now in litigation
in London. As its name implies, gas
is manufactured from air by a process
which dispenses with coal altogether,
and the new illuminator is said to be
infinitely purcr, besides being much
ches 'er, than the ordinary coal gas.
The new gas is also said to he appli-
cable for heat and power, and to threat
en- TO snpersede steam engines. There
seems to be no question whatever az to
the Importance of the discovery, the
law case turning entirely on the valid
ity of the patent and the remuneration
claimed by the rival inventors.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14

The English journals mention case
where q milk dealer; on second con.
viction for diluting milk with water:
was not only fined, but required, in
accordance with the provisions of y
special law, he pays cost of y notice in
= . Leading paper, giving full account
HHAn9nhS1AHl
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14

SOME capitalists arc soon to make
Rome much more attractive as place
of fashionable resort. A whole quar-
tier is to be built in the grandest style
of architecture, and two canals are to be
cut to bring the salt water of the Med
iterranean to the city, so that there
mny be sea: baths, and a race. eoutse is
also to be established.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
Searching.
By lila WHEELER
These quiet Autumn DAYS.

Ny soul, like Noah's dove, on airy wings
Goes out and searches for the hidden things
Beyond the hills Of haze.
With mournful, pleading cries,
Above the waters OF the voiceless sea
That laps the shore of broad Eternity,
Day after day, it flies,
Searching, but all in vain,
For some stray leaf that it may light upon,
And read the future, as the days agone-
Its pleasures, and its pain.
Listening patiently
For some voice speaking from the mighty deep,
Revealing all the things that it doth keep
In secret there for ME.
Come back and wait, my soul!
Day after day thy search has been in vain.
Voicc.ess and silent o'er the futures plain
It's mystic waters roll.
God, seeing, knoweth best,
And in His time the waters shall subside,
And thou shalt know what lies beneath the tide.
Thu wait, my soul, and rest.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14

QuLuTH's Oldest inhabitant is selling
corner lots for s, 900, which cost him
$1.25 an acre eleven years ago.