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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-09-03
Progress of the Cholera,
Ts ID U C A. 10 N.

II los
MRS. NJ. c. RICE WILL RESUME HER
SCHOOL, DUTIES MONDAY, 10TH SEP
TENDER, Dos Second Street, between Clay and
Leigh Her long experience and opportunities
have prepared her judiciouslv to fulfill the
sponsible yet pleasant obligations in training
youth for usefulness and happiness, having
aided her husband, Rev. Vim. B. Rice in a semi
nary in Kentucky, and in Lynchbug, assisted
by her brother, VIM. ]. Shelton, a graduate of
Virginia University, in her duties Location adj
mirable for health, well-ventilated room, large
shady yards, divided by the house that each sex
has its separate place for amusement and exer-
else. Her mode is thorough from the beginning
-regularly progressive, with much oral instruc-
ton, making the pupils as familiar as possible
with definition and derivation, which SO mich
aids definition. 1t is the opinion OF many, hers
inclusive that most of the brcils which disturb
the earth ari'e from misapprehension or igno
rance of words. II .ghest written recommended
tons AS n discinlinarian and teacher by those
capable of Judging, who often visited the school
in session and assisted in its public examna-
lions. Sc 3---2t#
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TOR SALE

E A SPLENDID FRUIT FARM IN SOUTH
ERIN ILLINOIS, CONTAINING 24O
ACRES, FULLY STOCKED WITH
THE CHOICEST VARITIES OF
PEACHES, APPLES, PEARS,
GRAPES, CHERRIES AND
SMALL FRUITS.
1t has seven ARES of bearing Strawberries, six
acres in Pears, sixteen acres in Peaches, fifty
acres in Apples, and four acres in Cherrit g.
Good HOUSE AND BARN, fine spring water,
and all out-houses necessary.
The farm is in a high state of cultivation, and
adapted to wheat, corn, grass and the root crops.
Its location is very beautiful and heallhful, two
miles from the village of Golden on the main
line of the Illinois Central Railroad. The neigh
borhood is one of the best in the whole West !,
having goods society and schools.
This farm is II great bargain at the price
asked viii sell on time or exchange fer first
class Virginia property.
Enquire at the STATE JouREA. Office.
m Eff
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The Geneva Arbitration.

The latest advices from Geneva reiterate
that the proceedings before the Tribunal of
Arbitration are progressing favorably to
this Government, but are silent as to the
probable amount of money which will be
awarded. Both the United States and the
British governments are advised in conf
dence by their respective representatives of
what takes place, but until the, seal Of
secrecy shall be removed no communication
will be made to the public on this subject.
AMIcABLE RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA.
AS there are no questions which require
the presence of United States Minister at
st. Petersburg, no appointment at pres
ent will be made to supply the vacancy oc-
casioned by the resignation of Mr.. Curtin.
M,:ll:. 49,. o.I.I-l Il - L . .x....II 1
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TAKEN UP.

FNAkEN UP-m my corn field sun- sstassrS
i day, r. BRINDLE cow with horns &C.
The owner Will please come forward, prove
properly, pay charges and take her away
n +. A. SCHULTZ,
Sc 2-3t* Farvie.
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New FORK, Sept. 2.-Gen. Dix, who
arrived here to-day from New Hampshire,
stated to reporter that he received the let
ter notifying him of his nomination for
Governor but a few days ago, and would
shortly reply thereto. In regard to his ac-
ceptance ST the nomination, he had yet to
decide that point, but possibly he should
accent r. 0'..t.
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Providence, Sept. "a male child, six
months old, has floated ashore. 1t is sup.
posed to be from the wreck of the Metis.
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ADJUSTMENTS.
DICHMOND THEATRE.

DICHMOND THEATRE.
GRAND AMATEUR ENTERTAINMENT
TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER Sd, 1879,
BY THE CoNCoRDIA soCIALs,
Jndsr the Auspices of the Southern Cross
Brotherhood)
FOR BENEFIT OF ASSISTING IN
REMOVING THE GETTYSBURG DEAD.
Admission 90 cents. Performance commences
at s o'clock.
Among novelties TO be presented will be the
New Opera Burlesque LUCRETIA BORG1A.
au 5l--st
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BOYnTON, Va
have long desired a Wilcox Gibbs Ma
chine. We have q double-thread machine, but
cannot manage it. 1 propose to exchange for one
of yours NJ Il. CARTER.
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DUTTERICK'S PATTERNS,
ID Sole Agency, HOWE SEWING MACHINE,
ONCE SIS Main street
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Our Standard Bearer.

The Madison Bulletin, Democratic paper
of Georgia, has the following:
Greeley and Brown, and raise in their
stead, as our standard bearers in the Presi-
dental contest, the true, the tried, and I'M
hiBching patriots and statesmen, Charles
O'Conor, of New York, and j. Proctor
Knott, of Kentucky.
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H9-Leave your orders for all kinds of wood
at WOOD L SONS Ninth and Main streets
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Willie being asked what he would do
when he became a man, said he would
have his clothes made by tailor.
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rINO MERCHANTS

I NI
VALUABLE MERCANTILE PROPERTY
AZ Warren in Alber1arle county, for SALE or
RENT. The Dwelling contains 10 or IL rooms,
near to which is the store house lumber house
on canal, stable, &c, with - acres of land. Is
ton.
DAY, the 9th September.
TERNIS-Literal. G. w. BILLIARD.
August 2lst, 1s72 au 23--dsw&w2w
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FOR SALE AND RENT,

CENTRAL HOTEL 6eA
" AT CHARLOTTESVILLE VA, Eii
FOR RtHI.
On TUESDAY, the 4th of September a noon, on
the premises, will rent ont this we'll known
and valuable property to the highest bidder for
term of years, (say from three to five).
August 2lst, 1872.
au 23--dsw&w2W g. W. DuIARD
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BY TELEGRAPH.
LATEST FROM ALL POINTS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC NEWS
THE sTRAlCHTOUTS.

The Gathering of the Clans at Iouisville-The
Greeleycrats Preparing to Pack the Conven-
tion-Tbe Presldential charlottesville Po-
sition of Mr. O'LOnOr.
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POLITICAL NOTES.

No geographic mark defines
The grand old Union party's lines ;
Even old names no longer stand
New York is changed to Dix's land.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20
Newspaper Men Up in 4 Balloon.

The immense balloon which has been
building for five months at Chelsea, to
be used at the next Fourth of July Gel
ebration at Boston, has been entirely
destroyed by spontaneous combustion.
The Boston Times says: Mr.. King,
the owner, intended to have invited
about dozen meI to accompany him
into the upper regions, and there is
consequently some disappointment
among the qnill-drivers on account of
the news from Chelsea. A couple OF
press-men met, and this colloquy en-
sued: "Too bad about the balloon,
isn't it?" said the younger to the elder
and more practical brother. "Yes,
rather severe" "But it's better to
burn on the ground than up in the air
with a dozen reporters in it," said the
first speaker. "Yes, may be it ISL
but" after a pause, cit don't make
half so good an item" The youthful
scribe was too horritied at this cool
reply. The tough old monster pondered
Il moment, and then, after long breath,
calculated:
elf she'd busted up above, what a
rush there would have been for vacant
situations down among the newspaper
offices!" A more practical view of
things above or below was never taken.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20
VOLUME v.
The Beautiful Land.

Away In the West, whero the bright Mississippi
IT. vast tide Of water increasingly pours,
And reaching far OF whcre the darker Missouri
Lavcs tho fairest Of banks aud the grrCncst Of
shores,
There lies broad country Of hill, vale and prairie,
Upon whose green hill tops, In rich vcrlurc stand
Groves enchantingy sweet a. tho home OF the fniry
TWAS called by tho red man ''Thc Beautiful Land"
There's rich fields, and green meadows, aud dclls
deep and shady,
osr which heavens pure bscczcs breathe 6simSy S and
Giving Health: tho fair goddess, permanent reign,
For no de.th-dea,ins vapors from widespread mo-
No burning sirocco from desert Of sand,
Fer come with their dread blighting influence DER
Who have made our glad homes in the Beautiful
Land.
have stood the banks of Arostook's dark river
Where Connecticut pours its bright waters along
Where Niagara rolls on in thunder forever
Where Delaware ghdcs on In beauty and song.
have roan,ed by the side Of the "sunny Potomac"
And wandered and dreamed by the fair Rio Grande;
Till they trod on the sol Of the Beautiful Land.
Tho blue hills of Jersey, the fair bants Of Hudson,
Among them lpssssd tns Ynd dsys of my chiidhood,
And own that bada them fearful sdieu.
Z -
For there was the homo Of my father and mother;
There many tomb for my kindred Is made;
There are the graves of sister aud brother.
And there the dear form Of my flrst.born is laid,
But dearer to me are these wde-spreading prairics
Better love the pure freedom they give,
Ihan the grove wherc won the 6rst kiss from my
Mary
Than the land where my friends and my kindred
stiu live.
And here will pass al the days that are left me-.
In snug little cot, builded by my own hand,
Now ncetln0 beside clear, swift running river
In green sunny vale of the Beautiful land
When my spirit departs on journey unendfng-
When my soul steers her bark DER eternity's
strand;
When my poor mortal part back to ashes Is tending
Lot Il sleep mid the flowers Of the Beautiful Land
And what though II sleep all alone and unnoted:
Though no menory's mark DER my grave shall be
made;
Though no hinock be raised, though no pillar be
bullded
To ten where poor, humble poet h laid,
Enoush II, perchanoe, on some calm summer even.
One lone child Of song DER my ashes shall stand.
And while the hills softly glow TN the last rays Of
Heaven,
Sing my song Of Iowa, the Beautiful Land"
Central West
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20
ICE.FLOES AND ICE.FIELDS.
A Frozen Stream from Bemn's Bay I

Frozen Stream from BaAln's Bay to
NcSvfou md nd.
1T. Johns, Nc 'f0nndland (s1ay 10Y Correspondence
of the Now York Evening Post.
Since early in January, enormous
fields of ice, sometimes 200 miles in
breadth. have been passing these shores
In a most continuous stream. The
thickness of this field-ice is from twen-
to to thirty feet. The distance between
!'attin's Bay, where the ice-felds are
formed, and the waters of the Cult
Stream, where the masses are dissolved,
is from ], 500 to 1900 miles. 1t may
be affirmed without any exaggeration,
that q river of ice, varying from so to
2OO miles in breadth, and 1900 miles in
length has been for three months pour
ing necessarily its contents into the
tepid waters Of the Gulf Stream. The
winter has been fearfully severe, and
the quantity and thickness of the ice
unprecedented. The consequences to
our seal fishery have been ruinous.
During nearly the whole of March
and part of April northeast winds pre-
vailed, by which this huge stream of
ice was detected and pressed upon our
shores in a close "pack, =" filling every
bay, harbor and inlet with masses of
ice, and completely blockading the
whole coast, with the exception of q
few intervals, when the west wind loos-
ened the "pack" and drove 1t out to
sea: The enormous quantity of ice
which ia carried in this way from the
polar regions to warmer temperatures
no arithmetic could calculate. Some
slight idea Of it's extent may be formed
from the case of the Reso1ute, explor.
ing ship, which, having been aban-
aoned by reason of its getting entan-
gled in a vast field of ice, in Melville's
Straits, was found afterward in Bafin's
Bay. having been carried one thousand
miles from It's former position. A sim
liar occurrence carried Captain De
Haven, of the United States Navy, and
Captain McClintock, of the British
Navy, in mass of frozen sea-water, an
equal distance south of their position.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20
The Seal Fishery of Alaska.

The following is brief description
OF the methods used in capturing those
animals: No firearms, nor dogs, nor
anything else which alarm the timid
creatures are permitted upon the
islands. When they first make their
appearance in July, upon the beach,
the Aleuts pass among them without
attempting in any way to molest them
until they become quite accustomed TO
the human form. Then the younger
males (for the older bulls, as they are
called, would run right over mani are
gently separated and driven by easy
stages and as quietly as possible
toward the interior of the island and
into pens, where they are out of the
sight and hearing of their comrades
on the beach. Once here, they are dis
patched with clubs, their hides taken
off and salted down for export. The
grayish appearance of the fur seal skin
is given to it by the color of the longer
hairs which overlie the fur. In prepar-
ing the skins Tor use these long hairs
are all pulled out leaving upon the
skin the close, downy fur.
As showing the timidity cf these valu-
able animals, it is said that at the dis
charge of fowling piece or the attack
of a dog is sufficient to drive the seals
away forever from rookery which they
have tenanted for immemorial ages.
Once frightened off they never return,
or at least they have never done so
within the memory of man. The most
probable supposition is that they are
guided by the same unerring instinct
which prompts the salmon and the shad
to seek at their breeding time the very
stream in which they were born. and
that once driven from their rookery,
they cease to breed aud soon become
extinct.
The Alaska seals are the most timid
animals that live. They are of medium
size, and of grayish color, and the
male is ornamented with whiskers like
a cat. Some years ago they were very
plenty in the Southern Atlantic. and on
nearly all of the Aleutian Islands of St.
Paul and St: George, part of our pur-
chase from Russia, and q small island
on the Siberian coast, that they in.
habit. Careless and indiscriminate
slaughter has completely expelled
them from all points, just as the same
nnwise doing is depicting many of our
waters of..the most valuable food fishes
known to man. On the islands named
the Russian Government some years
ago wisely placed restrictions upon seal
hunting, to which wise foresight we
owe the fact that the animal is not an
extinct species.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20
6igantic Sea Weed.

The Agassiz expedition, at the latest
accounts, was of Sandy Point Pata-
gonia. Among the scientific curiosi-
ties noted by some members of the
party were immense quantities of kelp,
the !" "Macrocystic pyrifera." This il
the largest known alga Or sea weed, and
grows on these coasts in from six to
twenty fathoms of water, in vast beds,
warning the mariner to beware of q
near approach, unless he wishes to be
entangled in an inextricable network.
It throws up from the oceanic depths
stems of immense lengths, some of
them from seven hundred to one thou
sand feet, the greatest development
reached by any member of the vegeta-
bic race now in existence. Patches Of
this sea weed were passed in open sea,
with large sea lions lying on its surface,
who were apparently navigating in this
novel manner with much satisfaction to
themselves, and afforded much amuse-
ment to their scientific observers.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20

AT LYNN, Mass, all comparisons are
based upon shoe-leather. A cobblcr
having applied for admission to an
orthodox church at that place, the dea-
cons held q consultation over the can
didatc. Says one deacon to another
" Well, deacon, Bob G. wants to join
"nr meeting" eyes; 10 yon know
anything against him?" 'WelI, no.
But before you take IL final vote on
him, I'd just like to show you II Job of
cebbling he did for me, that ALL"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20
THE BlslDtaEPORT TRAGEDY.
Further Particulars of the Murder ,
Cn nptatM COlvOcOreEscs.

Captain Colvocoresscs.
Since the murder of Captain Colvo-
coresses facts have transpired which
serve to involve the affair in still
further mystery. An examination of
the clothing of the dead man shows
that the ball, which entered on the
left side, did not pass through his coat
or vest, but the latter was open when
he was found, and his shirt was on fire
from the explosion. In passing out
the ball went through his coat. This
fact would seem to SHOW that he either
in q scutfle which preceded the shot
had his vest torn open or opened it
himself for some purpose unknown.
There are various theories afioat concern
ing the matter, particularly in view of
the large amount of insurance which
the deceased had recently effected on
his life. The friends of Captain COL
vocoresses, in Litchfield, state that he
took no money with him when he left
home, and even left his watch behind
him. From the time he was last seen
alive to the time of the shot, was some
twenty minutes, ample time for him to
have reached the boat and returned;
and the shot was not fired till after the
boat had pushed off from the dock, as
the policeman who heard the shot and
found the dying man testlfies. All
these facts serve to involve the matter
in the deepest mystery, and the wea-
pom used, the finding of the bag opened
and rifled, and the finding of another
ball, corresponding with the one which
passed through the murdered man, on
the sidewalk near the place of the trag-
edy, still further complicate the affair.
A post-mortem examination, made at
the instance of the friends of the de-
ceased, showed that the pisto!-shot
wound was the only one the dead man
received, and there were no other
marks of violence upon his body. The
authorities are vigorously working up
the case.
The following is a list of the compa
MES in which Captain Colvocoresses was
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20
Total weight. ..
THE WINNERS.

The London crew is composed of
veteran oarsmen and scullers. Messrs.
Gulston, Long and Stout rowed in the
winning crew for the Stewards Chal-
lange Cup, at Henley, in 1868 and
1869, and Messrs. Gulston and Long
were members of the London Rowing
Club four that carried off the same
trophy in 1870. Mr.. Close, who is q
comparatively recent acquisition to the
London Rowing Club, rowed in the
victorious Cambridge eight against OK.
ford in 1871 and 1872, and also won the
Diamond Sculls at Henley in 1870. MI.
Stout also won the ''Diamonds"
in 1868, and the Wingaeld Sculls,
with which is associated the
amateur championship of the Thames,
in the same year, while Mr.. Long,
though unsuccessful on more than one
occasion for the Diamonds" was
credited with the Wing6eld two years
in succession, but had to succumb last
year, after a good race, to Mr.. w. Faw-
Gus, of the Tynemouth Rowing Club.
In addition to the above performances
Messrs. Spout and Long won the silver
goblet for pair oars at Henley in 1861.
and Messrs. Gulston and Long accom-
plished the same feat last year.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20
A Curious Mistake.
Washington Correspondence of the st. Louis Demo
crat.

crat.
The introduction of the colored ele-
ment into the membership of the House
and Senate will inevitably lead to manv
cases of mistaken identity, in spite Of
the Amendments and the Civil Rights
bill. A friend of mine was the victim
of one the other day. He. had come
here from the west to see the sights,
and was engaged in the inspection of
the Representatives. Hall and the ad-
miration of its beauties. He had been
admitted to the floor, and at the time
OF the incident was seated in the cloak
room. 1t happens that there are sew
eral very well dressed and we'll behaved
colored servants connected with the
House. and always on hand to execute
the orders of members in the corridors
and Committee rooms. NV friend had
seen several of them obey the com.
mands of members and visitors, and.
as he needed little waiting upon y
just then, he tn ought he would muster
one of them into his service. So, beck
oning to a neatly attired citizen of Afri-
can descent who stood near him, and
who modestly answered his call, he said
to him, "Jim, will you show me to the
barber's shop; I want to get shaved
and have boots blacked." This was a
little too much for sc sJim," who was
none other than one of the honorable
Gembers from South Carolina,-Mr.
Elliott, I believe. "'Scuse me, sab =;
Use not waitah ; I'se q membah." 1
need not say that the visiting gentle
man from the west was extremely NOR
tilted at the indignity he had offered to
one of the peoples representatives., and
very quickly bowed and talked his best
apology. He made his way ont of the
cloak room as quickly as he could, and
vowed that while he remained at the
capital, he would avoid the possibility
OF repeating his mistake, by employing
white "help" exclusively to do his lit
tie chores and yet he said he couldn't
help what he had done, as the oolored
walters resembled the colored members
so closely that it was impossible to dis
tlnguish one from the other.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20

A PORTLAND, Me-, paper says: "The
benefits of the stoppage of the sale of
rum can be seen in this town. A far.
mer who came into town every day now
comes in only once a week and goes out
sober. For the last ten years he has
never exceeded three-fourths of an acre
planted; this year he has three acres
planted, aud four sowed down to grain :;
his fences are put up, aud he snapped
off an old rack of bo ,,s' of horse
and las good one.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-20
That Waltz II Ven Weber's.
n UoA nxX.


1he btit6e merry music Of harp and Of horn,
1es nad, mssry mu:tc, thss ret rs 4asns'nsr ~.
Down the great han went waving the banners,
Waving and waving their red, white and btue,
From the casys great gardens asleep in the dew.
u9SsE ths a.s., = they ao:.ed .na so..ed,
We Two and we Two 10otod and Aosted
Into The nystseaa nidntght hourA -.
And Just ~ the dawn came stealing snA stealing.
The last Of those Wild Weber waltses began;
can hear the soft notes now appealing aud Pleading,
And catch the faint scent Of the sandal wood fan
That lay I'm your hand, your hand on my shoulder.
All under - asss ana andsr ise sreSs:, S'
We danced and we danced TN The dawn Of the day
But Why shoubd I dream o'eF thts d1e2<5 old ledger
In this counting room down IN thu dingy old stret
When oar hsazts bess in time TO our fast flying feei
What r. that bring me that scent Of euchantu,eut.
That Just for moment I'd swear that the music
OF WebbeEs via wakses vas stD in my eazs7
What IL II, indeed, I'm tlig dusty old alley,
That brings me q that mosning In Juue9
What II IT. Indeed 9-I laugh 70 confess IT,
hand.osgan grinding aeakins oad tune!
But soanevARe o. other eanghf IN the measure
Thst waltz ol Won Webee'h, and back al came.
ThaE night o. Do5nfnG, Just there st the daWutn9.
Whso danced t1s ~ ds.oe wttA tAnJ1iH@&
aaoes ::~.<l i.E=.sE
Ny int and ny laGt bat who vuuA beliss me
II, down II tAis dusty Old slley today, -.
T1t The talk about cotton, the maxtets and ua0ney,
/ should sudde1ly turn IN some moment and ~
That one nenesy only bad Iet ns loseIy u
And gEpy-bsaH3ea bachaDoR, dnsantng of -JunaA
to the dsvnines,
sesnsd ct to ths mnsie It wssets via tuunisesa..
-GGk1v.