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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-08-30
Nashville Produce Market.

DRIED FRUIT-Receipts and sales to-day
of $500 lbs. dried fruit at &c for apples; Sc
for quarter peaches and &c for half peaches.
EGGs-Firm at 13614c from wagon.
HAY-The new In merchantable order is
in small supply, and sold at S25028 per
ton.
PorAToEs-Market quiet. We quote
Irish at $l.0061.25 per barrel.
FEATHERs-Market very dull. We
quote prime at 55c.
WooL-Receipts light and market weak,
and declining. We quote tub-washed, free
of burs, $4,000; unwashed do. 35638c;
bury lots 5610c less.
CHCKENs-We quote spring at prices
ranging from ST. 5O62. 40 per dozen, accord.
ing to size. Hens command 25c piece by
the lot.
GINsENG-We quote at 65670e.
BEEswAx-We quote at 25c.
RAGS-The market OverstOcked and dull.
We quote al 3sc.
BUTTER-We quote at 12a615c for good
country; choice zoe.
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SEEDs-Demand moderate. We quote
as follows: Clover 500; timothy $3.50;
orchard grass $3.50; blue grass $2.25; red
top $l.75.
COTTON YAREs-We quote at 122c, 14ac,
16ac and l5ac for 100, 900, 500 and 400.
SRUCKs-In demand at $3.50 per 100 lbs
for hacked, and S1.50 for rough.
WRAPPNe PAPER.-We quote small at
Soc; medium Use; double crown 81.
IRoy.-We quote as follows: Tennessee,
bar, 7c % b; Kentucky, do. 64c; Tennessee
band 73010c; Kentucky, do. 6a673c; Ten
nessee boiler plate BIC; boiler heads Sc; fire
box 1Oc; sheet, common 5166A; do Zen
lucky 6t67ic; do. Tennessee 74Gt9c.
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Notice to Make Side Walks.

"HEREAS, THE STREET COMMITTEE
w has reported TO the City Council the neces-
sary plans and specifications, pre-, AIRED BY an
Engineer employed BY the Mayor snd said Com
mittee for that purpose, for the making ana re-
pairing Of sidewalks, curbings and cutters upon
the followins streets and parts Of streets in the
Seventh Ward, namely:
South College street.
South Market street. r-- az
South Carroll street.
Berrien street.
Also, part OF Vine and Broad streets in the
Fifth Ward. Therefore,
be It enacted by the City Council Of Nashville,
That the said report OF the Street Committee Is
hereby adopted and confirmed, and the owners
of lots onting on any Of the streets or parts Of
streets designated m the preamble OF this ordi
nance, and within the bounds described therein,
are required to proceed without delay to con-
ttruct or repair their sidewalks snd curhings ac-
eording to the specifications reported by said
committee, within the time prescribed By law;
and said plans and specifications shall be de-
posted in the office OF the Mayor for the infor-
nation and Inspection of AL Interested parties.
Approved July Sd, 1872
K. j. MORRIS, Mayor.
Test: THOS. j. HALLE, Recor Jer.
aug18 2w
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
0I-o-NS1O wv --SOs.>,0 (.O<s,., ~ <-0.-1-
ON MARRIAGE.

Happy Relief for Young Mem from the
effects of Errors and Abuses in early life. Man
hood restored. Impedimeuts to Marriage re-
moved. New method OF treatment. New anc
remarkable remedies. Books and circulars sent
tree in sealed envelopes.
Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 2
South Ninth street, Philadelphia, Pa.
auQlI t.Tw3m ar
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chicago Markets.

CHICAGO. Aug. 29.-Flour unchanged.
Whe&t-fsncy active aud frm-No. 2
spring $l.l64; No. l st.2061.21. Corn
386385c. Oats 274c. Rye 5Sc. Barley
643c. Mess Pork $3.50. Lard SIC for
western; summer sc. Bulk meats are
offered more freely and lower; shoulders
6&e; clear short ribs &c. Bacon-nothing
doing. Whisky 90c. Buffalo freights lie
for corn and 12c for wheat.
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%. Inuiu markets.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20 Flour steady
Wheat easier, but not quotably lower. Corn
35c. Oats 24c. Rye dull. Barley soc.
Whisky 89a90c. Mess porb $13. 75615 90.
Bacon, shoulders SIC, clear rib lie, clear
sides lie. Dry salt meat frm-conslder-
able sales private. Lard unchanged; sum
mer Sc. Hogs $42565 90. Cattle $3.50
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NASHVILLE UNION AND AMERICAN FRIDAY AUGUST 3d.

rial s10l.5o; Young Hyson sl.1oaD1.5
Black 90c0s1 %; Gunpowder $111.76.
FIsH-We quote Nos. 2 and $11.50n
100, and $l0N10.50 % barrel; half bar
rels, Nos. I, 2 and 8, $3.50, $3.50 and q. 10;
In kits, Nos. /, and 8, s2.25, $1.75 &nf
$1.60.
RrCE-Market drm 1t Zoe.
CHEEsE--We ouote Factory, new at lie.
PowDER-Market steady a. follows: Du-
p0nt 800; Sycamore Mills 500: Hazards
800; blasting $500; fuse per 100 feet 76c.
SHoT-We quote patent So; Buck 1925.
LroUoRs-We quote common rectifed
whisky as gallon 81; Robertson County
$1.756S3; Bourbon $1.25D5.50; Lincoln
County $1.7562.25; Highwines 81.
CorToE TIEs-We quote at &c.
BRooAs-We quote at $2.50nS.60 %
doz.
SoAp-We quote at 5Nsc y u, or $50
$50 o. box.
BAes1Ne- We quota at 1sH20c for
hemp and fax.
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Dealers here were paying ilaa and were
holding ct 119. @
Exchange on New York is taken BY the
banks at par and Is cold by them at 81 per
thousand.
Government securities were quoted In
New York yestardav "a follOwa.
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Sew York Moner Marker.

NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-Money steady,
at 465. Sterling dull, 81. Gold dull,
opening at 1l35, closing at 11216113.
Loans from 1872 to @ per cent for use.
Clearings S4S,O00,000, Treasury awarded
81 100000 at 112.8S6113.O7 Governments
disbursed $344,0O0. Governments dull,
with slight fluctuations. State bonds dull
and steady. Stocks opened steady but be-
fore the morning hour expired declined
from Z to { per cent. at the second board
market became strong, and advanced from
J to Il per cent. in the upward movement
Erie was most conspicuous, rising from
49A to SOC. Next to Erie New York Gen.
t al was the most prominent, advancing
from 9Ss to 99s, and increased dealings In
Northwest Ohios, Lakeshore, Indiana Cen
trail, Western Union, and Union Pacific
advanced from 20 per cent; other fuc-
tuations are not important. The market
closed strong at the highest figures of the
day. The earnings Of the Burlington Ce-
dar Rapids and Minnesota Railroad for the
week ending Aug. II, 1872, were $26,029,
an increase Of over 81, 900 on the CORES
ponding week of last year. The interest
on the Selma, Marion and Memphis Rail-
road, first mortgage bonds endorsed by the
State of Alabama, will be paid Sept. 1, by
Messrs Henry Clews & Co. The failure of
small bear ope, ator in stocks is reported.
He being unable to deliver Sl.500 Lake
Shores's, sold at SO.
Sterling Exchange.-Bank Bills, IO8a
US. coupons Of 1881, 1851; 5-20s of 1862
114i; do. 1884, IA; do 1866, 114s; do. new,
1lS!!; do. 1851, 113b; do 1858, 1881; 10-4Os;
1881; currency SIS, 112a. Missouri bonds
933. Tennessee, old, 732; do. new 49,;
Virginia, new, 81; do. old, AZ; North Car
olina, old, SO: do. new. 90.
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"The Claiborne Lodge Building As
soeiAGfOn:S

that the object of the Company IS 70 build hall
for the use or Claiborne Lodge Of Mas0ns and
of such other Masonic or other societies as NAV
rent portions Of said building, and al % q rent
such offices, stores and other departments as may
be contained in the building. Petitioners ask
that the capital stock OF said Company shall con-
sist OF not less than S20,OOO nor more than 81 10,
100, divided into shares of $50 each; that thew
have perpetual succession 10 the right to hold
real estate to the extent necessary for the pur-
pose OF the organization, % sue and be sued, TO
have a common seal, and 20 make such regula-
tons for their government are not inconsistent
with the laws OF the United States and OF the
State OF Tennessee.
II is therefore ordered that all pers0us desiring
to resist the prayer of said petition enter their
appearances herein before OF within the first three
DAYS OF the next term OF said Court, % be held
on the first Monday In october next, 1872, and
then and there show cause, ii any they can, why
the prayer Of said petition should not be granted,
and that a copy OF this order be published in the
Nashville Union and American fox 90 days
y copy-Attest:
NATHANIEL BAXTER. JR-,
Clerk and Master.
M. b. HOWELL, Solicitor for Petitioners.
Rg2 Oswiw
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mo. 1885,
I'm Chaneery at Nashville.

- and Master, ChSneery Court, Aug. "a, 1872.
H. L. Claiborne. Clinton Byrne, William NJ.
Mccarthy, W. P. Phillips, John Baldwin, W. Y.
Deshiells and j. II. Canady, all citizens of Da'
wilson county, Tennessee, have filed their peti-
ton in this Court, stating that they desire to
form joint stock company and to be incOrpor-
ed under the name and STYLE Of
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Gold opened In New York yesterday st
49,, declined to ll2s and closed at l1a.
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UECURREHT NOVEL,

TzNEEssEB. SOUTH uARoLruA,
sank Tennessee, old. 81 Exchange Bank
Sank Tennessee, new IS Peoples Bank
Bank Tenn, Torbett. 80 Planters and Mechan-
Bank Tenn, post les Bank
notee.s..s"...s.s.. 81 State Bank
El2nterg Bank...... O5I Southwestern Z. B..
Union Bank. ...... 80 Union Bsnk.
onion Bank cert's.. .psr ALABAMA.
sank OF Chattanooga % Bank Of MobIle.
Bank OF Commerce. par Bank Of Montgom-
Sank of Knoxville. IS ery.
Bank of Memphis... 50 Bank of Selma. .....
Sink OF Middle Tenn 95l Central Bank.
sank of Paris. .....psrl Commercial Bank.
Sank OF the Union. IS Eastern Bank.
8'k OF West Tenn... IS Northern Bank
Bucks Bank. par Southern Bank. ..... {
City Bank. ...,, sol GEORGIA,
Commercial Bank. 20l Central r z Bank. =, 8
Merchants Bank. par Georgia Railroad and
Northern Bank. par Banking Company.
oeoee Bank. ........ o. Blk of Mid. Georgia.
Bank of Shelbyville. S5 Marine Bank.
southern Bank...... u Bank Of Augusta. ..
crpoers' Bank 80. par Augusta Insurance. 0
'dfe ana General In Bank Of Columbus.
surance Company. o. Bank Of Commerce.
SOUTH CAROLINA. Bank Of the Empire
9ahh VI Saihuen. III state. s............. Q
sang Of Charleston. IS Bank OF Athens..... 8
sank OF Chester.... o. Bank OF fulton.... !
sank OF Georgetown OF Bank of Savannah. 0
SANK OF Hamburg. 10 Bank Of the State Of
Bank of Newberry.. 05 Georgia. ..... O
Bank Of the State Of City Bank Of Angus
FARMERS and Ex- Fsrm'rs and M'chsn-
change Bank. ..... Of ics' Bank.
derchants Bank. OF Mechanics Bank,
Planters Bank OF Merchants and Piar.
rsrneld. .....;.... VI ters' Bank. .......,
Commercial Bank. OIL Planters Bank
lOntcn hsnk. ........
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CATTLE-We continue to quote very
dull market, with sales on basis of $40
Sc for shipping; 2!623c for butchering;
lt61sc for inferior. Grazing cattle in
some little demand.
SHEEP-In good demand at $2.50R3.00
per head.
Hoes-We notice some demand for stock
hogs at 36S3c.
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Foreign Markets.

LONDON, Aug. 29.-Consols 92s; U. S.
5 20s of Is, oslo, do '67, 923; 10-40s
50; new IS S9s.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 29.-Breadstuffs quiet,
wheat however is higher-California white
lbs 40d; red spring lis 9d6l2s; red winter
Us 4d612s Cd. Flour 2Ssd28s Sd.
ANTWERP, Aug. 29.-Petroleum Al.
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MARKETS BIZ GRAPH.
The Cotton Markets.

LIVERPOOL, Aug. 29.-Cotton quiet
and stesdy-middling uplands 10d; do. Or
leans 10t d;sales 12,i 90 bales; speculation
and export 5000 bales.
New YORK, Aug. 29.-Cotton firm:
middling uplands 21ic.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 29.-Cotton--
sales 120 bales; Law middling 19aa20!e;
middllng 20aa20sc; receipts 149 bales; ex-
ports 10 New York 720 bales; stock 6,375
bales.
ST. LOUIS, Ang. 29.-Cotton dull and
nominal.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 29.-Cotton quiet;
lew middling zoe.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 29.-Cotton quiet;
middling 2lc.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 29.-Cotton nominally
unc hanged; no sales.
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BANKING.
0,NIN">-NN>oNNDONN-coDNN~ ~o~OOONNOOoO0-10o
Third National Bank.
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
" W. BERRY, OHAS. e. HILLMAN,
JOHN KIRKMAN, EDGAR JONES,
DANIEL T. GARTER.
TyRANSACTS A GENERAL EXCHANGE
i Business and deals in United States Bonds
and Gold. EDGAR JONES, Cashier.
WV. BERRY, President
JEO. KIRKMAN, Vice President. sepI iy
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0OvoIAn60b ScCufi6l03 Wofo QuOtou IL
New York yesterday as follows:
United States six Per cents OF 1881. 1859
Netwenty bonds OF 1s62...........ls
Etve-twenty bonds Of 1884. .....s....ll44
Eiye-tWenty bonds Of 1s66......s....u4x
EtSe-eWenties, new issue, 1880.
Eive-twenties, new issue, 1851 ..s.s..li3x
6lye-twenties, new issues 1e6d.......u54
zSn-tOlueo...s.sss.ss..s ss..sssssss.1lz
New Five per cents.
u0frency SKIES.
Harnesses Bonds are quoted In New
York at 49, for both the old and the new.
Bank Of Tennessee notes are bought at 81
and are held at SO. State warrants are dull
at SIC.
sOuthern Bonds I'm Few York.
The sales of Southern bonds at the New
York Stock Exchange on the 26sh inst. were
Is follows:
FIRST BOARD. 60
q, 1000 Tennessee six per cents, new b3.......74
1000 tennessee six per cents, new C ........74
10,OOO Virginia six per cents, old. ......60
lo'OO0 missouri six per cents. ..9Sx
l,OVV Arkansas six per cent Funding Act. .49
SECOND BOARD.
1000 South Carolina six per cents, new,
January and July. ...........s.......2H
5000 South Carolina six per cents, new,
january ana July.
5000 North Missouri LIST mort'ge, BIT. c. 80
The sales on the 9th inst. were as fol-
lows:
gIRsT BoARD.
1000 Tennessee six per cents, new. .73k
1000 North Carolina six per cents, old bds...33
2,OOO South Carolina six per cents, new,
January and July.. .25X
LOU Arkansas seven per cents, issued to
the central Railroad.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 29.--The market
presented the usual activity that has been
noted for the earlier days of the week.
Concessions in prices ave still being made
in the same class of goods, but 1t is where
it has been required to equalze to other
grades that had been reduced at an earlier
date. Brown sheetings and shirtiDgs,
standard grades, have been reduced about
1c from Opening rates, at which figures
large transactions are reported. Medium
grades and shirtings, standard weights,
have net been changed. Beached goods
continue fairly active for certain grades, but
low qualities do not move and are sppa
rently neglected. Cotton drills move slow
ly at current rates Canton faunels are in
fair request. Wool f1annels continue active
for favorite makes. Prints keep well sold
up for desirable styles of standard goods.
Ticks, Stripes and checks are wanted in
small way. Woolens sposmodic; fair trans
actions, however, are reported for the day
in cloths and cOatings, and continued in
qtliry prevails for fancy cassimeres Of de-
Cided character for merchant tailoring pur-
poses. In the foreign dry goods MARKET
steady improvement in business continues,
and the DEMAND for new and desirable
goods Increases daily. Prices continue
firm.
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Gasnvii,e F,our and Grain msrker.


FLoUR-Market moderately active aud
firm as follows: SupeTtne $5.0O65.25;
choice family $7.756S.25; strictly fancy
SIS 50d8. IS. .....- .....
Corn MEAL-We quote at 65 and CSC
for unbolted and bolted.
CoRN-We quole at SOC buying loose
from wagon. Shipments to day Of 900
bushels at Coo per bushel, sacked and de-
hvered in depot. The market continues
weak and depressed.
Wharf.-The receipts to-day amount to
5000 bushels, with sales of 1000 bushels at
prices ranging from $l.206I.3 80 per bushel.
OATs-New are bought al 30c loose, aud
dealers are shipping old at 45c, sacked and
delivered in depot. 49, .-....-
BARLEY-DuIl at 100000 buying.
RYE-We quote at 65670c buying.
BRAN-We quote as Sl4 per ton.
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CineinnAtI sEarkess.

CINCINNATI, Aug. 29.-Flour $7.OOa
7.25. Wheat 81 50a1.65. Corn 45a46c.
Rye 73a75c. Oats S4s41c Barley quiet.
Mess pork S13.75. Lard; summer held
at SIC; kettle saleable at Sc. Bulk meats
quiet; shoulders salesble at &c, held at
sc; sides 9a9As9ac. Bacon quiet but
firm; 7ss105alle. Hogs S45065.5O.
II0o
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NashviIIe arocerv Marke..

SUeARs-We quote New orleans, in
hogsheads 10. IL and l2c for fair to choice;
Demerara l26l23c; standard hards 1910
1870; New Orleans clarified white LAO
l2tc; do. yellow 124c; A coffee l2ac: r do
'l2!c; extra G do. lie; Porto Rico 11G12c.
MoLAssEs AND SIBUPs-New orleans
o5c; slrups 45G75c; golden strip 75c.
CoFFEE-Rio, common to choice, 21A1
2S8c; Laguayra 24624ac; Java 2762Sc. :
NAILs-We quote Al 1925 for IUds and
s6e additional for diminishing grades.
SALT-We quote at So. l0per barrel for
pushel barrels by the car load. 1as
Misunderstanding but foil weights IN
mar ket. We quote star q n l9ac.
TEAs-Market steady Is follows Impe-
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Louisville Markets.

LOUISVILLE, Aug. 29.-Tobacco very
firm for all grades; sales 100 hnds. Bag
gng 14l6l6c. Flour, extra family S6.25.
Wheat, red $l.30; amber $1.35; 81 40 for
white. Corn 5665Sc. Oats 2662Sc.
Rye 60662c. Barley dull. Mess pork
13.75a1400. Bacon easy-shoulders Sc;
clear rib 10s111c; clear sides l04A10Bc,
packed. Sugar-cured hams 165617c.
Bulk eats-shoulders &c; clear rio 94e;
clear sides Zoe, loose. Lard 9s693c.
Whisky 89c.
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Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE, Aug. 29.-Flour fairly
active, but unchanged. Wheat firm and
unchanged. Corn; mixed Western &c.
Oats S0.42o. Bye 75e6Oc. Provisions
quiet and unchanged. Lard &c. Wessern
butter unchanged WbiAky e33e.
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MEMPHIS, Aug. 29.-Flour dull and
nominal. Corn meal unchanged. Corn
60d5Sc. Bacon-shoulders S568ic; clear
sides 11s61lse Lard dull and nominal
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New York General Markets.

NEW YORK, Aug. 29-Flour $5.706
IO25 R,e flour and corn meal unchanged.
Whisky 93d93ic. Wheat $l556l.6O.
Rye 1915. Barley and Malt unchanged.
Corn 62s464c. Oats 43a50c. Eggs
Western 24625c. Coffee, Rio l6al6c.
Sugar-fair good refining Sl6S5c; uba
S469J. Molasses unchanged. Rice dull
8JAy4c. Mess pork $14 90. Beef and cut
meas quiet and unchanged. Middles &C
tive; long clear November SIC; December
and January SIC. Lard, No. to prime
steam new 81 49Sc; kettle 93c. Butter
quiet; Western l0aIec. Cheese 12a141e.
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According to correspondent of the San
Francisco Post, Southern California is hot
bed of Greeleyism.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-12-20
VIRGINIA NEWS.

---R. A. Brackston, colored man from
Baltimore, is under arrest in Fredericks-
burg on the charge of bigamy.
The store of Mr.. John Phillips, Rich
mond county, was burned few nights
ago. Loss on goods, $4,000. No in
surance.
Three valuable Cotswold sheep, be
longing to Mr.. Solomon Umbarger, near
Wvtheville, were killed by dogs one night
last week.
An old gentleman named Chauncy
Bailey, who resides near Falls Church,
was stricken with paralysis yesterday while
riding in wagon to Washington city.
Miss Eliza H. Wallace, who was such
a faithful friend to the Southern soldiers
during the war, laboring efficiently and
consistently at the hospitals at Blacks and
Whites, Burkeville, &C., is now, as We
learn from the Souhside Sentinel. old and
lntirm and without the comforts almost in
dispensab1e to her condition. An appeal is
made in her behalf, with the confident as
surance that those who remember her ten
der less and humanity will gladly respond
in her hour Of need. Enclose contributions
to the care of DR.. j. P. Matteaur, Wor-
sham's Postoffice, Prince Edward county.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-12-20

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE STATE
Written reports from county and city SUI
perintendents of public schools received by
w. II. Ruffner, state superintendent, and
embodied in his second annual report,
show q gradual increase of interest in the
question of education and confidence in the
present system of common schools. Thus,
SO counties and cities report a gain in pub
lie sentiment during the year, six report no
change, five report favorably, one not
heard from. The colored people Of the
state manifest great desire for education.
Great improvement in the qualification of
teachers is observable. Teachers insti-
tutes were held in " counties and cities
during the year. There has been q graft
flying improvement in the school-houses
and furniture. Two school-houses were
destroyed by fire during the year; suppos-
ed to have been the work of incendiaries.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-12-20

POP-CRACKERs AaAIN.-A few years
ago stable belonging to prominent fciti.
zen of Richmond was burned, the fire
being communicated by pop.cracker,
which boys were permitted to explode in
any part of the city. In the stable were a
horse, q very valuable COW, carriage, har-
ness, and the seasons supply of provender,
besides other property, all of which were
consumed with the building. A few years
ago the city Of Portland, Maine, was
almost wholly destroyed by fire, the con-
hagration having its origin in holiday
rocket. Almost every year people are
killed by runaway horses, frightened by
pop.crackers. Ladies and children traverse
our streets Christmas and New Years day,
if they go out at all. in mortal dread of the
fire squibs which unruly boys are permit
ted to set off in the streets. We hope the
use of pop-crackers, rockets, &C., will be
prohibited during the approaching Christ.
mas and New Year.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-12-20

ASTOUNDING INTELLIGENCE.--Ar
we in Wonderland? We rub our mental
eyes, and wildly stare and fancy that we
must be dreaming. Still, here it is in &C.
tual print, like the ballad of the "Jabber-
wock:' ''Bonnets are still worn much
in the same shape as those of last month.
Can this be really true? Is it possible
that ladies' can consent for two whole
months to wear their bonnets "much the
same in shape:" Va'a,sm ct aauta6ite SEM
pep in most affairs Of life, the fair sex in
none is more so than in fashionable mat
ters. We shall be tempted to believe in
the strongmindedness of women when we
find them wearing bonnets of the same
shape for month or two together.