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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-25

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
il UNITED STATES for the Eastern District
of Virginia.
In the matter of A. H. Grandy, bank
rupt-in bankruptcy.
At Norfolk, on the l4th day of January,
1873.
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Please to take notice hereby that a petition has
been, to wit on the l4th day of January, 1873,
filed in said District court by a. II. Grandy,
of Princess Anne county, in said district, who
has been heretofore duly declared bankrupt
under act of Congress entitled "An act to estab-
lish a uniform system of bar Iruptcy throughout
the United States,i' approved March I'd, 1867,
for a discharge and certificate thereof, from ali
his debts and other claims proyable under. said
act, and that the 25th day of January, A. d.
1878, at IL O'Clock A. NJ, before Benz. ID Foster,
one of the registers of said court in bankruptcy,
at his office, No. 20 Bank street, Norfolk, in said
district is the time and place assigned Tor the
hearing of the same when and where you may
attend and show cause, if any you have, why the
prayer of the said petition should not be
granted.
CHARLES 7. BARRY,
iaI6-Th2w Clerk.
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MrohELL's
NEW GENERAL ATLAS OF THE WORLD,
FOR 1872.
FROM OFFICIa NJ SURVEYS AND OTHER
AUTHENTIC SOURCES,
M'rchELL's

This work, by the well-known S. Augustus
Mitchell, contains a series OF N HUNDRED
MAPS and PLANS, showing the various coun-
tries of the woSld, PLANS OF SIXTEEN
CITIES, &c. Ais a late LIST OF THEPOST-
OFFICES in the UNITED STATES, with i'm
portant STATISTICAL TABLES, giving, in
condensed manner, tue different Governments
of the world and their forms also their square
miles and population, including that of tina
PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THE WORLD;
Routes and Distances 10 foreign ports and cities
Land Routes and Distances 10 places within the
UNITED STATES; the CENSUS of the UNI
E STATES for 1850 and 1870.
The Maps of the UNITED STATES cover
twenty-five pages of the Atlas.
OF late years discoveries of great Importance
have been Effected. Regions, before compara-
lively unknown, have been explored, and their
physical characteristics asceriained with greater
ENTHUSIASTICALLY among the mining dis.
trfets.
/ take pleasure in offering the above valuable
work to the citizens of Richmond, and at the
low price of TEN DOLLARS, half tn price of
other large works. Bound in leather, cloth
sides. J.V. N. DEHART
General Agent of the House for the South.
Agents wanted in every county and city in the
South. Address for terms,
J. V. N. DEHART,
de 9-tf Box 1856 Richmond p. o., Va.
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Sworn to and subscribed before me - for
D.. 1877 and in testimony thereof I hereunto
subscribe my name and afix my official seal the
day and year aforesaid.
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Dated
Certificate.

The undersigned, postmaster at -, State
of -, certifies, UNDER HIS OATH OF OFFICE,
that he is acquainted with the above guarantors,
and knows them to be men of property. and able
to make good their guarantee; and that bidder
and guarantors are above the age of 81 years.
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IMPERIAL HOTEL,

THE IMPERIAL HOTEL,
Il uATE JENNEss HoUsE,O
JAMES SYKES, PROPRIETOR,
FRONTING PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, BETWEEN THIR :
TEEKTH AND FOURTEENTH STREETS,
WASHINGTON, d. G.
Thankful to the public for generous patronage
in the past, the Proprietor asks his old friends
and paJRons to test the accommodations OF his
present establishment, which he promises shall
be found at least equal to the best in Washing
ton, fe l-tf
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF TiiE UNI
L TED STATES for the Eastern District OF

I'm THE DISTRICT CURT OF the UNI
L TED STATES for the Eastern District OF
Virginia.
In the matter of w. II. Stephenson, bank
rupt- in bankruptcy.
At Norfolk, on the l4th day of January, 1873.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Please to take notice hereby, that a petition
has been, TO wit: on the 18th day of January,
1873. filed in said District court by w. H.. Stephen
son, of Isle of Wight co. in said district, who has
been heretofore duly declared bankrupt under
act of Congress entitled IAN act to establish a
uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the
United States" approved March I'd, 1867, Tor a
discharge and certificate thereof. from all his
debts and other claims provable under said act,
and that the 18th day of January, A. ID. 1873, at
IL o'clock A. M, before Benz, b.. Foster, one of
the registers of said court in bankruptcy, at his
office, No. 26 Bank street, Norfolk, in said DIS
trict is the time and place assigned for the hear
ing of the same; when and where you may at
tend and show cause, if any you have, why the
prayer OF the said petition should not be gram
ted,
CHARLES T. BARRY,
ia IT Clerk.
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IN THE DISTRICT 4 oouRr OF THE uN,

1877 E'
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
lTED STATES for the Eastern District of Vir-
ginia.
In the matter of 2. Taylor Briggs. individ-
ually and as one of the firm of VIM. II. Briggs
Il Bros, b~ankrupt-in bankruptcy.
At Richmond, on the ed day of January,
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Please to take notice hereby, that a petition
has been to-wit on the 10th day of Jan'y, A. d.
1873, filed in said District Court, by z. Taylor
Briggs, of Richmond city in said district,
who has been heretofore duly declared bankrupt
under the act of Congress entitled San act to
establish a uniform system of bankruptcy
throughout the United States, y approved March
I'd, 1867, for q discharge and certificate thereof
from all his debts and other claims provable I'M
der said act, and that the Goth day of February, A.
d. 1878, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, before W. w. Forbes,
one of the registers of said court in bank
ruptcy, Mt his Office in Richmond, in said dis
trict, is the time and place assigned for the hear
ing of the same, when and where you may at
tend and show cause, if any you have, why the
prayer of the said petition should not be granted.
You are also hereby notified, that the second
and third meetings of the creditors of said bank
rupt will be held at the same time and place.
w. W. FORBES,
Register in Bankruptcy for the
ia 29-Th2w Sd Cong'l Dist. of Va.
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have passed through accidental fires, preserving
their contents in some instances where many
others failed.
Secondhand Safes, of our own and other
makes, having been received in part pay for the
Improved Herring's Patent Champion, for ga
at low prices. Hs no 20-1y
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L. WHITAKER,

l.. WHITAKER,
y. Improved Fire and Water Proof Felt,
Cement, Composition, Gravel, Tin and Slate
ROOFER,
No. 1917 CARY STREET,
BETwEEN THIRTEENTH AND VIRGINIA STREET..
RICHMOND, VA.
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OR WAYS AND BY-WAYS IN THE
HIDnEN TlEE on

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We want agents for this book. 1t discloses all
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detectives of this country, in which the crafts of
bank "obbers, thieves, pickpockets, lottery men,
counterfeit money dealers, and swindlers OF all
classes, are exposed and brought to justice.
Price s270. Send for circulars and terms to
agents.
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70
f.~~

Of ~yU IOtu . OHFU TIE
the mail on route No. -, from ---,
do swear that 1 have the ability pecuniarily to
fulfill my obligation as such bidder; that the
bid is made in good faith, and with the intention
TO enter into contract and perform the ervice in
case said bid shall be accepted and that the
signatures of the guarantors thereto are genuine,
and that ] believe the said guarantors to be
pecuniarily responsible for and able to pay all
damages the United States shall suffer by reason
Of my failing to perform my obligations as such
bidder.
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
i TED STATES for the Eastern District of

In the matter of The Jefferson Insurance COM
pany, bankrupt-in bankruptcy,
Eastern District Of Virginia., IS:
Notice is hereby given. that a general meeting
of the creditors of the said Jefferson Insurance
company, bankrupt, for the purpose of declaring
a dividend, will be held at Richmond, at the office
of w. w. Forbes, Esq, register in bankruptcy
In said district, on Thursday, the 3Oth day of Jan
uary, 1873, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, for the pur-
poses named in the 9th section of the bank
ruptcy act of March 2, 1867.
Dated at Richmond, this 10th day of January.
1872. ASA SNYDER,
ia l7-1aW2W Assignee,
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THIS is TO GIVE 40sH . cE-Tha, on the

9UtA
THIS IS TO GIVE NOT CE-That on the
L 18th day of Jan, A. D., 1878, a warrant in
bankruptcy was issued out OF the Dis ,rict court
of the United States for the Eastern District of
Virginia, against the estate of Dabney A. Hudson,
has been adjudged a bankrupt on his own petit
delivery of any property belonging to said bank
rupt, to him or for his use, and the transfer OF
any property by him, are forbidden by law
That a meeting of the creditors of said bankrupt
to prove their debts and choose one or more as
signees of his estate, will be held at a Court of
bankruptcy, to be holden at the Registers
office, Richmond Virginia, before w. w. Forbes,
Esq, Register, on the 9th day of Feb'y, A. ID.
1873, at 10 o'clock A. M.
DAVID b. PARKER.
ia l6-Th2w U. S. Marshal.
VIRGINIA AT Rules held III the Clerks
office of the Circuit Court of the City OF
Richmond, December 4, 1872;
Cornelius Liggon-Plaintiff,
AGAINST
Bernard O'Hare-Defendant,
IN CASE.
The object of this suit is to recover certain
damages laid in the plaintiffs declaration at
one hundred dollars. And aff1daVlt having been
made and filed that the defendant is not a resi-.
within one month after due publication hereof,
In this suit.
A. Copy-Teste
ALFRED SHIELD, Clerk.
w. F. G. GARRETT, JR., p. q.
! ia 2-Thlaw4w
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4 Ill. SHIELDS,
l.. IATE OF CHANDLER morton & SHIELDS,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Marshall Vail, Corner Tenth and Bank Strees
RICHMOND, VA.
Practices in the United States Courts.
Particular attention given to cases arising un
der the United States Revenue Laws, and Bank
ruptcy.
Attorneys outside of the city can have their
Bankrupt cases here attended to promptly, and
carefully looked after, by corresponding with me,
thereby saving them the expense of visiting the
cIty oc 23-dsWSW To
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PROPOSAL.

office address is - county f. State
of -, proposes to convey the mails Of the
United States, from July l, 1873, to June 80,
1878, on route No. - between - and T.,
under the advertisement of the Postmaster Gen.
eral, dated December /, 1872, with celebrity,
certainty, and security (law of June s, 1879,
for the annual sum of - dollars.
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AOT OF CONGRESS, APPROVED JUNE
s, 1872, TO BE AFFIXED TO EACH BID
FOR CARRYING THE MAIL, AND T
BE TAKEN BEFORE AN OFFICER
QUALIFIED TO ADMINISTER OATHS.
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SIX HUNDRED

More than $4,000 Herring's Safes have been
and are now in use, and over
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This proposal is made Nth full knowledge Qfthe
distance Of the route, the soeight Of the mail to be
carried, and all other particulars in reference to
the route and servtce and. also, after careful er-
animation, Of the laos and instructions attached
to advertisement Of mail servics and oftte pro
uisions contained in the act Of Congress Of June
s, 1872.
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d < VIE PAY FOR 8 COPIES OF THE
pC WEEKLY STATE JOURNAL until. LIST
January, 1874.
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ThePostmaster must not sign the certificate
until tho sum of the bid is inserted and The bid
and guarantee signed by all the parties, and
dated.
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Bids Of $4,000 and uploard must be accom-
painted By a certified check, or draft, on some
sotoent national bank, equal to 8 per centum on
Of ne,o service, net less than s per centpm Of
one years. pay proposed in bid.-(Section 1858,
act Of June s, 1871
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q. < Will PAY POI 6 COPIES OF THE
SC WEEKLY STATE JOURNAL until LIST
Nuar 1874.
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BY virtue of the preceding appointment of
the register aforesaid, 1 shall proceed to take in
the law office OF Messrs. Matthews & Matthews,
IN the city of Richmond, on the 10Th day of
January, Chs month"; 1873, the account required
in the above order.
VIM B. MATTHEW'S,
ia l7-l0t Special Commissioner,
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[sEAL.l

NoTE.-When the oath is taken before a justice
of the peace, the certificate of the clerk of a
court of record should be added, under his seal
of office, that the person who administered the
oath is a duly qualified justice of the peace.
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND POST
MASTERS:
Containing also conditions TO be m,cor-
porated IN the contracts to the ertent the
Department may deem proper.
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nISTRICT COURT OF THE INIT
DSTATES for the Eastern District of Virginia.
TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY CONFERENCE.-THE
ING e
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day of
January, 1873, 1888 Cigars, found at Norfolk,
ted States for said district, as forfeited to the
use of the United States, and the same is
libeled and prosecuted in this court in the name
of the United States, for condemnation for the
causes in the said libel set forth, and that
said cause wdl stand for trial, at the
courtroom in the citY of Richmond, on the
3dsday of February, A. d 1873, when and where
all persons are cited to appear and show cause
why condemnation should not be decreed and to
intervene for their interests.
Dated January Is, 1873.
DAVID B. PARKER,
ia Elliott u. S. Marshal.
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SAFES.

BURGLAR PROOF SAFES.
HERRING's PATENT
Oh NIPPON
FIRE AND BURGLAR-PRoOF SAFES
WITH DRY ~FILLIEG,l
Awarded the Prize Medals at Worlds Fair
London, Worlds Fair, New York
Exposition Universelle, Paris.
FARRELL. HERRING l. Co,
No. sO7 formerly 629l Chestnut street, Phila-
HARVEY GILLIAN,
HAS. MATTHEW'S
GEO MYERS,
sO7 CHksTNuT STREET, Pbila.
HERRING FARRELL & SHERMAN, N. Y.
HERRING & Co, Chicago.
HERRING ,FARREL Il Co, New Orleans
The Mammoth Safe purchased by the Fidelity
Safe Deposit Company was made by
FARRELL, HERRING & 90
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
l. ted States for the Eastern District of Vir.
ginia.
In the matter of James 7. Gouldin, bank
rupt--in bankruptcy.
Eastern District Of Vrginid to soit
Upon the application of 7. H. Brooke, at
torney, of Caroline county, State of Virginia.
and upon considering said application, it is
ordered that VIM. b. Matthews, be and he is
hereby a%ppointeda special Commissioners to take
stale and settle, and report an account of all
liens and Other ~eneumbrances on the estate of
said bankrupt, to this office.
Richmond, January l0lh 1878.
r1G w. w. FORBES,
a4.E Register in bankruptcy.
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national Prison Reform Congress.

The proceedings of the National Prison
Reform Congress on Wednesday were in
a high degree interesting and important, as
will be seen by.the following extracts from
the report
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esss.al!y With 0has!sssen. xhish has De:
otded advantages In the railroad and
steamship lines, which leave daily.
Transient laborers, mostly. women and
children, darn al much a. dollar dey,
in the season ofspicking and gathering.
The estimated value OF lands so occupied
is abodt 5000 per aore-say s175. 900.
Ia addition to farms on the Neck, en-
bracipg about 900 acres, there is large
class of farmers and planters in st. An
drew's and Christ Church Parishes and
upon the adjacent islands, who grow
vegetables for export as side crop. It
is their experience that crops Of vegeta-
bles oan betgrown and harvested without
materially interfering with the moro re-
gular work OF cotton planting. The
amount of capital invested in labor, i'm
plements, manure aud seed is estimated
to be. on the Neck, $3.50 per acre, which,
added to 5000 per acre, LAS tho value OF
the land, makes $3.50 investmont per
acre. The profits, in fair season, are
put at $lO0 net per acre. or about thirty
|
|per cent. The per centage OF profit
would be greatly increased on lands less
eoSt!J. WHO CAN fall to see good busi.
ness in truck farming in suitable locali-
ties? Nothing bat enterprise is wanting
to make it. aud fruit culture profitable
and remunerative in Richland County.
we have all the advantages Of soil, eli
mate. fertilizers and transportation that
Charleston has. in o less degree. per-
haps, .but sufficient for the purpose of
making it both profitable and pleasant.
We have not the same amount OF tran
sient labor. but. If We can put what we
have to work, and break up tho idle dens
everywhere to be met with. we shall fn.l
enough for the present. and more will
come when needed, and when it Gun be
renuneratively employed.
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xsz dEaggs@ back ia bis aaagsQa. -Hhsxa
ing interview with him.
<.Dafing the night, gallows Was erect
"a on the para@p- groqpd in front Of the
EMtlitary dtouse.s It was rough
hnwn struotnrG the rope with which the
doomed mani was to be strangled to
death dangling FROM an iron hook in the
cross.beam. Al Z O'Clock A. H., the
garrison of Irkutsk formed hollow
square aroend the gailows. Fifteen mi
nutes afterward, the executioner, his
two assistants and the wretched prieoner
nude their appearance. Eichmnller pre-
isented truly pitifnl aspect. ue was
the very picture Of boundless terror. lie
shed tears copiously and uttered inces-
sanity low moans. When he caught
sight Of the gallows, he raised his chait 8
to Heaven and broke into loud shrieks.
The executioner pushed him rudely tc-
ward tho instrument Of death, aud
placed him underneath the rope. After
taking the chains from the prisoner, he
put the moose round his neck; then he
stepped behind EichmulIer, and, seiziDg
the other end of the rope, jerked it mp
violently. En- the next moment, the cul-
prt dangfed Ave or six feat from the
ground in the air. The execntioner then
suddenly lowered him three or four feet.
Therenpon, one Of the assistants hing
himself to the legs Of the suff-rr. who
was again pulled up by the ex"cu,ion-r.
This pulling up and lowering was re-
-peatrd four times; wtereupuu the prl-
soner was examined by surgeon and
praununo-d dead. His remaius were
inferred by the executioner. without
being previously enclosed in coffin
The whole execution was over Ut quar-.
ter to 8 -Ne,o York Sua.
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The same Massachusetts Legislature
which refused to expunge from their
Journal the vote OF censure against Sc
nator Sumner for his battle flags resolu-
tion, refused to consider q resolution
censuring those Congressman who voted
themselves increased salariesl 4 vote Of
censure from such set of men as con-
stituts the majority of the Massachusetts
Legislature. should not disturb the rest.
and cannot ipjure the character or repu.
tation, OF any honest man.
A singular lawsuit has been brought
in Boston. When the Russian Duke
Alexis was entertained in Music Hail, in
1871, the bust Of Benja Franklin was
knocked from it's pedestal, and struck o
lady on the head. inficting injuries
which for some time required medical
treatment. The injured woman has now
sued the city for $40, 900 damages Two
aldermen, members of the committee in
charge of the festival, have also been
personally sued.
BRUTALITY are informed that
Al. Thomas. white man, living at
Blackstooks. whipped his wife unmerci-
fully some time ago. giving her several
hundred lashos. after which he poured
AOkooEuo OlL Ou ucE Acttu ltuO lGcG aQQ
set it on fire. The poor woman reported
the facts, and Thomas was arrested and
tried last week at Chester, and was son.
fenced by Judge Maokey to nine months
imprisonment in the County Jail.
Winns6oro Ne,cs.
Only thirty-six Senators drew their
extra pay for the last session. The rest,
with single exception, have simply left
it in the hands OF tho Sergeant.at-Arms-
to be called for when the excitement has
subsidized. Great deferenoe to public
opinion is shown in this sacrifice of in
terest on the amounts lying idle. What
with the Credit Mobilier stock turned
over by Mr.. Kelley and the uncalled for
back pay. the Ssrgennt.at- Arms has his
hands full OF conscience money.
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The thoughtful physiciun does not re-
gard spring rs IA healthy season. It's
sudden TRANSITIONS Of temperature,
searching winds and chilling rains are
provocative of rheumatism and neural
gia, and where there is predispositiou
:o dyspepsia or bilious collie, or chills and
lever, such variations Of the weather ARE
apt to superinduce a visitation OF one or
other Of those complaints. BY toniug
and regulating the system with Hostet-
ter's Stomach Bitters ut this season,
these evils may, however. be warded of.
The direct effect Of the Standard Vege-
table Specific is to invigorate the body
and renovate the constitution. while it
indirectly operates as preventive of
disease by purifying the animal fluids
from any acid PARTICLES they may con-
tain. and regulating the functions upon
which health mainly depends notably
those Of digestion, secretion and evacna-
tion. M30t3tl
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We had the pleasure of meeting COL
D. Wyatt Aiken in the city. yestsrday,
just returned from the West. Colonel
Aiken represents things in the Missis-
sippi Valley as unattraolive, labor demo-
rallied. money scarce and planters de-
spondent. With all the evils of our
present condition, and all the faults that
may juatly be iouad;with the course Of
things here. he infinitely prefers poor
old South Caroline to the rich countries
he has recently visited. Patience.
friends. Speed tie plow aud wbirl the
spindle.
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The OCEAN MYSTERY. The New York
Tribune stntes that Mr.. Winchester, the
owner Of the brigautine Mury Celeste.
found abandoned ut sen in December
last, sayn that upon learning of the abnn.
donment Of the vessel, he went to Gil.
bralter and examined the vessel tho
roughly, and stated that there we're no
signs OF blood, either on the sails or the
sword. as mentioned in the circular. The
stains on the sails were from service, and
those on the sword from ruat The al
legged impairment of tue bows arose from
the action of the atmosphere and the
water upon the hard pine planking. Mr..
Winchester attributes the disappearance
Of Captain Briggs, his wife, child and
crew to the grounding OF the vessel,
when, fearing to be lost, he abandoned
her