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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-07
Their Starry Majesties.

Venus is now the regnant queen OF
the starry heavens, and may be seen hold
ing her regal court every evening as she
slopes gracefully down the western sky.
Just now Jupiter contests the honors of
starry sovereignty with her, and holds his
imperial court in the East as the more
brilliant queen retires to her couch in a
blaze of splendor that entirely eclipses the
monarch of the skies.
Jupiter is at present situated in or near
the constellation Leo, or the Lion. not far
from Regulus, its leading brilliant. the first
star in the handle of the Sickle, which
makes this group so Familiarity known to
observers. If the course of the planet be
watched, it will be seen to %retrograde OF
move backward among the stars. This ii
will continue to do until the seventeenth O
April, when it will apparently change its
course, and reach the vicinity OF its presen
position during the month of May. lt'
motion can now be easily traced from 1T
| vicinity to the star Regulus, which although
of the first magnitude, seems compare
lively faint in the presence of its brighter
| attendant.
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AT the wedding ceremony Of Miss Kate
Fox, we'll known as the medium through
whom spiritual manifestations began in this
country, gentle raps were heard in the
vicinity Of the altar, and again at the we'd
ding breakfast the spirits offered congratu-
lations by loud and frequent raps in all
parts of the room. According to the London
Times, Miss Fox's mother sent a message
to the groom expressing her approval of
her daughter's choice. The spirit Of james
B. Taylor, whose will created such
a sensation a few years ago, made itself
heard and offered congratulations. Then
the spirits grew jovial. Mr.. Taylor raped
"~Jenckins is no longer his W mastery
whercat all the other spirits raped in APP
probation. Then the bride cheated the
Atlantic Telegraph Gable Company out O
a heavy sum by sending a long message tt
America by a spiritual Mercury. Tit
most astonishing feature Of the breakfast
however, was the raising Of the heayily-la
den table several times from the floor. All o
which is, of course, vouched for by TIN
highest authority.
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INDUSTRY after industry in Great
Britain is being temporarily paralyzed by
the rebellions of the ''swart sons of toll =
and what is worse, each strike appears to
be more obstinate, more widespread and
more injurious to great interests than its
predecessor. There is scarcely an indus
try which has not come to a standstill in
some part or other of the kingdom, by a
tIade-union demonstration. And now
Wales is in CONSERVATION the mines are
desolate, and the brawney workmen con-
gregate in sullen knots on the corners oil
village streets and about village t~averns,
listening to harangues, consulting. hearing
emissaries from the masters, and holding
grimly, so far, to their purpose. Appear
ances are that the worst is not yet. Stall
fordshire and Yorkshire Golfers threaten
to follow the example of their Welsh fel
low.laborers, and a general strike among
the coal and iron mines of England seems
to be by no means IN improbable con
tingency.
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THE Chicago Inter-ocea deprecates the
conclusion reached by many that the pos
session of Credit Mobilier stock necessarily
implied corruption on the part Of Congress-
men, and thinks the investigation should
have looked to the action of the holders of
the stock when legislation was called for.
1t adds:
IT would have been found that no legislation
in relation to the Credit Mobilier and Union Pa
cido Companies was ever proposed subsequent
ly to the alleged purchase of shares by Congress.
men, except of q restrictive character; and that
all the members whose names had been used IN
connection with the scandal uniformly voted III
favor of such hostile measures. ell
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PHYSICAL Education i'm schools.

Mr.. Philbrick, in his report on the pub
lie schools of Boston, in reviewing the
progress made in the department of physi-
cal education, says:
The vigorous and effective system of military
drill provided for all the boys in our high schools
has, in my Judgment, been OF incalculable advan-
tage and its moral results have heen no less val
uablethan its physical effects. 1t is good both
for those who command and those who obey. y
Still 1 feel bound to say, and to say with EN-
phasis, that there is still great room for i'm
provement in physical culture. We ought to
aim, not merely to avoid injuriag the health
of pupils while carrying on the instruction
health, strength and beauty. l dare call that
system of education a failure which sends ont
into the world, to fight the battles OF life, its
finished graduates, with narrow shoulders,
flat chests, crooked spines, pale faces, weak
muscles, and low vital energy. y
Our boys receive less physical Injury from their
schooling than our girls. Nature helps the boys
more. The boy manages to get some wholesome
play. But the poor girl is easily crushed under
the terrible weight Of school. less ons. Her strong
love of appreciation, given to her for a wise pur'
pose, is easily made to work her physical ruin by
the machinery of examination. y
I do not hesitate to tell any mother in Boston
that, in the present state OF things, the head OF q
school is not a very safe or desirable place for a
girl to occupy.
In conclusion, 1 would urge two items of i'm.
mediate reform, in view of this matter hrst.
viz laAto Ia Nhet w tO110 D.
enforced and second, that our high school girls
snail no longer be seen carrying home daily for
study large bundles of class-booss.
These are :" words of truth and sober
ness y which our board of education ant
excellent Superintendent will do well t.
consider and apply to the conduct of oul
own public schools. In no country OF
earth is physical education SO wretchedly
not 20 say ~criminally, neglected as in this
The public schools are the only sources
whence a reform so absolutely essential t
the development of perfect manhood as thi
can effectively emanate. Neglecting all phys
ical training and carrying the intellectua
forcing process to an undue extreme ex
hausts the body and stimulates the min
to an unhealthy state o feverish excitement
until the subject of such discipline become
a physical and mental wreck. Drafts
this sort made on the future will be paid
suffering and misery. But the remedy
a. hand, and school boards not prompt
adopting it are culpably careless of IL
trusts reposed in them.
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A SAN FRANCISCO company has pur-
chased three hundred thousand acres o.
good cotton land in the Navigator's Islands,
which lie north Of New Zealand. The
company has possession of the Pango-
Pango harbor, which is the commercial
and might be the military key of the whole
group. The enterprise is important, and
promises to be profitable. Labor can be
had there about as cheaply as on the tea
plantations of Upper Assam, in India,
where two dollars and sixty cents will pay
a Bengalese hand for a month, the hand
clothing, feeding, bedding, housing, an(
otherwise meeting all the contingent ex
penses Of it's n
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THE Petersburg Appeal is mistaken If
it thinks us hard TO please, or at all dis
posed to grumble because certain political
crumbs have not fallen into our editorial
waste. basket. We didn't come to Virginia
for office, nor was it because we hankered
after it that we consented to lead a forlorn
hope in order to preserve our political lines
unbroken. We accept The Appeals assn
rance that it has no ~prejudices whatever
against Northern settlers in Virginia. But
we think it is q little Eighty on the subject
of 4" carpet-baggers," and has a good deal
more reason to complain of native-stock
Virginlans than the g carpet-bag" element.
so-called, for their indulgence in the
little questionable practices of which ii
complains. AT all events, we are
not so hard to please but That The
Appeal may not suit us quite as well as
the majority of our exchanges, nor are We
so obstinate in our judgments that we can
not acknowledge a good deal oftruth in wha
our contemporary says. Human fault!
are not so uneyenly distributed that the,
all lie at the door Of The Appeal, or ma.
be all tied up in one bundle in our editoria
sanctum. 1t is not possible to bur.
all our faults out of sight, and may not b
, for many, very many, generations to come
but we will join our Petersburg neigh6or'
t trundling as many ~prejudices to the sepu
4 chral vault as it can scare up in or arour
Y THE JOURNAL office, if it will allow us ii
t same rights and privileges of interment
4 respect to itself. And we will furth
y agree to shed fewer tears and wear lie
$ badges of grief than any other editor
% the State. What say you to a CONNIE
burial p
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THE Pitsburg Commercial is authority
for saying that Virginia is threatened with
suit by the United States for the recovery
Of interest on state bonds held by it in
trust for certain Indian tribes. 1t further
says that our Estate is really insolvent.
It owes over Sl5, 600, 900; its available
assets are but little more than s5,OOO,oOO
The Indian trust investment is s ,OOO,OOo
in six per cent. bonds. The interest has not
been paid for years, and it is proposed
to bring suit for its recovery. The State
can nut off the individual b~ond-holder, but
will hardly be able to evade the Federal
courts"
This is a pretty hard exhibit for our
Pittsburg contemporary to make, and a
lite stretched, we think. But if we are to
pay this back interest on the Indian trust
fund, the back interest on this s45,-
O0O, 900, or any two-thirds of it, the best
thing the Legislature can do to bring II
about is, to fight the free railroad law
put a heavy tax on all capital seeking in
vestment in the State; encourage the pro
pagation of free dogs to the exclusion o
all mutton, except such as the dog
may eat !; fund, refund, and doubly com
pound the interest on the old Virginia debt
obstinately oppose all practical measure
for the raising of revenue, except such
shall tax industry to death and, genera
t ", to legislate in favor of swelling indeb
edness and diminishing all means TO pay
: This will get us out of the woods"
about two centuries and a half, if the wi
dom of the present generation does n
die out before that time.
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CHESAPEAKE G. OHIO RAILROAD.

On and after September 30th PASSENGER
TRAINS will leave Richmond Except Sunday
as follows:
$50 A. M.-MAIL TRAIN for White Sulphur
Springs connecting at Gordonsville with orange,
Alexandria and Manassas train for washington
and North, and Lynchburg and South.
4:35 p. INSTRUMENTATION TRAIN Tex
cept Sunday for Gordonsvil,e, arriving at SIS
p. M. This train connects AT Gordonsvills with
Manassas railroad for LYNCHBURG and
WASHINGTON.
THROUGH TICKETS, at low rates, sold to
all points Northwest and Southwest
| Amsterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Havre, Rotter-
| dam, Bergen, Copenhagen, and Gothenburg, 10
| all points on this road can be bought OF the Ge-
| neral Ticket Agent at Richmond, or can be Or
dered through any station agent on the road.
Further m may be obtained az the
company's Offices. Al. PERRf,
General superintendent.
| JAMES T. NETHERLAED,
General Ticket Agent. 1el
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GENERAL Butler writes q long letter to
Mrs. Victoria Woodruff, regretting that he
cannot act as her counsel in the criminal
suit brought by A. j. Comstock, but
speaking very decidedly to the effect that
Mr.. Comstock's charge of obscenity,
cannot be sustained in court. General
Butler further ntimates that in the
suits for libel Mrs. Woodruff will have a
fair defense if the publication complained
of sis true and from good motives"
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What our neighbor of The Wing says
would be q dangerous issue," if taken by
the Republican party Of the State, it nc
doubt honestly entertains as a sentiment,
if not as a thorough conviction. But we
do not see how it would lead directly to
reputation. 1t is no reputation to throw
the burden of Indebtedness on the right
shoulders. The danger in this direction
lies in making a pack-mule of the new Vir-
GINA to carry the dead carcass of the DID.
The Wing says:
1t would. indeed, be a shrewd movement upon
the part of the Republican party to go before
the people in the next canvass ASSN, upon att sum a To
propitiate by the bold and scornful denunciation
of Reputation, whilst to the advocates OF low
taxes would be urged the liability of the govern
ment, and hence their release from all responsi-
bility for the debt.
But its shrewdness would be far out
weighed by its honesty, and a deep conyic-
ton of the justice and honesty of a meas
ure will go a great way farther towards
winning a political canvass than mere tac'
and shrewdness. We have flung out the
proposition for the consideration of oul
political friends in the State, seeking tt
detach NATIONAL politics entirely from tn
local issues of our people. Whether GU
friends will see the matter in the ligh
.that we do, remains to be seen.
The Wing would be surprised to see tn
number of letters we have received from
leading men in the State, approving GU
suggestion, and promising support to tn
Republican party, if they shall boldl
take this just and most righteou
issue before the people. And yet Gel
tain Republicans growl over it, b
cause they think it shadows
some reflections on the action of the Fed
raj government which it is not wise in us
make. We cast no reflections of tn
sort, nor do we intend to-. What Il
Federal government did it felt justified
doing !; and, il it did not hit on the be
and wisest course. it did its best to p
down the rebellion, and WI
the result we are content. We on
approve an inevitable deduction tt
must be drawn from the action it {
take, and with that we shall be equal
content. Nothing is Utopian which
fortified by the right, and made detensl'
in argument before a civilized world.
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BARNUM is not a. all discouraged by
his misfortunes, but devises the next best
scheme to raise the wind. He advertises
for three hundred moral men to travel with
his menagerie next summer. Such a large
collection of ''moral men, in one body
would be as great a curiosity as the giraffe
hippopotamus. We hope he will get
them. Hand in your certificates of "moral
character and let the great moral show
! come off.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-02-07

CONGRESS is killing off the jobs one
after the other with uncrrlng certainty.
A whole brood have been slaughtered
within the past week. The bounty for
commerce, the refunding Of the cotton-
tax, the assumption of Washington in
~debtedness, the Goat Island scheme, the
Australian steamship subsidy, have all
followed each other to the tomb of the
| Capulets. That sort of destruction meets
| the approval Of the country.
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RICHMOND & YORK RIVER R. R.

R,cBNoSp AND York RIVER RAILROAD CoM'Y,
RICHMOND, VA, December 2, 1872.
NOTICE.
On and after this date December p the PAS
SENGER and FREIGHT TRAINS over this
route will be run as follows
PASSENGER TRAIN daily Except Sundays
between Richmond aud West Point, leaving the
depot at $50 p. M, and on WEDNESDAYS and
SATURDAYS connecting with the fine steamer
STATE OF VIRGINIA for river landings on
The York River, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
York, and all points North and West.
FREIGHT TRAIN for through freight leaves
Richmond on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Satur-
days at a o'clock A. M.
| mond and West Point, carrying local freight
| both ways, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, leaV
ing Richmond at A O'Clock A. M.
WILLIAM N. BRAGG,
T. l., TAYLOR, superintendent.
Genl Ticket and Freight Agent, Richmond.
de 2l-tf
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II


RICHMOND AND DAN VlLLE n. n.
On and after Sunday, December %, 1872.
GOING WEST1
Train No. Q Through Passenger) leaves Rich
mond daily Except Sunday at 5:1e A, M; leaves
Danville at 1866 r. NJ; arrives at Greensboro
Train No: 6 Lynchburg Passenger) leaves
Richmond daily at9;25 A. NJ arrives at Lynch
Train No. 10 Through Mail and Express)
leaves Richmond daily ut ESQ l.. M; leaves
Danyille daily at lG;b4 =. M; arrives at Green's
boro' daily at 1870 A. M.
GOING EAST;
Train No. 1 Through Mail and Express)
leaves Greensboro daily at lao A. M; leaves
Danyille daily at 4:32A. NJ arrives AZ Hichihohu
daily at 12:45 +. M.
Train No, 8 Through Passenger) leave
Greensboro daily Except Sundays at ll:l0 A
NJ; leaves Danville at 1852 p. NJ; arrives at
Richmond at $50 p. M.
Tram No. Q Lychburg Passenger leaves
Lynohburg daily ate A.. NJ; leaves Burkeyiile
at 1855 z. M; arrives at kichmona at $40
p. M.
Trains Nos. 9 and 10 connect at Greensboro
with trains on North Carolina railroad for all
Train No. 10 connects at Greensboro with
train for Raleigh arriving there at 200 A. III.
Passengers leaving Raleigh at 7:l6 p. M, con
meet at Greensboro with train NO. / for Rich
Train No. 6 connects at Bursevillo with train
on Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad Ier
all points Southwest and South.
Lynchburg Accommodation leaves Richmond
4:55 P. M, daily, except Sunday, arriving at
Lynchburg in time to connect with morning
Passenger Train on A. M. & Or r.. for the
Southwest. Passengers coming East leave
Lynchburg after arrival of A. M. & Q. Passen,
ger Train from Bristol, and arrive at Richmond
at 9:4S AM.
THROUGHTICKETS to all points South ano
Southwest can be procured at the ticket ONCE N
Richmond, and of r. +. WALKER, Agent OF AZ.
lantlc, Mississippi and Ohio railroad, No. 1871
Main street, Richmond.
Papers that have arrangements TO advertlst
the schedule of this company will please pr1n'
as above. John r. MACMURDO,
General Ticket and Freight Agent.
T M. R. TALooTT, Eng'r and Sup't. au24
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THE New York Evening Post blames
Mr.. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, for not having
sooner denied the charge that he was
dishonorably voting for a high tariff to
enrich himself. If the editor of The Post
was accused of picking his neighbours peck
ct, would he deemit worth while to formally
| deny it?
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A SOCIETY for the suppression of slang
has been formed among the pupils of the
girls high school of San Francisco. Said a
reporter to one Of its members "Your
object is a praiseworthy one. Do you
think you will succeed in eradicating con
versational slang" Said she: "You
bet.n
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"A HI IL
STATE JOURNAL FOR 1873

We call the attention Of our friends
throughout the State to the very liberal
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MAI, is offered for 1878, aud The extraor-
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cially ror our Semi Weekly and Week
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Clubs can be made up from as many
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fast as obtained, and when completed the
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dress named.
Make up a Club at once, or send III your
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and $40 will pay for ten copies OF the
| Weekly and one copy of the Semi
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subscribers for one year to SEMI-WEEK
LY or twenty subscribers Tor one year to
WEEKLY, we will give a copy OF the
"Great Industries Of the United
States,'' worth $3.50.
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SHIPPING.
FOR NEW YORK.

OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP
COMPANY.

OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP AHfh
COMPANY. sh
The steamships OLDDOMINION.
AGARA, ALBEMARLE, and HATTERAS,
leave New York for Norfolk, City Point, and
Richmond, every TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and
SATURDAY, at 2 O'Clock =. M; Leave Ken
mond every TUESDAY, FRIDAY, and SUN
DAY, at high tide. -
These ships are entirely new. They have
elegant saloons, state-rooms, and bathrooms.
The fare, accommodations, and attentioh are
unsurpassed.
Close connections made with steam ers for all
southern, Eastern Western and European
ports.
JOHN w. WYATT, Agent,
in 1T NO. 3 Governor street.
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in 3O-Th2w
ro c,vE 4dys T,CE4T on the

,U,u,s is TO GIVE NOTlCE-That on the
2ist day of January, A. d.. ls7s; a Wa ,atSi
n mon nan of he United States for the Eastern Dis
trict of Virginia, against the estate OF deo; %.
stacy s. Son, of Richmond city and Sta,e ~ va,
who nave been adjudged bankrupts on their own
netition THAT the payment of any debts, and
he delivery of any property belonging TO salo
bankrupts to them or for their use, ana fOrb ,he eaaI by
a,, THAT 4. meeting OF the creditors OF salo
b iam to prove thsir debts andlehopss one or 7
more assignees of their estate, viii a De R aetu ar :
sooHsalrro w W Forbes, Esq, Register, on the 10th
aay DAVID b. PARKER,
-ruow u. S. Marshal.
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HOTELS AND REsTAURANTs.
ST. JAMES HOTEL,
nnInrnn OIL mIIE

hE-Ci IaANIp ~ N
EUROPA N,
CORNER PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND SIXTH STs,
WASHINGTON, d. O.
This Hotel has been closed since April last
and has. during the past summer, undergone the
most thorough renovation. 1t has been re-
furnished with elegant Walnut Marble-Top Eur
niture, Spring Beds, Velvet and Brussels Gar
pets throughout.
The furniture and appointments have been
manufactured to order expressly for this House,
and are equal in style and durability 70 any
arranged en- suite and single, and will be rented
from $500 to $500 per day Qneludng private
parlors.) na
Room. Gentleman's Restaurant, Lunch and Re
freshment Saloons are conveniently arranged,
| where all meals will be served a la carte.
A liberal discount will be made to those deslr-
| ing to remain by the week CT month.
WOODBURY. s. DUREN,
no OF I'm ProprieIors.
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RICHMOND, FRED'BG & Potomac ReuTE,}
RICHMOND, December l6, 1872.
UP DAY MAIL via rail and steamer

leaves Byrd Street Station l p. M.
UP NIGHT MAIL Via rail alone, leaves Byrd
street Station $40 z. NJ. Except on Sundays3
UP ACCOMMODATION leaves Broad street
Station, at $3.50 p. M. Except on Sundays)
DOWN DAY MAIL, via rail and steamer,
arrives at Byrd street station, at 2 p. M.
DOWN NIGHT MAIL, via rail alone, arrives
at Byrd street station, at 4:40 A. M. except on
Mondays.)
DOWN ACCOMMOD ATIoN TRAIN arrives
at Broad street Station, at s:37 A. III. Except on
Sundays)
Freights for Alexandria, Washington, Balti-
| more and intermediate points will be received by
this company at their Broad street Depot on
| MONDAYS and THURSDAYS
| FREIGHT TRAINS leave Richmond or
| TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS A. M, connecting
at Quantico with he Alexandria and FredericEs.
Lower Potomac steamers, thence to Baltimore.
BY order of the General Superintendent.
Joint tariff sheets may be had on application
to J. r. GENTRY,
Sc 2S Genl Ticket and Freight Agent.
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE I'M
TIED STATES for the Eastern District Oh VIZ
In the matter of Levi S. Gardner, bankrupt
jim bankruptcy.
To Whom it May C~oncern-The undeTsighea'
Edward ID. Pitts, of Norfolk city, Virginia,
hereby gives notice of his appointment as ASST
pnee of tbe estate ofLevi S. Gardner, OF NorIolk
City in said district, who was, on tne loth uay
on his own petition by the District Court OF saio
district. n 1era
EDWARD D. PITTS,
in hsslsno1-