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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-05
y By Cook s. Laughton, -Auct'oneers,
corner franklin and Governor streets.

= BY Cook &c IauRHIUD, kAUot'01's1 =.
corner Franklin and Governor stf 'ae
STOCK OF MILLINERY AND .F !, = -
y GOODs, STORF-FlXTURES,& &C. AZ a - n
TIeN0n THURsDAXN IL the Sos gu Broad siA Street be-
tw1on SintI, and Tenth streets. the SOCK OF
wy" MILLINERY AND FANCY GUO W -. ,e,,,,
ai nnS in such an establishment together
WIN 'ne STORE FIXTURES. 49,
nv, ,a,as arc sn,ciaIIy invited to attend.
1he m'ie' az - - COOK & LAUGHTOH,
Auct!oneers.
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DICHARD ADAM,
III RICHMOND STEAM BAKERY,
Twelfth street below aaln, Richmond, Va.
branches SIG bread and 1924 Aatnl,t
manufacturer ofall kinds OF -
BREAD, CAKES. AND CRACKERS,
wholesale ahd retail. No charge for delivery o
goods to bouts or cars No charge for barrels.
3 my 2-Mdu
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BOARD REDUCED TO 50 PER DAY
COLUMBIA HOTEL, coLUHBIA. S. C.

i. COLUMBIA HOTEL, CoLUHBIA, s. c..
The proprietor of this well-known frst-class
Hotel would respectfully Inform his many friends
and the travelling public generally thai he has this
day REBUCED HIS HATkS Of BOARD from
"a per day t' .s..a
THREE DOLLARS PER DAY.
and mt The same time pledges himself, TO spare no
palus In the management of sle house 70 sustain
It's reputation ~ frsl-class hotel In every re-
5pect- ,4..er. - WILLIAM 6OhM Am
g.. nv 3! -eofeW -. prH0rietOr.
DRIbfE FRESH HOPS, last crop.
fyyo Il. WAGNER. Diu sctst.
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eHsNFECTIONERIES.
-.. CONFECTIONERIES.
ICE-CREAM!
will he furnished at the shortest notice ut the
nA1S-sTR EFT ICE-CREAM DEPOT,
1896 MAIN STREET.

Managers of PIC-SICS and FESTIVALS will do
we'll TO give me ii calf before purchasing elsewhere
warrant to furnish only the best quality OF cream.
Orders furnish cream ON Sunday must De ieit al
the store OH Saturday. ,xp1ps
CAKES lplain and ornamentay,. CANDIES
French and Amcricanl, FRUITS, NUTS, anu
CRACKERS always Oh hand at WHOLESALE anu re-
tail. .,,,,D. crf,py
NV BAKERY and CANDY MANUFACfOk1
is uirivulled In Richmond. ct,
me call. y. , nini.. . ~
jy 2l-3m successor 70 Glpl1el: H.1H..c- - w.
rONFEC rIONERIES, FRUITS, &c
" RECEIVING by every steamer fresh supplies OF
FOREIGN md DOMESTIC FRUITS, FL.
NUTS, &C., &c.
ICE-CKrAM ana CANDIES
manufactured daily fresh.
A. PIIZINI, JR.,
;y,s S07 Broad street.
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RANGE OF THERMOMETER
Observation-Disclosures.
Io1,T ALI Ylt.UNOND, AUGUST !, 1873.

nuSIATCRE ALMANAC, AUGUST s, 1873.
Gu, rises sos Moon SETS.
S,n sats ~ 655 High tide. l?.at
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-05
JAMES RIVER STEAMBO Az e.c,
~ COMPANY. saasSse.sf-

Z
Tickets gu sale steamers and ut Carver Co.'S
Ticket Agency. .S2S Main street. Baggage checked
through. Freight received tiily for Boston. Nor
folk and PoStsrn outI,, itiid regular Enttngs on
james river, from AN. to q 7. 81.
L.B..TIATUN, 1enerii Agpnt.
Office Company's wharf, Rocketts: branch Of
tice Ninth and Main streets je5
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-05
i NCHoR LINE STRAaERs. III

=. SAILING FROM NEW YORK
EVERY WEDNESDAY AND Sal l sbai'
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NATIONAL LINE STEAMERS s1k5s

WEEKLY TO QUEENSTOWN AND LIVER
POOL, F0RTEIGHrLY TO r.. poh
z: (DIkECTI, FROM nlEkS 4
AND AZ NORTH RIVER,
s-+ NEW YORK.
These steamships are the largest IN t:it lsiF' IN
(.;hin nlssaer Sso, So and lJq; excursion. siS
and $50 tcurrencyj: steer:ge. SO. Prepaid se'f
age tickets from Liverpool, Queenstown. h4iton
derry Glasgow Cardiff. Bristol. or t.onaG. 'he,rr
than by any other route. For iGr;lter ini:flnaH'n
apply to ~; w. W.. NJ
anos R!chm0nd. ~.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
Our Lscal snperrlltIens.


THEIR SIGNIFICANCE AND HOW THEY ARE RE
GARDED.
Superstitions prevail all over the land, but
nowhere perhaps, do they obtain more implicit
belief than by some people in some sections Of
this Peninsula. A correspondent furnishes to
the COMMERCIAL some of the more note
worthy .-
II You burn corn cobs. you will have poor
crop of corn the next year.
This is an old superstition of a southern coun-
ty, on the Peninsula and it is supposed that it
is the reason Of 80 many poor crops Of corn,
Some are too lazy to cut wood, and will burn the
cObs, and 30 the curse comes on all farmers who
will take all from the land they can get and re-
turn nothing to keep it in heart, Cob ashes are
excellent for corn a half handful Will make
two good ears.
II you drop your dish towel, or cloth, stran-
ger is coming.
This sign is true even if the stranger does not
come in tive years.
So, if a rooster crows near the door, stranger
will surely come. But il you drop a fork, and
the tines stick in the floor the stranger will como
before night.
II the person who drops the fork be maiden,
or unmarried woman and the stranger who comos
be q bachelor, or widower, marriage will take
place in q twelvemonth.
This sign was never known to fail when care
fully observed.
III your nose itches some one is coming,
=
persons shoulder into looking glass.
It you break a looking glass; you will never get
married.
II your right ear burns some one is talking OF
you, but IL your left ear burns they are talking
evil
II your cheek burns some one wishes to talk
with you.
II the palm of your right hand itches you will
shake hands with a stranger, II the left hand
itches, you will receive some money.
IL the bottom of your right foot itches. You
are going to a funeral. il Of your left foot, you
will go on strange land
II your elbow itches, some one will hug you
before long.
II your lips itch, some one will kiss you.
III you knee itches, you will sleep with strange
bedfellow.
II you see the new moon for the first time in
the year, through window, you will die before
the year is out. Some per sons it is said have
been 80 affected by the sight that they new, r
saw we'll day afterward.
Make three wishes the first time you see the
new moon without telling them, and you will get
what you wish for. IL just married the husband
has two Of the wishes, and the wife one.S
John and Elsie had been married only two
weeks, when John beheld the new moon with
delight, and made the fact known to his devoted
wife. swish, John wish, then will wish and
you can wish again, and We shall get our wishes"
made as yet for tho evening meal so to give
Elsie gentle reminder Of her duty, he wished
he had yard of black plum pudding. Elsie,
out Of patience that John should 80 foollghly
waste his wish, wished that it was fastened to
his nose. And there it was So John could on
ly wish it off again. This proves the truth Of
the above sign
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
NeIsbborIng Counties.

The trees have not bloomed around Oxford
yet
--Emigrant travel is now very heavy over the
PeunA. Railroad.
The dry goods trade is very dull and un-
profitable in Reading.
Chester Heights is said to bo engaged fol
pic-nics nearly every day, this season.
Ezekiel West, of New London. is now the
oldest inhabitant-l18 years old. He is likely to
die.
-Swindlers are operating in lower Berk's Co.,
and one farmer has been ruined with their patent
washing machines aud counterfeit money.
j. W. & M. Irwin will not rebuild their cheess
factory, burned recently, but will remove to
Philadelphia and engage in the manufacture Of
ice cream.
The Reading Railroad Co. have finally de-
cided to locate their iron ship yard at Port Rich
mond. Philadelphia, and orders have been given
to the officials to proceed at once with the worl
OF constructing the necessary buildings.
Tho Wilmington Enterprise COOPERATIVE
Car Co. has changed its name to the Oxford Co
Operative Car Co., and the construction of the
words is already underway. The buildings, six il
number, will cover II acres Of ground. Tho
citizens of Oxford have resolved to make the
collateral loan 10 the enterprise reach t75, 900
of which sum about $50, 900 has already beer
sooured,
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
Tho TraGIe d ama.

CHARLOTTE oUsH IAN TO COME TO WILMINGTON, IN
MAY
subscription list will be opened, on Monday,
at tho book store Of Boughman, Thomas, & Co.,
to test the desire Of ou people to enjoy apsr-
formance, here, by Charlotte Cnshman, OF her
impersouation of Meg Mert'tles, from scott's
novel Of Guy Mdnmering. In reference to this,
We should, Of course, say that Miss Cushman is
Que Of the greatest of American actresses, and
Is perhaps entitled to he called, as the advertise
inent elsewhere declares the greatest" For
strength and earifestness Of portrayal, few wo-
man who ever assumed the profession are TO be
compared with her. - ..H- c aga f.
1t Is to be hoped that all who desire perfor-
nance by Miss Cushman, In our Opera House,
will promptly signify the fact by making their
subscriptions. y vi D."
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
Musical,

THE MEsDELssoHS's oANTATA, LAST EvENIEa.
Nothing but compliment could be fairly be
slowed upon the mnsical entertainment given a.
the opetA House, last evening, by the Mendel-
aohn Choral Union, OF this city. The whole Of
Mr. George L. Roots charming Oantata OF "The
HaymAkers was rendered. by company of
thirty voices, under the dictatorship OF Prof.
Pancoast Allen. The singers were dressed in
rural costume suitable to the hay. field aud car
ried the implements that belong there - the
scythe. fork, and rake-in some Of the choiuses.
Throughout the performance, the careful and
patient study which the members OF the Union"
have given it was quite apparent The whole was
rendered with fidelity and ease that were very
creditable indeed. The choruses and semi-chor-
uses especially showed this. and they probably
gave most pleasure to the audience. Not many
amateurs can successfully attempt SOLO in 30
large space as our Opera House, and the songs
and DUETS. last evening, though very creditable
in several instances, were secondary to those
parts in which larger number of voices joined.
On tho whole, we sincerely congratulate the
"Union" on it's praiseworthy and excellent per-
formance. and hope its efforts at musical study
aud cultivation will not end here. The very fair
audience present last evening was substantial
evidence Of the public appreciation.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
PERSONAL AND PARTicULAR.

--The Sultan Of Turkey is sielt. 81 = 1f
The Pope has had relapse, and is again in
bed. ,....,...,.It
Vice President Wilson arrived in New York
yesterday / ltHU1iGl . IA al lMGH
B-Encouraging spectacle-three policemen
going into Market street drinking saloon.
Drank Emerson, aged IA, committed suicide
by hanging himself, at Exeter, N. H., on We'd
nesdsy.
III all that the City Oouncilmen said of each
other, last evening. be true, what sad lot of
Fathers we have! f.f,l
John Yelham, aged 4s, committed suicide
by taking arsenlc at Carrolton Village, near Bal
timore, on Wednesday. .r
Mark Boothby, who murdered his wife in
Edenworth, Macs, on Wednesday, has given
himself up and Ia now in prison.
-Tichborne, Tor the man who calls himself
that,) is standing his trial for perjury, in Lon
don. 1t commenced on Wednesday.
The condition of Congressman Brooks had
somewhat improved yesterday, and he was able
to sit up for short time in the morning.
"A. Dobelly, member of the Chicago Board
Of Trade, shot himself last night. 1t is thought
business embarrassments were the cause.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
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The snIclde RIania.

THE sEQuELsoF THE soMERsEr TRAdEDY-A RE-
MAHKABLE CHAPTER OF SUICIDES.
Some two weeks ago. near the village Of
Trappe, in Talbot county, Md, q youth named
Tarbutton, in a state Of mentald depression, cool
ly and deliberately hanged himself to the limb
Of email tree in the orchard, tho effort even
requiring him to bend his knees that he might
dangle at the end of the rope. The affair was
the sub ject of the village gossip for a few days,
and was then dismissed as an occurrence which
had grown old in frequent repetitionB
There grew out Of It, however, another case
Of suicide which no one would have suspected,
and which we all would have believed could
hardly have an existRnce even in the mind Of
the most visionary. There chAnced TO be visit
ing IN the ueighborhood at tue time an intelli-
gent business man Of Baltimore-Mr. Richard
sherwood-with whom the affair fingered and
upon whose mind all the incidents in connec-
ton with the sad event possessed q peculiar in
terest He was visiting for his health, and
seemed much depressed when the painful news
was broken to hun. He insisted upon return
10 the city as soon a. the funeral OF
the boy was over, but before the day
came for his departure he was found
dead In his room, hanging to the bedpost under
circumstances as nearly alike to those which
young rarbutton met his death as it was possi-
bic to make them.
Here, indeed, is a remarkable chapter on sui
cldes, all relating the to the other, and each
growing out OF the other. First came the SOM
erset tragedy in which school-boy shot his
sweetheart and then threw himself under tly-
ing train of cars because OF unrequitod love.
Then the young man. TarbuttOn who de-
lighted to dwell upon the affair in thought, al.
though separated from the scene OF the tragedy
by many miles Of territory, next hangs hitnseli
IN fit OF melancholy, while third, overcome
with the emotions which grew out Of the circum'
stances connected with the death Of the second
put an end to his life, and thus completed .
tragedy which is unparalleled and narrowing In
the extreme. The moralst may pause and con
alder, for there is food for reflection here.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
THE PENINSULA.
CAROLINE COUNTY.

Early vegetables are up.
Kemp's Fishery, Just below Denton, was sold
at public sale, last week, for $780, T. H. Carey
purchaser
James W. Salisbury left at the Union office.
the other day, g stalk OF wheat measuring "a
inches.
strychnined dog was mistaken for mad in
Denton, last week, and, oh jolly what a fuss it
made. Meu turned out with pistols and guns,
handles, while the boys-well they just went on.
1t was gorgeous sight-better than circus.
The CongregationAlists are building a church
at Potter's Landing
The steamer to Denton is promised with GER
tainty for the Sd OF May,
superintendent Morrison, Of the Maryland In
stitution for the instruction of the Blind, pro-
poses to visit the country, this Spring, taking
with him several of his pupils.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
Deaths.

BoYS-In wilmington, Del, Arril 24th, 1873. Abra-
ham Boys, In the SD year of his age.
The relatives and friends of the family are re-
specially invited to attend his funeral Monday,
aSth, at O'Clock, from his late reeidence 4l0 East
Fonrth Street, without further notice.
MACHKRET. - Madame Marie Louisa Macheret
born in Paris, France, August 10th, 9S42; Died In
wilmington, Del, April gath, 1873.
The relatives and friends of the family are re.
spectfully invited 10 attend her funeral on SUNDAY
afternoon, April 9Tth. at 81 O'Clock, from the resi-
dsnce Of her husband, Julius Macneret, s2i Marke
street. an -' ''- We" .fA 'o' haa
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
epera HouGl.

THE AIMEE TROUPE IN LA aRANDR DUcHEssB"
An advertisement elsewhere announces the
appearance OF Mile Marie Aimee, and her French
Opera Troupe. at the Opera House, in this city
on the evening OF Thursday May Sth. The play
to be given is Offenbach's brand Duchess of Der
OLstein, and the Company is stated to include
sixty-hye artists or the prospective merits Of
tho performance, our readers are probably quite
able to judge. Mile Aimee has fame, IL not no
toriety, as an actress, and singer, and the per-
formances Of her Company in the larger cities
nave been crowded. -. ...-
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
Obituary.
DEATH OF HENRY W. RDawAY.

DEATH OF HENRY W. RIDdwAY,
The death of Henry W. RidgwAy, awell-known
and highly respected minister among the Society
Of Friends, is announced. He died at his resi-
dence, at Crosswicks N. j., on the night OF Mon
day, the 21st inst, in the 69th year of his age,
and his funeral takes place to-day.
Friend RidgwAy was an earnest and effective
preacher, highly acceptable to a large section OF
the membership Of his Society, and he occupied
prominence, both as preacher and discplnar-
ian in 1t, second to but few persons. For mum
ber OF years he conducted quite successful pri-
yate school for boys, and through the connec-
lions formed in it was widely known and respect
ed by others than Friends.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
state Items,

Court commences at Dover on Monday next.
Mr.. oarrow, the new postmaster at Smyrna,
has entered upon his duties.
The Sussex County Bible Society will meet in
Milton, on Thursday, May, 10Th.
Rev l. s. Diehl is about to lecture on Bible
Lands at several points on the Peninsula
The laborers have arrived and work was COM
menced on the Bombay Hook r. R., yesterday.
The congregation OF the Presbyterian Church
OF Milford have voted to call the Rev. Mr.. Dins-
more OF Dea Moines, Iowa, to that pAstorate.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
Commercial Reports.
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.

PHuADELPHIA, April 25.
Cotton duh 19if@201S. Flour. veryquiet su-
per6ne s450@S545 extras S575@$676 Penna
and Ohio extra family SS@9A rye flour and
corn meal unchanged Wheat scarce and held
firmly red 81 9O@S3 amber spring $1.S3 amber
81 93019s rye qviet at 890s5 corn fairly ac-
tive yellow 611S6D69 white 80. Oats dull white
6lG153 mixed 47@4S11 whiskey steady at Va.
nol .i
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
aalarriaaGs.

CHAPMAN-GEORGE.-O the 2Qnd inst, at the
resldence OF the brides parents South 9Th 81.
Philadelphia, by the Rev, George A. Latimer, as:
sisted by the Rev. Henry NJ. stuart Jared Bell
Chapman 10 Catharlne Pratt George.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
The Clayton House.
ARRIVALS UP TO 1.sO P. M. TO-DAY.

ARRIVALS UP TO 1.30 P. NJ. TO-DAY.
F. Y. Coombs, New York.
John Elliot, Erie, Pa.
Miss s. NJ Elliott do
r Il. Elliott do
Chas, q. Harper, Trenton, n. ].
Hugh L, Steele, Ooatesville.
Herman Winter, BROOKLYN.
Geo. II, Buldion, New York.
Grove Pomeroy do
Thos. II. Sollife, Baltimore.
Geo. L. Austin, Cambridge, Md.
Edw. Miller, 10
VIM do
J. P. McOolley, PhilA.
Geo. Thompson,
G. W. Bush, City.
W. M. Tatnall do.
Kent Strickland, Washington, d. o.
Ben Ferris, City.
j. J. Jackson, Philadelphia.
Chas. L. Lippincott, do.
Geo. Copeland, do.
Sidwell & Collins have opened a boot and
shoe store at No. 6O6 W. Front st.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25

Some Of the lawyers do not like to have the
business Of lobbying attributed to their profess
sion. The business, however, is 80 profitable
that we doubt whether the Bar Associations
could pass unanimous resolution against it.
Some Of onr Active legal minds who are supposed
toknow the secret passages behind the tapestry,
In the CAPITOL make more by pleading in the
oOurts Of the Legislature, during a single ses-
sion, than by all their business in other Courts,
in the intervening twenty-one months.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
SeC0sO EDITION.
$3.50, p. Nj.
Tho vienna Exposition.

IRREGULARITIEs AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS.
WAsmSoroN April 25,
In consequence of Irregularities among the
Commissioners to Vienna, most of the Commits
sioners have been suspended, certain exceptions
being made at the suggestionof Messrs Jay
and McElrath, who were directed to inquire in
to the irregularities. a-Ht
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
From the FrenlIer.

TROUBLE WIFE THE INDIANS ExPEcrED-RAIDINa
ON THE WHITE SETTLERS.
New YORK, April 25.
Advices from Oregon intimate that trouble is
expected with the Nez Peress Indians, and in
Arizona and New Mexico. Cochse continues
his raids on the white settlers.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
New York

DENIAL OF AN AMERICAN PRESS REPORT.
.. .- New YORK, April 25.
A cable despatch denies the truth Of the Amer
ican press reported death Of Fsglioni.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25

CoRoNER's INoUEsT.-Coroner Winslow hel(
an inquest, yesterday afternoon, over tho boa,
Of a still-born babe, the child Of Hester Mooney
oolored, over 11th street bridge. verdict wa
rendered az above. ,.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
JACOB zAUN Il SON,

j 4''' AN'' '"~' 1ss,,,,.,,, I'll
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS
FOR GENrLRAIEN's AND BOYS WEAR,
No. DO5 Arch street.
Next door to the Museum, PHILADELPHIA,
Have now ready their latest yles lOr the season,
Also dealers in KilRheimers Patent Excelsior Gal
ters, and Manufacturer OF the Patent american
Iiaiter RpriI-2m-eod
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
EnElaad
THE COMMUNE At MADRID. =

THE COMMUNE AT MADRID. q "
LONDON, April rs.
A Paris dispatch announces that the Cons
mune has been declared in Madrid but needs
confirmation.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
Suocus RELLApoN; ooNII.

Hyosciami of English manufacture, NitriLe of
AmyL Aethylden Chord OF ChlurastHyl, Phi, rid
zin, ChlOrAcetic Acid, ScherngB XylO, Globules Of
Apial, drops each, french Capaules of Sandal
Wood, 10 drops each; Capsules (Scherlngsl OF Aylol
and many other comparatively rare chemical and
E. BRINGHURST d CO.'S
Corner sixth ana Market Streets
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
Among other matter of interest and value,

Among other matter Of interest and value, in
toTmerovls CoMHERuAD, will be thfee4colun n
story. What Came of the Fire." and sketch
prepared by an officer of the organization, and
now printed for the tirst time. As It's colors
we're among those presented to the Historical
Society, on Tuesday, the article Is particularly
appropriate Just now. ...,...,... r
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
DEL. FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1873
funding bill rosdited1in great saving to the

:
After further discussion Of a very personal
and exciting oharactef between Messrs. Hayes,
Baker and Fonlk, the resolution Of Mr.. Pickele
was adopted, and subsequently the resolutions Of
Mr.. Finegan were rejected. r.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25

Young Buah who met with that unfortunatt
tAii Al Delaware College, 10 out again.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-04-25
Weather Record.
REPORT OF THE SIGNAL SERVICE.

WASHINGTON. April 25.
Probabilities For the middle States, falling
barometer and west winds. cloudy weather, and
possibly light rain.