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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-22

a CONSERVATIVE tract, which is be.
ing scattered broadcast through the land
speaks of 1.-THE African, fresh from the de-
grading relation of slavery" Is there moi
here an entire change of tune !? Did it moi
used to be the doctrine of the same party that
the African was elevated and civilized by
slavery? Facts do not change with years
yet this tract processes to be Facts
from the Record" A pretty party, this,
to be eternally prating about consistency
| We, by the way, do not take much stock
In consistency as political virtue. AS
matter of fact, a true consistent politi-
clan-in the use of means at least must
De either an angel or fool. The average
man, Or politician, may consistently and
unseliishly seek the public welfare as an
end, but the ever-varying circumstances Of
society will require frequent change of
agents and measures. And the sensible
man will change them as often as he thinks
he can do SO to advantage. The fool will
walk forever in the old and narrow ruts,
SIMPLY because his fathers did so, and
stoutly oppose all change to wider and
smoother, paths.
Four years ago thousands voted Cor the
Conservative candidates in the hope and
expectation that the administration of that
party would promote the public good.
Experience has shown the delusive folly of
such hope and expectation. Instead of
keeping abreast of the age in moral and
material progress, Virginia has fallen con-
stantly and almost hopelessly in the rear.
On the day Governor Walker leaves office
the valuation of the property Of Virginia |
will De one hundred millions of dollars less
than it was the day he first filled |
.he executive chair-all the blighting
affect of Conservative rule all The /
'esult of iron-bound prejudice, Of unwlll-
ngness to change, of incapaeity to adapt
means to ends, Of servile adherence to
Tradition, and, to sum up, the consequence
# total inability to do the right thing at
ne right time, which is the peculiar char
cteristic of the true Conservative. The
ensible man among the Walker men Of
SO who sees all this-and the most care
sss observer can scarcely fail to see it,
Eill not be deferred by the cry Of consist
ncy from at least trying what virtue there
IN change of agents and means.
ne man who would not do SO, under SINH
n circumstances and in his own private
HAIRS, would be considered an IDIOT. igqI
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-22

/ IHE New York Journal of Commerce
has information that a concerted move
ment IS being made in New England to
close all the cotton mills or to run them
only on half time. The ostensiblo reason
IS said to be the scarcity of currency, but
the project has several other objects,
One is to take measures toward general
reduction of wages, the superstition being
that lower rates will be more easily
enforced after partial. or entire suspen.
sion oil work. The other is, The journal
says, to produce by this action an entire
change IN our national financial system.
Free banking is the object Of their effort.
Inc West, as large borrowers of capital
for the development of their resources,
are clau,orous for it. 10 start il at the
East by throwing many thousands out of
employment, for the assigned reason thai
there is not currency enough to pay their
wages, is certainly most adroit beginning.
and likely to produce profound impress
sion upon the country. By the time that
Congress comes together the pressure will
thus assume the form of a well developed
public opinion; and those who have set
the springs in motion will inaugurate the
change, not at their own instance, but in
assumed Difference to the demands of the
whole people. The enforcement Of such a
course will bring poverty and suffering to
so many that we must refuse to credit the
intention to adopt it, and hope, If adopted,
it may entirely fail.
In the meantime let the people of the
South and West strain every nerve to keep
alive their manufacturing and other indus
tries, and thus in measure thwart the
miserable and soulless policy that would
bring rum upon SO many at the expense of
the moneyed few.
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w you MAY STRIKE OUT THE REST
OATH AND DISFRANCHISING CLAUSE.
AND THE COUNTY ORGANIZATION sYs-
TEN, But YOU STILL HAVE THAT
INFAMOUS FREE SCHOOL SYSTEM
LETT, WHICH WILL, IF ADOPTED.
rokcE THE PRoPERTY-HOLDERS OF
IhE STATE TO PAY A REGIaENT OF
SHE OARPET-BAGGERS' FROM MASSA-
oHusETTS TO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN
or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 1 SPIT
oPoN THIS CONSTITUTION, AND TRAM
PLE 1T UNDER MY FEET" (sUTTING
THE ACTION TO THE woRD).-Ertract
from Speech Of Colonel IVitters in 1869.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-22

HE one thing that stands in the way Of
a return to business activity throughout
the country is the refusal of the New York
and Philadelphia banks to resume curren-
cy payments. The banks in Richmond,
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and st.
Louis, and all other businesses centres of
the country, are paying out currency as
usual, but those of New York and Phila-
delphia hang back and as long as they do
so, the business of the country will be en-
barrassed. The banks in those cities
ought to be the strongest; vet it seems
they are the weakest. If they are not, let
them show their strength by resuming.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-22

n I'LL (THE STATE JoURSAL) knew anythinp
aDout tne facts of the case, H. would know thai
Seneral Ksmper had no more right to order the
turning OF Richmond than we had.-D ispdtcl,
Not quite SO fast, neighbor. If General
hemper was the highest officer in command
here on the night of the second of April,
and could not find, as he stated at the
Confederate war department as late as six
o'clock, any. one from whom to receive
orders, then he was the proper officer to
order the firing of the public stores and
warehouses. Here is where we nut him.
hopelessly looking after superior officer
as late as Sunday night, and the clerk of
the war department makes no mention of
any other officer being there after that
time, although several civilians of more
or less note are referred to
as calling. All that we charge is, tha.
General Kemper was the last officer a.
the war department, and, inferentially, the
last in command in Richmond os all
officers outranking him at the time had
disappeared, according to his own state
ment made at headquarters. If he did
not order the firing of Richmond, then,
who did? We confess we are in pursuit
OF Information under difficulties, and
therefore want The Dispatch to help us
out-not throw sand into the eyes Of the
public in order the more effectually to
blind US. 1t is light for the public We
are after, and there are many persons, not
Republicans, right here in Richmond, who
want information on this subject.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-22

L THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
lied STATES, for the Eastern District OF
Virginia. -7Ngl1-'- 49, =
In the matter OF J. M Holman, a bank
rupt--in bankruptcy. $50 ~
To whom 1t may concern THE UNDERSIGNED
VIM. ny. Allderdice, of Richmond city in the
ana state ATE, Of :. Virginia, hereby gives notice
OF MS appolhtment as assignee of the estate of
district; who was. to-wit, on the 10th day of
August. a. d. 1873, adjudged bankrupt Or on
tne petition Or himself by the District
Court of the United States for. said district 'S
Dated at Richmond, the eth day of Oct. n Il
1873. ela NNis VIM H AIpnFR1TSiiis" - =.
oco-Wsw Assignee.
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The charge of proscriptiveness which is
being urged against the Republican party
because of the test oath in the new consti-
tuition, is as unjust and false as the great
body of Conservative stories. The facts
as recordedin the journal of the conven-
ton prove clearly, that but for the oppo-
sition of leading Conservatives, the test
oath would have been stricken out of the
constitution before the convention adjourn
ed. The test oath clause was originally
adopted by small majority, during the
absence ofits president, Judge Underwood,
on the imperative business of the conyen-
ton, at Washington. Judge Underwood
exercised marked influence over its de-
alterations, and was resolutely opposed to
the introduction Of the test oath. Advan-
tage was taken of his absence to introduce
the measure, and it was carried by a small
majority. On the 10th of April, Mr.. G.
I. Thomas moved that the rules be sus-
pended "for the purpose of modifying
the oath of office" The design: was to
strike out the test oath and make the oath
applicable only to future loyalty. Judge
Underwood, MIR. Platt, Clements and other
leading Republicans. used every available
means to secure the passage of this motion
IN order to eliminate the test oath. The
motion required two-thirds vote, and
failed in consequence, but forty votes were
given for it and only thirty-two against ii,
sho,oing that the Republicans had recedsd
from their original position, and ,oader the
sober second thought were ready to adopt
more liberal policy. But what shall we
say of the extraordinary fact as shown by
the journal of that day, that the contention
'vas prevented from erp,uaging this odious
feature by The rotes Of the most prominent
Conservative members? The names Of
Marye, Southall, and Campbell of Abing-
don, are found side by side with Frank
Moss, Lewis Lindsay, Bayne and other
proscriptives coting to retain the test-oatA.
But the record Of their votes very feebly
measures the extent of their vi
cious Influence in this direction.
BY their active influence and
speeches they prevented that, hearty
union of Conservatives and Liberal Re-
publicans which would have defeated the
test oath. Their disorganjzing and fac
tlous opposition, exerted as it was under
the two-thirds rule, prevented the conyen-
ton from retrieving hasty and ill.consid-
cred act. Marye, Southall, and Campbell
OF Abingdon, were far more responsible
for the adoption of the test oath in the
constitution as it passed the convention
than their associates, Lindsey, Moss and
DR.. Bayne. In fact it is not too much to
say that the responsibility of defeating the
attempt of Judge Underwood and his as.
sociates to purge the constitution of the
test oath feature, rests upon these men
mainly. These are the facts of history,
and they are the final and complete de-
fence of the Republican party against the
charge of proscriptiveness in this particu-
lar. ~
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THE ORIGINAL
INsTALLMENT HOUSE,
l4Ss MAIN STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

Offer for sale the following goods for cash, or
~ weekly or monthly payments. For cheap.
ness, quality, and variety, second to none in the
market for accommodation, SURPRISING any !:
, SoOo Llthograph and Steel Engravings Chro-
HOS mos, newest in the Market Oil Paintings |;
Inooking-t hsses, in great variety; Photograph
Frames, large assortment. Frames of ali de-
scrlptions made at the shortest notice. A large
STOCK OF Picture and Looking Glass Mouldings
uiactured. Special contracts made for large
orders ana dealers Clocks, Bibles, Window
SHADES, Carpets, Rugs, Mating, Oil Cloths.
parties IN want of any of the above articles
VIII consult their own interest by giving me a
Gait before purchasing elsewhere
le 20 '73-Sm WILLIAM DAFFRON.
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ST. JAMES HOTEL,
RE-OPENED ON THE

L U r. O EAN PLAN,
CORNER Pennsylvania AVENUE AND Sixth Srs
WASHINGTON, d. @.
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 Fur
pets throughout. = -77'-
Inc furniture and appointments have been
manufactured to order expressly for this House,
ana are equal in style and durability to any
European Hotel in the country. The rooms are
arranged en- suite and single, and will be rented
parlors) as & ~ - 80
spacious Ladies' and Gentleman's Dining
Room, Gentleman's Restaurant, Lunch and Re-
Hesnment saloons are conveniently arranged,
where all meals will be served a la CARTE
liberal discount will be made to those desir-
ing to remain by the week or month
WOODBURY. & DUREN,
no Gf--3m Proprietors
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SCHEDULE OF TRAINS.


FREDERICKBURGA AND PoToMAO ROUTE
RIcHMoND, FREDBa & PoToMAc r. n Co
OFFICE OF GEN'L TIeRRT FREIaBT Aepsr
RIcHMosD. Oaober IL, 1873
UP DAY MAIL leaves Byrd-street Station
2:40 p. m.
UP NIGHT MAIL leaves Byrd-street Station
l0:30 p. m. Except on Sundays.) ~ ~
UP ACCOMMODATION leaves Broad stree,
station, at 800 p: m. Except on Sundays)
DOWN DAY MAIL, arrives at Byrd-stree
Station, at 1:30 p. m. AVS n =, 49, =,
DOWN NIGHT MAIL. arrives at Byrd-stree,
station, at 1850 a. m. Except on Mondays.)
DOWN ACCOMMODATION TRAIN arrives
st Broad,slreet Station, at 1857 a. M Except on
FRE1GHT TRAINS leave Broad-stree,
station on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS. and
FRIDAYS, at 1925 a. M, connecting at Quantico
with the Alexandria and Fredericksburg ra II
way. ~ tlAA 77T-
Returning, arrive at Broad-street Station on
TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATIJR-
DAYS, at 500 p. m.
BY order Of the General superintendent.
J. Il. GENTRY,
&C IA Gen'l Ticket and Freight Agent
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MUNsON HILL NURSERIES

=, large stock of FRUIT AND ORNAMENT
tAL TREES FOR SALE, small fruits. IA
PPppie trees $iS per loo per Loco 800
20 ret en- Trees, Sl0 per 100 per 900 $780, 0)O
pc per 100. Standard Pears, $40 per 100.
send for Catalogue, and address
vEE d. o, MUNSON,
iy1s-dsw&wtf liz f0N-'' o.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-22

= 'PossuM and persimmon time has come in
North Carolina, and yet the people are not hap
-EnQs.irer
The Enquirer's photography will DO i'm
proved after election. Then it will be
20 'possum and persimmons! how we have
been whipt; and yet we are not happy"
DE 'possum days am come,
De brightest OBJ de year,
And Kemper IS up gum
Wild marry a 'possum dare;
Helooks down in de mouf,
AS sorry as can be,
And swears de niggers scared away
Dat 'possum from de tree
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-22

n9 IF EVER 1 HAVE THE POWER
WILL RENDER THE SCHOOL FEATURE
OF THE CONSTITUTION MIGRATORY.
at SHTaE.L NEVER BE CARRIED OUT
RE ANY VOTE OR ACTION OF MINE''
r. q Daniel, in a Speech before the Virgiata
Legislature at Hs last session
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-22

How Rips dog Snyder got up the tree is
question for naturalists but the election of the
snyder ticket only looks reasonable ITO a man
up tree.'-EnQuirer.
AS The Enquirer will be the man deci-
dedly "up a tree' on the fourth of No
vember, the election of the "Snyder
ticket" will be as palpable as real, and its
attempt to hasten down will not at all
dispel its unhappy illusion.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-22

FROM the first Monday to the second Tues
day in November, elections will be held
for local and state officers, or portions of
the legislature, in the states of Alabama,
Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mis-
sissippi, New Jersey, New York, Texas,
Virginia and Wisconsin. In Massachu-
sets, Mississippi, Minnesota, Texas, Wis
consin and Virginia. a governor as well as
legislature are to be elected. In New
York one chamber and part of the state
officers are to be chosen. In the other
states legislatures and county officers are
in part to be elected.
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BANKS. hfFi
FREEDMAN'S SAVINGS AND
TRUST COMPANY,
BANKS.

CHARTERED BY CONGRESS 1866.
TRETH STREET, BETWEEN MAIN AND BAFK,
u FtHeE STREETS.
DEPOSITS or FIVE GENTS AND UPWARDS
RECEIVED. ~
INTEREST COMPOUNDED TO July AND
JANUARY
at the rate of six per cent. per annum.
w w, Open daily from A. M. to A p. MI, and on
SATURDAYS from A M to sP M
=. CHARLES SPENCER,
mn o0-G Cashier.
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THE IMPERIAL HOTEL,
uIATs JEsSEss HousE,)
JAMES SYKES, PROPRIETOR,
FRoNTINa PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, BETWEEN THE.
TENTH AND FOURTEENTH STREETs
Il WASHINGTON, ID. c..
Thankful to the public for generous patronage
In the past, the Proprietor asks his old friends
and patrons to test the accommodations of his
present establishment, which he promises shall
ton. TaIN1fe
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IRON MANUFAGTURERs
=
VARIETY IRON WORKS,
ESTABLISHED 1879

JAMES y. BROWNE, MANUFACTURER OF
IRON AND WIRE RAILING, l32
GRATING, VERANDAHS, FIRE-PROOF
VAULT DOORS, 5. I4l4 ~
flloWER VASES AND STANDS, SETTLES.
together with every description OF iron work
'or BULLYING and ORNAMENTAL. purposes.
005 AID 9o7 Back STREET
10 7-d&wly RICHMOND VA
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SHIPPING.

SHIPPING.
FOR NEW YORK. 71.a
OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP EEE&
COMPANY. A&&E
The side-wheel steamships OLD DOMINION
WYANOKE, ISAAC BELL, SARATOGA. MI
AGARA, ALBEMARLE, and HATTERAS.
leave New York for Norfolk, City Point. and
Richmond, every TUESDAY, THURSDAY. and
SATURDAY, at O'Clock p. M. Leave Rich
mond every TUESDAY, FRIDAY, and SUN
DAY, at high tide. 80
These ships are entirely new. They have
elegant saloons, state-roorns, and bathrooms.
unsurpassed.
Close connections made with steamers for all
Southern, Eastern, Western and European
ports.
Freight received until p. M daily. ..tt4
30 For further information apply TO
GEORGE W. ALLEN & 90, Agents,
L.lss Office Company's Wharf, Rockets.
9 Captain GEORGE w. ALLEN,
JOHN F. MAYER. ap2-tf
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RICHMOND, YORK RIVER AND
CHESAPEAKE r. r. an Io
RICHMOND, YoRK RIVER ARD CHEsApEanrh
RAILROAD COMPANY
ggH., RICHMOND, VA, June 2, 1873. )
NOTICE

RICHMOND, YoRK RIVER AND CHEsApr.rrl
RAILROAD COMPANY,
| fgB, RICHMOND, VA, June 2, 1878. .
NOTICE.
On and a., after this date the PASSENGER and
FREIGHT TRAINS over this route vim he RIM
as follows 49, va 'eefit'hi
PASSENGER TRAIN daily Sunday err
ceptedl, between Richmond and West Point
leaving the depot at2 p NJ 80 -
| Passengers for river landings and Raltimora
VIII leave Richmond on WEDNESDAYS and
SATU RDAYS at 9 O'Clock p. M CONNECTING
with steamer at West Point on same evening
for Baltimore, sc. e,
Fare to river landings. "a
Fare to Baltimore.... 800 81.
FRI TRAIN RAIN for through freight leaves
and Saturdays at O'Clock A. NJ
NY L1oA ,a,.l fhEIGHT between Richmond and
West Point, carried both ways, on Wednes.
o oays ana saturdays, leaving Richmond at
WILLIAM N. BRAGG.
y. L. TAYLOR, Superintendent.
- -=--=--z.-=-----
DOR SALE.-To make a quick sale, we r..
a viii sell for less than cost of improve I'll
ments alone, that first-class BRICK RESI-
DENCE No. 3O7 College street, near Monu-
menttl church, The Dwelling contains seven
rooms besides stoIe,rooms bathroom, and six
most convenient closets; brick kitchen, four
rooms and other out-houses /; gas throuehout.
and water upon premises j; side alley and
eitance ~ yaIu ana dwelling; yard well
paved, and has fruit trees, grapeyines shrub
berry, and a wide alley in the rear.
mis- property is very desirable on account of
lts convenience to business, being In five
minutes walk of post-offiee.
IN ls ALSO. VA tW .4E
: a BRICK DWELLING, six rooms large
LOT and adjoins southwest corner OF Canal
and Third streets. This is as desirable local.
" as can be found in the city. m I'i7, |,N"..
10 secure bargain, apply at once TO I,....
j. THOMPSON BROWN
s@i- 81 Real Estate Agent, ,
ss+ llI0 Main street, opposite
yle-t Dispafeh office.
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This House, formerly known as the "New
YORK Hygienic Institute" has been thoroughly
renovated and improved in various ways during
the past summer, and is now in better condition
than ever before for the accommodation Of our
hygienic friends, who wish to stop where they
can feel at home and get the best kinds of food,
BEAUTIFULLY prepared.
Horse-cars pass near the door to all parts of
the CITY, making it a very convenient stopping
place for persons visiting New York, either
upon business or pleasure. Open at all hours,
day and night. Board by the day or week, at
reasonable rates. Rooms can be secured in nd.
vance by writing. Address
Y WooD& HoLBRooK, Proprietors,
81 oc 6 Nos. 10 and 10 Laight street, N Y
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-09-25
THE WEEKLY HERALD
.: .: " y; t,sx. 1!sk FISK Bros, Publishers


Some editor who has been victimiZed writes
as follows: ''We shall never engage another
woman to report gentlemen's fashions for
this paper We might have known she
would ANONYMOUSLY fail; but she said gen.
tlemen reported ladies' fashions, and she
couldn't see why woman shouldn't write up
the manculine modes We COUNT see either,
SO we gave her carte blanche to 60 ahead.
And such fashion article. Here is a speci-
men of the ridiculous stuff: A recherche
spring overcoat for promenade has pretty
ribbed stripes, with three rutt1es on the tails,
fcstooned with tassels, single breasted collar,
and rolling flaps on the pannier. A lovely
dress-coat has three buttons and pockets in
the rear, box-pleated on the hips, three-plY
guipure lace on the narrative, gOred in bunch
and cut bouffant. Vests button up the front,
same as last year, and have pockets, with
imperial polonaise up the back, and oxidized
buttons in double rows on the collar, with
tab fronts. The shirt is cut tight at the knee,
and open in front or behind, as may be pre-
ferred, with perceal bosom, trimmed passe-
menterie; four rows of Magenta braid around
the skirt, with hood at back, bound with gal
loon 10 match. Much depends upon the
pantaloons. A gentlemans dress is very in
complete without trousers. These are of
some subdued color, as London smoke, and
should have monise with the exthe-neck ficu
They are cut bias in both legs, with deep
frills to fall over the instep; the waist is
garnished with broad band of batiste, with
ecru facings, and buttons to match; the.
But that is enough. Any one but Sand
wich Islander will see at glance that these
fashions are frightfully mixed. Who ever
heard of trousers being cut bias in the legs.
deep frills falling over the instep, with
broad band batiste-whatever that may be-
and ecru facings and things? Rather than
wear pantaloons built in that way, we would
go without, and encase our limbs in two Sec
tons of stove pipe.