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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-14

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
u TED STATES for the Eastern District of
Virginia.
In the matter of A. W. Smith, bank
rupt-in bankruptcy.
At Richmond, on the 18th day of january,
A. D., 1873.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Please to take notice hereby, that a petition
has been, to wit: on the sth day of February,
A. D., 1859, filed in said District Court, by A. w
Smith, of Charlotte county, in said dis
trct,w has been heretofore duly declared bank
rupt under the act of Congress entitled IAN Act
to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy
throughout the United States,' approved March
I'd, 1867, for a discharge and certificate thereon
from all his debts and other claims provable un-
der said act, and that The LIST day of February, A.
ID. ,ls73, at 10 o'clock A. M, before W. w. Forbes
one of the Registers of said court In bank
ruptcy, at his office in Richmond, in said district,
Is the time and place assigned for 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
You are also hereby notified, that the second
and third meetings of the creditors of the said
bankrupt will be held ut the same time and place
W. w. FORBES,
Register in Bankruptcy
1a lf-Tu2w for Sd Cong'i Dist. of Va.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-14

GENERAL ToCHMAN's CASE. We
have before us the printed speech of Gen
eral G. Tochman, delivered in his own case
before the finance committee of the House
of Delegates, yesterday. The General
claims reimbursement to the amount of
s2,7s0.9S, expended by him in promoting
immigration to Virginia during the three or
four years succeeding the war and prior to
the restoration of the state to the Union,
and compensation for services rendered by
him as commissioner of immigration during
that period. He makes a straightforward
statement of the case. The state has been
benefited through his labors, and should
not hesitate so make him whole.
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nega WINES AND LIQUORs.-John

H. Molioy, Wholesale and Retail Dealer, corner
Main and Twenty-third streets.
I beg to offer TO the public in any quantity to
suit, some very fine Old Rye Whiskey, made in
November, 1865, out of Canada rye !; also Pinet
Castillan, and James Hennesey's Brandies;
Port and Sherries, different brands Old Apple
Brandy, and q fine article of Fish Gin, Jamaica
Rum, &C., &C., Irish and Scotch Whistles,
"Poteen poteen
Irish poteen,
The juice of the barley
That would split the grain"
s-Go to EDWARDS for Toy-Books md
Games
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-14
WINES AND LIQUORS.

DEARD CO.,
WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALERS
AND RECTIFIERS,
Have on hand a full assortment of MOUNTAIN
and RYE WHISTLES, Foreign and Domestic
GINS, BRANDIES and WINES.
1918 GARY STREET, RICHMOND, VA.
SO 17--d&wly
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-14

CERTIFICATES OF RATTLE can be pur
chased from Captain w. /. DABNEY, at the
Branch ONCE. No. Twelfth street. three doors
from Main
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-14

THE SOUTHERN ASSOCiATION.-RAF
l. FILE for the Benefit Of the Widows and Or
phans Of the Southern States.
DISTRIBUTION No. 100. EVENING. Jan Is.
Is At IL so 2S % IA n 4 is 80 IS
DISTRIBUTION No. l2l. MORNING, Jan. IA.
So IL II 40 rs 40 SO ~ 76 Is 40 II
Witness my hand, at Richmond, Va, this l4th
day of January, 1873.
SIMMONS l. CO., CO. TOMPRINS.
Managers. Commissioner
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-14

CEINE THREAD, OF ALA ..u4S7ws.,
Dnumbers and qualities SEINE sz~SSzsssNszS
TWINES, patent and soft, of all numbers
SEINE LINES of all sizes SEINE CORKS
of all sorts Linen and Cotton ROPES of all
sizes, on hand and for sale for less than New
York prices, at "
l.. LICHTENSTEtN'S,
Importer of Seine Thread Nos. 1905
and 1907 Franklin street, between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets.
de 26
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-14

certain township officers ia relation to
superintendent Of the poor, with recommen-
dation that it do not pass TO annex por-
ton OF Franklin county to the county of
Floyd; for the relief of the estate of
Robert Lumpkin, deceased to give the
consent of the state for the purchase of land
by the United States for erection of light
houses.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-14

LARGE STOCK OF DRY GO0OS,
FURNISHING GOODS, &c, for sale very low
at l.. LICHTENSTEIN'S
Importer of Seine Thread Nos. 1705
de 20 and 1907 Franklin street.
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ssrso to EDWARDS for Toy-Books md
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] A N A U S c H E X

Admission 90 cents, 81 90 and 81 so.
Sale of Seats to commence MONDAY, jan
nary ID, at the book store of West, Johnston &
Co. ia eff
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-14

A LBEMARLE PIPPINs.-25 Barrels just
IN received and for sale by
G.. w. ROYSTER,
ia lists 1913 Cary street.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-21

An interesting account OF the method
by which false hair il obtained in Paris
is given. Many persons erroneously be-
lieye that most OF the curls and water
falls offered for sale come directly from
the heads OF young girls, who barter
them in exchange for gewgaws or money,
or from converts and nunneries. Such
cases are the exception, not the rule.
Nine-tenths of 'chignons sold are ma nu-
factured out Of the contents OF the rag
picker's basket and bag. These indus
trious people search among the refuse
of nsh-barrels for the snarled knots OF
hair combed from the head Of the Ia
dies or servants OF the houses, and out
Of this apparently filthy stuff is m anu.
factured elegant braids Of every shade
and length. The refuse combings arc
sold for six francs kilogramme (about
two pounds) to the head rag-picker OF
Paris, who makes this speciality. In
fact, he trades in nothing else just now.
He sells them, in exactly the same
snarled and dirty condition, for nine
francs kilogramme to the wig makers
and hair-workers, who sort and clean
them, and do them up in the fashionable
styles, and then sell them TO the whole
sale dealers, who supply the trade and
foreign markets, for Paris hair brings
the highest prices. Not one in hun
dred is aware of the various processes
which switches have TO undergo before
they are fit for use. The combings are
first rolled and mixed in with sawdust
to cleanse them thoroughly and remove
every particle of grease and mud. Then
they are combed out with . sort OF iron
card, Just like those they use for card
ing wool, only the operation has to be
carried on with good deal more care.
SO as not to split or break the hair, be-
cause the longer it is the better it sells,
and the higher price it brings. Long
hair is becoming scarce it does not
grow fast enough to meet the demand.
After the combings ore cleansed, they
have to be pulled out, to make them
even. A hair is exactly like little conf
cal tube, much finer toward the tip than
at the root. As the hairs are all mixed,
roots up and roots down, the worker
takes small bunch between his fingers
and rolls them lengthwise, picking them
out until he gets them perfectly even,
and all with the roots upwards. Then
they sort these punches into three differ
ent lengths, for switches, braids, and
wigs and; finally, into seven shades.
This last operation is the most trying to
The workers patience. just think!
every single hair has to be taken up by
itself, and compared with the others.
The time and labor thus involved are
what make false hair so expensive.
Much has been said about the sale Of
dead persons hair, and of course soms
is always in the market, but it is not the
best quality, and is very easily detect
ed. It is quite dry and brittle, and
loes not keep in curl, SO that the deal
,rs do not care to buy it.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-21
COnsumptiOn Of Smoke.

The proprietors of the Cleveland Her
aid have recently applied an apparatus
to their Office chimney which is claimed
to be perfect preventive os smoke and
a great saver of fuel. The discovery,
which the Herald thinks is very valu-
able one, was purely accidental. A
mechanic of that city was trying to
secure better draft for sluggish fire,
and the thought occurred to him after
other devices had failed to try the
the effects of steam. A small pipe was
made to conduct the " dry steam" from
the top of the boiler to the upper part
of the furnace, where it entered in two
small Jets striking downward on the
burning fuel. No sooner was the steam
injected into the furnace than the slug
gish, smoky fire sprang up into the
clear, bright, yellowish hot flame, filing
the whole furnace with a loud roar.
The man found he had not only secured
a strong draft, but something much
more important, a smokeless fire. As
an experiment the apparatus was attach
ed to the furnace of the Herald engine,
which was converted from neighbor-
hood nuisance of smoke and SCOT into q
smokeless fue.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-21
A Life Insurance Suit.

An insurance suit is now in progress
before Judge Barrett, in the Supreme
Court OF New York, between Mrs. Ruth
f.. Dean and the Etna Life. In 1866
her late husband, Henry Dean, took
out two participating policies for 81, 900
and 1900, and the premium, which
was due Sept. 90, was payable half IN
cash and half in note. On Sept. 20,
1869, the premium was not paid rs the
contract provided, and the Company
contended that, by the condition in the
policy which announced forfeiture in
case Of lack of punctuality in pay
ment, the policy was forfeited. On the
other hand, the plaintiff came forward
with the statement that on or before
Sept. 20 an agreement was made be-
tween Mr.. Morton (thc General Agent
of the Company and her husband that
the payment should be deferred until
Nov. 8, and that then one-quarter of the
cash payment should be made, and the
other three-quarters should be taken in
notes at 80, GO, and 90 days. On Nov.
8 Mr.. Dean offered the money, which
was refused. On Nov. 10 Mr.. Dean
died, and application, it is alleged by
Mrs. Deans witnesses, was at once made
to the general agent for blanks on which
to prepare proofs of loss, and these were
-efased. Without these official proofs
the plaintiff did the best she could, and
presented the result to the general
agent, who said they must be sent to
the President of the Company. The
plaintiff accordingly posted them to
Hartford, and the agents admitted their
reception. The defendants, on the con-
trary, deny having received the proofs,
and make the want of evidence their
second ground of defense, the main
issue, about which there was great
deal of conflicting testimony, being the
question as to whether the agreement
was really made in regard to the giving
and receiving of the three notes at 30,
60, and 80 days.
Judge Barrett, in his charge, said that
the General Agent of Company could
not revive lapsed policy, and if no
was made until Sept. 20, 1869,
it would be rendered invalid. He said,
however, that it was within the power
of General Agent, before the policy
was forfeited, to make any arrangement
or agreement as to the terms, and the
only question was whether the agree
ment was entered into before the Goth.
If it was made on OF before that day,
the policy must be good. As to the
proofs of death, he told the jury that
there was enough evidence for them, If
they credited it, to infer that the Com
pany had received them after being
placed in the Post-office directed to the
President of the Company. The jury
was out only short time, and returned
with verdict of $17, 1928, for the
whole amount, less the sum of the three
notes due after the proof of DEATH
NeV York Paper.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-21
Success OF a Miners Relief Fund.

Shortly after the Avondale disaster
the workmen employed by the Wilkes
barre Coal and Iron Company held .
meeting and resolved to give one day.
wages for the relief OF the Avondale suf-
ferers and the establishment of a per-
manent benefit fund. The 9th of Sep
tember was the day fixed upon, and the
sum realized was &c, 900. OF this, 81, 900
were appropriated to the sufferers by
the Avondale horror. The remainder
was placed in the hands of the Wilkes
barre Coal and Irion Company, to be
held in trust and at interest for their
vorkmen. Trustees are elected in each
division, who report all accidents to the
president of the company. The money
for the benefit of persons accidentally
injured, or of their families in case of
death, is drawn on the order Of the trus-
tee and foreman of the division to which
the workmen belonged. No workman
is entitled to the benefits of this fund
until he has contributed one days wa
ges to its capital. The recently-pub
lished report of the management OF this
fund shows that from Oct. l, 1868, to
Nov. l, 1872, $26, ,253. .65 we're earned by
the labor of the men and the interest on
the amount in the hands of the Wilkes
barre Company; $15, ,25O.71 were ex-
pended in the support of disabled work.
men, the burial of dead workmen, and
the support of their widows and or
phans. The balanceis $11, ,00094. This
mode of dealing with Impeachment
from the oft-recurring mine
disasters is very commendable, and the
balance in Mr.. Parish's hands shows
that the way of increasing the fund,
viz: by the wages Of one days labor
per man every year, is very successful.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-21
Singular Case Of Suicide.

In Pontiac, Mich, Mr.. Leslie ].
Arnold recently committed suicide under
somewhat singular circumstances. His
parents were well-to-do people, he was
their only son, and naturally a great ia
vorite with them. One day he said he
wished to go to Detroit, and his father
gave him money for that purpose. He
went and returned in a day or two,
bringing with him large travelling
trunk, with which, as he informed his
parents, he intended to 60 about and
see the world. That evening he left
the house, and was never seen alive in
it again except by Nettie Hammond,
who tells . singular story of the affair.
She says that after leaving home Leslie
came to her fathers house and invited
her to commit suicide with him. She
agreed to do so, but only in Leslie's
chamber at his home. Thither they
went, took morphine, got into bed, and
in the morning poor Leslie was corpse.
Nettie says she took more morphine
than her lover did, but the doctors say
she took none at all. However that
may be, she is, according to her own
story, guilty of murder, since it is good
law that if two persons agree to COM
init suicide together, and one of them
actually dies, the survivor must be held
guilty Of his death-at least in common
law
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-21
New Theory OF Earthquakes.

An English scientist has lately been
calculating the theory that all volcanic
action is the result of the cooling Of the
materials inside of the earth, and the
contraction of the earth's crust in conse-
quence. The hotter internal nucleus
contracts faster than the cooler external
crust, and the latter forces its way down
upon the former. This shrinkage is
competent, in his opinion, to account for
all the phenomena of volcanic action.
In the distant ages, when the earth was
still fashioning, the shrinkage produced
the irregularities of level which We rec
ognize in the elevation of land and the
depression of the ocean-bed. Then came
the period when, as the crust shrank, it
formed corrugations in other words,
when the foldings and elevations OF the
somewhat thickened crust gave rise to
the mountain-ranges on the earth. Last
ly as the globe gradually lost its ex-
tremely high state of temperature, the
continuance of the same process of
shrinkage led no longer to the formation
of ridges and table-lands, but to local
crushing down and dislocation. This
process is still going on, and Mr.. NAL
let not only recognizes here the origin
of earthquakes and of the changes of
the level now in progress, but the cause
of volcanic heat. The modern theoryof
heat as form of motion here comes into
play. As the solid crust closes in upon
the shrinking nucleus, the work expend-
ed in crushing down and dislocating the
parts of the crust is transformed into
heat, by which, at the places where the
process goes on with the greatest ener-
gy, the material of the rock so crushed
and of that adjacent to it are heated
even to fusion. The access of water to
such points determine volcanic erup-
ton,
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-21
A Short Sermon.

Let us avoid half-wisdom. 1t is the
root of the most fatal prejudice. We
wrong individuals not so much by false
ly ascribing to them defects, as by ta-
king oHe-sided views of their characters
as whole. And IN the same way we
wrong our race. I am willing to con-
cede to the man of worldly wisdom all
his charges against existing society. 1
will go farther, and tell him he does
not comprehend the depths of actual
evil. For to do this requires moral
sensibility to which he has not attained.
have no eulogies to pronounce on tho
present condition of human nature, in
even the most civilized communities.
Our whole social fabric needs thorough,
searching, complete reform. But l
do not stop here. If l did, should
lose the great lesson that Wisdom pro-
claims from every page of history.
This lesson is, that man, with all his
errors, is a wonderful being, endowed
with incomprehensible grandeur, worthy
worthy to be visited with Infinite Love
from heaven. The Infinite is imaged in
him more visably than in the outward
universe. This is the great truth to
be learned from all our social combina-
tions. This is the germ of all conf
dent and joyful effort for human i'm
provement. 1t is the very root of free
institutions. From it alone can spring
high-toned moral relations and happy
between men. This truth
is the central principle of Christianity,
and from failure to recognize this, our
existing systems of education, policy,
legislation, and social intercourse are
poor, narrow, and impotent. SO great
truth is this, which 1 affirm as being
taught from the whole of mans social
life. / know with what incredulity l
shall be heard, when thus asserting
that the only lesson, worth learning
from society, is the one which as yet
has been learned least :. But is not
less true, nor less important, because
doubted and denied. Man really is a
mysterious being, endowed with divine
powers and welcomed by boundless
destiny William Eltery Claiming,
D. d.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-21
The Money Value Of Intelligence.

Every thoughtful man recognizes the
money value Of intelligence in Q COM
munity. 1t is for this part, says the
Country Gentleman, that the State
builds school houses and furnishes free
education to the masses. knowledge
is power even the ignorant respect It.
and pay it many an involuntary compli-
ment. The power consists in the abil-
ity to better ones condition more rapid
"; and in doing that-such are the re-
lations Of men to each other--they usu-
ally benefit all around them. The i'm
provements on piece of real estate do
not effect the owner alone, but Indirect
ly extend to the neighborhood, and
next find their way to the assessors
books and thus benefit the nation. II
is like the ripple which pebble starts
when thrown into the water-it spreads
wider and wider, and though after
awhile the visible effect disappears, we
know that it does affect the whole body,
no matter how large. So when some-
thing is added to the worlds wealth, it
benefits the whole world, although We
may not be able to trace its full effects
When an ent' prising man buys q
run down, negleo led farm, with rickety
and dilapi lated buildings, and ut once
proceeds to improve it, clears up the
unsightly fence corners, drains the
land, pulls out stumps or rocks, moves
the little barn to the back of the house,
and sets the new house little distance
back of the highway, lays out lawn
with pleasant walks and shade trees and
hedges brings blooded stock with him,
and causes mis- acres to produce three
fold more than ever before, what man
so stupid as not to recognize that that
is a pecuniary gain to the neighbor-
hood? No matter how selfish the own
er may be at heart, if he makes his
farm more valuable, he does the same,
to some extent, to all around him.
The neighbors like to see handsome
farm near them even if they never think
of selling, and when they do try to sell,
the prospective buyer will invariably
have his attention called to the hand
some property over the way, or which
adjoins, or at least is not far of. Spec
ulators holding unimproved land like
nothing 80 we'll as to be able TO say (be-
lies in the very best of neighborhoods,
is surrounded by rich farms in the high
est state Of culture, in delightful re-
gion of walks and drives that the peo-
pie are all intelligent, and their tastes
refined; that schools and churches
abound /; and that the value of the land
has been proved by the extraordinary
yield of crops on the adjacent farms.
When these things can be said truth
fully, sales are comparatively easy, and
that at the highest prices.
Does not every enterprising farmer
see then--as well as those who are not
farmers-that there is a money value in
intelligence, and that the rapidity of
it's spread concerns them very closely ?
Improvements on ones own place are
well, wise and admirable but so are
improvements around you. There
should be, then, no neglect of the
Every agency which will pro-
mote farm intelligence should be en-
l..
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-21
The Antiquity Of Trade Unions.

Trade unions are not of such recent
origin as many people suppose. II
am credibly informed, wrote Vaudeville,
the author Of the Fables Of the Bees,
one hundred and fifty years ago, in his
Essay on Charity and Charity School" "
"that parcel of footmen are arrived
to chat height OF insolenee as to have
entered into society together, and
made laws by which they oblige them
selves not to serve for less than such q
sum, nor carry burdens, or any bundle
or parcel above certain weight, not
exceeding two or three pounds, with
other regulations directly opposite to
the interest of those they serve, and
altogether destructive to the use they
were designed for. If any Of them be
turned away for strictly adhering to the
orders of this honorable corporation, he
is taken care of till another service is
provided for him but there is no money
wanting at any time to commence and
maintain lawsuit against any master
that shall pretend to strike or offer any
other injury to his gentleman footman,
contrary to the statutes of their society.
"If this be true, as1 believe it is, and
they are suffered to 60 on in consulting
and providing for their own case and
conveniency any further, We may ex-
pect quickly to see the French comedy
lie Maitre lie Valet acted in good
earnest in most families while, if not
redressed in little time, and these
footmen increase their company to the
number it is possible they may, as well
as assemble when they please with i'm
punity, it will be in their power to make
tragedy of it whenever they have
mind to-