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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-04-11
Grtning State ya,srnal.
Agricultural Matters.

From our Travelling Correspondent
Within few days past have seen sew
eral subscribers of The JOURNAL VIII
say they would be glad to see more matte
about farming and fruit in its columns, ant
now that the Legislature and Congress
| have adjourned, you will have much NOR
space for other matters, and, doubtless
will print more on agricultural and horti
cultural subjects.
And right here it will be pertinent lte
make few suggestions, which considera.
BILE experience and observation enable me
safely to do.
| All through the country it is observable,
very emphatically, that the winter wheat
which was put in with drills looks better,
and is less injured by the winter, than the
broadcast sowing drilling is the best, in
many respects it saves in quantity Of
seed; itputs the grain in better and more
evenly, and covers it up better, and secures
more even termination and sprouting,
while there is less chance for birds to pick
1T up. The saving, even on a small farm,
will pay for drilling machine, in season
or two; all farmers who have fully tried it
know these facts.
Then rolling the fields, after sowing, is
very useful, by crushing the Jumps, maxi
ing the surface smooth and more thorough
ly covering and settling the seed. Also
rolling wheat aud meadow fields in the
spring, soon as the ground is dry. is very
beneficial. A roller costs but little, and
may be made at home with little inge-
nuity and smooth log.
Again, harrows should always be made
with the teeth leaning or sloping back
they crush Jumps and pulverise the land
better, by riding or sliding into the
Jumps, instead of showing them aside then
they do not clog up with weeds, roots, and
straw, as when standing straight or pitch
ing toward this proved many years ago.
This is the merit of Thomas smoothing |
harrow, which has been patented; but / |
made them in that way long before the war,
and years before his was patented; SO that
farmers may make their harrows in that |
way, without fear Of anybody's patent.
A word about fences. Set the stakes |
across the middle of the PANELS rather than
It the Corners it makes better fence, takes
up less room, stands longer and firmer. as
he foot of the stake is out Of the way of
blow and drag, and less rails are required
or riders, as they will be laid on straight.
Try it, farmers. @ d. s. O.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

| The telegram bearing the single word
saved J" which Mr.. B. B. Richmond sent
rom HALIFAX to his brother in Detroit. has
been framed by his partners and hung IN
In the counting-room of the firm.
The st. Louis Democrat has woSb;no-
ton special which says: "The story that
MIR. Sumner had declared that he would
not set foot on the soil of Massachusetts
until the battle-hag resolution was rescin.
ded appears to have been manufactured.
since he is making his calculations to spend
the summer at Nahant,''
Colonel r.. ]. Hinton, the well-known
newspaper correspondent, left Washington
wednesday to sail from New York on Sat-
urday to enter upon his duties as inspector
OF consulates at the ports on the Mediter-
ranean.
The Washington Posts of the Grand
Army of the Republic are making ar
rangements for the decoration of soldiers
graves on the Both of May. The various
clergymen within the district will be re-
quested to deliver sermons suitable to the
occasion of the Sunday preceding decora-
ton day.
Inc breaks on the Erie railway, caused
oy the ireshets have all been repaired. and
trains are running without interruption.
Inc steamship Charleston arrived at
New York this morning.
Official returns from Connecticut o;vo
more votes for the prohibition ticket than
at first telegraphed, and these, with other
slght changes. cut down Ingersoll's ma.
Jorlty to 1929. Full returns to the secre-
tary OF state will very likely reduce his
majority slightly. - .
A Halifax dispatch says that the pun
ishment by the present court of inquiry
into the loss of the Atlantic cannot
go beyond the revocation of the certificates
OF those found guilty. The captain ex-
pects $ such judgment, and tits probable
the fourth officer will come in for share
of the sentence.
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

The names of quite number of Con
sentative gentlemen are mentioned in thu
Fredericksburg papers in connection with
| the Office of delegate, but we do not fine
that of Major Kelley, the present able rep.
resentative. Is the party going back on
the Major? ls ifF
Several subscribers have discontinued
the Farmville Commonwealth because the
editor admitted religious communion
ton to its columns which did not meet their
views. Mr.. j. g.. Cameron, the editor,
says he will publish free, liberal, and toll
Grant paper, or none at all. He is right,
and will be sustained by the best people,
whatever may be the course of bigots.
The weeping-willows at Arlington
have grown from slips cut from Pope's
celebrated willow at Twickenham, and
brought to this country at the beginning of
the Revolutionary war by British officer.
He gave them to John Park Gusts, the
father of George Washington Park GUSTS,
who afterward transplanted them to
Arlington. He was very proud of them,
and used to send slips of them to noted
literary persons.
They have good dog law in Ohio, which
we would like to see in force in Virginia. Be-
sides making the owner ofthe dog response
BILE for any damage it may do, it provides
that oany person may kill sheep-klling
dog at any place." OF course it would have
to be proved that the dog was Sheep
killer. 1t also provides that any person
can kill any dog running at large off of his
masters premises, unless his master is
With him: That is a specially good point.
Again: "Any person killing dog at any
place, or under any circumstances, can
,nly be made responsible for the value of
he dog reported for taxation at the annual
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VENUE CoLLEcToRsHIP.-The
washington Republican of yesterday con-
tains the following:
. Efforts are being made to induce the
President to revoke his determination to
withhold the commission of DR.. q. II.
Smith, confirmed by the Senate, to be col
lector OF internal revenue for the Third
Virginia district. Hon. John Amber
Smith has been in the city for several DAYS.
and yesterday had an interview with The
President relative to this matter. The ex-
act status of the case is simply that the
friends of Rush Burgess, the incumbent
collector of the district, supposed that DR..
Smiths nomination was made as compro-
mise, and consequently did not oppose its
confirmation. Subsequently, when Burgess
mace necessary explanations, the President
was induced to withhold the commission of
Or. Smith. and Burgess was allowed to re-
tain the office.v
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oR,EDITABLE.-Yesterday three very
small chaps entered the grocery and saloon
Of one of our German fellow-citizens and
asked for whiskey for the party. They
We're informed by the proprietor that he
didn't sell whiskey to boys, but that if
they would call when they arrived at the age
OF twenty-one he would serve them. If all
our saloon keepers would follow this ex-
ample, they would receive the thanks of
parents and guardians and divest the liquor
traiice OF one of its most Objectionable fea-
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REPUBLICAN MEETINa.-At a meet.
ing of Madison ward executive committee
last night the following officers and com.
mittees were appointed and elected
Chairman, Hon. Alfred Morton; secretary.
Charles j. Mallord; assistant secretary,
=. A. Taylor; treasurer, Clayborn
Green.
City Central Committee-Hon.A A. Nor
ton, ). A. Taylor, e. Archer; alternates,
Jos. Cox, @. Green, Jos. Allen.
Finance Committee-1st precinct. Jos.
Cox; End precinct. j. A. Taylor; 3rd
precinct, Z. Archer 4th precinct, James
Chlldress; at large, Luke Connolly. The
meeting then adjourned to meet on Thurs
day evening, the oath instant, at s O'Clock.
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LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Railroad Matters.

RALEIGH, April T0.-The state author
tues sued out awrit of injunction against
A. 5. Buford, president of the North Caro-
lima railroad, and all its employees. ore.
venting change OF gauge from Greensbo-
ro' to Charlotte, and the injunction was
served. The gauge was to have been
changed SO as to have enabled trains from
the Danville railroad to pass through to
the south, and was to be done in the inter.
est Of the Pennsylvania Central.
WASHINGTON
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FOREIGN.
SPAIN.
Carlist War.

MADRID, April 1.-THE Carlists have
opened fire on. Puigcerda. Villa Franco is
threatened. Two Cubans and twelve
Spanlards were killed in an engagement
near Manzanilla.
PARIS, April LA dispatch from Per-
plgnan this morning says the Carlists have
been repulsed before Puigcerda, after fight
ing whole day and night.
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The CONSERVATIVES The Conserva
tiyes mustered working meetings in fou,
OF the SIX wards of the city last night
which elected members of the city cen.
trail committee, as follows: Marshall ward
-Messrs. John Walsh, Thomas Potts
Henry Metzger. John E. Bossieux. and
T. g. Coghlan; Jefferson ward-Messrs
John J. Wilson, E. @. Darlington, James
=. Smith, DR.. A. S. McRae,, and Robert
+. StylI; Monre ward-Messrs. W. P,
Burwell, William English, W. D. Ches-
terman, E. I. Glasgow, and W. II. Wade ;
Clay Ward-Messrs. Bradley T. johnson.
james Jefries, John Lauer, G. L. Todd
and R. A. Lacy. iI
These are all new hands we believe, at this
particular bellows. The names of Messrs.
N. M. Lee and James R. Fisher. Of The
retiring committee, were placed on the
Monroe ward list, but those gentlemen de-
clined, and other names were substituted.
The new committee will meet at the Ninth.
street headquarters tonight, at 8 o'clock,
for organization.
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W illiam Gordenio was the first person
upon whom the title of Doctor of Medicine
was bestowed. He received it from the
college at Osti in 1920. 1t has been be-
slowed upon ''seyeraI' since.
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FASHION NoTEs.-Mrs. M. Walton.
corner Broad and Fifth, has just opened
the latest and most elegant stock of spring
millinery, &C., to be found in the city.
This lady has long been noted for her
good taste and judgment in the selection
and arrangement of the exterior adorn-
ments for the ladies, and she is likely to
MAINTAIN her reputation. The attention of
tne lar ones is called to her present de-
cldedly full and handsome stock
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LOCAL MATTERS.
AUCTION SALES.
ApRIL 18th.

APRIL 18th.
W. H. ALLDERDICE, as assignee of 7. N. Bal.
derson, j. A. Marks, J. T Dowdy, f. Hoff.
man. ]. p. Bowies, HI. R. Lyon and A, p.
Crenshaw, bankrupts, will sell this day at
p. NJ, in front of United States cnsfom.
house, valuable farm Lands in Richmond.
Prince George, Lunenburg, Culpepper, Han.
sver. Halifax and Charlotte counties.
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Z One little mad dog so exasperated the
citizens of Vermont. ILL.,, the other day
that they turned out and mastered 500
dogs, and yet the price of mince and sau-
sage meat had not lowered there at last
accounts
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FREEDOM CELEBRATIoN.-A gentle.
man who arrived in the city to-day from
Meckllnburg county, informs us that the
coiored people Of that county held an
emancipation celebration at Boydton
wednesday, which was attended BY at
least three thousand persons, and over one
thousand were in the line of the procession.
Colonel Geo. w. Young and Geo. w.
Graham addressed the assemblage. Every
thing passed off pleasantly, there being no
disturbance or accident Of any kind. It is
credltable to the citizens of the county.
without distinction of color or politics, that
they looked upon the demonstration with
favor, and preserved the strictest order
throughout. %
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Indian Affairs

SAN FRANCISCO, April 1.-THE Apa-
che raids into Mexican territory is unabated.
Robberies and murders are frequent. The
Mexican government has authorized the
construction of telegraph through Sanaloa
and Sonora. y
/ Advlces from Pillscott, state that the re-
serve party sent out to protect and warn
surveyors on Cinnamon river have returns
ed' They found the bodies of four survey
ors terribly mutilated. Deming's body
was brought back; the others buried on
the spot. The party encountered bands of
Oneyennes, who made hostile demonstra-
tons, but did not venture to attack. 81.
s-I MISSOURI.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

TO ALL PERSONS WISHING FIRE IN
SURANCE-THE RICHMOND BANKING
AND INSURANCE, COMPANY offer induce
ments unsurpassed by any safe company. to in.
sure against loss by fire of all kinds of property
They ask of their friends and the public 10 giye
them call before insuring elsewhere
consult your own interest and insure with us
T.B. STARKE, General Agent.
Z J. B. DAVIS, President 80 80
JoHs F. O. Porrs. Secretary. GO 5-d&vly
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SUPREME COURT OF APPEALs.-Mur-
phys administrator VS.. Carter; fully
argued and submitted.
Draper VS.. Earls; argued and sub
mitted.
Mead VS.. Jones argued and SUBJ
mitted. b " =
Robertson VS.. Jones will be called
and argued tomorrow =
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KANSAS.
Movements OF Troons

Movements Of Troops in tho West.
FORT SCOTT, April 1.-THE United
states troops stationed on the neutral lands
nave commenced their departure for Fort
Gibson. The cavalry started on Wednes-
DAY, and will march through. The infant
ry will follow by rail on Monday.
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09 H. MCCO MICK,S
MAMMOTH AUCTION
AND sl.
COMMISSION HOUSE,
1414 MAIN ST., RICHMOND.

DAILY SALES at 10 A. M. and IN p. M
OF Clothing, Fancy Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots
Shoes, Crockery, Glassware, and all kinds OF
Furniture, Housefurnishing Goods, &C., &C.
COME ONE, COME ALL, AS WE ARE
DETERMINED TO PLEASE.
GENTLEMANLY statesmen constantly
In attendance, to wait on parties who wish to
purchase any Of the above named goods at
private sale, at auction prices. ps.s3s h.ia!dE.
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS offered to Coun-
try Merchants. Consignments solicited. Out
door sales punctually attended to. NH 2s-sma
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OHIO.


CINCINNATI, April 1.-THE Ameri-
can Tract Society, of New York, and the
Western Tract Society, of Cincinnati, have
united. Hereafter there will be only one
depository in Cincinnati, whose field con-
slsts Of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Ten
nessee. The funds contributed in future
will go to the general benevolent fund, and
one-tenth of all the American Tract Sc
ciet!Y gives away will be used in Cincin-
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.
TEXAS.


GALVESTON, April 1l.-Telegrams ard
private intelligence from twenty-tbree
counties report killing frosts. The crops
and fruit are all killed. Replanting has
commenced. These counties embrace the
larger portion of the cotton-growing dis
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ANOTHER ALLEGED MAIL, RoRRER

ANOTHER ALLEGED MAIL RoBBER
ARREsTED.-Captain John Frey, special
agent of the postofice department, and
MT. Lewis, his assistant. arrived in the
CITY this morning, having in custody J. L.
omlth, postmaster at Baynesville, West
Fredericksburg to Warsaw, whom they
arrested yesterday, on the charge of rifling
the mails. We learn that the depredations
have been going on for the past six months,
and that they are traced to the
Baynevllle office by means of decoy letters.
smith is about fifty years of age, is a mar
RED man, and was, we are informed, con.
nected with the provost marshall's Office in
Baltimore during the war. He was taken
before United States Commissioner Atkins,
and after an inquiry into the facts sent on to
the United States district court at Norfolk.
and bailed in the sum of $4,000 for his
appearance.
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FINED.-Henrietta Harris, colored, was
lined ten dollars this morning by Justice
White, for assaulting Sarah Taylor, an old
colored woman fortunately she did not
apparently hurt her, though she knocked
her down. We think, in view of the facts
In the case, that the fine was heavy one.
yet we are pleased to chronicle the fact that
the Justice is determined to see that old age
shall be protected,
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TEMPERATURE.-The following is the
range of the thermometer at @, II. John
tson's news and music store. 9lS Main
street, for to-day: Ate a. m. 60; - m.
66; p. m. 20.
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HUsTINGs CoURT.-Thos. j. Gale.
charged with misdemeanor in attempting to
extort money from Barney johnson, was
tried IN this court to-day and acquitted.
Several notaries public qualified under the
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!. GRAND EXCURSION

THE SONS AND CADETS OF TEN
PERANCE of this city and Manchester will
give THE FIRST GRAND EXCURSION OF
THE SEASON to Petersburg on MON.
DAY holiday APRIL FOURTEEN 1873
The proceeds for the widows and or
phans of the order. A fine band has been
engaged. Train will leave next Monday morn
ing at nine O'Clock. Come one come all, to the
temperance call isl1
Tickets can be had of any member of the
order at the depot or of Major Williams, No
900 Seventeenth street; Lewis Dickerson, Pop
lar street u. II. Johnson. barber, Franklin
street W. H. L. Combs, 9o3 Seventeenth street.
Tickets, round trip, only FIFTY CENTS.
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PERsoNAL.-Senator John F. Lewis
arrived in the city this morning, and will
remain several days. " =
William Cullen Bryant, the editor and
poet, arrived in the city yesterday. He is
accompanied by members of his family.
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MONS RICHMOND PETERSBURG r.. r. Co. 4
RIcBa oND, VA, April s, 1873.
rTNHE SUNDAY EXCURSION TRAINS ON
i THIS ROAD WILL BE RESUMED ON
SUNDAY, THE 18th INST, and continue un-
I'll further notice. Leave at o A. NJ, and return
at M. ~ II.
Fare for the round trip. soc.
T. H. wYNNE. &
ap 9-lm President.
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LOOKING FOR A HOTEL SITE.-We
are informed that there is wealthy gentle
man in this city from Chicago looking
around for suitable site upon which to
build hotel.
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DEATH OF IRA Captain Ira
Bruce, who was adjudged lunatic some
weeks since, and taken to the Eastern
lunatlc asylum at Williamsburg by Ser
geant Holzinger, died at the asy lum on the
4th of this month.
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RICHMOND SHIPPING LARD TO
BRAziL.-The German brig Orion cleared
from this port yesterday for Bahia, Brazil.
with lard direct from this city, the first
Shipment OF the kind probably ever made.
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WILCOX & GIBBS SEWING Ma
CHINE is Virginia Institution y by inven-
tor and patent, and is greariy admired by
all who use it. There is no style of work that
cannot be done on it. 1t requires but single
thread, and aotu not rip. This we absolutely
warrant, and can satisfy the most incredulous in
q moments time. of the truth of what we state if
they will call and examine our work. We are
constantly receiving certificates like the follow
Ing. eiti-slt .sf39.as E4sHe
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Railroad Accident.

ST.. LOUIS. April lo.-As mail train
on the St. Louis and Kansas City Northern
railroad was passing point two miles east
OF Wellsville yesterday morning, at O
high rate OF speed, it jumped the track,
and the whole train except the engine
tumoled down an embankment, the cars
tarning bottom up. Henry P. Darling
ton, Of Philadelphia, was cut about the head
but not dangerously hurt. W. A. Barrow
ofBoston. hada leg broken. Several others.
names unknown, were more or less in
lured. The cause of the accident was
loose rail.
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UTAH.
brigham Young's Position.

PHILADELPHIA, April 11.-Brigham
foung telegraphs to paper here that his
resignation OF secular Offices does not of.
iect his position as president of the Nor
mon Church, in which capacity he shall
still exercise control.
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LOCAL NOTES.

A. D.. Tinsley, junk dealer, basin bank,
was accldently shot through the right fore
finger yesterday.
f. Up to this time the sum of s66 900 has
oeen paid out of the state treasury on ac-
count OF the interest on the public debt.
Bedford Harris, who was so badly in
Jured by the cars at Port Walthall week
ago, died yesterday morning at 8 o'clock.
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virginians Appointed to Oaee

WASHINGTON, April 1O.-The Presi-
dent has appointed Richard N. Brooks. of
Warrenton, Virginia, Consul to La Ro-
chelle, France. DR.. William w. Douglas.
OF klng and Queen county, Virginia. and
James M. Donnan, of Petersburg. Vir-
glnia, are appointed to European consul
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ADJoURNED.-The United States
grand jury adjourned to-day for the term.
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Use DooLEY's YEAST POWDER if
you relish light, sweet, wholesome Biscuits,
Rolls, Pastry, &c. Your grocers sells it. Full
weight and strength.
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y BoYDToN, VA
have long desired Wilcox s. Gibbs Ma.
chine. We have double-thread machine. but
cannot manage it. Il propose to exchange for enc
OF yours. MI E. CARTER