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JoE N KENNY, Secretary


since the trial and the condemnation OF Nixon to
aeath III wife and children of the doomed man
have bee a in the drest straits. The former was
obliged Il sell the very wagon from which Nixon
ana the family would have literally starved
but for { e charity Of Judge bowling, who
sae e e hi him ms n GTs visit sosT
min tor his ,yile 10 buy food. II would be curious
snsthev ,tical study to determine the motives
hearts winch were touched with the recital OF the
@sery OF me CONDEMNED mans family and who
Gg moti2c was pure and healthy, and they prob
Al BowERY BALL"
usx Outstanding the incongrulty, was about the
!, vtgyay ~ raise a few dollars "among the boys
an Uglrls'' .,or the children who are soon to be
To-, kefess. Few people could understand this. and
ma w we're inclined to believe that the rnmor of
me me last few days that bah was to be held
,as, sjght for Nxon's benefit was cruel hoax.
A IN TkLD reporter waited patiently outside the
and h stoo, beran to suspect that the whole anair
was 4, nae meaningless. practical Joke. AT that
hour, lsSwever, number o. Young men ar
looking Rusiciaas took their places beside
harp. B land by; a. nearly Twelve O'Clock, half a
appearan y, chaperoned, Of course They were svi-
IDENTIFY OF the Respectable, Woodworking classes,
commence. a doorleeper sat IN the corridor ont.
side and one was allowed 20 pass without a
was "o"e " THE SOLEMN STYLE
,vb,ch the 30 VERY as wei as the occasion inc X
mrahv demand eA. Poor Nixon hin self could no,
have gone thr 1Egh IL more gravely had he been
nres.Tt. As mihpght parsed more people began
- arrive. and Tne master OF the ceremonies.h
VINO a,,peared in a. blue WOODEN shirt, whispered to
in ..r fffs xSn Wait you win soon see the han
.ro,n,.sa<' with people who said they win come
here IRON the st. Patrick ,s Alliance, az Tammany
HAIL and ile other balls which are going on else.
s.niyotvp WA ltz followed. and Is the reporter
hurried down stairs Inc could hear the clear, sharp
rng IF tHe mas ter's voice over the stiffness of the
pnwerv as he shouted "Awayv with the usual
rising injection .,n the last syllable
Mean while NIxo himself lay sick IN his bed in
,ha condemned &c, weighing the chances OF his
connseI;s motion for stay OF proceedings which
is to be made to-day. NONE oi
OF course appeared at he ban last night. Several
children were present anu SOME workInRmen,
mad left OF work and felt Violently that there was
nothing strange in the seem or that their dollar
had been mlssDent
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BELOW.

Bark Krageroe (Nor), Larsen from Hartlepoo Feb H.
with railway iron to master 10y pilot boat Williams
No A.
Bark Jnno tSwe) Naesholm. from Rio Janeiro Feb It,
with coffee to master tby pilot boat Pet, No 81.
Bark Stever, Pierce, from Sagua with sugar JAS
Ward 4 Co 10y pilot boat Enchaniress, No 49,
Bark r Hartman, Nichols, days from Cardenas
with sugar TO master by pilot boat Christian Berg, No
I6.
Brig Flora tGer) Hanson from Rio Grande Feb with
hides to oerichs Co by pilot boat Christian Berg No
l0,
Brig Deiopea (Br), Atkins, from Arecibo, PR with
sugar to master tby pilot boat Enchantress No lSD.
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AN ALLEGED MURDERER ARRESTED.
MEMPHIS. April Ia. 1873.


Last saturday man named Vaughan, with half
a dozen aliases was arrested on suspicion OF being
the man who assassinated General Thomas c. Hind
man, OF Helena, Arkansas, some four years since,
while sitting the fire surrounded by his FAINT
ly. The police are very reticent in regard to the
matter but IL ~ stated the arrest Of Vaughan Is
based on letters writer by him stating that he
was hired 10 do the deed by parties whose object
IL was to avenge the ruin OF young lady by Hind
man. Other parties II IL said, will also be arrested
and the whole matter given 10 the public In a few
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.

RICHMOND, Va, April IA, 1873.
The Supreme Lodge, Knights Of Pytnias, OF the
World, meets here tomorrow. Supreme Chan.
cellor il. c. Berry, OF Chicago; Vice Supreme Chan
celor Davis, Of New Hampshire; Grand Chancellor
McMullen of Philadelphia, and large number OF
other delegates have already arrived. A grand
welcome bail Will DE given tomorrow night On
Wednesday there Will be parade, In which about
one thousand knights will participate, and at
night banquet will be given 70 the Supreme
Lodge by the Virginia knights. The session will
probably last mere than a week
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SAILED.

Steamships France, for Liverpool Pembroke, Cardiff,
&c ships British America Antwerp; Liverpool, Lon
0ronstadt; Ibis Alicante Energiq Londonderry; An
Genoa IIanoen, Cork; Fanny Bresauer, London Eliza
White Matanzas; brigs John Mason, Ponce, PR; Tell,
Cothcnburg; Lincoln, Rio Janeiro: Agnes Barton, Ba
more; schrs Nymph, Truxlo; Victor, Para; Jesse Car
do; Mary NJ Jacmel; Impulse Pernambuco; Lilly,
Charleston.
Wind at sunset NV, fresh.
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DESTRUCTION OF DoNALDsoN's BALLOON.

PHILADELPHIA, April IA, 1873.
The balloon in which Professor Donaldson was to
make an ascension on a trapeze bar attached to it
this afternoon at Albertown, Pa, was torn into
shreds 10y the high wind, thus Disappointing crowds
OF people from the surrounding country who had
assembled to witness the ascension.
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NIXON'S BALL.

An Extraordinary Reunion I'm the
Bowery-A Strange Way Of Helping the
Condemned Mans Family-ssA Benefit
offered to Nixon.
A ballroom at 1893 Bowery was last night the
scene Of in one sense OF the strangest and most
peculiarly suggestive gatherings which ever took
place in this city, where reunions among all classes
hie and low, for all kinds OF purposes, grave and
ray, for political ends and for fun, sometimes run
rot 1t was a social gathering, gotten up for a
{ haritable purpose to relieve the members OF the
81 arving family OF man over whom the shadow
Of ihe gallows is fast deepening. The following
do sument, which came into the possession OF a
he sAI.D reporter some days ago, casts feeble
tigi Z Oh the object OF this strange reunion:-
8 A COMPLIMENTARY BENEFIT
To BE rendered to
MICHAEL NIXON
At Military Hall, 1893 Bowery,
Monday Evening April IA, 1873
Music 10y McAdams.
{ Tickets One Dollar.
DANIEL GEARY, Treasurer; {
Jog KENNY, Secretary. {
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The Produce and Petroleum Exchanges OF this
city held meetings yesterday and adopted resoIu-
lions for the revision and alteration Of their rules
and regulations,
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Elections were held Yesterday il

Elections were held yesterday in all the Episco-
pal churches TO select church officers for the en-
suing year. 1t is always the custom to hold these
elections on Easter Monday, and they are generally
known among Episeopalians vestry NEE tings.
Wardens and vestrymen are elected to hold office
for year.
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A WIFE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
DUBIOUS, Iowa April Id

UUDUVUE, IUWte ApTII
On Saturday night H. c. Gam editor of the
Sentinel, at warren H.. accidentally shot and dan
gerously wounded his wife, while carelessly hand.
ling gun which he thought was unoaded.
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OCEAN STEAMERS

DATES OF DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK FOR THE
MONTH APRIL.
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SHIPPING NEWS.

Almanac for New fork-This Day.
FUN AND MOON HIGH WATER.
Sun rises.......... % Gov. Island. morn So
sun sets. o 80 Sandy HOOK morn 10
Noon rises. eve 4S Hell Gate. morn IL 43
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Advertise IN the RECORD.
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II H H
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USEFUL FACTS WORTH KNOW
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GENERAL NATURB-No. 81 |
j
AN ACT to remit the excise taxes upon alcohol
used by universities and colleges for scientific
DurDoses


AN ACT to remit the excise taxes upon alcohol
used by universities and colleges for scientific
purposes.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-.
Sentdtues Of the Cnited States Of America in Con-
greSS assembled, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to
grant permits to incorporate or chartered scien.
ttic institutions or colleges of learning to with.
lraw alcohol in specified quantities from bond
without payment of the internal revenue tax
on the same, or on the spirits from which the
alcohol has been distilled, for the sole and ex-
elusive purpose of preserving specimens of anat-
omy, physiology, or of natural history belong
ing to such institutions, or for use in any chemi-
cal laboratory of such institutions Provided,
That application for permits shall be made by
the presidents or curators of such institutions,
who shall file a bond for double the amount of
the tax on the alcohol to be withdrawn, with
two good and sufficient sureties, to be approved
by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and
conditioned that the whole quantity of alcohol
so Withdrawn from bond shall be used for
the purpose above specified and for no other,
and that the said president and curators shall
comply with such other requirements and regula-
tions as the Secretary of the Treasury may pre-
SCRIBE And if any alcohol so obtained shall be
used by any officer, as aforesaid of such insti-
tctions for any purposes other than the above
specified, then the said officers sureties shall
pay the tax on the whole amount of alcohol
Withdrawn from bond, together with a like
amount as penalty in addition thereto.
Approved, February 81, 1873.
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GENERAL NATURE--No. All
AN ACT to define the limits of the collection
district of the Teche, in the State of Louisi
ana. and for other purposes,

AN ACT to define the limits of the collection
district of the Teche, in the State of Louisi
ana, and for other purposes.
Be IL enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatiues Of The United States of Americd in Con-
gress assembled. That all that portion of the
State of Louisiana described as follows, to witt
commencing at the town of Plaquemine in the
parish of Iberville; thence down the western
bank of the Mississippi river to the town of
Donaldsonville, in the parish of Ascension |;
thence down the Bayou Lafourche, and
along its eastern bank to the sea thence
westerly along the coast, including all the
islands, bays, and so forth, to the mouth of
the Sabine river; thence up the said Sabine
river, and along its eastern bank to point due
west from the said town of Plaquemine and
thence to the place of beginning, shall be-. and
the same is hereby constituted aud created the
collection district of the Teche.
SEC. O. That the collector of said district
shall reside at Brashear, in the parish of saint
Mary, which is hereby made the port of entry of
said collection district of the Teche, and shall
be entitled to receive a salary of one thousand
dolIars yearly, said salary TO cover all expen-
SEES to the United States for house.rent and
storage. IA
Approved February %, 1873.
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
l. ted States for the Eastern District of Vir-
ginia.
In the matter of james 7. Marriss, bankrupt
in bankruptcy.
At Richmond, Va, this nth day of March,
1873.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Please to take notice hereby, that petition
has been, to wit: on the 18th day of March, 1873,
filed in said District Court by James 7. Morriss
Petersburg Va, in said district, who has
been heretofore duly declared bankrupt under act
of Congress entitled IAN act to establish uni
form system of bankruptcy throughout the Uni
ted States" approved March I'd, 1867, for a dis
charge and certificate thereof from all his debts
and other claims proyable under said act, and
that the Sd day of April, A. d. 1873, at 10
o'clock A. NJ, before w. w. Forbes, one of the
registers of said court In bankruptcy, 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 ofthe said petition should not be granted.
w. w. FORBES,
Register in bankruptcy for the
NH l2-W2w Sd Congl Dist. of Va.
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INsTALLMENT STORE.
THE ORIGINAL
INSTALLMENT HOUSE,
1888 MAIN STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

offer for sale the following goods for cash, or
by weekly or monthly payments For cheap
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1000 Lithograph and Steel Engrayings; Chro-
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Looking Glasses, in great variety; Photograph
Frames, large assortment. Frames of all de-
scriptions made at the shortest notice. large
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always on hand, sold cheap, by the foot or man
ufaetnred Special contracts made for large
orders and dealers. Clocks, Bibles, Window
Shades, Carpets, Rugs, Mating, Oil Cloths,
Walnut Extension Tables, and other goods.
Parties in want of any of the above articles
will consult their own interest by giving me q
call before purchasing elsewhere.
fe 20 '73-3m WILLIAM DAFFRON.
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OFFICIAL!
I Avs OFTHE UNITED STATES PASSED
~ AT THE THIRD SESSION OF THE
FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 351
AN ACT creating an additional land district in
the Territory of Arizona

GENERAL NATURE-No. 35.1
AN ACT creating an additional land district in
the Territory of Arizona.
Be II enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-.
8e7tattues Of the United States Of america in Con-
greSs assembled, Thai all that portion of the
territory of Arizona embraced in the following
described limits, to wit: commencing at the cas-
tern boundary of the Territory at the intersec-
ton OF the first standard line north and rum
ming thence west On that line 10 the western
boundary of the Territory thence south with
said boundary line to the southern boundary of
the Territory; thence east on said line to the
eastern boundary of the eastern boundary of the
Territory; and thence north on said line to the
place OF beginning, shall consulate a separate
land district, to be called the Gila land district,
the office OF which shall be located at such place
IN said district as the President of the United
States may direct. which may be changed from
time TO time as the public interest may
require.
SEC. 2. That the President shall appoint, by
and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, or in the recess of the Senate
a register and a receiver of public moneys for
said district and said officers shall reside in the
place where said land Office is located; and they
shall have the same powers, perform the same
duties, and receive the same emoluments as are
or may be prescribed by law in relation to
land offices of the United States in other
Territories.
Approved, February IS, 1873.
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THIS is To GIVE We NoTICE-That on

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE-That on
l. the 9TH day of March, 1873, warrant in
bankruptcy was issued out of the District
Court of the United States for the Eastern
District of Virginia, against the estate OF
John L. Blake, of Middlesex county,
and State of Virginia, who has been ad-
that the payment of any debts and the deli
very of any property belonging to said bank
rupt, to him or for his use, and the transfer of
any property by him, are forbidden by law;
that a meeting of the creditors of said bank
rupt to prove their debts and choose one or
more assignees of his estate, will be held at u
court of bankruptcy, to be holden at the Registers
office, at Richmond, Va, before w. w.
Forbes, Esq, Register, on the 18th day Of
April, A. ID. 1873, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
DAVID b. PARKER,
NH 20-Th2w u s. Marshal
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MITCHELL'S
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lSU
TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI
J. TED STATES for the Eastern District OF
Virginia.
In the matter of Jacob Cohn vs.. w. G. Dali
ton, bankrupt--in bankruptcy.
AT Richmond. Va, this 18th day of March,
1873.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Please to take notice, hereby that a petition
has been, to wit on the 18th day of March,
1878, filed in said District court by w. G.
Dalton, of Richmond, in said district, who has
been heretofore duly declared bankrupt under
act of Congress entitled San act to establish
uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the
United States,' approved March I'd, 1867, for a
discharge and certificate thereof, from all his
debts and other claims provable under said act,
and that the 3lst day of March, A. ID. 1878,
at 10 oclaak A. NJ, before W, W. Forbes, one
of the registers of said court in bankruptcy 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 begranted.
You are also hereby notified that the second
and third meetings of the creditors of said bank
rupt will be held at the some time and place.
W, w. FORBES,
Register In Bankruptcy for the
NH l7-M2w Sd Cong1 Dist. of Va.
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THIS Is TO GIVE s1 noTroe- Thu, a, IN.

THIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE That on the
l. 3rd day of March, A. ID. 1873, a warrant in
bankruptcy was issued out of the District Court
of the United States for the Eastern District of
Virginia, against the estate of Geo. J. Waldrop
of Louisa county, and State of Virginia, who
has been adjudged a bankrupt on his own petit
ton That the payment of any debts, and the
delivery OF any property belonging to said bank
any property by him, are forbidden by law
That meeting meeting of the creditors of said
bankrupt, to prove their debts and choose one OF
more assignees of his estate, will be held at "a
court of bankruptcy, to be holden at the Regis
ter's office Richmond Virginia, before w. w.
Forbes, Esq, Register, on the 18th day of
April A. D., 1873, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
DAVID b. PARKER,
NH 20--Th2w u. S. Marshal.
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GENERAL NATURB-No. AL

AN ACT TO amend an act entitled IAN act to
promote the development of the mining
resources of the United States ~
Be ft enacted By The Senate and House Of Rep
reSentdttueS Of the United States Of america in
Congress assembled, That the provisions of the
nth section of the act entitled 'An act to pro-
mote the development of the mining resources of
the United States" passed May tenth, eighteen
hundred and seventy.two, which requires
expenditures of labor and improvements on
claims located prior to the passage of said act
are hereby so amended that the time for the first
annual expenditures on claims located prior to
the passage of said act shall be extended to the
tenth day of June, eighteen hundred and
seventy-four.
Approved, March /, 1873.