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~CoNb1r1oS OF Mr.. PURcELL.-Mr. Purcell,
who tell from the hotel near the Dispatch
office, on Friday, is said to be doing very
well. although lie passed Friday night un-
ronlfnrlahlY. -. IL
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HELMBoLD's BUcHU-the only extract Of that
wonderful curative shrub that contains It's full vir
tues-s still considered the true specific for kidney
diseases, gravel, diabetes, calculus, dropsy, and
those obscure diseases that undermine life and rob
1t of enjoyment. DR.. HELMBoLD, who spent a
fortune in making his discovery kpown has lived
to see 1t Endorsed by the physicians and people Of
two continents. Remember that 1t Is HELMBoLD's
extract that cures when all others fail.
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Ey Telegraph.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, july lp.-Thc following is the BANK
statement for the week: Loaus-increase, Sl,7es'-
600; specie-decreasc s2,ss44co; legaI-tenders-in-
crease. Ss42 deposits-incrcase, Sl2saSeo CIR
culation-decrease, Slo.3oo.
Money easy at a@&c. on call. Exchange quiet ~
lcos@losi. Gold steady at lls3tSlle. Governments
dull steady, and nominal. State bonus very qaist'
with little or change.
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RESIGNATION AND APPOINTMENT OF A
corsrY JupaE.-Goyernor Walker has re-
,ceiyed and accepted the resignation of Hon.
John w. King, Judge Of the County Court
Of Mecklenburg, and appointed MIR. Henry.
Wood, Jr., to fill the vacancy. -.
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Probably one-half at least Of thecofee i'm
ported into the United States, which amount
ed in 1871 to 322,000,00e pounds, is con-
sumed west of the Alhghanies. When The
coffee-ships waiting orders at Hampton Roads
can place their cargoes OH board cars there
or at the Richmond docks for transportation
westward it is believed that large proper
ton OF the coffee required for the western
markets will find its way over the Chesa-
peake and Ohio railroad. ..- ...s. '-
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POSTAL CARDs-Those who propose using the
new postal cards can have the printing neatly and
cbeaply done at the Dispatch printing house.
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The CRY GAS -WoREs-RECEfT IMPROVE
MEsTs-CArsEt Coal IN UsE.-Under the
present management, the City Gas-W Works
are IN a most excellent condition in. every
respect. A.viSit to the works reveals the
fact that at no previous time have they been
more successfully conducted. A number Of
improvements have lately been made, and
others are In contemplation.
A few weeks since small quantity Of can
mel coal was purchased by the city for the
purpose of ascertainiDg its value for gas ptlr-
poses, thirteen per cent. of Clover Hill coal
being mixed with it. 1t was found that it
increased the ordinary illuminating power
by about two candles. A photOmeter has
recently been added to the other machinery
of the works. This instrument is used to
test the illuminating power of the gas made,
and shows the difference in the value Of the
various kinds of coal used, as well as the
candle power of the gas for consumption in
this city. 1t will also be the means of bring.
ing up the illuminating power of the gas to
a regular standard.
The illuminating power Of the coal at
present used is about 13a per cent. but with
Il mixture Of camel coal it will be increased
to over 10 per cent, or about TWO candles,
over the Glover Hill coll.
The cost Of the camel coal is much greater
than that of the Glover Hill; but when the
Church Hill tunnel is completed the eXpcns e
of carriage will be avoided, for a coal-shute
will doubtless be built in close proximity TO
the Gas-W orks, and the coal which will be
brought can be dumped from the cars
almoStat the very doors of the retort house.
But there are many other improvements
Nhn fu Of hp is
ing increased new drums are to be put in
in the course of few days; and on Saturday
workmen were engaged in making prepara-
of the meter is about 400, 900 feet of gas, but
when the drums are enlarged it will be in
creased about one-third its present capacity.
Improvements have also been lutely going
on in the new purifying house. New purl-
tying shettS, made of white oak, arc being
used at present in place of the iron ones
which were formerly used, and III this way
great expense is saved. This week the shed
which was recently ordered to bc put up by
the City Council will be commenced. 1t
will be used for the purpose of storing coal
for winter use. In short time handsome
and seryiceable engine viii be put in the
works to supply the pluce of the one now
tanned to be well nigh worn out.
There is on hand at present about 10, 600
bushels Of coal, or a quantity sufficient to
last three months. The capacity of the
works are about 900 feet of gas in the
twenty-four hours; but it is evident from
the statement of the increase Of gas made In
| the past six months over the same time last
year that shortly the consumption will be SC
great the capacity of the works will have
to be increased. In this event the city pro
perty adjoining the Gas-Works on the south
east will probably be used. The following
is the table showing the increase of gas made
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GREAT BARGAINS IN HATs.-P. WEIsIGER 4
Co. selling of their straw goods ut greatly
reduced prices. Bargains can be had now. ,y;
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Professor of Chemistry Medical College Of Virginia

BE TRUE TO YOUR TEETH AND THEY WILL BE
true you. Never will you need false ones IL you
use the SozoDoNT morning and evening. 1t imparts
tudestructbilty to the enamel, keeps 1t white and
spotiess, aud wonderfully improves the breath.
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USpERwEAR speciality at E. B. SPENCE &
SONS, 1900 Main street.
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sr InIrIs MARKETS..

ST. LOUIS, July ls-Fioar hnsiness ano
Eupc1anged. : CorI dull and unchanged Noe.
nixed sse. ssac. Tor warehouse, and sc Lor
whiskey dfm as soc. Pork quiet O. sas'o4s O. Ard
quiet; shoulders, sasDs3c.; clear s,oes, avg. 1aaA
s,ouatnai. IL z.
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LOCAL .MATTERs

-. IL btxE g..E, Z
TIE SEcoNps In rHE I,Arr D,,r, T,,,,,, -, =,
BEFORE JUSTICE LACY ON A WAR or H.ar !
IoRPUs AND ARE BAlLaD.-Tbe seronds In
the late duel-Messrs. Tabb. Royall i Marp.
ditb, and Trlgg taken before :Iudea
s. w. LACY, of New Kent county. last Sat.
uroay, at Tunstalps station, on a writ OF hn.
oeds corpus. The gentlemen were In charge
OF City Sergeant P. T. Moore, and were a2s
companled by number of their friends.
Judge Ouid and Major l.. r. Page appeared
as their counsel, and r. 7. Lacy, ESQ, Com.
monwealth's Attorney for New Kent county.
for the prosecution. -sr4
The court was held In the room next TO
the depot. s.,
Sergeant Moore stated that he had brought
before his Honor the prisoners on the writ
issued by him.
Major Page then stated that The Gentle
men asked bail on the same grounds upon
which their first application was made-viz.,
that the case was a bailable one, and that
no new evidence had been elicited since that
1.-THE.
Major Poe, Chief Of Police, was called, and
asked if his testimony would be the same as
when last here. He answered, "The same"
The Commonwealth's Attorney asked if the
testimony he had given was published cor
rectly In the papers. Major Poe answered,
"Yes."
The published testimony of DR.. Mcclure
was admitted, as the Doctor was unable to
appear In person: .>
The Judge then said the case had been be-
fore him upon the same testimony, and lie
had no reason to change his opinion given
at that time; that upon further examination
he was confirmed in this opinion, and should
allow the accused bail. Accordingly they
were bailed in the sum of $4,000 each, with
Messrs. Mitchell, Daniel, S. Il. Pulliam, and
w. B. Myers as their bondsmen, to appear
before the September term Of the Hastings
Court.
The following is the statute upon which
Judge Lacy grants the application for bail !:
"It the offence be so punishable"-- that
Ii, with death or confinement in the peni-
tentiary-" and there is good cause to be-
lieve such person guilty, he shall not be let
to bail by justice but court in which
any person is held and to be tried for a
criminal offence, or any judge of circuit,
county, or corporation court, may admit such
person to bail before ctnfiction.-Act of
Maret -, 1S72-page 440 Session Acts
Of 1S71-72.
The gentlemen returned to the city about
63 O'Clock Saturday evening OH the freight
train.
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COMMISSIONER OF DEEDs.-The Governor
has appointed Mr.. Samuel L. Taylor COM
missioner of deeds for Virginia, to reside in
PENNSYLVANIA.
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GONG TO CAPE MAY.-Governor and Mrs.
Walker leave the city this afternoon for Q
visit to Cape May.
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VESSEL ENTERED.-The brig Emma l..
Hall, Captain Perry, entered this port on
Saturday to load for Trieste, Austria.
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WHAT is BETTER THIS NOT WEATHER than
some Of that light underwear on sale ut Z.
SPENCE & SoN,s, 1900 Main street
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PERsoNAL.-Judge Christian, Of the su'
preme Court of Appeals, is in the city.
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OFFICIAL,
CITY COLLECTORS OFFICE,
RICHMOND, July nth, 1873.

CITY COLLECTORS OFFICE,l
RICHMOND, July l7th, 1873. :
THIS OFFICE IS PREPARED TO
i ISSUE CERTIFICATES on the Auditor for =
refund of the GAS AND WATER-TAX In every
instance where the whole city ta1-b was paid pre-
yious to and including the 23d day Of June, 1873.
All half-p paid bills during same period having gas
and water-tax charged will be credited Oil second
half In December next
JOHN F. REGNAULT,
iy 1s-5t City Collector.
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AUDITORS OFFICE, RICHMOND, July Is, 1873.
NO AGENTS AND SUBAGENTS OF
l. INSURANCE COMPANIES.-An ordinance
of the city requires semi-annual payment into the
gross receipts from premiums ending lst January
and Ist july Of each and every year. .
The attention of all deinquents is urgently called
to this ordinance. y. Is. RO1 SlEk,
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HATS AT REDUCED PRIcEs,--Boys ana emu
dren's hats can be had al p. Ws1siaRh q CO. iof m
re worth ii and SL2ss
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LINEN COATS and geutlemen's light wear gene
raIly at e. B. SPENCE b SONS. 1sco Main street
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IIaHr GAuzE SHIRTS Of all kinds at +. b..
SPENCE SONS, 1900 Main street,
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POLICE CoURT.-Spencer Williams. CHARGED.
Witn feloniously entering the boarding.house
OF MRS. g. F. Harrington with intent tn
commit a larceny, was sent to the grand
jury. ~ 'Ae siano
Amelia Cook. for using abusive language.
toward Emma irwin, was fined $3.50
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WHITE VESTS and ALPAcA COATS in endless va
riety az e. B. SPENCE SONS, laeo Main street.
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s,cHnoND'S PROSPERITY.

-,,r GREAT FIGURING MILLS WHICH
M,yr Mapk NlRGlN1A'S CHIEF CITY
r,Npr>-TnE WHEAT AND COFFEE
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AUCTION SALES THIS DAY.

On all sales OF real estate made bd11een the l@ ~
January and aoth Of June the tares tor the pre-
ali sales made bet,oee,a the lSt, Of July d1,d last
Of the gear the tdres hare to be paid by the seller.
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SPECIAL COURT OF APPEALs.-The Judges
OF the Special Court of Appeals were in con.
ference on Saturday. The court meets again
to-day Mt II O'Clock.
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BALTIMORE.

BALTIMORE, July fo.--Virginia es, consois' ~.
West Girgnia's, Ii. Bids to-day.
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FINANCTAf..7

Z RfcHaoND, Saturday. July II. is1a
The sales Of stock have been sctise, snd money
mfdafnf2iY gaSfi - &. ..5IE.as Y.
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ALL KINDS OF BOOK AND JOB
IA WORK NEATLY EXECUTED AT THE
OFFICE,
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1t will thus be seen that Richmond has u
milling power far beyond the grain supply
OF the State at the present time. During the
war little wheat was raised, nor could all of
that get TO market, and the blockade Of
southern ports prevented expectation from
southern ports since the war. The disor-
ganlzation of the labor system, added to the
neglect OF agricultural pursuits during the
tour years OF strife, has served to diminish
the production Of wheat SO greatly that the
Richmond mills do not get from the sur.
rounding country one-third OF the supply
requisite to their full employment. When.
however, the connections Of the Chesapeake
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PNEUMATIC POWER.
street Cars to be Run by Air.

The experimental trial of the street car
propelled by compressed air came off to-day
instead of Saturday. The car for the eX-
pertinent was rather a crude affair, simply
built for the experiment and not intended
as mOdel or perfect in all its parts, and
unfortunately the gauge of the wheels were
one inch too wide for the track, making it
bind in the flanges and work stiff.
This experiment took place at the Deca-
tyur reUnd-hOUse of the Louisville and Nash
vile and Great Southern Railroad. The
intention of the inventor is to charge the
tanks on the car up to 200 pounds pressure.
In the first experiment but ID pounds pres
sure was Obtained-the car starting and
running quite a distance, using but -
pounds pressure in the engine. The second
experiment, the tanks were charged with
go pounds pressure. The engine again
starting at Is pounds pressure and ran I'D
and down the yard tracks returning, having
20 pounds pressure remaining in the tanks
The experiment, while not so extensive as
desired, lowing to the defective Western
house air pump used to compress the air.
fully demonstrates the principle that our
street cars can be run by compressed air
instead of horses, or the discOmfortS of
smoke and steam of the dummy used in
some of the cities of the North. This in
vention was patented Sept. 2, 1873, and
consists of air tanks placed under the seats
of the car. Onthe front end is lOcateda tank
together with the machinery. The tanks
under the seats are to be charged up to 200
pounds pressure. The tank on the front
end is termed the expanding chamber or
working tank, in which the pressure is nev-
er intended to exceed - or 20 pounds,
fed from the main tanks and the feed reg
ulated by an automatic supply valve. The
main tanks, holding one hundred cubic feet
of air at 200 pounds pressure, equals a vol
ulne of 600 cubic feet at 20 pounds when
expanded in the working chamber. One
charge of air is intended to propel the car
s to II mies-dependin on the gradients.
In operating line of street cars by this
process, the air is supplied tOthe cars at sta
tions, being compressed by a stationary
steam engine and an air pump and held in
tanks in reserve, from which the cars are
supplied in a moments time. The orig
inai cost of fitting out line Of cars ON this
principle is calculated to be less than the
present horse system, and, when once
ready to operate, the cost of running the
cars is estimated at from to cents per
hour on each car.
The inventor is W. H. II. Bowers, for
merly assistant telegraphic operator at the
Louisville and Nashville depot in this city,
and now a resident Of Franklin, Ky.
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THEaBLINDEX- CONFEDERATE,
Invitation to Capt. Woodbridge TO DeIiv-
erHis Lecture i'm Nashville.

The following correspondence which we
have been requested to publish, explains
itself, Capt. Woodbridge will, we trust, be
greeted with an overlooking house.
Capt. J. II. Woodbridge, Maxwell House:
Dear Sir-We, the undersigned, late COM
rades of yours, (and present with you when
you received at PeTyville, KY, the fatal
shot that forever deprived you Of slightly re-
quest you to deliver It's your lecture ''Light
and the Eve, at such time and place as
yon may designate.
NJ. B. Pitcher, r. o. Winstead, Thomas
I'll. Mckinney, P. II. Maniove, John c..
Brown, John j. AtkeissOn, I. Cooley, Geo.
Harsh, 7. II. Malone, w. L. NichOl, Geo.
Leascher, D C. Coleman, S. b. Shearon.
Samuel Seay, w. F. Foster, ]. K. P. Nc
Fall, NJ, b. Toney, Jesse Ely, 4. II. Law
renee, Jas. 5. Patterson, j. f. Wheless, T.
II. Nancy, W. D. Kelly, J. r. BUST, j. b.
OBryan, W. p. Rutland, w. s. Lawrie, c..
B. CO Olev, r. L. Carothers, VIM. C. Smith.
ttentiemen: Your request to deliver the
lecture Light and the Eye" has been read
to me, In reply, if agreeable to you, will
name next Wednesday night, Nov. 10, at
Masonic Hail.
With sincere gratitude, your, etc,
JOHN ii. WOLDRlDGE.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-14
THE COURTS,

PROBATE CoURT.-A. F. Whitman was
appointed administrator, de bOniS non, of
the estate of J. LittOn Bostick
CIRCUIT COURT.-Trousdale admins
traitor, vs.. II. u. Thomas and others, arg1l-
ment concluded and jury will be charged
this morning.
McCulloch, Hagar & Co. VS.. Adams Ex-
press Co., case pending.
CHANCERY CoURT.-Decrees rendered
in the following cases:
James WhitwOrth, administrator, VS..
Dallas Bache and others.
W. B. A. Ramsey VS.. E. & K. Railroad
Company.
FEDERAL CoURT.-In the eiectment
cases on trial for several days, the verdicts
were rendered in favor of defendants.
United States vs. W. S. Evans, contin-
ued.
United States VS.. L. Bradley, four cases,
not guilty.
United States vs.. Zachariah Montgomery,
Illicit diStilling, fine Of 81 900 and sent TO
Jail six months.
United States vs.. VIM. Lawson, not
guilty.
United States vs.. Joseph Thompson, for
fixture.
United States vs.. Calvin ClOuse, forfeit
ure.
United States VS.. James Roper, continued.
United States VS.. Sims x Green, contin-
ued.
United States VS.. Hiram Martin, for
fixture.
United States VS.. Thomas Darwin, nolle
pros.
United States vs.. John Newton, forfeit
IRE.
United States VS.. John Mungle, abated.
United States VS. Hardy Caldwell, con-
tinued.
United States vs.. T. T. Crowder and
Others, continued.
United States vs.. James Stafford, nolle
pros.
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Drumming under Dia,cuIties.

On Saturday last the royal steamer Pea
Green left her moOrings here for a trip to
the head of the river. Dull times prevail
ing in the city to an alarming extent, Sc
veral OF our business men thought the time
opportune for a drumming expedition to
the land where ginsang, apple jack, chick
ems, eggs and things are plentiful. So de-
termined, they registered their names on
the aforesaid Pea Green for that favored
country, bordering on the waters of the up
per Cumberland. Among the select party
who were ''all aboard" on that evening,
and whose John Hancock signatures now
grace the register of that boat, were
W. F. Moore, l.. L. Armstrong Henry
Harley, Abe Kendall and James Lowell.
Everything progressed favorably with that
crowd of worthless at first, and gay old
time they were having, as the craft plowed
the classic waters, not with the rapidity of
the r. i. Lee, of course, but slow and sure.
In anticipation or a rich harvest in the
drumming business, the party on the sec
ond night out retired to downy touches
prepared especially for their accommOda-
tion in the bridal chamber of that palatial
craft, and were awakened from pleasant
dreams at an early hour next morning by the
noisy effort TO get the boat OIL bar at Sand
schools. But the Pea Green was stuck,
and at last accounts there was no hope Of
getting her off until the next rise in the
river. The party were in a dilemma. They
could neither get up nor down the river,
and to taTTy at Sand Shoals until the swell
should come was rather a hazardous bust
ness. \ council of war was held, and it
was determined to make tracks back to
Carthage. The Captain of the boat was
consulted, the life-boat Ga very leaky canoe)
proffered, and the above named gentlemen
took cabin passage on that life
boat, floating down to Carthage. Not
withstanding the efforts of Maj. Armstrong
in bailing out the water, when they reached
the point of destination every man had
gallon Of water in his boots, not to say any
thing about the condition of wet coat tails
and other things, and not drop of Robert
son county on board. They landed, walked
through a cornfeld for mile, and found
the Carthage hotel, where the proprietor
built an old-fashioned log fire, and the party
hung themselves up to dry. They then
took the stage for Gallatin and arrived
here yesterday, satisfied that the trip was
ANYTHING but paving one.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-14
The ssurrreessoro Amateurs.

The concert and dramatic performance
given by the amateurs of MurfreeSboro
under the leadership of Prof. Meininger, on
Wednesday night at Masonic Temple,
proved to be quite "a success, rejecting
much credit on the participants. The very
short notice given, and the fact of the
Lingard troupe playing at the Opera
House, prevented the hall being as crowded
as it otherwise would have been. If the
entertainment failed to be a financial sue
cess from these causes, it was an eminent
success for the listeners, who seemed TO APP
preciate the efforts of the ladies and gem
tlemen who acquitted themselves
in so creditable a manner. Where so much
excellence was exhil tied it would beinyid
iOus to discriminate, but it may not be re-
garded out of place to pay a slight tribute to
Mrs. Meininger, whose performance ON the
piano in the various and beautiful selections
she played, either as solos or in duets, clio
tied the applause of the audience.
If time can be determined when re, ep-
tion of this agreeable entertainment may
be made, with sufficient notice given
Nashville will insure rousing house.