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conversational Election.

ELMIRA, New York, January AIT a
special election to-day in the Bradford dis
trict of Pennsylvania, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mercer, Hon.
Mr.. Bunnell, Republican, was elected by
| about l 1000 majority oyer Victor E. Piolet.
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"A landslide occurred on the Virginia
and Tennessee road between Big Spring
and Christiansburg, yesterday morning.
About three hundred yards of the track
was covered up by heavy rocks and earth,
causing great interruption to the passage
of trains each a
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Railroad Accident I'm Georgia
Eight Persons Killed Others
wounded.
ATLANTA, GA, January 2.-The up
and down passenger trains collided on the
Macon and Western Railroad thirty-seven
miles from this city, this morning. Eight
negroes were killed, and ten or twelve
negroes and three whites were injured.
Three cars and an engine were wrecked.
Carlotta Patti and her troupe were on
board, and their wardrobes and piano are
a total wreck. The troupe arc unhurt.
Patti gave active relief to the wounded.
The negroes were e%migrating to Mississippi.
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INTEREST ON STATE MoNEY.-The
public repositories have paid the following
sums into the State treasury, interest due
on deposits for the month of December {:
Richmond Banking and Insurance Com
pany, 81, 15S. 36; Planters National Bank
Of Richmond, $~1,133.45; Union Bank of
Richmond, 81, 120.S4; First National Bank
of Richmond, 81, 1856
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The TEMPERATURE.-The following is
the range of the thermometer to-day at y.
F. Johnston's news and music store, 91S
Main street: 0 A. M. DC; 10 M. 81 3P.
M. IS.
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M The Place to buy Books, Stationery
Toy Books, Games, Pictures, Brackets, Writing
Desks, Albums, Portfolios, Work Boxes, &C.,
&C., at the lowest prices for cash, is at
EDWARDS Book Store, corner Third and
Broad streets, -
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STILL MovING.-Notwithstanding the
painful accident which DR.. M. A. Rust
met with a day or two ago, that energetic
gentleman is still making his accustomed
rounds among his patients.
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Locusr DALE, MADISON CousrY, VA

We have been using Il Wilcox & Gibbs Machine
for three years, doing all the sewing for a large
family. 1t has given perfect satisfaction in every
respect. The work done on it is no more liable to
rip than work done by hand with the same care.
We have examined many other kinds of ma
chimes and their work, and have no hesitation in
saying we consider the Wilcox & Gibbs decidedly
superior to any Of them. LUCY II. GORDON.
t#i ELLA ]. WILLIS.
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COMMISSIONER Of DEEDs.-Thomas
d. Rand was to-day appointed by the Gov
ernor commissioner of deeds for Penn
~sylvania.
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REMEMBER HoDGEs.-We hope our
theater-goers will remember the benefit of
Mr.. Hodges, the comedian at the Rich
mond Theater, tomorrow night, and give
him a rousing house.
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BOUND TO RICHMoND.-The follow
ing vessels, bound for this port, arrived at
Norfolk yesterday: Barge Emily Baxter,
from New York, with coal schooner Jno.
7. Williams, New York. The schooner
Little Rock, from this port, arrived at Nor
folk, light.
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OFFICE REMovED.-Colonel w. ".
Forbes, register in bankruptcy, has re-
moved his Office to Shafer's new building,
corner of Bank and Tenth streets.
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GONE TO EURoPE.-General John D.
Imboden, of this city, left to-day for New
York, and will sail from that port to-mor-
row for Europe. While absent the Gem
eral will look after the railroad and other
interests of Virginia.
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Ohio's Financial Condition.

COLUMBUS, January 2.-The Govern
or's message was read to-day. 1t is who'll
" devoted to State affairs. The debt of
the State outstanding November 10, 1872
was IS, 5S3 ,546 81.
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business Director

business Directory.
Persons desiring to have their cards in
serted in our Directory for 1873 will please
leave them at our office at once.
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Fire.

AINswoRTH, January 3.--The Fertili-
zing Company's works have been destroy
ed by fire. Loss $120, 900.
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Heavy Gale.
The Ice Gorge.

CHICAGO, January ga gale of 20
miles an hour is blowing here.
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PERsoNAL.-John w. Wolff, ESQ.,,
has returned to the city. He is satisfied
that mountain zephyrs are much cooler
than those city bred.
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MMERCHANT TAILORING.-C. wend-
lInRer, DIG Main street, has received a full and
complete stock of Cloths, Cassimeres, Tweeds,
&C., &C., of American and Foreign manufacture
suitable for fall and winter wear. to which he
invites the attention of the gentlemen of Rich
mond. Long experience in the Merchant Tailor
ing business enables him to insure perfect salts.
faction to all his customers, both in style and
quality of goods, and his prices are as low as
any irstclass house in the city. Gentlemen are
invited to call and examine his superb stock OF
goods.
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NE The Largest Assortment of Holiday
Goods to be found in the city at EDWARDS
Third and Broad streets.
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italy.

ROME, January 3.-The Pope, on re-
ceiving the Palatine guard yesterday, made
a brief address, ~alluding to the prosecutions
of the Church, and declaring that the cities
of Europe were standing on perilous
oro,,pd
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FROM ABROAD


MADRID, January 3.-The municipali-
ties of Navarro are raising volunteers to
fight raiding bands of Carlists.
The members of the Sagosta ministry
we're not present at King Amadeus recep-
ton.
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CINCINNATI, January 3.-The ice is
moving and is quite rotten. The boatmen
are hoDeful,
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BANK TELLER.-Mr. d. V. Morton
has been appointed paying teller Of the
Planters Bank of this city.
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ne Writing Desks and Work Boxes ut 81
Albums at 90 cents, at EDWARDS Third and
Broad streets.
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WANTS.
REMOVAL.
FOR RENT.

nor RENT-New HOUSE loo ated on A.
II T. street, near Twenty-fifth eight lEl
water in the house. An excellent well of water
in the yard. To a good paying tenant, rent will
be. low. Possession given Immediately. Call
upon me at 9l2 Twenty-seventh street.
de 23-tf SAMUEL H. JONES.
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DEATH OF WILLIAM L. PEAsLEY.-
William L. Peasley, one of the overseers
of the chain-gang, and scavenger of the
First district Of the city, died about four
o'clock this morning, of hemorrhage of
the lungs. Mr.. Peasley was on the streets
as late as 8 o'clock last night. He soon
afterwards went to his residence, where he
was suddenly attacked with the fatal dis
ease, and expired at the time stated. He
was between forty-five and fifty years of
age. He leaves a wife and five children.
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aas- The Largest Stock and Greatest Variety
of Toys in the city at w. {. SMITHS, Broad
street.
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LIVERY STABLES.

NOTICE TO MY FRIENDScSsEME
IN AND TIKI PUBLIC AT &493A
LARGE IL have just received of JOSEPH BECK
HAAS, Philadelphia, one of his fine LANDAU
LETS, which 1 shall run on the streets as u
PUBLIC COACH, for the use of my patrons.
Give me a call. All orders promptly executed.
WIN. III. SUTHERLAND,
de l7-2w No. s Eighth street.
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MoRTUARY REPoRTFoR LAST WEEK.
The following is the mortuary report for
the week ending Saturday, December %,
1872, compiled from sections returns re-
ceived at the Office of the Board of Health /:
Whole number of deaths in the city, AZ /;
in addition 8 stillborn were reported
white, l; colored, 2. Sex: Males "a ;
females, 20. Color: White males, 10;
white females 10; colored males, IA;
colored females 10. Age: One day to thirty,
Z; one month to six, 3; six months to
twelve, l; one year to three, 4 three
years to five, 2; ten years to twenty, 2;
twenty years to thirty, s; thirty years to
forty, 81; forty years to fifty, /; fifty
years to sixty, 4 /; sixty years to seventy,
4 seventy years to eighty, 4; unknown, 2.
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RB- CIRISTMAS .-Raisins, Mince Meat,
Nuts, Smoked Tongues, Hams and Beef, for sale
by W. H.. TATUM, Dealer in Fine Groceries and
Liquors, 5l4 Broad street.
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cITY AUDITORS OFFICE, RICHMOND
" VIRGINIA.
EXTRACT from an Ordinance concerning
Insurance Companies

lEXLrdCJ lTOlu LII OttiiuhNS
Insurance Companiesl
Agents and sub-agents of any Insurance Com
pany, whose principal office is locatedin the city,
sshail' between the first and the fifteenth of July,
and the frst'and fifteenth Of January, of each
wear. make O return to the Auditor of the city,
Under oath, of the gross amount of premiums
received BY, said company for the past six six
months, and shall pay to the Ohamberleln one
and one-quarter per centum upon the amount
thereof.
Agents and sub.agents of any Insurance Com,
ont of the city, shall be divided into three
classes, and shall pay a License Tax, II in the
first class, of five hundred dollars if in the
second class, of two hundred and fifty dollars
and if in the third class, of one hundred dollars
and in addition to the Glass Tax, shall, between
the first and fifteenth of July and January, o.
each year, return to the Auditor OF the city, on
oath, the amount of premiums received for the
| past six months, and shall ry to the Chamoer
lain of the city, one and one-quarter per centum
of the amount thereof.
Officers and Agents of Insurance Companies
| will please be prompt in complying with tn
| above Ordinance. ]. B. ROYSTER,
ia 2-eod5t Auditor.
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4

~
so casks BASES ALE,
80 casks ALLSOP'S ALE,
90 casks VIM. Younger's EDINGBURGH
ALE,
100 casks GUINNESS PORTER, Burke &
Hibbert's bottling;
so dozen PEEK FREAN CRACKERS, j
% cases Colman's ID. S. F. MUSTARD-A,
n, l, and Alb tins;
IRISH WHISKEYS, 4
HENNESSY and MARETT'S BRANDIES
SHERRIES of superior qualities,
GEISLER'S CHAMPAIGNES,
We offer these goods at New York prices, will
freight added. Also.
1000 dozen 2b. and SB. Peaches,
1000 dozen BIB. and 3b. Tomatoes,
900 dozen Winslow's Corn,
at Baltimore prices, all of the best packers IL
Baltimore. T. BALMER & co,
oc l9-tfeI '7S SI4 Main Street.
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The WEArHER.-Old Sol had a despe.

The WEATHER.-Old Sol had a despe-
rate struggle with the clouds and fogs this
morning I; but after he succeeded in break
ing through, the day was singularly bright
and beautiful. The atmosphere has been
as delicate and mild as on a spring day.
Readers at a distance can judge of the
peasant temperature here by referring to
the state of the thermometer, noted in
another column. The big snow, which fell
Christmas day, has almost entirely disap-
peared, and the weather partakes more Of
| spring now than midwinter.
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BOYDTON, Va
l have long desired q Wilcox & Gibbs Ma
chine. We have a double-thread machine, but
cannot manage it. I propose to exchange for one
of yours. M. E. CARTER.
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sas- WINES AND LIQUORs.-John

gey- WINES AND LIQUORS.-John
*. MolIoy, Wholesale and Retail Dealer, corner
Main and Twenty third streets.
1 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
Castillian, and James Hennesey's Brandies |;
Port and Sherries, different brands Old Apple
Brandy, and a fine article of Fish Gin, Jamaica
Rum, &C., &c, Irish and Scotch Whistles.
"Poteen poteeni .
Irish poteen,
The juice of the barley
That would split the grain"
ne Housckeepers, in making their pur-
chases for Christmas, should call at Ola Broad
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Ng-Go to EDWARDS for Toy-Booiss and
Games .=..
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II L. WHITAKER,
q. Improved Fire and Water Proof Felt,
Cement, Composition. Gravel, Tin and Slate
ROOFER, 2.
No. 1917 CARY STREET,
BarwERs THIRTREsTH AND VIRGINIA SfRssrs.
RICH ( oND, IVA.
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aa- Jamaica Rum, French Brandy, Whis-
key, Wine and Sweet Cider choice Green Tea,
new crop. For sale by w. Fl. TATUM, Dealer
in Fine Groceries and Liquors, 54 Broad street.
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ngrTOYS! TOYS doll Babies, Horns
Carriages, Buggies and Wagons, at SMITHS
EMPORIUM, Broad street.
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LOST.

neutrality-suspicious. will be made Tor the
renewal of Certificate of FIVE 10y SHARES
RAILROAD STOCK of Orange and Manassas
Railroad, Nc. 707 the original having been
lost or mislaid. OLIVER hartley,
ia 2-1aw4w
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evening stats So,~aaI.
PUBLIsH ED.
DAILY, sEEI-wEEKLYAND WEEKLY.
No. 912H Main Street, Richmend, va

TERMS:
DAILY-$e per year. six months, w; ihree
SEM l-WEEKLY-$2a50 per year; six months,
sI.2; three months, 70 cents.
WEEKLY-sl .6oper year; six months, 70 cents
azr WEEKLY and SEMI WEEKLY
Gibbs at ertreDnely lou rates.
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Foreign Items.

The largest farm In England, com
prising 5000 acres, is owned and run by
Yankee.
Owing TO the bad sanitary condition
Of the miners homes In England, the ay
erage length of life among them is be
tween twenty-one and twenty-five years
-Bayard Taylor says the galleries al
the Vienna Exposition show more clearly
than anything else how enormously mod
ern French art is in advance Of that of al
other nations.
"A widow in Dublin. fifty years of age
recently brought suit for breach or
promise against her godsOn, aged thirty.
The jury gave her one-half cent damages
and twelve cents costs.
"A block Of stone from Easter Island.
Polynesia. weighing three thousand kilo.
grammes, has been deposited in the Jar
din des Plantes, at Paris. IL represents
which the nose alone is a yard in length.
The Russian censors at St. Petersburg
have recently placed on the prohibitory
index Shakspeare's King Lear, and almost
all his historical dramas. with the excep-
ton of Richard ILL.,, also Lessing's Nathan
the Wise, Schiller's Fiesco, and Tell, and
Goethe's Egmont.
A fish was caught the other day, at a
fishing station in shetland, which on be-
ing opened. was found TO contain human
left hand. perfectly entire. Decomposi-
ton had not yet set in, and IL is therefore
thought that the hand cannot have been
long swallowed by the fish, and. from its
rather small size and the absence of all
traces of hard work, il is supposed TO be
that of lady. No conjecture even as 10
how il come into possession of the fish
could be made, and the incident altogether
seems specially designed for the sensation
al and sentimental journalists.
"A large number of the leading artifi-
cial flower-makers of Paris have combined
to send TO the Vienna Exhibition a speci-
menof their united skill, which will prove
incontestibly that the capital of France
still reigns supreme in the matter Of arti-
ficial-flower manufacture. This patriotic
contribution consists of a complete green
house. filled with flowers of every de-
scription, perfectly initiated. In it are
hyacinths. the illusion of which are the IL
beers thrown out by the roots bouquets. in
which one sees the flower freshly blown,
and the bud which has been in existence
but two hours: wild-fowers. the soft.
gray down OF which seems ready to float
away. The whole work is said TO be a
marvel Of patience and artistic and manual
skill.
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Personal and Literary.

The Danbury mans book has reached
its twenty-second thousand.
George Law. the New York million
aire, is six feet four, and weighs 3l2
pounds.
We read that Joaquin Miller, when
living with the Modocs, was called mo
wofadam," and that this means the
" Moon-Gazer.'
-" We Girls 1.-THE Other Girls"
sOur Poor Girls " only Girl" 1.-The
Rescued Girl /" Three Successful Girls
and 1.-The Girls He Married." are all
titles of popular books.
MIR. Blanchard Jerrold is engaged,
with special sanction of the Empress Eu-
genie, on 1.-The Life and Times of Napo-
leon ILL.," The first part is expected about
Christmas.
More copies of newspapers are printed
in year in the United States than i'm all
the rest of the world together; England
and France come next, and the two to-
gether have half as many as the Yankee
nation.
Prof. Wise, the aeronaut, Is an angu-
lar, firmly knit, fine looking elderly gen.
tleman, Of agreeable address, and Of such
specific gravity as to carry him, If he
dropped from sufficient altitude, to deep
sea soundings, without the use of weights.
Women are distinguishing themselves
as biographers. Miss Taylor recently
published Buckles Life Miss Grote has
Just published an admirable sketch of the
Life of the Historian of Greece I; and the
best account we have of Montalembert IL
from the pen Of Mrs. Oliphant, the author
of Irving's Life.
The New York Tribune corrects the
report that Anna Dickinson Is TO go on
the stage, and says that cannot well be,
since she Is already bound by over 100
lecture engagements for next winter has
promised after that tour through new
lecture field that has long invited her; is
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bells. They are light, and give more
scope 10 architectural design In the steeple.
They are more easily rung, and are not
liable 10 crack.
In California, company has been
formed with capital of 500. 900. for
raising tobacco and manufacturing il by
"A newly-discovered process. which will
give the article all the delicateness and
smoothness of genuine Havana. Under
the new process OF culture IL is claimed
that an average Of from | 800 TO 1900
pounds per acre can be raised.
Among the recent and ingenious de-
vices for utilizing the electric spark, is
that which substitutes 1t for the ordinary
flint or percussion cap on fire farms. BY
the aid Of a small galvanic battery, within
the handle of the pistol or gun, or by The
convenient arrangement Of a Leyden jar
and rubber. the current Is generated, and
conducted by q wire to the cartridge
The contact OF the wire with the cartridge
may be effected by simple press-pin or
lever.
The grinders at the East Douglass
Mass AK works are said to be all Cana
dian French, as few Americans will accept
the employment at any price, on account
of the great risk to life. Most OF the
grinders live from two to ten years; some
for longer period, but very few can en-
dure the work longer than fifteen years.
They either die of what is known in the
region as grinders consumption" or are
killed by bursting stone. Their wages
average from four to eight dollars day,
being higher than most other manual la
Dor, on account of the risk TO life.
One of the results of the recent great
advance in the price of coal in Europe,
says the Philadelphia Ledger. is visible in
the fact that various manufacturers in
France. Germany and Russia are casting
about for new sources OF supply. They
think il feasible to import Pennsylvania
coal, and an analysis Of the different kinds
mined i'm this State is being made. with a
view of ascertaining whether they are
suitable for use In the foreign factories
needing them. Already Pennsylvania
has been able to undersell English coal in
the West and East India markets. and 1t
looks very much as if we might, TO GER
tain extent, be able 10 compete with
European coal in portions of Europe
itself.
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Scientific and Industrial.

The free industrial drawing classes.
which, by law. must be supported in
every Massachusetts, town of 10000 or
more Inhabitants. are pronounced very
successful by the examiners, who have
Just reported.
An English exchange predicts that
steel bars will shortly be substituted in
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savage:' "Fiji man give ten dollars. -
TOO cheap; worth more but Ill tell
you what I'll do. I've got ME. old
mother-'n-law al home Ill sell you for
five dollars. She's rather tough eating,
but good for square NEAL
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under contract for a new book 10 be pub
lished i'm November, and Is just starting
for an eight weeks trip through Colo
RADIO.
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Three boys confined i'm the Illinois
State Reform School at Pontiac, while en-
deavoring TO escape one night recently,
fell 10 the ground, distance OF forty feet,
and one OF them was instantly Killed.
The other two we're badly injured.
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AT Pittsburg, recently, as lady was
passing BY a saloon, she was fatally
wounded by the accidental discharge OF a
pistol which fell from the pocket Of man
who was having a friendly scuiiie with
another man inside the saloon.