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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-23

A BAD REPORT FROM LlBRR1A.-Stra,o
berrv Plains, June 12.--Dan. Price, orlght,
intelligent mulatto, who left this neighbor'
hood the 23d day of last November in COM
pany with thrty-two others Tor LIBERIA, ar,
rived in our town on the 10 O'Clock tram
this morning on his return from old Africa,
the native country of his race across the
deep blue sea. Dan. says that the offices {. Of
the Government are all filled by negroes,
who arc generally mean and tyrannical to-
wards the common people. The rich will not
in any way associate with the poor, and when
the poor negro works for the rich one he Is
sent to the kitchen for his meals. He says
when he landed in America he was greatly
surprised to hear that colored people were
demanding more rights of the Government,
for they should be con,ented with the priv.
leges they already have, and not gel up
disturbance with the whites, their best
friends Correspondence KnoroiHe Regis
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The Finance Bill.

r,,o s,,nce bill passed the House OF kep-
-csen,a,;yes, AS it came from the SENATE V"
co,,rdav--wc understand, about O'CLOCK
pr. some strange oversight or accident the
..c, was not telegraphcd 10 this city, ana
,r.s not known here till Monday morning.
The vote in the House on the OH was S-i 10
Ao--a most overwhelming majority.
Yesterday forenoon the President signed
This bill. and il is therefore law. We pup
,isbed It Yesterday morning, and eEr readers
ought to be familiar with its provisions.
1t will sliord a good deal Of relief. ltdoes
Justice to the country in authorizing better
distribution Of the curreacy according to
popula,ion. Its chief good is in giving us
the benefit of the reserves and cartailing the
means of the money gamblers Of Wall street
10 in,ure the whole country b. their combi
nations.
Above all, it settles the matter for year
1t lets people know what they have to de-
pend on. In other words, it bets them know
what they have to do; and It is a great steE
towards the doing of what is to be done tt
Know what that is. This knowledge, tose
gether with confidence upon sort Of plat
form which satisfies the hard-money maj
that his fears we're groundless, and the SO
called ipflater that all he asked canno
be obtained, will give case to tai
country, and let loose good deal of enter
prise that had been held back to see wha
would be done. AS that is now understood
men of enterprise will 60 ahead, snitiD!
their plans and views to the means spread
out before them.
The bill might have been infinitely bet
ter without, danger to the country; but lie
us take what we can get, and do the mos
We can with it.
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nj MALTHOPTONIQUE.

NE STARS AND METEORS.-At GER
tain seasons metcors dart across the armament be-
tween the earth and the fixed stars. But they quick
~ vanish, while the fixed stars remain. In the med
ical armament the great vegetable inrigorant HOS
LETTERS STOMACH BITTERS has long been
FIXED STAR OF THE FIRST MAGNITUDE. Little
meteors In the shape of limitations, bearing various
names, now and then attempt glimmcrins compe-
tition with 1t, but They soon disappear from the
field or vision, leaving the glory Of the TRUE REM
EDr unimpaired. The number of these will-o'-the-
wisps that have come to grief within the last twenty
years is beyond computation, and those now In ex-
isience are in the last agonies of exlnguishment.
The standard tonic and Alternative, that cures aud
prevents many distressing diseases, and which
no debitated invalid ever took without receiving
wonderful accession of strength and vitality only
derives Increased popularity from the attempts Of
charlatans TO run their failures In the Hostetter
groove. je 1S-eodSw1w
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We hear from all parts of the county com.
plants of the wheat crops. The fine growth
of straw had led our people to entertain
high hopes of the result, but the spring rains
gave the wheat all over the county the rust.
Some of the farmers have abandoned bar.
veSting, and the immense growth of straw is
rapidly falling. 1t looks like real pity TO
see it tumbling to the ground. The failure
is great calamity to our people, and every
body seems to be very much disheartened
The failure Of the pea crop, and now the
failure Of the wheat crop, and the present
drought on the oat and corn crops puts O
very serious phase on our local affairs.
The prospect for hay, with those farmers
who have had the enterprise to cultivate it.
promises heavy cutting. At White Marst
and at Goshen the timothy is very fine, and
will cut from one and half to TWO tons.
The wheat crop in Matthews is an utter
failure-rust, rust, rust = Gloucester Herald
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uanp;nu and the Whipping-Post.

IIanQlll& tlklk IAO w sAAFE-eS
The New York Tribune, Mortified at a
murder committed in that city on fr'ua!'
wants the murderer punished with oil pos
sible celebrity of lega, proceeding. IL uoe,
not want the retribution to be out OF legal
order, and It does not think hanging Tue
best mode of dispostng of murderer; but
rs that is the mode, why let this particular
murderer be hung With nil possible rapldity
in the course Of law.
We bey the T,1te.ne to think better or
hanging. 1t is good way to settle win
a person whose outrages are sufficient to JUS
tify hanging him or combining him for lille in q
dungeon. Hanging is merciful compared with
imprisonment for life, and it saves both ex'
pense and peril. Crime demands punish
ment: 1t further demands that the criminal
shalt be made as harmless as possible. How
can the murderer be made less harmful
than by hanging him?
The sickly sentimentality which makes
rocues and assaSsins no better, but which es'
saws to make this world paradise for them,
we have no patience with. 1t should not be
tolerated for moment by the law-glVers
The safety of the community demands thai
crime shall be punished and that outlaws
shall be put out the way of doing harm. The
making the world they have outraged para
disc for rogues and murderers in nowlse
tends to promote the security of society.
The whlpping.post is benign institution
Little Delaware is better protected by the
whipping-post than by anything else set uE
to guard society. The best proof that bel
| safety n promoted by 1t is the complaint SCI
up in Philadelphia that this useful instru
ment has driven all the rogues out OF Dela
ware over into Philadelphia. lit were mol
a terror to rogues-if it were not whole
some means of punishment to transgressors;
this would not be the case.
Let "liltle Dela" hold on to her dearest
friend. We trust that Virginia will put the
post into active use. A free administration OF
stripes to thieves, "without distinction OIL
race, color, or previous condition of serVi'
tude," would weed out great many scampS
and diminish the number of rascals who
have to be maintained at public expense.
Let US cherish hanging and the whipping
post. They are more needed now than ever
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THE Posi- OFFICE BILL.-The CONN. ittee
of conference Oh the post-office approriria'
ton bill will report against the Sena
amendment fixing the rate of postage on
newspaper mails at four cents per pound,
prepaid, and in favor Of the House amend.
ment fixing the rate at one and a half cents
per pound on newspapers issued weekly and
more frequently, and on those issued less
frequently three cents prepaid, or fraction
Observation-Disclosures american, 22d.
re so, the bill will no doubt have become
a law before this paragraph sees the light
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ALEXANDRIA AFFklRs.-The new schedule
of through trains on the Virginia Midland
railroad. direct from Danyille to Baltimore,
will 90 into operation tomorrow. The Bal
timore and Ohio railroad locomotive de-
signed to bring up the first train crossed the
railroad ferry here this morning, being the
first locomotive that has ever crossed that
ferry. The next train will leave Danville at
5:25 A. NJ. by the Virginia Midland railroad
and reach Alexandria ut 800 Z. NJ. where
it will take the Alexandria and Washington
road, reaching Washington ut G:33 L. VI. ;
there the train will take the Baltimore and
Potomac road as far as Benning's, about two
miles beyond Washington, where 1t will go
upon the East Alexandria branch Of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, taking the
main stem near Bladensburg and arrive at
Baltimore ut $50 p. NJ. tomorrow after
noon. This through train will run daily
over the entire route.
At st. Mary'S (Catholic) church here this
morning Right Rev. james Gibbons, Bishop
of Richmond, administered the sacrament OF
confirmation at the O'Clock mass to ninety.
five persons, Of whom twenly-siN were
adults. Eighty-two of those confirmed were
white and thirteen coloIed. At II O'clocL;
the Bishop preached to large congregation
On Tuesday Bishop Gibbons goes to Falls
Church, Fairfax county, Va, to lay the cor
ner-stone of the new Church of st. James,
Right Rev. Bishop Johns confirmed Il num-
| Der of candidates at Christ church Protest
ant EpiscopaD this morning at II O'clock
| Baltimore Sut, 22d.
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MISUNDERSTANDING ALLISON, register OIL
the Treasury, is right when be says the
speedy resumption Of specie payment would
probably lie the cause Of widespread ruin
and unparalleled disaster" The designation
of day for resumption, he thinks, would
Cause alarm and stop enterprise lessen the de-
Inand for labor, compel the collation. OF ueos oy
process of law, expose TO forced sales vast quaint.
ties of real estate, aud thus cause great shrinkage
for gr, enlncks and greenbacks for bones might be-
come 4 popular cry with many who now deem such
a scheme a species of repudiation II seems 10 Inc
that all this may be avoided by permitting the bust
ness of the country tn adjust Itself hout either
further 81 fiation com pulsory resumption lime
is the essential elrmt nj In tfectiug regeneration
from the present fidancial exhaustion. This, with
Industry and economy ON the part of the people.
z4ld prudent economy OH the part Of the Govern
1nent, will restore confidence and pros perity."
He is perfectly right; and when the bard
money men tell General GRANT that early
resumption is the only way out of the trou-
bles that have come from destructive, fratri.
cidal war, they tell him a liza lie for their
own benefit. Nobody but themselves would
make money out Of any such policy, and
they are willing at any and all times to sac
rifice their country to make money by the
sacrifice
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UEJUsTIFABLE 4SELFIsHNEss.-The howl
raised in several New York printipg.offices
over The proposition to require prepayment
of postage on newspapers sent through the
United States mails demonstrates that the
publishers Of such periodicals in that city
are willing to enjoy special privileges. 1t
would be difficult to explain why the acriter
of letter should be required to prepay the
cost Of its transportation, and the party
who prints one should be relieved from
this Inconvenience. 1t may be safely
promised that the prepayment of teller
postage has been eXacted by Congress on
account of the greater expense caused by
the collection ut the office of delivery, and
great losses on account Of non.deivery to
and payment by the parties addressed, and
in other cases failures to account for the pro-
ceedl. Precisely the same reasons may be
urged, even with greater force, in favor OF
prepayment Of newspaper postage.
We saw with greater force deliberately,
because newspaper postage is much
less per ounce or per pound than
letter postage because the amount of
printed matter carried is vastly greater, re.
during more space in cars, sacks, and coaches,
and much more labor in handling; and be-
cause very urge per cent. of this printed
matter is not directed TO regular subscribers,
but is fugitive in its character, intended as
means OF advertisement, 1t being OF little
consequence to the sender into whose hands
it may fail, not unfrequently being directed
to the postmasters" throughout the cour-
try. Prepayment would either secure the
postage on all of this miscellaneous neWspa-
per matter or drive it from the mails.
nf
would not be great to the publisher, nor in
any sense onerous to tue bona tide subScrl'
Der, as it would cost him no more to prepay
ut the office where mailed than to prepay at
the office Of delivery. Such requirement
would simply result in the remittance OF
postage with the subscription price, at the
time of ordering the desired newspaper or
periodical.
1t is to be regretted that any respectable
journalist would seek special fayors of the
Government of his country which must be
compensated for out of the pockets Of other
people. Those who collect aDd sell news,
and print off their opinions for sale in the
market, should occupy a more ex-
allied position than that Of public
mendcants. Either teasing or bullying
Congress for special privileges is as
undignitied in journalist as it would
be in merchant, farmer, or mechanic. Such
whining from any other class of our fellow
citizens would receive no quarter from those
engaged in the journalistic profession
Should others attempt it the independent
press" would TEEN with the most scathing
ridicule and sarcasm Of such pretensions.
How hard it is for some men to see them
selves as others see them J. Washington
Chronicle.
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A VIRGISIAN SwINDLED.-Michael MyeI
and David Secmon were arrested on Satur.
day by Detectives Pointer and Carroll
charged with faudulently obtaining of I'll.
moleon G. Trice, of Buffalo Gap, Augusta
county, Va, two horses, valued at $3.50
MIR. Trice came to this city with six horses,
four of which he sold, and the other two
were offered for sale. Myer proposed to
give Trice a buggy and s35 for the horses,
he at the time saying that Seemon would
give S215 for the buggy. Seemon was APP
piled to, and Trce alleges he agreed to give
the S215 for the buggy, and upon these terms
the bargain was made. When Trice called
upon Seemon TO buy the buggy the latter re.
fused TO do so, and Myer refused to give up
the horses. Mr.. Trice then began to see
that he had been made the dupe Of very
transparent trick, and applied to Marshal
Gray, who ordered the arrest of the parties.
Justice Hagerty, on Saturday afternoon,
held them in $1,000 each for the action OF
the grand jury. The buggy Is stated to be
worth about S75.-Baltinaore american,
22d.
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The World has all along maintained that postage
npon newspapers should I've prepaid by the rubbish
ere. and that il should be paid according TO weight
he,o York World, goth.
In the debate on the postal bill, Mr.. HAw.
LEY, of Connecticut, an editor, said he knew
of no man in the newspaper business who
was opposed to the compulsory prepayment
OF postage on newspapers.
How strange that so many Virginia editors
should be behind the times, aud oppose so
Wise, just, and polite measure.
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We are rather surprised that our friend the Dts
pftch while so hopeful ia ali things else should so
N"ihpieNiy despair OF the epublic."--Enqutrer.
Ii the States have any rights that have not
beeh Violated, or any that the Federal Coy
efhhieht is bound TO respect, we do not
Know what they are. Still we like TO see
men hope; aud we trust our friend If the
Enquirer will "Eope on, hope eyer.v
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MECkLENBCkG

DUFFALOS SPRINGS, MECkLENbI ny
ID COUNTY, VA.-RECENr DISCOVERY "
AN ADDITIONAL SPRING, decidedly imprseha-
ted with the celebrated Salts Of l.tthiL lhesa
Springs open for the reception Oh flsitors on '"S
FIRST Of JUNE, 1874. toll
In most OF the chronic forms or disease teSaie.,
as remedial by mineral waters these sprlhss shJ''
4 dcServedy high reputation. .>. g., us
In general adaptation aud curative poNei y, r u
eases of women In dyspepsia In its protean forms,
In chronic intermittent fevers, ana III an oiseases
generated BY nalaral polsons. they aic nltnoa ~.
rival among the medicinal waters OF Anerica. luz
proprietor Is aware :hat this Is very strong caiu
The public viii judge If 1t besu'taiaec by TIE se'"-
mon!als submitted.
springs have been discovered at this place. OL'e OF
them according TO an analysis made by Protes ,or
Tonry of Baltimore, Is decidedly impregnalei vi II
the ,'SaIrs OF Llthta," which has given such cele
brity 10 the Gettysburg spring In our own country
and TO the ak Il Chippelc dud ttchy waters Oh
the continent of Europe, and which Is SO highly
esteemed In the medical world remedy Ia
govt, rheumatism, and In kidney and bladder alice
lous. :.
Professor George y. Wood, OF the University OK
Pennsylvania, says: "fhere Is PERHAPS no other
renledyfrom which equal efficacy may be expected
In the removal OF the deposits OF tue urate OF Soda
In the joints and ligamentous tissues In equity lt-
uents, and In preventing the deposits IN the Kid
neys and urinary passages"
IL may be worthy OF not that this IL the only
Spring In Virginia In which this salt Is found
otherwise than the merest trace.
Pamphlets containing analysis testimonials, NC,
can De had on application 70 Messts. prkcEtL'
LADD & Co, druggists, or Messrs. NEST, JoitS-
SroS L Co, booksellers, aIila street, Richmond
Va, or by addressing the undersigned Al Roydton,
Va. Zap 24-d&wimJ THOMAS h. GoODE.
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An Indiana editor says, with good deal
of pertinency and force, that "of all the
maudlin fools with which the world is at.
tiieted, deliver us from those who criticise
the fact that man puts food into his mouth
with knife when eating at the table. Men
who have nothing else to do but write such
twaddle would make secoud-rate pupils for Il
iclool Of imbecicS."
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A distinguished gentleman in Southwest
Virginia, who lives on the line of the Allan.
tic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad. in order
ing from house in this city, writes Send
" them by regular freight, for. expressing is
"too troublesome aud SLOW"
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"My God!" said Republican to me the
other day, II will give half Pve got to i.aye
the negroes coloniZed out of the couutr7.
Let Congress appropriate billion of dollars
and move them away to themselves. Ihey
will cost Us twice that much before we get
through with 1t. We can never have peace
in this country, and good feeling between
the North and South until the negroes are
colonized."-H y. Redfeld.
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How CONGRESSMAN ARE MADE IN ONO.
We sell seats in the House, too. The ma
jority of those holding the office of repre-
sentative have paid from 81, 500 to $4,000
apiece for the honor And we will not
| 'ominate man for office who is not able to
pa an amount ranging between these two
suns for the seat. But we exact this under
guise of assessments to pay campaign ex.
penses :: the transaction is not so open and
bold a bl'rgain and sale.- Cincinnati CON-
m e7ci1I
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JUE DE L'EAU HOTEL,
HAMPTON ROADS,
OPPOSITE FORTRESS MONROE.
JAMES LITTLE, PROPRIETOR.

This delightful summer seaside resort Is open i3r
the reception Of visitors.
Mr.. ". 2. CoSSARTE, one Of the hes. caterers IN
the country, and who has managed some OF the
most fashionable hotels both North and South "lL
superintcud and dispense all the luxuies the season
affords.
A fine BAND OF MUSIC, conducted oy Professor
LOUIS yoELKEn, late director Of tile klchmoni
Theatre has been engaged for The season.
Attached to the Hotel are bowling Alley BAR
Soe iel0-lm
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me- VICTORIA LAWNS at 1G3, 20, %,
and soc;
SWISS MUsLINs at 1214 Is, 20, 25, 80, and s5c'
per yard;
WHITE and CoLoRED TARLETANs from rs
to soc. per yard;
STRIPED MUsLINs at % worth 35c. per yard ;
LARGE CHECKED MUsLINs at soc. per yard
worth Soc;
NAINsoOK MUSLIN at 16H, 20, rs, and up to
75c per yard;
INDIA TWILL LoNG-CLoTH at 3oc. per yaro
worth 40c.;
CAMBRICs and JACONETS In all qualities; j.
SATIN and LACE-sTRIPE vICToRLALAWNs;
FuIl yard-wIdc soft-nnish CAMBRIA ut zoe. worth
soc. per yard;
BISHOP LAWN in all qualities;
WHITE ORG ANDY mt Nil prices;
large variety of PIQUE TRIMMING
EDGINGS and FRILLISGS at about one-half OF
regular prices;
HAMBURG EDGING5 and lNSERTlNGs OF oil
qualities at lower prices than elsewhere;
COLORED CLUNY LACE at DC. worth soc. per
yard;
GUIPURE aud IMITATION LACES;
CLUNY, vALANCINES, BLoN p, and other de-
slrable styles of LACES;
bargains In this line;
TUCKED MUSLINS ut 75c., FL, and 1926 per
ward, ut LEVY BROTHERS..
The best SEWING MACHINE OIL at 15c.. per
bottle. je20
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EDUCATIONAL.
ROANOKE COLLEGE,
LII SAJEaf W.

TVENTY-SECONDS ESSION-1S74-,75.
BEGINS SEPTEMBER ID AND CLOSES JUNE 9TH.
Course Of study as high as that Of any college In
Virginia.
Literary societies Of first rank.
laboratory.
Location unsurpassed In America.
The abundance of the Roanoke Valley renders the
expenses very moderate. For session Of ten months
Including board tuition, fuel lights, washing, &C.,
ABOUT 1900.
Students from seventeen States and Territories.
For catalogues and further information address
REV. ID. +. BITTLE, d. d.,
Je 23-eod,sw&w President.
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TRUsSES, SUPPORTERS, dc.
CEELEY'S HAi2D-RUBBER TRUSSES
ABDOMINAL SUPPORTERS,
AND pIL.T PIPES.

Relief, comfort, and cure tor RUPTURE, FEMALE
WEAKNESSES, and FILES. Unlike all other appli.
ances known, Will never rust, Timber, break chafe
soil, nor move from place-indestructiblc. The dne
steel spring, being coated with hard rubber, light,
COOL cleanly USED In bathing, lifted to form; uni-
Versally recommended by all surgeons rs the best
mechanical supports known. send Tor pamphiet.
Establishments: 1347 Chestnut street, Phuadet-
phia. and 1877 Broadway, New York. Complete
assortment for sale, with careful Adjustment, by
MEADE i BAKER, Richmond, ana all dealers
Beware OF imitation ap IS-3m
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MET WILL OFFER ON MONDAY SIX
thousand PURE LINEN SIIIRT-BO SOAiS, slight
" stained, but warranted sound in every respect.
Price, zoe. apiece; they would be cheap at 5Oc.
Don't delay calling at LEVY BROIHESo.
COLGATE'S VIOLET WAFER reduced to S5c.
per bottle. Jc ~