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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-18
From Pow hatan County.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch
po,ruInIn Copto,,bar q 1917


PowBArAN, September 8, 1874.
The farmers are IN bad spirits. The lead
ing crop OF the county (tcbacco) has not beer
planted, and all that Is standing is not grow.
Ing. There was failure in cats and wheat
and under the continuance Of the long.con
tinued dry weather, the corn. except or
moist land, will be cut very short. There
has been continued drought in the neigh.
borhood Of the Courthouse for six weeks OF
more, while the lower and extreme upper
parts of the county are represented to be
more seasonable. The failure to iallow fol
wheat and winter oats will make the pro
spects very bad for the next year, AS the
money crop of most of the tobacco region
will not be made, it will be difficult pro.
blen to solve how the taxes of the ensuing
year will be psid.
The fruit crop is also failure there are
no peaches and very few apples-and we
fear will not have the pleasure Of " drinking a
quart of hard cider and going to sleep in the
sun with head resting upon bundle Of
green fodder" which is said by the country
wiseacres to be sovereign preventive Of
chills and feyers.
We have heard that the dwelling.
house of Mr. David j. Sledd has been re-
Gently fired by an incendiary, and that he
had short time before insured the building,
but only for about half Its value.
We learn that the only criminal In Jail is O
negro woman charged with an attempt to
burn the house Of Mr.. Willis Hobson.
\ We can, however, say in praise of.the
county, that the people at court seemed to.
be reasonably quiet and sober, that 1t is said
~ bn vorv haal INV and that H baa the host
roads, with more sign-boards on them, than
any ether county as Jet tray ersed by
THAyELLEgs
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aANpA LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THra. r
The Houston CTexas) 1sle1raph OF q recen
date published the, following: Years ago.
and vet not so many, for 1t has been since the
vvar. some disagreement arose between cUu-
ME Of married folks In one OF the old States,
and after much pain and suffering and pub.
lic exposure Of family affairs in the courts, 8
decree of divorce was obtained, and they who
had stood atthe altar Of Hynen:t to be joined
in upion were parted ut the altar Of justice,
to which they bad appealed. Their own way
each of them turned, and long years have
come and gone since then. The husband
aud father travelled with his burden to the
golden shores of California, and there, no
doubt, tried hard to forgive and forget. The
wife and mother, with their babe, struggled
with the skeleton of her deadened life, and
in time came to Texas. BY some faulty
the husband came to Texas also.
Last Friday they both were aboard the
train bound from Galveston to this city. The
little daughter, while looking curiously over
the car at all the strange faces, suddenly
caught sight of her loDg-gone father. Before
her mother could stay her she had rushed to
him; crying /" Papa, papa" The greeting Of
father and child was touching and beautiful
All the old emotions, all the smothered love
of wife and child, came back in an instant.
..Mamais here" said the little girl; come
and go to her." And she led her father up
to the &astonished mother, and poetic pre-
destination was accomplished. They met and
talked as of yore, and soon all was we'll with
them again. Chastened as by fire, they SEEM
ed to know each other better. The sequel is
soon told. ~ 49,
After reaching Houston the services of
Rev. Mr.. Hackett were called for, license
obtained, and the marriage VOWS resumed
with far better understanding of their ma
ture and sanctity. And thus it is "AlPs well
that ends well." <t'&'
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TUE C,v1r .Rreurs Ru1 AND Mryrp scHoc

The Crv1L-RIGHTs BILL AND MIXED SCHOOLS
We have the direct statement of member oil
Congress that while the civil-rights bill was
under discussion in that body President
Grant distinctly expressed to him his ina
bility to approve it in case of its passage. In
other words, he proposed to veto it. Hi;
reasons were: first, that he doubted its con
stitationality; second, that even if it were
constitutional, he was convinced that il
would not benefit the people to whose help
it was ostensibIy directed. He perceived
plainly that instead of making secure to the
colored people the enjoyment Of an equality
in civil rights, it would awaken and freshly
ipaame the prejudice and bitterness from
which they have already suffered so much
Wilmington (Del.) Commercial.
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It ought to be pleasant and proud re.
Election for American citizens that the liber.
ties, we will not say as yet OF the American
people, but certainly of at least one Ameri.
can Commonwealth, are>at the mercy to-day
OF President who delegates the control OF
the United States army to one of his minis.
teis, whom the Senate, by reason Of his
doubtful character, declined to accept as
Chief Justice of the Union.-.Nese York
Rorld.
q g One American Commonwealth Why
only one? GEaEr has the same power to
remove Governor Dix; and II he were to-
ii arrow 10 send his army 70 New York and
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He Never Read the Newspapers.
IND BE SOLD $4,000 WORTH OF COAL LAM
FOR S. AN ACRE.

AND BE SOLD $4,000 WORTH OF COAL LAND
FOR So AN ACRE.
From the st. Charles Mo Cosmos.I
One of st. Charles enterprising citizens,
who for sIowness of mental evolution we
would fain believe came over with Moses the
Copqueror, and who, when Joshua, the son
of Nun, commanded the sun to stand still
| upon Gideon, and the moon in the valley of
| Ajalon, mistook the command as 3
personal direction, and has been standing
still ever since, holding to the creed that
the telegraph is an invention of the devil,
| and the press likewise an engine of his sui
phuric majesty, and who, for fear Of being
held in any degree responsible for these sd.
| tanic revelations, always advertises with a
| written s'notis" stuck on barn doors In the
back alleys, where he who runs may read,
| and whose conversational stock in trade
| consists in personal "reminiscences of those
| who s.fit into the war of '12," was last week
brought forward several thousand years
with such velocity that the centri fugal whirl
brushed all of the cobwebs from bis brain.
He never read the papers, but he does now,
and 1t happened in this way:
| About twenty years ago he entered two
sections of land in adjoining counties in Hill
nois, only few miles distant from the river.
He has been paying taxes on it ever since,
and for the past five years has been very de-
sirous of selling, but concealing the desire
| from the public by religiously avoiding the
newspapers, never found a purchaser until
few days ago. he came along in the per-
son of verdant q importation from the
press-ridden east. BE was ''considerin' Q
notion to settle down to farmin'," but as
land was too high about st. Charles, be
:sguessed he'd 60 up to Iowa, where he'd
| beard good farmin' land could be bought foI
S. per acre"
| Our antediiuvian friend saw his opportu'
nifty, and made ready to take this stranger in
| He told him of his two tracts in Illinois, gave
| his price and numbers, and our would.bt
settler started to see it (D. He came back il
a day or two and said be liked one piee,
pretty well, but the other one was too fal
away from settlement. He would give s:
an acre for the one, or 81 for the other; bu
he wanted the most desirable piece. Gu
citizen s. calculated he would keep thi
piece, but he tsa,tld let the other 60 for
an acre, cash. The stranger, after some big
Cling, finally agreed to take 1t, got his deed
and went on his way. Our citizen locke
up his currency in an old stocklng--fOr b
was afraid Of our banks-and chuekled
think bow he had sold his wild land, got.
Il pretty good ints rest on the cost-aud
i thanks 10 any real estate agency or neWsp;
4 per advertisement. He would not zee
! newspaper or read one. 1t was money an
time aus,ss than thrown away. In q day 1
y TWO 90 thought he would write 70 tho reeo
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REMARxAB1E CASE OF HYpRopHoRrA.-C

REMARKABLE CASE OF Chi
cago, Ill.,, September ia singular case Of
death from hydrophobia occurred here last
Saturday. The facts of the case have just
been made public, and are as follows: Charles
Haake, boy six years of age, was bitten on
the hand by cat, which he was chastising
for some reason, about four weeks ago. The
wound was SO Slight that the child did not
complain of 1t at all, but on Saturday morning
last he was taken with all the symptoms OF
hydronhobia, and died before night. The
cat has never at any time exhibited any signs
Of madness, and the physicians who attended
the boy regard it as the most remarkable
case eXtant.
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ALLEGHANY COKE,
MANUFACTURED IRON.

MANUFACTURED IRON.
An adjourned meeting of the Manufac
turers' Association took place on Wednesday
of this week, the object being to ascertain
the general tone and spirit of the market
since the advance of two weeks ago. The
meeting, we are informed, was largely at
tended, many of the leading manufacturing
points, both East and West, were represent.
ed, either in person or by letter, and nearly
all reported trade as being in an improved
condition; the advance, five are informed
correctly, has had little or no effect on the
demand, orders are coming in about as free.
~ now as they were prior to the time in
question, and no doubt is entertained but
what the mills will have about all they. can
do during the balance of the year.
The fact is, SO far as Pittsburg Is concern.
ed, the advance was very slight. The actual
selling price now is $3.50 for bars, whereas
nearly all our manufacturers were asking
$3.50 to S2.70 for several weeks before the
advance by the Association was made. There
is no question, however, but what the action
of the Convention has had very beneficial
effect, as it has settled the market, which
was earnestly desired, not only by the man
utacturer, but by the jobber and consumer
as well, and instead OF curtailing, we look
for an increased demand. While business
was generally unsatisfactory during the first
half of the year, in consequence OF prices
having been put down ana kept down TO a
point that afforded very slight margin for
profit, the trade generally are in good
shape, financially and every other way, the
recent uncaled for ihsnuations of cetem-
porary to the contrary.
NAILS,
The adjourned meeting of the nail manu-
facturers, to which reference was made in
our last review, took place on Tuesday last.
The main object of the meeting was to agree
upon scale of prices, something that was
very much desired. The card agreed upon
was on u basis of 1886 for ten.pennies, sixty
days, two per cent. of for cash, but no abate-
ment of 123 cents per key for 100 key
lots and upward, as heretofore. 1t
was also agreed that the rates, delivered
at the points named, should be as fol-
lows: Cleveland, $500; Cincinnati, S3.45 /;
Chicago and St. Louis, 1915. The card
agreed upon is in reality decline Of five
cents per keg, as nearly all our Pittsburgh
manufacturers were stiff at $40 prior to the
meeting in question, and as there is little
or no margin at 1885, further advance is
not improbable. Now that settled rate has
been agreed upon, we look for an increased
trade, as jobbers and consumers who realize
the situation will not hesitate to stock up.
SCRAP IRON.
The market continues very dull, but deal.
ers are expecting an increased demand with
in the next few weeks also, better prices.
No. 1 railroad car springs, SAT per ton; old
buggy springs, $40; car axles, $9S; railroad
scrap, $50; blacksmithing scrap, S25a26
railroad wrought turnngs, S25; light iron.
SIS; stove plate, S15 machinery metal, S1S;
car wheels, S2S per gross tom Gazette.
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Sympathy for Louisiana
AT LOUISVILLE.

Louisville, September 16.--A movement is
on foot here to express sympathy with the
citizens of Louisiana In opposition to the
Kellogg party.
A SOLEMN RESOLVE TO RESIST UNITED STATES
TROOPS.
Great Joy was manifested at Atlanta, Ga,
upon receiving the intelligence Of kelogg's
overthrow. General Robert Toombs being
in the city, body of citizens waited upon
that gentleman and requested that he would
address the public on Louisiana affairs. This
request was acceded to, and at o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon large crowd assembled
on the parade-grounds. General Toombs was
welcomed with loud cheering. he opened
his address with an immediate onslaught on
the Government at Washington. He said it
was the yilest, the most corrupt and dis
honorable administration any Government
had suffered since the birth of Christ. They
| had inflicted on the southern States for the
last nine years humiliation after humiliation,
without cessation. Poor Louisiana has been
| robbed of everything she had. Her Cover
nor was elected, her legislative halls had been
| filled with thieVing scoundrels from the
North, ready to do the bidding of their
wicked masters. They had bowed meekly
to insult aver insult until nothing was left
| for them to do but rise and strike or die in
their chaius. That sickly cry of "Let us
have peace' came back as the only answer
to their pleadings. The Bible com.
mands us, "Let us first be true and then
peaceable," and say to you we can have no
peace until the corrupt and yillainous inya-
| ders are driven out of the State. His whole
heart and soul were with the people of Lou
isiana, and he would take hand with the
boys Of Atlanta to prevent troops passing
| through this city to interfere with the down
trodden people in their struggle for justice.
He continued: / am an outlaWed man, ostra.
| cised from my country, but say to you that
had been as true to my God as have to
my country should be better prepared to
meet my final account"
Loud cheering followed these remarks,
and the following resolutions were read and
unanimously adopted:
Resolued, That the people of Atlanta
while profoundly regretting the necessity
which has forced the people of Louisiana to
rise in revolution against the Infamous usur.
pations and robberies of Kellogg. feel the
utmostsympathy with their struggling broth.
ers of Louisiana, and extend to them the as.
surance that they have our heartiest wishes
for their complete success.
RESOLVED, That the people OF Atlantis, firm.
" believing that the cause of American lib
erty and OF republican institutions is that o.
the patriots OF Louisiana, hereby most ener
getieally protest against any interference b!
the Federal Government with the people o
Louisiana. *.ss s.zs
Resolped, That any attemp. to cosrce th,
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Pittsburgh Iron -MRriet--Weeksy
-, fl. Review.
81, September Id, 1874.
PIG IRON. -

p 49,.
The general position Of the market remains
SUBSTANTIALLY as noted in our last review ;
business is dull, the market Is in an unset
tied condition, while as regards prices, there
has been no quotable change. The mills con-
tinue to buy sparingly, waiting, as it were,
to see what effect the recent advance will
have on the demand for the product, and the
fact that the prices are q shade lower, and the
general tone of the market is weaker, has not
been without, its effect in stimulating them
to adhere closely to the hand-to-r mouth policy,
but only for immediate wants. There is not
much doubt, however, but what there VIII,
in the aggregate, be as much pig consumed
this fall as ordinarily, perhaps more, as tne
mills, with one or two exceptions, are al! IN
operation, and some of them are WORKING
double turn. The following sales were re-
portaG. ...0 Er.H #slt.l-. j! IS, E-sfs
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Louisville will have resident German
opera troupe again this year, including Miss
Louise Lichtmay, Miss Bertha Roewer, Mrs.
Anna Schueier-Jaeger, Mrs. Clara Zeigler-
Lang, Miss Louise Lirta, Ernestine Vierling,
Carl 7Beetz, sTheo. Habeimann, Jul. Her
mann, Joseph Kittel, Edward Viesling,
John Hambser, Adolph Franoseh, aud ID.
liam KTQener. rs. q
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The New York Graphic tells sad story

The New 1OTk ETupVtC ttIIs sau sIUIy
in the following:
How will the North act in the present
emergency? Wejudge they will stand, as a
general thing, by the Kellogg government,
and will demand of the Administration that
it will put down the insuprection ut all
hazards. even if the whole army of the
United States must be employed for the pur.
pose. We judge, too, that the Democratic
successes of the past year which the World
has been able. to rake together this morning
will now cease altogether, and that all future
electors will 60 for the Republican party.
The passions of the war are not by any
means dead. The southern whites are in the
dust,
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THE VIRGINIA AND NORTH CARO-
Il LIMA ALMANAC for 1875, calculated by
CHARLES II. WINSTON, ESQ, PROFESSOR OF
LEG u, has Just been issued from our press. The
lists Of courts In each State and times for holding
tent parties. Names and post-ofacers of Virginia
legislators given In full. Also, the HEBREW Ca
LENDAR, prepared by Rev. NJ. j. MIcHELBAcHER.
For specimen copies and price-lists address
CLEMMITT & JONES,
se17-2t Armory building, Richmond, Va.
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SH0CK0E HILL ACADEMY,
ITEIVERsITY SCHOOL,
NO. 100 EIGHTH STREET

! & 1 4 =
The tenth session Of iris school VIII ~.
THURSDAY, September 9th !. Ign "a
aMSs rRs1Sr HtNs aIISy r. Asstan.asss.
Z TEENS: Per half session, paystse in adyspe,.
For s,eaer Ens,sl sna iao
For cach language 50
For ctergynen's sons for all braneh.s. s..''
No extra charges. u
BoysoI eleven Years of:age received. OF. Il =,
advanced, even Younger. "fu wi
Circulars at the bookstores ~
Application may be made to the Pra<so !, ,,r.
110S Capitol street. az the senocIn nae ~ 90.
the 23d instant THOMAS q. NORW6VD.
T'HE EXERCISES :: OF MISS T,,zg-
Il WELLS SCHOOL win be ressmes : !. r.
first day Of October at her residence, No. III s,s
Grace street. 20 az
Terms. per session Of nine months:
IN
rrIhar IA
lse 10-d1ml
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One of the results OF the Louisiana trouff
bles will be that BEAST BUTLER will certainly
be reelected to Congress-. I
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BOOKS, STATIONERY, DC.

The prices below are the lowest, and have been
agreed upon by the superintendent Of the city
schools:
MY, ou-,S/,
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MRS. RALEIGH CULSTON will reSne,
Iva her INFANT SCHOOL on THURsDiI.
October LIST. Sc l7-eodoy'
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.nLDDOMINIONB BUSINESS COLLEGE,
O121 MAIN STREET.-Seventh annual ss;-
sion opens october 1st. Students received ataEJ
time til the LIST of Dune following.
SPECIAL instruction given In Bookkeeping Pen.
manship, Commercial Arithmetic, Commercial
Law, Forms, Customs Of Trade. Common English,
&C., &c. Omen day and night. Terms. $50 Tor III.
limited time. For fun particulars address
se 3-3m GEORGE VI. SIC0L.
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Postmaster New Store, v

rNote.-Nathan Spencer was sold out by The
sheriff during the hard times of 1S43 or "A
and Harry and Tabby sold with the balance
of the slaves and farm. A. RI
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1874-10-03
SINGLE COPIES, THREE CENTS
Success.

Some pithy writer once said, nothing
succeeds like success He would have
made center shot, had he said, moth
ing succeeds but success.
To begin at the beginning, you must
have an aim and an object. When you
have defined the one, and determined
the way to reach the 9th er, the battle is
half won.
Don't think because you HAYS bril-
liant fancy that you have genius, or hav-
ing it, that it will necessarily make
your fortune. AS a rule, genius is a
benefit to those who have the least of
it.
erwilltalentinsures success Should
you modestly wait for talent to be ap-
preclated you will have an excellent
opportunity Of learning the value of
brass. A mediocre ability that presis-
tently tells all it knowsland thinks, will
effect more than you with your modest
worth. Counterfeit coin often passes
current, though baseness of the. !. metal
may be more than suspected.
1t is a much :. manipulated maxim
which says, if you are poor don't be
afraid of work. If you want to be any
thing or anybody you must work for it.
The. .world.issfull of wealthy nobodies.
Expect and be fortified against dis
appointment, never ..be surprised or
chagrined at defeat. Determine to
succeed, but be not over sanguine; if
you are defeated, it will come easier.
The world has no sympathy with the
beaten one and you need not expect
any.
Don't run in debt, Gnancial or other
wise. Give no man mortage..on your
actions, nor lien on your .honor. If
you must have tools, use none but those
yon.c can break and throw away, lest
somebody else turn3them against.your-
self.
Try.to..start even, with Ethe world.
Don't aim at reputation for speed on
short heats. Endurance is safety and
best, and is sure to tell in the end. Me-
teors fash!out of the darkness, and, for
a moment, dazzle US; but the fixed star
has shone and will shine to all eternity.
As you SOW, so will you reap. Never
wait for something to turn up Do
your own turning, shape your own
destiny, make your own opportunities
and control circumstance. -.
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A Pena. Heiress EIOpes with
a Negro.

The staid, quiet portion of Bucks
county known as Warminster town
ship is now greatly excited over a
strange elopement. 1t seems that a.
bout year since fancy colored man
named Joe Palmer came to Warminster
and engaged with Mr.. John Thompson,
one of the aristocratic citizens, as a
man-of-all-work. While thus employ
ed it was noticed that he became quite
intimate with Miss Annie Thompson,
the beautiful, refined, and accomplished
daughter of his employer,
Shortly afterward Palmer was taken
i'll, and Miss Thompson attended to him
until the family prevented it Dy having
him removed elsewhere. But it seems
that Miss Thompson's visits were clan
destlnely continued to him. After his
convalescence it is reported that Palmer
said he would be even with the Thomp-
sons forsending him away fIom their
residence during his Illness.
Miss Thompson's father and mother
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Opening the Upper Delaware

Milford, Pa, Sept. 25.-Several promi-
nent capitalists and steamboat men
have made survey of the Delaware
river channel between Belvidere, N. j. =,
and the Delaware Water Gap, Pa, dis
tance eighteen miles. They pronounce
the route feasible one, although 1t
will require vast amount of money to
place the channel in navigable con-
dition, owing to the rocks in the gap of
the mountain. The company will place
a medium-sized boat upon this route,
work has already begun. 1t is the in-
tentiOn of the company to make con-
nection with the Upper Delaware Com
pany at the Gap, the TERMINUS of the
latter route.
The contemplated route from Port
Jervis to the Gap, distance forty-One
miles. alluded to in recent issue of
The Sun, is to be begun Immediately.
-Four prominent capitalists of this place
recently made survey of the chanHel
between Milford and the Gap, and pro
nounce the proposed route much more
feasible one than they at first anticipa-
ted. Peter A. L. Quick, the foremost
gentleman in this new enterprise, says
that by early spring, 1875, the inhabi-
tants OF the upper Delaware valley may
expect to hear the whistle of steam
boat.
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HUST look at her Hair Why
u thought it was turning Grey7 So
it was, until she got Bottle of that new
Hair Restorer at Durling's Drug Store.