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stonewall Jackson's Last Letter.

The last letter ever written by Stonewall
Jackson is in the possession of the Chair
man Of the Executive Committee OF the
Southern Historical Society. The original
is IN pencil, but it has been well preserved.
He wrote:
NEAR 3P. NJ, May 2, 1868.
GENERAL:-The enemy has made stand
at Chancellor's. which is about two miles
from Charlottesville. ! hope as soon as
possible to attack. trust that nm ever
kind Providence will bless rs with great
success. Respectfully,
T..J. Jackson, TT. Gen.
Gen. r. IT. Lee
The leading division il up. and the next
twaarrear to be well closed f. j.. .J.
On the hacko of this bulletin IS the follne-
ing Endorsement:
Received a,y Cen Lee IN Tie evening ef
May 3 q 40 he field af battle near Ehancel-
IOrsvilc
fSitTf.sss1 fsyYs ~ xse SS N1syss1fr "
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POET T T n.y.
THE RAINY DAY.

The day is cold, and dark, and dreary:
H. II rams, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still cngs to the mouldpFing wall
But at every gust the dead leaves fall
And the day is dark and drcary.
NY life is cold, and dark, and dreary:
II rains, and the wind is never weary.
MY thoughts still cling to the mouldefinp Past
But The hopes of youth fall thick in the blast.
And the days are dark and drearv.
BE still, sad heart. and cease repinine:
behind the clouds is the sun still SHINING:
my tate is the common fate of all,
Tito each life some rain must fall
H., y, some days must be dark and dreary
Hsnrg W. LongfetIoaD.
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THINGS GENERALLY.
BY MAX ADELER.

In the Franklin Institute Fair in Phila-
delphia they have ON exhibition "Steam
| Potato Digger" which is warranted to
me very much, because only few days
before heard Cooley tell of his experiences
with one of these machines. He put it in
his potato field, and for a time it turned
out the potatoes in magnificent style, and
he began to think he had obtained a prize.
But after a while something occurred to
the Unbelievable and the digger began to
jump about in the most extraordinary
manner, rearing and pitching and snorting,
without utpaying any attention to the potatoes.
Cooley managed to get upon it for the pur-
pose of shutting off steam, but he must
have pulled the bar the wrong way, for no
sooner had he reached the ground than the
digger gave a couple of preliminary shrieks
aud started ON q bee line across the field.
It burst through the fence, ran over two
cows, and mashed a Southdown ram out as
flaagxasssthe contents of q Patent Office
Report. Then 1t dashed into the barnyard,
through two stacks of hay, and through the
stables, emerging close by the smoke house,
from which it Wrenched the open door.
Then it plunged over the flower beds,
leaving a ftlrrow three feet wide and two
IceG deep. II Tore GOWN IOIlf uWdfl pear
trees, hurried into the kitchen, upset the
stove, and from there whirled into the
parlor, smashed the looking glass, over
turned the centre table and the family
Bible and finally brought up on top of the
piano, which it set afire. They got it out
at last just in time to prevent a general
conhagration. And now Cooley digs pota-
toes with q shovel.
In a recent number Of a prominent seien-
tinc journal DR.. Bocklus mentions that Sin
human beings the left side has a constant
tendency to outwalk the right SIDE" My
purpose in calling attention to the subject
here S to give it as wide publicity as possi-
BILE, so that persons may restrain this extra
ordinary tendency. 1t will not only be ex-
cessiyely mystifying but actually painful,
if, for instance, my left side should really
outwalk my right side and go off down the
street by itself with crowd of boys follow
ing it and making remarks about the con-
dition of my ribs and mucous membranes,
and ridieuling my shoulder blade. Such a
thing ought to be guarded against and we
owe DIR. Boekius debt of gratitude for
warning us of our danger. If it were not
for these extraordinary scientific people the
universe would probably go to pieces before
we are half ready for it.
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The gambling bill passed by the Oregon
Legislature last week provides against
gambling, whether in the form of faro,
monte, roulette, rouge-et-noir, brag, lans-
squinette, rondo, vignt-un, poker, draw po-
ker, bluff, thaw, or any banking or other
game with cards OF other device, under
penalty of not less than $50 nor more than
81, 900, with an alternative of imprisonment
up to one year. It provides that a person
losing money at the gambling table, shall
have the right to recover by law twice the
amount of h1s loss: makes Il unlawful to
rent rooms for gambling purposes under
heavy penalties.
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! Gcr'naf cremation society, numbering
4aamenlsrs. existsin New York. It's de-
Si.sl, is 4, build hail With iron walls sixty
81 forty f.,,ir feet III Tie centre will be
erected an altar, AMI iaifront Of it. upon
large plate, NJ iaon caffin viii lie placed.
After iIe ls,,lial services lave been per-
fs,f,nasi, ke en- containing the body will be
ln.,vet nnsl..f tile furnace and subjected to
The :'efisnis,f file air IT i temperature of
I. 90 .l.-4sees Falas. Thea hes ii, the coffin
will len be retnr.sed and collected. An
i.ssaf si.tl i I:alf il flle time mentioned, 250
q. " bounds of 4 n oil The fuel. and eight
ii Ears the rice
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Stranger than Fiction.

In the busy and bustlipg city of AL
legheny, Penn, lived and died one John
Leskar, a native of saxony, and at one
time concerned in revolution in his own
country. lie was a man Of wealth and
culture; he was thought qualified to fill any
position in Europe, and he led in the
revolution, or as we should nov call it,
conspiracy against the existing Govern
ment. Leskar aud his comrades plotted
to overthrow the reigning dynasty, and to
stamp If ont forever. Ieskar was to be
King of Saxeny when the throne was thus
made vacant. Tie conspiracy failed.
Leskar was driven into exile, and his
estates were caniisrated. Coming To.
America, he lived iii al republic where all
men. are soyereigns. After struggling
against fate for many years, he died last
week so poor that he was given at last a
pa4 er.s burial In this country. where so
many wrecks Of ambition lie on the shores,
he was almost annoticed until lie died.
Then a brief line tells us how this bar
fled reyolutionist and candidate for throne,
iivetlin Western city, eking ont a niser-
able existence, and nursing his old TIME
dreams of rayalfy III the midst ef the stir
and fierce democracy Of i. strange people.
This Is fassgeag.-N 7. Times.
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Mr. Briggs, of Yuba City, Cal, has on
his farm solid block of fruit trees cover
ing over 200 acres. The soil is light SAN
dy loan, and is constantly cultivated with
plows during the whole season. There are
5000 peach trees of sixteen varieties 1000
being of one variety, the Red May; 5000
apricot trees of twelve varieties; 1000 plum
trees of fifteen sorts; 1900 apple trees of
only eight varieties; 1000 pear trees, most
ly Bartletts; 1,500 cherry plum" trees.
There are also 1900 walnut trees Of three
sorts. The cost of the land was about ST.
900; total cost for orchards, land and all
is less than $40, 900, and the estimated val
ue $4,000.
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Secretary Belknap has selected a site for
the military prison to be erected at Leaven-
worth. 1t is on the military reservation.
The appropriation made to prepare the
building now on the reservation for tenn
porary prison has been used to accomplish
the purpose intended and transportation.
These buildings are nearly completed, and
ample accommodations have been prepared
all the military eonviets in the various
penitentiaries in the country, and in the
course of q few weeks they will all be re-
moved from the State institutions to the
Leavenworth prison and placed there under
military supervision.
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A WRITING MACHINE.
1ngenius Apparatus to do Away With
the Drudgery of the Pen.
From the Toledo Blade. Oct. 20

IIClH tAS Ioclo f5iaue, OGb. ~
1t looks as if the problem of q successful
writing machine has been at last solved,
and that for the future there is to be great
slmplification, and saving of clerical labor
superintendent Kline of the Lake Shore
Telegraph Lines, now has in his office an
admirable little machine, which writes, OF
rather prints, any sort of letter or docu-
ment, i'll the neatest and most legible man
ner, and as rapidly if not much more so,
than the penmanship could be executed by
skilled clerk. The machine is enclosed
IN box Of Japanned sheet-iron, about 19
inches square and Is high, and mounted on
an ordinary sewing machine stand.
In the front part of his box are a number
OF keys, marked with all the letters Of the
alphabet the nine numerals and the cypher
and the punctuation marks. These keys
are attached by wire to little levers, upon
the end OF each of which is small steel
letter corresponding to that upon the
Key Upon touching the key, the lever flies
up and strikes the letter upon it's end against
an ordinary stamp-ribbon, which moves
across the top. A roller presses against
this, carrying the paper upon which the
writing is to be made. At each tap of
letter, the roller moves along sufficiently to
allow room for the impression of the next
letter. The touching of key at the end Of
a word makes the necessary space between
that and the next. When near the end of
a line warning bell rings, giving notice
that only four more letters can he added to
the line. When the end is reached, a touch
upon the treadle by the foot brings back
Ihe FolIer IN readiness Tor beginning the
next line, and so the operation is continued
until the whole document is written. The
letters are all capitals, and of the style
known among printers as gothic. Below is
fac-simile Of one of these orders:
TOLEDO o. OCT. I7TH, 1874.
MANAGERS,
YOU WILL PLEASE SEND
ME ALL THE OLD MESSAGES YOU
MAY HAVE ON HAND s MONTHS
OLD AT ONCE
YOURS &C.
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TOPICS OF THE TIMES

They are utilizing straw in the San Joa-
quin Valley, California, by using it as fuel
in some of the steam flour mills. The pro-
prietors estimate that they can save fifty
per cent. in the cost of fuel by the burning
Of wheat straw. The Paradise Flour Mills,
on the Tuolumne River being situated vir-
tually in the centre of 300, 900 acre wheat
field it is found both convenient and eco
nomical touse straw instead of wood, and
accordingly no other fuel is used.
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WIN, KLINE, JR.

The speed at which the work is done va
ries much with the practice of the operator
The machine has now been in Superintend-
ent Kline's Office but week or SO, and the
practice upon it has not been very great,
and yet speed of 26 words per minute has
been attained. This is more rapid than
the average of expert pensmen, and is full
ly equal, we believe, to the performance,
Of the usual telegraph operator.
A great advantage Of the machine, is its
capacity to do manifold work. If necessa-
ry thirteen copies Of any document can be
made at once on it, by adopting the usual
plan of manifolding common in tele-
graph Offices, which is by the use of alter
nate sheets of oiled tissue aud blackened
paper In this way the many "orders,"
ssnotices to agents." etc, required in rail-
road offices, can be produced with a vast
saving of clerical labor, and Mr.. Kline has
already made great use of it in this way.
The machine is very simple and not at all
liable to arrangement Of it's parts, but in
case such should occur any ordinary light
machinist can repair it readily. 1t is man
ufactuled by the Remington Company, at
lion, New York, and costs about Sf25.
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NEWSPAPER DECISIONS.

l. ANY one who takes paper regularly from the
Postoice-whether directed to his name or anothers,
or whether he has subscribed not-is responsible
for the payment.
q Ii person orders his paper discontinued he
must pay all arrcarages the publisher may continue
amount, whether the paper is taken fiom the office or
not.
The courts have decided that refusing to take the
newspapers periodicals from the Postofice or re-
moving and leaving them nncalled for is ppima fQcid
evidence of Intentional fraud.
Papers order to any address can be changed to
another address at the option of the subscriber.
Remlttanees by draft, check. money order, or reg
lstered letter. may be sent at risk. All Postmas
ers required to register letters on application
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A few days since was born in the City of
Baltimore, Nd, one of the largest infants
ever seen III America. The child's name is
Sam. He only weighs 6,29Goas pounds, OF
little less than three tons. So large was
Sam that it was found necessary to turn
him over on his side in order that he might
pass through the portal of his sleeping
apartment. His lungs are of stentorian
power, being the loudest and strongest ever
heard upon this continent Sam is an ex-
pensive child, his outfit having cost $3, 900.
HIS height is ten feet four inches, width of
mouth five feet ten inches. When weaned
he is to have quarters in the tower of the
New York City Hall. Sam was bell.
Near the classic isle >of Lennos, in the
Greek Archipelago, is the comparatively
unknown island of Agios Strait. The lat
ter island has lately been rayished by To-
Gusts, and the local authorities decided that
the pest was the result of witchcraft. Seven
Objectionable old women were therefore ar
rested for witchcraft and thrown into pris-
on. There they remained for several weeks,
while the locusts continued their ravages
undismayed by the punishment which had
fallen upon the witches. The authorities
having discovered that mild measures had
no influence upon either witches or locusts,
they were about to bury the miserable old
women alive, when the unbelieving Turk
who was the Governor of the cluster Of
islands Of which Agios Strait formed part
suddenly interposed his authority and re-
stored the seven old women to their homes.
That nominally Christian community
should undertake to put witches to death,
and that the intended victims should be
saved by a turk, is a curious commentary
on modern civilization.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-10

MRS. NORFLEET HAS ONE PLha-
wi SAINT ROOM, with BOARD: upon reaso on
abIc terms. Also, wants few DAG-bV.a "a n.s
Amply at 81 Main street. le 1V-os-
MISS C. C. TEMPLE, No. 2l9 Governor
lN strcet. has ono VACANT ROOM on frst
floor. and would be glad to have eight or ten more
MRS. DUVAL, corner Of Eighth ana
HI CLAW streets, has two very desirable Rooms
for BOARDERS. ie &c, AuM tno
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At Wabash, Ind, the other day., CITY
councilman traded an arresian well, LOU
feet deep. for steam fre-engine. The trade
was declared off, however, when the agenl
demanded that the well should be delivered
on board the cars boxed for shipment.
The writer of this remembers very wen
when Bishop CumminS was Mctnodist
circuit-rider, with salary not exceeding
500 per year and board.-Lynchour9 ne
publican.
During a revival at Green Bay, Wis,
citizen arose and asked to be forgiven FOL
having been subscriber to the Chicago
Times for nineteen years.
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r,,ovvYsvxp Yeox rsssr rAeE.l
ne -enorts the schools we'll attended, the pro-
fl dency great, and the discipline perez,

he ,enorts the schools we'll attended, the pro-
fiji dency sraat, and the discipline peflsa. !.
For unavoidable reasons the mee!ins y,
Aha Tescherss Institute has been postp0,nssa Gu
:srom February 18th, and due notice VIII W
given of the time Of its meeting. .f
The monthly meeting OF the teachers ~
Msnchester takes place February LAID.
LAND sALrs.-Daniei Is. Weisiger, hs9'
Yesterday sold Mt the courthouse tue a Ia,
yerest Of 4. II. and Mamie S. Clay 10 SUI
ac,es Of land in Bermuda township anu
number of let's on Tenth avenue between
HUI and Decatur streets.
PxusosAI.--The many friends OF 1eho
Gary. son Of Erasmus Gary, Esq. town cor cor
hector, will be PANIED to bear OF the rs a,ne
OF his violent death, in company VIE % 81. in
>comranions, ut the bands OF dcs horse
Texas. Mr.. Gary was engaged ond others
trading. and the report is tIat ~ "s''
were attacked and Killed by robbers
THE COUNTY CouRr.-Tbe February ssa ssI;s. ISa~
,r tIn Comfy Court commenced yes'efoa!,
InSpe William I. Clopton pressd'ng. NJ
business Of general interest was transaeteo
TIE JEFFERSON SociErY.-The jefferson
Literary Society meets tonight. interest
ing debate, reports Of committees &C.
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By Grllbbs s Williams,
Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers,
Eleventh street between Main and Bank.

EXECUTORS SALE OF A LARGE AND
FIDESIEABI,E BRICK RESIDENCE, ON THE
SOUTH SIDE OF GRACE STREET BETWEEN
FIRST AND SECOND STREETS, AT AUCTION.
By request Of the surviving executors OF Richard
Wortham deceased. we win sell On THURSDAY,
18th of February, at ~ O'Clock Z. d., upon the pre-
misses, the RESIDENCE situated ss above, lying
adjoining the new and handsome residence Of Jo-
seph Z. Winston, Esq.
xtcrn rooms, Of good size and well pitched,
besides storerOoms, &C.; also, q large kitchen anu
all the IL dCrn conyeuiences. and Will readily ad-
nit OF conversion into two frst-cas residences.
The lot fronts IS feet 81 inches, and runs back
$50 81 y feet to wide paved alley. =
Those familiar with city property will at once re-
cognize that few residences contain more thorough
provision for the comforlabl BILE accommodation OF Il
large family, and scarcely any enjoy so desirable
d situation The appreciation Of which latter advan-
tagc Is shown by the very recent erection OF five
rsy. class residences adjoining and opposite to this.
TERMS: AT sale. GRUBBS WILLIAMS,
f. 3.eodt1 Otd AuctiOreerS.
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BY N. NJ. Lee, AuctIoneer,
No, 1914 Main street.

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF VALUz,
" ABLE HOUSE MD LOT AND vACA NJ
LOTS At THE CORNER OF EESABLE AND
TWENTY-FIFTH sTKEETs;-In. pYrn5t,n n5Go9 81
two DEGREES Of the Chanccry Court or R1cnmona
entered in the suit Of Wilkinson and wife US. END
linger, sub-trustee, and oLs-one on the leth Gay
of October, 1873, and the other February oti.
1e74-the UNDERSIGNED, as special commissioners:
Will proceed to sell, on the premises, on rRlpAi
the 18th day of February, 1S74, commencing & at
O'Clock r. NJ, all that valuable REAL a,t a.
the intersection of Venablc and twenty httn
streets, in the city of Richmond, formerly occupied
by Henry Linkllauer, now in the occupancy OF A.
j. Byrre, Esq. - !,
plat which will be exhibited at the sale, and before
that time may he seen at the Office Of The auctioneer.
An arrangement has been made with Mr. Byrne,
the tenant, by which the purchaser OF inc mouse
will get full possession on the Sd day OF March
mexto The purchasers Of the vacant lots get pos
session Immediately upon complying with the
terms Of sale.
TERMS One-rourth cash; balance upon credits
of six twelve and eighteen months, the purchasers
giving notes with interest added for deferred pay;
ments and the title TO the property to be retained
till the whole purchase money Is paid.
H. A. ATKINSON, JR.,
AR. COURTNEY,
fao Special Commissioners.
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MEMORIAL PIcTUEE.--We have received from
Mr.J. W. DAVIES, Lee Gallery, a2o Main slree''
a copy of bis memorial picture OF the Baptist Hei-
rral Association of virgiuia-a group o. TWO nun
,,red and ,hir, -four ministers OF that oooS. ~ -
executed In the finest style OF the pno,osfape
.,,.r ~ his ,.rofession-Eiitor Richmond DIS
,,otrb December 25, 1878.
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'11crron sAa.Es-Fususe gays:

nfGH coNsTABL,Esss3 a sale p,o or Re
5.I1tE3s Nc.-.Hy virtue OF asG,e y, U,,,,ija
UNITED States tt,Tf15 issIn February 21st 1s74
At IL O'Clock a M at the sio. and Broad
hsas Seowine properly. to satisfy disf Roy a.
s In NV hands In favor of James y. Hos '0'
Saunders Il Yeager:
1mauhpe,NnJsSdth and without frames
SSNEHayINCiS, OiL-Ph1hIiAoSr
MtriIT DINGS, FRAMts.
STiOW-CASES, DESKS, &c. cR.
. TERMS: Cash. A. b. DUE SBShpn ..s,xcr
In"16t JACOB COIN, k Receiver.
DECElYERs sALE.-By virtue eoo OF f aa
II order Of the ited ssat,s 9 9aied February 4
9s74. viii, as receiver OF 9: .: fe gu O'clock
EHpiI1aY The 9Th day OF February, q. Ninth and
M at No 9O2 Main street. bet"re fi E ZOE sist-
r. " the entire stock OF Feurst q hia"iS'
c eMSKfse ard CHEWING TOBACCO
SHOWCASE,
LIQUORS, a.,
BARoFINTuREs, Sc &c of the premises may
lI na y - Tor sale at the same Tins; JJNGER
v. - - Receiver.
% 7 O.tds .------------
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WANTED. 81, 900 on REAL ESTATE three and q
n,,r miles from city, on u turnpike and railroad
property very highly improved and being I'm
proved every day with manure, &c. The above Is
half the assessed value of the farm Title perfect
willing to pay ten per cent. per annum for one
TWO. and three years. For further information,
address 49, G.,'' Richmond, Va.
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We are anxious to know how the Peters
burg papers would get along without the
Sensational items furnished them by Lynch
burg.-Lynchbur9 Republican.
"That's oae of those things that no tei-
lnw can find ollt.V
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ny Wellington GouuIu,
.,o,ccr and Real Estate Agent,
~ Eleventh and Bank streets.


,,erEES, SALE OF VALUABLE
h ng1I' ESTATE IN TIE CITY OF Rich,
,1,ID. On THE NORTHWEST CORNER Of
MDESVV' AND TWELFTH STREETS.-As trustees
CAM ,ssrs, Kent Paine & Co. in their deed Of the
~ 2ad inne 1866, duly recorded IN Richmond Hust-
Los Court we Shall sell at public auction, at the
Real Estate Exchange over the STATE Bank Of w w
ssommenclng at 12 O'Clock NJ, the remaining
REAL ESTATE conveyed by the said deed and
sill uDsold-ViZ !: ~
Those FOUR VALUABLE LOTS-Nes. 5, 6, q.
and 9-ocated rs above, having an aggregate front
of l15H feet OH the nCr side of ID Tor cary
street, rnnning back on the west line OF Twelfth
street 90 feet 10 an alley twelve feet vide. ~
Also the LOT in rear, 30x5S feet, fronting on an
omen court and having alleys on two sides.
These lots are located in an improving part OIL inc
warehouses; &C. and should attract the attention OF
capitalists and Others o,..o
FERNS: One-fOurth cash balance at SIX, twelve
ana eighteen months for negotiable notes bearing
seven per cent. interest, secured Dya trust deeG.
plat of The lots can be seen ut the otnce Oh the
onctoneer w. GODDIN.
H. K. HOWISON,
e,o11 1ea17 Trustees.
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TRANSFER PRINTING-INKs-lnyaluab to rail-
road companies steamship companies, banks, mer.
chants, manufacturers, and others. They are en-
during and changelcss, and win copy sharp and
clear for an indefinite period Of time. Having just
received fresh supply Of these Inks, we are pre-
pared to execute orders promptly and at moderate
prices.