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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-08-05

The NSw AFRICAN SgA.-We have often
spoken 10 these 8 Minor Topics of the new
African sea, which will eventually be made
BY turning the waters of the Mediterranean
into the upper part of the great desert near
the Bay of Tnnis. It is q French plan for
the better protection of Algeria. The water
can be easily let in, as only narrow stretch
of sand separates the desert, which is low
aloWer level than the Mediterranean from
the sea coast. It will carry the French right
into the interior By water.
From these advanced posts, says the au.
thor OF the French report on this scheme, we
should watch the nomadic tribes OF the
South. The numerous and rich oasis OF the
Souf and the Oued, only nom:naily subjec.
TO us, would fall completely into our power.
Our colonization would extend to tue south
of Constantine as surely as 1t Is established
ON the Mediterranean coast. A benz 9cs nl
change OF climate is also not the least o.. tht
advantages promised by this bold seher ne, tbs
first step to the realization Of witch hal
already been taken, the Bey of Tp.nls having
been requested by the society to allow a sur
yey Of the country to be msI Bal!imor,
Gaelic.
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Our Little Bout.

Our Wing neighbor continues to pes away
at the Dispatch, and bits it terrifcally some
times. Yesterday it insisted that the D's'
parch had been "fgbting flies" Well as
the forcible language OF the Wing llnpresses
us with the idea, we perceive that we nave
been lighting flies"
"In this connection the Wing insists
mon It that we have been fighting flies"
while sharks have been "tearing this city
"(Ricbmond) and all Virginia limb by
"limb." Very true, especially with refer
ence TO one shark to which we have adverted
occasionally. This Shark is variation upon
the family. 1t is amphibious-a sort OF
:: lusus nature" Its tail is at Bristol, ana II
has two beads-one reaches Baltimore and
the other New York. This shark Is certainly
to be looked after.
Then the Wing compares to Dispatch to
the famed old JOHNNY HOOK who cried" Beef,
beer!" according to p. IHEERy, ESQ.
No y JcnASy was after his own beef, while
the Dispatch intercedes for other people and
fights for their beef. Therefore the Wing
misapplies its fresh anccdote. But the HOOKS
arc still represented BY their descendants.
They occasionally get bite and hook So
600 per annun fish. Hurrah for the HOOKS.
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PROPOSALS
GALE AND REMOVAL OF PENlTEA'
~ TIAkY OF VIRGINIA.

The undersigned, appointed commissioners 'ot
the purpose by al act Of the General Assem- ny a-
proved April 30.1S74 will ,eve sealed proposai,
to be opened ut q O'Clock NJ. on THU hSDal .'r
1st day OF October. 1S74. for the purchase Sn, IT,
Iuoyal OF the PkSFTE.FIARY DE VlEGiSA A.
The following are the provisions Of u; ac', "
which the proposals must conform:
..2. These com missiouer5 shall alYertlSe LOT pr
posais for the purchase Of the land and ouit.ins'
ana the removH OF the buildings ann tb= inniue'
10 somc point not less than five miles IRON 1e e"i
pgrate limits OF the city or Richmond; sali Pr
posals to stpulate for the suitable UaiidtDgs iof VIC
proper accommodation aud employment i 'uT pr ~
s0ners the erection OF the machinery, aha ~ ~.
means aud appliances that are necessary U as..
all the facilities Tor the operations OF le e.
tary 10 the same extent they al preseiI eAs: 1T
the State penitenutry; and provided iu.tnei, az 49,
no proposal shall be accepted which ihfoisfs
state Ia any expense over and aDoTs Tue pT rr
OF The sale of the land and buildings now u'cd '''
aud connected with th4 peuitsuilary.
'.3. Proposals Tor the removal must ue ei ,o ,br
on the envelopes Proposals Tor Eeno'ins a.
state Peu,tentary," auo. should D: ast"n "a
MED with AMI include map OF me 8r1Gntn,S, >.
plans drawings and specifications for The Dnt JIM.
10 be furnished in place OF ;nase ~ prem nnss
pied and no proposition shall be accrps,.Sta NJ
approved or by the commissioners ana fa'i'F' -
the Legislature .. It's next session.. ,,t,,sa
Proposals should DC addressed 70 INC unIes ~
NJ Pichrnon JAMES L.. hEIPEh;
- r. +. WTfHERs, u
LIN MARSHALL h." ~
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TIE DISTRICT AND THE FIRST NATIONAL
BANK OF NEW. YoRK.-A Washington dis
patch to the New York Times says:
"The indebtedness of the District to the
First National Bank of New York city, has
been satisfactorily adjusted. The total
amount was S46S, 900, " bicb, in point OF fact,
was legacy from the first six months OF The
first wear Of the administration Of the late
District government, for which no taxes were
levied. General Ketcham arranged this in
debtedness on his recent visit 10 New York,
which was on public and not on private bu-
siness, by paying s11s,O00 10 cash, and adj
illsting the remainder to fall due during the
fall mouths, and reducing the interest there.
on from ten to seven per cent. per anpnm.
His action was ratified by his colleagues on
his return, and notes of the old District
officials taken up and new ones given there
for. The bank is satisfied, the commission
ers are satisfied. and the ultimate results in
the full payment of the obligations will
doubtless be satisfactory TO the people of the
District. In addition to the payment OF
500, 900 for salaries, wages. &c, the commits
sioners have also paid $4,000 for interest,
and S494, 900 on account of loans and indebt-
edness, secured by collateral. In this way
they have released between 100000 and
800, 1000 Of the assets of the DiStcict held as
collateral"
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National Politics.

We find that correspondent of the New
York Herald. writing from Long Branch,
the summer home of the President, has been
cooking up dish of politics, from which we
take the following specimen. 1t will be oh.
served that the correspondent aforesaid cor.
roborates MoRToN's speech as to the posi-.
ton of the President on the ciyilrights bill
We bad supposed that President GRANT
would have given that bill quetus. Blu,
there is no certainty about his course. The
question arises is MORTON correct-is Gene.
raj GRANT in favor Of the ciyil-righls bill !
The writer says:
"Senator Morton's recent declarations
touching the loyalty of the President to
the Republican party are believed to be true.
1t is further believed that the Republican
managers resolved to trim their sales to catch
the popular wind, from whatever quarter it
may blow. For instance, long before the
meeting of the New York Republican State
Convention in September its platform will be
cut and dried, and visit from Senator Conk-
ling to Long Branch in August will be read
lily understood. Cheap transportation will
be the ticket of the Republicans in our fall
State elections East and West, and the plat
form embodied In General Grants annual
message in December, 1872, touching q
Niagara ship canal and certain trans.Alle-
Chang canals or railroads, to be undertaken
by the General Government, will hence
forth be the programme of the Republican
party. 1t was SO foreshedoWed in the reso-
utions OF the Senate on the subject at tue
ast session Of Congress, all the Republicans
md the western Democrats voting for the
resolutions. Hence the Republicans say that
Dur unity and the division OF the Democrats
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The RlOOdy ChaSn.

The Brooklyn Argus thus comments upon
the scenes at Round Lake and Sea Cliff,
which we have very fully reported:
"Thc Vineyard Bluff and Oak Orchard
are rot merely camp meeting. They are
that and q watering-place combined, ana out
side the limits of the camp such revelry as
Massachusetts law and custom tolerates Is
INDUCED in while on the blue waves OF the
Sound float yachts from all along the coast,
and pleasure craft from The massachusetts
shore and the adjacent islands.
But there is new feature in the camp
meeting this year, and one that promises not
only religious unity, but political and ma
lloEa! fraternity. Bishops and representa-
tive preachers and laymen of the great Meth
odisi Episcopal Church South are at our
northern camps by special invitation. Al.
res DIV they have been engaged in the Work OF
reconciliation at Round Lake, and now at Sea
Cliir they appear again. They are met with
the most cordial good feeling, and the gospel
Of peace and fellowship is preached with
line enthusiasm of full hearts, and with
a tervency and warmth which presage the
happicst results. The inspiring feeling is
contagious, and we observe that the southern
news papers catch up and copy the hearty
gretliugs Of these meetings, and welcome the
dawn of a nearer and closer union. The war
against rcscntments has been long in progress.
II bias moved slowly under the conflicting
agiations of political strife; but, under the
new impulse, and inspired by these powerful
influences, the era OF harmony will return,
anu a oneness of national sentiment will pre-
vail such as has never been known in our
history. Great disturbing causes are re-
moved. The brute force and resisting power
of two parts of the nation have been tested,
and each now more highly respects the other.
Add to this the union of the sundered
churches of the land, and the country will
appear distinct as the bi!l0Ws, but one as
lie sea- The flowers Of Internationally,
which veteran soldiers and mourning fela-
tiyes laid upon the graves of the heroes who
felt on both sides in the late war, Symbolic
this growing feeling of unanimity, and their
earliest fruitage viii be the courtesies and
amenities, the mutual confidence and help
funess which should characterize those Of
one household. Hands have been shaken
over The bloody chasm, and animeSities and
asperites will soon disappear. They cannot
endure forever, for they shame the best
graces Of human nature.'
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A PARLOR CATACoMB.-The Rome core.
spondent of the California Bulletin writes:
I" There is parlor catacomb ia town more
interesting because more novel than any
thing else Roman. Under the Capuchn
church is long room, with row of win.
doWs on one side looking out into quad
rangle Of the monastery, divided into seve-
ral small chambers that are fenced OF from
the aisle that runs under the windows, and
these chambers foored with earth brought
from Jerusalem. This astonishing cemetery
has been written Of much, and yet it is ever
new, and to me never tireSome. 1t is q
kind OF conservatory, so limited that when
monk dies u dead moEk is taken from
the grave that has been longest occupied
and the new body rests in the sacred
soil. The skeleton of the resurrected
monk is taken to pieces and bis bones
are wrought into some fanciful figure on the
wall. 1t is as if the bodies that are planted
In this conservatory spraDg into wall flow.
ers. There is no saint here; the place is too
light and cheerful for saint. Nothing but
bearded Capucbins who have spent their
lives in sight Of their tombS, hope to be thus
translated. An altar built of bones, before
which lamp swings in a chandelier OF bones,
whole skeletons totterlng in them, looking
as if they were about to bowl their skulls Ut
the heshless brotherhood opposite-ths is the
sort OF thing that cheers the old fellow in
the snuff.colOred robe who waits for me
to read the sonnets pinned against the
wall, and to make my little inventory before
seeing him at the door. Nothing can be
cleaner and sweeter-nothing joilier. Every
skull seems to be laughing, AS if it was all a
huge joke. The sun streams in upon the
roiceiess carnival; the wind ways the long
beard of one monk with his head awry-a
beard that needs weeding-ard great 1y
buzzes in at the window and out again.
Then think OF toe long sleep under the
daisies, OF the waving grass that seeks TO
soften the outline of the low mound on the
hillside, and turn from the grim hlmor
of these departed Capucbins with but one
thought. 1t is this: Were monk and
bad my choice, rather than sit in my shroud
With my beard in my lap, I'd spatter mysel
all over the side Of the house In perpetual
flash Of oSsfied fireworks"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-08-05

Tue VICEsDURG TROUBLE Washington,
August 3.-rne Presidents refusal to per-
NIT The interference Of the Federal troops IN
the Vicksburg (MlsSssippD municipal cleo
ton tomorrow seems 10 give general salts
faction to the Republican AS we'll US the De-
mocratic press. 1t is beginning to he pretty
well understood now that the custom Of
applying to'lhe General Government for
troops in every case of anticipated conflict
at municipal and State elections is ore more
honorcd in its breach than its observance,
and that these communities in the South
should be made TO understand that their To-
cal governments should control them, and
that the sooner they learn that there is no
hope of Federal interference the sooner riots
and tumultuous proceedings will cease. The
War Office had not up to 3 O'Clock this after.
noon received any further intimation from
Governor Aims that there was danger OF
collision and that troops would be required.
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The SCENE or TIE DUEL BETWEEN BURR
AND HAMlLToS.-T New York correspon-
dent OF the St. Louis Republican, writing
in reference TO the famous duel between
Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, says {:
" In all ancient or modern history there are
no two names SO inseparably linked rs these.
| thought Of this, and | thought also Of that
July morning, just seventy years ago, when,
in obedience to the demands OF 4 false prin-
cpie, Hamilton went out to meet his death
ut The bands of Burr. But few Of this gene
ration have stood upon the scene OF this ia
nous duel. Yesterday, prompted by an i'm
pulse which many will readily understand
and appreciate, | went in company
with friend to visit the scene of
the duel Mt WeehaWken. Tue spot is
historical, and the description of it
familiar to all. The topography of the
place is 80 changed that none would recog-
nize it now. The ledge Of rocks, 10 the mar
row hollow of which Hamilton stood. has
been blasted away TO make room for track
of the Erie railway, which runs along tue
river. The old cedar tree which stood nearly
in range OF Hamilton'S fire, and within three
feet of where Burr must have been placed,
stands there still. The TRUNKS not over
twenty feet high. There is but one green
branch upon it. This is the last year of its
life. Those who seek the spot next year can.
not be directed to il rs we were: just there
where you see the old cedar with one green
branch / measured ten PAGES, and my
friend took his place on one edge Of the shelf
while l stood opposite. 1t seemed fcarfulIy
near as we extended our arms US if they held
a weapon. was standing where Burr must
have stood, and he where Hamilton fell.
Neither of us felt that We were on hallowed
rrnund y
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COLONIAL RECORDS OF NIRGINIA.-We ac-
knowledge with thanks the receipt Of the
|" Colonial Records of Virginia." one Of the
Senate documents of the late session. 1t con-
tains the proceedings Of the first Assembly
in Virginia, held July 80, 1919; list
of the living and dead in Virginia, Feb
ruary 1G, 1928; brief declaration of
the plantation of Virginia during the
first twelve years, when Sir Thomas
Smith was Governor of the company; list
of the number of men, women, and children,
inhabitants in the several counties within the
colony of Virginia in 1884; letter from
Charles II. acknowledging the receipt of a
present of Virginia silk, 1GGS, and list Of
the parishes in Virginia, 1850. In 1854 there
were ,914 persons in the colony; soon after
there came q ship of Holland from the Ber-
mudas with 145 more, and also sixty in an
English ship, from the same place.
The work is tastefully and substantially
gotten up under the supervision of Mr.. R.
F. WALKER, Superintendent of Public Print.
ing, who has been so kind as to furnish Us
with il,
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THE ArroRSEY.GENERAL TURNED Up.-At

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TURNED UP.-At-
torney-General Williams arrived to-day, and
rumors are again rife that he will shortly
resign his Office. The latest reason assigned
for this is his dissatisfaction with tho COM
plications that have arisen in some Of the
southern judicial districts, and especially
with reference TO the expenses Of the United
States murShals' offices there, which have
within few years almost treblcd, as was
clearly Indicated in the report of the com.
mittce which Inquired into the affairs OF the
Western Arkansas district. 1t must not be
understood that the present Attorner-Gen-
eral is 10 blame for these increased expenses,
for the schemes of plumber were inaugural
led long before he came into office. The de-
feet is in the law, and although several bill,
were prepared at the last session TO remedy
the evil, none Of them became laws. Dir.
Wiliom>, il is said, does not at all fancy the
responsibility of settling this yeXed ana
complicated matter, aud this, added TO other
causes, makes hun DESTROYS OF being relieved
from the duties OF the Office.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-08-05

AN HoNoRED CITIZEN GoSB.-Norfolk is
called on to mourn the death of one Of her
foremost citizens. William W. Lamb, Esq,
Yesterday finished life Of action and of USE
fulness which had extended beyond the three
score years and ten allotted to man. Of one
so well known it were impertnence to pro-
nounce labored eulogy. AS merchant and
banker, as chief magistrate of the city, and
as director of our schools, he served the
city and State and in that less public but
perhaps higher life of father, citizen, and
Christian gentleman, his life spoke day by
day and year by year as no mere words of
praise and vain regret could speak, Norfolk
Vlrgintan. .....e
We take this to be the father of Colonel
William Lamb, the gallant soldier of Fort
Fisher, 80 we'll known in the commercial
circles of the State, and as the active and en-
ergetic Virginia agent of the Allan line OF
European steamers.
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LAWYERS CONVICTED YOUTHFUL Kid

LAWYERS CONVICTED YOUTHFUL Kid.
SAPpER.-Ne,u York, August 3.-GiIbert f.
Ruisbeck and Charles Ii. Bertrand, New
York lawyers, indicted and convicted OF
conspiracy to defraud the Gardner heirs,
Brooklyn, out of valuable estate, were SEN
fenced at Newark, n. j., to-day, to two
years in the State prison and tine of 500
each and cost of prosecution.
A few weeks ago youth named Lush,
aged twenty, abducted little girl aged eight
wears from her parents, in Orange county,
N. j., but returned her safe the next day,
and would give no reasons for taking the
child away. He was arrested and indicted
for kidnapping, pleaded guilty, and was sem
fenced to day to one years imprisonment.
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FR1GHrFUL LEAP OF A DRUNKEN MAN

FRIGHTFUL LEAP OF A DRUNKEN MAN.
ISt. Louis Republican. The fourth inten-
tional Jump from the new bridge across the
Mississippi occurred at 3 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon, and caused quite sensation on
the levee. A German, about thirty-seyen
wears of age, passed from the west to the
east end OF the bridge in company with an
other man. On arriving at the east pier the
German WINS seen TO climb upon the railing
and jump off into the river, ninety feet be-
low. The hundred or more persons that
were upon the bridge at the time rushed to
look over the south side and 10 see the man
drown, but fortunately a skif was being
rowed by, and the oarsmen went 10 the res
cue of the German, and after severe strug-
Gle succeeded in dragging him into the
boat, and carried him to the western
shore, where large crowd soon gathered
to see the man whom they supposed
to be dead. Policeman Hays, Of the Sec
ond District, took charge of the half
drowned man and conveyed him to the City
Dispensary, where the physician examined
him and found that he was too drunk to sus-
tain any serious injuries, and Instructed the
officer to lock him up in the Four Courts
caiaboose. When asked why be had jumped
oil the bridge be, in ludicrous broken Eng
lish. explained that the man in whose COM
pany he was crossing, the bridge, dared him
for $40 to jump off into the river. He was
not going to be dared by anybody, so be
goes over the railing and jumps Of. His
head was covered with mud from the bet
tom of the river. he seemed to be very an.
cry. because he got SO wet and muddy, and
because he was prevented by the policeman
from collecting the $40 that he. had won.
The man gave his name TO the police as John
PIei tierdeckel,4 q laborer. He will be re-
leased from his imprisonment this morning
il he is sober enough and not found to be ln-
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ARREST OF A BosroN MURDERER IN IRE
LAHD.-The State police of Massachusetts,
have information that Thomas Cahill has
been arrested in Ireland, charged with the
murder of Bridget flanagan, a servant girl in
Dorchester district, on the Sd of December,
1873. CahilI is held to await the arrival of a
reauisition from the United States Govern
ment, when he will be brought back to Bos-
ton. Cahill was living at town called Car
rapulla with bis father, and il appears had
been accused by people in Ireland OF commit
ing the identical murder, which accusation
he met With great deal of talk.
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SUDDEN DgATH.-Lewis Coleman, colored

SUDDEN DgArH.-Lewis Coleman, colored
man, who lived at No. 1401, Leigh street,
Butchertown fats, died on Monday rather
suddenly. He was taken sick the Gay before,
but his sickness was not considered serious.
His wife, it is said, had been arrested on a
former occasion for putting pulverized glass
into some ones vctuals, and the knowledge
of this fact threw an air of suspicion on
Lews's death. The services of the coroner
were therefore called in, but after going to
the premises and hearing all the facts in the
case, he concluded that an inquest would
hardly be necessary, being satisfied that the
man died from natural causes.
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DEATHS.

Died, on Tuesday afternoon, 4th inst, CHARLES
MORE. grandson Vi the late VIII
La Allison. In the twent! fourth year OF hAs age
HIS tuner al will take place from the BroaI-street
Methodist church This AFrERNooNatao O'Clock.
Died, on the morning CT the 9TH lnstsns. HEM
RIEaTA r., wife OF Wyndham II. Rcdiord, Ia the
twenty -hrst ear or her age. n,,x
Fer funeral viii take place HIS AFTERNOON
q, o clock from the second Baptist church.
Friends ard acauaiutances OF the family and Of
Robert and Jofu BEDFORD are respectfully Invited
To attend. ~
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on cheap trans norta.io1 (the president oeing
heartily y lib Us and our pioneer) VIII carly
ia handsomely through these coming eiec-
lions.
-. Meantime the President, at his cotfage
BY the seq, does, not appear TO care button
~ to the probable issues anc results OF those
coming elections. And he is in position
IN which be can safely remain in bis tent,
and let the Greeks against the TroJans 40
the best they can without him."
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( IMPORTANT TO CONN h re- Al
TRAVELLERS.

COMMERCIAL TRAFALLEES.a WIZ isr,
ORDERS by 1CARi), CATaLoGCG, TIKI, ,bo,s
SAMPLE OH. oThER SPnClMEs, ~ ~ our.
etS.ses mad. DIRECT FRttA sroGh. siss ,ny
srayef la any section. by ksa or B2ss: n,ioi.
class Of goods, arg reauestess ~ sepa i,is s;a!.
Ing cas- OF goods they sell, aud ey "a!ts sr no
nioy ed |: also tnose who ar at present eaT M
engagement. This tnstter ~ OF aa.'r.a Of
PIX "a NEE INDIVIDUALLY 10. sa'ss s.,a"ner,
ihis cisss on men soliciting trade In hi, w.. no.
IN b fhersfore ESPECIALLY desired ,iit - Tray.
lice may meet the eyes OF ALL CommsIt,n. mt ihey
oilers and statesmen IN tails eouslfS, aS"T ho,e who
comply with aOoSe request will be ~, in view.
TlAI.L Y treated and duly advised OF eDl's'
Please address 10y t.ttsr oaly rroS.
! 's-''.3-''-2 CO-gPERAfipSS,s
Care OF Geo. p. Rowen s Co, Al fasyy e,s si,r-
~ S.aolt