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The Express.

The number Of the cases Of hardship, De
lay. ard loss by the express on the Asian r
Mississippi aud Ohiorailroad increases upon
us, and were we to open our columns lull1
to them we should lack room for othei nut
tiers. But we hope there will soon We s, Nv
further occasion to criticise the Atlantic, MS
sissippi and Ohio Express. II the ielheu'
shall be introduced with the cxpeditlon ae'
handed by the necessities OF the puoie' 'uete
will no, be many days before there Is ces'
s.,,on If all complaint. We snail see.
One would think that in this day, when
.uch unprecedented facilities are afforded to
trade and travel throughout this Union, such
deprivation of those facilities as large pof-
ton OF the people of Virginia suffer could
not long exist. 1t has existed for some
time, and has been endured with uc-
examplsd patience and good humor'
But it's magnitude being once brought to
public police nothing should prevent us
early correction. Certainly corporation
which claims that it is par excellence the de-
fender OF Virginia interests should not long
maintain regulations that are transferring
from virginians to the much denounced Tor.
eiyners a valuable trade, and causing great
deal of inconvenience to the home popula-
ton which it has taken under its protection.
" Grasping and sordid foreigners " could
not treat Yirginians worse.
Every friend Of the Atlantic, Mississippi
and Ohio should urge that the best express
facilities be accorded by this Virginia rail.
road to the people Of Virginia. The man
agement should not rest until it is done.
This Is necessary for its good reputation as
veil as for the welfare of the commerce OF
Virginia. We trust that there will be soon
no occasion to discuss the matter At all.
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BAD AK i'm Houses.

TO the Editors Of the Dispatch:
Please allow u suggestion upon the article
on Ground-Air in Houses" copied into
your issue of to-day.
Ground plaster of Paris spread upon the
floors of cellars will completely prevent the
rise of any noxious gas into the atmosphere
of the building. The principle is apparent
and can be discoursed upon at length by any
theoretical agrieulluriSt. The agent who
sells ground plaster Tor any composition into
which plaster enters) for manure does not
assert that the plaster itself furnishes food
for the product of the soil, but recommends
it solely upon the wel-known fact that it
shuts out the soil from the outer air and
prevents the eXhalation OF the many gases,
which, while dele!eriCus to human life, are
the most nutritious food for plants.
OF course what the plaster can do outside
the house it can do inside as well, end the
neatest and most careful housekeeper need
not fear any injury for her floors even if COW
cred with oilclotb, as it has remarkable
cleansing properties, being superior to soap,
| soda, or any other article for cleaning floors,
paint, OF windows.
| Those who will try it will be charmed with
the sweet, wholesome atmosphere that will
pervade their basement rooms, and will soon
| tiud ii as indispensable an article in thei,
house rs it has been for years in that of an
OLD LADY, :
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TIN BLuxpzR N THE New ASSESSMENT
law or MAgYLANp.-Public attention has
heen already directed to the curious blunder
NV which the first section Of the new assess
ment law Is made to declare all the property
in the State which Is liable to taxation ex.
empt therefrom, instead of applying the ex-
emption to the excepted kinds Of property,
as was, Of course, the intention Of the
trainers of the law. The act as passed BY
the Legislature reads, "That all property,
real, personal, and mixed, Of all kinds and
descriptions whatever in the State, except
there followsa long list Of intended exemp-
lions, such as property Of the United States,
Of the State, religious corporations, &c.,
&C., shall be exempt from taxation for State
or local purposes"
The way In which the blunder happened
Is explained as follows: The section as ORR
ginaIly reported read that "all property"
&C., "sxcept" &C., "shall be ohargeablo Will
taxes according to the provisions ofthis act"
For the purpose Of Masking the enumeration
OF property intended to be exempt from tax
alton. and therefore excepted from the
operation Of the assessment law, cores
pond with the exemptions already speci-
fed In the general revenue law, chapter
4S3 OF the acts OF 1874, which had been
passed some days previously, motion was
made to strike out the whole Of the first
section az reported after the word "ex-
cept," and to amend by substituting tran
script Of section third Of the revenue law.
The motion prevailed, and with the effect Of
making the law read as has been stated.
The oversight was in striking out the whole
section after the word "except" instead Of
that portion Of the section only following
the word "except," down to the words
" shall bs ehargeable with taxes according to
the provisions Of this act" BY the motion
actually adopted these last vital and opera
tive words were struck out, and the act 10
made to express just The contrary intention
from that which the Legislature meant to
convey. That the blunder should have es-
eaped detection in all the subsequent read
ings of the bill in House and Senate
on the part OF the "committee on en-
crossed bills" whose duty it is to prevent
lust such mistakes, is scarcely creditable to
our lawmakers. The Governor might have
been expected to detect the error before sign
ing the bill, but as it came to him about the
end Of the session, with the revenue bill it.
self, and a great mass Of other bills, 1t may
be presumed that he took it for granted that
the assessment and revenue exemptions cor
responded. The mistake having been COM
mitted, and the Legislature having adj
journed without discovering the blunder, the
next question is what to do about it.-Bdlts-
more Sun. ...
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). "a ,r,,inct. III the. Auglo-Saxon race,
aiw,vs siralous sof liberty and restless un ~
der subiectiop, as shown on every pay ~
their history fora Thousand yeaIsi Canno o
ha convince hid associates that, taxing Nv
hronder illustration than the negro, race ~,
st,nct IA Al, ipexorable fact, which stalesInen
IGNORE at their peril, as we see every uay
Inst now the ciril.rights bill u Deio pre-
Congress. the most dangerous to liberty, III
n,nsf destructive to society, Of ali the n S:u
hrood NJ Radical measures. VIII tnas D .a
nasal Will General Grant veto It! Do tns
coterie propose to form their alliance WIZ. -
mower a. soon as that becomes la", NC
viii baye gone into that past wnIcn S thsv
be Judged without captiousness! ~ DIR.
nropose TO unite with Butler, WHO'LL 10
pahannock" mentions VIII .Doo;,,s of
and compete with thar Eu'.'p ,,,ter,
the age for the fsvors OF LIZ ~ the
and strive with him for the ieaos ,,ing dafsst
Radical party? to help Mr.. I on..bs canaI:
the great James River ana h \. nartinn;no =
TO mite with Hr. BoutWem ~ rtuane. com.
protective tariff to BACK ~. tne .rnansion, II
n'.,oo - ,h.se. then what, We ash, are tne
none md conditions OF the agreement
tellns ,ne.ns this new holy alliance on the
WIZ. ~ gentlemen who could mol vote lot
part par S 9, the accessory before the fact,
nut m, can form an alliance with Grant tne
oIs cinal. those blind guides, who "straln
at 40 onat and swallow camel"; who en-
az 800 the Radicals and become "partakers
18th them In the blood Of the prophets -!
what docs it mean! Are they converts TO
ths nolicy Of Dir. Ignis Fdtuus stephens,
wbo Ia lately represented by the
m nan.rs to have said that in the
FORK OF restoration no was willing TO
s,Ilnv the lead of Grant, or Hancock, or
K.m,er, And what does that meanl The
neopIe are In the dsEk. They want light.
Thev ace clearly enough that there are sigma
of disruption among the Radicals, and that
If there can be an alliance between them
selves and the West on grounds OF COM
MON interest and common objects they may
no.sibly oyerturn the tables Of the money
Changers. and drive them out Of the temple.
Bnt they do not see how it will benefit them
to strengthen the hands Of Grant, to brace
tho power or the Radicals. to prop
tho bank. of New York and strengthen the
foundations Of Massachusetts, factories. II
any gentleman or set Of gentlemen think the
people can be led in the dark along such \
devious and perilous way, they are mis-
taken. The people know that any such
alliance will be in fact = surrender.
And one Appomatto1 Is enough for
them. The alliance they make will be
with the West, and will be an alli-
ance not with but against monopoly Of mo.
ney and monopoly OF manufactures; and
therefore against the party to which Gene
ral Grant has attached himself The alliance
that "Rappahannock" advises will strengthen
the hands OF General Grant. The alliance
the people wish to make will disarm him.
AsaIO-SAxO6.
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The Aynchourg Vrginsan says 1t ex.
pressed its doubts as to the truth of the RI.
NOR that the judges of the Court of Appeals
had pronounced the tax-law constitutional.
SO it did. But We did not think-and we
arc sure the judges will not thiuk-that that
made the offence Of publishing such rumor
any the less. Nevertheless, as the N,gtnian
thinks that 1t made all the difference in the
world, we state the fact for its benefit,
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rrom Bristol ssnorai a1aHoHS - =
pross Denonncca. ~
,,...,,,,,,,dsnce 81 the Richmond DispatcnJ

DE018 bGASAu~'Sss'-.y. -, -, !. ~ II II
,rorrespondence or the Richmond p1spas era
io0ff''p BaIsroL, May 8, 1875 !,
Incarnation was received here to,a aassrs y.
tho arrest OF william Hensley, the mur n5h,n
.9e r a,ress Good, or FuIkesson to~nsn.R
81 Scott county, Va, about the is. OF are ap and
2So.' ,n,,rder was most atrocions one, , smu
T. ;s 70 be hoped that justice VIII DC ,al =
,.led out to the hardened wretch, WHO russ -
nnw IN the jail OF Scott county. Inc aIteSs
vas made on Saturday night about ss.o on
wv %As . mart, gentlemen who hsd been upon
tGe lp p for .ome considerable time sup,
.ne ,r as proved true, that Hensley was
apo oni somewh in the vicinity OF ms
boms He was found concealed In the mouse
~ . man not . mile from the scene OF tne
d murder. They are keeping each other COM
pN You hive the sincere thsnks Of our peo 60.
nile for your bold and outspoken structures
on General Mahone's so-called express. hich.
mond 10 losing thousands BY it.. could
1--WE you facts and figures to prove 1t were
f t. REQUIRED. Lay on, McDufl Maybe he
fGeneral hahone) will come to bis right
senses after awhile. boRDsH'
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Let Congress give those three millions TO
Louisiana, or to finish theiWAsHINeroS mon
ument in Washington city, rather than to
the humbug Centennial.
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..s.rza Aal .:zrsy.rlUEs.

E-LoOK AT TEE CROCHET EDGIFG,
twelve yards in piece, for 1se., worth Sc. pa
KARsEILLRs TRIMMINGS at rs, 80, IS, 40,
and SOC a pisoe-just about one-half tho regu-
lar prices;
The best sEwING-AACHNE OIL, in largo bot
Ties. at 5e.; r.
MACHINE NEEDLES for all Of the leading ms
chimes at 20 and soc. for paper Of ten
needles; ,.s
The new ssyls ROMAN GILT and sILvERHD
BAIL EARRINGS HAIR-PINS, and
SLEEVE and COLLAR BUTTONS;
LINEN COLLARS and CUFFS, With gilt ball bat
tons, ut 46e. set;
All Of the NEW sTTLH RUFTLEs At vesy low
pr1ss;
PEARL, oxYDIzsD, sTEEL, JRT, NICKEL,
PLATE, and SILK UTTONs in AL sizes;
LADIES' HECK-sCARFs at Use. worth 6os., q,
HSe. WORM zoe, huo q I0ko FAlstJ ~ oSS~,
71e, 81, $l.2g, and up 10 $2-speeial attention
Is called to a large lot Of dark shades at zoe.
worth 7oe.;
500 pieces CAsH's DoUBLE-FACED TRIM
MINGs at SOC. worth Give 1arraa: each
piece 10 contain twelve yards;
CAsR's RURPLEs Of all kinds at reduced prices;
RFAMELED CLOTH and IEDA-RUBBBR
DRESS PROTECTORS;
sATCHELs and BASKETS in great variety;
PAPER CUFFS for ladies-ten pairs IN box for
ass., worth SOC;
fun two yards long warranted
all pure linen, at 81, worth 81.50;
HUcKABAcK TOWELS at 81 go, 81, 1926, and
50 per doaep-all e1h aordinsry barsains-as
LEVY BROTHERS,
1917 and 1919 Main street.
Try ceLGATE's VIOLET WATER. my5
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MARRIAGES.

| Married, on the 25th Of February, ~ the Rev.
| Mr. Cheath,m Nr. WILLIAM Y. b. BARKER 10
Hiss MARTHA d. RICHARDSON; both Of this
cIty,
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!" a mixture Of diamond and silver" has
been discovered in Halifax county, says the
RecOTd.
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Mr.. sHERHAN's biil is n long one. The pro.
liability Of its passage ia its present form Is
too little 70 justify It's publication.
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@- LEVY BROTHERS HAVE JUST
received large additions to their stock Of
DRESS GOODS, including some desirable
styles orJAPANESE POPLINS at 20, rs, and
soc. q yard. mY5
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POSTAL RATEs.-The committee will also
probably decide to collect postage on all
printed matter by weight on its deli, cry at
the office by the publishers, and reduce the
present rates fifty per cent.-Phtlade!phia
Inquirer. IL.
fThis will be much better for all editors.
But let the country papers go free within
their counties rather than have the franking
privilege restoreI.l
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Toe good old fashioned four.horse stage
coaches have just been revived as means of
travel between London and various places in
its Vicinity. =.
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lssII,1MsR ssEsoars
WAX SPRINGS, BATH eof:s::,.
VIRGINIA
- ~ nsse iessed this celebrated wa.s,r, -.
a lssay 10 Ts,
Pamphlet q be had Of Il PrMrnsly,s days.
,e propsis,er eIksAs Rooms, saisiHa,s@ Co.
Teiseisph once In hotel. Nv"
t1es o9 81 A1ilbSro' depot, Ches,ns.,..e.. ,
nv Ism John L. ETsassSSkoa ts
-. = Praprac.
| WHITE sULPHUR SPRINGS
WEST VIRGINIA,
faness for i,a ALTEEATrvEw.rr,a
FIFTEENTH OF HAYhe
u..,- CHARGES 70 gULY IsI:
WeetIy! 80. '...'.'.''.......-..". SO 90
.. SSs nh xoi7ns o, 1vi1 AND g g.
WeeSiy. ..''.................. &c
Dessfiptivs pam phIets :; S. dino 90 y, dsI
mi ~ - s..sdas eEoRes L. rnY7os r''
SWEET cHALyBEArE SPRINGS,
ALIKeHAsY COUNTY, Va.
WILL OPEN JUsE1sr.
CHARGES for nle months Of June and ser,o,.
~ t .ne mohth '..............". 30 NJ.
For JULY and August: 90 per day.
1919 mSonSsy 70 90 ner.
With parties or families Wishing r. 90 per dsy.
for me sess99 saas!Sssory terms will be mad
COLONEL CHARLES 3. PEYiTH9sSs
QUFFALOSPRINGS, MECKLENpro.-
ANADDITIOtAL SPRING, decid SddTf ,ItY0F
ted with the celebrated Salts of Lin. nnpfesna-
hsff o Seep .SE 'hs Exception of visitors on e
In most Of the chronic forms OF disease rcv,,.o.
as remedial by mineral waters these spripgs sr,
deservedly high reputation. eu''s
In general adaptation and curative poyny 1, L.
eases OF women, In dyspepsia In lus prot.ap n Ms
In chronic intermittenI fevers. aud In all d.s.
generated by malaria! poisons. they are w;Ses; .
proprietor Is aware that this is very strens The
The public Will Judge II 1t besustained BY H. ,e.a
monisis submitted. y 1'' 'e'ss-
Since the last Spring season several y,,u,n.
springs hare beeR discovered at this place. Ups :,
them, according to ~ analysis made by Pr6s.:sns
Tony, Of Baltimore, Is decidedly impregnated Wig
the Salts OF Lithla," which has given such ceea
oHiJ 10 sue SeuySDufR spring In our own country
and TO The AK l. Chappelle and vtchy watrr. =,
the continent OF Europe, and which is 50 htgbII
esteemed In the nediea world IS a remedy Z;
xout, rheumatism. and In kidney and bladder ar.s
Eops. "-
Professor Georgs B. Wood, of the University =,
Pennsylvania, says: "Thers Is perhars NO o;h y.
remedy from which equal efficacy may be cyper.sd
In the removal OF the deposits Of the urste Of ssJs
In the toiuta and Harmonious tissues In rou,y na.
nens, and in preventing the deposits In the KID.
neys aud urinary passages"
1t may be worthy OF not that this is the onlv
Spring IN Virginia In which this salt Is fourd
other wise than the nerest trace.
Pamphlets containing analysis, testimonials g..
can be bad On application 70 Aessrs. PURCELL
LADD & Co., druggists, or Aessrs. WEST, john.
sToa & Co., booksellers, Main street. Richmond
Va, or by addressing the undersigned At Boydtop.
Va Zap 24-d&n4ml THOMAS F. GO0Dg.
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ESTRAYS.-Taken up on the 9th gsgfs
Ia instant by the subscriber THREEsE.N-.
COWS-two white and red and one o brindle-all
gtving milk. The owner or owners Will come for-
ward, pay charges, and take them away:
.-..., ?. C.LARUS,
nv S-1tx Tb!rty-sccond and Clay streets.
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zSTRAYED OR STOLEN iFR0MdN1,>
y my stable In Manchester, on she ,nighs ~
Of May lst, a DARK BAY MARE, OF medium
size, one hip little ribbed by harness. She tSa
very III st PAGER. lthral reward will be paid Tor
her return to me.s4Ii, .as5 A.tE.' HARRlSoN,s Z
my 1.Gt< Tenth street, Manchester. ;
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STRAYED from my premises ON the EESS
~ morning of April 2Stli, large REDG.Ea~
cow with 2 very small white star on her sor r.
thankfully received and liberal reward gisen II
TIMOTHY OKEEFFE,
INV 6-3ta 1929 Main street.
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Ing people, WHO'LL ucuau uCfc1 1CnIiS huoWu
until they magnanimously took him by the
hand, after he had renounced the Radical
party, and upon much more distinct un-
Outstanding than "Rappshannoeko - seems
10 think it necessary to have with General
Grant, who has not renowned Radicalism.
en- not the apologist Of Mr.. Greeley, for
whom voted under a. sense Of duty to the
country. But can believe The story l have
repeated, because Mr.. OConor character.
lied him with clear discrimination as among
the ablest and most mischieyous, but at the
same time among the most amiable of men.
Does any man believe that General Grant
could go crazy from such q cause? How
could Ee! How can man who is consti-
tutionally false to bis convictions have emo
tons profound enough to unsettle his rea-
son?
But those are personalities into which 1t
is not necessary to go; the people of Viz
GINA know perfectly well facts enough to
convince them that they could form no more
| dangerous alliance" than with General
Grant; for no one has done more than he to
destroy civil liberty in the United States,
and no one knows or cares less for civil
| liberty. II there be in !" Rappahaunock's y
coterie any one who has read craftsmanship
cannot such an one tell his associates that
under cover of law and amendments to the
Constitution liberty, SO far as legislation can
accomplish the crime, has receded six hun.
dred years? that we who pointed proud
ly to our Bill of Rights as the capstone
of Magma Charta are driven back behind
RunnymedeS that the three fundamental
articles Of English Liberty, whence ours Is
| derived, the right Of personal security, the
right Of personal liberty, the right of pri-
cate properly, have all been invaded, are,
in fact. overthrow, except In so far as they
stand by mere sutierance under the senti.
ment OF civilization? Cannot such an one
60 deeper still, and tell them that the "ah-
ance with power" which they propose can
never be ratified by the white people OF
Virginia, because 1t ia ccntrary to the spirit
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-05-14
THE RAILROADS
Important Action Of the Gov
ernor and the Commissioners
Proceedings to BE Instituted t.
Vacuate the Charters Of the
ReDeiiEous Roads.
Special Dispatch to The Sentinel.

MADISON, May 12.-The state officers
and Railaoed Commissioners were in con-
ference all yesterday forenoon. Tie
plans for action, which haj beef. matur-
ing for the last two weeks, were reduced
to definite form and shape 1t was decided
to commence proceedings at once in the
Supreme Court against the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul and the Chicago &
Northwestern Railway Companies, under
chapter 283 Of the laws of 1874, to
vACATE THEIR CHARTERS.
on the ground, among others, that they
were exercising franchise or privil-
eye not conferred on them by law. .iv..f
The Governor has directed the Attor-
ney-General TO reduce his opinion amrm-
ing the constitutionality of the law to
writing. This opinion will be published
at the earliest possible date. 1t will de-
fine clearly 4.l ~ s.rus
THE COURSE OF THE STATE AUTHORITIES.
in regard to the steps necessary to be ia
ken to compel the companies to conform
their their tariffs to those prescribed by
law. It will also call attention to to the
fact, among other thing, tia. agents can
be prosecuted for violation on complaint.
.et4
made Ivy private In ]ividuala to the dis
trict attorneys of the several counties, and
that complaints can be made before any
Justice Of the peace of any county where
the agent resides or does business, By any
party. Section 80 of the revised statute,
makes it II aT AAa ~ 9@ -
THE DUTY OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
to attend to tie prosecution Of their com
plants whenever requested by the magis
trate before whom they are brought
Itis understood that the Commissioners,
viii adopt the present Classification !
frieghts of the St.. Paul Railway for cen
| eral classes for all roads, SO far as sncl
classification does not Interfere with ~,
special clrims fixed by law, and that the,
have determined upon the rates Of eaci
road in June, 1879. az the .sr 19s-
M MAXIMUM RATES sss8
for general classes Of freight on the severn
roads, and this latter is newsreduction q
freights for general merchandise over III,
rates of last year, and it is thought will
60 far toward reconciling most OF th,
roads to the operation Of the law.