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From Boston to New Haven.
CORRESPONDENCE Of the Richmond Dispatch.
New HAVEN, CT., August y, 1874

[Correspondcnce Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
New HAVEN, CT, August II, 1874.
will give you some account of my trip
from Boston TO this place. New Haven. and
Of New Haven itself. The road was splen-
did-a doube-track steel rail, and average
speed over thirty miles per hour. PQpua-
ton and wealth have done much 10 develop
natural advantages and overcome obstacles
to trade and agriculture. Along through
Massachusetts, we passed a good deal of
stony, sterile and rugged surface, unfit,
suppose, for any use but paying.stopes, l
concluded /; but every spot that could be
turned TO account was under cultivation or
in grass, and the yield Of hay seemed TO be
enormous. The greatest possible neatncss
Of til!age was displayed, and the luxurance
of growth and production was wonderful.
q succession of neat towns met the eye.on
every side over some 200 miles. A very tenn
perate and quiet aspect seemed to pervade
society in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Of
course we passed rapidly along, but l saw
only two drunken men in Boston, and none
since.
What beautiful valley Is the Connecticut
River valley! Every moment the astonish-
ipgly elegant scenery spread itself before the
eye, and second the silent exclamations of
What beauty" "Did ever one see such
beauty 'before~ / had no one to talk to,
but wanted nightly to say, " II these peo-
pie are not vain, it is no fault of the coun-
try" Much as have travelled, have seen
| nothing so beautiful before. In reference to
| business, was often asked by such as found
| out where I was from "whether business
| was as dull down at Richmond and Virginia
| as it is with us up here?"
This city Of New Haven will compare fa
yorably for beauty, cleanliness, and elegance
with any place Gifts size. The display ofgrand
old elms topped out anything in the way Of
shade trees 10 be seen in this country. Fa.
nous old Yale College is here, already ex
tensive, but now being greatly enlarged. II
has large wealth to back it. | have been
treated in the kindest manner, with more
attention than was agreeable to my very
plain tastes. VI
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FLOR this great. connfry that Bis slp1id Dsll
Take the facts and consider them e'an they:
| Hast? It would require no great ketcif1I
fancy for the traveller tu Yorktown to linz
|agine that be IS in SIT. Dom ngo. life To thet
one place isnot very uni Ike that ia the othsrs
The northern people could not baye made
them more alike had they worked especially:
| to do so. sss 59 9; 81 &
Let me do.1onor TO The nobIe# hite people
| Of this oppressed region. For fortltude and
| selfcontrol, under the most trying circun.
stances that ever fell upon an enlightened
people, they are not excelled anywhere at
this time of unprecedented trials and oppres-
Esion 10 the country.
But let us go from Yorktown--a place re-
plete with interest and OVERLOOKING with SAD.
ness. May there be o limit to It's decay ana
sorrow, and may it-oDce the scene OF Y ir-
ginia's highest and most refined domestic
life,- ere long be the seat OF content ana
prosperity.
The scene Of Yorktown, standing on one Of
1.-THE nobiest of rivers, with q capacious water
frontage 100 feet deep, only thirty miles
| from the capes, is but too faithful represen-
tation ofsthe social condition OF the greater
part of the Underwater region Of Virginia.
! The rich peninsular, once the land Of pros.
perity, refinement, abundance, and hospital
| ity unsurpassed on the face of the earth, is
now marked by apathy. uuthrift, and decay.
From Richmond to West Point the only
places marked by order and apparent inn
provement, are West Point, General (RooSY)
LEES farm, and" Fish-hau," the property Of
j. b. DAVIS, Esq, of the Planters bank,
Richmond. Generally things are getting
worse in the whole region. Fl. ~
Z To the Point we return. and find its occu-
pants-the Messrs. AsH-whose name avery
good and peculiar citizen pronounces HASH
very hospiiable, very obliging, always ready
to do kind action.
Through their ageDcya sea-going craft is
at our service. and We soon sail for that
grand feature of the Virginia map, Cape
Charles, of which will speak in my next
| G., s. T. G..
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The Raiiroad-The MeckIenburc Spa.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatcn.J
BUFFALO SPRINGS, August Is, 1874.


BUFFALO SPRINGS, August Is, 1874.
The receipt Of this mornings Richmond
papers containing reports of the meeting at
the First National Bank on the Roanoke Val
ley railroad question has given profound sat-
isfaction in meckenburg as an evidence that
you all have not forgotten this section. The
fact that such men as General Anderson are
now pledged to the undertaking is regarded
as most encouraging circumstance. l.. b.
Finch, Esq, has just arrived at the springs
direct from Richmond, and is beset with
crowds OF anxious inquirers eager to know
the results of his mission. There Is q gene
raj confidence that the visit of President Bu-
ford, General Anderson, A. L. Elicit, Esq,
and John Purcell, Esq, to Boydton next
month will result in satisfactory arrange
ment and programme. "And for this your
petitioners will ever pray !"
During the past week we have had two
lectures. Thomas P. Atkinson, NJ. D., for
merly Of DaDyiIle, undertook to discourse
on the difficult subject of Woman" If the
Doctor were not an experienced lady's man
his temerity in handling such subject
might have awakened anxiety. However,
our old friend got through oil right, and bis
hirsute adornments are perfectly safe. Judge
L IL. L az IA o''o S3ifCu 10 LIS
Grip Van Winkle," OF which it is enough to
say that 1t Sustains well-won reputation.
For the past ten DAYS we have had very
large company, and the visage of the gallant
Cobb, Colonel and Chef of Commissarat,
furnishes an interesting study in physiog-
nomy. As be leng'hens bis table he short
ems his face, while the beams of his smiles
widen daily.
DR.. Taylor, Of Brunswick county, is with
us. and is another medico added to the list of
those who testify TO the Wonderful powers of
litbia water. Now, Mr. Dispatch, there is
really nc CANNON about this lthia spring,
and the whole State may well be proud Of
its discovery, since 1t has already awakened a
wide interest in Virginia-east, west, north,
and south. Colonel Thomas F. Goode is
literally inundated with letters asking for
information. In all cases for which lithia
water is adapted its use has been found to be
a decided specific. and it is most, eXtraordi-
nary to witness how speedy are the cures it
works.
Hon. stanhope Flournoy has paid US a
brief visit. FL. w. r.
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Ex-ssovssn0x yGaFszl5,zlS on tsfasstsss
Policy and Rrsspeefs.

KOIaeY @N0 49, D6G6Sss
Ppm the Eew York sof1d. 15th.
For tie past week ex Governor y armotf
has been stopping at the Flff Avenue Hotel
Yesterday morning q IVa,rid reporter oD
Etained hts views on the political stu IL
lLouisiana and the feeling In the stste rezard
ling The third term. Ere ext Governor con:
Yersed freely on these topics he SAID thu
he had retired permanently from pol ties, and
| II BE could prevent IL, no nstderation viii
| ever induce hfmsto NEEDLE again with poll.
Etfcs In any manner.
IS w hat Is the feeling in your State regard
Ling the third term !"
. Grant, who is undoubtedly candidate
for reconciliation. will receive the support OF
the entire Democracy not only Of my State,
but of every State In the South wherein me-
gro rule and earpet-bsggers hold the govern
mental powers that is. on condition that he
helps them to regain the control OF their re-
| spectiye States.W
What do you think Grants pIatformWill
be ?o sst
81 don't know. In the South It is mat
ter of little consequence. All they want Is
bis assistance in Riding themselves OF negro
rule, aud IL he promises that, they will sup
port him not only for third term, but for 8
fourth and fifth term If necessary"
IS Are they SO partial to Grant as thatf
cit is not partially to Grant. The
southern people don't care the snap Of Sthsir
| finger who is President of the United States,
or who Is in Congress, as long as the home
governments are managed by themselves"
"What is to be the Presidents policy TO-.
wards the South in the future?"
"His policy will undoubtedly be one OF
Cancellation. He will prevent Federal inter-
ference at elections, and when be does that
you may rely thatthe State governments will
be wrested from the hands Of the corrupti-
BILE set that are now in power"
| "What about the cisi.-rights bilf"
| "Oh! Grant is, without question, op.
posed TO that and there be makes bit
with the southern people. have no doubt
that even should that bill pass Congress he
| would veto it Internationally"
| sHas not his opposition to civil rights
and his refusal to send troops to carry the
| Vicssburg election created favorable i'm
| preston with the southern Democracy ?"
Undoubtedly. 1t Is looked upon as an
indication of his future policy toward the
South, and If he continues to carry it out
he will receive their support. Any other
man who can guarantee what they ask will
be Just as acceptable as Grant. They have
no choice 10 the matter, snd will only sup
port the man who will redeem their State
governments from the hands Of the rascally
carpet-baggers and negroes"
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We beg to ask ofthe Wh,g at Whist sort Of
meeting the salary Of sa5, 900 was voted to
the president Of the Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio Railroad, and what sort Of stockhold.
ers voted II? Perhaps the respected 1cor-
respondent" referred 10 by It on yesterday
may add another obligation to that which
the public already owe him by furnishing
fhis interesting Information.
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Ex-CoMMIss1oSER OF PATENTS COLONEL S. S.
FIsBER AND Son DRowNED.-HGrris6ur
August l6.-CoIonel 5. S. Fisher and SOP, Of
Cincinnati, who were en- route to Havre-de-
Grace BY water, having embarked in q small
iron boat at Elmira, N. Y, while passing
through Conewago rapids, about fourteen
miles below Harrisburg, were drowned on
Friday afternoon. The body Of the father
was found below the rapids to-day, and is in
charge Of relative al York, Pa. That Of
the son has not been recovered.
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WELL SAID.-Professor JOSEPH LOWERING,
OF Cambridge, Mass, the retiring president
of the American Association for the Advance
ment of Science, said the other day In his
address al the close of the session for this
year, the nebular hypothesis will at least
answer the purposes Of science till better
theory is brought for,cdrd.3
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TnE CIvn-RrGaTs BILL. The New York
Graphic, like ourselves, infers that
Since the mixed school question is not
adopted in Washington, there is little likeli-
hood OF It's being tried in the South gene
rally. The District Of Columbia is the cruci-3
BILE of new theories, and any experiment that
can't stand the test there is Ia little danger
OF assuming a national character.
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espondence of the Baltimore SUM-

GOVERNOR Bow1s's WInNEBs.-Ex.Go-
vernon Bowie, OF Maryland, is in luck at
Saratoga, N. Y, this time. His horse, Cafes
by, won o second race Saturday fora purse
OF $500, free handicap for all ages, distance
one mile and three.quarters. Catesby won
by three lengths. Galway was second, six
lengths In front of CarYen. Time, 3:07l.
Picolo, another horse owned BY Governor
Bowie, won purse of $500, one and half
miles, the same day, beating Lizzie Lucas by.
a length, with Fadadeen third. Time, 1:56,
This time of Picoio Is the best for that dis
lance on record. Baltimore Sun.
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her own discords.
A CoRREc1IoN.-W have been reminded
by q respected correspondent, who knows
whereof he speaks, that, in answering an
article in the Dispatch having reference to
the salary Of the president Of the Atlantic,
Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Company, we
spoke of the amount as having been fixed
ard allowed by the Board of Directors of
that company. The fact is that the amount
was fixed and allowed by the stockholders
| themselves, in open public meeting, not q
word in opposition being uttered by any
stakeholder then present.
IL was a high.banded proceeding on the
part of the stockholders to venture to dis
pose of their own money without first con;
sultng the Dispatch! That paper does not
like such liberties to be taken WITH it.
Auams a. Co. may fleece the people Of Vir-
gina to the tune Of many, many, many thou.
sands, aud the faithful Dispdt2h has no com.
plant to- utter, but when the stockholders of
Virginia line spontaneously mark their
estimate of the services OF an eminent Vir-
pinisn who presides over it. that patriotic
On per is both outraged and disgustc0?-
Wing Of yesterday.
There is nothing in this that entities it to
the name of correction" No matter who
voted the salary. that salary was voted to an
officer whose public relations are such as to
make his salary and all bis oftici1I
acts fit subjects for public criticism.
The recipient Of this salary, exceed
ing in amount any that was ever paid
south of the Potomac, has so admins
tered his office as to do the public most Sc
rious Injury, and it was especially proper
that the inquiry should be raised how much
Virginians were paying the officer who was
in that way iniuriDg Virginians.
Under any view Of the voting of this sal
airy it was proper to discuss il, but it was
| peculiarly so under the facts of this case.
The controlling vote in the meetings of the
Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad
Company is given by delegates of corpora
tions whose acts are peculiarly the objects Of
investigation. They acted for corporate
bodies as proxy; they acted us agents not yo-
ting away their o,on money, but the money
OF the corporations they represented. Above
all, the people of Virginia paid two.thirds OF
! the money to build the roads now consolida-
ted under the consolidated president with
bis consolidated salary. They all have the
right to canvass the administration and man.
agement Of that road. They have this right
not only as still bearing the heavy burthens
of taxation to pay the cost of that road, but
they have the rights of consumers and pro-
ducers whose produce and whose goods are
transported by that road, which is held to
restrictions by law for the faithful perform
ance Of this service.
Therefore this correction" amounts to
nothing. Is it considered that this so.called
I" correction is to settle the question? II
so, it is great mistake. 1t is not at all per.
tinent to the case.
We would be happy were the Atlantic,
Mississippi and Ohio, or its manager, to
consult the Dispatch q little. We could
teach them some lessons alike tending to be.
nett themselves and the public.
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lFor the Dispaech.l
TnNDhSs
VIRGINIA AGRICULTURAL AND

MECHANICAL COLLEGE,
BLAcKsBURa, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, YA,s
August Is, 1874.
We, a committee of the Maury Literary
Society OF the Virginia Agricultural and
Mechanical College, have the honor to re-
turn to Judge A. b. Cochran, of Augusta,
in the name of the Society, their sincere and
heartfelt thanks for medal worth fifty dol
lars, which be has kindly offered TO give to
the best debaler of the Society for FIVE sue
cessiye years, and the Judge may rest assured
that If we fail to express appropriately our
thanks in words, that we will ever hsYe in
our hearts the deepest respect and gratitude
for his noble generosity. r. .. PURDY,
A. B. DAVIS,
D. w. LYNCH.
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LrxINGroN, VA, 14th August, 1s7.

LEXINGTON, VA, 14th August, 1874.
Editors Dispatch, Some correspondent
of the Dispatch has stated that typhoid fever
is very prevalent in this town. lean state
from the best medical authority that there is
no fever of any kind prevailing as an epi-
demic. and that there have not been more,
than three or four cases this season of typhoid
character. e. WADDELL, "a. ID.
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The cotton crops ia parts Of Louisiana
MississippI, Tennessee Arkansas aud Texas
aIe suffering from Z. long continued drought
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EoHo ANSWERS, WHERE p Where Is the
Dispdtcls's 81 gay and festive cuss0 these
bard times p Souahside Hsrgsnian.
Behold. 80
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MRS. II. +. WIGHT.
Saoot Island pos,-oGIce
au 3-d2aw1m&w1m GoOchlauu county v.

w ASHINGToN AND LEE USlVER.
w SITY. ViRGfSIA.-GESERAL g. ", q
LEE, President. with full corps OF professor, ,ni
assistants. Complete courses In the usual Academic
studies, in civil and mining engineering and in as
The annual session opens SGPTEM3Eg I7ru
1874. For further information or for cat,logas1
address WILLIAM DOLD, Clerk of Faculty
au S.2taw5w Lexington. Va.
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DR. VAN NORMAN'S CLASSICAL
~ ENGLISH, EREN AND GEeMAN
children, II, 73. and rs east Stxty-hrst. Central
Park, New York, Will commence It, eighteenth
year september "a, 1874. For full intor nation
Sc nd for catalogue. Address Rev. ID. &. VAN voa-
NAN. ILL.,. D.. 75 east Sixty-arst street, New York.
~ % TIN ThS som
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DOAEOKE FEMALE COLLEGE,
DAEvILLE, VA.

The sixteenth session begins September 2, 1874,
and ends June 2, 1875.
we invite attention 10 the course NJ s'n3y and to
the educational facilities of this institution.
Expenses for board and tuition vary between
1900 aud 80 rs. according 10 studies.
Full information gwen In the catalogue. for
which address S. w. & j. 7. AF ERrIf,
au S.eodlm Principals.
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WESLEYAN FEMALE IssrIyIrrr
STANTON. YrRc1s1n

SFAUNIUN, FIRCISLh
will begin It's twenty.afth session seo,sr,,
1S74-RHy. WIZ. A. HARRIS, d. ~ p.ost,l7,
with t~snty.three teachers and officers One ~
over one hundred boarding putgils frp,n as..oy
States: Faculty, buildings heiiih seen, ~ mssn
passed. Board and English tuition scpoly,s,c xa
$40. '''S'''c Year,
For catalogue, sixty -four pages, addre,a
80, WILLIAM a. HARRIS,
" 1f-uo AW0SVW Staun,6t ",
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FEMALE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE.
i 3O3 TWELFTH STREET. - he ninth ANIMAL
session will begiu 0CToBrH l, 1874. TIE Prin.
cipal will be assisted by professors and lady ,eae-
ers OF experience and ability. Besid-s the teyuiar
collegiate classes there will be preparatory ier
ment for ounger girls. For terms. &c, apply %
Z. d. PARliAh. A. ST.,
au 11-Tu&Th2w Princiual.
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PERSONAL.

DMINIsTRATOR NoTICE.-Ali per.
a sons having claims against the estate I ,ba 70
nc Snr setilement and those Indebted Win pNA~
call aud settle their respective accounts,
go - -. 80 j. N. BEFERiDIT..
Administrator OF Price Lucas, cecs'''~
an 1925
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NORWOOD HIGH school, :.
IN NELSON COUNTY, Va.
Ninth annual session opens September 90
1874, closes June Is, 1878. ,,.a,
Principals Wililam u. Cabsll, +. Key asays'
Robert &, Harrison, 81. A.; b. Peyton, u &c, u.
aud III. C., University or Virginia. For further M
formation and catalogue address lam
jy27-2m WIND. CABGLL, Sorwo'a y :"
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CLUSTER SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL,
~ within six miles OF South Boston, Richmond
and Uanville Railroad.
Il. OSCAR ROGERS. PRINCIPAL.
The fourth annual session begins 9th OF sepeIn.
Der, 1874.
Apply for circular-Black Wainn. post-ofiec,
Halifax county, Va. au 7-i2fawI ms~ims
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s L.osEL sreAsfoRDD writes upon both
sides Of the paper. OF course his letter Is
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UNIVERSITY lHUOL, 40. i09 Eighth
~ street.-The next session will begin THU Ss-
DAY, September 24tn, 1874. For further psrt.
culArs, see advertisement in september.
THOMAS II. NORWOOD.
anll-lM Principal
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II oCfJsT I,af B s1eanENy

1sliesArfesHA I.
ITI octJsf Dale AoaDElNiY
fHE slxTy,sTH sTsirAr. .r..,
s @;nss 3 an n u .as eSs.. =
sesiaF he fsgl s1ay !, -
othsf or fne 0rofaSfy usfosssI is,nis, nv
ls ta ~ a sta,e s'e g y sny school ~
the Principal, A ]. aHfsS,, sfsf.s
WYANTED, BY IA syIRG Iv1..---71-,
had three yesrs experience il tes,s.i ana haytoy
French. Musk; and Msthen, aiics ! sI " gaglisd
schpoI or prfyase family. Keferenc.-,S taa,ion hi
Address, stating nerrrs. ses ersnaasei
=. Professor r. A. Jgctt.y
a LADY EXPERIENCED IN Pr -
= ING, . graduate OF tAe Buckingham r.s aLh.
Its pmImy days. IS Stsirops ~ i;tlinin. ssqte
TON ASTEAcHEEi hR female coIIess.a stFrA-
NARY. Best references can b. given AsJ,ses.afak
\ ssIsJru4Fa~. TIeIk.n,,,HsR
RETHEL ACADEMY. the Iar1s., =
~ boarhag-school in Wfgiusc. p,en, s. sa nie
i9s husinsss Or 70. the yitgfaa unlversIIsssa
Pyactfa7t S9reytn1, Boo.-I,epfaa, 'o o,S lssrnlf
QraIhy, and has al introductory cnur.e =, Ists-
It's students arr offered PrizJ. &i.pJnr,5i.mt L1u;
University OF Virginia, the HasfIng,on ea 70 Tie
u mi and the Virginia ary iu ss Leg
twenty weeks, 10 ertrls. For. Cs,sioss,aao a or
address Principals. Bethel AcaGerny no., Sc c-
FauqUier cou0ty. Va. pysr,Gise
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FOR SALE.

TOBACCO MACa1NEKY FOR SAID I'D
Il PRIVATELY. consisting OF ~ GiS n5 For
BOILER. HYDRAULIC PUAfs. SHAPE s ~
pm rSsSs a. MILLs,3 box SCREWS. STEAM nlh4S,nr.
and pr eISSs and All articles Necessary Tor toS
fscture OF ping tobacco. apply al irtof''
fIfth street tetWeen Main aud franz 10. ,,s co.
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SCHOOL.

= OCTOBER I,ls74
A SELECT SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, in pse.s,n,
and healthy locality. twenty miles from Ricanopd
combining thorough obstruction with III. v,,c,r,
care OF home. The course of study comp,is.,
English, French, Latin, and Music.
TERMS lin advanced: For board an tuitiop. ss,o
year, or S125 for half session. THIS lne,m,.s :,
fuel. &c.
For further information. address
MRS. II. T. WIGHT,
Gonn III,