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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-05
STATE NEWS.

The editor of the Russell Progress is
named Irons. His writings have a metallic
squirt.
&C. W. Meyers, of G~ordonsville, is
making white oak chairs for the Partisan
market.
The Alexandra Sentinel dominates
Colonel John s. Mosby for member Of
the next Congress from the Warrenton
district.
In the trial of John W. Cole, for the
embe2zlement of funds as postmaster at
Pittsylvania Courthouse, the jury were
unable to agree.
Gregory, of the Index-Appeal, has
been defeating his fellow citizens of Pc
tersburg by his acceptable forensic efforts.
Gregory is an editorial trump.
-Ex-Governor William Smith is &C.
lively engaged in his farming operations
in Fauquier, and, like Cincinnatus, is as
happy in these pursuits as when governor
of the state.
Waite, Miller K Co., one Of the two
leading commission and purchasing houses
of Culpeper Courthouse, has temporarily
suspended with heavy liabilities. They
will soon resume.
In the contest of G. Y. Thomas, Re-
publican, of Henry, VS.. Davis, Conserva'
tive, for o seat in the U. S. Congress from
a Virginia district, the committee have
agreed to report in favor OF Thomas.
DR.. Landon G. Garland, q native Of
Nelson county, and at II time professor
Of mathematics in Washington college, is
chancellor of the Vanderbilt university,
now being built near Nashville, Tenn.
Excursion trains from Harper's Ferry
and H~arrisonburg, on Sunday morning,
brought two or three thousand colored
people to Winchester-the Conference oil
the colored NJ. f. church being the attrac-
ton.
DR.. Harvey Howard, president of the
Citizens National bank of Charlottesville is
dead, aged 80 years. He was a native OF
Montgomery county, Maryland. and at one
time a professor at the University of Vir.
ginia.
In the Wytheyille circuit court in the
case of Preston vs.. Stuart, Buchanan and
Company, involving the possession of the
Salt Works, valued at $500 900, Judge
Keith has rendered a decision in faver o
the defendants upon every point raised.
In 1881. during the Revolutionary war
Colonel Tarlton, of the British army
made a raid on Charlottesville in hopes o
catching Thomas jefferson, then governor
of Virginia. Jefferson escaped to the
mountains, accompanied by a faithful ser
want. The British colonel, however, re
gained possession of $500 Hessians, who
were held as prisoners by the Americans
in that vicinity.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-05
MISCELLANEOUS. .

Prayers were said in the London
churches yesterday for the safety of the
Ashantee expedition.
Preparations are being made for a mon
ster demonstration in Hyde Park, London,
March 10, in favor of amnesty to incar-
cerated Fenians.
George Bancroft, United States Minis.
ter at London, issued invitations Tues
day for a grand banquet in celebration of
the anniversary of President Grants in
auguration.
The investigation committee ofthe Penn
s"ylvania Legislature have made a report
which duplicates Messrs. Dimmick and
Kreiter in an attempt to obtain money
from the banks.
In Philadelphia yesterday afternoon,
during the progress of a stone fight, Henry
Haigh, aged fourteen, was shot and in
| stantly killed. A boy named Wilkinson
who fed, is believed to have committsc
the deed, which is thought to have beer
accidental.
In the district court at G%anktown, Da
kota, the case Of j. j. Wintermute, indict
ed for the murder of General McCook
was called on motion of the prosecutin
ATTORNEY, III d LoIlC piooCiut Nh'Sh w"
granted by Judge Shannon, on the groun
that the action of the former grand jur.
was illegal, and that the defendant was no
present at the time of challenging Of tn
jury. The defendant was admittedto $50
900 bail, to await the action of the nel
jury.
James Dwight shot and MORALLY wount
ed William Mclaughlin, at the clut
room of the Bunker Hill Yacht club,
Charlestown, Massachusetts, last nigh
Dwight attempted to commit suicide, b,
failed. He was arrested.
AL legations of venality and corruptic
made against members of the New Jerse
Legislature of 1873 by Mr.. Watson, pres
dent of the Erie railroad, are to be inve
tigated by a special committee of the pr
Legislature.
Israel Rosenbaum, arrested in Montre'
charged with having fired his house in Ne
York, and who was given up to the Unit
States authorities, has been lodged in t
: Tombs to await trial on the charge
arson in the first degree.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-05

SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS
The following business was transacted IN
this court to-day
Blair VS.. Commonwealth ; fully argued
by Major Robert Stiles for the petitioner,
and the Encouragement, and submitted.
HALLS ex'T vs.. Smiths admir-. Sub.
mltted.
Robinson VS.. Rogers, second auditor
return Of Second Auditor TO writ of man.
damus received and ordered to be filed.
Boiling VS.. Lessner; appeal allowed
from q decree Of the circuit court of Eau
quier county.
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad COM
pany VS.. Gilbert Elliott and ais decree of
the supreme court Of the United States af-
firming the decree of this court received
AID ordered to be entered.
Frank W. Christian, esq, of this city,
was admitted to practice as an attorney in
this court.
Davis, AISLE vs.. Knight petition for re.
hearing presented.
S%trange's admir- VS.. Perkins, and Bells
admir- vs.. Bell and ais sent to the foot of
the docket.
The following ten cases will probably be
called and disposed of tomorrow, viz:
Garth vs.. Jones and ais: Beckham and ais
VS.. Bolts, &C.; Overton VS.. johnson ;
Fowle, Snowden & Co. VS.. A. and W.
Railroad company ; Harrison's ex'ors vs..
Prices ex'or; Cooke vs.. Lewis Mus
groves admir- vs.. Musgrove and ais New
ton vs. Boulware's ex'or; Richmond En-
quirer Co. VS.. Watts & Co. Hawley VS..
Twyman, trustee.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-05

PROF. GEORGE FREDERICK HOLMES,
professor of history and literature at the
University of Virginia, will lecture tonight
before the Young Mems Christian Associ,
alton. His theme will be 1.-THE Romances
Of the Round Table" A suggestive one.
DICK JoHNsoN-not he who killed
Tecumseh, but another man-has been ar
rested for obstructing the York River
railroad by confiscating its spikes. john
sons gun was spiked by the active inter-
position of Detective Cauldock and Police
man Rend.
A RUMOR WAS EXTENSIVELY PREV.
ALENT YESTERDAY that the president
and cashier of a of q lately active down
town banking institute had been arrested.
1t is believed that the institute referred to
has permanently gone up the spout, but
we could not trace the above rumor to a
reliable foundation.
Mr.. j. W. AIKEN, of South Carolina,
a member of the National Executive COM
mittee Of the Patrons of Husbandry. de-
livered an address last night in the old din.
ing-room nf the Exchange hotel, explain
ing the objects of the Patrons of Husband
ry. Ex-Governor Walker and other well
hiO"h SSpSiShSh "CIC pItStllls W.T..
Aiken's effort will do much to popularize
the order in our midst. His speech crea-
ted q marked impression.
THE OLD DOMINION CLUB, composed
Of stalwart, able bodied citizens, strangers
to fears Of impending danger, is putting on
its war paint. The toot-horn for the gath
ering Of the clans has been sounded, and
its resonant echoes are even now resound-
ing in the Creek Nation and parts adjacent.
There is game afoot, largess of city offices
and accompanying greenbacks afoat, to be
gathered in at the May election. 1t hasten
eth this way, and the soul Of the average
0. d. c.. thirsteth for the fray.
SEVENTEENTH STREET, from lust
above the Old Market-house, for a
distance of six or eigh, squares, is
now very much diSintegrated by the
efforts Of the city hands, who are
laying down a new culvert in a fifteen
foot ditch. Persons who may see the many
laborers delving daily with their sharp,
shining spades in the bowels of Butcher
town at the point referred to will enjoy a
feeling of proud dissatisfaction in Witness
ing the rise Of real estate in Richmond.
1t rises out of that prolonged hole with the
speedy alacrity Of creased batter-cakes off
O hot griddle.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-05

Holt, sentenced February, 1866. by Judge
William II. Lyons, of Richmond hastings
court, to 10 years for feloniously shooti' g
Policeman James M. Tyler; Amanda Cole
man, sent by Hanover county court, March,
1873, s years for infanticide ; George W.
Samuels, sent by hastings court of Rich
mond, February 4, 1874, three months in
Jail.
The Governor to-day appointed Hawes
R. Sutton esquire, attorney at law, of this
city, anotary public for the city of Rich
mond ; also W. R. Trigg the sane.
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Items.

JAMES 2. COWARDIN, Of this city, lee
tured in Danville last night before a large
audience.
A CALLED SESSION of the State Grange
of Virginia, will be held in Richmond on
the 3lst of March.
G. l.. MCINDOR, Of Danville, and
Philah A. Noise, of Richmond, were mar
ried last night at st. James church.
THE VIRGINIA PEOPLE are now pay
ing more attention to pulling fish out of the
water than stocking the same with the iinny
tribe.
THE LADIES Of the Second Presbyterian
church are concerning measures for fur
nishing their church edifice with a new
carpet.
THE CHANGERS have invaded Rich
mond. Fairfield grange meets in the
sherift's Office this evening to indulge in
vegetable remarks.
The "Colver Institute" formerly Uni
ted States hotel is undergoing repairs and
repainting inside. The exterior is also to
receive a coat of paint.
TIE ROCKBRIDGE CITIZEN has an ar
ticle on g Richmond spring trade" accom-
panied by about an hundred advertisements
of business houses here.
The RECENT RUNAWAY HORSE INCL
DENT in this city is travelling the rounds Of
the Virginia papers as "a narrow escape
and remarkable rescue"
MESsRS SNYDER & Co., a Richmond
iron firm, have recently successfully COM
pleted castings for a cupola for the new
courthouse at Greensville, n. G.
BRADFORD's ''ROAD-sIDE INN" on
Franklin street, has been purchased by
Colonel Parker Westcott and reftted, tc
be opened by HIM as a pubic house.
FROM THE MANY CASES OF INFANT
ICIDE constantly occurring in our city
: the conclusion is forced on a body tina
that species of crime is not in its infancy
here if its victims are.
N IS GRATIFYING to learn, as we d.
from @ contemporary, that during the sum
mer Everybody is going to build" W
hope that the structures will be more sub
%stantial than ~''castles in the air."
s AN ARCH is called for over Shocko
u creek from Franklin to Broad street. ]
e has been called for the last fifty year
s regularly. 1t would add four acres
valuable space in the heart Of the city.
GOLD GRIMES IS DEAD" says til
; mourntul words of ancient Byronlc odt
but it did not refer to Grimes, of Charlotte
10 who is in the penitentiary. Of this larct
nous individual it cannot now. be sal
u ut is we'll"
9, THE WEEK OF PRAYER for the co
20 leges recommended by the General A
" sembly Of the Presbyterian Church Wi
) brought to aclose last night at the Grac
street church. Rev. W. II. Rutfner mac
co an address on the occasion.
of A MEETING of the citizens of Ric
to mond Of Irish birth or descent will |
lat held at Cathedral Hall, on Marshall stree
of tomorrow evening at 81 o'clock, for t
TO- purpose Of making arrangements for t
celebration of St. Patrick's Day.
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ITEMS.

1t is remarked that Lent don't di'
minish the free lunch attendance.
The weight Of press opinion ridlcules
the woman's anti-rum fight.
New Orleans was very immoral dur
ing the carnival. Nashville ditto.
New York has a thieves Quitting
house. All business strictly cash.
Collector Simmons declines a public
reception rendered by his Boston friends.
In New York the city pays for gas
$25 each lamp. Philadelphia pays $40.
Striped suits of a durable pattern have
been provided all the masked burglars OF
New York.
Hon. Stephen Salisbury, of Worcester,
Mass, has subscribed $4,000 toward the
Agassiz memorial.
"A conference of Home-rulers was held
i'll Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday. The lord
mayor of the city presided.
The city council of Montgomery,
Ala, has repealed the municipal law tax
ing drummers selling by sample.
Joseph Medill writes that Paris differs
from Chicago in that prolonged courtshlp
is not tolerated in the French capital.
-"Where are you going?" asked a lit
tie boy of another, who had slipped on an
icy pavement. "Going to get up!' was
the blunt reply.
Judge Brady declines bail in the case
of Policeman Leahy, of New York, who
shot Mcnamara, until the grand jury fixes
the grade Of the offence. .
"A twelve-year old son Of Mr.. David
Smith, of Davidson county, N. C., is suffer,
ing from an attack Of hydrophobia, caused
by being bitten by a cat in an effort to sep
arate a pair while fighting.
An editor, who has INDUCED in heavy
lie insurance, is said to be followed
whenever he goes a fishing, by several in
surance agents aftectionately bearing life
preservers and umbrellas.
mo party says the Boston Post
sever revived before as the Democratic
party is reviving.' That is so. And if
keeps on with its revival it will shortly b
buried beyond the hope of resurrection.
An advertisement in a Philadelphi
paper is headed "Heart Hunger, !" an
goes on, 1.-THE heart hath hunger as tn
body hath :; the cure for the latter is
: dllu Jucu BOCo VII W pull oOiiCpotJ D Nlopl
ing house.
! DR.. Louis A. Sayre, a distinguish
surgeon of New York. has examined tn
bodies of the Siamese twins, and expresSt
the opinion that they could have been SCI
, , arated during life with perfect satet,
= when doctor differ" &c.
4 Even the most beautiful women wi
v live long in Washington, " says an e!
! change, ''lose their personal charms"
a that were not the case Washington won
be so overrun with women that there wou
not be time. inclination or room for t
transaction of public business.
l. "A law passed in 1886, and which h
D. never been repealed, just discovered
Washington, provides that the depa
t. ments shall be kept open nine hours T
1t day, instead of six, as is now the rule a
it is suggested that S2,000,OOO a year m
IN be saved to the government by enforcl
ls
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-05

QUEENS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY,"
Messrs. Potter & Coates, publishers, book
sellers, and importers, of No. S22 Chest
nut street, Philadelphia, have In press and
will soon issue an elegant edition of Mrs.
Ellett's "Queens of American Society"
The volume will be printed on large
toned paper, with thirteen steel engravings.
In addition to the value of the letter press
it will equal in style of binding and me-
chanlcal excellence any volume ever issued
from the press. 1t will be sold only by
subscription. This firm will also soon
issue a new illustrated freside edition OF
the "Waverly Novels" to be completed
in twcnty-three volumes, with forty-eight
steel illustrations.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-05
A PARIS naper saws that a subject @

A PARIS paper says that a subject of
remark at st. Petersburg on the marriage
of the Duke of Edinburgh, was the absence
of the Princess Louise and her husband,
the Marquis of Lorne. The motive was
simply one of conjugal dignity. The laws
of etiquette do not permit a person who is
not of royal blood to be seated at the En-
peror's table ; and as the Princess was for,
| ced to witness that modification at Berlin
she would not expose the man whose nam
she bears to a recurrence of it.
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Anxiety for an Overdue Steamer.
WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON, March 5.-The House is
voting on the banking bill, having reconsid-
cred the prior vote rejecting it. It vii
probably pass.
In the Senate Mr.. Bogy introduced q bill
for the improvement of the mouth of the
Mississippi river. Referred to the com
merce committee.
MIR. Cushing toTestify.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-The judi
ciary committee has summoned Mr.. Cush-
ing to testify in the Durell case.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

NT~ CARRIERS GENERAL "a: CO I'LL
RAILROAD TICKET-OFFICE AND BAG
GAGE EXPRESS.
THROUGH TICKETS to all principal points
NORTH, SOUTH, EAST and WEST via ALL
RAILROAD and STEAMSHIP LINES.
BAGGAGE CHECKED from hotels and
private residences TO DESTINATION on all
tickets sold by me. Rates same as at dcpots.
PASSENGERS AND BAGGAGE CALLED
FOR IN ANY PART OF THE CITY.
State-rocms on steamers Of Old Dominion
Steamship Line to New York, and sleeping
car berths secured on tickets sold at our office.
Information cheerfully given rs TO all routes.
Maps and time tables for distribution
Principal Office, s26 Main street, and branch
office at Exchange Hotel.
NH 2-lm A. ". GARBER.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-05
INDIANA.
Burned to Death

INDIANAPOLIS, March 4.-The house
of a colored man, named Sears, nine miles
from this city, was burned yesterday. Two
children, aged three and four years who
were locked inside were burned to death
The parents were absent at the time.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-05

Beg SEINE THREAD, ns<kssFyNFse>
Of the best qualities and all ~
numbers. PATENT SEINE TWINE, all num-
bers; SOFT SEINE TWINE, all numbers ;
SEINE CORKS, CORKWOOD, SEINE LINES,
all sizes; YAWKING. for Laughing seines ;
LINEN ROPES, all sizes; COTTON ROPES,
all sizes; COTTON YARNS, all numbers, for
sale very low at
L.. LTCHTENSTEIN'S,
ImporterCf Seine Thread, Nos. 1905 and 1907
Franklin street
All kinds of SEINES made to order.
te 2l-tt
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-05
CITY NEWS.
AMUSENENTS Tu-NIGRT

THEATRE.-Katio Putnam and her superb
tome ly company in 'Blade O'Grass' and
Happy Pair"
ASSEMBLY HALt.-The san Francts'1 Min
strels, in their specialties.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-05

WHEN it is desired to make skins as
soft as kid soak them in a mixture of two
quarts bran and one gallon of water for
three days, take them out and rub them
with a haniul of salt if they have hair or
wool on, add powdered alum with the salt,
and hang up to dry.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-05

lThas been estimated that the combustion
Of the gaslights of London during one hour
produces sufficient water to supply all the
wants of a large emigrant ship on a voyage
from England to Australia.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-05

SAN FRANCISCO Observation-Disclosures
minstrels commenced an engagement of
four nights at Assembly Hall last night to
a not very large audience, but despite that
fact the performance was good. Some OF
the singing was fine. Go and sec them to-
night, laugh and grow fat.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-05

SENT ON.-IIenry Henderson, charged
with stealing a diamond ring of the value
Of $3.50, the property Of Jas. C. Southall.
was sent on to the grand Jury from the
police court this morning, he, through his
counsel, having waived an examination.
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DEPARTURE OF STEAMSHIPS.
FOR NEW YORK.
LII

THE OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP COM
PANY'S elegant side.wheel steamship L
DOMINION, Capt. WALKER, will sail FRIDAY
March 9Th, at l O'Clock p. m.
Freight received until IL o'clock m.
On and after November l, ships will leave
Norfolk at 4 O'Clock p. m. during the winter.
Through bills of lading signed, and goods for
wardedwith dispatch toall poInts-North, South
east and West. Close connections made with Gu.
nard line for foreign ports.
Passenger accommodations unsurpassed.
| Round Trip Tickets. .......p., ,........ 20 90
For freight or passage, apply to
GEO. W. ALLEN s Co,
NH At Company's Wharf. Rockets.
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FOREIGN.
FRANCE.

PARIS, March 6.-The French academy
has postponed the contemplated reception
to Emile Oliver, because he persists in re-
tanning in his inaugural address the eulogy
of Emperor Louis Napoleon.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-05
AUCTION SALES.

WILLIAM H. ALLDERDIcE, assignee of A. A.
Hutcheson, will sell on Friday, March 9th,
stock of groceries, &c.
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PROrRACTED MISUNDERSTANDING reg
ular Wednesday evening services at Grace
street Baptist church last night, it Was
decided, there being a profound interest
manifested in the subject of religion among
many, to conduct a series Of meetings,
commencing tonight. 1t is hoped the pas
tor, Rev. DR.. Wilson, will, during these
meetings, be encouraged by his usually
large congregations.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-05

THE JOURNAL OF INDUsTRY.-We
have received the February number of
this able publication, which is issued in
Richmond, published by W. W. Bennett
at one dollar per annum, and devoted to
agriculture, horticulture, immigration,
manufactures, commerce, etc. Weshould
Judge from the tone of some Of its articles
that the Grange movement finds favor in
the eyes of the journal of Industry
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-03-05

MARINE.-The brig Mary Allerton,
which arrived here to-day with a miscel-
laneous cargo from Boston, will load with
flour for Rio dc JaneiIo.
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'ir. Cushing tOTestify
MARYLAND.
Obituary,

BALTIMORE, March 6.-James kreu-
Ter, aged 50, senior proprietor of the
German Catholic Peoples Weekly Gazette.
published here, is dead.
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lIUsTINGs CoURT.-The grand jury,
sworn on Monday last, appeared and we're
again sent out Of court, and after some time
returned into court and presented: Com.
monwealth vs.. Henry Henderson, an in
dictment for a felony, q true bill COM
monwealth VS.. William johnson, alias
William Delaware, an indictment for a
felony, a true bills; commonwealth VS..
William D. Coleman, two indictments for
felony, true bills and were adjourned for
the term. The cases of the Common
wealth VS.. Henry Henderson and William
Johnson, alias Delaware, were set for trial
tomorrow.