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Notice.

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l. Donaldsonyille, will please take notice
that the tableau of taxes for the year 1874
is now ut my office for collection, and all
parties interested viii please come forward
and settle.
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THE REPUBLIC FOR MARcH.-This valua-
BILE Magazine, published at Washington, d.
C., and devoted TO the discussion of political
and Governmental action, really surpasses
itself the present month. The table of con-
tents cover a good variety of interesting
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great value, among which We notice partic-
ularly, those on Governmental Expendi-
lures; The Growth of Our Country, and its
Lessons; The Postal Telegraph; A Sketch
of life in Texas Reform in the Patent Of
fee; Public Debt Statement The Political
Situation, and the Appendix containing the
very able and instructive speeches of Hon.
James A. Garfield, on the Public Resources
and Expenditures, of Hon. S. w. Kellogg,
of Connecticut, and Hon. G.. L. Fort of
Illinois, on the. Finances. This number
alone is well worth years subscription
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lie Publishing Company, Washington, d. C.
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All official notices al 90 per square each
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The editor is not responsible for the views
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Educational Notice.

L. E. BENTLEY, Collector.
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papers "to be designated BY the judge men
:" in his opinion shall be best calculated 70
"giye general notice of the sale"
This is something gained but it is doubt.
fnl whether 1t will 70 through the House OF
Representatives. 1t is we'll known that not
Radical paper could stand in the oou'h
without the support Of the Federal Govern.
ment; and Congress, in Its recons,fue.'vn
measures and bankrupt law, deipeia,vo
provided for keeping such papers awe me
true spirit of rcpublicanism "ou'a 'ea'e
newspapers to the people, to support 'nelll
or not. and advertise with them or not ont
onr so.ca,led Republican party forces people
~ advertise in papers whose opinions are
hostile TO their feelings and to The public IN
forests, and whose limited circulation dis
Qualities them as useful media Of adver-
Using. 1t is time that party spirit had d.
minished, and that the people were lett free
in this matter to follow the dictates of their
feelings and their interests.
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NEWSPAPER PosTAGE.-The Richmond
Dispatch some time ago, in an article on the
same subject, proposed scheme by which
not only subscribers will be greatly relieved
of the newspaper tax in the shape of post
age which they now have to pay, but also
by which the Inconvenience and trouble
which result from the present system Will
be altogether avoided. The plan suggested
by the Dispatch is az follows: awe pro-
pose that the postage shall be paid in bulk
at the Office oil mailing, and that the presence
Of mail lnitter in the mail-bags shall be eYi-
dence that the postage is paid and the mat
ter ready for immediate delivery when it
reaches its destination. Let the postage be
fixed at five or six dollars per hundred
pounds, or five or six cents per pound, and
let the postmaster at the mailing Office weigh
The bags, receive the money, and let the
mail matter go to its destination free from
stamps and ready for immediate delivery"
The plan proposed by the Dispatch seems
both practicable and proper, and, as fur US
We can see, there are no valid objections
" hieh can be urged against it. OF one thing
we feel very certain, aud that Is that the
change, il made, would greatly increase
newspaper circulation. The New York
World attributes the greater part of late
and very large increase in the list Of its sub
scribers to the fact that it has offered to pre-
pay the postage 10 New York city.--Lyach-
burg Ne.cs,
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Those who Hold the Excess.

Those States which have an excess of ma.
tonal currepcy-or, rather, more than their
quota of ajust rate of distIibution-are bitter.
~ opposed to increasing tue amount of paper
circulation. If they were inclined to ac-
quesce in the withdrawal Of the amount Of
their excess for division amongst the States
that have not their full share they might be
credited for fairness. But they hold on to
all they have with unyieldng tenacity, and
decidedly oppose any increase of circulation
with the view Of making up the dehct IN
tue States that have not received their share.
There are only little over 100000, 900 in
national bank-notes ailoat. New England
has nearly $25,000,000 in excess of its pro
rata share of that; and Of that S25,0OO,O00
Massachusetts alone has $l5,0OO,C00. One
would think that if these States in excess
felt that all the currency they have is ncces-
sary TO their commerce and industry they
would confess that other parts Of the Union
should at least be given enough currency to
m,ke the distribution equal. But no, they
are simply greedy people, who hold on to
al they have aud oppose justice to others:
4 public reputation for selshness like that
is bad. But those who have it seem not to
DC ashamed Of it. They are as loud and
emphatic in their protests in Congress
against what they are pleased to style Gin
flation" as if they did not enjoy at all the
benefits OF an imitation" of the currency
much beyond their legal quota. They re-
sclnble the wolf who appeared the morning
after tragedy in the shcep-foId and bitterly
denounced sheep-kiling.
Nj. Senator SHERMAN has now before
the Senate his bill for withdrawing excess Of
currency where it is in excess, and distribu-
Ting it amongst those having less than their
share. 1t would be better to make up the
deficit by new issues, leaving our New Eng
land friends TO enjoy their excess; but II
that policy is not pursued, clearly 1t Is the
duty of Congress fairly to distribute the cur
rency afioat
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Thu Ciuil-Riqhts Bill.

The Washington letter-writers state tnat
,,e c,vil.richts bill will be reported back
unchanged, and that Mr.. Wilson, OF the
House. promises to move an amendment 10
II which, from the terms IN when IL Is
.l,,ded to, one would suppose was some
thing liberal in the way Of concession. But
:, il On the contrary, merely insulting. 1t
is simply to postpone the commencement OF
fac provision relating to mixed schools so
that the Legislatures Of the States may have
time to accommodate the laws Of the SIa'eS
"a the will Of Congress-. G., profiae ioi
mixed schools "without distinction Oh ae-
"count of race, color, or previous cono'''oh
"of servitude."
n the ie.ter-wrtcrs correctly state the in-
,ention of the party in power on this sub
lect. then We do not see why the bill was
recommi;tcd. Certainly WILSON'S amend
ment is no concession-is no alteration OF
the law in any practical sense. 1t would
be. as we said above, merely incorporating an
Insult in the bill. 1t would he assuming
that the States will submit, and giving them
time to do so. II Congress acts under any
such belief i. will soon he undeceired. The
white people Of Virginia will never send
their children to the mixed schools. There
is not in the General Government power to
make them do so. Nor can the whites be
made TO support schools from which they
are obliged TO withdraw their own children
But if the lettcr.writers prophecy cor
rectly, we repeat our inquiry: For what was
the bill reconmitted? 1t was understood at
the time that General GRANT was satisfied
that tie attempt TO force mixed schools
upon the South would break up the system
OF education; and that it was because OF
his remonstrances that the bill was recon-
mitted on motion of its patron, General
BUTLER. Were these statements (Which from
circumstances were believed to be truc)
false? Did General GRANT desire no change
Ia the bill? And did BUTLER intend that
there should lie none when he made bis mo-
ton? And, after all, was the recommltment
only al expedlent to purge the bill OF the
amendments which had been moved to ii,
and which were Objectionable to the patron
OF the bill?
E5The South has been trifed with too
often, alas !; but we fear she is again to feel
serious disappointment in seeing hopes that
had been cruelty excited blasted in vicious
and relentless manner.
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Bills. Etc, that Have Become Laws

Bills. Etc, that Have Become Laws.
The following bills, ETC., have become laws
since our last report:
An act to incorporate the Columbia, Fair
fax and Prince William Railroad Company.
Approved February II, 1874.
An act to authorize the trustees of the
Union Station Methodist Episcopal Church
South to make deed Of trust on parsonage
property. Approved February II, 1874.
AN act TO amend and rteaact section II of
chapter 1875 Of the Code Of 1878, in relation
to limitations and prosecutions. Approved
February IL, 1874.
An act to amend and reenact section Of
chapter 173, rs to chancery dockets. APP
proved February II, 1874.
An act to prevent pulling and leaving
fences down and opening and leaving open
gates without permission of owner. APP
proved February IL, 1874.
An act to extend credit of twelve and
twenty -four months from the ratification of
the sale of the States interest in the Upper
Appomattox Company to the Board of Super
intendents Of said company, and to ratiiy
and confirm all acts done In pursuance Of
the provisions of the act approved March
20, 1873. Approved February IL. 1874.
An act authorizing the trustees Of the
religious society of Frederick county known
as the United Brethren in Christ to sell and
convey certain property In Winchester. .Ap-
proved February IL, 1874.
An act to release the securities Of Joseph
Iharltoa from the paymcI. OF forfeiture
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attachment of Wages.

In the Maryland Legislature bill is pend.
ing prohibiting the allotment of wages
where the Gum due to the garnishee is un.
der 800. The Baltimore Sun likes this bill
very much; and for q reason that can hardly
Lc regarded in harmony with the evident
purposes Of such q bill-Viz, that 1t will de-
prive the workiugman of credit and force
him to economize. All laws of the kind
are ostensibly for promoting the comfort OF
the laborer as we'll as protecting him from
bis creditors and although the Sun may be
logically correct in assuming that the effect
Of this bill will be to destroy the credit OF
the workingman, the movers of such bills
never intend that he shalt be put to greater
embarrassment in his dealings with those
who furnish him supplies.
Class legislation is ever faulty, and offer
does more injury than good to those it is
intended to help. Not many years ago the
Maryland Legislature exempted good dea
Of furniture from liability for rent, and the
owners of houses refused to rent their house:
TO men who could not secure the rent. The
upshot was that the Legislature was forced
TO repeal the law.
Men settle their business better if let alone
than they can if interfered with by laws
which attempt to protect men against their
just obligations. Stay.laws have produced
vastly more loss and suffering than they have
ever averted. So homestead laws take away
the credit Of men who avail themselves OF
them, and leave them In their house poorer
than II they had none. The house is pro.
tected from the claim of the creditor, and
the tenure by which they hold their shelter
robs them of credit aud confidence, and they
become, as it were, prisoners under their
own roofs.
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New Books.

The Conservation Of Encrgy. BY bALFoUR
STEWART, LII. D F. K. s., Professor OF
Natural Philosophy at the Owens College,
Manchester. With an Appendix, Treating
OF the Vital and Mental Applications oil
the Doctrine. New York: d. APPLETON
Il Co.
This work is made volume in APPLE
TONS, International Scientific Series. 1t iSan
Instructive volume. The author, whilst
teaching new things, believes in the OLD
theory that the moon in its action upon the
fluid portions of our globe causes very
gradual stoppage of the energy of rotation
of the earth, and thus explains the ebb and
flow of tides. This theory is certainly not
clearly established.
For sale by J. T. ELLYsoN.
Bessie WiFmert0n; or, Money and Hhat
Came Of II. a Novel. ny MARGARET
WEscoTT. New York: G. w. CARLETON
& Co.
The author must have taken hint from
DR.. BAoBY's attempt to explain what became
of his fifty millions.
For sale by j. T. ELLYsoN.
Genesis Disclosed /: Being the Discovery
of a Stupendous Error, which changes the
Entire Nature Of the Account of the Gre
alton of Mankind. Also, Showing
Divine Law, plainly laid down, prsvlns
the Error that all Men have Descended IRON
Adam and Eve. BY THOMAS Dawes au'
thor of Cosmogony or, Mysteries OF ere
stion Answer to Hugh Miller g. NC"
York: G. w. CARLETON d Co.
The lifle-page is ample, if not explicit, and
tho render will be better satisfied with bis
own ANALYSIS after reading the book than
with any attempt Of ours to explain MIR.
DAvIEs's disclosures.
For sale by J. T. ELLrsoN.
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recognizance. Approved February = 10 ~.
An act to prevent obstructiDg With llmo .s
mr. rendering foul The Water-courses OF the
State. approve February II. 1919,
An act to incorpofste the Bankot MAJ 'op'
Approved February Ii, 1871 .,,,u
An act to incorporate the One-ilolia,,
Savings Bank, at Charlottesville. Approved
February II, 1874.
An act to release certain taxes and county
levies in the county of Elizabeth CITY ano
other counties. Approved February Il' lot !.
An act to amend an act entitled an act 70
Incorporate the Farmers Bank OF Lyncn'
burg, in force April 2, 1873, and cnanslhe
the name and principal office of SAID Danh'
Approved February II, 1874. -. .
An act to amend and rcenacs sect'on
of chapter 40 Of The Code of 1919; IN reEs
ton to shcritfs' bonds. Approved feDfuai
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Another BrOatiside Mt the Lulnarians.
For the Ulspatch.l

For the Dlspatch.I
RICHMOND, February 10, 1874.
1Iessrs. Editor,-I have been fighting
"moon-struck" people in conversation for
twenty years (perhaps to little purpose), but
have never written anything on the subject.
Indulge Inc in few words.
Some twenty-five years or more ago this
subject oil" lunar influence upon vegetation
troubled the French Government to such an
extent that commission Of savants was ap-
pointed to investigate the subject. The i'm
mediate object Of this commission was to set
tie The question rs 10 the propriety of con-
sulting the moon before cutting "ship-tim-
ber." After patient investigation of facts
and observations taken in different parts OF
Europe the conclusion was with great
unanimity arrived at that there was no such
iafuence or, If there was any such ipflu.
e, ce. we had no knowledge Of it. The moon
struck party commended that timber cut on q
certain phase of the moon would rot, while
that cut at another time would not rot. The
experiments made did not establish this
dogma. but diSproved it.
The same conclusion was arrived at in re-
gard 10 the weather, dry and vet. II the
moon had any such influence it was not in
accordance with the popular notions, and
there was no evidence that il bad any such
influence at all. You are aware that moon
light has no heat in til. e., it does not eff
feet the most delicate spirt-thermometcr.
The old notion that moonlight produces
paralysis upon the face of Il sleeper is ut
terIy without foundation. have often seen
ten or twenty thousand men lying all night
in summer in the field, under the light Of Il
full moon, without the slightest effect OF this
kind, or any other bad effect. really think,
MessrS. Editors, TINT the world is old enough,
and ought TO be wise enough. 20 discard such
utterly baseIcss opinions upon scientific SUBJ
jccts.
l once knew Il gentleman who had been
an observer Of the weather for fifty years,
and he insisted that if rain wis threatened
Just before the moon arose the clouds
as he said, would he "eaten up" by the
moon, aud no rain would follow. On
one occasion he noticed this prediction, but
no sooner had the moon arisen than there
commenced a rain that continued the whole
night, and produced flood. The founda-
ton tor this notion among sailors is proba.
bly, due to the fat that at sunset the East be-
comes shade d, and light clouds seem denseI
than they really are. So soon as the moon
rises behind thin clouds and shines through
them, the deception is dis>ipated, and these
dark clouds are shown to be hardly any
clouds at ell. Yours truly, III. ID.
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BANKRUPT ADvERTIsINe.-Senator JOHN
SION on Tuesday endeayored to amend the
bankrupt law 90 as to require that notices Of
the sales made by an assignee shall be pub
lished 10 the newspapers having the largest
circulation in the counties where the sales
are to be made.
OF course this could not be done, accord
Ing to the party view Of the matter. So the
amendment was rejected. But Mr. JOHN
sToR afterwards succeeded In so amending
the Law as to provide that notices Of sales
shall be published in the newspaper or news.
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o,.s AR. Mofsree

,rtercsti ssg Eestcr 81. ma. HhF 1.t1. - ~
rn..1nrTrsy11LE.VA., Fe5 ruarysg, 1871 4.
Ea,tors DisuotcH,-The al:ice you pun
,;sheJ Yesterday from the FREDERICKSBURG
CTR resnecting Mr. Monroe has Deen w
tonic Of the day in this vicinity. MT. Mon.
r oe was SO poiite and affable gentieil,tau.
.Iat no had been known 10 take OIL DIS nas
and how 10 negro man who bad saillteu
him in the road, saying that he did NOT lh'
tend to be outdoDe In civility by even !, =
coIored man. Mr.. Monroe resided IN LUIS
county for many years, and while resloins
here was elected to the House OF Deiegat.ss;
perhaps in 1910. The Legislature ciectso
him Governor of the State, and Mr.. Maui,
SON appointed him his Secretary OF state; aiu
afterwards Secretary Of War; ana 10 1911 nT
became President Of the United S'ates- Ia
of which time he was citizen OF Aloen,t, ,e
He built end resided in the mouse " Wena.
University now occupied by troies, W., ohont
to, r, mics from Charlottesville and pun! ntnl
d.yallinp. bonsc there, and resided IN IL loI
r,ouv Years. This house is now occupleu AZ
ln' hr Rav T. G, Massey, one Of the eN-aeie.
pa. r. rom 4 Ibemarlc in the House Oh Dele-
gates. ,ho nro.if1encv had ex-
% Mr Monroe did not permanently re-
p ,de n the county, but lived till he went to
s Saw York on his plantation in Loudoun
county. occasionally passing few weeks on
his farm here.
Mr.. James F. Fry, gentleman now sew
enty-four years old, who is seen on our
streets every day, and is the township asses
sor at this time, told me some time since the
following incident, which puts Mr.. Monroe
in better light than the article you pub
lished:
Mr.. Fry in 1926 was deputy sheriff, and
he found several unsettled taX-blls of former
years against Mr. Monroe. On conrt.day,
soon after Mr.. Fry qualified, Mr.. Monroe
came upon the court-green and Mr.. Fry
presented the bills to him for payment. In
the most polite and aft .be manner Mr.. Mon
roe said that he had no money with him, but
if Mr.. Fry would call at bis home he would
give him draft on General Bernard Peyton,
his commission merchant in Richmond, Tor
the amount. A nephew OF Mr.. Monroe,
who had heard the conversation, afterwards
said to Mr. Fry You should not thus
have dunned my uncle for money in public"
Mr. Monroe, learning what his nephew had
said, Immediately sought Dir. Fry and said
to him: L" Sir, you have acted perfectly right
in asking ME to pay the taX-bllS. lowe The
amount, but had forgotten them. They
shall be paid" And they were paid by
draft on General b. Peyton.
MONTICELLO.
We do now think that Mr.. Monroe once
lived within four miles of Charlottesville.
And the Indcr-Appeal will see that we were
not wrong in saying" We do not (now)
think that Mr.. Monroe" Sc.
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AMUSEyfES-TS.

A SSEMBLY. HALL.
CROWDED HOUSES.
WONDERFUL SUCCESS OF
NJ. A 7 u, -
TIE INCOMPREHENSIBLE ILLUSIOSiST,
in his world renowned feats. His great amt aston
iSh!ng performance of The
INDIAN Blk AND SPIRITUAL BASKET
will be given
EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK,
together with other, which can only he accom-
plshed by bim
The UNANIMOUS SENTIMENT Of the Richmond
public is that
NONE CAN COMPARE WITH IIIT.
Admission. so Z .ntS reserved seats, 10 cents
which can lie had ;tt JoINSTON'S Music store 81
Maiu STR CT during the day. and the door 1t night
GRAND MATINEE
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY IA, AT O'CLOCK. o,ren
at 80. Admission 10 Matinee: Children. 22c. )
adults soc. re TIT
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MEETINGS.

MASONIC NOTICE.-The men, &.
Hl bers Of DOVE LODGE, No: 81, will Xxx
attend a stated communication of the LODGE w
at II ashngton Hall. on Broad street be- ween Ninth
and Tenth, on FRIDAY EVESiSG, Fsb nI ,sy
Lodge of Its first w. NJ, Thomas r. August de-
ceased. viii BE- presented by the committee at
o'clock, and addresses appropriate to the occasion
and Brother Joseph Mayo, Jr. The officers of the
ii. W. G. Lodge OF Virginia. the Incmhers Of
Lodges No. 9, 10, IL, 10. SO, 40, SO, IS, 100 Il,
and ali transient brethren In good standing, are
cordially and fraternally Invited TO be present:
By order Of the w. NJ. BEN. I. August.
- I o Or Secretary.
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ARRIVAL OF PROFESSOR VAuaHAN.--Rey.
C. r. Vaughan, recently elected to the Chair
of Mental and Moral Philosophy in King
College, has arrived and entered upon the
duties Of his new position. he Is citizen
Of Charlotte county, Va, and is well known
in the Synod ST Virginia as gentleman OF
rare eloquepee and cultivation. - Bristo!
.Ners. 49,