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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-28
The Crusaders.

The preparations of the women for the
siege of Columbus, Ohio, were not running
80 smooth at last dates. They bumped a
little. The women snarlcd somewhat at the
men who wanted to take a hand, and they
in turn showed resentment. The women
weDt to the capitol to ask the rotunda for
praying purposes, which was refused to them
BY the Legislature. Some Of the zealots eX'
pressed fears that they wouldn't be able tc
organize in force for charge Oh the Column
bus bars.
Tue movement meets with varied success
10 different towns and cities of Ohio. They
talk of raid on whiskey in Cleveland. The
crusade is over into Pennsylvania, and ha:
reached Philadelphia, where the opposing
hosts are eyeing one another. Many minis
tiers promise tue women help, and an imme
date movement against the saloons is con
templated. There seems to be pause TO
the arrival of DR.. Do LEWIS, who is 81 con
iortcr" and sIimulator amongst the women
In Massachusetts the crusade seems TO b
gathering force, preparatory to active opera
tons in the field.
In Memphis, Tenn, it is reported that tn
excitement is increasing, and movement
talked Of; but we rather suspect that Men
| phis will not sustain any serious reTolut'o
from it. The following pioas and threatel
inc circular has been addressed to all ba
keepers in that city:
"Mr. -: You will, in the name
Christianity and humanity, refrain from sci
ing the death dealing beverage If you wis
TO enjoy any bliss 10 the eternal world her
after. Should you refuse, we feel it our
vine mission 10 call upon you at your plat
of business and invoke our Heavenly Fatht
in your behalf" Signed by the COMMITTEE
One would think he would be a hardene
sinner vino would stand firm against th
warning. But there are some obdurate me
in Memphis bars.
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mo; m,ockerv Il, celebrate any a,sch day Of q time
Ike this, 1t would be raae aps pristgto
have n funeral over pfnpics iscafded,
over liberties and rights noFcd over, that
declaration adopted, tlieath ofJulyj5 rs,
every sentence of wIiicls-sasersfe " p'ass'
tudcs borrowed from the bloody theorists
OF France damns the government OF TINS
nation for nine years past.
When the sacred principles OF our s's'nefs
are revived and the Government they sfame'
il reG,tablished we shal! bail The ann'vefsa :.
ries and ioin in their celebration IN all
proper modes. Until then we shall net take
mart 10 rejoicing with regard to them. Let
others do wha, they may, We shall folio"
the dictates Of our own Judgment upon the
subject.
And this determination is entirely con-
sistent with the weltknown policy Of this
paper to make the best Of the situation. We
were overcome in war, and are compelled to
live under the Government Of the Republic
OF North American States. We must en-
deavor to make that Government as good o.
we can, and to make our own condition al
comfortable as possible By industry and en-
terprise, and by SO regulating our social
affairs as to produce the greatest possible
amount of harmony and contentment. But
in the matter of sentiments we are free to
entertain those which our judgment sug'
gests to be proper. and we would be traitors
moral. social, and poEtical-to profess and
manifest any other.
So we are not for the centennial at oil, and
for reasons entirely satisfactory to us.
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The Franking Privilege.

The vote in the House Of Representative
on Thursday on the bill 10 provide for the
distribution of public documents, seeds, DC.
which is a revival of the franking privilege
was too close to preclude the fear that the
insidious bill will ultimately pass. The
demagoguc spirit of the times, that always
INDUCES itself at public expense if possible
is too strong, we apprchend, to permit us to
hope with confidence that it will be de-
feated.
In the line Of franking documents and
seeds, the men now in Congress from the
South-sent there by means Of the Infamous
reconstruction laws-arc most decided. The
most Of the white men amongst them are
mainly remarkable for their cunning in ap-
plying all public benefits within their reach
to their own private advantage. They have
little information and less honesty. They
consent to hold office at the hands Of negroes,
and 90 shamcessly to Washington to speak
for people whose whole force Of respecta-
biity and intelligence is against them. 1hey
know that their negro constituents-Whom
alone they represent-cannot appreciate
and don't care about arguments and mea-
sures, and only know how TO value some
empty marks of recognition. With such
people document which they hardly ever
will open, and if they do, they will never
understand-and a bag of garden-seeds-
which we sincerely apprehend they Will
never faithfully cultiyate-will win their last
ing remembrance. So, to send these free is
he carpet-bagger's chiefest hope ofree'ection
% seat in Congress and to the salary that
goes with it-that's all, and nothing more;
or so far as the South and the nation are con-
,erned it would be better that their places
we're vacant.
Therefore the reconstruction measures
will pass this document aud seed-bill il 1t
should pass.
We could not fail to observe the closeness
Of the vote in the House on Thursday as
IN evidence that close count had been
made, aud that there was mistake of one
IL it. There We're many cunDing and timld
gentlemen who wanted it to pass, but who
wanted to see it pass without mourning the
of voting for it.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-28

WASHINGTON FOREVER. Fredericksburg
Ledger.l-W concur in the sentiment ln
favor of Washington city as the Dlace for the
grand centennial celebration on the 4th OF
July, 1876. There is no city in The country
so admirably adapted to the magn'hc,ennt
pageant which will be then displayed. ine
broad and beautiful avenues, the capac'ous
public grounds, and the accommodation iuf
The immense assemblaSe Of the cehtehpal,
all speak in favor of Washington. Nolnins
pleads in favor of Phlladelphia eAcep! an
antiquarian sentimentalism, Wnicn Welsns
nothing i'll comparison with the advantages
of Washington.
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inrrease

m1,,,,,cIl more forcfbiy than the nier. ,stsrra
IN her .papuiatiguE Her fffllusnse sndy,
advantages s!io vast cap icafgdor anlsa !,
strong assurnucesof future greafness
varied manufaeto les, her railrysa syst n1saet
snIendid establishments and sxtenslveagee ar
oan,jle bouses. whose energy and lioerailIy
GRO f,st extending her wholesale trade, .ais
rnark Richmond as the future gre1l clty vi
ths South Atlantic States, the manufaclu rihg
a,,d business centre ofsepen populous States.
The rnpjdity with which. Richmosd has .Ie'
cu nernted since The war, under uniaVoraDie
circumstances, gives the, strongest assurance
NJ the manner in which she will grasp auu
make use of her opportunities in tue fut ~
under the more favorable circumstances lnaI
must for her characterize cotHing ye.t :.
There il marked difference between sno
nrosperity of Richmond AND mat OF eei.an
western and southern cities that nave .oi 10
under our observation In this, tnaG euels 40 -,
nothing forced or unhealthy IN us g,umtm " 70
prosperity. Its increase mas hpp' T,ora f ,.,s
with the demands OF It's traGe' .;.a,s, IT.
49, 49, M 1,nbealthy, feverish excitement,
o,,s;,r = rush OF superabundant popuft..
49, With wild and extrayagant notions OF
t,ui, TO be followed BY reaction, dui'-
49,, ana General stagnasion. On the con-
, us, there Is nothing stagnant about hicn-
m ura,s The pulse Of its business beats even
a ,H regular. and Today it is really far more
Iro than many more populous cities.
n n our own section we notice an increasing
respect for Richmond as commercial cen
ire. growing pride in her prosperity, and a
steady growth of the wholesale trade with
her merchants. Thanks to the enterprise
and Iiberality OF the latter, this is the case;
and weare informed through reliable sources
of information that this increase is noticea-
BILE each year. And by all considerations of
State pride and mutual! interests, we hope it
may continue. - Bedford Sentinel.
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The Centennial.

In the matter of the centennial anniver-
sary of American independence VIC desire to
Dc fully understood. We feel net the Slight
est sympathy with it. As for the place
where it should be celebrated, if at all, and
the manner Of the same, we have our opln-
ions. But the celebration per Sc has our
profound indifference. AS the lsraelites in
captivity hung their harps upon the willows
that bordered the rivers of Babylon aud
struck no music HON them, so We here in
captivity have no enthusiasm, no sympa-
thy, for those national anniversaries which
arc understood to celebrate the triumphs Of
principles that are no longer respected and
OF liberty which we do not enjoy.
What significance would there be in our
joining the thropg III Philadelphia shouting
for liberty, Would it not be that we con-
tossed that the PRINCIPLES and freedom
established by the rebe.ion Of '76 had been
cherished and faithfully handed down to the
present day, and that we, as heirs to the
achievements and glories Of our ancestors,
Inherited unimpaired the legacy they be.
sion, in violation of truth, and make it to
those and in the company of and in shout
Ing cordially with those who have perverted
che principles and curtaiied the liberties that
the day Is meant to celebratef To do SO
would be an act of insincerity for which our
northern friends would think none the bet
ter OF us. They might feel an added com.
plaeeney agreeable to power from our act OF
submission in counterfeiting an enthusiasm
He could not feel; but they could not re-
gard us as equals with themselves, and must
look upon us as only degraded by our by
posrisy.
No; while six southern States are under
barbazous rule, grooming under oppression,
and distracted and impoverished, we can.
DOT celebrate the anniversaries that were ip.
tended to signalize ibe triumrhs Of liberty
regulated by law under the direction Of
e.YiIIz Lon and i, lkicai phi 'asop't.. It Is al
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-28

Z. Americans. having share In the ReYolu.
'|tnnary NEaS 81 We d.yat, cele ate 9
e ed dear to sse It I'D 80 bnssd.
Tbsre is no asad Of mus6n,d pey for sagh a
aar. It is sseartless patriotism whegi is
,,,arirchased- BY or measarsd~ With. mopeyssnd
II would be a sordid race thai. could not al.
low multitude 10 assemble for public deYo'
ton without perrerting. the occasion to the
uses. OF ayarice..-C Congress should notrFote
cent to this centennial, wherever # may be
celehrated
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-28
Richmond.

"A new census has just been completed by
the local authorities Of the city Of Rich
mond, which shows the population OF the
city to be about 81 ,000--an increase Of 10000
since the last regular census. This indicates
growth and prosperity but 1t Is one Of the
least of the many evidences Of present pros
perity and future greatness which distinguish
our beautiful capital city. The resume d
her last years history and the sketch OF bel
industries given In her entarprising taiiie'
at ..c begiaricg cftle year in..r!ss oa'
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-28

Ina test in the lower house sog Congress
upon the question of-reviying pure and SIM
pie the ranking privilege there were 40
members in favor oft, and 80 Of these were
from the South. Just what we should have
supposed. The scalawags and carpet-bae'
gers take everything they can.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-28
mr. PRATTs ASTRAL OIL.

~ PRATTS ASTRAL OIL.
Absolutely safe Perfectly odorless. Always uni
form. Illuminating qualities superior TO gas. Burns
In any lamp without danger Of exploding or taking
Dire, Manufactured expressly 10 disp!ace the use
volatile and DANGEROUS oils. It's safety under ever!
possible test, and IT. perfect burning qualities, ar
proved by Its continued use in over 100000 faaai
les. Millions Of gallons have been sold and no &C
cidept-dlrectly or iudirectIy-nas ever occurret
from burning, storing, or handling 1t.
The insurance companies and lire commissioner
throughout the country recommend the ASTRAL
As the pest safeguard when lamps are used. Sent
for circular. sa
For sale 1t retail By the trade generally, and a
wholesale by the proprietors. CHARLES PRATI
& CO.. 1OS Fulton street, New York.
oc 17-d&wGm
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MARRIAGES.

norr,eJ Mt the residence Of the officiating min
,star on the Goth Of January. by Rev. Joshua
Peterkin. MIR. ADAM Eek and Miss FANNIE
GASSER; both OF this city.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-28
M FEBRUARY, 1878.

IL FEBRUARY, 1878.
PRICE 6 co. have Just opened
BLACK ALPAChS and MOlIAIRS, very cheap
H,, gains IN BLACK GRO-GRA1N SILKS;
BLACK TAFFETA SILKS, best makes
SOLID CAMBRICS, for trimming;
HEMsTITCHED and LINEN CAMBRIA HAND
KERCHIEFS,
GENTLEmEN'S HEMSTITCHED HASDKER-
CHIEFS,
WHITE PIQuES,
BLACK GRAPES and GRAPE Wells,
MOURNING DRESS GOODS.
LONG and SQUARE MOURNING shAWLs'& &c
fu 81
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-28

We have the testimony Of physicians who pre-
scribe II, and Of patients who have taken IL, that II
Is more acceptable to the stomach and more eaStty
asslmilsted than any other oil.
MEADE & BAKER,
Importing Pharmacists,
ia IS e1S haih street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-28

NE FEBRUARY 81, 1878.
NEW, FANCY, and STAPLE DRY GOODS
4. r. PRICE & Coz
have just opened
NEW and BEAUTIFUL MEDIUM and LIGHT
ERESCH csMBRICs and PERCaLES.
IA LIGTsr CRETOWNES, for Children
SHlRTfNG PRINTS,
LINEN aud COTTON SHEETISG.
IRISH LINENS, DAM ASKS, DIAPERS.
BLEACHED COTTONS, MOURNING CALL
SECR RuFFLlNG;
LINEN COLLARS aud CUFFS,
LADI ES' and GENTLEhES'S KID GLSl ES:
THREAT and MACHINE INSERTiSGS,
SOCKS, UMBRELLAS,
LINEN LAWNS.
DRESS GOODS left over from last season at half
price. eel
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-28
ME- FRESH COD-LIyER OIL.
OUR OWN DIRECT IMPORTATION.

1.-THE BEST, PUREST, AND MOST ACCEPTA
BILE TO THE STOMACH"
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CLOUR, BACON. SUGARS Ho>A
Il SALT. sc.
200 barrels FINE ELOug.
10f) barrels EXTRA SUpERriss fkngE,
90 hogsheads CLEAK BIB SIDES am 'N
on tnrShs.ds nrime NEW ORLEANS sc'A''
on ofI0 nonnds ROCK SALT Dor eaitlst v,J,yA
40 eases Osborn's celebrated PHsfAAl''
COFFEE ,u or,desl
iSSS9 Dsckares t;uSpOTbxn aod ooLoN'
TALL gradesl, ,,,yppyI.
In store anu iorSAie EEoGERS & AcCAECE
-, ,os .rH I07 Fourteenth eIIrc.-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-04

"And I'll give you both of mine," said
Madame Labelle, who had been laughing
and now tried to look sorry.
''Oh, let go, dol" cried Joe; " | didn't
mean to, Rosy, on my word, didn't"
You didI' sobbed Rose. ooh, my
precious children!"
Lets drag the water" said Madame
Labelle, with difficulty suppressing
another laugh.
mo use" said Mrs. slipperkin; ".it's
all deep mud"
Joe picked up his ship, Mrs. Coppertip
the remainder of the cookies, while Mrs.
Slipperkin clasped her sole remaining
darling to her heart, and they wendell
their way homeward
Madame Labelle soon took her depart
ure, leaving Miranda and Eloisa to con-
sole the bereaved mothers heart, Mrs.
Coppertip also insisting on giving up her
beloved Dora as comforter.
The next day Mrs. Slipperkin PLAYED"
that the water had been dragged and the
bodies recovered, and had a grand funeral
under the peach tree. Penitent Joe con-
ributed wooden monument, on which
were ngraved-thst is, cut with a pen
knife-the names: Nellie" Minnie"
Lilliep' and this now marks the last
resting place of Mrs. Slipperkin's lament
ed family.-St. Nicholas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-04
Crumbs.

The only way to hold our own IL to
keep advancing-nO one can set still and
do it.
1t duz seem that all mankind luv lies
more than they do truth. How menny
people do yu suppoze thare IL in the
world who wouldn't rather listen to fat
terry they knu waz false than to reprOOf
they knu was just?
Wize men latf at most things in this life
it IL only the phools who gap and
swallo.
Yu kant allwuss tell how mulch man
IL really tickled bi hearing him laff
Thare ought to be a masheen invented to
meazzure the JOY in him, just az thare IL
to find out how much water thare IL in
milk.
Honesty il the basis ov all that il good
or even remarkable in emmy man.
The reazon viii everybody luvs a
child, and pets a puppy, liz bekauze they
are so natral.
Whenever yu see a phellow who IL for
ever and amen in a red hot hurry, w kan
make UP vure mind that he haint got
mulch to do, and but little kapacity to
do it.
Good breeding il nothing more than
the art Ov knowing how to wait pashuntly
till our turn comes. A little child wont
do this, and little pig kant.
Gossip IL more ketching than the
meazles il.
The quickest way to take the humility
out of a man who IL forever blaming him.
self for sumthing il to agree with him.
This amt what he il looking for
Book larnin IL all man needs in this
life, provided he spends hiz daze IN a
closet.
Next to bad man l am allwuss the
most atrade ov a cunning one.
Familiarity kan only be prakticed with
safety amung the well bred-fools and
puppys will run right over yu with the
least bit ov encourag cement.
ThoZe who never Iaff seem to hav died
before their time cum.
Every human being haz hiz own prI-
vate sorrow, and thOze who whissell are
| wiZer than thOZe who weep over it.
| a conceited man IL a CRATE fraud, but
he never cheats emmy boldly so much az
| he duz himself
He who don't want what he haint got
| haZ got all he wants and IL happy
whether he knows it or not
| The covetous man is like a sponge,
which takes in all the moisture that Gums
near it, and lets out none until ii IL
squeezed.
a cunning man IL seldum wize, and not
allwuss honest
The man who never deceives himself IL
the hardest kind ov man for others tc
deceive.
If mankind had been satisfied with the
bare necessitys ov life, we should to-day
be just about az far advanced in the arts
and sciences az Cain and Abel wuZ.
Double skies are good throw with The
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-04
A Sane Man Confined in a Lunatic
Asylum for Twelve Years.

COvINGTON, our trans Missouri neigh
Dor, has had sensation of metropolitan
proportions. For six years she has num-
bered among her residents a man named
THOMAS Carter and a woman named Mrs.
Dracott the twain, as it is alleged, bear
ing relations to each other which it is in
cumbent upon couples in similar circum-
stances to have ratified according to law.
Twelve years ago they were residents OF
oregon, the woman being the wife of
man by the name of Dracott, who was
worth at that time the very comfortable
sum OF $50, 200. By conspiring with a
couple OF the physicians connected with
the Territorial Insane Asylum Carter and
his paramount succeeded in kidnapping
DracOtt and having him wrongfully in
carcerated in the Institution on charge
of insanity, thereby gaining possession of
his fortune. For twelve long years this
villainous fraud upon Dracott had been
kept up, depriving him of his liberty and
compelling him to associate with luna
tics and madmen. BY some means he
succeeded in conveying knowledge of his
deplorable situation to persons outside,
and an investigation of the matter was
instituted. So strongly had the job been
put up, however, that an expense of
$4,000 on the part of the authorities was
required in order to break up
the tolls by which Dracott was
held. The efforts at ferreting out
the iniquity finally led to the dis
cOvery of the prime actor in the
monsnous imposition. A United States
detective was instructed to proceed to Cow
ingtOn and procure the arrest of Carter
and Mrs Dracott. Upon arriving at
Omaha the officer learned that Carter had
started for Salt Lake City. he tele-
graphed to Ogden, and succeeded in Sc
curing the arrest of his man at that place
on last Wednesday. Yesterday he went
to Dakota City to examine the county
records for the purpose of discovering
what property the pair had, in order that
proceedings may be instituted for trans
ferring the title of it to Mr.. Dracott, as a.
partial restitution for what he has been
deprived Of by the Vaccinations of the
guilty parties. Carter has invested some
money in Covington and Dakota County,
and was one of the principal capitalists
who gave that town the impetus it had
three or four years ago.
We hope that whatever wrong has been
committed may bring to its doors a
prompt punishment, but it is out of the
reach of possibilities for the unfortunate
Dracott to ever realize anything like an
adequate recOmpense for the misery and
mental anguish he has endured while
suffering as the helpless object Of the Gu
pidity of faithless wife and unscrupu-
lous knave.-St0ur CITY Q0,0d) Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-04
A Singular Accident.

FRIDAY afternoon Freddy, only son of
Benjamin F. Harrington, of the firm of
harrington & Campbell, returning from
school, stopped to play with some of his
young friends at the corner of Cass and
Congress streets, and while there asked
Lottie, daughter of John Gillett, for
some trife she held in her hand. She
answered that she wished to keep it, and
he, noticing a truck about to enter
Hendricks stable, said, Gall right, here's
a chance for good hitch on,' and at once
caught hold of the rear of the truck. This
was the last time he was ever seen alive.
Failing to make his appearance at tea
his mother and others, aware OF his Con-
tinued absence, became much alarmed,
and search for him was instituted; but
as hour after hour passed by, and no It'd
ings of him were received, the dread fear
that he was dead became almost a GER
tainty.
Saturday morning one of the worzmen
employed about Hendricks stables dis
covered little straw hat under one of
the trucks, and looking more closely saw
the body of the boy in crOuching posi-
ton beside a post. He at once announced
his discovery, and DR.. ID. .. Farrand be-
ing summoned came, picked up the body
and convened it to his own house.
Among the crowd who followed the doctor
with his sad burden were number of
children weeping bitterly, and the solemn
impressiveness of the occasion brought
tears to the eyes of many a strong man.
There was little blood upon the face
and neck of the boy which had exuded
from his nostrils and from one ear, but
after washing this off DR.. Farrand dis
covered that the cause of death was
compression of the skull between post
and one of the wheels of the truck. There
was no fracture and no cutting of the
skin, though a smooth mark ON one tenn
pleAand rough one on the other tell the
story of the tragedy in most unmistakable
language. 1t is thus:
Freddy rode in on the back of the truck
unknown to the driver, who, when he
came to the proper place, turned his
horses and backed up. Fred jumped oft
| and started forward. but when opposite
| the post had his head caught between the
| tire of the wheel and the post, and was
| instantly killed, the blow not being suffi-
GENTLY violent to fracture the skull.
That death was painless and instanta-
neous is evidenced by the fact that the
boy evidently never stirred after he fell;
that he made no sound, and that his hand
in which he held his little hat was not
clenched with an agonized grasp, but
was closed simply and naturally.-De-
troit Free Press.