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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-09

LAxAR TRoUNCks BLAINg.-Blaine failed
on Monday. The Washington correspond
ent of the Baltimore Gazette tells the story
of his failure as follows: ............ 81.
"The orator from Mississippi, with his
sinewy, wi!lowy form and painful counte-
nance, took the floor In reply to long speech
from Blaine and Hear. BE converted him
self into legal club aud broke every bone
In Blaine's. editorial body, How the col
leagues of Lamar rejoiced to see their little
David slaying the Republican Goliath of the
party, and how the Democratic side OF the
house were ready to hurrah and shout for
joy. There Icy the body OF the bully Of the
House. His bead could just be seen above
hisdesk.lid, one hand supporting 1t, the other
grasping the air. Blaine contended that Bel.
KNAPP could not be punished twice fopshe same
offence though the Constitution says that
an officer guilty Of an indictable offence can
be tried and imprisoned, as well as disquali-
fed Yr0sn holding Office forever, BIaine's
position and that OF his supporters was a.cunr
ming effort to have Belknap acquitted Sand
break the force Of the scandal. The point
was ably made by Messrs. Cox and Ciymer
that even though the grand jury was a body
to be trusted with the documents In posses.
sion Of the War, Committee, there was not q
lawyer wh0d not know that there was not
o particle OF evidence 10 the whole lot to war.
rant the Indictment OF Belknap. though 1t
.weuld the indictment of Marsh. Even:the
members OF the committee knew nothing
more than therecordd iselosed, and the DEM
oerats Were TOO shrsWd to be caught 10 Mt.
Bkine's snare, They necessarily resisted the
effort, and Mr. Hoar's resolution, ordering
the delivery of the documents, was rejected,
and Mr. Lamar's adopted by q majorityaoi
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TIE IMPEACHMENT PowER.-Is 1t not q lit
tie strange that anybody should doubt the
constitutional power of the representative
body to impesch Beknap merely because
Belknap got Grant to accept his resignation
What is an impeachment? 1t is charge
against public officer of which the consti-
tuition places the cognizance exclusively in
the representative. body, and the trial of
which is intrusted exclusively to the Senate.
"The House Of Representatives shall have
the sole power Of impeachment" Aud:
"The Senate shall have the sole power to
try all mpeachments. Any civil officer OF
the Government is- liable to impeachment.
The language Is: &" The President, Vice.
President, and all civil officers OF the United
States shall be removed from Office on i'm:
parchment for and conviction Of treason,
bribery, or other high crimes and INSIDE
meanors." But: Judgment inicases Of i'm.
parchment shall not extend further than to
removal from Office and disqualification 10
hold and enjoy any Office Of honor, trust, or
profitnnderthe United States"
impeachment Is the mode OF trying and
Furnishing public seryantsfor misdoingsin
the capacity of public servant by that body
in which the n1astershtp' over altthe public
servants has been lodged by the Constitu-
ton. Thus though the Presidents liable
to Impeachment. equally with every other
civil officer, senators and representatives. are
not liable TO impeachment Senators and
Representatives are not ofieeEs-are not
public servants, as the President and all the
|iclYi functioparies are. Senators and repre-.
sentatlyes, constituting the, congress or re.
preventative body OF the nation, constitute
the, political master, whose orders, formu.
lated in enactments, every public servant
that 10; every ots"er--tn ust fnfii..and obey.
The constitutional poRerSof The master 10
punish the official servant forfmisconduet 10
theEaischarge of his duty by the method Of
impea chment certainly cannot be taken from
the master By ,any.act Of, the dereliet servant
or-&nI other servant, either hY the .resigna.
ti0n Of the offensive servant or the accept.
ancs of. his resignation BY another servant.
The contrary would involve thai the, ssrya1t
knaI snatch the .copstitnt tonal rod fIQw the
HANDS Of the master and -eyade IFS applisa7
tion, which, would be Of Itself an impeacb-
able misdemeauor.
It's constitutionally given to the master
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TO detetmine whether the servant shall ever
agsfn be trusfed inthe public psrvice. Tbs
IL OF the essence OF the impeachiDg power
To slYithst any servant eau 10 any way DE.
feat IN effect the exercise Of this power OF
the political master over the political serven.
would be to reject one OF the most necessary
elements, of grepreseu We government.
: TO defeat the purposes and power OF lm,
parchment no civil officer can resign, anu
no civil officer can accept 8 resignation. FoE
the purposes of impeachment, both: the re,
signation of Belknap and it's acceptance 0y
Grant are acts which are not acts at all
CHICAGO Times. -. -. .e- -. -.tt
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-09

TIE SCHOOL FUND.-It seems that at Rich
mond they are in the habit of borrowing
the funds in the Treasury which belong to
the public schools to pay the bondholders
their interest; and now The Treasury owes
the school fund nearly million Of dollars.
No wonder the teachers 60 unpaid and the
free schools languish for funds to support
them, when the money is diverted from its
rightful channel and paid over to the bond
holders. What right has any official to take
the funds set apart sacredly for school pur.
poses and apply them to other uses? The
people OF Virginia will not permit any finan-
ciering of this sort, and it should be stopped
at once Suffolk Herald. ..3o
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-09

We are earnestly in favor of all the pro-
posed constitutional amendments (Which
have been heretofore published 10 the qq'
selte), but as ittseems that there is great FISK
that none of. them will be adopted II they
are voted upon as whole we hope the Lee
cisIature will reconsider its action and let us
Vote upon them separately.-Gordons
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-09

The following extract from private letter
from distinguished southern gentleman
who has recently returned from Europe is
significant:
81 take it for granted that the Legislature
will not adjourn before the first of April
so there will be time to act on the debt
question, if the disposition exists. Should
the Legislature fail to pass tax bill ade-
quate to meet the terms offered by (English)
creditors, the matters ends.
"The failure of Virginia to respond to
her creditors will be most unfortunate. 1t
is doubtful if any similar offer will be re-
newed, and under any circumstances the
loss of year in restoration of credit is much
to be deplored,' 49,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-09

The editor of the Norfolk Day.Book is
gay and festive cuss. He is now engaged in
trying to hide BELKNAP's disgrace by kick
ing up a dust about the "thieVes" who
voted for the Virginia funding bill land
voted for it against his protest. The Day
Book, it will be remembered (by those who
believe that papers averments), was the
originator of "the new movement" of 1868.
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MARRIAGES..

Married, on February s22d, at ST. James church,
TEsoN, of Manchester, Va, and Miss MARY f.
WILLIAMSON, OF this city, 81 ~ sf'.n
Married, on the goth of February, 1879, Of the
BROAD. Street Methodist church. by Rev. Mr. S3eet,
iIre W. r. COXUEN. OF Boone county, Mo-, to
Miss EMMA BENNETT. of this city No cards.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-09

NJ DO NOT FAIL TO BUY YOUR
WHITE GOODS at COHEN BROTHERS. at n
saving of atleast sfty per cent. They are selling
CORD rIQUE at SCI worth sec; sat 35c. cheap
at 60c; n aINSOOK CHECK MUSLIN al, IL &c.
All the finest grades at near half value. a lso,
STRIPED at 3Dc. worth 40c-; LACE STRIP at
2Oc. worth fully 37Hc; lat soc. reduced from Cue.
NH 8 ..... -e...ss t,--.s.z - tf.r<f< "a I 20
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-09

On motion Of Mr.. WITHERs the United
States Senate On Tuesday made provision for
trying to find out how to get rid of the
tobacco worm.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-09
MEETINGS..

T1HE MEMBERS OF METROPo-~ &.
. l JJTANIODGE, No. IL, are requested XXX
to attend a stated Communication Of their V !
lodge to be held at ST. Adams Hall THlS lIhurs-
lodges and transient brethren In good standing are
fraternally invited to attend BY order OF me W.
MARCH 9, A. 4! 5s76, A. D. 1875, NH 9.1t*
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
l. RICHMOND FIRE ASSOCIATION OF WIZ
GINA win be held at the compaRy's office on
THURSDAY, March 90, 1875. at O'Clock p. NJ.
/ NH Std X. T. BROOKE, Secretary.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-09

In Philadelphia on Monday q long tele-'
grsm.oyer hundred words-was sent to
London, and an answer nearly as long was
received, in less than an hour.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-09
NET NEW CAMBRIA EDGINGs AMI

. @ NEW CAMBRIA EDGINGS AND
/ 49,, ......- INSERTINGs; ..u, 80, q
NEW CROCHET and COTTON TRIMMINGS
NEW GERMAN aud LINEN LACEs;
NEW COVENTRY and MAGIC buildings /;
NEW vALENCIENNEs EDGES and INSERT
I INGS; r... ....,.r.-. ..s 49,. s-g,.s,..
NEW GUIPURE and THREAD LACES;
NEW STANDARD TRIMMINGS; a
NEW CACHEMEEE LACES:
A fresh supply Of KID GLOVES;
A fresh supply Of STRIPED HOSE;
A fresh supply of NECK-RUFFS; ~ .......s
a fresh supply Of LACE TIES;
A fresh supply of NECK .RIBBONS: .-s
a fresh supply of CACHEMERE LACE SCARFS
A fresh supply of COLLARS and CUFFS; "a
The largest stock OF DRESS GOODS in the city;
The largest stock of DOMESTIC GOODS In the
( city; ,.. &. .r...., gas, .---..- .-... ...
The largest stock Of CAssIMEREs in the city;
The largest stock of ALPACAs In the city;
The largest stock OF MOURNING GOODS in the
( city;
The largest stock Of WHITE GOODS in the city ;
500 pieces NEW DRESS CALICOES;. -.
500 pieces NEW SHIFTING PRINTS -..
100 pieces NEW WRAPPER CALlCOES;
200 pieces NEW SHIFTING CAMBRICS; ~.
100 pieces CENTENNIAL BLUES;
Great reduction In BLANKET ~ ....
Great reduction In COMFORTS /;
Great reduction In QUILTS;
Great reduction In SHAWLS;
CARPETS al cost;
OIL-CLOTHS at cost;
RUGS and HASSOCKS at cost;
Bargains In LACE CURTAINS;
Bargains In CORSETS. # q
Grca. Inducements offered In all the above goods,
which have just been received from the la test New
York auctions. which enables us to sell them at
about one half their value. ,.. r1r.
Come at once, and secure the best bargains ever
offered In this city. Don't delay, or you will repent
- OeDe wv SYCLE BROTHERS,
429 Broad street, between Fourth and Fifth.
fe 2G
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-09

Once or twice week we fail to receive
the Petersburg appeal. Whose Is the fault ?
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-09

And now the RAIDS say that Mrs. Bill
KNAPP Is a Democrat.
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MEADE s. BAKERS DRUGSTORE.

SKELRY,S HARD RUBBER TRUSSES-impery1ou
to moisture-do not chafe, soil, or rub;
ABDOMINAL SUPPoRTERs-tmproved patterns;
ARCTIC LUNG-PRoTECToRs, to cover the che
and back; M. .'.'..
GARRETT's SELF-ACTING ELECTRIC DISKS, TO
: the cure Of nervousness, weak back, &C..
CARgoL1C MoUTH-WA destroys the odor Of de-
! cayed teeth aud heals diseased gums;
SApoNISK DENTIFRIcE whltens and preserves the
enamel of the teeth; " =.
GUARANA POWDERS, for the cure Of headache and
neuralgia; ....#a sgt
ENGLISH CHARCoAL-BIsCUITS, for dyspeptics.
All new and valuable pharmaceutical products 70 J
sale by ... MEADE BAhER,
jas Pharmacists, d. Main street.
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s. on motsoE Of Mr. D6rsrEtpthe SENATE !
- - : House OF DELEGATEs.

81 The Hnuse met Ut. II CIuCh ~
Speaker HANGER presiding. 4
Senate joint resolutions rEl's) IN rela.,
ton to the Texas Pacific railroad were re-.
ferred TO- The Commi!tee on Federal Re.a.
tiona
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-09

r sYKEN'sVALLEY COAL.-Four hum
IL dred tons Of tha celebrated coal 70 safe. Alss,
yir.inia spIint OF ali kinds Georges Greek Cum.
berland for steam aud snitbs' use; = Glover Hi
and Midlothian Lump Soft Lump and Han Coke
Oak and Pine Wood WIKI kObEhAe. tlr2
i oe "a corner Seventeenth and Gary streets.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-30
Itinerant Threshing Machines.

The FARMER has often referred to the
economy Of using horse power to save hand
labor and urged the expediency Of farmers
owning all machinery that can bo economic
ally employed, clubbing together in the own
ership and use Of threshers, saws, and some
other machines, where there is not work
enough or capital enough to have one on
each farm. A writer in the New York
Times says
The greatest evil to which farmers are
exposed by patronizing travelling threshers,
is the carrying of foul seeds from one farm
to another, II one farmer raises red root or
Canada thistle, the seeds are sure to be car
ried all through the neighborhood by these
threshers and clover bullers. The remedy
suggested is for good, tidy farmers to club
together and buy thresher-not the large
six or eight horse powers, but good tread
power as now made, with a level tread, that
will thresh two hundred bushels day, with
one team and three men. at is far safer,"
he says, "more profitable because less expen
sive, costing not more than one.half, some
say not more than one-third as much per
bushel TO thresh grain as with the travelling
machines, and it relieves the house of a
small army of men. As long as travelling
machines are used from farm to farm, they
should be brushed and swept from top to
bottom before moving from each station
This is the only precautiOn that can be taken
to guard against the dissemination of foul
seeds, except the plan above suggested"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-30
supplementing the Hay Crop.

We should Judge that there would be a
good crop Of hay this year, but as there are
always exceptions to the general rule there
will doubtless be many farmers in all who
will not obtain their usual quantity. In
these cases it will be well to sow some fod.
der corn or Hungarian grass, or perhaps, as
a matter Of experiment, a small piece Of
each. BY growing both crops the same
year the farmer could very readily deter
mine which he would grow in the future.
If properly grown, both crops are very good
indeed. Both may be fed green, or be
cured aud used for winter food. And the
fact that many intelligent farmers prefer one
while many others who are just as intelli-
gent prefer the other renders it probable
that there is but very little difference in
their real value. Under some circumstances
corn may be grown to better advantage than
the grass. while under other conditions the
reverse may be true. But as both are good
crops, the farmer will not 60 far out Of the
way in growing either OF them. The CON-
mon grass has not got so nearly matured
that pretty correct opinion concerning Its
yield can be given. The farmer should there
fore examine his fields and see whether hil
hay crop is coming up to the average or not
If he finds that his crop will be light, il
will certainly pay him to NOW piece at
once, plow and harrow it we'll, and SOW either
corn or Hungarian grass, They may not Dc
quite as we'll on the turf as they would OIL
land that had been cultivated, but they viii
prove great deal better than nothing, aud
If properly managed fair crop may be sc
cured. Although it is later than We usual.
put in fodder corn, it is not too late to get
crop to feed dry in the winter. The cor
should be sown in drills in which a quantit
Of manure has been placed, or, if plante
without manure, liberal applications of ashe
and plaster, or Of some Of the Commercial
manures, should be made to the crop wheI
it is hoed. If Hungarian grass is grown il
stead of corn, there is no special haste abou
sowing the seed, though We should rather
it before long than to wait until the hurr
of haying While the majority OF farmer
may not need anything of the kind, we thin
that many, in all, may be benefited by th
suggestions we have made.-Nelo Englatl
Homestead.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-30
Poultry Manure.

$. @. Potter gives in the Boston Cultivator
the following account of interesting expert
ments ..
give the result of little experiment
made In 1868. l had been composing my
hen manure with ashes, and applying it to
my crops with very good results. But from
what had read | was almost certain that
the course was wrong and determined to set
myself right. The hen manure was piled
upon the barn floor and moistened with
water so that it would heat little and be-
come fine then added the same bulk of
rich loan that had had the wash Of the
barnysrd and a small quantity of plaster
| took one bushel of this mixture aud APP
piled it to l40 hills Of corn before planting,
scattering it over a circle Of at least one foot
in diameter. No other manure was used on
the plats. then took three pecks Of the
above compost and mixed with it one peck
of good ashes and applied it to the same
number Of hills in the same manner. The
corn was planted May 80, cut and stocked
on September aud husked October IL,
The portion which the hen manure gave l44
pounds Of sound corn and 2 pounds Of soft
corn. The portion with hen manure and
ashes gave 100 pounds of sound corn and I
pounds of soft corn. l also planted 140
hills with nothing in the hill and got S4
pounds sound corn and 81 pounds soft corn.
the hen manure increased the crop ~ per
cent hen manure and ashes 30 per cent.
One half bushel Of hen manure made 35
pounds of sound corn on the cob, and this
approximates very nearly the result l get
from year to year by using hen manure
Thirty-fve pounds Of corn on the cob are
worth at least 30 cents. which practically
makes the hen manure worth 20 cents a
bushel.
have just weighed bushel of hen man
ure from under the hen.roost aud find il
weighs thirty pounds. According TO Bruck.
ners analyses, bushcl hen manure con.
| tains-
Phosphoric acid, .Oi5 ID, worth Ice. pcr ID. soT.
| Potash, .O0j5 h.. worth &c. per To-. %
| Nitrogen, Gij lb worth 3Oc. per Id. .lG
| Actual value Of one bushel hon manure sO20!
In 1869 l made another experiment, but
mixed no ashes with the hen manure
Three bushels Of the compost mixed as be-
fore, made ninety.one pounds of sound corn
or thirty pounds for one bushel Of the COM
| most
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-30

endure so strong a dose Of potash. The
mixture is applied by means Of an old broom
and person can 60 over hundred medium.
sized trees in one day, washing the trunks
and limbs Of the trees thoroughly. The
smaller twigs il is almost impossible to get
at with broom, but they can be dosed by
means Of large garden syringe. The MKT
ure for the twgs should be made weaker, as
recommended for young trees, or the leaves
and buds will be damaged.
We have never known strong soap-suds to
fail in killing the lice, and it also scales off
the old dead bark and gives new lease of
life to the tree. The effect is not fully man.
ifest the FIRST day or the first week, but it
certainly keeps tho lice in check, 80 that the
tree thrives and is productive. The best
time for doing this work, as we have already
iutmated, is in June, when the young lice
are Matching out. They are most easily
killed in their infancy, and no one need
dread the quulms Of conscience for slaugh.
tering young innocents, for young lice are
not innocent--they go to sucking the trees
as soon as they are born. The females
and these do the mischief-apparently move
about only to find the best place to pitch
their tent, and that is on the bark that furn-
ishes the most forage. Once squatted they
are squatted forever. No bark-louse ever
changes his camping-ground.--Ne,c York
Times
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-30
Thorough Culture.


Nothing is more essential to the highest
success in raising crops than thorough prep
aration and cultivation Of the soil. Much is
lost for want of having the soil in good tilth
before the seed is deposited in il. When a
plant is compelled to struggle for life during
its earlier existence, il receives shock that
it can never fully recover from. If the soil
is we'll pulVerized 1t places within reach Of
the roots OF the young plant larger amount
of available plant food, and it starts off in
life with more yigor, aud, like an animal
that has been we'll fed during its infancy, it
is more capable OF taking care of itself in
after life, than if stinted and half starved
in its earlier life. Within reasonable limits,
an additional plOwing or narrowing will often
add many times its cost to the value of the
crop. Many farmers seem to think that all
extra work in deep plowing and thorough
narrowing In preparing for crop is so much
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-06-30

are all gained, what is gained by the change ?
1t seems to me that for convenience thore
has not been much improvement on the old
fashioned, thirty and forty foot barn. A
stable on one side Of the floor and bay on
the other gave very convenient barn to
fodder in. Would il not be well to ask, if
We are about to build anew, what improve.
ment can we make on the barn Of sixty
years ago. besides, adding to its size, making
1t warmer, lighter, more durable aud provid-
ing shelter for manure2
W. II. McAllster Of Enosburgh is build
ing, this season, barn one hundred and
twenty-five feet long, by fifty wide. Some
accounts Of it may be Of general interest.
The site is dry gravelly spot which has
been so nicely graded that from the road
which passes along by the side of the barn,
it is just proper grade to the floors over
the basement
A section Of thirty feet will be used for
horse.barn purposes.
The cattle viii be kept in the basement
which will bo eight feet from floor to ceiling,
warm, dry, light aud well ventilated. 1t is
designed TO accommodate nearly all the cat
lie on the farm, which consist Of forty COWS,
teams and twenty or thirty young cattle.
People have noticed for the last three or
four years timber and boards aocumulating
about Mr.. McAllister's place, and that as it
came, it was carefully stuck up to season.
The consequence is, the barn is being wholly
made of dry lumber. Everybody knows a
dry board is better than a green one. II
would seem as if little reflection would sat
isfy thoughtful man that dry girt is bet.
ter to nail it 10 than green one. That il
what Mr.. McAllister thinks, and the thor.
oughness which he has required of hi:
mechanics, from the bottom Of the founda.
ton to the spire of the weather vane would
satisfy the most careful builder.
1t is worthy of remark that about the only
| IOCkS III WI MCAllstcIb . HchuOWst WcTs
some halfdozen moss.grown UNCOVERED boul
ders as large as loads Of hay, with scvera
small ones thrown in for chinking, all within
five rods of where the new barn stands
That the great boulder is there designed for
barn foundation becomes easy of belief whel
one sees the splendid wall that is made o
them. We hope Mr.. McAllister will liv
to see the cedar shingles on his barn worn
out and replaced with something better
But he, nor his children, nor his children
children will ever need to concern themselve
about repairing the foundation.
There arc two other good things abou
this barn.
First, The yard is on its south side.
Second, 1t will not be necessary to eros
the COW path to go from the house to tn
barn. ). ii.