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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-12-11

THE WEATHER SATrRDAY.-Saturdayw was
one of the coolest days that we have had
here for wears. At sunrise the mercury in
the thermometer registered 200. BY 10
o'clock il had fallen TO 1870. At P. NJ. it
had risen slightly, reaching Mt that hour
lGo-thc highest point it reached after s A.
~ This record was made in an exposed
locality. In the afternoon it fell gradually
until midnight, when at the Dispatch Office
il recorded 1Qo. At s. O'Clock 7. NJ. the
mercury at Ford'S Hotel stood at So-24c
below freezing point. ... <..5
The coldcst day last winter was on the
atth Of February. when the thermometer
was down to 11o. The intensity OF the
cold Saturday, however, appeared not to be
properly indicated by the mercury. The
keen northwest winds were as severe and
cutting as are usually felt in this region.
Each wave or breath OF air appeared to be
iringed with minute particles OF ice, and
where it struck an exposed surface it seem
cd to enter the flesh and pierce it through
and through. Ice formed rapidly and to 4
considerable thickness during the day.
THERMOMETER SATURDAY: & A. NJ, 20
9 \. NJ, 10; noon, %; 3 p. NJ, 2l 6 p.
a.. IS; midnight, 10. Mean temperature,
L 1-ti. .#
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GRAND sEcRETAnY'E orrIcE, !

;tt5f GRAND sEcRETARY,g oFRrcE,{
f,3sf y -, RICHMOND, December n 1876.
THE GRAND ANNUAL C0asS n
II MIINICATIUN OF THE GRhNU0
LODGE Of ANCIENT FREE AMI Al-/WN
CEPTED DIASONS OF VIRGINIA will meet af Sc.
AlDau's Hall, In this city. on MONDAY, December
II, 1875. at 6o'cock p. Dc. 49, 10 4 ssa3ss
No visitor win bc admitted until after tho Grand
Lodge Is organized aud opened. u ~
By brder of. NJ. w. WILLIAM. 7, b, . .,TAIiAEEnR0s
g. NJ. A3s5t' WILLIAM u. iSAACS
: fip o-fd s&&s.f. ~ tfs3t Grand Secretary.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-12-11

BEAuTIFUL CAssIMERE SGEys.--The very atea
styles Of fancy Cashmere Pants, fancy suits foi
boys, and Boys Oyercoats, all now ready at ,ft;s
,lItjS!it'si'' ~ ,.l{s.. r. H. SIMPSON & Co.'s,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-12-11

POLICE COURT, Saturday, Justice Joseph
IL White presiding. 1.-The ease CT Nancy An.
derson end Eliza Epps (coloredl, charged
with feloniously entering the dwelling.
house of Martin Quarles and assaulting and
beating Harriet johnson with intent to kill,
and stealing one gold locket,, one silver
watch, and other articles, the property OF
Martha Swan, was examined, and accused
sent onat the grand jury OF the Hastings
Court. Committed to jail in default OF bail.
William F. Webber, an old offender, was
up for being drunk and creating q disturb
an ce in the street. he was sent to: Jail for
sixty days. iiir -. - 4. .,,S'
William Edwards (colore1 was sent to
Jill for five days for having lot OF lumber
in his possession supposed to be stolen from
some person unknown. ~ ~ 3..''f.I,.
i; Thomas Swami {coloredl, charged with
stealingone lot OF lead pipe. from some: per-
SON unknown. Case was continued until
Wednesday next. i'.a='1.''! 2i.'. :,
The ease Of i. Samuels, junk-dealer,
charged with having in his possession one
lot of lead pipe, knowing the same to be
stolen, was called UP and continued until
next Saturday.. 1a@sia ir1'' ss
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-12-11

b. The best preparation for Coughs, Colds, and
Hoarseuess is the .eoMpoUND SYRUP OF HoRE-
Housp.nt ASH yonr druggist fora 25c. bottle. tsti
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-12-11

,ainLEn's ;HonEnouEpp eoueK s1nrp,i25c
Sold by al druggists i. ~, .&fTaoj f1I
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-12-11

PROCEEDINGS OF THE HUsTINGs COURT on
SATURDAY.-The following cases were dis
posed of in the Hastings Court on Satur-
day-Judge Guigon presiding:
John Abbott, charged with assaulting
Frank Carter. was tried and acquitted, but
bound over in the sum OF 800 to keep the
peace for twelve months. In the SECOND
case pending against him a aoAe prosequi
was entered. -,,,.,.. i...e rl.3f
George Morris, charged with the, same
offence, was bound oyer to keep the peace
for one year in Sl00. In the second case
against him noNe proseq,si was entered.
Samuel Hague, charged with the same Of
fence, was bound over for twelve months
In S100.s 80. ,,... -, ,.,,...
John Valentine, charged with attempted
rape, was convicted of assault, fined one
cent, and sent to Jail and labor for, sixty
days. .n.''' -. -,
In the felony case Of the rioters . noHe
prosequi was entered - ~ - ,,;.,@4
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SUPREME Court OF APPEALS, SATURDAY.
Bartlett s. Robins rs. Strong, &c. Petition
for rehear1ng filed. s.., ,ss. 4, .,g. 1,
Caldwell U.s., English and American Bank,
&c. Motion to require new bond docketed
and continued until Wednesday next. hi
Southern Mutual Insurance Company Us.
Yates. Rule to require new bond dis
charged. ~. .-.l.
spilman Us. Crane, sc. Dismissed;
agreed. .-, s-r. ....-;.a.f ls.... ..s.s.
Jones'S administrator, &c., Us. Jones, &c.
Further argued by James Alfred Jones,
Esq, and Judge William J. Robertson for
the appellees, and Judge Ould for the appel
lants, and submitted.
The Court will take Monday and Tuesday
for conference, and meet again on Wednes-
day next the 18th instant, when the follow.
ing are the next cases in order on the dock.
et-viz., Reynolds Us. Zenke, &C.. Walden,
&C., Us. Stubblefeld's executor, &C.; Moor.
man Us. Smoot and ais; Milner, &c, Us
Connally's assignee, &c. Brooklyn Life In
surance Company Us. Bidgood. 3:
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,,ox-DAy DECEMBER IL, 1876.

.,-r,,E CIRCULATION OF THE DISPATCH
T.pc4,p THAN THE CONFINED CIRCU-
,.T1nx OF ALL TIE OTHER DAILY NEWS
r,pyHS OF the CITY .'asSt
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-12-11

SAVE MONEY by having yonr printing dene u: The
DIsPAGCI PRISTrSC-HoUsR!i Coed work. low
prices and satisfaction guaranteed. -
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+ FROZEN OYER:-Ou Saturday night the
basin aud canal were frozen oFer. 2.,ifzi !
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WEATHER REPORT.

p,or.n111r,Es 7 o-DAY. - Washington,
,>I,n,,,r>nr o a-For the Middle States. very
nnId and clear weather will continue, with
r",. ,,or.hwcstcrlv w to Southwesterly winds, and
''1 FOR the South Atlantic and Eastern Gulf
s,s,cs. colder and gen orally clear weather,
With northerlv TO caStcrly winds and rising
barometer during the night.
For the Western Gulf States during Sun
day. slightly warmer, clear, or partly CLOUDY
weather, caStcrly TO southeriy wlnds, ana
stationary or Slowly-ialling barometer.
For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, low
but slowly-risiug, temperature during sun
day, Sou,herly to westerly winds, failns
barometer, and possibly arrears OF snow.
Cautionary signals continue on the AT
lantjc coast from Wilmington to Eastport.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-12-11

DIARIES FoR 1877 at j. T. ELLYsoS's, ll12
Main street ~ ... .5.sEnF
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!, CHRIsrMAs HOOKS In great variety at J.T. Ell
.YsoN's bookstore, lll2 Main street.nii.ftiI 80

TILDES Observation-Disclosures supply Of, the
new'style Overeoats just received at ,,.,,,sys
sit 10 = s t@iGs@1 y y. n. sislYsoN & cog,
1rtrr1 III n JeIt tlsta ~ - 1909 Main street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-12-11

R1CHMOND 49,
r.-l1.,v n RICHMOND, VA, Nosembr III, $780,
THE. ANNUAL MEETING, OF THE
Il STOCKHOLDERS OF THE ERICHMOND AND
DANVILLE RAILROAD CoAfPAsYi~iill ns NEG
streets, IN the city Of Richmond, on WEDNESDAY,
December 18th proximo, AZ l2 o'clock D.. a;lS q,
from the 22d Instant until after the day of meeting.
no 13-td :. RICHARD BROOKE. secretary. Z
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4 SsilCIATION HALL.

MONDAY EVENING, December 9Th, the great
FIGHTER rs CLAUDE MELNoTrE. - de 7-4t
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-06

Nv heart aHi bat lately were az strife,
She fell s-OnEiHg for certain thing,
The W hich ! could not give her, aud NV tic
Grow sick and weary with her "lahIuiIHg-
God knows J wUUld have given my youth S wide
scope,
To buy nv heart hut one brief, blessed da~
Of the bind bliss she coveted but hope,
When l app, aled TO it. turn dumb away,
Until hope failed, did not Chide my heart,
But was full tender to her misery,
knew how hard and bitter was her part;
But when J that good was not for me,
fp that time and tears were vaiuly spent;
ID Heart - said l, hope is silent; bc content
Poor heart! she listened earnest, humblc-wiso,
while my good angel gave her counsel strong,
Then from the dust and ashes did arise
And through her trembling lips broke forth a
song;
a soothing song that grew into strain
of praise for bliss denied as well ss given
She sang II then Ia charm a lingering pain
She sings IL now for gladneSs, morn and even,
She sings it, seeing on hfe'S garden wall
Loves deep red roses in the sunshine stir,
And singing, pa 5, 5, envying not at ALL
Content to feel that love is not for her,
Tt roses are snotheT's, bloom and scent,
My heart and have heaTtsease-and content
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EAST.

New Jersey puts up $4,000 to exhibit
her schools at the centennial.
The domestic export trade Of PhiIadel-
phia for the month of February aggregated
SS,3S9,797.
b. p. Rogers, receiving teller Of the
Fulton bank, Brooklyn, has absconded, being
a defauIter to the extent of twenty-five thou
sand dollars.
The reduction of twelve and a half per
cent. in wages at Great Falls mills went into
effect Tuesday. The weavers left in body,
refusing to work.
Conray, one of the Utica, New York,
masked burglars, who had turned state's
evidence, was shot dead last week, during a
parley between the officer who had him in
charge and party of men who claimed him,
asserting that they were officers, but who are
supposed to have belonged to n gang of bur
glars.
New York city thinks of solving the
problem of an Increased water supply by
utilizing the salt water of East and North
rivers for extinguishing fires, thus confning
the use of Croton to drinking and cooking
purposes The question of salt caking in
the pipes and hose, and the means of remOv-
ing such incrustations have been considered
and the plan pronounced feasible, but the
enormous cost Of duplicating the present
network of pipes, appals taxpayers.
The report of the New York Prison
association, just published, shows that in
every hundred convicts, there was found
forty-six who have been grossly neglected
while children, forty orphanFd or abandoned
in childhood, eighteen who were confessed
members of criminal families, twenty-five
were of pauper stock, forty-three who were
of inebriate families, chiefly children OF
drunkards, twenty three who belonged tC
families in which insanity, epilepsy, and dis
abling disorders of the nervous system ex
listed, thirty-nine who confessed to being
habitual drunkards, while seventy-six were
habitual criminals. Every convict belong,
to two or more OF these classi6cations Many
of the habituai criminals are habitual drunk
ards and most of them were neglected ol
abandoned in childhood.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-06
4 Singular Sermon.

Four gentlemen and an old minister
were assaiIed on the highway by three
robbers, who demanded and took posses
sion of all their funds. The old minister
pleaded very hard to be allowed little
money. as he was on his way to pay a bill
in London. The highwaymen, being
generous fellows, gave him all his money
back again on condition Of his preaching
them a sermon. Accordingly, they re-
tired a little distance from the highway,
and the minister addressed them As fol-
lows: Gentlemen, you are the most
like the old apostles of any men IN the
wOTld-fOr they were wanderers upon the
earth, and 80 are you. They had neither
lands nor tenemcnts that they could call
their own; neither, presume, have you.
They were despised of all but those of
their profession and 20, / believe, are
YOU. They were unaltcrably fixed in
the principles they prOfessed; and dare
swear so are you. They were often hur-
ried into iails and prisons all of which
sufferings, ! presume, have been under
gone bv'vou Their profession brought
them all to untimely deaths and, you
continue in your course, such viii he
your end. But on this point you differ
nightly: for the apostles asCcnded from
A tree into heaven, where, ! am afraid,
you will never 90; but a. their deaths
were compensated with eternal glory,
yours will be rewarded with eternal
shame and misery unless you mend your
manners
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-06
THE BELKNAPs OF IRELAND.
St. Patrick in the Role of a Government
Re eEOrmer-Letler from MnrI. TWIN.

~. Patrick in the ROIe Of a Government
Re eIOrmer-LetGer from Mark Twain.
The following letter was read at the
supper of the knights of st. Patrick in
Hartford, Conn:
RICHARD MCCLOUD, EsQ.-DEAR SIR:
! am very sorry that ! cannot be with
the knights of St. Patrick tomorrow
evening. In this centennial year we
ought all to find peculiar pleasure in
doing honor to the memory Of n man
whose good name has endured through
fourteen centuries. We ought to find
pleasure in it for the reason that at this
time we naturally have a fellOw-feeling
for such a man. He wrought a great
work in his day. He found Ireland a
prosperous republic, and looked about
him to see if he might find some useful
thing to turn his hand to. He observed
that the president of the republic was in
the habit of sheltering his great officials
from deserved punishment, so he lifted
up his staff and smOte him, and he died
He found that the secretary of war had
been so UnbecOmingly economical as to
have laid up $4,000 a year out Of 4
salary of SS, 900, and he killed him. He
found that the secretary of the interior
ALWAYS praved over every separate and
tlSJlQCJ DdTGcI Ol SAT- Bttl llidI Was HI
tended for the unconverted savage, and
then kept that beef himself, and he killed
him also. He found that the secretary
Of the navy knew more about handling
suspicious claims than he did about hand
Iingas ship, and at once made amend Ofhim.
He found that a very foul private secre
tarv had been engineered through asham
trial, so he destroyed him. He discOv-
cred that the congress which pretended
to prOdigiOus virtue was very anxious to
investigate an ambassador who had dis
hOnOred the country abroad, but was
equally anxious to prevent the appoint
ment Of any spOtless man to a similar
post; that this congress had no God but
partv, no system of morals but bat
vision. and no reason or excuse for cX-
isting anyhow. Therefore he massacred
that congress to the last man. When he
had finished his great work, he said, in
his fgurative way, LO, | have de-
stroyed all the reptiles in Ireland"
St. Patrick had no politics; his SYM
pathies Law with the right-that was
politics enough. When he came across
a reptile he forgot to inquire whetherhe
was a democrat or a republican, but sim
plv exalted his staff and " let him have
it, Honor be his name-I wish we had
him here to trim us up for the centen-
NAL. But that cannot be. His staff.
which was the symbol of real, not sham,
reform. Is idle However, we still have
with us the symbol of truth-George
WashingtOn's little hatchet-fOr i know
! THEY'VE buried IT. Yours truly,
- + CTFMEN-
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information relating to the German agricul-
tUral associations. In England Mr.. Wright
conferred with the chamber of agriculture
and other societies. lie will remain there
until after the industrial congress, which
holds its first session April 18th. Mr. Ruskin
has written to him saying that he approves
of the system of the oranges, and hopes they
will take root and prosper in Great Britain.
Mr.. Wright is not sanguine of such result at
present, but thinks the basis OF the union
will soon be formed between British CO.
operative societies and corresponding grange
societies in America.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-06
FOREIGN.

An official return states the gross num-
ber of slaves in the Brazilian empire at ,4O9,- =
AS.
Eight out of every ten of the leading
journals in England and Scotland will send
correspondents to the centennial.
Paul Dahlgren, consul-general of the
United States 10 Italy, and son of the late
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-06
The Four Grent Winds.

Perhaps the influence Of the four great
winds on character is only fancied one,
but 1t i evident on temperament, which
is not altogether a matter of tempera-
ture, although the good old deacon u-ed
to say in his humble manner, that &c bis
third wife was a very good woman, but
her temperature was very different from
that of the other two"
The north wind is full Of courage and
puts the stamina Of endurance into man,
and it probably would into woman too,
if there were a series Of resolutions passed
to that effect.
The west wind is hopeful 1t has prom
isc in it, aud is, except 10 Atlantic vow
ayers America-bound, the best wind that
ever blew.
The east wiEd i pecviShnc-S it is
mental rheumatism and grumbling, and
curls one up inthe chimney corner like q
cat.
The south wind Is fall Of longing and
unrest, of suggestions of luxurious case
| am not sure but the south j. the most
powerful Of winds, because OF it, sweet
persuasiveness. Nothing so stirs the
blood in spring it makes men longer
to zoe on pilgrimage
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-06


CkRDINAL MANNING in a recent ser
mon referred to English paupcrism in
the following pointed language: En-
gland, the richest of all countries, has
upon it stain and shame not to be
fcri1id in countries which Englishmen as
sumo to despise: he meant pauperism, an
intense dcmoralized state of poverty.
Poverty in itself was an honorable state
but pauperism was something altogether
distinct from poverty. Pauperism was
that wrecked condition of men and OF
families out of which there was no rising
by any effort of their own. And what
did it come from 1t would take too long
to endeavor to say. One reason hewould
state; the overwhelming prosperity of
the rich, the closeness of the hands and
-jthd hearts, and the ignorance in which
the rich lived and died, of the state of
the poor who lived and died round
ahput them. dwellings. The possession
of wealth and prosperity generated a sell
fishness and an Inconsistencies of the
suferings of others, SO that men were
wrapped up in their own daily indul-
gence, and were forgetful of those who
were in want"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-06

QUAINT TEXT The devil. as a roar
ing lion, walketh about seeking whom
he may devour" Now, my friends. we
viii divide the subject Of our text into
four heads First we shall seek 10 learn
Who the devil hc was; secondly, we
shall inquire into his geographical posi-
ton, namely, Where the devil he was,
and where the devil he was going
thirdly (and this IS of a personal charac-
ter, " Who the devil he was seeking; "
and fourthly, we shall endeavor TO solve
a question which has never been solved
vet. What the devil he was roaring
about"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-06
F1rEs or ADVERTISING.


ASSoUNcEsIE Nrs.-Announcing the name Of q peT,
SON Tor County Office -: State Office, $40 Federal
Office. SIS. Invariably in advsuco-
Religious Marriage. Birth and Death notices 80
IiCted and will willis Cly inserted free Of charge
Dhituaries Masonic and other society notices
dea tbs. etc. will be charged ten cents Ter line
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-06

THE old adage that "charity begins at
home" is well illustrated in the benevo-
lent work done in the city of Boston.
Statistics complied for the government
show that in the year 1873 the city gave
for home charities S3, ,466, ,437; the aver
age given by its Protestant churches TO
foreign christian missions yearly is $50
OO0 This would show fOrty-three dol
lars expended for home charities for
every dollar expended abroad.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-06

Go WAY DAR.-In this town there II
an old lymphatic negro who has wonder
fully large feet, and is always willing I"
take a rest. One afternoon while he was
sleeping on his cahin-feor, with his feet
presented to the glimmeTing Hght'
hc opened one eve little, and getting
glimpse Of his huge pedals, mistook them
for two little negroes, and called out
80 Get fun fore me, ] say Kick you ln il
de fah, If you DON'T will, shuah
And again he snOred. But his dream,
not being pleasant, he presently opened
both ewes, and still seeing the pests ne
drew up his feet for the thTeatehea
kick: but, alarmed 10 see the enemy ad-
vaucing upon him, he beloved out
50 Wha-wha, YOU comm to, now "'
WAY dar ~
CHINE-E CorrOSs.-There are f2o-
0OO, 900 of people in China, ana all men men
women and children, wear cotton clolh-
ing. both upper and under. Allowing
ten wards for the outfit OF each ptI-'hr
of cotton cloth weighing five ounce, ounce 70 -
the sauaTe ward. We have 4,5Oo, ,o1O,o'v
tons equal To one third the Welght OF
OH the iron consumed in the nileu
Storcs in 1873. For many years Mah-
chester has been trying To supply Ihts'
,l.r,i,7s, millions with their demand m
III ans cloth but has so far failed. As
,,s+ the Chinese prefer their own home
made cloth, which is coarse and clumsy
in texture but cheap, and wears well.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-04-06
Electricity Instead of the GaIIOws.

The Scientific American discusses
hanging as a mode of capital punish
ment, and proposes a substitution of
electricity for the galIows. The light
ming stroke causes the most certain and
painless death know to science. A pow
erful discharge of electricity into the
body of the condemned from a battery
and Rumhkorff coil would amount TO
the same thing in eXtinguishing life.
This Is the way III which the Scientific
American would have executions CON
Quoted: " The battery and coil should
be of sufficient strength to deliver the
eighteen-inch spark. In case of their
being more than one person to execute,
all of the condemned would be conducted
with all due ceremony to the place of eN
cution, the left hand of one man hand
cuffed to the right hand of his neighbOr,
and the conducting wire fastened to
bracelets on the disengaged wrists of
both criminals, if only two are TO be eX-
ecuted or to the wrists Of the outer Elen,
if only that number are to suffer. The
cuIprits being seated 50 as to be seen by
the legal witnesses. the sheriff presses 4
button The current is instantly cstab-
lished from the coil, passes through the
bodies of the men. and all is over. The
same ignOminy which attaches to the
gallows would be transferred to this mode
of destruction, which, among the ignO-
rant of all nations and ages, has been
the subject of profound superstition, and
would without doubt through its very
incOmprehensibiIity and mystery, imbUe
the uneducated masses with a dCepcr
horror.