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fore the special committee appointed By this
House to Investigate certain statements con.
corning the conduct Of said Stevens incon.
sistent with his high judicial position, 6as
refused to answer a{question put to him by
that committee, aud be assigned no reason
auficient or otherwise for such refusal ;
therefore, -,
Resolved blythe House of Delegates. That
the sergeant. alarms Of the House take the
body of the said George S. Stevens and him
safely keep In the common jail Of The city OF
Richmond until be, the said Stevens, sna'l
purge himself Of bis contempt, or until the
further order Of this House.
Messrs. PoPHlM, RONALD. SHEFrEY, ana
CooHILL spoke With great earnestnesS agalns'
the committees proposition.
Mr.. suEFPEY pronounced the whole inVes:
t;pation a farce and the proceedings illeSal
and void, and concluded by offering reso'
luton discharging the committee from
farther investigation Of the subject CON-
mittted to them.
Messrs, MASSEY and STARKR warmly aaVo'
Gated the Importance of sustaining the COM
mittee In the position they bad taken.
Mr.. SHErrgY's resolution was defeated
ave,. Messrs. CoNNsH, GORDON, CRANK
IL M
MI. CRANE changed his vote before the re-
suit was announced, leaving the soore-ayes
(; noes, 102'
Mr.. CLARKE Of Surry offered the follow
ing as substitute to the committees reso.
luton: ~,
Resolued, That the question asked Of Judge
Stevens BY the special committee appointed
to investigate the charges against him in re-
lation TO the names of members Of the Gen
eral Assembly with whom he may have
played cards for money is irrelevant to the
issue, and that an answer thereto cannot be
required.
Agreed to-ayes, So; noes, IT.
THE UNIVERSITY BILL.
House bill providing an appropriation oil
5000 annually to the University of Vir-
sinia came up as the special order. MIR. sgd
SEY SMITH presented resolutions adopted BY
the governors and faculty of William and
Mary College in favor of the passage of the
bill. Messrs. BAawELL and STUART made
speeches in behalf of the bill, upon which
tie vote was taken, and the bill passed.
ayes, ~; noes, AZ.
THE CANAL BILL.
The canal bill next came up, and was dis.
cussed by Messrs. ARMSTRONG, SMITH of Eau
auier, and DooLEY.
MIR. ARMSTRONG offered an amendment to
relieve the State from the maintenance of the
convicts who may be employed upon the
canal extension.
Adjourned at 8 P. M.
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Notes of a Trip Through the Iron
+. -. Regions Of Virginia.

HUNTINGTON, w. VA, EeDruary Il, 1916.
Editors Of The Wheeling Intelligencer
Perhaps few briet notes OF a trip just
taken through the iron regions of Virginia
would interest your readers. Leaving Cliff
ton Forge early on the morning Of the 4th,
our party, which consisted of prominent
furnace-men Of the Hanging Rock district,
started down Jackson's river. Our first ex-
aminations were at Calle Furnace. Here we
found a young man, D. s. Cook, OF Wrights.
vile, Pa, who is battling braVely with the
great problem of cheap iron. He had built
a small furnace, and was receiving his ore,
delivered by contract, at twenty-eight cents
per ton, and bis limestone at fifty cents per
ton. This seemed Incredible until we ex-
amined his mines. We found
First. A vein of ore sixty feet in thickness,
almost vertical, stripped and exposed for two
miles, and entered by q tunnel driven one
hundred and eighty feet below the surface
Of the ore into the vein, and an upright shaft
which has been turned into mighty funnel,
down which they roll the broken masses Of
ore, which are crushed by the fall and then
loaded into the cars.
Second. A vein of limestone more than
sixty feet thick, lying within few feet Of
the ore and above it, and miIed In the ord-
nary way. The limestone is Of fair quality,
although it may be Injured by the shells
found in it.
The ore was brown hematite, ranging
from forty to sixty per cent, and working
in the furnace, without being assorted or
washed, about forty-eight per cent.
The iron of the furnace has good reputa-
ton, especially for foundry purposes, but is
Enthusiastically cold-short. -...-.
There were two other ore veins higher up
the mouutan-one fossilliferous, the other
called cred shale," which we did net ex-
anime, although we saw some beautiful
specimens of the ores. r-...
Passing down the valley of the James, we
saw numerous openings of similar veins,
measuring from ten to forty feet in thickness,
and fifteen miles below, an immense Cliff OF
black limestone, Analysing ninety.fve per
cent. OF pure lime. At Buchanan, thirty
miles below Clifton Forge, We found
beautiful specimens Of magnetic ores,
ranging from thirty.ive to sixty per
Cent, lying in veins represented to Us
10 he from four TO seven feet thick; but
we had no time for careful examlna.
tions. They teid--as-~ that "a furnace
was built here, and its stock and founda.
tons made out Of this ore, aud the owner
hauled an inferior ore several miles, aud
never discovered bis. good fortune until his
charcoal was all gone. Leaving this field,
we went on with our Examination terty
miles below, TO Chestnut Mountain, ten
miles below Lynchburg. Here I've ieuHd
surface indications OF large deposits OF bpesu
lar and red hematite ores, and went fifteen
miles below this, to Riyersyille, where these
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Acts that Have Become Laws.

The Governor approved the following acts
February "A, 1876:
For'the protection Of ginseng in the coun'
ties Of the State.
To authorize the school trustees Of Brook.
land district, Henrico county, to establish q
collegiate department in connection with
Brook High-School.
To provide tor the working of roads In
the county Of Fauquier.
To revise and amend the charter of the
Lynchburg Female Orphan Asylum.
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TIE TEXAS PACIFIC RAILRoAD.-Contrary
to expectation, the House Committee on Pa
ciiic Railroads did not take vote to-day on
the Texas Pacific bill. Several amendments
were offered to the bill, and motion 10
postpone vote indefinitely was lost. The
friends of the bill are not now as sanguine
of success as they we're ten days ago, oppo.
sitiou to it having been manifested in an I'm.
expected quarter. There is no doubt that
the measure is losing strength with each
postponement Of vote, as two weeks ago
bad such a contingency been reached it
could have received the favorable assent of
majority of the committee Washington
Observation-Disclosures american.
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THE TEXAS PACIFIC B1LL.-tSpecial dis.
patch to the Philadelphia Evening BuHetin.]
Washington, February 22.-It now seems
probable that no vote will be taken on the
Texas Pacific bill In the House Committee of
Pacific Railroads tomorrow, and some of
the members are Of the opinion that no re-
port will be made to the House at this ses-
sion. Within few days the Democratic
members of the committee who are faVora-
BILE to the bill have become impressed with
the idea that favorable action at this time
will be regarded as an indication of the
Democratic policy to be pursued in the fu-
ture, and will seriously hurt their party in
the presidential campaign. Taking this view
of the case, some Of the Democratic mem.
bers say that the measure must not be
pressed this session, but held back until after
the election next fall, when it can be put
through the House without hurting their
party. The friends of the measure here,
however, will endeavor 10 press action at
this time, and are hopeful of success.
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NJ READ THIS!
SYCLE BROTHERS

SYCLE BROTHERS
nave one OF the largest and best assorted stocks Of
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN DRY GOODS
Ia the city, and call the special attention of their
friends and the public generally to the following
goods, Just marked down to these low figures:
so pieces soFT-FINIsH CAMBRIA, one yard
wide, at only 12kc-equal to Lonsdale, selling
at 15c.; .-..-.... 49,.
so pieces sOFT-FINIsH CAMBRICs at loc. worth
i 12Ac.; ...- STA. &. ... '.'.ss7"
LoNsDALE CAMBRIA, 1861: "
BLEACHED and BROWN COTTONs;
MEACHED and BROWN sHEETlNGs-an Of
the best brands-retaied at case prices;
DOMESTIC PLAIDS and SHIFTING STRIPES
at 9, ! O, and 1875; ,........ 49,. 3.
Full.wtdth LINEN -SHEETtNG only 65c.-sellinR
everywhere at 81; -...
Don't fail to examine our stock OF DOMESTICs
before buying elsewhere;
1000 wards remnants IRISH LINEN at fully so
to so per cent. below their value;
The largest stock of PRINTS and CAMBRICS In
the city at 81, 81, and 1 oc- per yard.
As the season Is greatly advanced, we Offer now the
balance Of our stock of
CARPETS, IL.CLOTHS RUGS,
HASSOCks, BLANKETS, SHAWLS,
TRAVELLING. and CARR1AGE-ROBES,
COMFORTS and QUILTS, -.....
az a price to astonish every buyer We are deter
mined TO close out our whole stock ofWINTER
GOODS regardless Of cost;
rs pieces DRESS GOODS reduced from % 80 AN d
35c to the low figure of one shilling;
RUFFS at 2Oc per dozen, made OF good material l.;
100 dozen SHIRT-BOsOMS at csc worth IS per
dozen, fully. d.
Don't miss this chance. Come at once and get
your goods at the lowest prices from
! SYCLE BROTHERS,
429 Broad street, between Fourth and Fifth.
fe l2 --s.s. .m .~rf,r
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ores are being mined. Some English
miners had charge Of dhe operation,
and although the veins, of course, reached
from the base to the Summit, they
were sinking shafts on the ridge and wind.
log the ore up with windlass and hauling
It down with mules. The trifiiDg matter Of
a lift OF from fifty to two hundred feet and
Ia haul Of swor miles was preferred to tun-
mel of perhaps one hundred and fly feet and
gravita,ion into the canal. But "they, did 80
in England" The veins here opened were
from two to seven feet thick, contained by
regular walls, and varying in richness from
thirty to seventy per cent. producing 10
the furnace about forty-fve per cent.
These ores resemble the Republic ores
OF Lake Superior, and are reduced
very easily. They produce soft and
strong iron, and the best OF Bessemer
steel. The ores mined were being shippea
to General BartIetps furnace, near Rlchm9no,
and to some works In PennsylVania. These
ore deposits at and below Buchanan lie along
the canal, but there ia gap OF thirty miles
between the canal and the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad that OF course makes oil
westward movement of them impossible
at present. The State has been unable
to extend the canal and unwilling to
alOW lLS -lT8uCulSSS W UC iLtShAoASN 'As1s
and thus has excluded this rich region. A
vigorous movement is being made to supply
tue missing link, and the iron and the coal
may soon be brought together. When this
Is done, If furnaces 10 use the leaner ores are
built at the mines, requiring an eastward
tonnage OF coal, washed and selected ores OF
brown hematite varieties ought to be loaded
at cost H seveuty.fve cents per ton, and the
magnetic ores at one dollar per ton. Such
ores should contain from tifty.fve to
seventy per cent of iron, and the
transportation to Huntington should not
cost more than s2.75. This would provide
cheaper road than has ever been furnished
in the Ohio Valley. There are many difficult
ties in the way, for railroad must be built
and operations must be on q large scale to
secure cbeapness. But it is probable that
within few months the iron masters of the
Ohio Valley will have offered to them class
of ores we'll suited 10 their different works,
and at price that will give them great
advantage in the close competition OF the
future. Yours, SCOTT.
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@LANCAsTER AND COCHECO
. CAMBRICS; ....... ..... 81.
PACIFIC, AMERICAN, and KNICKERBOCKER
PERCALES;
WASH-POPLINS at 10, 12ls, and 6Ss. per yard;
G1NGIIAhS at 10, 12H, 15. and 1870. per yard;
BED-TICk from 0 to soc. per yard
CHEVIOT SHIRTINGS In all qualities;
SHIFTING CALICOES In great variety;
WAMSUTTA,. - PRIDE-OF-THE-WEST NEW
YORK MILLS, AUBURN, ANDROSCOGG GIN,
FRUIT OF-THE-LOOM,a and HILLS SHIRT
ING COTTONS;
COTTON SHEETINGS, ga, 8 4, 1914 and IL 4,
of the popular makes;
LINEN sHGETINGS, very cheap, at
LEVY BROTHERS..
KID GLOVES In great variety. fe "a
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~ KNIGHTS WHITE G A NJ B r G.,
thirty.shree inches wide, at SHc.; ...
LONSpALE CAMBkIC at 15c. per yard:
CHECK NAIESOOK at 20, 80, and 35c, per
yard-yery cheap;
TUCKED CAMBElCs 10 great variety;
HAMBURGH EDGINGS at Sh, 10, 12H, 10, 20c.,
and up to 81 per yard;
HAMBURGER INSERTINGSa at 12H. Is, 20c., and
upto $3.50 per yard;
CROCHET EDGING, twelve yards In a piece, for
loo, worth SC. per yard;
twelve yards, worth loo. per yard;
PURE LINEN THREAD BOBBlN-EDGE,e lgh-
teen yards in piece, for 25c., would be cheap
at sc, yard;
CACHMERE and POINT GAGE LACEs in great
CACHMissRE and POINT GAGE sCARFs in TWEEN
ty-fve styles; -
HEMSTlTCHED HANDKERCHIEFS at $3.50,
81, So, and up TO 46 per dozen.all very cheap,
at LEVY BROTHERS,
1O17 and 1919 Main street.
The largest assortment OF KID GLOVES in this
city. 1e ~
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II E.CT u z E.
, go Mr. r. HUNTER BEAZLEY,
the Native Humorist,n will deliver his humorous
lecture on ..-. .
CRADL rs, PAREGORIC, AND BROOMSTlChs,
, in the Fulton Baptist church, on
FRIDAY NIGHT, 25th Instant at 8 o'clock, for
-. the benefit of the church.
II you would enjoy the luxury OF good laugh
don't fall TO attend.
Tickets, Csc. Children, half-prtce-
Tickets for sale at Moseley's drugstore, corner
Lester and Nicholson street. fe 24-2t
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m- NEW GOODS! NEW GOODs!!
Z. R. P RIG E & { o.
hnrn inst nnnfad

have just opehed
WHITE-GROUED PERCALES (4-4),
SPRING CALICOES,
SHIFTING, PRINTS,
BLACK CASHMERES,
BLACK SILkS-great bargains;
Elegant line LADIES KID GLOVES,
LINEN COLLARS,
CACHEAERE LACES aud SCARFS, &c.
The stock of WINTER DRESS GOODS-also
lot of SPRING GOODS left over-wili be sold at
far less than original cost.
IRISH LINENS, LINEN SHEETIkGS, CASS1-
MERES, &C., to be sold at job prices. 80.
go, r. X. PRICE s CO.,
fc 81 -e0d4t .. No. 1l0l Main street.
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We can't undertake to return rejected
communications. Those who value their
productions at high rate would do best 10
keep them at home. 1t Is not safe to trust
them 70 our hands. = b. i, .s..
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TEE POPULAR scIEscE MoNTHLY.--The
.siarch Nc. Of this monthly Is on our table. It's
table of contents is as foilows: :. Hydfogra-j
ply y !; q Lace and Lace.Making, " by ELIZA
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9 PARASOLS! just
received direct from the manufacturers our supply
of PARASOLS.to which we Invite the atien11on OF
purchasers. We offer extraordinary Inducements
In this line LEVY BROTHERS.
The he's largss, stock of hid GLoVEs in this city
fe %
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Ay WINDOW-SHADES in the latest
styles. Particular attention Is called to the new
STYLE INITIAL ION LACE SHADES.
NOTTINGHAM LACFS for curtains at So, 20,
25c., and up TO $1.25 per yard-some eAtraor-
binary bargains In this line;
Elegant LACE CURTAINS;
TAPESTRY, BRUSSELS, THREE.PLf, IN
GRAIN, VENETIAN, and HEMP CARPET
at reduced prices to close out the STOCK;
DRUGGETS, RUGS, MATS, and HASSOCKS;
OIL-CLOTHS In all widths, very cheap, at
LEVY BROTHERS..
KID GLOVES in great variety. fe24
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OFFICE RICHMOND RAILWAY COMPANY,t
h1cu,IoND, January q, 1875.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
L STOCKHOLDERS OF THE RICHMOND
RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at their office.
on Leigh street, on MONDAY the Goth day Of
February, 1876, at II O'Clock NJ.
ia 2l-td G. WALDROP, Secretary.
The above meeting is postponed. by direction Of
the President, 10 MONDAY the 2Sth Of February,
fe Sid c. WALDROP, Secretary.
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MILITARY NOTICES.
AMCSEMENrS

AMCSEMENTS.
GRAND SKATING CARNIVAL
u .. AT
e ST. aI.EAS'S HALL
FRIDAY, FEnuCARY 25, 1876.
There will bc a GRAND SKATING CARNIVAL
1T The Roller Skating Rink, St. Adams Hall, on
FRIDAY NIGHT the 25th instant. None but
ulitskers will be allowed upon the floor The usual
ticket of admission wi III not be good upon this oc-
casion.
A Band of Music will be in attendance.
General admission, so cents. fe 2l-M&F2t*
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MEETINGS.

THERE WILL BE A CALLED MEET
Il ING of RICHMOND TYPOGRAPHICAL
UNION THIS (EridayI EVENING at ~ O'Clock
at their rooms III Odd-Fellows' Hall
BY order OF the President.
j. Fl. CAMPBELL,
fe 25-lt Recording secretary.
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THE PENNSYLVANIA ---
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, !.
. OF PHILADELPHIA.
ORGANIZED IN 1925.
CASH CAPIrAL...........$ 100000
Observation-Disclosures. l,o0S,SoS.7o
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NJ WATERPROOF CLOAks In all
styles; ...-'s,.'
BLACK CLOTH CLoAKs, at and below cost, to
close ont The few we have left: ~.
SHAWLS in great variety for the present and ap-
proachiug season;
Particular attention is called TO our stock of sHET-
LAND SHAWLS. LEVY BROTHERS.
KID GLOVES In one, two, four, and six buttons.
fe "a
The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1876-09-16

for Hail Columbia, and that "Sic
semper tyrannis"' means "Take
your foot off my neck.,' this puz-
zled us for a while; but finally
agreed that n literal construction
of your ''mirabile dictu" means,
in plain English, miserable die
tation," and we consider it very
appropriate, knowing. that the ar
ticle referred to was dictated by a
headed individual while suf-
fering from one of his occasional
attacks of bilious collie, and written
by some one else, who furnished
the Latin. West END.
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dressed, or read, an essay to
those assembled on good gov
eminent. How much was ander-
stood of it, we do not know. BY
the way, the Colonel is a clever
old gentleman, one of the olden
time, and well qualified for any
position within the gift OF the peo-
pie, and worthy too.
Several small guns then shot of,
out the damage done by them was
imperceptible.
The proceedings of the Conven-
ton will be found elsewhere In
this issue.
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NOTICE.

We would respectfully notify the
owners OF real estate, who want to sell
or lease the same. that if they give us
% description of the land, the terms of
sale or lease, etc., we will advertise
it in the CHRONICLE, and if we
effect a sale or lease we will charge a
commission that may be agreed upon !;
if We don't, we shall charge nothing
for our trouble. Parties who have
gins, mills, horses, mules, beef cattle,
mich cows, hogs, sheep, ETC., etc., can
make similar arrangements. Those,
also, who wish to trade one sort OF
property for another can use our col
urnns on the same terms.
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MONTGOMERY, LA, Sept. ID, &c.
Editor CHRONICLE
Learning from his notices that
D. A. Ward, the Supervisor, furn-
ished our parish, that he would be
at this place on the 18th and 18th,
that his time might not hang heav-
lily on his hands number of the
public-spirited citizens of this
place and vicinity got up a
barbecue for the 18th, and invited
speakers from this and adjoining
parishes to address the people.
The barbecue was decided
success, there being nearly five
hundred persons present, of whom
about one-fourth were colored.
We had speeches from the Hon.
G. A. Kelly, of VIM, Hon. W. III.
Jack and j. NJ. Cunningham, Esq,
of Natchitoches. Vim. A. Strong,
Esq, Democratic nominee for Sec
rotary of State, arrived after the
speeches had been made and the
din aer was in progress. He was
called on for a speech, but owing
to the lateness of the hour, after
a few remarks excused himself,
and the meeting broke up.
The people of this vicinity are
entitled to great praise for the
scale on which their preparations
were made. Over 1000 pounds of
meats were contributed, and
bread by the 1O0lbs. was procured
from Al-xandria or baked here;
and there was enough for all the
multitude. but nothing left All
went home satisfied.
Owing tothe packet being behind
time. Hon. w. f. Blackman, 4. G.
Hunter and E. G. Randolph, Esq's,
failed to get here.
The meeting resulted in the
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The Convention last Saturday.

The Republican Nominating
Convention, held at the Court
House, on Saturday last, passed
off quietly and orderly. The NOM
nations, in most instances, appear
to have given satisfaction. Some
dissatisfaction exists as to few.
Major Blackman, of Alexandria,
was on hand to address the meet
ing at the adjournment of the
Convention. He made a big effort,
and was listened to with attention.
District Attorney Hunter also adj
dressed the colored people and
advised them hereafter to look to
the Democrats for their where
withal, rs they were under obliga-
tons to them for everything they
had. Col. Randolph then al
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tial ticket does not by any means
include responsibility for or SYM
pathy with the Pinchback-Packard
alliance in Louisiana"
He then addressed the colored
people, telling them that the white
race was and always would be pre-
dominant, and bound to rule; that
all other races had always given
way before them; that from a
handful in the centre of Europe
they had spread over the best por-
tons of the world, and that every
race that opposed them had been
swept aside OF away; how the In
dian had chosen hostility instead
OF peace, and from millions they
have faded to handful, and soon
would be gone, and asked if they
coveted such future; if not, to
turn from following strange gods
and unite with us in driving the
usurpers from Office; come and go
with us, we will aid, assist and
protect you. We are pledged to
protect black Democrats, and zee
inie.,d 10 do IL.
He then explained the manner
in which q large debt had been
imposed upon the parishes by the
Republicans, and how they, the
bone and sinew of the country,
had it indirectly to pay in prices,
and were interested in reducing
taxes as low as possible; that a
large percentage of the distress
and hardness of times was owing
to the amount of taxes collected
every year in the State and carried
off by the people their votes placed
in power; but he was glad to state
that he had proof that the colored
people were coming to their
senses; that several prominent
members of radical negro clubs
offered to go with him over his
parish and advise the negroes to
vote the Democratic ticket, and by
the members already enrolled in
Democratic clubs. WEsr END.