The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-06-08


The Hunters Camp at the Centennial is
designed to illustrate the life OF the sports
man in the backwoods. It contains what is
known as permanent camp, built OF logs
and bark, with the varied accessories OF
hunting and fishing, including the most APP
proved patterns OF portable boats, sporting
firearms, rods and fishing .tackle ready for
use. There are also specimens OF game
birds, kennel for hunting dogs, and porta:
BILE cooking apparatus, &c. An interesting
feature is lake stocked with game fish.
A new post-office is established at Motley's
Depot, Pittsylvania county, Va, between
Harris Store and Sycamore, on route from
Lynchburg to Danvllle, with Asa D. Hud'
nall rs postmaster. A new post-office is
established at Spring Garden, Roane county,
West Virginia, between Clendenin and Wal
ton, with William E. Green as postmaster.
A new post-offce is established at Wine
Spring, Hardy. county, West Virginia, be-
tween Sweedlin Hill and Peru, with Isaac
V. S. Dasher as postmaster.
G. M. Barton, former clerk at the Wash
ington navy-yard, in his testimony before
the committee on naval affairs, said that he
was eight years in the marine corps, and
that the mechanics of the corps were princi-
pally employed in doing work at the officers
houses, and that one third OF the officers OF
the corps are rejected cadets at Annapolis
and West Point, who, after they failed for
the army and thenaNy, had influence enough
to get into the marine corps. . ,3-t
j Steinberger, it seems, was not dislodged
from Samoa without some pretty sharp fight
ING. The English admiralty publishes a
nominal list OF three sailors and marines
killed, one dangerously and seven kss seri-
ously wounded, in the attack by her Males
TVS shin Rarracoutra on the Samoan chiefs
on the 18th of March The fighting was all
done not by Steinberger, but by the unhap-
nv natives, who.fouglt with a Yalor worthy
Of better cause. -er-4-ss..z> 80 -
TT is stated that the sub committee OF fhe
Committee OF Ways and Means, to which
was referred the question OF ehange IN
the tax on tobacco, favor "a reduction from
twenty-iour to sixteen cents. Thefe VIII
he no change in spirits for the reason thaD
the present bill is comparatively new, ana
change would injure the distiiier anu iessen
the revenue-an evil to be avoided, ln ti1nes
of depression. ..,.....,es. -. '1.t7h
The. Atlanta cotton-lnills, at Lawrence,
Mass, will be closed by the. 10th lnstant, on
aCCOUlL VI Nv saSS~NN
is SS42, coo, which may be re-
ducedto S6l1, 1000 by sale Of personal prop
erty. :. The assets Of the company above the
are estimated ut $7S2, 800: The
indebtedness Is largely to savings banks.
Il The memorial exercises over the; remains
of the Confederate soldiers buried at Edge
Hill Cemetery, Charle ston, wv est VA, which
took place on Saturday lust were largely
AL sIsrbna od1rars xuns doiiypra1. the
state, by Colonel John +. Leigh,
OF Richmond; Va. -. ~
The Charlestown, w. Va, Spsrst of JEFF
fers0D states that three men--W lillian no
ran, James Reardon, and Daniel Leafy. EN-
nloyaspf the Valley division OF the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company were.
struck by lightning and killed rear Win
chester on, SafuYda afternoon last. 't'iR
y The Chinese have appeared as railroad la
borers ON this side OF the continent. Over
q hundred OF them have been set at work
relaying the rails OF the Rockaway New
Jersey branch Of the Long Island railroad.