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s.I,raette. ke0Gs22: West rfrdpia coke, szlesszs.
Horseshoes: % per keS.
arnnt.1at IS. ten-peI,nv: otser sizes extra. !,
Plough Casttngs: "holesa's' 4es1z'. - :
xs sfss: ''Aeo e0''oa' go ''"'''
Lfcorfce PASTE j.. G. Co. SIC: r X; . Zsc;
27c.: A. c. c.. o6c.: G. y g.. 2sc.
Licuors. Wines. &c. =
Ate: Scotch, best brands, pints f2eaB2.s'
BTandiss:. Domestic. s1.2sase: frntt. $3.50
Virginia peaeh s2G&2.25. =
Rue Whiskeus: Medium. 81 .so@sa: pars Old. s p
ss:so@*s.so and apwards.: NV '- =.
Gin: Domestic. sf.25@t2: tmportef. SO p case.
Ne,o England Rum: s1.s5.
si 3ssesssiG ss"''Ne0'. Aa'ke' Advancing ~
Lumber. Slaves, &c.
Lumber: White oak. $1,000 q 1000: Western
Elrginia poplar, 2.50GsS25 y 1000: VINE pine
s29@s7s s soo oes ysSw tn ens
Pine. s2.5O@s5: cypress si1-inch. s55G@slo
= 1000. Laths-SpIit; $3.50; sawed, A.. 2h@sZ.os
Stares: Whisky barrel timber. green. sIs@s2aS
timber, S6@sl.5e S,1.00O. Flour-harrel po:es, 81
as; hOgshcs d-hoops. no demand; btcKory-no'p''
Mill-Feed.
Shtpstug: 45@50 q bushel.
Br9nnssuG: 23@3oc. z. pnshel
Wheat Bran: 20@25c. q 5nshel.
Corn Bran: l7c per bnshe
Powder. Shot. sec.
Fuse: Toys mining. $50: @s1.25 = 100 zee. &C.
Shot: Northern. s2.40@*2.50 p bag o; % Ss.
Grindstones: lstd2hc. y 10.
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CrcednOor.

SHoRT-RANGE MATCHES SATURDAY.
CREEDMooR, September 15.-The attend.
ance to-day was confined to those interested
in the sbort-range matches, which have just
been completed. The first prize, for teams
Of four at 200 and 300-yard ranges, was
Won by the Massachusetts Rife Association
Score at 200 yards, AS; at 300 yards, l21-
total, 272.
The second prize was won by the Anna
teurs' Rifle Association, OF Stamford, Conn.
Score at 200 yards, 40; at 800 yards, 123-
total, 263.
The third prize was taken by Company
f, Second Connecticut regiment. Score
at 200 yards, 143; at 800 yards, 120-total,
2G3.
The prizes offered byJ Fl. Steward. Esq,
Of London, for highest scores, were award
ed to Corporal John Henwood, OF the Four
teenth regiment OF Brooklyn. for the high,
est aggregate in military matches, and
Frank Hyde, Of the Amateur team, for the
ighestaggregate in the long-ranse matches
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COMMERCIAL.
CORN AND FLOUR EXCHANGE.


OFFERINGS REPORTED TO SECRETARY.
WuEAT.-Irhite. 1.GeS bushels. Red, 5S1S
Corn White. 726 bushels. Tellotc, 9s bushels.
Nired. AZ bushels.
OATs.-3O4 bushels.
TIMOTHY SEEDS bushels.
FAMILY FLoUR.-90 barrels.
SALES REPORTED TO SECRETARY.
WHEAT White, IL bushels common at $40;
20 bushels common ut 1925; II bushels common
at is: 4 bushels prime ar 81 go; 2Ou busheis
ut Si.45; 15S bushels very good at 81 30; SlZ
bushels good at j 50-total. 1.25O bushels. Red.
40 bushels at S1.45: 104 bushels good tultZ III
liS: $50 bushels Fliltz at $3.50: rs busheis
common Fultz at $3.50; 800 bushels Fu'tz ut
81 40: $50 bushels mixed nj Sl.o0; % bushels 1T
Terms: so bushels very good Lancaster ut sl.55 !;
so bushels good Lancaster at Sl.o0; 364 bushes
EnltZ at SO: 4lS bushels Fultz ut 81 At; 10
bushels good Lancaster at Sl.52; 70 bushels g00d
Bultz ut $l.42; 20 bushels common FultZ AT 81 30
a. bushels common Fultz ut $l.l3; 40 bushels
common FultZ Mt S1.10: POD bushels common
Fultz at $3.50; so bushels on private terms: s9s
Fultz at 1925: IT. bushels common Lancaster NJ
sl.25 1874 bushels at III So 2GO bushels prime
Futz ut S1.55 l72 bushels "ery good FultZ on pr-
waite terms 2G bushels common Lancaster At Sl.l
6S bushels Fultz NJ &l.53: so hlshels common
Lancaster at $40: 100 bushels Fultz mt Sl:52
2SG bushels on private tcrrS-:Ota 5.76G bushels.
I!hite. 23O bushels very good at 1!c.: IL
TIC: 24S bushels prime at 7sc:-total, CIV DuSll-
els Mired. AZ bushels prime ut tie.
OATs-5O bushels very good on private 'crlnS
100 bushels very good winter ut 3Sc.-t"Iai. l9'
bushels.
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SATURDAY nights DISPATCHES.
observation-disclosures TOUR


FOR TILE TRIP--CoTToN RE-
PORT FOR SEPTEMBER COLLISION ON
THE ERIE ROAD; TWO PERSONS KILLED
THE HEALTH OF sAyANNAH-REsULT OF
THE WEEKS OPERATIONS BEFORE PLEv-
MA; THE TURKS GENERALLY SUCCESS
INTERPRETATIONS BY THE WARM
SPRINGS INDIANS SPENCER, THE DE-
PAULTING CHICAGO BANK PRESIDENT,
IN CANADA-DEATH OF MR.. HUGH CAPER-
TON, OF WEST vIRG1NIA-ARREsT OF A
SALT LAKE CITY JUDGE FOR REFUSING
TO LET THE GRAND JURY HAVE ACCESS
TO HIS BOOKS AND pAPERs-sATURDAY
DoINGs lT CREEDMoOR -CoUNTERFE1TER
KILLED IN PENNsYLvANIA-NEw CASES
OF YELLow-FEvER IN FERNANDIEA. &c.
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There was curious explosion in the First
Presbyterian church at Plattsburg, =. Y,
last Thursday, the windows being blown
out, the furnaces shattered, and the ceiling
ruined. Those who entered the main audi
ence-room found it filled with gas, tho car
pets and cushions blazing, several OF the
memorial windows ruined, three small
arched windows over the organ completely
shattered, and the heavy outside front door
blown out into the street. The statement
OF Sexton Prindle is that he spenta portion
OF the day in the main room, sprinkling
bcnzine upon the cushions ond carpets,
according to directions given to him, to kill
the moths with which the carpets and up
hoIstcry were infested. He thinks that
about two thirds Of q barrel of benzine was
used in this manner. After finishing his
work up stairs lie went down into the lee
turc-room and made his preparations to
start Il fire in the furnace in the southwest
corner. He cut kindings and ignited a
match. when a shock came which threw him
fifteen feet and rendered him insensiblc.
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Wholesale Divorce Business.

PROBATE JUDGE ELIAS SMITH IN TROUBLE.
SALT LAKE, September 15.-Probate Judge
Elias Smith, having refused committee OF
the grand jury access to his books and pa
pers, was ordered to appear before District
Judge Shoeffer to-day; but not appearing,
was adiudged guilty OF contempt, and fined
five hundred dollars, and fifty dollars for
each day that he kept the papers from the
ordered to arrest him upon further refusal,
and the grand jury were thereupon allow
ed access to the books and papers. 1t is
supposed that the refusal was on account
of the wholesale divorce business.
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From the Indians.
pEPREDATIONS By THE wARH-sPRING no
TILES.

DEPRRDATIONS BIZ THE WARA-SPR1NG HOS
TILES.
SAN Francisco, September 15.-A San
Diego press dispatch states that a Union
special to-day from Tucson says: Reliable
adyices received Yesterday from Camp
Bowdie and Clifton say the Warm-Sprine
Indians. who recently left San Carlos, have
killed at least fourteen men and wounded
eight. They captured one freight train
killed the teamsters, and destroyed the
goods. Seven horses were taken from Rails
ton and the station abandoned. There has
been no mail from Silver City for week
The Longfellow Copper-Mining Company
at Clifton lost thirty teanl-mulcs by the
Indians. and will have to stop operations
Three detachmentS OF Arizona troops ant
all available men OF New Mexico are after
the Indians.
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Fatal Railroad Accident.

COLLISION on THE ERIE ROAD.
HARRISBURG, September 15.-The Phila-
delphia Erie mail train, bound north, col
lided with a freight train near this place.
The baggage and express-cars, with their
contents, were destroyed. Express-Mes-
seneer Jacob Steinman and Engineer Will
liam Attick were burned to death in the
wreck. Two cars OF wheat aud several coal
oil tanks were also burned.
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New York detectives have captured in
different cities property valued at over
twenty thousand dollars brought into the
port OF New York in the shape OF personal
baggage on which not cent OF duty had
been paid. Included in the articles thus
Struggled were twenty silk chapeaus and
one hundred and forty articles Of Church
yestment and chasubles for the use OF dig
nitaries OF the Catholic Church, over two
hundred deliberately embroidered cambria
articles OF ladies' under-clothing, and three
hundred and fifty sets Of imitation diamond
ana jet iewelry. The smuggler has not yet
been arrested.
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| respected citizens OF Prince Edward, died
on Thursday; aged sevcnty-two years.
The colleges and schools have opened
with large accession Of new students, and
the number Of private schools in this town
| has increased. $50 3. II.
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NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. September 1J.-(iohl opened at II OAK.
N0on.- Stocks firm ard advanced Money on call.
2is per cent. Gold. 1885. Exchansc-Long, 4 S3 y;
short. 4S7. State bonds dull. Governments steady.
Erening.-lIoney easy ~ p: per cent. Sterling
quiet at 4S3.. Gold dull al I03ir. Governments
weak: new 5's, 107i. States dull.
BANK STATEMENT.
NEW YORK. September 15.-The following Is the
hank statement Loans decreased S125,000: specie
decreased trine legal tenders decreased 1880
600 deposits decreased s2,000,O0C: reserves de-
creased s750,C0Q.
BALTIMORE.
HA1TJMogE September l5.-Firsinia 6's .e-
ferred So: consolidated. 63A; second series, Al
Rid to-,!ar,
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The DoRtll-List.

HEALTH OF SAVANNAH, GA.
SAVANNAH, Ga, September 15.-The re-
port for this week shows the health OF the
city to be unprecedentedly good, there
being not death Of white adult from any
cause. The interments for the week were
four whites (all children) and twelve colored
persons.
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STAUNTON.
pIpN pr,pNT

Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispstch.]
SEpTEMBER Is, 1877.
Last night the barn OF Mr.. Lewis Har-
man, about three miles from this city, with
fifteen hundred bushels OF wheat, was de-
stroycd by fire. PENN.
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The SCRIPTURES on PURE GoLD.-1n the
Bankers Convention on Friday, Mr.. Hayes,
OF Detroit, read the twentieth verse OF the
ninth chapter OF II. Chronicles, which was
received with laughter. The verse in .ques-
ton reads as follows: "And all the drink
ing vessels Of King Solomon were OF gold,
and all the vessels Of the house Of the forest
of Lebanon were OF pare gold; none were
OF siluer; it was not anything accounted OF
in the days OF Solomon"
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SAVING OF INTEREST ON THE PUBLIC DEBT.
It is stated at the Treasury that should the
present bonded debt OF the United States
other than the Pacific railroad bonds be
reduced to per cent. bonds tue aggregate
interest paid by the United States annually
would be reduced S24, 244, 1880.
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BOOTS. SHOES. &c.
TALL BOOTS AND SHOES
CHEAPER THAN EVER

AT JACOB MAYS, 607 BROAD STREET.
Here are few Of the iow-price goods. there being
TOO man 70 mention all lE
LADIES' GOAT gUTTON-BoOTs, $3.50 and
1925:
MISSES GOAT BUTTON-BoOTS,$ l.60;
CHILDREN's SCHOOL BUTTON-BOOTs, Sl.25
and $3.50;
LADIES' GOAT and FOxED LACED SHOES, 81,
s125, $50. s2, and up to So;
MISSES SCHOOL LACED SHOES, s1.o5 and
$3.50; 3es ~
cHILDREN's LACED SHOES, sizes from to
GENTLEsiEN's neat and stylish CATERS only
s1.75;
CENT? EslES'S neat LACED SHOES, $3.50;
CHlLDREN'S fine sCOTCH-B0TT0M SHOES,
Dunbar's maze, $1.50-best-wearinS shoes In
town:
Fine CALF CATERS for gentlemen, 1928 and
1915;
LADIES FOXED BUTToN-BoOrs, So;
HEAVY SHOES for mechanics and farmers, $3.50;
and other cheap goods, too numerous 10 meu'on, q.
JACOB MAYS, COZ Broad street.
Orders by mail receive prompt attention.
Closed SATURDAYS TIL 6:45 =. III.
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PauusYfYRuin.

ARREST OF CouNTERFEITERs-oNE OF THEM
SHOT AND KILLED.
HARRISBURG, September l5.-W. w.
Hutchinson, OF Baltimore, and W. 2. Funk,
supposed to be from Altoona, counterfeiters,
were arrested at Tyrone, Penn, to-day.
Hutchinson was shot dead while endeayor-
ing to make his escape. Their counterfeit
coin consisted OF quarters, halves, and trade
dollars. 49,.
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(,ubR.

ARRIVAL OF TROOPS FROM SPAIN.
HAVANA, September 15.-About 5000
more troops have arrived from Spain during
the last ten days, landing at different parts
of thn islanl.
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Ran Aground.
A STEAMER WITH VALUABLE CARGO ASHORE
BELOW MONTREAL.

BELOW MONTREAL.
MONTREAL, September 15.-The steamer
Lake Megantie left here at daylight during
dense fog, and, arriving short distance
below Lochalaya, ran aground. She has a
large and valuable cargo, including sheep
and cattle for the English market. 1t is
believed that the vessel is leaking, and the
cargo will have to be removed.
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= HO OIL B 0 0 X s.

ALL TIE TEXTBOOKS
used in the public and private schools, academies
and colleges Of Virginia and the adjacent states Tor
sale on the lowest terms.
Many SECONDHAND BOOKS at about hai1
price. Full lines of SCHOOL STATIONERY.
Orders filed promptly. Prce-lisLs furnished free
JOSIAH RYLASD & CO..
Booksellers, Stationers. and Printers.
sc l3-3w 9l3 Main street.
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flour.

Fine. $50: <upcrfne. SJ.5GGAs5.75: extra sll-
prriuc. SG1JMS $3.50; common iany. S7W 500
fancy family and City Mills, SS@ 1925.
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TAMES a. JOHN N. GORDON,
WHOLESALE GROCERs

DEALERS IN METALS AND NOVA SCOTH
GRINDSTONES,
offer for sale to the trade well-assorted stock.
orders promptly executed. 49,, y e,,.ory,
Just received d lot Of LARGE NOVA SCOIik
GRINDS,rONE suitable for Inacliinlsts.
Exchange Hole. 80 - (. E3- au 22-1m
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books FOR ALL.

Teachers, parents, pupils, and others, can find 1t
our Book and Stationery-Store all the
SCHOOL-BOOKS
used in the schools and colleges of the State.
Many SCHOOL-BOOKS are cheaper than they
were last year.
Our priced CATALOGUE is now ready.
STATIONERY of all kinds.
PIANO-FORTES, and MUSIC for the same.
sclO WOODHOUSE & PARHAM.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-09-17

DATENT WHEELS, PLAIN WHEELS,
i. HUBS, SPOKEs, RIMS, SHAFTS, POLES,
SPRINGS, AXLES, BOLTS,
ENAMELLED-CLoTH. RUBBER-C CLOTH
LEATHER, OIL-CLOTH,
SKEINS and BOXES.
and general stock OF MATERIALS Tor CAh-
RAGE and WAG0S-MAKERS,f for sale low:
Sc Ia. d4t&sw4t 80 r. l.. WILLIAMS. z
DOCK ANDtJOB WORK NEATLY EN-
ID ECuTED- AT THE DISPATCH PRINTING
HOUSE. ~, ,s5,sg fEi :; ~ syS ~ '.r.sts
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RICHMOND TOBACCO EXCHANGE

SATURDAY. September -, 1877.
The breaks to-day comprised so ho2shcads. The
offerings 4: auction on Change were AZ packages !;
of wlic, number ~ were taken in, and tie re-
mainder sold at prices ranging from 1928 10
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The DcfnuIting Bnnk-Prcsident.

SPENCER, THE DEFACLTING CHICAGO BANK
PRESIDENT.
QUEBEC CITY, September 15.-DetectiYes
have ascertaned that the defaultng bank
president Spencer, OF Chicago, purchased
e5, 900 worth OF the Bank OF Eng
lands notes here. The brokers who sold
Williams the notes identify him by Spen-
GERS photograph, as well as the authorities
OF the hotel where he stopped.
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ALL THE BOOKS USED IN THE
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS
English French, German, italian, Spanish. Greek,
and Latiuof the latest editions, are for sale ON the
best terms c,,,ronr
Also, many hundred STANDARD SCHOOL,
ROCKS secondhand. ut about half price.
we viii send free n catalogue of al the books,
with nrices RANDOLPH & ENGLISH,
CO 5.dSw 1902 and 1904 Main street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-09-17

The LATE JAMES Fl. GARDsER.-The Shoe
and Leather Reporter says:
Mr. Gardner was a perfect specimen OF a
"gentcman Of the old school "-of fine APP
pearance, stately bearing, high sense OF
honor-not chiyalric exactly, but honest
and maryland one Of the most gentle,
kindly, and affable men to be found any
where. His face was a picture OF disln-
genuousncss and suavItv. ltwas our prlvi-
lcge to spend an hour with him at bis
counting.room in Richmond within eisli'
teen months. He showed signs OF adj
vanced age and physical infirmity, but
his mind was rs clear, his smile
as genial, and bis bearing as capt..
waiting, as when he used to elicit our
admiration as he came on his annual visits
to tho New York Swamp, as early as we can
remember, and longer ago than We care to
inscribe on this record. He alluded then to
his weight of years, but with cheerfulneSs
and calmness which impressed us at the
time as the natural reflection Of his sunny
temper and a conscience void OF offence to-
ward God and man.
He has gone to his reward, leaving Il
memory precious to his kinsmcn and dear
to the trade, to which lie lent luStrc by the
purity OF his life and the integrity OF his
dealings.
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pre.bytery OF Montgomery.

- tReportcd for the D1spEtch.j
BLAcKsBURG, MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Va,
September Is, 1877.
The Presbytery OF Montgomery met here
on the 18th, at 4 p. NJ. Rev. J. f. Trip
lett, retiring moderator, preached the Open
ing sermon on Romans viii, SO, and Rev.
James N. Rawlings was elected moderator,
with Ruling Elder D. E. Laird and Rev.
James NJ. Rice as clerks There were pre-
sent thirteen ministers and thirteen'eldcrs.
On the 18Th, Presbytery heard the mar
ratives on tho state Of religion in the
churches. They indicated an unusual
growth and activity.
Rev. j. 4. Laierrc asked leave to resign
his pastoral charge at Big Lick church,
which was granted-the congregation con-
curing. Rev. W. w. Houston was APP
pointed to declare the pulpit vacant.
MIR. Laievre was constrained to this step
by domestic reasons compelling his removal
to West Virginia
Present on the second day, fourteen min
listers and fifteen elders. j..
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TOILET ARTICLES
DREsSING-CASESF FOR CENT? EMEN,
Fine ENGLISH HAIR-BRUSllES.
DRESSING-COMBS,
NAIL-BRUSHES,
SPONGES,
SPONGE-BAGS,
FLESH-BR USHES, &C., &C.
For sale by
j. BLAIR. Druggist,
so,a corner Of Broad and Ninth streets.
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,rATH FROM IPOPLEXY

DEATH FROM 4P0PLEXY.
as ATHENS, September 15.-Ficc-Admlral
Canaris, the Greek Premier, is dead from
apoplexy.
The War News.
RESULT OF THE WEEKS OPERATIONS ABOUT
pLEvNA-yHE TURKISH POSITION, &C. !
J. LONDON, September 15.-There is hardly
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-09-17

BERLIN, September 15.-The NdAondt I'd
zette moa positively denies that Germany
in any way influenced Servia and RomanIa
to participate in the war.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-08-01
The Methods Of Chinese Cruelty.

The greatest attribute of a Chi
nese General is considered to be his
strategy. He is nothing worth if he
fails to lead his enemy into making
false step. The hero of the honr,
on this account, is general who led
a body of troops against walled
city held by the insurgents. He be-
sieged them, and in due course of
time they pleaded for terms. Land
able promises were made by the doz
ems, the sine Qna non being they
should lay down their arms. This
was done, when, the generals dis
patches inform us, they were massa-
cred as fast as it was possible to do
so, but the leader WAS "put to death
by the extreme torture" This con-
sisted in winding wire very tightly
about the entire head and body to
the feet, intervals of an inch being
left between each turn. This
brought the flesh into wales which
we're quickly and neatly sliced of by
keen knives. The scene ended by
decapitating the still living skeleton.
A very great deal Of evidence in
criminal cases is elected by torture,
unless that given comedies with the
ideas Of the magistrate. If, under
torture, witnesses assert things de-.
trimental to the side he proposes to
favor, they remain in agony till they
take it all back again. When he has
got it arranged to suit himself, ten
to one he will administer another
dose to them for not telling the
truth (?) at once. There is some
thing frlghtful to the civilized mind
in such abortion of justice, but even
when the verdict is correct, and the
felon is to suffer for crime commit
ted, the punishments are so truly
barbarous you sink your detestation
of the oftense in your pity for the
suffering offender. The sight of a
human being receiving two hundred
or three hundred blows from heavy
bamboo, leaving gashes and flesh
beaten to a jelly, and finally help
less cripple for life, does not tend to
excite your love for your fellow man.
Kneeling on chains for many hours,
the lash descending at the slightest
change of posture, pinching the fin,
gers in wees made of split bamboo;
entwining metal tubes about the
BODY and extremlties, IN which boil
ing fluid is poured, soaring the flesh
wherever it touches; wearing a three
feet square, twenty pound wooden
collar day and night for weeks, being
unable to reach the mouth with the
hand, and exposed to the gaze Of the
passers-by in the locality of the Of
tense; placing in cage with the
head secured in a collar which forms
the roof, the toes just touching the
ground, and left to die by starvation
and strangulation; beheading and
cutting into "ten thousand pieces
are among the usual punishments of
this enlightened race. - Shanghai
Correspondence San Francisco Chro-
nicle.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-08-01

A FEW DOZEN OLD RYE
"A SEVEN YEARS OLD-PR1cE
$l.5O PER BOTTLE. FOR SALE
BY HENRY ST. JOHN,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-08-01
"A FEW DAYS AGO there nassed

"A FEW days ago there passed
through Rockport, Ind, man and
his wife, each wheeling a wheelbar
row heavily laden with household
goods. They bad started from Ohio
year before, and had travelled in
that manner through Indiana, Hi
nois, Iowa and Missouri, and were
on their way back home. During all
their journey they had not slept in
house.
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