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4. SAKs 6 Co.,
Eirhmonis Leading clofhiers,
1913 Main street, opposite post-oti!cc.
COHEN BROTHERS
will open on
MONDAY NEXT
upwards OF
IliiRTY-FIvE HUNDRED YARDS
OF
BLACK AND COLORED SILKS.
These goods are Of be finest manufacture in France
and will be offered at
FABULOUS PRICES.
Every yard Is warranted.
They will also
BE IN RECEIPT
of
AVERY EX ENSITE STOCK
OF
ALL CLASSES OF GOODS
for holiday presents.
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/ PuOToGRAPHS.-C. r. REEs, Main street ncar
Eighth, is making the new style Of GEM PHOTO
GRAPHS at soc. dozen. The regular card size
four for 81, or $3.50 per dozen, worth IS. Large
size 81 and upwards Over Southern Express.
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SAVE MONEY by having your printing cone astne
DISPATCH PRlNTING-HousE. Coca Wosk, 10"
nrIees, and satisfaction guaranteed.
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THE GLENwooD RYE IS THE WHIsKEY referred
to below:
This certificate entities the holder to receive from
the Virginia State Agricultural Society the frs!
premium which was awarded Ut the Fair held in the
city Of Richmond In November, 1877, for the BEST
and PUREsT D1sTILLATIoN of wHISKEY, to W.
D. BLAIR & Co., Richmond.
e
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SOLOMON HIMSELF WOULD BE PUZZLED Il
called upon TO decide which i5 the more exquisite
the Violet, Wcst-End Bouquet, or Stephanotis OF J
&C T.. ATKINSON.
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POLICE BUSINESS has been duller for the
last six months than for any like period
within the past twenty years. so old officers
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GRAND SECRETArY'S OFFICE, I
h.1.s 4

RICHMOND, December 4 1877.
rTHE GRAND ANNUAL COMMU- a.
1 NICATIOS OF THE GRAND LODGE Xxx
OF ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTEDIv
MASONS OF VIRGINIA Will be held ut st. Aloan
1877 al s O'Clock 7. NJ No visitors viii bo INIT,
ted until after the Grand Lodge is organized and
opened. BY order of the ". NJ.
RICHARD PARKER, Grand Master
WILLIAM &. iSAACS, Grand Secretary.
de i-td
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HEADACHE AND NEURALGIA PILLS.

BEAUTIFUL GOLD WATCHEs-Some of the most
beautiful watches In the city at remarkable prtcrs
For instance, a beautiful Gold Watch at s23, and
$50, and $40, and Stem-Winders at &50-very SUI
pcrb, splendid time-keepers. Also, some more msg-
nifcent at 500 and SIS and upwards, at
O. GENNET's, CIT Main street.
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AZ ELLysoN 4 Co.. advertising agents, ,nsert ad-
yeriisements In all OF the newspapers OF the Untad
S,aes at publishers rates Orders left a. the DIS
patch counting-room viii receive prompt atten'
ton. .e ssa.
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8itllmond 1ispatth.

ss-TuE CIRCULATION OF THE DISPATCH
s LARGER THAN THE COMEISEDs CI2CU-
L,ATIoN OF ALL THE OTHER DAILY NEWs-
PAPERS OF THE CITY
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CONSULT
THIS
49, "

CONSULT
THIS
PRICE-LIsT.
aud you will save money in your purchases OF
WINTER CLOTHING.
COMPARATIVE CoLUMN
showing the ditferenIe In prices between the Fall
Seasons of 1876 and 1877:
OyEnC0.TS.
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THE WEATHER YESTERDAY was clear, cool,
and pleasant.
THERMOMETER YESTERDAY: 4. Nj. 3G !;
Q a. NJ. 46; noon, 81; 3 z. Nj, Al; p.
NJ, 43; midnight, 81.
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HEARING REsTonED-Great lHventton By one
who was deaf for twenty years Send stamp for par
ticulars. JOHN GARMoRB, Lock-box 9O5, Covins-
ton. XIV,
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RICHMOND AND DANyILLE RAILROAD Co.,
RICHMOND, VA. n Dvclnber ii, 1877.
rVUE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
L STOCKHOLDERS OF THE RICHMOND AND
DaSNILLE RAILROAD COMPANY will be held
Al the u!icc oc The company. corner OF Bank ana
Tenth streets, in the city OF Richmond, on W ED
NEsD.,Y. December l2lh proAimo, ut " O'CLOCK
VI. ,,
The hooks for the transfer of stock will be closed
from the I'D i.slnt until after the day OF meeting.
RICHARD BROOKE.
un la.W3tStdd Secretary.
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RICHMOND AND DASyILLR RAILROAD (.o.,)
OFFICE GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT, :
RICHMOND, VA, December 5, 1879
AZ OF IE
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AN MIRABLE APPoISTMENT.-Mr.
George 8. Thomas has been chosen to fill
the Greek chair in Richmond College during
the absence OF Professor Fl. Fl. Harris, who
expects to go abroad in January, 1873. Mr..
Thomas is native of this city, formerly q
distinguished student OF Richmond College.
and more recently student Of the Unlver-
sity of Virginia. He is q graduate Of the
University in every school except that OF
history. He is young man OF rare gifts,
devoted to study, and proposes to make
teaching his profession. The appointment
is high honor to so young man, but an
honor of which, from all accounts. he will
prove himself eminently worthy.
CATLIN's RICHMOND VIsIT-AN ANECDoTE.
George Catlin Is still writing in the New
York Commercial advertiser about his late
trip to Richmond. He says General Harry
Heth told him the following joke:
One day General (now Senator) Gordon
and 7 were ordered to attack General
Grants lines near Petersburg, and we ac-
cordingly moved out toward the front.
Gordon, you know, is preacher, and a
man Of pious, devotional habits. Just be-
fore the action began, he said to me. "Gen-
eral, before we go into action would it not
be well to engage in prayer?"
" Certainly" I replied. and he and his
staff retired into a little building by the
roadside, and l and my staff prepared to
follow. Just then caught sight OF my
brother, who was with some artillery a
little way down the road, and thinking to
have him join us, called out TO him by
name.
He looked toward me lnquiringly.
"Come," said /. pointing to the building
we were just entering.
"No, thank you," he answered. "rue
Just had one"
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GRAND SECRETARY'S OFFICER
RICHMOND, December 4. 1877. )


I'IIE GRAND ANNUAL CONFO- @yy$,N
L CATION OF THT GRAND ROYAL S-J;ANz:
ARCH CHAPTER OF VIRGINIA Will be sz,s.tss: Eszz,.s,ts:
he'd In 81. Adams Hall, In this city, on "N-~S
THl'RSbAY. 18Th DcccnLcr, 1877, at O'CLOCK
4. NJ. By order ot III" VI. r. ~
WILLIAM II. LAMBERT, q. II. J..
WILLIAM 3. IsAACs, Grand Secretary.
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FIRST NATIONAL RANK OF RlClIMOSp't
RICHMOND. VA. December Z, 1877.
rTHE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING
/ OF TIE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE FlRSI
NATIONAL BANK OF RICHMOND VIII he hela
~ their hanknrh"usc. in the city OF itlchmono on
TUESDAY the Sih day Of Jannarv, 1873. NJ IL
O'Clock VI. =. A. GLoNEt'
dc S-StJaS (aSnlcT
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NATIONAL. BANK OF NIRGINlA.l
RICHMOND, VA. December Z. 1877.
VNIE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING
| Of THE STOCKHOLDERS Of this bank for
the election of directors will be he'd OH TUESDAY
j. W. LOCKWOOD,
Ic SSJ,4fS Cashier.
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ANE,SENENTS a
THEATRE.

DICHMOND THEATRE.
SIX NIGHTS AND SATURDAY MATINEE
Of the popular American artists,
ROSE AND HARRY WATKINS,
assisted by the accomplished young actress MISS
AMY LEE. and 1rst-cus5 Dramatic Company
MONDAY and TUESDAY, Eccelnhcr 10th and
llih, the romantic emotional drama,
TRODDES DOWN; OR. UNDER TWO FLAGS.
lntcrspcrsrd with vocal and instrumental music,
forming the most popular entertainment OF the day.
WEDNESDAY. Mrs. Southworth'S great story.
THE HIDDEN HAND.
Bnx-shcct al Office Of the Theatre and JouS-
SrOS's. glS Main street. dc S.2tf
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pIBLES, PEAYER-BOOKS,

AND IYMSAfE.
We have now for sale iarges. stock end best as
sortment of BIBLES, rRAYEE-HOOKS, and
HYMNALS we have hal the pleasure Of Offering Tor
many 4 year. Among them can be found the cheap
est as well as the mos, elegant made.
2G WOODHOUSE i PARHAh.
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NEEeENss~.

ri,IIE EIGHTH ANNUAL SESSION OF
1 TUE VIRGlNiA STATE DENTAL ASS0-
-. ,rIoS Will l,c held at The European Hotel, No.
Gi2 Main street. commencing TUESDAY MORN.
ING. December 1iil. at 10 O'Clock. Mrfnbefs Oh
IA. profession throughout the stale are most cor
,jially and earnestly invited TO attend.
Hy order of the President.
lie Std GEORGE r. htfSEf-, sccrt.a' y.
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BUSINESS AND WORKING PANTS.

VESTS.
We have Oh hand YcSty suitable Tor ordinary wear
from $50 10 $3.50.
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We merely quote the above TO show that are
not IN THE RING to put high prices on goods.
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ROCKS. STATIONERY. de.
NTOW is THE TINE
AND
CARTS THE PLACE
TO BUY

BLANK BOOKS AND STATIONERY FOR 1878.
Being compelled TO move my extensive printing
office and bOok-bindery TO the building now occu-
Ing BLANK BOOKS and STATIONERY at unpTe.
cedently low rates. Call and examine my reduced
BLANK BOOKS MADE TO ORDER at the low
est rates an. OF the best material.
BOOK and JOB-PRINTINtt Of all descriptions
neatly and promptly executed.
Orders may DC left Ut No. Governor str.ct
GEORGE ". GARY,
StatiOner, Printer. BOok-Iinder.
&c CAT and Blank Book Manufacturer.
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DLANK BOOKS FOR JANU AIRY NEXT
ID should be ordered now. Four hrst premiums
awarded us ut the two last State Fairs each time for
best specimens OF account-Dooks and book-binhing
Patterns for all kinGs of accoUnt-books on hanu.
Our prices moderate and work guaranteed.
W. L. SIMONS & BROTHER.
Twelfth and Main streets,
no 2S-lm Richmond.
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NEW CAROLINA RICE,
SEW-CROP NEW ORLEANS M0LASSES,
IRISH, GERMAN, and CANADIAN OATMEAL; !;
SMOKED and SALT SALMON, at
po15 CHRISTIAN & WHITES.
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A NTHRACITE COAL.
N ALL SIZES AND BEST QUALITY.
s. II. HAYES,
nos Eichtcenth and Cary streets.
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LIST Of LETTERS.

IST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN
| 4 THE POsT-oFFICE At RICHMOND, HEN.
40 ~ COUNTY. VA. DECEMBER s, 1877.
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CoALB1T}tNRGiWV. spLINT Tos e9ALi GkIrE Use.
S. III. HAYES. Sole Agent,
nos Eighteenth and Cary streets.
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lust RECEIVED, % SUITS UF n
81 the test Chamber. rarlor, and Diuiag-tS
Room Furniture to be found In the city, an.i ~
daily additions tn same. have the largest lott
of Walnut suits and some Of the finest thai can be
found In the city, made OF the best material AMI OF
the best workmanship, and at lower prices fnan the
same class Of goods have ever bean offered. Also,
fue Parlor Suits In Cotcitne. Tapestry. Sa'tcen,
Rcps. and Har-Clo.h Parties in want OF fpt goods
should not fail 10 examine my STOCK before 1uSipS
E. .sGATHHIGHT,
oc 3o 16 Governor street.
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GROCERIES,. 6c.

TRESH ROASTED COFFEE.
We roast nothing but the best OLD GOVERN
MENT JAVA, MARACAIBO, LAGUAYRA, and
RIO COFFEES. Fresh every day. Satisfaction
guaranteed. SHELTON, MINOR & CO,
no2a corner Main and Eighth streets
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A NTHRACITE COAL, all sizes, for fam
n ily use, of best quality: OAK and PINE
WOOD; BRIGHTlIOPE COAL, unusually low.
p. X. CARRINGT0N,
no6 Seventeenth and Cary streets.
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FURNITURE.

FURNITURE MATTRESSES D.
Z UEDDING. &c.-.Call on 5. ID. GATE txs
WOOD, 3OJ east Broad street. cannot oe ,n- fSss-S
drrsoId / have a large stock Of all classes,
from the finest the cheapest. for Parlor, Cham.
ber aud Diuing-Ro Call AMI be convinced that
v0u cannot buy the same class Of goods al the same
price elsewhere. oc c3l-om
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COAL, COKE, COOKING, KINDLING-,
" and CORD WOOD, cost the consumer very 1T
tie ut the west corner of Cary street, Basin and
Ninth street. WOOD for klndling and cookiug. cus
SPLINT COAL, uneXcellcd; BLAZING BRIGHT
HOPE COAL, rich and pure: CLEAN. FREE-
BURNING ANTHRACITE COAL, every size:
no 10 j. B. WATKINS.
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r EHIGH LUMP COAL-the best quail
IL ity. freshly mned-just received: EAST BANK
SPLIST COAL, unsurpassed Tor CRATES; shipped
until recently Is Coalburg coal.
p. r. CARRINGTON,
noe corner Seventeenth and Osry.
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co IN NORWOOD COAL. $2.50.
For quality and price The ENGINE and FORGE
COAL mined by PILcIIER & FoRLo!NE Is the
cheapest used In the city. The HOPE NINE has
been recently opened, and the coal from II y M s-
wood fields. TRY TT! TRY I'll
VS. PILCRER,
ne1O S23 east Main street.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-07-18

Indiana reports 1023paying Grang-
es, with 27,579 paying members.
A bouquet of $50 flowers, each of
a different kind, was exhibited at a
Georgia fair.
Boston is shipping large quantities of
agricultural implements to Valparaiso ;
also to the Cape of Good Hope.
1t is said that upwards of $4,000
bushels of potatoes have been shipped
to the United States from the district
around Quebec since the first Of jan
uary.
James Brossler Of Carlisle, Pa, has
contract to furnish the U. S. govern
ment with 25, 900 head of beef cattle,
20, 900 bushels of corn and l, 800, ,00C
pounds of -four.
An ancient apple tree was cut dowr
at York, Me-, not long since, which
originally came from England, il
1859. 1t was said to have borne frui
every year sinse.
The Maryland Peninsula has ship
ped about 100000 quarts of straw
berries. The season is nearly closed
and the crop has fallen off about 2,
100000 quarts from the estimates.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-07-18
INTELLIGENcE OF COWS.

The London Milk Journal says {:
"Ihat cows have memory, language,
signs, and means Of enjoying pleasant
associations, combining for aggressive
purposes, has been recognized, but
scarcely to the extent the subject mer-
its. Travelling in Italy many years
ago, we visited some of the large dai-
ry farms in the neighborhood Of Fer
rara. Interspersed among much of
the lowlying, unhealthy land, remark
able for the prevalence on it Of very
fatal forms Of anthrax in the summer
season, are fine undulating pasture
lands, and the fields are of great eX-
tent. We happened to stop at the
farmhouse one fine autum afternoon
when the COWS were about to be milk
ed. A herd Of over one hundred was
grazing homewards.
The women took their positions with
stool close to the house, and as the
COWS approached, names were called
out, which at first were we thought
addressed to the milkmaids. Rosa,
Florenza, Giula, Sposa, and many
names, which were mated byus at that
time, were called out by the overseer,
or one of the women, and we were as
tonished to see COW after COW cease
feeding or chewing the cud and make
direct, sometimes at a trot, for the
woman thaut usually MIXED her. The
practice, we found, was not confined
to one farm; all the COWS on eacl
farm knew their respective names, ant
took up their position in the open JUS
as readily as the idividual members o
some large herds in this country turn
ing from their fields take up their pla
ces in the Sheds"
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-07-18
LUTHER BENSON.

The need of constant watchfulness and
prayer, if one would maintain a control
of any besetting sin, is shown afresh
in the case of Luther Benson. He was
known throughout the country by his
eloquent temperance addresses, and
had centered in himself wide public
interest on account of his thrilling ex-
periences with an appetite for drink
that kept him in a constant struggle.
At length, by persistence in the face
of his many failures, he believed he
had mastered his appetite through the
grace of God, and rejoiced in his free
dom. Then followed a few months of
joyful easy service. lst by and by,
as the appetite seemed to be in sub
lection, he became perhaps less mind
ful of his own weakness and of his
need of divine help. AT length in an
unguarded moment he fell, and is now
confined in an inebriate asylum.
Partly the reaction from his Temporal
ry avoidance of stimulants, and part
ly remorse over his fall, drove him to
despair. The lesson ought to be
needed. God does not work miracles
in so removing the inclination to sin
that it will no longer have power over
us. His grace will help in overcom-
ing the appetite or the desire, but it
will not keep them in subsection with
out the utmost human effort. Thou
sands of reformed men are to-day at
tributing their victory over drink tc
divine help. That is well. But il
they expect that that help alone is 60
ing to save them they will fail. Gods
help and mans will must cooperate,
or failure will ultimately come. And
it is so Of all victory over any sin
"By grace are ye saved" but there
are conditions os which that grace is
bestowed. "Watch and pray"-ir
other words, persevere like men,
"lest ye enter into temptation" and
fall.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-07-18
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSE.
TO RESTORE RANCID BUTTER.

There is no need of either selling or
using rancid butter, owing to the fact
that it may be easily restored to as
good, and perhaps a better condition
than that which characterized it when
entirely fresh. No matter how strong,
proper management in the plan we are
going to set forth will make it all right
every time:
Place in a clean barrel three pounds
of fresh, unslacked lime, and pour
over it twenty gallons of pure cold
water. Let it remain one day, STIR
ring occasionally; then let stand ten
or twelve hours, without stirring, to
give it q chance to settle. At the end
Of this time pour or draw off the clear
liquid, and strain through three thick
nesses of fine domestic or muslin.
Place into a clean barrel, and it is
ready for the rancid butter.
Cut the butter into thin slices-as
thin as you can cut it conveniently
and place it directly into the lime wa
ter, Put in as much as the water will
cover, theu over it place a clean, float
ing lid, and weight down sufficiently
to prevent any butter from being eX-
posed to the air. Keep it in this con-
dition about forty-eight hours. stirring
three times a day with a clean stick.
AT the end of this time the butter
will have entirely lost its rancid con-
dition, the lime having completely
neutralized the acid. The solution
should now be drawn from the barrel,
and its place supplied with pure cold
water, to stand undisturbed for six
hours. Next take out the butter, LET
drain an hour or so, then rework and
resalt exactly after the manner Of
managing new butter,
This process will leave the butter
quite white, and therefore, if for the
market, you will need to color it
which you can do with a preparation
of annatto, now sold for the purpose
III most drug stores.
If you desire to convert the butter
restored as above into a first-class ar
ticle, fully up to the best Goshen, yor
will take say fifty pounds Of it, whicl
you will place in revolving churr
with six gallons Of new milk, and ;
pint Of the juice pressed from carrots
No other than a revolving churn will
answer, for the hashness of the butte.
will prevent the motion Of the dasher
Start the churn briskly, and keep i
going for half an hour, after whicl
take out and handle the same as nev
butter. No other coloring will b.
needed-the carrot juice will have i'm
parted to it rich yellow color. 1t vii
have also added to its flavor, maxim!
the flavor resemble that Of new but
ter in every particular.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-07-18
TOO sAol
The Deputy Collector Of Customs
at st. Adams, removed

Early, Friday morning, rmors be-
came rife of a Financial irregularity'
which involved as principal one of the
most trusted and worthy officials of
this place; a brave war veteran who
lost his leg in his country's service, and
an earnest worker in temperance and
religion. The report was not at first
believed, but before noon the facts
developed which make up a ase'against
the Deputy Collector of Customs at
this port, Mr.. W. II. II. McAllister,
to the tune of some. $4,000 as a defic-
iency, which has bondsmen, Messrs-
+. Porter Brainard, John J Burgess,
S. S. Beeman, and John b. Fletcher
will be called upon to make good to
the government. For the past five
years Mr.. McAllister has held this
responsible position with acceptatiOn,
and at salary of 1900 per annum..
About the time of his appointment Mr..
McAllister commenced building a res
idence on High street, which cost him
some SO, 1000 completed. There are
membranes to the amonnt of 81 700
on the place, which is divided up into
mortgages, held by five or six different
individuals. 1t is very doubtful if the
bondsmen can realize anything from
this source and if not, then the whole
loss will probably fall upon them, as
no other assets have been brought to,
light up to this hour. Other liabilities,
in the form of notes signed by Meal
lister personally, and also by himself
with the names of several of our citi-
zens, have turned up, until the holders
thereof number eight or ten; while the
amount reaches nearly 81 800. The
examination of the account and the
removal of Mr.. McAllister was made.
by Gen. William Wells, collector of
this district, who exonerates, together
with the late deputy, all the other GUS
tom house employees here, of completely
in the affair. DR.. r. r. Sherman, for.
several years the efiicieEt customs
treasurer, succeeds to the deputy col
lectorship. Mr.. McAllister receives
government pension Of several hun
dred dollars yearly. 1t is a matter Of
regret to his many friends that circum-
stances should have arisen in his build
ing operations that required the use of
funds, even temporarily, not his OWN.
Without questioning bis purpose" Of
refunding the same at the first oppor-
tunity; (Which we believe he intended
to do) and throwing the mantle Of
charity around the motives which
prompted the defalcation, we cannot
but condemn severely the practice far
too prevalent of using funds, to bridge
over"not ones own; as circumstances
are very likely to arise which render
the restoration of the money extreme
ly doubtful if not impossible. 1t is
very closely allied in its result with II
prize lottery which furnish blanks with
astonishing regularity.-Free Press.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-07-18

A Fact which we often fail to realize
is that the many deeds Of charity that
are merely done for their own sake are
constant occurrences all about us.
Now and then we happen to hear Of a
case, and in thinking over it forget
there are hundreds Of like instances
which never reach our ears. "Bur-
leigh, in one of his letters to the Bos-
ton Journal, relates that blind woman
was found cropping her way along one
of the New York streets the other day.
A gentleman taking her in charge put
her on her way home. Upon inquiry
it was brought out that she was living
in rooms which she had occupied for
ten years. GLOW do you live !" said
the gentleman. "My son supported
me when he was alive. He was a
salesman in a store mentioning a
well known house in New York
Since he died the firm has sent me a
check every month, on which | live.
The correspondent adds that this un-
ostentatious style Of charity is very
common in that city,"