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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-17

HAVING PURCHASED TIE GOOD
LII WILL and 1NTE REST Off. BURG ESs & co.
we are now prepared to furnish at alt times rhe finest
MEATS ri lowest marke prlces. Fine BEER, NUT.
{ -TONsyEAL, PORK, DRIED and BPICED BEEE.
CDRGED BEEF, DRIED EDBEER-TGNGUEs.SA SAU-
Z SAGE or ai, kinds; The finest sPDRK.SAUSktiE 10
be bad In the city. WOODS ~ LIN; ;tsEY,
a16-lm Stall No. 8, Second Market.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-17

II. ELLYsnN & Co.. Advertising agents, insert ad-
vcrtiscments in all Of the newspapers OF the United
Ssres ut publishers rates. Orders LEFT al the DIS
patch couEtinS-room viii receive premst atten-
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-17

Wor0 Resained.-The water had fallen
sufficiently yesterday to allow operations to
be resumed along the water-line.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-17

AREDUCrIoN IN sTocK must be made, LEVY
BROTHERS say. They have TOO many goods for
the season, and are willing 10 lose some money in
order TO reduce stock.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-17

MALAGA GRAPEs.-PIzzINr, SO7 east Broad
street, will receive by express to-day small iot oi
Malaga Grapes, fresh from the vineyards.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-17

II Won desire rosy cheeks and complexion fair and
free from pimples, bloches, and eruptions, purify
YOUR blood by taking DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. 1t has no equal for this purpose. Sold
,Icfc
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-17

SAVE MONEY by having your printing done at the
DISPATCH PRINTING-HoUsE. Good WORK, low
prtces and satisfaction guaranteed.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-17

THE CHEAPEST YET.-Hamburgh Edgings anu
Ipsertings at 12c. worth 2Oc, at 15c. worth 25c.,
at zoe, worth 80 and 35c.; al LEVY BROTHERS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-17

THE GREAT SALE of Dress-Goods' remnants ls
being continued at LEVY BROTHERS. You mignt
save few dollars by calling at their store.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-17

THE MUTUAL BUILDING AND LOAN Com
pANY.-The meeting Of this company called
for Tuesday night was postponed until
next Monday night for want OF quorum.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-17

CALIFORNIA PEARS, SWEET FLORIDA
ORANGES, BANANAS. at 4. PIZZITI, Jr'S, S07
Broad strtcf.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-17
~ vEhVETs! VELVETS!-A large

~ VEnVETS! TELFE1S ~ large
s,ock In BLACK and COLORED, which we
offer nj astonishr2ly loT prices:
HLACK SILK NELVETS al 1925. Sl.5O. Sl.75,
50. and $3.50, worth So, $3.50. S3, $3.50, and
81: $50
worth $3.50:
Wide BLACK SILK hANTlLLA VELVET al
&i worth Sc: .,
ana coicrS. LEVY BkDluEhS.
GCc. per Dozen h14
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-17

No report from Nichoson-Street or German Mis-
sion.
The next meeting will be held at Trinity
church on the second Sunday in Feb
ruary.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-17

orr low ,riccs are causing rapid sales. Our
DOITBI E-TWILLED C0LORED CASH
MERES are marvel Of chcapncss.
orr RItCK ALL-W0OI CASIlMERES arc ac-
luowIctlged cheap by everybody; and Us for
SILKS they are being sola so low that our prices
;,stoaiSh The closest buyers. - -
We also otyrr n large lot of REMNANTS IN DIR ESS
GOODS OF every description at very low prices.
LEVY BROTHERS.
Remember orr CHEAP BLANKETS. tl4
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-17
spEs,saa NoYaCEa.

s.77- ELEGANT LACE CURTAINS AT
cxtraoriipary harcaias-ouly $50 for a set for TWO
TSingTTTISGHaM SigTqTSsG NAN yScE CURTAINS at $3.50, So,
~ SS Se $3.50. SS. So $40. $12, S15. and $50
: sd for two windows; these curtains arc from
81 TO IS below regular prices:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. I'm great variety ut low prices;
LACE LAMBgEQUINS.T TERRY and DAMAsks,
: ). .,mfRIREoUiSs ,fI SS:itiS and EuRNrTuRE-covERING
:, L|'-A' LEVY BROTHERS..
81 ,ertc assortment OF SILK HANDKERC CHIEFS.
ia Id
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-17
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND.

Among other novelties there Is a double fronts
piece: Portrait Of Abraham Lincoln. from the
last Photograph, drawn by WYATT EATON, and en-
grayed by COLE; and opposite The portrait,
on LINCOLN, by RICHARD HENRY SToDDAED.
printed in quaint Old English type, from matrices
three hundred wears old
One Of the most noteworthy features OF the Mid
win'cr SCRIDNER Is a series entitled, "PERSoSAL
"REMINISCENCES or LINCOLN" by NOAH BROOKS.
with fac-simile OF one of the Presidents stories
In his own handwriting. These papers have been
specially copyrghtc', So ,liat they lie had only
in the magazine.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-17
o-CAppETs, CARPETS CARPETS

r~1sa AKPEIN! UNKTEIS! IAhFII6
We are determined to close out our Stock OF
CARPETS and have fixed the prices very low
in $ me Instances less than they can be pur-
chased for at wholesale: but we intend Closing
out the stock, and expect to lose money in order
TO ace >mplish our object.
HhSSOCkS. LEVY BROTHERS.
Our BLANKETS are the cheapest EVER offered
IL II
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RifIlnu1lltI lisllatcIl.

: Rs-THE; CIRCULATION OF THE DIsPATCH
- LARGER THAN THE COMBINED cIRCu-
LATIoN OF ALL TIE oTliEE DAILY News
PAPERS OF THE CIfY.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-17
PRICE, 80 CENTS. 81 A YEAR.
COURT ORDER.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
4 UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DIS
TRiCT OF VIRGINIA, RICHMOND, DECEMBER
s, 1S77-IN THE MATTER OF GEORGE ID.
PLEASANTS VS.. MARY T.. HERBERT AND
WILLIAM 2. NUCKOLS. IN EQUITY.-It ap-
pearing from affidavit fled in the papers that the
defendant, William p. Nuckols IS not a resident OF
this Slate it is ordered hat the said defendant WILL
liam P. Nuckols, do appear at the clerks office OF
this court Oh the FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY,
lS78, and plead, answer or dcmur to the compialn-
ants bill.
And The residence of said William p: Nnckols
being unknown, it Is ordered that publication OF
this order for six successive weeks In the Richmond
DisDutch newspaper be taken In lieu OF personal
service of this order.
ROBERT W. HUGHES, Judge
de s.Th6w JOHN r. POPHAM, Clerk.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-17
FINANCIAL.

MONEY TO LEND.
SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS TO LEND
o. RICHMOND CITY and SUBURBAN REAL.
E,STATE nj the lowest market rates. Apply TO
RICHARDSON & Co., Real Estaie Agents..
IN I4.at 1SsEs 1113 Main street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-17

III BON-TON CORSETS. We offer
the abov manned CORSETS for SALE and can re-
commend them as being the best-ftting, best-wear-
ing, and che apest Corsets ever brought this city,
Also, ABDOMINAL and NURSERY CORSETS.
Special styles or siZes be furnished al few days
notice. We continue to keep the FRENCH-W0FE
CORSETS, and give very low prices on them.
LEVY BROTHERS.
Don't forget our CHEAP BLANKETS. ia Il
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-17

For the convenience Of purchasers OF the " Md
Winter SCRIDSER - we have reprinted the elriier
chapters OF - ROXY" DR.. ECg,estonj Novel, from
the November, 1877, December. 1877, and JAM
uary, 1878. Nos. of SCR!BNEa, together with Mr..
Frank Il. Stockton's capital "RUDDEa GRANGE
SToRIEs,'' with the original Illustrations (al'o
1nued in the "M!dwintcr SCRtBEER.'p in a
'..SCRiBNER EXTRA" which Is sold by all booksc.l-
crs and neysdcaers. Price, 15 cents.
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FIFTY DOLLARS FOR FIVE DOLLARS.

For So Won can &C. SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY. the
best OF the Illustrated magazines, for year aud
half, beginning with The magnificent MIDSUMMER
NUMBER" for August Lass, including the splendid
"MIpwINTER NUMBER" for February OF this
year, and ending with the number for January,
1879. and also the splendid Christmas Holiday
Number OF ST. NICHOLAS for December, 1877,
containing one hundred paaes-the finest numter OF
q childrcns magazine ever issued.
These numbers will contain al the chapters OF
"HIs INHERITANCE" Miss Trafton's graphic
story OF ARMY LIFE: all OF "RoxY," EDWARD
EGGLESToS'S NEW NOVEL, story Of Western
life during the political campaign OF 1640; ana all
or u large part Of Boyescn's novel; g 4 Knight OF
Fortune" the story Of 4 community Of cmigrants
In the Northwest; besides shorter stories by Mrs.
Burnett, Sake Holm, Boyeson, &C.; and illustrated
Poems, Travel Sketches, Essays, Reviews, nearly
dozen of the spendIdly illustrated series OF "OUT-
Of Door" Papers. including many Of the best ofthc
series on American Sports" and on the "Plctur-
csquc Aspects of American Farm Life, &C., &C. ;that
IS to say, all the numbers. OF SCIIDNER's MONTH
IY from August, 1877, to January, 1879, and the
Christmas Holiday number OF ST. NICHOLAS, more
than 1000 octave pages OF the best and freshest
illustrated literature, costing In bsos form more
than $50.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-17
Drss0LuVuoNs q PARTNERSHIPS

In retiring from the late Grm would recommend
| the new concern of COSBY & HOWLE to my
| friends Il. L. kEDD.
il 17-3tK
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fw TO THE TRADE.

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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-04-25
CLEVELAND, TENN, APRIL %, 1878.

all his dogs at his heels, he has been
seen to pick up objects and stand alb,
stractedly studying them until those
who saw him were tired of looking. On
the most unimportant objects around
him he would talk learnedly and with
interest. He was noted besides for his
mastery Of many trades. He was an
adept at painting, shoemaking. carpen-
tering, kalsomining, plastering and
sign painting, and he made gentlemen's
canes. He was sensitive and proud to
the last in being self dependent. To
offer him aims was to offend and hurt
him; but he would take ia provisions
three times the value of his services in
filing saw, patching shoe, riveting a
jack-knife or mending gun.
Little is known Of his history. Six
years ago he entered the empty cabin.
Before that be had lived in an old canal
boat on the shore Of Mile Creek. In
cendiaries burned the boat one day in
his absence, together with his tools and
a library that he had collected. He said
that two burglars who broke into the
boat and robbed him were sent to the
State prison for five years each. The
history of his life he would never tell,
although often pressed to do so. His
birthplace was in northern Vermont,
and he lived for years in Meriden and
New Haven, Conn. He had brother,
a ship-builder, in New Haven, to whom
the news of his death was sent. There
is gap in his history that he could
never fill. Suddenly he took to travel
ing, and at the time of the Seminole
war he was in Florida trapping, hunt
ing and fishing. Then he worked
westward to Texas, and came back in
time to go to Mexico in the Mexican
war. His wandering habits clung to
him afterward, and at the outbreak of
the war he entered the army of the Po-
tomac. On being pressed to live after
a more civilized fashion, he positively
refused. He was sick about week,
and refused all attempts to make him
comfortable. A sympathetic neighbor,
Mrs. Michael Welch, sent for County
Physician Case. He visited the old
man, left an order for medicine, and
did not see him again until two days
afterward. Then he recommended that
the hermit should be taken to the hos
pital. The old man refused to 90 after
the ambulance came, saying that the
physicians would kill him any way,
and that he wanted to die, if he must
die, where he had lived. Yet he would
not admit that death was overtaking
him. From Friday until Monday, the
day of his death, there was no fire in
his stove. Seeing that he was dying,
Mrs. Welch asked him if he did not
want a clergyman. In a feeble voice
the hermit replied: "No; I've lived
without them, and can die without
them"
"Don't you know that you're going
to meet your God?" asked the good
woman.
The old man nodded his head. His
dogs were then in the room, some by
his side, and seven pups at his bed g
head in a wooden box. His dark eyes
were clear and bright until death. lie
called over the names of his dogs Dick,
Dinah, Fanny, Flora and Jimmie, and
soon afterwards died.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-04-25

ers, and they chafed under the intOlera-
BILE disgrace of their inaction. But Sir
John Duckworth had been negotiating
during the whole of that fatal week.
at the end of which there was nothing
to be done but to get away as safely as
they best might. The wind had not
changed, and it did not change until
the first of March, and the further de-
lay thus caused gave time for charging
the forts at the Dardanelies with men
and ammunition. For thirty miles,
reckoning the windings Of the channel,
the ships run the gauntlet Of an inces-
SAINT fire, and such fire as was never
seen before. Stone balls weighing sew
en- and eight hundred pounds broke
the masts, crushed in the decks, snap
ped the rigging and dismayed the hearts
Of the sailors. The hills smoked from
end to end, and the roar of the artillery
rolled from side to side. In another
week, Sir John Duckworth declared in
his dispatch, any return would have
been impossible. The news of this sim
gular affair spread fast over Europe.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-04-25
A Case ofRetrlbutien.

A remarkable case Of retribution was
that which overlook the murderer Of a
young actor, Sol Smiths brother Lem
uel, who was killed in Augusta, Ga.
He was shot by Il man named FlOurnoy,
who was acquitted by the jury on the
plea that the killing might be classed
as the result of duel. After hearing
the verdict, Sol Smith said to the homi-
eide: "Before God and man | charge
you with numbering my brother! The
sleep of the innocent will never mere
be yours. You are murderer, and will
evermOre carry the mark of homicide
on your brow. From this time forth in
this world you will never sleep again"
Two years after, Sol was accOsted by an
abject locking wretch, who stood before
him in an attitude of supplication. 1t
was VIM. Flournoy.
"Why do you follow me?" asked Sol.
"Becanse | want you to shoot me
right here"
NJ, IL is nOJ l''l ulC w pullloh yOu'
was the reply.
"It is not punishment ask you to in
flict-that have received already, in
full measure; it is vengence | ask
you to take, for your brothers. murder
upon his assassin. You said | would
never sleep any more, and | never have.
| have closed my eyes atnight as usual,
have stepped my senses in brandy until
unconsciousness came, but that blessed
sleep you drove away has never re-
turned to me for one moment. My life
is burden to me, Take it. Let me
die by your hand, and then | may feel
your brother may forgive me. will
die tonight" he said impressively, as
Sol turned away and left him. The
next morning Flournoy's body was
found at his country place. 1t was rid
died by bullets and scalped. An In
dian war had just broken out and he
had been the first victim.
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The Hermit of Cavan's Point.

John j. Hall, the hermit Of Cavan's
Point, New Jersey, died recently. He
was seventy-six years of age, and was
a thorough recluse. His only intimates
were dogs, thirteen of which were in
his cabin when he died. He would
allow no human being to cross his
threshold if he could help it. The re-
porter saw crouching before the door
five mongrel dogs whining for admit
tance, and as the door was thrown open
they leaped upon the straw tick on
which the hermit died, and howled.
Some rustics, attracted by the visitor,
gathered around and joked and laughed
The cabin was crowded with bed in
the centre, the tick in one corner in a
long box that was falling to pieces, a
turning lathe on one side and carpen-
ter's bench on the other, and was lit
tered with rusty tools, scraps of old
iron, junk, wood, horns of cattle, and
all kinds of useless rubbish. Clam
shells were heaped up just outside of
the doorway. On clans, dug from the
beach, the neighbors say, the hermit
and his canine companions subsisted
In many ways he was a remarkable
man. His thirst for reading was in
satiable, and he would stop on the road
and talk by the hour on political econo-
my and history. His political opinions
were strong and undismayed. He
would stoutly defend them in the midst
of a throng of threatening gainsaycrs.
While roaming along the beach, with
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A Glance at Japan.

The restoration of the present Mika-
do, in 1868, was the signal for the open
ing of Japan to foreign influence.
Teachers were invited to her universi-
ties. and merchants and travellers were
allowed in five free ports and two cites
The customs Of the people presented
many ludicrous scenes for the enjoy
ment of strangers. The condition of
woman in Japan is shown by the dress
ing of the hair, which is very elaborate
except in the case of widows who have
sternly resolved never again to trust
the male sex-these shave off all the
hair. The japanese have recently ac-
quired taste for coins minted in the
foreign style, and also for greenbacks.
That they have advanced in American
civilization, is shown by the recent oc-
currence of two bank failures, for 81, )
500, 1000.
The japanese language presents some
difficulties to the learner. A Baptist
missionary began work on a transla-
ton of the Bible into japanese. lie
had not firm grasp on the fine shades
of meaning of Japanese words. For
the Greek word meaning to baptize, he
selected a japanese word which meant
literally to soak. A well-known pas
sage read thus: "In those days came
JOHN, the soaker, preaching and soak
ing in the desert, etc." 1t was found
necessary to revise the translation. For
a blasphemous man the language of the
japanese has no resources. You may
invoke the names of pagan gods, but
YOU can't construct an oath on genuine
American principles.
Social life in Japan has many queer
features. The young men do not a
wooing go; they resort to the prosaic
device of a middle-man--a mutual
friend, one might say, if that phrase
had not been abused so much. The
marriage ceremony consists Of the bride
and groom sitting crossed-legged oppo-
site each other and drinking nine cups
of tea from three cups. Were the Ameri'
can styles introduced the japanese
lovers proposal would doubtless be
''My darling, will you go three times
with me?" Divorce is easy in Japan
for man. He may get separation
from his spouse for several reasons
chief among which are that she is jeal-
Gus, or disobedient to her mother-in-
law, or that she steals, or that she talks
too much A pithy Japanese provert
for scolding wife Isl "A woman'i
tongue is only three inches long, but II
! can kill man six feet high"