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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-13
CHRISTMAS RECESS.


The Committee on Federal Relations. and
Resolutions reported fayorably the Senate
resolution providing for . recess from Inc
goth OF December to the Sd OF January.
!, On motion of Mr.. w. B. TALIAFERRo.
the House--ayes SIS, noes 56--struek out
"3d OF january" and inserted "7th OF
january"
The resolution was. then adopted and
sent back to the Senate.
2GooDE.rRAYsER INVESTIGATION.
The Committee on Printing was author
lied to send for persons and papers in the
Goode- Frayser investigation.
as. ,sit TREATMENT OF CoNyICTs.
The Committee on Asylums and Prisons
was authorized to send for persons and pa
pers in investigating the treatment Of pri-
;soners (conyicts) on the works OF the james
Riyer and KanaWha canal.
PRESENTED AsD REpERRED WITHOUT READING.
iI3y. Mr.. DANCE: A bill to authorize the
Board 0S Supervisors oil Amelia county. to
pay counsel employed By them to prosecute
certain suits on behalf Of the county.
BY Mr.. EoGHId ~, 2..5ss
Resolued, That the, Committee ON Coun-
ties. Cities, and Towns Inquire into the ex.
pedi cy of so inending the law in refer
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-13

Senate bill to incorporate the Alton Bro.
therhood, in Nelson county, to conduct a
mutual life-insurance business.
Senate bill authorizing lien on all pro-
perry kept by the keeper OF livery stable,
or of house OF private entertainment, to
secure the payment of all charges due for
keeping the same.
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REJECTED.

Senate bill to amend section of chapter
Sc OF the Code Of Virginia, edition of 1878,
imposing restrictions upon Incorporated
companies, reported from the Committee on
General Laws with the recommendation
that it do not pass, was rejected.
Adjourned.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-13

The sale of seats will commence December 9th u
c. +. J0hnslon's music-store, 81 Main street.
4 de TIT tsss,t: 1 ~ n, 81 is.. .
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saroT.aDAiY scoops.
A NDREW ANTONI,
no. 11o5 MAIN STREET
HEADoUARTERsFoR HOLIDAY GooDs,,
b,gs to call the attention Of The trade and the public
generally to his most
COMPLETE ASSORTMENT
IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC CONNECTION
FRIES, FRUITS, NUTS, CANDY-FRUTT,
AND TOY-CANDY, FANCY BOXES
AND BASKETS. DOLLS. FIRE.
CRACKERS AND FIRE
WORKS, &C., sc.

Ny PLAIN CANDY. which manufacture with
especial care from the best standard sugar. Is IA
vored with the purest otis ana choicest frutL-ex-
tracts, and is warranted to stand IN any climate.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-13
1OYS! TOYS! TOYS!

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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-13

Come with the spoons and see IT we can't sell you
or If nr1mpt-plv1ng will give y0u chance: but sell
we will. LOUIS j. SOSSlEUX, Contcctloner'
ia q 1910 Main street.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-09-20

officers elected two years ago are again the
candidates Of the party. With the same
platform and the same candidates holding
benefcent possession Of every department 81
the State Government, the Democracy Of
mand II. Vigilance Il necessary. Action
and incessant work are Indispensable. Unity
must be had. They who sluubero on In false
security, they who postpone preparations
for the fight, they who encourage or permit
dissension and division, for any reason or
upon any pretext, are ss much the public
Democratic rule drives into the Penitentia-
~ or out Of the State. MaIcontents, lag
CARDS, disorganizers shall not pull down the
Democratic party, although they may mutt
ply it, difficulties and make the struggle
harder and more desperate; and, when the
party, for its own sake, will pass sentence
upon any who, not being with us are against
us, and make them for all time political out.
casts, despised by Democrats Of their own
race and summed by the colored Democrats
who have been tried and have kept the faith.
For the white Democrats the State Com.
mittee are sure no other exh0rtation Ii
needed. They know full well that Demo-
cratic rule IL worth having, and that what ID
worth having Il worth keeping, and will be
kept. BY the col0red Democrats, a. the
State Committee believe, the solid advan-
tages Of an enlightened and honest govern
ment are thoroughly appreciated They have
seen and felt the difference between integri-
~ and rascality, between lofty justice and
partisan rule. The hope Is that the col0red
people, in larger number than ever before,
will march beneath the folds Of the Demo-
cratic banner, and 50 assist the Democracy
in perpetuating the work Of governmental
reform and industrial restoration.
The reign Of ignorance and vice In South
Carolina Is past and gone. Virtue, intelli-
gence and elevated statesmanship shall, -
during the last two years, control the public
affairs OF South Carolina. For this the pe0-
pie fought in 1876, and the scepter then
grasped for the first time in eight years by
pure and strong hands will not be laid down
and shall not be wrested away.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-09-20

The Chicago correspondent Of the
Troy Times writes: +" Ii tou will take
Government surveyors map and trace
the boundary line between the States Of
Michigan and Wisconsin at the extreme
northerly part Of those States, you will
see Boot Lake, which is near the source
of the Brule River, and located in what
is known as the trackless forests of the
great Brule country. This morning .
party Of ladies and gentlemen, mostly
from this city, will leave here for that
wild country for months recreation.
It is said TO be one of the most inacces-
sible portions of country in the center
of our Continent, and that the face Of .
white woman has never been seen there.
To show the spirit of adventure which
animatcs the ladies of the party, it should
be known that after proceeding by reg
ular rail to Menominee, thence BY .
mining railroad to Bad Water, from that
point the entire party will be compelled
10 walk twelve miles through the dense
forests before they strike the Brule Riv-
err. Here they will be taken In charge
by Indians who are engaged as voy-
ageurs, guides, ETC., and in canoes will
proceed up the river some Two nuuoIeo
miles. The forests along the route are
mostly composed Of pine, very thickly
studded, and great fire having At some
time swept through the district covering
hundreds Of square miles, the ground Is
50 strewn with fallen trees and entangled
debris that il is almost impossible to get
beast Of burden through, and much Of
the way even an Indian finds it difficult
to proceed on foot. A more desolate
country it would be hard to find. But
long way up the Brule the country opens
and becomes more tenable, and it Is here
the sportsman finds his paradise. Thou
sands and thousands of deer flock upon
the hills, so unused to danger that they
become easy prey to the rifle Of the hunt
err. Myriads of trout, bass and salmon
inhabit the streams and small lakes,
while wolves, bears, foxes, and lynx
abound, some Of them approaching It
times even to the tent opening Of the ad-
yenturous explorer. The experiences
Of the ladies viii no doubt be exciting,
and afford romance enough for many .
coming winter evening""
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-09-20

Sir Leonord Fioravanti, of Bologna,
states that when in Africa he saw quar-
rel between Spanish gentleman and q
military officer, in which the latter
struck off the nose of the former, and it
fell in the sand. The surgeon washed
il in warm water, carefully replaced it.
bound it up, and Mt the end Of eight
days found il perfectly healed. Tall
acotus records similar case, in which
a man, losing his nose, left it in the gut
ter while he pursued his opponent. On
his return the nose was applied, and adj
hesion followed. DIR. Barthelemy re-
cords the case Of an officer at Lyons, in
1915, who had the end OF his nose cut
off duel. He put the severed por-
ton in his pocket, kept 1t warm, return
ed home and sent for surgeon, who
replaced it, and adhesion followed. DR..
Reynault gives case in which nose
adhered after it had been bitten off and
kept in the owners pocket for five
hours. Garengeot, celebrated French
surgeon, asserts that ne has seen q nose,
which had been bitten off in quarrel,
thrown upon the ground, allowed to
cool, taken up, fixed to the face and
made to adhere again; and he records
in his third volume that M. Calm pro-
duced similar union wher large por-
ton of nose had been bitten of and
spit out in dirty gutter. The soldier
who had lost it pursued his adversary,
and the nose was replaced on his return.
On the fourth day the union was com.
plete. Blegny, Lombard, Loubet and
others record similar cures where noses
have been lost by saber cuts Boston
Courier.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-09-20

From the Burlington Hawkcye.
One Of the walters at DuHbar's De-
not Restaurant has learned to play q
tune on the gong. Will Mr.. Edison
please hide himself or 90 away and
chew iron for awhile.
When we read that "Gen. Szapar-
itz is fighting at Doboj," we feel like
calling on mcrciful Heaven TO stop this
cruel war while there is any Of the al
phabet left.
1t was thought to be q big thing in
ancient times when Ajax threw off his
ulster and defied the lightning, but now
almost any man raises thunder ii his
dinner is cold, and the poets never say
q word about it.
A Chicago poet sings: "Wha wad-
ing is allowable, the country is full Of
them. II this sort Of thing is to go on,
we would like TO know what is TO become
Of the United States language.
There may be "land that is fair
err than this 1--WE do not deny it, we will
not controvert the statement, but well
bet thousand dollars there is no land
where a hackman can carry you Q
shorter distance for more money.
my" Why does lightning SO rarely
strike twice in the same placep' Prof.
Workman asked the new boy in the
class in natural philosophy. "Huh, :"
said the new boy, sit never needs to. Z"
And it is little singular that nobody
had thought Of that reason before.
Some recently discovered inscrip-
tons on burned bricks bring to
light the astonishing revelation that
King Ahasuerus hanged Haman because
he invented the ACCORDION and put the
price down to one dollar and seventy
five cents, so that every young man
might have one.
We have just though. Of plan for
paying off the national debt in six
weeks. Let the Government levy a
light tax, not to exceed three mills on
the dollar, on all the poetry written in
the United States, and let every poet
name the value OF his own poetry. That
will do it, and we won't change the
Government cent for it either.
Richard Grant White is at last in
perfect harmony with all the rest of the
Euglish-speaking world on one solitary
phrase. In common with the most cul-
tured and most illiterate of the land, he
says, my baby is teething," and in
triumphant disdain asks for the man or
woman who would dare say, sMy baby
is being toothed."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-09-20

Catholic Is chiefly on matters of detail,
but our quarrel with Professionalism Is
about first principles"
Tho experiment. Of the American
Bible Society ia issuing . five-cent edi-
ton Of the New Testament has proved
great success. In order TO meet the
demand, 4 900 copies have TO be printed
daily.
The oldest Protestant Episcopal
Church now in use in New England is
Mt Marblehead, in Massachusetts. From
the parish records It appears that the
church was erected in TIA, though the
parish must have been founded some
years before that date.
Henry Marley, the evangelist, who
visited this country several years ago, is
creating great sensation in Australia,
where he Is warning in his sermons
upon the low wages paid to factory girls,
charging most of the sin and shame in
that country TO this cause. His motto
is: "The pure Gospel and good wages. ="
The Baptists have opened a mission
at Nablous, which is the ancient
Shechem, close by which Is Jacobs
well. This mission Is under the charge
Of Youhanna VI Karey, a. native Syri-
an, and a convert from the Greek
Church He was, after conversion,
baptized in the pool Of Sloan by an
American Missionary. He was educat-
ed in London ard is said to be remark
ably well qualified for his work.
The Methodist Bishops urge it az a
duty Of the ministry Of their church TO
".prsclaim with its utmost energy that
the law Of holinessin the New Testament
is law Of holiness for men. under all
conditions and under all circumstances
of life. Many Of the religious guides
and teachers Of the people address them
selves too little to the conscience and
aim ut other ends than the formation Of
character in the principles Of Christian
righteousness; Therefore the land Is
daily shumiliated by financial crimes,
frauds, defalcations, and betrayals in its
trusted citizens"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-09-20

+. b. Sanborn has been collecting
facts regarding crime and criminals in
the United States The number of con-
victs is now twice as great as in 1871,
the relative figures being $1,000 and
10000. The greatest increase y IN
Georgia, Tennessee, and several West
crn States. The number Of persons in
prisons as convicts, or awaiting trial, Is
81, 900, Of whom less than one-sixth are
women. About 10000 Of the whole
number are in this State, and 4, 200 in
Massa chusetts, where the proportion Of
prisoners to population Is greater than
in any other part Of the country. In
the south the higher prisons are gener-
ally made self-supporting by the labor
Of the couvicfs, who are leased TO con-
tractors, who may employ them any
where in the State. In Arkansas the
contractor pays nothing, but meets all
expenses. In Tennessee. Georgia, and
Mississippi stated sums in money, be-
sides expenses, are paid by the con-
tractors. Mr.. Sanborn figures IS fol-
lows: 1.-THE general result Of the labor
Of convicts in the State-prisons OF >!
States (for Delaware has no central
PRISON. falls 81, 250,O0O short of the
earnings requisite TO support the. $4,000
convicts in those prisons last year. That
sum, divided among an average OF 2y,-
600 State prisoners, gives an average
cost Of something more than S43 year
for each convict. II we add in the sum
paid for the support OF short-sentenced
prisoners in jails, the total cost Of the
90, 900 persons in prison throughout the
year 1877 would probably exceed So
GOO, 900, or something more than 50
year for each prisoner. "--NesO fors
Sun.
Rice Pudding. Take cupful Of rice,
| cupfui OF sugar, cupful Of ralslns,
and l teaspoonful Of salt; put this IN
1 . o,,.rt has;n and I'll M with sweet
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-09-20

The two rooms occupied by voltaire
In his chateau Mt Fcrney have been kept
lovingly and reverently as he left them.
His little sleeping apartment, with its
truckle-bed and its walls hung round
with portraits them Milton and
Newton--is exactly the same rs when ne
died there a century ago. Unclipped,
too, BY Cook 3 tourists knives Is still the
black sarcophagus in which bis heart is
informed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-09-20


The Italian Government, on the oc-
casion Of the Inauguration Of statue to
Giordano Bruno, proposes 70 republish
all the works Of the philosopher.
"A Brussels paper announces that the
King Of Holland, 81, contemplates mat
rimony with his niece, Princess Eliza-
beth, Of Sake Weimer- Eisenach, "a.
A peerage was offered to Lord Odo
Russell as a reward for his services as
one of the British Plenipotentiaries at
Berlin, but he is reported to have de-
clined the honor.
Its stated that Turkey derived from
Cyprus a revenue Of 81, 100000 q year,
and that under an improved system Of
government much larger revenue can
be raised.
--Tourgueneff says: ssIn century
there won't be q king in Europe, except,
perhaps, in England, and there will be
nothing but a pagcant--a political num-
my shown to the populace ut SO much q
head"
In Newcastle, England, on the reg
lister of st. Andrews Church, Is the fol-
lowing entry: "April "a, 1893, were
buried James Archer and his son
Stephen, who, in the month of May,
1858, we're drowned in coal-pit In the
Gala Flat by the breaking in of water
from an old waste. The bodies were
found after So years and ] ! mouths"
AT late council Of the Spanish
Ministry, the question Of the young King
Alfonso's second marriage was, accord
ing to report, considered. II was
thought that, though the project might
be premature, Its speedy consideration
for dynastic reasons was essential. The
youngest sister Of the late Queen Mer-
cedcs Is the lady named. The subject
Is to be again discussed at Ministerial
council early in September.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-09-20

Hiram Spencer, Of Geneva, Wis,
was fatally gored by a bull on his farm.
Walter Kestring's 2-year-old son,
Of Bedford, Ind, fell into an open els
tern and was drowned.
Pierre Bohman had both legs torn
of by falling into Neutrality-suspicious.
at st. Clair, Mich.
George McGrath. railroad man,
accidentally shot and killed himself
while out cunning near Alliance, 0.
Mrs. Mabel Hosmer, aged rs, Of
Bloomville, o., was burned to death
from her clothes being ignited by spark
from her pipe while smoking.
Marshall Jones, aged 40, was in
stantly. killed at Pittsburg, Pa, while
placing machinery in the Exposition
Building, by an iron fly-wbeel, weighing
5000 pounds, falling on him.
John Sauer, aged %, Of Merely,
Mich, went to sleep on the track Of the
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
while intoxicated, and was run over by
freight train and instantly killed.
A boy named Larry Haberodt, while
PLAYING In a wheat bin at Gilead Sta.
ton, o., got into the spout, and, being
unable TO get ont, was covered with the
grain and smothered to death.
Mitchell jackson, son of Esquire
Jackson, of Chesterville, Knox County,
o., was thrown from his horse, on
which he was carrying a crcss-cut saw
lie struck his head against stump and
landed with his stomach on the saw
teeth, receiving injuries from which he
died within fiveor six hours.
The vitriol vat OF the National Guant
Company's Works at Spring Gardens
Md, caused the fearful death Of George
Rush and John j. Bailey last week
They were standing on plank over It
to make repairs on pipe, when thu
plank broke, plunging them into IL
liquid fire. Bailey was completely sub
merged and died at once, but Rush cluns
TO the sides OF the tank, and lived til
the next morning. n U,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-09-20

Rice Pudding.--Take cupful Of rice,
cupfui Of sugar. cupful 81 ra'sins,
and / teaspoonful Of salt put tbs N :
2-quart basin, and fill up with sweet
milk. Bake In o slow oven.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-14
Josh Billings, Philosophy.

The uncertainties of life are just what
make it endurable.
The devil never was known yet to de-
sert his friends in a tight spot, but gets
them into tighter one, and then does.
I think ! had rather trust my faith
than my judgment.
As a general thing, the philosophers
of the world have spent much of their
time eating stewed terrapins, then tell
ing other folks how unhealthy they are.
My friend, if you just give other peo-
pie the same privileges that you claim
for yourself, you will Be surprised TO see
how smooth and still the old maGhiie
runs.
1t is very easy to explain a defeat.
We charge it over to the the bad luck
account.
II there wasn't any fools this world
would be a dreadful and desolate place
to live in; it wouldn't pay to be wise or
even cunning.
If it was against the law to guess at
things, we wouldn't know much.
One of the strongest points in the
devils character is, never to consider
anything out of his reach.
The more a man knows the less he
doubts; when reason fails he lets faith
lead him.
There is no theory that will work on
the Jumping tooth-ache like the dentists
| forceps.
Silence is the fools safety, and the
wise mans strength.
We all praise contentment, but none
| of US practice it.
A loafer is human being, and this is
! the most notifying thing about him.
Tying to live on pedigree is good
deal like trying to live on dried apples
about the best you can do after you have
filed yourself with the apples is to take
drink and sit down and swell.
There is but little bad luck in tn
world--but there is heap of bad mans
agement.
Vanity and jealousy always trave
-together-two very selfish creatures.
Young man, if you want a CHEAP
obituary notice, let your hair grow out
drink whisky, and rave to the full moon
and die in the gutter.
If man has got a good article of re
ligion, he don't have to advertise it t.
find market.
About one-half that even the wises
man knows is mere theory.
Young man don't forget this: Betting
ten dollars on it won't prove how far tht
buIl-frog can jump.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-14
WI, Asrlen..ural COLLEGE. Fasl.

In writing TO the American Farmer. l..
A. Hansen, OF Mississippi, remarks:
TheappropriatiOns for agricultural col
leges all over the United States, with very
few and rare exceptions, have been mis-
appropriated, and most of them used to
bolster up sickly institutions of learning
by adding the agricultural department
to their institutions, making this depart
ment entirely subordinate and totally
insufficient for the wants for which the
donation was made. This is one of the
reasons why the agricultural colleges of
the United States as a rule, are failures
Another reason is, that the majority of
those institutions do not consider manual
labor necessary aye! many think it
adverse TO liberty and justice to compel
the students To work after they pay Tor
their board and tuition.
The misconstruction of liberty has
wrought MANY evils in our country, and
here IS one of them. TO what does all
the theoretical teaching amount, if not
sustained by demonstrative practice
And, how is thorough practice to be
ACQUIRED, IL not obtained by actually
doing the work ? How is a farmer to
instruct his hands aud direct his work to
be properly done ii he is not able to
perform it himself and by actual deed
show them?
Mr.. Editor, let it be welljand distinctly
understood % that no agricultural col
leees can be q success, as such, without
proper practical instruction in manual
iab0ri"
By perseverance and industry practice
alone can succeed; theory by itself,
without practice, cannot
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-03-14
A CIoud.Rurst in California.

A cloud-burst struck the town of Ca
manche, Cal, last Sunday afternoon,
causing the death of ten Chinese. Four
funnel shaped clouds, dark as night,
apparently about FIVE hundred yards
apart. with their apex trailing the
ground, were observed passing in a
northeasterly direction, and it was appa>
rent that there was very heavy precip-
itation of rain. Soon the slopes of the
hills were covered with torrents of
water, which carried with it brush,
fences and even rocks to the gulches
below. In a few minutes Camanct g
creek, already carrying It's maximum of
water, was vastly increased in volume,
so as to overspread the fats on either
side, and fences and hen coOps and the
little about the houses in Chinatown be-
gan to move. While l was specializing
upon the area of waterway it would re-
quire to pass the amount of water
beneath the aqueduct to be constructed
across C4manche creek by the Moke-
lumme Ditch and Irrigation company,
we we've startled by hoIseman who
rapidly rode in town shouting that the
reservoir had broken. Almost at the
same time bank of murky water several
feet in height, bearing brush, fences,
debris of all kinds, cattle, horses, and
pigs, was hurled forward with fearful
momentum. AS it struck Chinatown,
built on the creek, the low, shabby tene-
ments gave way with 8 crash. A China
man with his wife and child, who had
mounted the roof, were borne past, vainly
appealing for aid it was impossible to
give. In a few minutes another house