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For the Dispatch.l
The Petersburg District.

Possibly the readers of the Dispatch may
take interest enough in the petersburg
congressional district to wish to know
something OF the political outlook. Only
few OF the counties have been heard from
thus far. For Radical favor, ex-senator
Allan, of Prince Edward, is prominent
candidate, and it is believed by many is the
coming man. General Starke, OF Bruins
wick, IS also in the hands OF his Friends, and
will be before the Convention. Colonel
j. Amber Smith, now Of Dinwiddie, is re-
ported on good authority 20 De on the
anxious bench, and is willing and waiting.
Then, in these days Of evolution, let no one
be surprised il Senator Bliss, OF Prince Ed
ward, developes into congressman:
OF the Conservatives the name OF Dr. W.
w. I'll. Thackston, eX-Mayor OF FarmVllie,
is favorably mentioned. He IS most esti-
mable gentleman and will be heartily sus-
tanned by q prominent hadical; Judge
Jones. OF Dinwiddie, is also named, ana Is
reputed to be gentleman OF great personal
popuIarity. Judge A. -. Dickinson, Of
Prince Edward, has been spoken Of By some
OF his many friends.
The independents $50 called) may be able
To obtain the consent OF Colonel Lewis f.
Harvie. OF Amelia, as their candidate. This
worthy gentleman has q host OF personal
friends, who, whether they concur with
him or not on public questions, hold him in
high esteem. His filings at the county
Judges was regretted by his friends, and is
the subject OF much comment. Ignorant
of law" as these "animals" may be, sur
prise is felt that an ex-presiding justice
should thus speak OF his successors.
There is, however, but little hope for the
success of any candidate lin the Southside) OF
the late Conservative party; once united, now
"discordant, discovered, and belligerent:"
That was great blunder and, as time will
show, a serious matter to ITS authors, that
they causelessly thrust the public-debt 4ues.-
ton into party politics. 1t was jaalc'dt
question, simple ana pure, as to the twenty
million consos; and the wlsest men nave
never vet told us bow, by any possible legis-
lation. the tax-rccciyabe privilege OF the
coupons can be prevented or remotely al
fected. BIsMARK.
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.scood looks 10 the possibility d CONSTANT
5n,ople failing into The hands Of Russia.
Bldcauood sass::
Ell Turkish entapgle DEMENT'S are not 20 pc
succeeded by Anglo-A austrian ones, Tue
conference should provide Tor the perma-
inent neutrality Of the waterways and Tor
the demolition of all Notifications Wn1cn
threaten these in the exclusive interest OF
any one Power, whether Turkey or Russaa.
The best way Of settling the difficulty as 70
who should hold the keys Is to provide tnat
there should be no kegs to hold. 49, .f
Exactly. But how Is this to be done
BoSApARrE declared Constantinople 10 De
the empire oil the world. Is place OF such
Importance to be left undefended and inde-
fensible? Would not such place De ever
the object Of desire and OF ambition? Should
place that must surely be more coveted
than any other city Of the nations be ex-
posed to capture by the first ambitious con-
queror that came along? England's idea'
IL Blackuood speaks it, is utopian.
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BLAcKwooD's MAGAZINE FOR MARCH
We are indebted to Messrs. WooDHoUsE &
.PlRHAH for this Me- OF .BEacc,oood. We
observe nm article upon The North
American Fisheries and the Halifax Com
mission and another on England and
Russia,n which will interest the American
reader. or course BlaekDood can treat the
question Of the relations between England
and Russia in no: other style than that Of an
.EHgls which must be one-sided.
But wesnotiee d remark in the conclusion
az the artlele that sho #s that even BLaek,-
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V;ud. A Novel. BY Mrs FoRREsTER. atl.
tbor-of aDolores," "Dianna CareW,"
Mignon," &c. Philadelphia: >. -
LIpprNcoTT &c Co.
For sale by WEST, JOHNSTON & co.
Scr;baer's Monthly. An Illustrated Maya
zine for the People. Conducted by ): u.
HOLLAND. Vol. XIV. November, 1871,
to April, 1878, inclusive. New York
SCRIBNER s. co.
We have received this semi-annual vol
ume OF Scribner's Monthly. 1t makes a
very interesting book, containing informa-
ton and entertainment both varied and
gratifying.
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DON'T PAY UP.-The number OF re-
cistered voters in Richmond is about $500.
The number of polls assessed is 1920:
Out OF which number but 1908 have paid
their tax, leaving more than 10000 re-
gistered voters who have yet to pay up be-
fore they can vote. Yet in mass-meeting
or primary election these persons, who
have no right under the laws to cast a vote
until their taxes are paid, would have
right to say who shall be the nominees OF
the party, though when it comes to cleo
tion-day they cannot vote for them. Is
this right and just ?-PortSmOut Times.
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miles Of Inland steamboat navigation in

- 90
miles OF inland steamboat navigation IN
connection with tide. wate z:
In this connection let it be borne 10 mind,
asshown by the report Of this committee,
that III. is 220 miles less from Cairo TO the
Capes OF Virginia, and go less from Louis
vile or Cincinnati to the tapes. tnan 10 the
mouth OF the Hudson; nearly 400 miles less
from st. Louis to the Capes ttan 10 tne
mouth Of the Hudson; nearly 400 miles less
from The mouth Of the Illinois river ana
100 less from Keokuk, and Bag less from o,
Fort Benton, Omaha, Kansas City, ana tue
mouth of the Missouri river, as shown by
Commodore Maury. We beg our readers
to look over again and again the facts we
have presented, and ponder well their sig
nificance. We propose to give others equally
important in this connection.
A. r. BLAKEY.
Charlottesville, March %, 1878.
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Fruit.

After the first blooming OF fruit-trees
every cold spell that comes excites the deep
est anxiety amongst the people. Everybody
deplores the severe weather as destructive
to the fruit. eve shall have no fruit this
wear" passes from mouth to mouth, and all
lament the dreadful privation. "Fruit is
so healthy" $50 necessary" cit has be-
come" all say, "an important part OF hui
man subsistence Very true, indeed.
Fifty wears ago fruit was not deemed so i'm
portant. 1t was rare to see rural habitations
supplied with fruit for winter; and popu-
lar opinion prevailed that fruit in summer
was the cause of much sickness. There was
not much inclination towards planting and
cultivating orchards.
A great change has come upon popular
ideas and popular habits. Fruit is now one
of the first OF articles in the list of things
to be cherished rs important to health as
well as qualification. In setting out and
arranging farm. the garden is not deemed
more indispensable than the orchard. SO
people prize the supply Of fruit as amongst
the blessings to society, and it is no wonder
that an untimeIy frost is regarded as a Ca
lamity.
Still we say that apr ehension often goes
to an extreme. Few, indeed, are the years
In which frost does not visit the orchards
after the. bloom is upon the fruit-trees.
Only that the frost seldom comes in bloom
ing season so severe as to kill all the
\
blooming and budding promises. Indeed,
some frost In the season OF blooms is good
thing. 1t is an axiom in human philosophy
that adversely is The stern nurse Of virtue.
So we may say OF the frost that when not
extremely severe it thins out the germina-
ting blossoms, and thus saves the tree from
redundant crop that is more than the trees
can well bear up and nourish to healthy de-
velopment. Thus we often see that the
fruit crop is improved by the frost.
With regard to the present season the
anxiety is great, and from some sections we
learn the crop OF peaches is entirely killed.
Very possibly. But then we need not de-
SPAR as yet. Generally when the worst ac-
counts come from the country there are dis
tricts which are favored. and which III 1ruit
season contribute literally to the supply OF
neiahborhoods where the frost has been
most destructive.
II the fruit crop has Jared badly what is
the condition OF the tobacco-plants? Ger
tainly the warning OF the present cold sea-
son was quite sufficient to enable tobacco
tillers to protect their plants by covering
them I'D. But where there may be any
killed there is plenty Of time for replanting.
It is the opinion Of many farmers that it
would be no calamity to lose plants. A di-
minution of the crop from loss OF plants or
any other misfortune would, argue some,
be good for the planter, inasmueh as it
would increase the value Of his crop, which
Is now so. low. 1850
This line Of speculative conversation is
not generally productive of satisfactory re-
suits. The best way after all is to be cheer
ful and resigned, looking to Providence as
great equalizer and just dispenser OF good
4
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na- GRAND opENfEa on SPRING

10 GRAND OPENING OF SPRING
GOODS AT THALHIMER BROTHERS. COL
BROAD sTREET.-We Wish to announce that we
have Just received the latest novelties In DREsS
GOODS OF every kind. BLACK GOODS; coll
ORED, BLACK, and STRIPED SILKS, WHITE
GOODS OF every description. CASSlMERES III
large variety HOSIERY, GLOVES, SCARFs,
CORSETs, and lots OF other goods and as we are
one OF the frs: houses TO exhibit new goods at low
prices. It will nay you TO give us call.
In DRESS GOODS we have one OF the largest as
sentiments we have ever exhibited, at very low
prices Call and see as ON Dress Goods. All shades
WORSTED PRINCES to match.
BLACK ALPACAS. CACHEMIRES. GREEA-
Dimes. CREPEs, and CREPE CLOTHS-a large
line very low.
wHITE-GOODs DEPARTMENT.-We have
splendid stock. such as LACE, SATIN, ana BRO.
CADE-STRIPED MUSLISS, yICTORI a and
LINEN LAWNS, SWISS and NAINSOOh MUS
LINS, JACONETS, IRISH LINENS, &C., at very
In 'CAssIMEREs and DoLMAN CLOTHS. for
ladies', children's, ard gentlemcns suits, &c, we
have one of the largest lines In the city. Can ana
see them before you buy.
we have lots of other goods which we cannot
mention, and all we ask Is q call at our store, eol
Broad street. ro,,,,,nss
NH % THALtlNEk bRoIHrfso.
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9s.CENT STORE.


DECEIVED AT THE
e9-CENT STORE:
$50 LARGE LAMPS, trimmed In 7-inch shades
and Argand burners complete. Ut &c.;
A very handsome BRONZE-BASE LAMP, with
chimney, ut Soc;
Also, BRONZE PENDANT LAMP for the hall
at 99c.;
A fun line and large assortment of LADIES' MUS
LIN UNDERWEAR in rev styles, at 80 and
Soc These goods are we'll made and handsomely
trimmed.
$50 more OF those NICKEL-LEVER CLOCKS Mt
Sl.96-warranted perfect ume-keepers or money
refunded;
More of those large THREE-sIIELF WALNUT
BOOK-RACKS;
] so dozen GOBLETS at 99c. q dozen;
100 dozen STAR TUaIBLERs at soc. dozen;
Some very handsome genuine MEERsCHAUM CT
GAR-HOLDEES and CHIP MEERSCHAUM
PIPES-two in case-for 99c.;
All sizes In our FINE S-BOSOM-AND-CUFF
SHIRT;
New style Apply LINEN COLLAR at 9oc. per
half dozen;
New styles Apply CUFF, four pair for 99c.
| Catalogues sent free to any address from sos
Broad street.
!. al 81 W. a. STEVENS.
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ME- NINETY CENTS WILL PUR-
CHASE SHIRT made of WAMSUTTA COTTON
and PURE IRISH LINEN, completely finished;
have only to be lauudried before wearing. These
shirts are as good as any laundried shirt that Is
usually sold at So.
A large assortment of COLLARS and CUFFS at
LEVY BROTHERS..
Ask for our cheap LINEN HANDkERCHIEFS
NH 7
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nT EQUAL JUSTICE TO ALL.

THOMAS r. PRICE & co.
make no professions Of selling leading domestics ut
less than cost, and swnding the consumer on other
less familiar goods. At the lowest rates we offer
WAMSUTTA, PONEMAIl, ANDROSCOGGIN,
AUBURN, ANCHOR. and other "A COTTONS.
To-day fresh lot OF REMNANTS;
RICHARDSON'S LINENS at astonishing figures:
HAMBURG EMBROIDERIES ut lowest figures and
In most beautiful variety.
Look at our BRIGHT SPRING PRINTS that are
displayed tO-tiay.
signs:
colnrs and styles ever Ofere! i'll this city.
GENTLEMES'S EURNlSHlNtiS.-We have be-
slowed great care this branch, and solicit Il
review of our stock of
COLLARS,
CUFFS,
SCARFS,
GLOVES.
HALF-NOSE,
lIANDkERNHIEFS. &c.
CUSTOM-MhDE DRESS-Sll IRTS Ut S1.2J, Of
WAMSUTTh Or NEW YORK MILLS MUS
LIN. and cut regular.
BLACK and COLORED SILKS In beautiful assQrt-
LINEN SHEETISGS.
DAMASKS,
NAPKINS,
DOYLIES. &c.
We shall be pleased To receive orders.
fe27 Il. X. PRICE < CO.
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~COD-LIVER OIL.
MEADE L BAKERS
INCIDENTALLY PURE.
IMPORTED DIRECT

We have the testimony of physicians who pre-
scribe IT, aud Of patients who have taken It, that 1T
rs MoIE ACCEPTABLE TO THE STOMACH AND
MORE EASILY ASSIMILATED THAN ANY OTHER
OIL MEADE & BAKER,
Importing and Dispensing Pharmacists,
no Is 9l9 Main street. Richmond va.
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Gy" TWO HUNDRED REMNANTS OF
DRESS GOODS In lengths Of from two TO thlr-
teen yards to be. closed out at once;
BLACK ALPACAS In all qualitics-the cheapest
ever brought TO this clty-prices from 1890. to
81 per yard
ALL-WOOL BLACK CASIMERES at 60, 65, IS,
S5c., 81, and 81 % per yar'l-tle cheapest yet
offered;
BLACK HOHAIRS and BRlLLIANTINES at 35,
40, As. so, and 60c., and up to S % per yard
the incest goods ever offered for the money;
A large stock of FANCY DRESS GOODS at all
prices at LEVY BROTHERS..
TURKISH CLIO TIL in all qualities. NH 81
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.pUrraY. roTrgiss.5
Hg- ANOTHER LARGE LOT OF
BLACK SILKS
FROM THE AUCTION TRADE-SALE.

BLACK SILKS at 65 worth &c.,;
BLACK SILKS ut 75c. worth 81 !;
BLACK SILKS at 55c. worth 81. 30; ..
BLACK SILKS at 81 worth S1.35;
BLACK SILKS up to s3 per yard;
STRIPED, PLAID, and PLAIN COLOR e u
SILKS ut lever prices than ever.
We intend to self SILKS cheap to all who give us
o chance to do so.
NH "a LEVY bhOTdChS.
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nr NEW STYLES SPRING SHADES
DRESS GOODS just received al The CHURCH-hiL.L
VARIETY STORE. $500 Broad street. mn 10
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Mr. ANOTHER BIG BARGAIN

Etj- ANU Elk Blu bAhIAtN---. = -
LINEN sHEETING.
Ten-quarter BARNSLEY LINEN SHEETING at
5 per yard worth S1.35;
STILL ANOTHER BIG BARGAIN-PILLOW-
CASE LINEN, IL yards wide, at 5oc.-actuai
value. 75c.;
TURKEY-RED TABLE DAMAsK 1T Coo. worth
75c. per yard:
Grea. bargains in HUCKABACK TOWELS at Coo,
81, s1.15. $3.50, S1.75, 81, $3.50, and s3 per
dozen;
DAa1AsK TOWELS at S1.7o, 1926, So, and $3.50
per dozen:
WHITE SHETLAND SHAWLS Mt 81 worth
$3.50;
TIDES ut rs, 35, so, CO, and 75c., and higher
all very cheap--at LEVY BROTHERS..
A large assortment of FANS. NH ~
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ngFOR NOTE-PkPERS:o ell kinds,
from IOc. a box ND, go to CHURCH-HILL vARIE
TY STORE. 25O2 Broad street. PENS, IN 4, and
PENCILS. mn 10
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-31
CREENBAcK GEMS.

The value of labor is the surest
test of National prosperity.
The intrinsic value of money has
been abandoned by the best writer's
and thinkers. Coin is not safe basis
for money-the base is too small
Encyclopedia Britannica.
Greenbacks were constitutional to
promote the success of war for the
Union; should they be less constitu-
tional to promote the peoples interest
in the time of peace Toledo Bee.
The simplest and most perfect form
of money is that which represents
nothing but transferable debt-such
as paper. 1t is only when States have
reached a high degree of civilization
that they adopt this perfect form of
money.-Rees' Encyclopedia.
The battle is for the elevation of
labor. The forces engaged are the
money power and the people. 1t is
like the contest which ragged in this
country from 1861 to 1865. in which
the slave power was arrayed against
the people. The people conquered
them, and they will conquer now. II
is only a question of time.-Terre
Haute Express.
Every trade dollar is a text for a
sermon. Take. gentle reader. trade
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The Antl-Monopollst.

dallar in your right hand. and two
half dollars in your left. In the melt
ing pot. the trade dollar is worth 90
cents; and the two halves are worth
10 cents. AS money the trade dollar
is worth 30 cents. and the two halves
are worth 100 cents. Ponder this
over. Do not give the problem up
until you understand 1.-THE Mont
tor.
Bob Ingersoll's conundrufn: elf a
government can create money why
should it collect taxes?" The hard
money crowd take this under their
teeth and chew it as very sweet
morsel. The fact is, the question is
so absurd that it hardly requires an
answer. Ingersoll proceeds on the
assumption that money is wealth,
when every school boy knows that
money is the mere representative Of
wealth.-the tool of trade.--New
Havey Union.
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In 1873, after over ST. 300 ,OOO. 900 If
currency had been drawn from the
channels of trade by this yamnire
and credits had become inflated in the
ratio that money had been DESTROYED,
the crash was inevitable.
MI. Stevens, once prominent
member of the New York chamber
OF commerce, over the signature of
"Knickerbocker" in the New York
Times, in writing of the contraction
OF the currency prior to 1873, says:
"Ihe country at large had felt the
pressure OF the screw, but had not
been able to discern precisely from
what quarter the pinch cane. the con.
traction being confined to those out
size forms OF treasury obligations,
which though not currency in the
strlct acceptance of the word, were
Stlll used as such in the larger trans
actlanS OF trade and financial ex-
change.
when in the time of general pres.
sure, the currency itself became the
SUBJECT of the pruning knife, the
country not only felt the knife. but
saw how it was handled" TItalic
ours.
Mr.. McCulloch attempts to show
that the $50 treasury notes formed
no part OF the curren.y or circulating
medium OF the period of their exist
ence, from the fact that they were
boarded for conversion.
Again this resurrected Phyllostoma
Spectrum predicts that 1.-The golden
mint drops, the true Jacksonian cur.
rency, Will soon be flowing in from
Europe, and it the let alone policy is
adopted, the business Of the country
VIII soon he upon gold basis, and re.
sumption will come without contrac
tlon. but it will not be permanent
without the gradual retirement OF
the greenbacks.
Here is common sense and logic for
a whole school of philosophers.
with all the boosted trade balance
IN our favor, not one dollar of gold
comes to our shores in settlement, nor
Will there, for the policy of Europe is,
That as soon as there is tendency in
that direction, measures are at once
adopted to prevent it.
How this financial fossil expects to
resume gold payment and keep re.
sumption permanent by retiring the
greenbacks without contracting their
volume, is mystery which none but
a spirit from the vastly deep can solve.
Saul sought wisdom of the dead
Samuel, but Ahab was deceived by a
lying spirit, and was slain at Ranoth.
Gilead.
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Texans. the shrieks of the dying.
made the din Internal, and the scene
indescribable in it's sublime terrors.
Each room in the building was the
scene of desperate struggle with
fearless men driven to desperation
and conscious that escape was lmpos-
sible. They fought even when
stricken down, and when dying still
struggled, not with death, but to
slay Mexicans. In long room used
as a hospital the sick and wounded
fired pistols and rifles from their pal
lets. A piece of artillery, supposed
to be that which Crockett had used
during the siege, was shotted with
grape and canister, and turned upon
the occupants Of this apartment.
After the explosion, the Mexlcans
entered and found the emaclated
bodies of fourteen men, torn and rent,
and blackened and bloody. Forty-two
dead Mexicans lay at the door way OF
this room. Bowie, whose name tells
of his fearful knife and deeds, lay
stark and stiff on cot in the room.
He was helpless and in bed when the
place was invested ten days before.
Eleven Texans fired with terrible eff
feet from the roof Of the building.
where they used three or four pieces.
which they charged with nails and
pieces Of iron. Buerra gives his pecu-
liar version of the story affecting the
death of Travis and of Crockett.
These two were found living, yet ex-
hausted by fighting. and lying among
the dead. When Travis was discov-
cred he gave gold to a Mexican. and
while conversing with him General
Cos, with whom Travis had dealt most
generously when San Antonio was
captured by the Americans. appeared.
Cos embraced Travis, and induced
other officers to join him in asking
Santa Anna to spare Travis's life.
The President General sternly re-
fused. Then Crockett, from among
the corpses, stood up. utterly ex-
hausted by weary. sleepless days and
nights, and by five hours constant
fighting. Santa Anna was enraged
beyond measure that his orders were
not executed. He directed the SOL
diers near him to fire on the two
Texans. Travis was shot first in the
back. He folded his arms across his
breast and stood stiffly erect until Il
bullet pierced his neck. He fell upon
his face. Crockett's body was riddled
with bullets. The corpses of two
thousand Mexicans were buried. and
those of the dead Americans were
gathered and burned. holocaust
whose fires lighted the way to the
freedom of Texas.