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New York Trade.

The Chamber OF Commerce and the lead
Ing merchants In New York are again agi-
tating themselves about the trade OF New
York, and the cry has gone forth that it Is
again In peril. Exactly I And 80 the lead
ing businessmen Of all cities are periodi-
caily inclined 70 proclaim. The New York
merchants point to the railways and their
determinations, to the ocean lines and their
exigencies, as indicating a tickle condition
of commerce, with threatening perils to the
great city OF othaIn. 4 81 *.
Well, We rather like these disturbing
signs. They are favorable to commercial
liberty and opposed to the harsh and UNI
conctliatory tyranny Of monopoly. Nothing
could be more absurd than the idea that
New York Is. to besWhelmed into the dust.
\ She Is 70 q proper extent impregnable but
1T is well that she should be upon her good
behavior, and that she should not have the
world in a sling
Coming down TO Our own little world In
which Richmond moves aud has her being,
we may Interpret 4 he action ard the alarm
in New ~ rk as not at all alsadsanfageols
10 our people. 70 have q commeice and a
sphere Of trade 10 HE int erior which we ieei
periodical anxI ous q AS ne do not
like shg present conli iiffiion of this trade we
ather like She idea that it lis moi, accord
fos the wiser d permanent
thug aud bat se may LOOK for changes:
os'afaeree this airy sis too vast
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2 ~.
AN actentitIed an act TO provide Tor the
working Of pen tentiary conyiets on tne
Danyille and New. River railroad. approved
March 27, 1876, and to repeal the 20 se.!ion
OF The saiif nj. anisto furnish penitestiafy
seonyicts to amy company which maj. con-
str,lct railroad in the counties OF Henry
and Patrick, OF eitheroi them, to the Wash
ington, Cincinnati and 81. Louis Narrow.
Gauge railroad, the staunton and Parkers =
burg railroad, the Staunton and Psrkers-
burg turnpike, The Upper APPROXIMATION
Company, and the Bristol Coal and Iron
Narrow-G Gauge Railroad Company.
The following were approved March I,
1878:
For the relief OF j. G. Conway, Of Wash.
ingtop county. h.
To prevent the erection OF slaughter
houses within hall mile OF the city OF Nor
folk. s5ist5 BIZ
To enable the cities OF Richmond and
Lynchburg to aid inthe repair OF the James
River and Kanawha canal.
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New Laws.

The Governor approved the following
acts February q, 1878: -
An act to empower the County Court Of
Warren county to authorize Carson d. Sons
TO establish ferry across the north branch
OF the Shenandoah river, and also at the
junction OF the north and south branches Of
the said river, in said county. 1,
Making an apportionment Of senators and
menhers Of the House OF Delegates.
prOvide for q new registration in the
city Of Staunton.
The following were approved February
%, 1878 {,
To amend the charter OF the Strafght-
to I'M Richmond and Allegheny Railroad
Company, and to extend its limits. u
To submit the questi ON of repeating the
fence-laW to the voters OF ErentsVille and Ma
nassas districts, In Prince w flliam county.
To amend and resnact the LIST section OF
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Death Of Ex-senator Wade.

Senator BENJAMIN +. WADE died at JET
Eierson, Ohio, on Saturday morning IN the
seventy -eighth year Of his age, after an ILL I
ness Of several months duration. He was
born an Springfield, Mass. October q,
1909. In early life he was farrn-hand in
summer and a scho ol-teacher IN winter. He
went TO Ohio III his youthful manhood,
where he practiced law and rose In public
life until elected TO the United States Senate
Id 1851, and rejected In '57 and 1913. He
was for a considerable time a prominent
Democrat, but his strong Anti-siaYery
opinions and sentiments put him alter
wards in the front rank OF the Adolf
tion and Black Republican parties. I'm the
civil war he was amongst the bittersst OF
those who were violently opposed to the
south, and he never failed to urge that the
measures towards the southern States should
be severe. He was elected president pro
tesnpore Of the United States Senate in 1865,
and in 1871 was appointed by GRANT one OF
the commission sent to st. Domingo to re-
port upon the feasibility OF its annexation
to the United States.
MIR. WADE was a strong-minded man,
never much under the restraint OF such vir-
tues as moderation, charity, discretion, and
civiIity. He was frank, bluff, rough, and
rudely- genial man, more fitted to stimulate
ferocious party animosittes than to assist in
accomplishing real public good. He in
creased in bitterness as he adyanced.in life,
because his friends and associates helped on
his impulsiveness. He was an undisguised,
outspoken man, and contrasted well with
some public men, who concealed possibly q
greater amount Of vindictlveness than ami
mated his rough breast. There were worse
men than BEN. WADE. The grave hides
him from retaliatory aversiOns.
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EDINBURGH REvlEw.-We are indebted
to Messrs. WooDHoUsE & PARHAM for the
January No. of the Edinburgh Revieao.
One OF its elaborate articles is devoted to
Is SANKEY'S Discoveries and the Future
Africa" This article awards proper credit
to STANLEY for perseverance, discretion,
and heroism. But the writer is not en-
Unused at the culture Of Africa" He thinks
Africa can never be favorable to the health
and progress Of the white races. He says:
.sLet the missionaries go where they will
and do what good they can, but let them
take the risks on their own heads, be re-
spectful to the good points of Mobammedan
precept and example, and not entangle us
in a system OF national interference.
Equatorial Africa is never likely to be-
come home for large numbers OF white
men-c certainly not for men OF the
Anglo-SaX race. Let us, then, whe-
ther as nation or as individuals;
whether as cosmopolitan philanthropists or
as men OF commerce, confne our efforts to
the more feasible task OF controlling and
aiding the one intelligent race, who already
permeate it, by our action on the sea-coast,
and By our political influence at the head
QUARTERS Oh Tue ATaU--ESYpC anu AauHipuF.
The opinion that the interior OF Africa has
been thrown open to civilization and trade
by MIR. SANKEY'S daring navigation and de-
scent of the Congo river is one which re
quires to be. supported by much stronger
evidence than we at present possess before
it can be adopted"
In another article the Edinburgh Revie,o
reviews the military power Of Russia. It
concludes with the following remarkable
comments-c characteristic of Eng
,lish preiudices, and published while Russia
stands forth as conqueror and her victim is
suing for mercy,is certainly amusing:
s. Even against Turkey she (Russia) has
shown herself barely equal to the contest.
Upon the whole, then, the operations OF the
Russian army during the last year, though
not altogethNe. unsuccessful, have lowered
her reputation as military power. She
may, and probably will, ultimately prevail
in this war, il it goes on, by the exhaustion
OF Turkey. and by her superior resources;
but she can never efface the impression
caused by the failure OF the campaign of
1877 to accomplish the objects she proposed
to attain.
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NE OWING TO THE
RECENT GREAT REDUCTION IN DRY GOODS

RECENT GREAT REDUCTION IN DRY Goons
HAVE ENABLED
COHEN BROTHERS
TO give The below new prices. They are In reccint
OF full lines of NEW GOODS. and are at prcsnp,
offering the best-assortcd stock in ,hi, city:
40c. CORSETS reduced TO SOC,
CSC. CORSETs reduced TO 5oc..
81 CORSETS reduced to 75c,
30 CORSETS reduced to $3.50.
The CORK, DIR. WARMERS. ABDOMINAL.
NURSERY, and all other CORSETS reduced in
equal proportion:
WAMsUTTA BLEACHED MUSLIN reduced from
12k to lie,
STRIPED and CHECKED SILKS reduced from
zoe. to Soc; from 75c. to Soc: from i 70
75c.;
BLACK SILKS-of which they have the largcs,
stock In this city-reduccd In equal proportion:
COLORED SILKS, warranted 90 per cent. less
than any other house in this city;
FRUIT-oF-THE.LO LOOM BLEACHED MusLINat
&C.; ANDROSCOGGIN ut s&c.; DAYOL at
lOc., reduced from 12l4c. AUBURN at 81;
The largest stock Of CALICOES In this city at from
to &c. for the very best:
HAMBURG EDGINGS reduced from 5 to exc;
from TO &c.; from IL to &c.: and all hncr
qualities to proportionate value;
KID GLOVES worth 75c. at 37yc.;
ALL HOSIERY (of which they have the best as
sortmeut In this city, at n reduction of 25 rrr
cent. from last seasons prices;
PIQUE CORDS at &c. reduced from S1.c.;
All other WHITE GOODS reduced
COLORED DRESS LINENS reduced 25 to 1910.
ALL GOODS REDUCED.
Persons buying goods 1T COHEN BROTHERS.,
can positively rely on not paying last seasons
prices. fe28
M CHAMPAGNE.-Jus received, di-
rect from Franco, 4 fresh lot Of CHAMPAGNE,
consisting Of
EXTRA DRY VERZENAY,
NAPOLEON CABINET and
PREMIERE SERRE,
for sale ~ moderate prices by
OSCAR CRAM,
fc 20-2w No Il Governor street.
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u The failures lin New York lin February
were IL number aud Amount tiifty per cent
less than they were Ia January. An Inn
graft ying, and II u To- be hoped
II Will keep on Ia that line.
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Austria Is now ii, q more doubtful con-
ditIon, parties are smartly cut up, and she
Isl said to be more tractable towards Rus
STA. Rnssia saved her from extinction at
one time, and unless she fortfties herself by
4 strong continental alliance she viii find
herself gobbled up some day, and no Rus
sis To save iler.
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Died, on the LIST instant, at 1880 O'Clock P. NJ,
JAMES TAYLOR, in the eighty-seveuth year Of
his age.
HIS funeral will take place from the residence of
his son-in. law e. L. johnson, Nc. 1927 Venable
street, SUNDAY MORNING Of 10 o'clock. Friends
of the family are respectfully invited to attend
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BANKRUPT NOTICES.
mo-. 5534.l d

This is TO GIVE NOTICE THAT ON
Il the 25t day of February, A. d. 1877 S.a warrant
In bankruptcy was Issued out or the District Court
of the United States the Eastern District OF Yir
g1nia against the estate of c. w. jenkins, Of
Richmond, Henrco county, In said district, who has
been hdudged bankrupt on his own petition; that
the payment of any debts and the delivery of any
property belonging 10 said bankrupt to him or for
his use, aud the Transfer ofany property by hi are
OF said bankruptto prove their debts and choose
one or more assignees of his estate, will be held at
court of bankruptcy to be holden ut Richmond,
Va, before Thomas 3. Atkins, Esq, Register In
Bankruptcy for sail district, on the 18TH DAY OF
MARCH, "A. d. 1878, at O'Clock. z. nj.
G. 2. RAMSDELL,
+ NH 4-M2w United States Marshal.
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TIE OLIvE.-GeneralA A. G. JONES Ia Vir-
ginian), of the Agricultural Department at
Washington, has, under the direction of
General LIE Duo, prepared interesting pa
pers on the subject Of the culture and uses
Of several fruits almost unknown to the
majority OF Americans: such as the date,
the fig, and the olive. General LIE Due
shows an earnest desire to introduce these,
and tea, and other things into American
cultivation. The oliveis, indeed, a fruit OF
great value in human subsistence.
Thomas Jefferson wrote from Paris in
1857: "Although the olive is a tree the
least known in America, it is the most
worthy Of being known. OF all the gifts
OF heaven to man it is next to the most pre-
,cious. And he added, g having been
myself an eyewitness to the blessings which
this tree sheds on the poor, never had my
wishes SO kindled for the introduction Of
any article OF new culture into our new.
country"
The olive-tree in full bearing yields from
two to three bushels OF fruit, which would
produce from fifteen to twenty pounds Of
Oil. An acre Of land will sustain a hun
bred OF such trees, with a crop of grass or
other thing between the trees. They are
wonderfully tenacious Of life. Some peo-
pie think the oliye-trees OF Gethsemane are
as old as Christianity. The olive may be
said to. form the cream and butter of the
countries W hieh produce it. The root Of
the OLIVE is a elouded and yeined wood sns-.
ceptibie OF highest polish. The oil is valu-
able as q lGbricator and illumination, and in
valuable as; q part OF human diet. It issaid
that the good wife OF the Arab can serve
her lord with q dish prepared in a different
form every day In the month. 3. .;.s. 4.
Certainly this tree would be valuable in
the United States wherever il may prosper
1T needs q moderate climate and dry soil and
atmosphere. There are some line olives in
California, especially Los Angeles county.
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The public schools VS.. Public Hon

The Public schools VS.. Public Hon
esty.
Editors Richmond Dispatch
Sirs,-Although firm believer in the
theory OF free schools, or, as they are deli
cately called, public schools, lam firmer
believer in public honesty.
Neither States nor individuals can better
spend their surplus revenues than in the
delightful task OF teaching the young idea
how to shoot" But can that be called a
surplus revenue OF either State or an in
diyidual which is taken from creditors, and
at the expense Of broken pledges And is
any instruction in reading, writing, and
arithmetic, or even the higher branches OF
science and languages, valuable to our chill
dren when at the same time they are taught
that IS honesty is not the best policy" and
that the first duty of Virginian is to bor-
row money, and his second duty not to pay
it? 49,
The object of this hasty communication
| Is to submit, through your valuable paper,
to the people Of Virginia the following
proposition:
| Is it not more in accordance with the
historic renown of this State, and with our
present financial condition; and is it not
better, as mere matter OF financial expe-
diency, in order to reestabish our reputa-
ton for punctual reliability in such mat
tiers, and would it not more conduce to
the rearing OF children with right princi-
pies to close our public schools until we
can afford to open them without either beg.
gins favors Of or defying our creditors?
Let an appropriation be made to place
across the front door OF every public free
school in Virginia this sign, in large letters,
so that he that runs may read:
"THIS SCHOOL Is CLOSED UNTIL THE STATE
CAN PAY HER DEBTS"
Such moral as this would point would
be more effective to reinstate in our hearts
and in the hearts of our children the print
tive virtues which made our ancestors hon.
ored than all the Yankee school-books ever
printed. HENRICo.
The City Council will have to make the
appropriation necessary. For once the
Judgment OF the demagogues and citizens OF
wealth and worth coincdcs-that no matter
what other department OF the city govern
ment is pinched, the schools must and shall
be maintained in Hnimpaired efficiency.
Any set Of councilmen favoring less will
disappear from position in May like chaff
before changing wind.
Mr.. .McCabe, OF Loudoun, in his speech
yesterday, commenting upon Governor
| Holidays unfortunate alluson to the free
| schools in the veto message, said that the
people would never, without a revolution,
allow the schools to be taken from them !;
that they were as solidly set in their hearts
as our blue bills are upon their rocky foun-
dations. Such is the case in Richmond.
Our taxpayers are willing to bear an addi-
tional rate Of taxation to pay the debt; but
If rot allowed, they will never consent to
abolish the schools to accomplish that end.
But think that contest will never come
Richmond letter-Petersburg appeal.
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spgCIAI. NOTICES.

N
sIgclAl. ss,TlGEs:
ar THE END or TIE
GREAT CLOSING SALE,
But THE
BEGINNING or 4 GREATER.
DRY GOODS
LOWER THAN EVER KNOWN BEFORE.
TOO MANY GOODS MANUFACTURED.
MONEY HARD TO GET.
PRICES GO DOWN.
LARGE ARRIVAL OF NEW GOODS AT
LEVY BROTHERS,
BOUGHT UNDER THE NEW STATE OF AFFAIRS.
BUNTiNGs and other DRESS GOODS;
CORDED P1QUEs and other WHITE GOODS;
MARsEnLEs, HoNEYCoaB, and wooLLEN
QUILTS;
sHEETINGs, sHIRTlNGs, and PILLOW
CASINOS;
-LACES of every description
The largest and cheapest stock of LINEN GOODS
ever offered;
CALICOES at Your own prices;
CENT? EMEN's FURNISHING GOODS cheaper
than ever;
A SHIRT FOR 9Oc. made of the best wamsutta
Cotton and pure Irish Linen;
Lots of goods reduced to LESS THAN THE TEN
~
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GUANO.
PACIFIC GUANO.

We announce TO the farmers aud planters in tie
cotton. and ,tobacco-gr0wing sections OF Virginia
aud North Carolina that we have accepted The gen
cral agency for the sale of this old and weieSfa-
Messrs. Allison s Addison have been the sole agents
for series of years. We have been assured by me
company that Ii Is now and Will be kept up 10 It's
former high standard Z. n.
we will at all times be la possession OF full sup.
ply and may aiso be had OF. our sub-ageats ~ al
w. - :. = WALKER, SAUNDERS q Co,
10 2O.dSwin SsIg3 General Agents.
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RAILROAD CORNERSTONE

8 Mr.. RYEAND nominated Colonel II. 81. Car.
ter for reelection. Seconded in fine speech
by General ECHoLs. Mr.. FRAZIER asked that
those who, like him, thought that the office
should be abolished, should when their
names were called not vote. j.31
A number Of members failed to vote.
For election OF Judge Of the Hastings
Court OF Richmond see local. 3
Adjourned.
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HAIR GOODS. DC,
HUMAN HAIR GOODS.
III L,W. CORBET, 81 10 BROAD STREET.

Invisible Front. Pieces fer The Hair, Wigs and
Toupees, on hand and made to order. Real Hair
Bratds, Puffs. Frizettes etc.. ut low prices Hair
Combings made into Braids at 20 and Csc. per
ounce Finger-PufIs, 8 to 10c. each Curls, 10 to
csc. Giving special attention TO this branch OF
business, we can always guarantee the very best
work possible. Country orders attended to with
greatest care and promptness. NH 4-d&w1t*
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+
nT- FRENCH AND AMERICAS pCo
,rAUHANT.-ANDREW ANrONT takes prea,n,o
In announcing 10 the citizens Of Richmond .,
strangers visiting the city that he win onnn ~ az. ,,
4TH DAY OF MARCH, at his establishment, W.
HOS Main street square below rost-of5ce, ~"
FIRsT-CLASS FRENCH AND AMERICAN prs'
TAURANT. ''HS-
Z MEALS for PRIVATE FAMILIES gotten nm in
the best French style at reason able prices
The cntstne win he under the nanayemen, ~
Monsieur LEVY, late Of the Union League f1,h
Philadelphia. NH o.
az GRAND OPENING OF SPRING
WINTER HAS GONE EG 1ND SPRING HAS COME
THALHIMER BROTHERS.,
60l BROAD STREET,
are receiving and opening a large assor,pen, or
NEW and DESIRABLE GOODS at the very Wow lowest =,
< full line of PRINTS, CAMBRIcs. cHEvrors.
sTRipEb g al s tie o~ess prse, AID
We have added some very cheap BLACK ALp.c,
CASHMERES, &C., 10 our Black Goods Dcpar;..
ment, and It win pay you to call on US '1'''
Our White. Goods Department Is com pete. and hsv.
some bargains in CHECKED and STklpth
Ms0oKS: IRISH LINENS, TABBLlEo.
A large lot MARSEfLLES QUILTS tslI2hted soilcr
at half their value 10 close them our. Call ,nt
look at them. '
Some sDectalties added to our CASHMERE STOCK
and can show a large variety at extra low pric.,'
100 dozen Ladies', Misses. ChiIdrcns, ana Gentle
mems HOSE, In STRIPED, SOLID and
WHITE, at extraordinary low prices 70 reduce
the stock. Don't fail TO give us q call I'm
HOSIERY. ~ ''
Our ktd-Gioye Department has been replenisheJ
and have splendid line from SOC. 10 40
Call on THALHlMER BROTHERS,
mn q COL Broad street,
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For F. M. 1fcAfIllGn.-Messrs. Akers, Brown,
John r. Carter, Chase, Coleman. Crank, Amos Dick
erson, William J. Uckenson, Dyer, Evans, Fauntle-
Hamilton, II. Fl. Harrison. Reuben n. Harrison,
Henkel, Hunter, Waddy T. James. Kelley. Keyser,
Lacy. Lee, Norton, Popham, Powell, Shannon,
Southwark, SpessarJ, Stevens, Sykes, Andrew j.
Taylor. Van Lear, Wallace, Walsh, Watson. Thomas
M. White, Hitten, Wright, Young, and Mr.. Speak
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the Judges nov. so tlsat there never. could
be raised q question AboIt The legality OF
the election yes, s8ss noes, %.
As I'D ADyouaNMEtiT.
MIR. ROBINSON OF Portsmouth offered the
following Joint .resolu Hon. {. =, -.
fs Res0lped ltheE Senate eoncurring6 Ihat
the General Assembly win on Thursday
next adie!1rn sine die. Rel ebay es, 90 !;
noes, 68. ::5slyi,5
IS JUDGE or HUsTIHGs couR
hi Mr.. ANDERSON offered the following reso-
luton, which was adopted :.
q RESOLVED by the House OF Delegates (the
Senate concIrringl That the General As
sembly will proceed on this day. after the
election OF Treasurer, Second Auditor, and
Commissions Of Railroads, TO the election
of Judge Of the Hastings Court OF the city
Of Richmond.
Ordered that Mr..ASDERsoN inform the
Senate.
The Senate subsequently notified the
Horse by Mr.. TANNER that it had agreed to
the resolution.
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t5bli. rShfShhAHD Sdlu ucf NOulU nave fOlCU
for General Rogers, but had paired with
Mr.. HINTON, who would have voted for
Mr.. Mcmillan. gs. M
! The joint. ballot resulted as follows
Whole number OF votes cast, 1873 !; necessa.
ry to a choice, 70; Of which number Gene
raj Rogers received 81 and Mr.. Mcmillan
81. ssi,i- s:,. ,e....s..
General Rogers was declared duly elected.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Mr.iNUNNsnominated Colonel Thomas e..
Carter, the present incumbent.
i:i Mr.. BLAND seconded the nomination.
4 The vote in the Senate resulted as fol.
lows :tf.is1 g. n ,.l!5 59. 80 IS 3t
For colonel lcarter.- Mesr. Belts. Bland,
Gayle, Goode, Griffin, GrimsIey, HARRISON, hurt
of Halifax, johnson, Homer, Lee, Marshall, Mas
Wood, and Worrham-32.
. Joint ballot: Whole number OF votes
cast, 120; necessary to a choice, 81; OF
which number Colonel Carter received I19.
and was declared duly elected. IS
8 For election OF Judge or the Hastings
Court OF Richmond see local.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Prayer by Rev. r. Winchester, of the
Episcopal Church. sts55 4. {
e Mr. TALIAPERRo Of Norfolk offered the
following
b lsesolped by the House of Delegates (the
Senate concurrlngl That the General As
sembly will on Monday the 4th instant, ut
u o'clock M, proceed to the election of
circuit Judges for the State (excenting the
Judge or the Seventeenth circuitl COM
mencing ut the First. circuit and proceed
ing In numerical order.
& ALIAFERRp urged thai even III the,
General Assembly did meet next winter In:
regular session there would always be more
OF less dispute about its right is do SO.
Therefore if would be much better to elect