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New-York tribune., 1879-12-07
THE VIRGINIA ELECTION.

To the Editor OF The TrtbRHe
SIR: The last election in Virginia, mortlfy-
ing as it Is 10 all lovers OF honesty YET admits OF an eN
PLANTATION that Involve the assumption OF dis
horestv ON the part Of the voters The explanation L.
the extreme ignorance ~ the voters, white ami back.
especially OF tie IL has Sen the fashion Of the
Virginia newspapers since the war TO speak OF the state
IL Poor down-trodden Virginia." TO magnify the
troubles OK the people, and attribute them 10 the persist
ent hatred OF tne North 70 magnify the until
MANY believe they are taxed as no people ever were
only scw days agl read contribution in which the
writer stated that the IN Virginia. exclusive
OF Federal taxes amounted % 20 per cent OF the gross
produes Of TIE state The people. thanks 20 their pa
uers believe they taxed excessively. and largely
Tor the benefit the North where the bonds are prine
paly held Believing this, it not TO be wondered az
thai thry scout anything looking toward an increase of
,ax,tion Really our u xes are light. The State tax l.
,ahalf of per cent or the hundred dollars Of yau-
tion.
Asan instance or the halucnanOn with whiclh pe0-
nj. can victluIzs the nselves. may menti0n the
duet OF the VrgnIius regard TO the tobacco tax.
This tax one OF the very best and Lease rs0me that
be levied they believe thanks 10 their papers, u PAID
bv the producer am i raiser. and tried
effrtuav 70 show my neigh5Or- that the ulti-
mately paid by the c0nSlluer. aud that although the
manufacturer paid for the reyenua stamps ne Affixed 70
OF no await NE Richmond Stde told Ms readers tns
tax nl.tec by the North purposey to ininre the
fable cause of civil II there any prospect or
succcrs General Joe Johnston. IA his letter accepting
the DeisOcrats nomination for Congress- stated qiote
from memory that the Fedora. governments annually
extnrtrd from the state OF Virginia the sum OF
II 600 OOO an amount larger than paid by all the
New -En rsnd states combined. When such man aud
aueh papers conbine to misead aR ignorant nnd exc-
able people they RAISE storm they cannot direct. ln1
Ihe rst or tine late election should be surprise
The blacks ignorant anu have excuse for their
lack OF knowledge. but their widest dells.Jns VI
hardly parallel belief ani conduct OF the Vrnia~
ON the tobscco tax. Their iDsensae howling brought
aNau rpiu
peund to the ere of the 0f
and slght gaia To the Northern consumer VIM, by the
vay did rot ask for 70.
NoRrHERS SETTLER IN VIRGINIA
Btlekner's station. Va, Nov 20. 1879.
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spondeney among the first settlers OF Sew-Eueand ~
was proposed IN one of their public assemblies to pro
claim fast An old farmer spoke OF their pro
vokfng Heaven with thsir complaints. rrvfewed tnrr
rercies showed they had much To be thankful for
and moved that instead or appointing rday OF lasting
they should appoint day Of than SsgvinE THIS "aS
done and tie custom has been csntnusd ever since ~
that appear that merces Of better ana nshfr
kind than good dinners and full barns the recoc-
nz.d objects for which public tnanksgivngs vera first
on 'rr.d in New-EugiaRd. IL
ye,c York, Nov. -, 1879.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-07
Buekner's station. Va. Nov. 25. 1879
A GREAT JOURNALISTIC FEAT RECALLED.
Tn fhe EdtfOr or Tkc Trt0uae.

SIR: | read with much pleasure in to-day's
issue Of yoar Journal thaI heneeforw.sd the puse will
be honored with sunday edition OF The rRIBUSE, but
at the same desire to invite attention that one
Sunday edition of your newspaper has been issued
since 1861; and that Sunday september T. Is7o,
the day alter rne battle OF Sedan. An extra" OF THE
TRIBUNE came Saturday. september >, of the
same year. announcing the last of the French
New-York tribune., 1879-12-07

years ago. just how much longer the suffering policy
holders wait for dividend. He wrote me soon
after his appointment there s deposit 6 81 10000
In securesin Albany for the protection Of the policies
Of ths company and your policy will receive s equi-
table share" The question naturally and repe atsdiy
arises. when is this little transaction to take place
Nesc- York, Dec 5. 1872 QUERY.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-07

army, with the promise ~ givng mere details on Ms
next DIV fsurdlayt. Hns the promise was fulnien
yer York. Dec. q. 1879 a.
We had not overlooked this Issue at al. In fact.
ID was much too noticeable thing To b. wei for
gotten since II contained the longest cable message
honestly sent the Atlantic. 20 far a we
know. By any newsps5e- 10 was not. however
regular issue.-Edi
New-York tribune., 1879-12-07

DouRLE IIRITATIoS.-Brown 10y no means
-, ad,.,s1 ~ Saul ne letters fGr yod Ell Con
s,, i a 4 we're always bslsg talen FOR eaeR other J?
-.a,rh mo Adoffs either - I know We arr. AnG, ~
n cctnes 10 thai. CVaf0una IL MI yoarsrn' sfE -
Punch
New-York tribune., 1879-12-07

Ia me Ea.for Of TAs Tr'"S"e.
SIN: | would like to inquire OF MI. IL. x.
prr-on. who was alps'atrd Receiver OF tSe Su"f'an
N,,u.l Life Insurance COmOany. some three or louf
New-York tribune., 1879-12-07
THE ORIGIN OF THANKSGIVING.
q. a. Ea.far a( The Trfhuur

SIR: Referring to your article yesterday, l
be; 10 sugee waosher have The right idea of tho
origin OF Thanksnvtng anens the Puri.ans OF New
ugland Dr Franklin says that In time OF great de-
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tarrf const vnl. Do We bay rags and bones here ~
Mrrchsnf-" We do. air" Pat" rhir, ~ taheys ~
me Oh the scAkalesp@Panch.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-24
FOREIGN NEWS.
SOUTH AFRICA.



LONDON, July 23-In the House ol
Commons to-day the Government an
nounced u telegram dated Capetown, July
Stll, stating that Lord Chelmsford advanc-
ed that afternoon, and was attacked in an
open country by 5000 Zulus, who fled
under heavy fire Of the British. Lord
Chelmsford destroyed Ulundi. The Zulu
loss is 500, and the British ten killed and
sixty.three wounded. The British formed
a hollow square, and the Zulus charged on
all four sides. After the Zulus were bork.
en- they were pursued by the cavalry and
routed. Lord Chelmsford burned and
destroyed at the military kraals, and re-
turned to his camp the same evening.
Lord Chelmsford's dispatch concludes
as follows: Gas have fully accomplish
ed the object for which advanced, ]
consider that l shall be best carrying out
Sir Garnet Wolseley's instructions by mov.
ing at once towards Kambawasa. shall
send back portion OF this force for sup
plies, which are now ready at Fort Mar
shall"
Kambawasa appears to be about thirty
miles south OF Ulundi.
Gen. Wolseley telegraphs from Dunbar
July Sth, as follows: II have halted oil
reinforcements here, as believe the wal
is over. DO not send any more men OF
supplies till you hear from me. ] expect
to meet the great Zulu Chief about the 10th
inst, and discuss tho terms Of peace with
him"
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RelInlra.

Mrs. g. ": Hoge and daughters went
out to Burr's Mills camp ground Wednes.
day morning, to stay tin after camp meet.
ing.
Mr. Camps family and Mr.. HoGman's
family are ont there now, ESQ. Powell's
and James Fitton's will 60 Thursday.
Mrs. ]. s. Crafty aud Miss Maggie
Crafty are visiting friends near Glencoe.
Mrs. NJ. Craft and children arc visiting
relatives near Jacobsburg. Mrs. R. O,
Faris and Miss Anna Faris are also near
tho burg. -
Mrs. James Reese and children are visit.
ing at Mingo.
Mills.
Mr.: Jno. shillto was quite severely hurt
Tuesday, while coming out OF Barnard's
coal bank. He was riding on q coal car
when the train ran off the track and
squeezed his knee and ankle.
1t is ugly work, digging for firm
foundation for the new building 10 be put
up by the Goblet Works. That whol.
part ot town, back towards the bill, was,
not many years ago marsh. Boys, who
have hardly outgrown their boyhood vel,
skated over the ice there. The wa ter has
been gradully shut up into narrower
limits but the Shiny mud being removed
Tor these foundations shows what the
place once was. A pump has to be used
to take out tho water. R,C.F.
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FOREIGN NOTES.

The body OF the Bishop OF palerborn
has been brought to Paderborn, but the
Government forbids public funeral.
A Paris telegram says that ex.Empress
Eugenie will shortly acknowledge Prince
Jerome as the representative OF Imperial
ism.
The French government Is negotiating
To obtain Marshal McMahon's acceptance
ot the command OF the garrisons OF Paris
aud Versailles.
Tb. land owners in the Ampurdan dis
trict, Of Scain, are daily receiving letters
from briganos leyying black mail under
threats q assassinS Saon. 3s
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According to the Boston correspondent
= ,hs Springfield Republican, the visit oi
$, secretary Sherman to Massachusetts, has
=, III" asherlnan boom" in lively motion,
~ 'uI,hs ,tirant boom" for the moment is
aorhr,e. a Talks with Boston business
men, and withpoliticians about town show
,n., Ls' many influential Republican business
'''s, ,"sn Look kindly on his candidacy, and
,Is, ',,s Ooli,icians see in him already a strong
man, and have their weather eye out ac'
raJinyly. ,,,, After the magnetism of his
n,ssouce is off the sentiment may change.
Rnt today Boston business men who
,,aio I with the Republicans are largely
sherman men.
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ST. Paul, July 2S,-A depot Heaf the
headquarters received the particulars Oh
Lieut.. olark's fght on Beaver Greek.
Two companies and fifty scouts were en-
gagged with 400 Indians. Several hostiles
we're killed. NJ. Hardman, Co. O Second
Cavalary, and Geo. Z. Stand, OF the same
company were wounded. Scouts report
Sitting Bull with 5000 warriors, moved
over Frenchmen's Creek to this line.
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The NatIonni nnnL.

WASHINGTON, July 2s.-The Comptroller
OF Currency has made a statement show.
ing that the National Banks already or
ganized and id operation are entitled 10
receive, upon deposit Of the necessary
amoant an 81 United States bonds, s7O, 327,
59O additional circulation. In other words.
iaey can Increase their circulation one-fitl,
Il at any time they are in want OF an nd.
ditional amount, or il any profit can he
made made by an additional issue,
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Ir WAS supposed that the use OF chloral
baI been pretty much suppressed, as it
ba, been pu, under ban by the medical
nrofession; but it seems otherwise. DR..
+ ", Richardson, the English chemist
Who first made known to the world GER
tain facts concerning chloral, says that
there are dram.drinkers and opiun-eaters;
that the disease which he calls chloralism
bp became rather widespread among
merchants, lawyers, doctors, artists, liter
ary men, cIergymen, and that il chloral
cannot be kept for use within its legitimate
sphere as a medicine, it would be better
for mankind not to have it at all.
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El.xvES head lines are found necessary
to begin an account OF recent GreenbaCk
meeting at Jackets Creek, which We find
reported in the Charleston Courier Of the
I'D inst. From the main report we learn
that Maj. ]. NJ. Laidlev twas the first TO
engage in dealing out death and de-
Struction," and from an intimate ac-
quaintauce with the Majors style OF
ontory we are prepared to admit the
felicity OF the reporters descriptive power.
After him Col. Oliver A. Patton, ethan
whom no more efficient champion Of
the IabOring mans cause breathes
an existence stepped to the front,
and amidst the most deafening and pro-
lOngeA cheers by his admiring friends, in
his happiest and most correct style drew a
vivid picture OF the ruin resulting to the
American people, from the wrong and op-
preston to which they have been subject
el by the Democratic and Republican
parties. Mr.. Burdett and Mr.. Walker fol-
loved, and we are told that prominent
Bourbons in attendance, discovering the
handwriting on the wall, stood aghast and
were heard to Ssk, What shall We doto be
sayed?" Altogether it seems to have
heen great day ior Tackett's Greek.
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shot nnd prngge.l Throigll the ktreels

CHICAGO, July "a 4TOune Qulncy,
Ills, special says: a band Of determined
men entered the Jail where Frank Hobbs,
colored, was confined on acharge Of out
raging and nearly killing Mrs. Ferguson,
ct Redding, Pike county, shot him dead
and dragged his BODY riddled with bul.
lets. thrueeh the streets Hisavictim had
identified him.
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coScERYlvO vox MoIrKE's RErIREMENT.
LONDON, July 23.-Rumors concerning
Won Moltke's retirement from his post as
Chief of the general staff Of the German
army, has been published in Berlin lately,
but are now denied. Moltke will certainly
remain until the, estimate to the proposed
reforms in the army have been prepared.
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A beer Bottle Murder.

ArciIIsoS, Kso July 28.-A man named
John Mcclure, an employe Of the bridge
company, was found dying at an early
hour this morning in the rear Of a saloon
kept by OKane & Nugent. He lived but
a short time. The testimony before the
Coroner's Jury showed that he had been
struck on the head by 0'Kane with beer
bottle. 0'Kane was arrested and lodged
In iail. g..s-....a.g
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CautIonsly. NV BOY.

WARRINGTON, D. o., July 2S,-1tislearn.
cd at the War Department that positive
instructions have been sent to Gen. Miles.
In the Northwest, requiring him 10 pro.
ceed cautiously, and, II possible, to avoid
q conflict with the Indians. Gen. Sheri.
dan, y Is understood, has been authorized
to withdraw Gen, Miles column or to re.
intorCe him with more troops, as he NAV
deem proper.
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RUSSIA.
rrrnr MAu llla owN pInE coNpANY.

EVERY MAN HIS OWN YIRE COMPANY.
Sr. PETERSBURG, July 2S.-0wing to the
prevalence of incendiarism, the authors
lies OF Kharkoff have divided the town
into 1924 fire districts. Every e-holder
is bound to keep special nightwatchman,
and have thirty buckets Of water always
raadv
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Ghs qntelListnffr.
;;s,.., So.. Is and ~ EOurteenth street.
\. ,.pl r.roN b stlll harplng on the PUB.

cn,plsroS Is still harping on the sub
of an immediate construction OF Its
r..,. Is, u House extension for Capitol pur-
SuS , What IS 10 be done with the ex-
p1'.', p1s.ioO during the six years intervening
!, Iea,'.n as.sn This and the removal, is more
o. Ds''' y" any fellow can find out, but the
'n.a I.nsnrr AM men down there want 1t done
nsS,r ~, sray. and threaten all manner Of
I%"j.5wents I,sG il their ideas are not carried
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KENTUCKY has a statute, similar to that
of our own State, giving to juries in mur.
der cases the right to inflict the penalty Of
death, or imprisonment for life, and the
jury in the Buiord case, after eighteen
hours consultation, concluded to impose
the latter punishment on tho defendant.
Doubtless the plea Of insanity, so strongly
urged in the case, had something to do
with this verdict, and the natural dsin-
Clination Of jurymen to inflict capital pun
ishment, when they have the option OF
substituting imprisonment for life in cases
Of conviction, exerted still stronger in
tluence. With most juries the latter in.
clination is strong enough to amount to
practical abolition OF capital punishment
in States where this option Is provided.
In Buford's case there will doubtless be
considerable diversity OF opinion over the
result. The killing Of Judge Elliot was
done by him under circumstances so lily
calculated to provoke the act, that it
seemed almost impossible that a sane man,
however malicious and evil his disposition
might be, could act the part Of such a
murderer. llle very atrocity the deed
helped to sustain the plea subsequently,
put forward in Buford's defence. On the
other hand the testimony, as to his ante
cedents and past character show him TO
have been, up TO the time Of the murder,
man OF fair intellectual ability and toler-
able habits, whose worst failing was a
proneness to resort TO violence on small
provocation. The evidence going to show
insanity, apart from the murder itself,
was trihing, Several OF the witnesses who
swore that he had been insane from his
birth, also testified that they had voted
for him at a recent election OF members OF
the Legislature, and the trial from be-
ginning to end, US reported, was not
calculated 10 impress those who read the
proceedings with belief that exact justice
was likely 10 be meted out.
The hope that will suggest itself to those
who note the conclusion Of the case will
be that the sentence imposed, may, at least,
be carried out. Sane or insane the de-
fendant has no business to DO at large, and
il famiIy influence or other considerations
result in his release, the public will be
confirmed in belief, already entertained
by good many persons, that our criminal
courts are a failure in the matter OF se-
curing the punishment Of influential Of
Tenders.
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FRANCE.


PARIS, July 2S.-Tho division OF the
Bonapart,sts is becoming daily more ap.
parent, and now CRANES DeCassagnac
urges in the Pays that lineage Is nothing;
everything should depend upon the result
nf the nlehiscite
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OxE Of the theories Of the new outbreak
oileyer at Memphis is that the useless.
nss Of quarantine measures is proved.
.Elere is case Of Indigenous fever" it is
said; mo case has existed to the south OF
us, and none has been imported into the
city, yet tile dreadful scourge is here"
Butdoes that show what is claimed? How
i, the singuler immunity OF Natchez &c.
counted for. The Cincinnati Times says
that town has had a rigid quarantine for
every epidemic year, and it has been free
from the fever while other towns were raw
aged. Take town in which the fever is
not indigenous, how does the experience
Of Memphis this year show that quaran-
tine is useless?
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T'IE Tiden campaigl: is getting hot,
The New York Star (Dem. snti-Tilden) de-
nounces Gen. Ewing, of Ohio, for enter
ing into secret negotiations with Tilden
by which the latter has agreed to contrib
ute enough money to make Gen, Ewing's
election in Ohio certain, If money can do
land to commence by a contribution Of
$4,000, which sum is said TO have been
already paid over. Gen. Ewing, on his
part, pledged Mr.. Tilden. in the event ,of
his election, to throw all his influence in
Ohio over to the Tilden combination. The
compact not only requires that Ewing
should aid Tilden to control the Ohio dele
CATION in the National Convention, but
also, should that be found impossible, to
obtain delegation for himself and trans
fer it to ,rilden, and at all hszardsltc
freeze out Thurman and Hendricks.n
The New York paper charges also that
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Incrcase Of Travel ON New York Central

NEw YoRE, July 2S.-The New York
Central Railway Company has been
Obliged to put on two extra trains within
the past week to accommodate their large
" increased traffic. Tho rush Of travel
has been so great on through trains that
the engines could not pull them and make
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TnE organizers OF the Worlds Fair in
lSSS," in New York, have published
brief statement Of the steps taken and Of
the hopes and purposes Of the undertak.
ing. From this it is to be learned that
the project was first suggested September
10, 1878; that n national convention"
considered the matter in November fol-
lowing; that Citizens organization"
grow out Of the convention; that other
movements followed, till finally, on the
18th OF June last, resolution was adopted
authorizing the appointment of Worlds
Fair Committee OF 800 and the appoint
ment of b.committee on national leg
Hlation by said committee. Since that
date nothing has been done. The state
meRt does not say anything Of the differ
enccs OF opinion regarding site, proba-
bly, because those differences had not been
adjusted.
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Dn. TALMAGE's lowest terms, according
to the London Truth, for lecturing, or
preaching, whichever it is, are not liked
very much. a have seldom read." says
correspondent Of that paper, anything
more impudent than the reply Of the agent
OF Dr. TaImage to the request Of small
town for lecture: 4 have upward OF
1900 letters all wanting DR.. Talmage TO
lecture for them. Some contain fabulous
offers. Now, there is but one way of get
ting the doctor. II your society can
afford to pay what other places offer, |
may be able to drop out larger place and
give you date in July. The lowest terms
Icare to take are GloO. know tits big
price, but DR.. Talmage is great man.
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nnford sentcnced for Llfe.

owENTox, KY, July 2S.-The Jury in
the Butord case, after being out eighteen
hours, brought in a verdict OF guilty Of
murder in the first degree, and fixed the
punishment at penitentiarv for life,
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{ Asevere thunder storm which passe,l
over Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine,
Tuesdaynlght destroyed several buildInps.
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Harry Finley, "who bought more votes,
did more dirty work, and dlsbursed more
money for Tildon in 1875 than any other
man" Is to be sent to ohioto do ali in
his power "to debauch the State for Ew.
ing's present success aud for Tillen's uli.
mate interest aud ambition" Tho Star
adds that ii Ewing cannot promptly and
completely vindicate himself from the sus-
picions aroused by his mysterious 'inter.
views" his career is ended under cloud
OF dlshonor.
Altogether, it is evident that tho light
TiIden and his party antagonists
in New York is a war to the knife.
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The Episcopal Order Of Sisters Of st.
Mary, N. Y. will send nurses 70 the Mem-
phis branch. -tt
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divisions In our camp about money mat
ters while our old enemy Is revivlng the
lost cause and Is sapping and mining the
National Government.
Mr.. Sherman, after referring to the panic
Of 1873, and the causes which brought
about the crisis In the financial and indus.
trial affairs Of the country, which eventu.
ally led to the passage Of the resumption
act. smoke Of the