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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-25

prefecture OF police. It is said that the
Cabinet will strongly oppose this as an en-
croachment on the functions OF the EXecu-
tive" - r.sss. 80.
TREATY OF COMMERCE.
PARIs, February 24.-Despite The Pro-
tectionist campaign the movement In favor
Of treaty Of commerce between France
and the United States receives numerous
odhesions daily. Messrs. Heppolite and
Cohusac have been designated special re-
norters TO furnish the French commission
with the information required by the French
and American legislature respecting desira-
BILE notifications OF the customs tarlH.
Rome. .l.,--. ..y..ar
THE PoPE's DESIRE TO RECONCILE The
| PRINCES AND PEOPLES. -rf
ROME, February 24.-The Pope on Wed
! nesday, replying to an address IRON tne
cardinals, emphasized his desire to recon
| ciie princes and peoples to the Church; his
readiness to extend his hand to all who re-
pene anil cease their prosecutions; ana MS
unflinching intention always to combat IN
Idefence OF the rights and independence Of
the Church those who make war against her.
| Another Revolution
PANAMA, February 15.--A dispatch from
Ruenayentura3 of the 9th instant says :: A
revolution has broken out in the State OF
Antioouia in the interest OF the ConserYa-
tive party. There has been one tight al
ready close to Manizolmis, at place cali
ed Oiivares, resulting in TWENTY-FIVE beng
killed, and the. Revolutionary party, e Is
Stated, had the worst OF it. Later adYices
| Are. 10 the effect that 5000 men from Antio-
mia have invaded Canea by Vale de- S0pla,
On. the west bauk,o OF the gigerrC anca ar'fais
is a serious piece Of news, EnieMeones
sjened by General Francisco and EscoDar
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-25
RICHMOND TOBACCO EXCHANGE

.". MONDAY, February "a, 1879.
The number of breaks to-day comprised 80 hogs
heads aud tierces. The offerings ut auction on
Change were II packages: OF which number
were sold at prices ranging from $500 TO sl2.
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DIZZY li<pssDa.
sPEC1AL ANNOUNCEMENT.

Having fully determined 10 make a. change In m >
business we will from this day offer our entire stock
Offering DRESS GOODS at 1875, reduced from
26c.. and 12kc. worth zoe.
COUNTEPANES. TABLE-IINENS. TOWEL
LING, CASSIMERES. sBALMORALS, SHAWLS,
and many othet goods too numerous TO mention re-
duc.d greatly below cost.
We cali The special attention OF the ladies 10 our
STAMPING, 6RMDiNG, and EMBROIDERY
DEPARTMENT., which Is promptly and neatly cx-
ecuted at verv low rates. 49,. ga
der. INFANTS CLOTHING speciality. Full l!He
of Zcphyrs. Germantown Yarns, and Shetland
Wool; Embroidery Silks in all shades Also. fnsi
line OF Corsets, among which we have the celebra-
te, Mrs Moody,s Abdominal Corsels, in an sizes
ND 10 80. Crocheting done In all OF its branches.
All we ask Is to give us a call a.
LEVI HEXTEa'S, 627 Broad street.
Mrs. LEVI HENTER aud Miss SEMoN. forsn crIg
OF this city, viii be pleased TO walt Oh The ladies'
fp
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GAVE MONEY!

AS the season Is advanced and the wants Of trade
are few, we are determined to keep sales, aae
10 do so have marked down onr
ENTIRE STOCK TWENTY PER CENT,
bringing all goods very low, and many at less than
I. ....... PRIME COST.
Don't fail to call this month on
BROWNE sc ROWE,
and thereby save yourself 81 out Of SO spont vita
them. Remember all OF their fresh and desirable
goods, including
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS,
NOVELTIES. ETC., s-a.-..s.
are TO be sold without execution at .."'
.rt PRICES THAT WILL TELL.
Gve them call NJ their popular store, 507 Eroas
street IA 1G-eod
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The following; 10 reported in the sundry
ciyi-appropriation bill To. pay Bessie Dam
bridge Douglas, Evelyn spotsWood Doug
las, and Mary ElIea Douglas, children OF
B. B. Douglas, 1904 4433--to. bediyided and %
paid In equal sums to them respectively.
TuE ;l PROGRAMME ID OF THE eREENBAcKERs.
The members Of the National Greenback
Committee now here are not as reticent as
old-fashioned politicians, but tell You With
the greatest frankness what they expect 70
do. For example, one Of their leading
members, Mr.. Devices, said to-day IN re.
sponse 70. questions, that they meant In tl,e
next House to nominate candidates for ps
Offices, rs the best means OF success. Hs De.
.ssieYed Judge Kelley :eeald be: elected Speak;
ssas, ana shsts several 10 ein6cralic Gfeenhack-
'es VII ii sfddifg Mr Wright, 81 Psaasysga--
r,ia, would act with them. In this ne ~
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LOUISVILLE. February 24.-Flour firm and IN
good demand. Wheat active. firm, and higher; red
and amber. 9Sc.@sl.03. Corn steady oats firm
white. pic: mixed, 25Hc.. Provisions excited aud
higher. Pork. S1n.75MSll. Lard strong. Bulk
mcats-Shouders, SIC clear rib, 6Sc. clear sites.
SIC, for loo'e. Bacon higher: <nomlfers; sac.
Sugar. cured higher ut S469Sc. Whiskey IN good
demand but 1t lower rates at 81 W.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-04-04
CONGRESSIONAL Notes.

The debates in the House of Represen-
tatives for the past week on the army ap-
preparation bill have been spirited. And
bitter partisan discussions, in which the
leaders on both sides have brought for
ward every argument to support their di-
rectly opposite views, have taken place.
Personalities have been fully INDUCED in,
and the Republicans, conscious of the
weakness Of their position, have too often
lost their temper. On Tuesday Mr.. Chal-
mers. of Mississippi, compared Mr.. Con-
yer, of Michigan. to a clown dressed in
,swallowtails, and Conger likened Chal-
merS to a monkey On music-bOX. Mr..
Price [Rep.] haunting Chalmers, asked
him where tine first gun was fired. me an
ing at Fort Sumpter. He replied at Har
per's Ferry, where Southern blond was
shed on Southern soil. This was loudly
applauded on the floor and in the galleries.
Wednesday an Effort was made to fix a
time for closing the debate on the army
appropriation bill Suggestions were made
to have night sessions, to restrict speeches
to fifteen minutes each, and to close the
debates on THURSDAY
These propositions were all objected to,
Mr.. ConRer being as usual the OH ctOr.
Both sides declared there was no int q ion
to shut off debate, and the Speaker SAID
that experience had taught him an unlimi-
ted debate was the shortest. A motion
from Mr.. Stephens to take the vote at
O'Clock Saturday.; was vo ed down.
Finally, on motion of Mr.. Dunnell,
general debate was ordered to be closed at
clock on Friday, leaving the five MIN
ute debate still open. The renal 1der of
the days session was then devoted to the
bill under discussion.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-04-04

THE PoINDEXTER CAsR-The trial in
this interesting case lasted all of last week,
a great crowd being in attendance the
whole time. 1t ended on Saturday even
ing in disagreement of the jury, although
all of Them are reported to haye believed
the prisoner should have some punish
ment Two of the panel, it is said, form
ed verdict of Involuntary manslaughter,
with penalty of twelvemonths in Jail and
a heavy fine Five were in favor of ascer-
tanning the crime to be voluntary man
slaughter. and five murder in the second
degree, the range OF penalties extending
from three to eighteen YEARS in the penn.
Tertiary. Several efforts are reported to
have been made to agree upon cOmpro-
mise of five years in the penilentiary, but
solde of the jurors would not come into
his, so they had to be discharged. A mo-
ton for the discharge of Polndexter on
bail was refused by Judge Christian, and
the prisoner was rem nded for trial next
month. 1t will be v@ry difficult to secure
jury when the case comes up again, and
they will have to come from another
county, as Il is said that every eligible per
son in Henrico has formed and expressed
an opinion in the case.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-04-04

How DREAM WAS VERIFIED The
younswife of William Schwartz, of 81
Elizabeth street, just before her death in
june last, called her husband. to her bed
side and told him that she had dreamed of
entering their bedroom to call him to
breakfast, and finding him dead on the
floor, with blood streaming from a wound
in his temple, and pistol GEAR his right
hand. She gave graphic account of her
dream, and he was much impressed by it.
He was lying" said she, to a frie nd, up
on his back, p irtially dressed. in front of
the mirror. His white shirt bosom was
bespa tered with blood, and pool of blood
surrounded his head on the floor. The
pistol was near his right band.''
Schwartz became respondent after her
death, and often spoke of her strange
dream. Yesterday morning his house,
keeper, Dora Stoltz. went to his room, the
same in which his wife had died, to call
him to breakfast. She found him before
the mirror, brushing the hair from his
ON his trou .ers and slippers, and spotless
white shirt. She asked him if he was
dressing to make call. He replied that
he would go down to the breakfast table
after little while. A few minutes after
ward. the report Of pistol was heard in
his room. On opening the door the house
hold found Schwartz lying on his back.
His white shirt front was spattered with
blood. A. bullet hole was in his right tenn
pie, from which the blood was flowing, and
a revolver was lying near his right hand
All was as Mrs. Schwartz had Dreamed
N. Y. Sun.
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SPEAKER ALLEN RECEIVES HAND
SOME CANE.-Monday afternoon when the
Speaker had vacated the chair, Mr.. Rob-
irson, of Portsmouth, rose in his seat and
on the part of his fellow members presen-
ted handsome gold headed cane to MT.
Allen as mark of their respect and ap-
probation of his official ability and fair
ness as presiding officer Of the House.
The Speaker made the following grace
full and sensible reply:
Mr.. Robinson, to you and the gentlemen
you represent tender my heartfelt &C,
acknowledgements for this token OF your gooo
will In the coming years, when l lean
upon this beautiful cane to support My
falling strength, it will serve as m mo.
rial for me Of how I was wont to lean upon
the forbearance and kindness of the mem
bers Of this House of Delegates to sustain
me in the administration of the deilcate
duties Of their presiding officer. AND, SIT
may not this ebony, crowned with It's cres'
of gold. serve as the mbol on when u
anchor hope? For will not the goloen
sunburst Of quickened prosperity SCOT
crown the darkness of VirglnlaS nlgnI'
| know that in the utterance Of the nope
the members of this House Of Delegates
unanimously concur. And now, sir, per
NIT me to assure you that cordially re-
ciprocate your expressions Of personal re-
gard.
! The cane bears this inscription on tne
head: ITO Speaker II. A. Allen as te:tl
monial of regard from his friends OF tht
| House of Delegates IF session OF '7S ant
! '79.n
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-04-04

SIX PRISONERS BREAK JAIL At CHAh-
LoTTEsy1LLE.-LastS Sunday night, says
the ''Jeffersonian,' the following prisoners
escaped from tho county JAIL Frank Gil
bert and Sol Oppenheim, who were indict
ed for breaking into Mr.. Trieber's store;
Beauragard Fishback. who Was retained
as States evidence against Oppenheim and
Gilbert; Jno, Parsons, colored, for breach
If the peace; Elmo Kinney and George
Washington, colored, for chicken stealing.
On Monday morning the cell doors and
the outer gate were found secure aS usual.
but the prisoners were gone. The locks TO
the cell doors are so cOnstruc ed that 1t
was Impossible for the prisoners inside 10
npen the doors, therefore it is vident that
they received aid from parties ntside.
As yet no clue Can be had as to hon
they escaped. There are reps,5as bearing
on the case. A week or ten days since
the lock to the outer door Of jail got
out If order AID. lock of J. ~ strength
was put in its place. This ntw lock was
priced off, and access was gained to the
keys of the cells that hang in Tie passage
Of the jail.
On last Friday or Saturday. Sol Open.
helm complained of severe sickness and
the chains that bound him and Gilbert to
the floor were taken off. a phy-'cian deem
ing it necessary The gang "re at large.
but efforts are being made to capture
them.
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1.-TWO souls with but single thought;
Two hearts that beat as OneP
500!
The Adjournment.

Just before the adjournment of the
House Wednesday night, some of the re-
adjusters spitefully, but successfully
defeated a proposed compliment to
Speaker Allen. A resolution was
offered by Mr.. Cogbill complinenting
"Hon. Henry e. Allen, speaker of that
body, on the faithful and i'm partial manner
in which he had presided over the House
during the session. Mr.. FIR azier, of Rock
bridge, with the intention of defeating the
resolution, called for division, which re-
suited yeas 3s, nays s, those voting against
it being readjusters. The resolution failed
for the want of quorum
Mr.. Hunter made conciliatory vale
dictory and Mr.. NcMullaD made an ear
nest but unsuccessful appeal to the oppo-
neuts of the resolution to allow it to pass.
The next General Assembly will meet
the first Wednesday in December, under
the new apportionment. The Senate will
then consist of 40 instead Of 4S members,
and the House of 100 instead of 1872 That
will be the first of the biennial sessions.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-04-04

Col. Robert 6. Ingersol, who is a great
admirer and warm pei sonal friend of Jo-
soph Jefferson, the actor, made HIM pres
ont of his book the other day. with the fol-
lowing characteristic inscription: ITO
Joseph Jefferson. king of that enchanted
realm where comedy and pa thos dwell,
where laughter touches tears, and adness
blossoms into mlrth."
that the vote of the grand Jury in Judge
Rives' court indiCting he county Judges,
was strictly partisan. being elve to
eight in every case. When judge and Jury
are partisan after this fashion, the cause of
Justice 10 not likely tn prosper in all cases.
-Lynchburg Virginian.
A correspondent of the T.ondnn "Timns''
writes from Asia Minor: II met hundreds
of mack animals on the road. ard more
than half 1T them were loaded with tin
eaniaters fnll Of petroleum oil from-as
WINS marked on them New York;
Poca1ontas is tn have monnment. Up
much az tablet bv the tomb At Gravesand.
where she lies escnrtifad nv the following
entry in the register 1878. Nav 81. Re-
ba"ra Wro1f. wvfe of Thomas Wrnlf. GENT,
a VIRGINIA lady borne, was buried in the
chancel.'
The Sea Island Is. C.l "News'' says
there are at present in course of construc-
tinn or completed this winter over one
hundred houses owned nv colnred men in
Beaufort. Manv Of them are building
double piazza in front he ter sign Of
material prosperity could not be desired.
The bearing in the case of Angelo Bac-
ciealnpo who stabbed his newly welded
wife at Richmo = has heeu rostponed
till the 5th If April. The wounded wo-
man il ont Of danper. but not well enough
to appear as witness. The husband is
in Jail.
At Moberly. Mo-. yesterday, Joseph Dali
" shot and killed his wife while she was
asleep. He said he thought the pistol was
empty. and. expected tn wake up his wife
bv Swapping cap. Thew had only been
married three weeks. Daily was arrested.
The military companies of Wheeling are
making preparations for another sham
battle in that city on the Both of Nav next.
II the programme prnrosed is carried out
the demonstration will eclipse any former
event of that character.
At a meeting of colored men of Lynch
burg. it was agreed to petition Judge
Rives to remove 5. Patterson, clerk of the
United States Court, for not putting COL
ored men on juries.
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The Bell Punch.

The liouer law as amended and passed py
the legislature is changed in the following
main points.
Registers are required to be placed OIL
the counters; one OF the registers the alc.'
holic) is to be painted red; the otner lCl.o
maltj is required to be painted piack, ~
the officers or patrons of the establishment
can at a glance tell whether the dealer
turns the crank of the malt or the alchOhol-
The tax on alchoholic drinks is reduced
from p to II cents, and on malt remain
at one half cent. Spirituous liquors soid
nv retail are taxed at "a cents for the hrst
gallon, and ~ cents for every gallon after
the first one
A record of the sales are to be kept in
book furnished by the Auditor of Public
Accounts, and paid for by the DEALER,
Monthly returns are required to be MADE
aud verified by the dealer under oath.
The bill makes the hQuor dealer, as we'll
as his agent servant or employee. llaole
for failure to record the sale OF drinks Il
the amount sold by retail also the amount
aOld by retail to licensed dealers. Liquor
sold To the trade or Others for consumption
beyond the States, is exempted from TAX
alton.
1t is made mandatory on the courts au-
tborized by the law to grant license 10
LIQUOR dealers, to revoke such license II,
upon monthly returns OF other evldehce,l1
shall appear that the law is evaded.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-04-04

PEYToN OF THE WHITE, SPREADING
H1MsELF--Calwell's Hotel, at Dry Greek
was rented last Thursday to George l..
Ieyton & Co.. until the lst Of November
next. for the sum of 1910. The furniture
VAS put up in bulk, but was bid in by
Skinner g. Co.. Of Baltimore, who held 4
trust deed OF same.
Col. Peyton. we understand, purposes.
opening the Dry Greek Hotel during the
coming season, in cQnhection with the
Surinas, but at reduced rate. IT this is
correct, and with the privileges of the wa
ter, it will, no doubt. be well patronized.-
Lexisburq Record.
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HORRIBLE DEATH OF A NEGRO FEM

HORRIBLE DEATH OF NEGRO FIEND.
"A Fort Scott, Kansas, Dispatch says:
Tuesday, Bill Howard, the negro who
cruelty and diabolically outraged Clara
Pond, twelve years old, was discovered in
an old mine six miles from the city. The
prisoner was brought to town and lodged
in jail.-Excitment was intense, and
threats of lyhching were made. The crime
is DO horrible as to be without parallel in
criminal history.
Last night crowd of fully thousand.
accompanied by thirty masked men with
drawn reviewers, took him FROM Jail and
tied a rope around his neck, dragged him
five blocks, and hung him to a lamp post
on the corner of the public square. After
hanging fifteen minutes. on the DRY 'shurn
him burn him." they took the body down,
and in spite of the resistance and objection
of the more calm and peaceful portion of the
crowd, roasted and burned it in fire made
of dry goods boxes and coal oil, amidst
demonstrations that rivalled Pandemon on
ium,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-04-04
THE BREACH OF PROMISE.

We are afraid that the verdict OF the
Jury, who heard the breach of promise OF
marriage case in our County Court, will
chill the matrimonial fervor in Augusta
for some time to come. Not that it is un-
just; for we cannot see how man should
be moro exempt from damages for break
ing lady's heart than for breaking her
head or her arm, seeing that a whole and
unwounded heart is an important item of
value in the eyes of those who bid for
wives in the matrimonial market. But
however just, as applied to the individual
offender, these verdicts for damages oper-
ate to the disadvantage of the girls at
large. by making suitors shy and over
cautious about speaking sweet words of
love, even to ears to which they are well
come. Young men already. perhaps, far
advanced in the pleasant paths of court
ship, will read the beautiful and love
breathing letters of ''Edna,'' published at
the trial last week, and coupling them
with suit for 81, 500 damages, will regard
their own beloved with looks of suspicious
apprehension. Further, it will make those
inclined to love doubtful of themselves.
When the model lover sees another lover
declare in letter to lady that ''you are
the only lady in Augusta that think I
could love-" and then in short time sees
that the writer has to be sued for heavy
damages for not marrying 'the only lady
in Augusta" that he could love, he will
begin to take his own feelings apart and
examine them-a proceeding which is ex-
ceedingly perilous TO the existence of that
gentle emotion called Love. We say peri
lous, because there is nothing more likely
to make man exaggerate both the lady's
merits and his own constancy than being
in love. 1t seems impossible that the de-
PENDANT, when he wrote that Il am not
the boy to triie with your Affections, and
followed that assuring announcement with
the further one that he was ''as happy as d
big sun fower," had any intention of
trifing with the fair plaintiff, and the
most reasonable solution Of the matter for
him is that he was merely victim of that
spirit of change that is so potent in all the
affairs of life. It is this change that the
timid sutton will fear he W ill be called upon
to pay for.
Altogether we think the verdict Of the
jury will make the youth of the county
shy, and it would be profitable invest
ment for the girls to club in and pay the
defendants damages and tn ereby give the
boys sort of guarantee against loss.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-04-04

INToLERANCE.-The Leesburg (Va.)
Washingtonian" states that at Water
ford, Loudoun county, Va, last Thurs
day evening, the Rev. John H. Russell, a
colored minister from Mississippi, who
was accompanied by Rev. A. H. Thigh
man, cslored Baptist minister, delivered
a lecture, in which he told his colored
brethren that they must live and succeed
in living 10y their industry. good behavior
and attention to business-that they
shonld not be led by those who want to be
considered politicians and leaders, who
are Ignorant of what they talk about.
and in most cases are deceiving those
they try to lead for their own benefit:
This very sensible advice was not at all
appreciated, for the ministers were
stoned aid badly treated by the colored
people as they were leaving the town, their
carriage being broken by the missiles
hurled at them.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-04-04

The V1NDIcAToR has not had occasion
to praise the views held by Hon. III. y.
Allen on the debt question except his
ability in present ng them, which was un-
deniabIe. But it has always been pleas
ure to us to acknowledge that he has been
the only advocate of Adjustment heard by
our people who has risen above the petty
appeals of the demagogue. and ftsis DOW
great pleasure to bear witness to his wise
and patriotic course in the legislation,
which promises to be so great good to
Virginia. It has placed him high in the
estimation of all who love the State, no
matter to which side they belonged in the
late dispute. 49,