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PERSONAL.

TINO THE PUBLIC.-It having been ru-
4 mOled that be pastor Of the sixth Mount Zon
church was dead. W. are happy 10 be able 10 0.nr
such Tumar While ne has been quite I'LL, be has
I'M proved and Is now able 10 attend his church Ills
condition being yet iee1le. he IS not able 10 preacb
bis regular sermon. BY Order of -
DEACONS SIXTH MOUNT ZION CHURCH.
RICHMOND, VA, July lS, 1881. " 1917
DERSONAL. - Information wanted Of
Il SARAH BROOKS fcOloredl by her daughter.
Rosa Grandison. who was taken 10 CUBA sixteen
years ago. The advert or has heard thst SAnAh
where's blus will he gratefully received II leI no
ne OF WILLIAM W. JACKSON. No. 1905 ass
D. oad street. ROSA dhANDlSON lOoiVte"i'
jy l9-ltf
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BeARDING.
DELIC'HrFUL ROOMS,
WITH BOARD.

WITH BOARD.
30 1909 Broa street tcorner Twelfth and Broad
's'h Especially moderate terms 70 youDg meu
~''a 80 Two Or IsOre in room. jyls.ir
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DR. ARMSTRONG AND LIS EUROPEAN lRlPs
Rev. j. e.. Armstrong, d. d., rector OF
Monumental church, will sail from New
York tomorrow in the Batavia. At the
Monumental church on Sunday morning,
Just before the Holy Communion was ad.
ministered after morning service, Mr.. Arm
strong said: "Some weeks ago received
the following communication
July l, 1881.
Reu. j. q. Armstrong:
Ny Dear Sir,-On behalf OF few OF your
many friends in the Monumental eOngrega-
tion, am directed to tender you a ticket
from Richmond TO Liverpool and return,
with the hope that you will accept and use
the same. IL you enjoy half as much the
trip as we do 10 rendering it 10 you, then
indeed you will have q pleasant trip across
old ocean. Hoping you will accept our
offer, and wishing you very safe and
pleasant voyage to Europe and return, am,
my dear sir, your obedent servant,
THOMAS POTTs.
"Of course" said Mr.. Armstrong, "I
have accepted that offer, and beg to as
sure you that have done so with profound
thanks to you who have made this offer,
and with sincere thanks to all who have
been so generous TO me. 1t has been but
short time-now about three years-since
you made me rector OF Monumental church,
and 1t is indeed kind and generous thing
to make such an offer. The inherent
kindness OF the act itself lmpresses me,
and / shall go with a deep and
profound sense Of your kindly az
fectioB. l shall return about the middle
or close OF September, and resume our
work in order that we may be fully at work
by the first Of October. / am very sure
that shall be the subject Of your prayers
as l am the object Of the kindness OF my
people, and l sincerely trust that the arms
Of Gods protection will be round you; /;
that no sorrows, no troubles, and no deaths
will enter any Of my families. Again
tender to you my most cordial thanks for
the great privilege Of the ticket by which |
go TO Liverpool and return"
Mr.. Armstrong left the city yesterday
afternoon for New York.
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uANUrRs AND BROKERs.
EDUCATIONAL.
VIRGINIA FEMALE INSTITUTE

NIRGINIA FEMALE INSIIIU 70
diocesan SCHOOL OF VIRGINIA.
sTAUNros, VA.
Mrs. GENERAL j. p. b. STUART, PgISoPAt--
MRS. STUART will be aided By a fd.l corps OF
SUPERIOR teachers, and the advantages in ali dep15.-
lnenls are unsurpassed.
The aim of The principal 4, to make teaching and
training thorough ami thus promote the best c)ndi-
ton Of mind aud heart.
The buidiDss are commodi0us aud the srounis
large ami attractive.
The next session beeiEs SEPTEMBER 18TH.
TERMS REASONABLE, and all exlrayagance op-
posed.
Cata aozues sent upon application 10 the Principal
fly 2 .eOd2ml
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COLLEGE, va.
ELECTION OF A PROFESSOR

ON the Sd or August. 1851, a. o'e'Ots y
NJ, NEE ing OF the trustees of this coi'~s~ sih 10
ned At the lecture room OF DT. ,'egsr ehple1s n
Riennand Va, gof the psrpase of eNct'as ~, y
rFssOk Uf BitLk sruuikS AID tNtsil-h
Ms posi -orise A'arvss is . fsFn,t T.. Va t0r~
respondents viii address me 1T ,nh slsss.
23.2Faw4w IA. sTVkxs, sser-sagy.
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AUCTION SALES TaIs DAT.

sS- On all sales of Real Estate maee between the
lst Of January aud last or June the taxes for The
present year have 10 be paid by the purchaser. On
all sales made between the lst OF July ana isss %
the year the taxes have 10 be paid by the seller.
This custom was adopted about fifteen years $50
by all the real estate agents IN RichmOnd ana ap-
plies to Richmond and vicinity.l
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IS I2-e0d6t
SIDNEY CoLLEG

The IO6sb session 00eDs SEPTEMBER lsT. TO-
sirueion - given in the Mo-ai, fhy.icai ana Maid
ematical Sciences; 10 the Latin. Greek. GrfiDass
French. aad English Languages; and 10 B'be ru,-
dies. For catalogue apply 10 the CLERK OF ne Fseu-
70 Nv -
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VIRGINIA CLARxT on drsuxhf, Of ssconmosBv
fne quslity, at Vi per gallon; imported Clsrst 80
drsush al u .25 per gallon; California Port wSnev
for medicinal use, at 81 per gallon. We can reeou>
mend these wines IS rather better than most yir-
ginia wines. w. ID. BLAZE ca
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7 AW sc Ii o o l.
OF
WARRINGTON ANDLEE UNIVERSITY.

Instruction by TFXr.BOOKS and PRINTED
LECT URES, together with COURSES OF LEC-
TIRES ON SPECIAL SUBJht t. by emiseUs
mrlsts. RecitatiOas eighteen hours week. PR
ucular stienfion % MOOEFOURT tNtRCl-t~-
TUITION AND FEES 40. which ne.uhfs All Ubl-
yersity charVes. Expenses for nine months n,rs
not exceed fzZ5.
Session opeus SEPTEMBER 10, 1881; s.nd for
cata ogue to j. l.. CANPBt LII. JH..
~ IZ-eo i2Hn CLERK &c. LeNinyfOn. Va.
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DICHiNGS-B BERN ARD
HI CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC,
under the direction Of
CAROLINE RlCHlNGs-bERNARD AND
PIERRE BERN AkD,

Having leased the barge 'usion 10Os east ci4y
street We are nov prepard 10 .eiye huiieo NJ ~
Der OF Noans ladies' ~ RESIbE%f PUPILS ipr
VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL INsTkuC fioS-
They will receive thorough training an er fbs D~f-
sonal supervision OF Madame Ber,ard. ii9h11.
French. Germ Eiocuii0n and all brsnsDss OF ei-
cation taught N required. For isrm aDnly ia
CAROLINE RICHING> tkRNAhIb
ta 2G-dSy q tarsce sfFs@f.
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DARK FEMALE SEMINARY,

9l5 WEST MAIN STREET.
The next session will open 18TH sEPTEs BER-
For full particulars appy 10
Miss EMMA J. TURNEP,
IS I2.eod6t PriGcipat
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SC. only for a PICNIC CIGAR.

NEW ORLEANs CIGARS
WEsTMoRELAND, QUEEN BKk;
MARDI GRAS. elegant;
pure Havana fllers-yery low At
CHRISTIAN a WHIrg'3.
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FINANCIAL.

CARFER ". BRANCH. W. +. DIBRELL,
a. W. BRANCH Il CO.,
We No 8 SOUTH TWELFTH STREET,
STOCK BROKERS'.
STOCKS aud BONDS BOUGHT AND SOLD ON
COMMISSION and CARRIED On MARGIN.
e. 90-Im
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BITTERS.

r B. B.
BUMGARDNER's BODR6A BITTERS.
WILLIAM L. BUMG ARDNER & CO.,
MANUFACTURES AND PRoPRIEToRs,
sTAUNToN, VA.
J. L. ROGERS h Co.
Sole Agents for Richmond, Va.
ALCOHOLIC BASE: q
OLD -. BUMGARDNER WHISKEY.
Formula examined aud approved By home ply
sicians
We recommend the BrTTERS TO the trade, and
believe them 10 be the best and Durest BlTIEhS
tsith alcoholic hasisl manufactured.
For sale IN large small quantities TO the trace
By j. L. ROGERS & CO.,
ny lO.TudFSm sole Agents.
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DELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL,

ID BEDFORD COUNTY, Va,
on Norfolk and Western railroad, hnren miles necs
Of I.ypchbnrg. Young men and BOYS preparef for
University or for business. H. auliiul and hehfhy
Oc alton. Able Dps Of ~ chers; thorough insfEc-
tion Liberal provision for the accommodations sD9
com fort OF ddents. For Catalogues c0DiaisDg IN
formation address w. u. ABR0r. Pnpclpsl.
iy 2. eod2m Bellevue Pos .Ofiee. Va.
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PICNIC CIGARs, sc.
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-11-05
PLEA FoR THE HIP POCKET.

EDITOR OF THE ARGUs.-The statutes
ere against concealed weapons and it must
be obvious that so long as a weapon is con-
cealed it is absolutely harmless. The same
weapon. carried openly in a belt would be
just as quick and just as deadly. What
then is the logic of the question: Since
the carrying of the weapons per Sc cannot
be prohibited under the constitution, and
the concealment of the weapon renders it
while concealed absolutely harmless. it
would seem that a law intended, to which
the subject at all should be directed against
the use of the instruments. An unevade-
able law authorizing heavy penalty for
drawing weapon on any person except
in indisputable sef-defense; heavier pen
atty for using the same, and few more
applications of hemp in those cases where
the uncalled for use of weapons proves
fatal might tend to check those cases of
passionate murder the frequency of which
our friends so depreciate. It is related
that certain western desperate once shot
a man all to pieces Just for fun" and was
found guilty of carrying concealed weap
ons and fined thirty-fi five dollars. The case
is illustrative of the entire course and spirit
of our criminal legislation. There is in
our laws altogether too much straining at
gnats and swallowing camels. A man may
get drunk and disturb the peace, and it
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-11-05

"What was the motive for suppresssing
the exhumed report on the operations OF
the Treasury Rings"
The question occurs to all who read the
report laid before the senate. In the first
place, 1t will be perceived there has been
no material exaggeration of the facts in
the case. The report justifies previous
representations of Pitney's operations.
The light thrown on the official conduct of
Upton, Power, and Lamphere is strong,
and justifies the entire condemnation of
those officials. The principal reasons
heretofore believed to exist for not making
the report public is that the discoveries
bore heavily against Secretary Sherman,
and convicted him of gross carelessness, or
worse. 1t required few doys only to con-
vince Secretary Window that there was
something wrong in the investigation, so
far as it has gone. What was the influence
that stopped it and suppressed the report?
The natural conclusion is that it was
stopped because it would prove extremely
damaging to Secretary Sherman. That he
subsequently called for the report does not
disprove the correctness of this conclusion,
for it cannot be disputed that the proceed
ing, even with the testimony yet suppress
ed, is extremely damaging to him. Nor is
it probable that more than part of the
facts have been brought out. The report
itself says that for want of time" the in
vestigation is incomplete.
1t is curious circumstance that an in
vestigation which had already unearthed
SO much that was criminal and grossly ir-
regular should have been stopped s.for the
want of time" The reason assigned is
clearly in lieu of the real one, to wit: the
necessity thatwas felt for shielding the ex
secretary. Evidently, Sherman in the SEN
ate, is calling for the report, under the
conviction that he could not afford to do
less, hoped that, damaging as the disclos
ure would be to him, it would be the end
of it, and he felt that this would be prefer
able to the full disclosure, which might be
prevented by this mode of treating the
matter.
John Sherman is an anxious man, and
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-11-05

would have been wiser and more merciful
to the people to have dispersed it long ago.
There is no valid reason ferarresting Mr..
Parnell now which did net exist at this
same time last year. The passage Of the
Land bill is not reason. for from the
very first the leaders of the League ayowed
that it would not be accepted as a settle
ment of their grievances. The govern
ment may say: 1--WE have now done jus
tice to Ireland, and give the people all
that they can reasonably ask" but the
people deny it altogether. They have
been encouraged to expect more, and they
know very well that in Mr.. Gladstone IS
own Cabinet there are men who are in
favor of their having more ratherth sub
jecting them to any coercion. The po-
sition taken up by Mr.. Bright and Mr..
Chamberlain is, in one respect, very sim
pie. Force they say, ''is no remedy.
You have no right to compel a nation to
live under a rule which they detest. With
out compulsion they cannot be made to
endure such rule; and counpulsion is an
outrage upon the principle of liberty.
Such are the views of no small section OF
the Radical party, and the question is how
far they are likely to spread in consequence
of the events which are not taking place? +?
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-11-05

There is one good thing about women
when they start out on great reform
movement. They are willing to be pleased
with about anything they meet. When
Hayes inaugurated his weak tea administra-
ton, and having the suppression Of vice
and the health Of his pocket book in his
mind, took wine off the White House table;
the Wemens Christian Temperance Union
lauded him to the skies; and now they are
willing to fall on President Arthur's shoult
der and weep for JOY, the only apparent
reason being that he will put the wine
back. 1t was q sweet display of gush
made by Frances E. Willard when she in
troduced Arthur to the Womens' Christian
Temperance Union. She called him 'tthe
true and knightly gentleman who, in the
hours of pathos and tears, when the bells
were toilfng across the continent, bore
himself SO nobly in a great emergency"
and told how proud she was Ito stand in
the presence of the godlike man who on
the battlefield of Yorktown gave the IA
nous order that the flag of our ancient en-
emy should be saluted." All of which is
very utter, and yet if we are to believe the
sp peeches of that lady, everytime Arthur
takes drink he is setting an EXAMPLE Of
sufficient to everlastingIy
damn him. --<sssa~5
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-11-05

All the news from Ireland seem to lead
to the assertion that the Land League can
not be suppressed by the Imprisonment of
its most prominent leaders. For every
man that is taken away another will come
forward equally active and determined,
though perhaps not equally well known to
the public. The organization has been
allowed to strike its roots too deep to be
torn up in an instant. II, as everyone
fears, the soil of Ireland is again destined
to be stained with blood before the winter
is over, the Irish people viii only become
more bitterly hostile than ever to English
rule. And with this blood upon its hands
how would Liberal Ministry hold up their
heads before the nation? To what pass,
then, has Mr.. Gladstone brought himself
and his party by his weakness and irreso
luton. varied now by the spasmodic exer-
else of despotic poweri In this, as in al
most everything else throughout his long
career, he has rushed impetuousfy from
one extreme to another IL the Land
League was to be broken UP, surely it
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-11-05

The wonderful acrobatic ability which
so many former half breeds have shown
in changing base since Arthur, the Stal
wart became President is alluded to by
the World in this fashion. '..
Birds in their. little nests are alleged tc
agree, and it's sorry sight when the or
gan Of Mr.. John @. New, ex-Treasurel
of the United States, remarks that Mr.
Halstead g is liar and dirty cur a DO
litical trrmp and a personal coward >
Halstead, M.-his opinion of Mr. New
ought to be interesting. We see that our
prediction that Mr. Halstead would have
recognized President Arthur as his long
lost in brother before the other Repub
licans of the West had fairly wiped their
weeping eyes has come true. Regarded
as change of base, the Cincinnati
Field Marshal must be pronounced a sue
cess. In the course of one brief summer
he has convinced a previously sceptical
universe that when at Chicrgo he de.
nounced Genetal Garfield as unfit to be
candidate for the Presidency he was
speaking merely in Pickwickian lack of
sense; also, that the little transaction be-
tween an Ohio President and Secretary of
the Treasury and Collector Arthur reflect
ed equal credit upon both parties, espec-
ialy on President Arthur.
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-11-05

The evidence before the coroners jury
yesterday showed several diverging fea
lures. The engineer testified that he al
once notified the pilot of the accident, and
its nature. while ther latter stated that he
received no such noticfation. The pilot
stated that it was the duty of either the
engineer or the watchman to inform the
passengers of their danger, while the for
mer claimed that the master, who was al
so the pilot should have notified them. In
this connection the following evidence of
Dorrance, the pilot is of special inter
est
70. Was there not time enough to have
got the passenger ON the barge had the al
arm been given"
A. Eyes if the work had been done sys-
tematically and without excitement.
I think the engineer should have seen
that some one warned the passengers of
their danger, and the watchman would
naturally take them on to the barge.
There was not time to alarm the pas
sengers when the mate grasped my arm.
The mate can not cast the anchor until
he has been ordered to do so by the cap
tain or the engineer. The captain would
mot give any such orders until he had
been notified of the danger. In this in
stance the engineer should have Notified
me of the break of the engine. and then
in my discretion I would have ordered the
anchor dropped"
It is required that watehman be always
present on the hurricane deck whose duty
it shall be to receive the orders of the
pilot and see that they are executed. If
he is not present the pilot is practically
alone, as he has no means of communica
tion with anybody, except through the
speaking tube to the engine room. In or
der to have his orders transmitted he must
pass them through this watchman or else
leave the wheel, and the engineer cannot
do II without abandoning his post. In
this accident the presence of both engineer
and pilot at their respective places was
most necessary if any hope was entertain
ed of saving the steamer, and the absence
of this watchman made anything like diree
ton impossible. This watchman stated
that he attempted to cast the anchor, a
most palpable falsehood, as no attempt of
that kind was made, and in fact so far as
any testimony yet adduced proves, no at
tempt was made to save passengers, al
though Dorrance testified that there was
time and opportunity to do it, had the at
tempt been made systematically and free
from excitement This is the showing of
their own witnesses, what other matters
will be adduced remains to be seen.
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-11-05

When the New York republican com
mittee wants money it quietly collects
voluntary" contributions from the federal
employees in that city. As the heads OF
the departments there are wonderful ex:
ponents of civil service reform, they go
about it in a systematic way, assessing
each man certain per cent. on his salary
The campaign committees collector fol
the postoffice established himself in room
No. III of the Astor house. and there
waited for his friends. They came in such
numbers as to astonish the patrons of the
house. In describing the scene, the New
York Tribune said 'eThe collector greet
ed each employe cheerfully, but lost no
time in proceeding to business. Each
conner took from his pocket a roll of bills
or silver dollars. with a notice that he was
requested to pay so much to aid the party
in its campaign expenses. The money
was paid to Mr.. Gardner, who gave re-
ceipt, and the name was checked off by
one of his assistants. Once in while q
carrier would ask if less than the amount
requested would not be satisfactory, as he
needed the money for his family, but Mr..
Gradner invariably refused such appeals,
stating that he wanted the whole or moth
1nsy,' and the whole was not long in forth
coming"
This is civil service reform with a ven
gence.
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-11-05

Exactly what the influence of paper is
worth, has been much-mooted question,
but the editor of the Peoria Freeman
seems to have settled so far as his sheet
was concerned 1t took just two hundred
dollars to make him see the enormity OF
supporting democrat for mayor, and the
superior qualifications of the republican
candidate were easily perceived by him look
ing through the greenback spectacles, Two
hundred dollars is rather cheap.
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-11-05

The fight over the star route cases has
now fairly began, and but a short time
will settle as to whether the prosecution
will be thorough or a farce. The defense
have open fire all along the line, and
while in the court room able lawyers with
Ingersou at their head are arguing the
case with every device known, At the
White House political influence is doing
its work. The court made by Dorsey and
| Brady when the prosecutions was first
| started was that no republican president
who would dare to let it go on, and the
shape affairs are takiug now seem to in
dictate that the boast was well founded.
Arthur is making Mac Veagh designations
as pretext for letting up on the prose
cution Of the cases, claiming that he is by
his action abandoning his case and con-
Tossing that he is unable to successfully
conduct them,
This cry has been started for the purpose
| of getting the impression abroad that
the government. has no prospect Of win
ming their suit, thus making the country
showed his enthusiasm toward securing
commttal of the star reuters, by adjourn
ing the grand jury over to time when it
would be too late to,return an indictment,
and the only recourse left was to have a
warrant issued by means of filing informa
ton, means of doubtful legality and
probably Of failure. When the case was
first given into his hands he had nothing to
do, more than merely go ahead as if it had
been any other criminal action, and had
the accused been some poor devil who had
stolen to save his family from starving that
course would have been pursued. The
case would have been presented to the
grand jury In time, an indictment
would have been found and the case would
have gone to speedy trial and conviction.
But the star route thieves are different
class of criminals; they have stolen mil
lions from the government under the pro-
lection of one republican administration and
through the aid of those stolen millions,
contributed largely to the election of an
other. Men high in political and party
stations are supposed to be implicated with
them. and they know many personal and
party secrets. Hence when the time comes
for their case to be presented to the Grand
Jury, that body is adjourned until such
date as the statue of limitations would
stop the government from proceeding; and
the President of the United States, who
but a short time ago participated in COM
plimentary dinner to Dorsey, given him on
account of his party services in buying
votes in Indiana, services referred to by
him in a set speech,-now tries to give
the impression abroad that there is no
case, because his attorney general has re-
signed his Office for other and different
reasons But short time ago we heard
much about the vim with which these
suits were to be prosecuted; why this sud-
den cooling off of enthusiasm
The Rock Island Argus., 1881-11-05

well he. may be. The report cannot be re-
called. Its coupiicating statements are in
the public mind, fully sustaining previous
Esuspicions, so far as it goes, and they will
be carried there SO long as he is on the
public stage. And even should there be
no further disclosures, the. testimony al
ready taken, and which he fought success
fully to suppress, is yet to be made public.
Some may wonder that Sherman would
call for the report, damaging as it is. 1t
not infrequently happens that accused
persons, to get clear of the consequences
of greater, plead guilty to a lesser crime.
Shall Sherman be permitted to escape sol