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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-06

4 Coon BIIL.-Mr. CHALMERS, OF Missis-
sippi, introduced into the House Of Repre-
sentatives at Washington on Monday bill
which we have twice very recently declared
in the Dispatch ought TO be introduced into
and passed by Congress at once. The bill
provides that no congressional district IN a
State shall contain 10000 more population
than another in the same State, unless such
excess IL necessary 10 prevent the sub
division Of county, but in no case shall
the difference In population exceed 10000;
and that until the STATES shall comply with
this law representatives to the Forty-cighth
and subsequent Congresses shall be elected
from the same districts which elected them
TO the Forfy-seyenth Congress.
In other words, IL the bill now before
the Virginia Legislature becomes law,
The proposed act Of Congress viii require
nine OF our congressman to be elected in
the present districts and one at large. And
this act viii have the same effect ii il is
passed, as II will be, alter our Legislature
adjourns. Good, better, best. The latter
feature OF the bill is its best. We cannot
claim 10 have recommended that.
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Mysterious Abduction OF a Virginia
Pilot.

The Norfolk Viginidn Of Yesterday says:
The British bark Osmhd O'Brien, Cap
tain Scott, sailed from this port on the
9th of March last for Liverpool, having
been loaded with cotton by NlessrS. Rey-
nolds Brothers. Mr.. James L. Minson. Jr.,
Of the Virginia Pilots Association, went
aboard the bark to pilot her beyond the
capes OF Virginia. lie did so, and when
of the capes the Virginia pilOt-boat was
signalled in the usual manner TO take the
pilot off. \ small boat was lowered for
that purpose. but the bark paid no atten-
ton and kept her course, and when pur-
sued by the pilot-boat crowded on sail and
bore away with Mr.. Minson still on board.
1t is presumed that Mr.. Min,On could not
have gone OF his own yolition, for he was
not prepared as to clothing, and had signi-
fed no such intent to even his most init
mate friends. Captain Scott, it is stated,
had been drinking heavily before he start
ed, and it is probable some difficulty may
have occurred between the pilot and him
self. The pilot laws are stringent in such
eases, and ii any wrong has been done the
pilot will be able 10 have himself righted
according to the provisions OF the follow
Ing section of our State pilot laws:
.'Section u. Any pilot being detained
on board any sea-going vessel shall be en-
titled TO three dollars for each day he may
be so detained, to be paid by the master,
owner. agent, or consignee OF such vessel.
II any such pilot be carried beyond the
! limits OF his State against his will, he shall
/ be entitled TO recover the sum Of three
/ hundred dollars from the master or owner
of the vessel upon which he may have been
carried away. All vessels having a branch
pilot, and arriving at the pilot station, shall
remain there fifteen hours after arrival, ii
required, to give such pilot an opportunity
to be taken off, under II penalty OF fifty
/ dollars
| The vessel is liable for each Of thes,
penalties, as the entire section has beer
violated. The matter will, it is said, bC
brought to the attention Of the British con
sui here, and il the bark violated the law
/ in iorcibly carrying off the pilot, or if Sc
rious trouble occurred on board. an iuves
tigation will be made on her arrival Al
| Liverpool.
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Cotton on the South Side-Again.
The work undertaken by the Richmond
and Danvilic Railroad Company in the
direction os cotton cultivation on the
South Side, where dark tobacco has hereto
fore held the day, is, we understand. being
port of Major McPHAn., which appeared
in our columns some time since, has been
put into pamphlet shape, and there have
been added 20 it full directions how to
handle the crop from beginning 10 end.
4 bundle of these pamphlets has been sent
TO each postmaster on the South Side. in
the country tributary to the road, for dis
tribdtion, and a supply put into the hands
OF every depot-agent along the line. SIEVE
raj thousand bushels of selected cotton.
seed have been secured and placed at the
depots for free delivery TO persons who will
plant this crop. All tins is bound To beai
good fruit. With the richest soil put into
tobacco and corn, and the light, quick up
lands in cotton. the South Side will wear
! before many years, prosperous lace. W.
are persuaded that the time is coming
when Kcysvilc alone will furnish NOR,
freight to the road. on the cotton shipped
at that point. than is now derived from al
the leaf tobacco shipped on the whole lint
/ from Richmond 10 North Danyillc. Thi
Keysvillc branch opens ur TO the trade o
Richmond splendid country, and We ar
delighted to see that its construction is he
ing pushed forward so rapidly. New pco
pie will locate there now, and having raj
transportation for their products they vii
stay. The Roanoke will have more thar
agriculture OH its banks; factories vii
spring up aud prosper, aiiording a HON
market for many product that herctofor
could not be raised
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The Constitution provides that "no bill
shah become law until il has been read
on three different days OF the session IN
the house in which it originated, unless
tno thirds Of The members in that house
shall agree" The Readiusters haven't
two thirds OF the members OF either house.
How many bills have been passed in disre-
gard Of this provision OF the Constitution
And, We repeat, how is 1t possible for any
revolutionary measure TO be passed by 4
Headtuster body consisting Of less than a
quorum
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A Move IN the RiQht Direction


Now that the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
way Is completed 30 Newport News We
hear that the authorities Of the road will
make vigorous effort 10 induce the lodg.
ment along the line from Richmond through
the Peninsula Of thrifty men from the
North. II tx hard to tell what that gencr.
Gus Peninsula Twill not produce. treated
with only reasonable attention. It is IA
nous for truck crops and small fruits, and
will grow peanuts, cotton, and "White
Burley" tobacco. What has been done
there in the past in wheat and corn shows
its capability in that way.
The great productive power Of thi.
country, as now at work, is the direct re-
suit of railway extension. The railways,
TO live, must have freight and passengers,
and freight and passengers come. So far,
then, from this extension of the Chesa-
peakc and Ohio through the Peninsula
being damage 10 Richmond, it will be in
the highest degree beneficial, assuming, OF
course. that we have the energy and enter
prise TO cultivate the trade il will bring
into being. Let IL never be forgotten that
no road leads out Of Richmond which does
not lead into il.
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.
WEDNESDAY, April ), 1852.
SENATE.

W EDNESDAY, April D, lSS2.
SENATE.
The Senate was called TO order at II
O'Clock by Mr.. WOoD.
INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. j. RICHARD WINGFIELD: Bill to
incorporate the Union Manufacturing and
Milling Company.
By Mr.. ESKBIDGE Bill to amend and re-
enact an actentitled an act to incorporate
the town of Big Lick, approved February
%. 1874, and as amended by an act ap-
proved.
Local-option petitions were introduced
by Mcssrs. DIGGS and LOWELL.
CONVENTION.
Mr.. LYBROoK offered resolution 10 sub
nit to the electors of this State the ques-
ton whether there shall be a convention to
revise the Constitution and amend the
same.
Lies over one day.
REPORTED.
A number Of unimportant House bills
were reported.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
The House met at II o'clock-Spcaker
FOWLER in the chair.
INTRODUCED AND REFERRED.
BY Mr.. REvERCOMB: A bill to amend
and recnact section 1 Of chapter 100 OF an act
entitled IN act to amend and reenact see
ton OF the act to authorize the formation
of the New River Railroad, Mining. and
Manufacturing Company. as amended by
acts approved I'd April, 1873, 18th March,
1875. and 4th March, 1880, and TO change
the name OF said company to the New
River Railroad Company.
BILLS PASSED.
House bills two giving the consent OF
| this State TO the purchase by the United
States of certain real estate in the county
of Westmorclandf for the purpose OF erect
ng and maintaining monument TO mark
the site OF the birthplace OF George Wash
ington. ceding jurisdiction over same, and
cXempting the same from taxation.
/ House bill giving the consent Of this
State to the purchase by the United States
OF tract of land at Yorktown for the pur.
pose OF the erection thereon by the United
States OF Il monument TO commemorate tho
surrender Of Lord CORVALLIS and hi.
forces TO the allied armies commanded by
General George Washington in October
1881.
House bill 70 incorporate the Virgins
Land and improvement Company.
House bill to amend and reenact section
Q OF chapter 81 OF the Code Of 1873, in re-
lation to unlawful hunting.
House bill TO amend and reGnact section
2S OF chapter of the charter OF the city o.
Richmond.
The chair was then vacated until :!
O'Clock II. NJ.
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To the Editor of the Dispatch:

While advocating the city paying for the
paving of between tracks for the benefit OF
a moneyed corporation, would not it be
well for your able journal to use its pow
eriuI influence FOR repeating of the oner-
Gus ordinance compelling poor people who
build in both sections OF the city to pay for
the paving Of their sidewalks, the city eX-
ercising jurisdiction over the same!
SUBURBAN.
Perhaps it would. As weare among the
poor fellows who have already paid for
paving width OF twelve feet on the "su-
barban " street on which we reside, we are.
it may be, not in a condition to give an I'M
BIASED opinion.
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know. A thousand years to your paper
old fellow, and as many TO yonrseii.

The vhyinia Ian Journal for March is
freighted heavily, and with excellent arti-
clcs. Hon. GEORGE L. CHRISTIAN ana
JAMES M. MATTHEWS, editors, Richmond,
Va. J. w. RAyDoLrH & ENGLISH, publish
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MARRIAGES.

Married on Wednesday, 9TH instant. at half-past
3 o'clock. al the residence of the brides father
Dr. \. MOntoriO, by the Rev. J.. Ailanson, Of the
Meade Memorial church, Manchester. Va. Miss
FLORENCE LASCELLES MONTEIRO to W Al
TER GAYLORD NORMAN. of North Carolina.
After the cordial congratulations OF n select
number of friends, among whom was Mrs. Cover
nor Jarvis and "A small party from North Carolina
the happy couple left Immediately for yis,t OF a
few DAYS To The parents OF the groom IN Baltimore
after which they will make IN extended northern
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We return thanks TO Hon. WILLIAM
PoRcHEs MILES, LII. d., president OF the
South Carolina College, for pamphlet
copy OF lecture delivered by him under
the auspices OF Trinity Church Guild.
Subject" How to Make Life Worth Liv-
ing.v
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Life Is too short to try half dozen
different kinds Of "surc cures" When
one suffers with cough or cold stick 10
the best and use Dr. Bulls Cough syrup;
1t will cure your cough and never dlsap-
point you. All druggists sell 1t at twenty
dive cents bottle.
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In the suit against the Standard OIL
Company for some $4,000, 900, alleged to be
due the State of Pennsylvania for taxes in
arrears, Judge Simonton, at Harrisburg,
Tuesday directed judgment to be entered
against the company for S33, ,0j9.
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General LEE's fayorite journal, the Alex
andria Gazette, has come out in new suit
:" Age cannot withcr nor custom stale its
infinite variety II is capital paper. and
sNowpEx u cspital fellow, rs we do well
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The only scientific iron medicine that
does not produce headache, &c., but gives
TO the system all the benefits Of iron with
out Its bad effects, is Browns Iron Blttcrs.
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DEATHS.
MEETINGS.

ALL ROYAL ARCH MASONS ,
"A are cordially invited to attenda stated IA
convection Of RICHMOND ROYAL -.
ARCH Gil APTER, No. 3, AT the Ma-on, mss
Hall. on Franklin street. THIS Thursday EVE
MING. April q. lSS2. at O'Clock.
by order Of The VI. T.. II. T.. ....
GEORGE +. kEESEE,
an 6-ItE Secretary.
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The Southern Clinic for March Is upon
our table--Dr c. 4. BRYcE, Richmond,
editor and proprietor.
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Night Session.
The House met at s o'clock.
BILLS PASSED.

The following bills were passed:
House bill to amend sections ., 6, and 1 1
Of chapter 2ls Of an act entitled an act to
provide charter for the town Of Salem,
in the county Of Roanoke, approved March
%, 1871.
House bill to amend the charter Of the
city OF Lynchburg.
House bill TO amend the charter OF the
town OF Suffolk.
THE APPORTl0NMENT BILL.
House bill to apportion the representa-
ton OF the State OF Virginia in the Con-
gress OF the United States came up on its
second reading.
Pending it, consideration the House adj
iOtrnpd
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SUNDAY MORNING, APnIL 81

Mt $50 o'clock, for WASHINGTON, ID. G. Re
turning. leave Washington at 10 o'clock l.. VI.
April 10th. allowing twenty hours In Washington
thus aiiording IN excellent opportunity To spend
Easter holiday In most agreeable manner, and ~
the same Time enjoy pleasant nip TO the national
capital without any loss ~ time from business,
Monday being holiday.
Special coaches for eolored persons.
n. r. ADAMS, Manager.
Tickets for sale at No. 20 Fourteenth street, and
by r. Il. Mar,ock, No. 1O3 Marshall street :. X.
Perdue, 2l09 Franklin street, and az the tram.
M 2-su,Tu,r aAsatt'
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SKATING RINK.

V'HE REGIMENTAL ARMORY WILL
i BIZ OPEN EVERY DAY from 10 A. VI. ia 1
T.. VI. and from 3 10 +. W. fOr the accommoda
ton Of ladies and gentlemen who furnish their
own skates. Changes for the Use of hall: Adults,
IL cents children, 10 cents. No charge for AIDE
mission. an Gilt
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EXCURSIONS.
EXCURSION.
THE FIRST OF THE SEASON TO WASHING
TON ON EAsTER-SUNDAl.
Round trip from Richmond only.............s2 80
From Fredericksburg. ........................ l 90

The undersigned would most respectfully an
nounce 10 the public that an excursion train viii
leave Elba station. head Of Broad street,
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

xar CLARET. TWENTY CASKS OF
CLARET. direct from Bordeaux, Of superior
quality and very low price, For sale, In the orfgi-
nal package or bottled, by
ap Civ OSCAR CRAM.
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~--~-~--1~--~--~'o~-~~'Nf
NEW GOODS.
We have just opened the largest stock Of
SPRING GOODS
ever exhibited in this city, consisting Of
RICH BlsQUE and DRESDEN FIGURES.
VASES, and FANCY Articles;
ELEGANT DINNER, TEA, GAME, FISH,
OYSTER, lCE-CREAM-, and DESSERT
SETS.
In CHAMBER TOlLET-wARE our assortment
cannot be surpassed
our stock Is complete h every department. and
the prices very low. Call and examine IL.
T.. n. TAYLOR,
mhS i0ll Main street.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

~ - - Il ~
TT GRAND SPRING OPENING or
CHOICE AND NEW DRESS GOODS.
MORE sATINs, SILKS,
NOVELTIES, &C.,
THALHIMER BROTHERS.,
FIFTH AND BROAD STREETS
where they have been receiving for the past u,,t
one Of the LARGEST and CHOICEST tTOGk y
has ever been their pleasure TO display. Dom T,n
~ visit our place In search 81 bIreains -"
80 pieces GUfNET'S BEST BLACK SILK r-.,
., 81 to % our 81 siLk !, worth .I2s.
63 pieces BLACK aud IOLORFD Nntpr
sATlNs and SILKS nom II 10 "a
yard; -
sAfiNs' BR0ChDES, sCHRtHSII
SO pieces NEW andH,NDsO,rg BL,cr A.,
BEADED PRINCES. from SOC. To- "a
70 pieces SATIN and slLK.Rr.x rv,nyn
r IA from Doe. IN $3.50
: Also; full line of BLACK and CoLoRrp
SILK lElNGES, ORNAMENTS. Bi.T-
TONs.S &C.. al lowest prices.
DRESS GOODS. DRESS GOODS.
% piece, 42-nch FOULE. NUNS YELLING.
SHIDAHt LOTfl>, BEIGE NlNTTRFS.
-, ~ every shade. and tHECkS
SlElff>' fLAlD>' &C., % match. NJ an
prices
81 piece. 2. FRENCH BUNTINGs, an shade. a.
% and zoe.
our BLACK GOODS STOCK j. again fun witt
an c.egant line Of FRENCH BUNTINGS. NIN'>
NEILlSGS. TAMlSE. MONTE. HENRIE1T S.
md sHtDAH CLOTHS, fA>liMERES. GRIN A.
DIMES. and other BLACK GOODS, which $3.50
pay YOU To examine.
GRAPES. Grapes
800 yard. remnants Of CIsAPES from one-i1.r
e. three yards Amongst This lot Will FREQ
found some elegant pieces for wells al ori-
half their value. A. We have a larg' '.f.
thcy must be sold.
We have also our regular line OF COZ D.
TATLDT'S SILK GRAPES. from 81 io ~.
Immense line Of PARA~OLS just received. il
six, satin. Moire. and shaded, With and withnu
lace. at remarkably low price. Don't fail o. inUh
Of our line before purchasing.
MATTINGS! oIL-CLOTlISi MATTING>,
100 pieces Al, 5-i. and 81 BESr MATTiNG>.
% 10 Doe:
30 pieces A.. Ga, and 81 BESTOlI-CLoIu>.
iOc. 90 81 yard
As we have bought nothing hut perfect good.
our customers can rely on what they uurcha.r.
THALHbtER BROIlltl,>,
Central Block. Sol Broad street
ap 2-suTu&Th
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STAUNTON.

LOCAL-OPTION MEETING-TITE NEW PRESIDENT
or THE AUGUsTA-COCNTY FAIR-FUNERAL
or JUDGE JAMES J. PATTON.
CORRESPONDENCE Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-02-23
JAMES MINOR.
How the Fire-Fiend Follows
Citizen Of Nelson.
ICloverport, (Ky.) Newsl

Mr.. James Minor, a wealthy
bachelor of Nelson county, and a
brother of Hon. William f. Minor,
of this county, possesses a history
so much out of the common run
that it is well worthy of being put
on record. He is literally a fire.
haunted man. All his life he has
been followed by a series of strange
fatalities that are in themselves al
most enough to cause the supersti
tious to look upon his visits as
something to be dreaded. When a
child, Mr.. Minors mother was acci
dentally burned to death. At the
decease of his father, he inherited
the homestead farm, the dwelling
on which was at that day one of the
finest residences in Nelson county,
having been erected at the cost of
$4,000. 1t caught fire and was
consumed to ashes. He erected a
new house at a like cost, only to
become in its turn food for the
hungry flames. He subsequently
engaged in the lumber business, and
lost a large and valuable lot of
lumber by fire. He then visited his
brother, residing in Holt Bottom,
this county, and in two or three
days after his arrival the dwelling
of the latter was consumed by fire.
He then went to Kansas to visit his
step mother, and while they were
conversing about the strange fatality
that seemed to dog him through
life, the kitchen of her house burst |
into flames. Returning to Ken
lucky and visiting at the house of a
relative in his native county, while
the family were discussing his bad
luck-during the course of converse.
tion his host assuring him that
while they were glad to see him, of
course, they were rather afraid that
they would be burned up in con
of his Yisit-the kitchen |
of that house was also discovered |
to be on fire. From thence he pro |
ceeded to visit the family Of another
relative in the same county, and, as
usual, the subject of the remarkable |
that seemed to follow him
formed the staple Of conversation.
A broom in the room was ignited |
by spark from the fire, where
the young lady Of the house re
marked that she had left some fire |
in the parlor, and she believed she
would go and see if every thing was
right. Opening toe parlor door, the
apartment was discovered to be in
flames. If any county in any state
can produce a man who can truth
fully point to a life filled with such
experiences, or anything at
all approaching them, now is the
time to bring him to the front
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knowledge in a Nutshell.

A cubit is two feet.
A space is three feet.
A fathom is six feet.
A palm is three inches.
A league is three miles.
There are $3.50 languages.
A great cubit is eleven feet
Two persons die every second.
Bran, twenty pounds per bushel.
Sound moves 743 miles per hour.
A square mile contains 6l0 acres.
A barrel of ice weighs 600 pounds.
Slow rivers flow five miles per
hour.
A barrel of pork weighs 200
pounds.
A barrel of flour weighs 1876
pounds.
An acre contains 1910 square
yards.
Oats, thirty-three pounds per
bushel.
Barley, forty eight pound per
bushel.
A hand (horse measure) is four
inches.
A span is ten and seven-eighths
inches
A rifle ball moves 1000 miles per
hour.
A storm blows thirty-six miles
per hour.
A rapid river flow seven miles
per hour.
Electricity moves 22S,OOO miles
per hour.
A hurricane moves eighty miles
per hour.
The first lucifer match was made
in 1929.
A Grkin of butter weighs fifty six
pounds.
Coarse salt, eighty-five pounds
per pushed.
A tub Of butter weighs eighty
four pounds.
The average human life is thirty
one years.
Timothy seed, forty-fve pounds
per bushel.
The first horse railroad was
built in 1S26-7.
A moderate wind blows seven
miles per hour.
The first steamboat piled on the
Hudson is 1907.
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S eensuch. We have known wives
whose habitual reckoning was that
their enjoyments were to be found
at home, not with children, not with
husband, not with household EN-
Payments, but in company beyond
their own dwelling-at the evening
party, among friends, at the balls.
the theater, or elsewhere out of
their own house. The idea of a
happy evening suggests thoughts
of an invitation given or accepted
to a party or the like, and the pleas
ure is to flow from seeing, hearing,
or conversing with comparative
strangers, or in visiting novel OBJ
jects or exciting and unusual scenes.
The degree of happiness depends
not at all upon the presence and
participation of her children and
husband. 1t is an affair with which
they have nothing to do.
How much better off is such a
wife than the poor kitchen maid
who cannot think of enjoyment un-
less she can escape for a time from
her post, and forget herself for an
hour in the merry company of
friends?
The striking circumstance, how
erer, is that such a wife as we men
toned imposed upon herself the pit
liable fate which she shares with the
maid in the kitchen, while the latter
yields reluctantly to what is a ne
cessity Of her condition. If the
latter could enjoy herself at home
she would perhaps thankfully do it,
but the other compels herself to go
abroad for Joy.