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Year: 1869

he was court.martialed on the charge of
disobedience of the orders of a superior
officer, mutiny, etc. he was found
guilty and sentenced to dismissal from
the service


The President disapproved the finding
Of the court, aud offered to restore Ere
mont TO his former rank. But the great
Pathfinder, proud--spirited in peace as
well as plucky in war, took exception to
the condescendng language of the ex-
ecutive, which put his action, not on the
ground of innocence and adherence to
what was sense of his duty as well OF
the right on the part of the accused, but
the peculiar circumstances of the case
and his (Fremont's) previous meritorious
and valuable services" and refused to
accept the Presidents clemency. To do
SO, he argued, would be to admit the JUS.
lice of his sentence, the very thought OF
which he seemed to scorD. He at once
esigned his commission in the regular
army, and soon after set out on his
fourth unpaid exploration in the path of
empire.
Year: 1869

spiritual consolation. To the ministers
questions, Bropp replied that he was a
member of the Lutheran Church; that
he had recently married a woman 10 this
city, and had been unable to provide for
her as he felt in duty bound to do.
Farther than this no confession as to the
cause of his rash attempt at self-destruc-
ton could be oxtorted from him. The
facts above detailed give an unmistake-
able clew to the tragedy, notwithstand-
ing the reiicence of the victim.


He passed the night in great agonN
but yesterday morning he grew easieE
and has since continued to improve. II
is now the opinion of the physician that
Bropp will survive his self-iDficted
wound, as deep and ghastly as it is He
will hardly get over the moral injuries
be has suffered in the matrimonial en-
gagement.
Year: 1869

SECRETARY MCCULLoCH has directed the
Superintendent of the Printing Division at the
Treasury Department to discontinue the man.
ufacture Of paper from mutilated fractional
currency The unpleasant odors generated in
the process Of making the pulp have been a
source OF much annoyance to the employees OF
the Department tor some time past. The paper
made from the worn-out currency has been
used in the manufacture of envelopes for the
Department.
Year: 1869

Coon PlcrUREs.-Cupp Day are now taking
better photographs, ambroypes, etc., than we
have ever before seen taken here. Their new
gallery, in the rear of Mr.. Kohlhaffs store and
nearly opposite this Office, is a model structure
of the kind, well arranged as to light and for
the comfort of their patrons. They have on
hand some fine specimens of their art, taken in
their new gallery, which they invite the public
to call and examine.
Year: 1869

REBUKED.-At the political meeting in Roberts
Grove, on Saturday last, Governor Cox in his
usual violent and dictatorial manner interrupts
ed the democratic speaker. This indecency was
promptly checked and the old "pig driver
taught the lesson that the mauners of the "hog
pen would not be tolerated at public meet
iGg. Even the radicals were ashamed OF the
Gorernor's conduct, aud had not word TO say
in defence of the outrage.
Year: 1869

SCuwABACHEG BRoTHERs this week call the
attention ofthe public to their new goods They
have beautiful stock on hand, and have this
yc,gfully sustained their long established repu>
tluon for keeping one of the most extensive and
varied assortments to be found in the upper
country.
Year: 1869

There is no medicine extant equal to these
remedies IN such cases. A tone and VigOr IN
impaired to the whole system; the appetite is
strengthened, food Is enjoyed, the stomach
complexion becomes sound and healthy


the yellow tlnge lh eradicated from the eS eS a
bloom Is given to the cheeks and the We,'K
and nervous invalid becomes q strong and
healthy being. . ~
Year: 1869

Letters from Cuba received in Washington give most piteous account of the treatrn ent of Americans by the Cubans, whose liberty they were fighting to achieve Every promise made them in the United States has been broken. They are looked upon with jealousy by the Cubans and daily more Or less fall by the hand of the assassin. h every engagement they are placed in the front, and the wounded are left upon the ground to to be murdered by the& Spaniards; So say late Washington dis :. patches

 It is the general belief that there is no truth in the statement and that 1t has been gotten ID by the Spaniards with the hope that it would deter American adventures from taking up arms with the Cubans The Herald Speaks of it in this wise:

 From what source comes the news that the Cuban patriots are treating American volun- teers with great brutality, pushing them to the front in every fight and leaving the wounded on the field to be msssacred? Itis suspi- cious story, and bears upon it's face Spanish origin. The object of course, is to throw damper upon recruiting in this country, The men who would join the Cuban ranks are not generally of that class which is likely to be deterrsa from any adventure by tales of this kind, we'll trust them against all the assaasins they can raise in that island and give the said asgassins odds. Spanish inventions will have to try harder than this before it conjures up story that will keep tho filibusters at home.
Year: 1869

OLD VIRGINIA-GoD BLESS HER.-She is
the mother of States and statesmen and
we do not wonder ut the ardent feeling and
morbid pride with which the wandering
children extol the grand old Common
wealth. Everywhere her sons rise up and
call her blessed. Whether her praise be
upon all lips or the voice of calumny be
raised to traduce and defame her, at all
times and in all places they have adhered to
her name and her cause with more than the
ordinary steadfastness of tilial devotion.
Nor is She unworthy of the honor, for her
historic history shines bright and clear, her
honor is untarnished, and no spot blurs her
escutcheon. When other States were madly
and wildly rushing into the rebellion I"
Virginia paused upon the brink; but when
she reluctantly gave the weight OF her great
name to the cause of the Confederacy the
wayering confirmed and the arm of all
neryed with strength and consciousness Of
right and justice.


Rut the war has closed. The people of
the South, cropping in darkness, living in
anarchy, and standing amid the ruins other
desolate homes, have looked to Virginia for
counsel. Her vol :e has been heard. The
election for Governor, members of Congress,
and members of the Legislature, and upon
the new constitution, took place on Tues
day and it will be seen from our dispatches
this morning that the friends of har-
mouy, reconciliation, and tranquility, have
Year: 1869

now to say that the ignorant blacks were
coerced or misled by deceptive ballots, but
they are not so ignorant nor so dependent
now rs they We're two years ago, when no
dodge or coercion suficed to get one thou
sand of them to vote with the Conservatives.
Then, negro who voted with the Conserva-
tives was mobbed by his own race; now,
they so voted by thousands with perfect i'm
punity. Then, the blacks felt that their po-
litical existence was at stake /; now. they do
not.


VIII. Mr.. Walker canvassed the State on
the broad platform of universal amnesty
with impartial suffrage. He everywhere
avowed himself friend Of General Grants
administration, in favor of the fifteenth
amendment, and opposed to all disfranchise-
mentS or prescriptions Of white or black.
By that sign he conquered. And now he
holds the same ground and has proclaimed
himself since election in favor of universal
education as we'll rs universal suffrage. And
the Conservative journals unite in resentine
all attempts Of northern Democratic jour
nails to represent the Walker triumph as n
Democratic victory,


Such are the circumstances under which
Governor Walker presents himself at Wash
innton. He wants no offices for his friends
or his party. What he does ask is that the





iected to no te>t-oathS that have not been
cyactcd of the LEGISLATURES Of other recon.
strIlcted States. but that the members shall
assemble, take the oath to support the Fe-
leral Constitution, organize, and ratify the
fifteenth amendment. and that the members
elect to Congress shall thereupon be admit
ted to seats, and the restoration of Virginia
perfected.


The Walker party is not q Democratic nor
an anti-Admnistration party, though &
large portion of its members were once
rebels, and were presumptiyey favorable to
the election of Seymour and Blair. We car
probably act so rs to make it an antl-Ad.
ministration party: but why should we:
How shall we uphold principle? Where
in the wide world shall we gain vote by
setting our faces against the Walker men,
and excluding from the Legislature all who
cannot take the iron-clad oath! We need
Virginia's vote Tor the fifteenth amendment:
can we afford to repel it! We think not


The views attributed to Governor Bout
Well seem to make more account OF the
unity and conference Of the Republican
party than of the triumph of its cardinal
principle, which is making the altar OF more
account than the god. We are struggling
for the civil and political equality of all citi-
Zens before law we are offered the votes OF
Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas tor estab-
li<h that equality and fix it forever in the
Federal Constitution; and we are asked to
take care that our new allies pronounce our
Shibboleth exactly aS we do-nay, that they
have always done so, and from the best Of
motives. This will never answer. We can
not afford to postpone the consummation o.
our great work in order to have it done by
men who prove Il birthright membership IL
our party. 1t is Our duty to hasten, by al
honest, lawful means, the reconstruction o
the Union on the basis of all rights for all
"Let us have peace !'-Neac York 1rt
Year: 1869

The Nc rfolk VirginiGn has advices stating that
a shocking murder was committed in Eastville,
Northampton county, on wednesday OF last week.
IL says:- -


"Wednesday night two white boys were passing near
the stC re Of Mr.. Westcott, when they saw negro
rush out and make OF. They fired upon him twice,
but without success, and upon entering the store store
nearly severed from his body and lying in pool or
blood. The alarm was Immediately given, but the
lateness Of the hour prevented any active pursuit
be NO made that night but enough was seen
to show that desperate struggle had taken place
and traces OF blood were seen leading from the
house At an early hour the next morning % the ctl-
turned out ei, nlasse in search OF the murderer.
Following the bloody traces they led to the cabin or
a negro by the name OF Wright, living about mile
from the Village where blood was found in the yard
Wright was not at home. The woods IN the neigh
borhood were thoroughly scoured and about O'Clock
secreted in the top of fallen tree The blood upon
the ground and in his cabin was then ascertalned TO
have been caused by severe cut upon the arm OF
Wright supposed to have been received In the death
struggle with the murdered man.


After his arrest, Wright confessed that he had
committed the murder for the purpose OF plundering
the store That he had planned it, and in order to
effect an entrance with less difficulty mad dressed
himself in his wifes clothes. He stated that when
he went TO the door and Knocked MI Westcott, ma,
ing that it was woman apparently, came down and
admitted him. After talking little, he took the OPP
portunity, when his victims attention was turned
away, and stabbed him in the neck lnnlcting iatal
wound To make sure, however, he stabbed him
twice more, when, becoming alarmed at voices, he
rushed from the house This account Is corrooorated
nv binding several articles in the store known to be-
long 10 his wife, such shawl and button which
had been torn from her dress A. -


Threats We're freely made OF yncmng men ihs muir @
derer. but better counsels prevailed and he was
lodged in the Jail Of the place TO await trial Three
other arrests have been made, and all OF the sus-
pected parties are now IN eonnheet . VI ohout si,tr
wears OF age and was much respected oy all VINO
knew him.
Year: 1869

vincible said he was able to bear it all, and
would not murmur; that that letter had caused
trouble enough to let it stop Aith him.


Nor did he depart from this determination ex-
cept on one occasion, just after the letter was
published, he met one of the generals referred
to above on the street, who Immediately crossed
to the other side, not wishing to recognize him.
A few days afterwards, as General Longstreet
sat in the st. Charles Hotel in conversation with
some friends this General came in, but did not
recognize Longstreet; smarting under this insult
he called to the former, and said:-"I wish to
say to these gentlemen in your presence, that
you were one of the men who proposed this let
ter, and the last one who read it before publica-
tion, and as much in the mud as in the mire."
Year: 1869




On Tuesday night last, about 10 o'clock, the
house of Mr. Nelson Hurst living about one mile
and half from Poplar Plains, Kentucky,
burned up, and four of his children perished in
the flames. We have been unable to obtain the
full particulars at this writing, but give them
we heard them. On the night in question Mr..
Hurst and his wife went over to his fathers,
about one and half miles distant, to spend the
night, leaving the house in charge of his chill
dren, seven in number, the Oldest young lady
in her teens. While there Mr.. Hurst had Occa-
sion to go out of doors, and looking in the drec-
ton of his home discovered a large light, and
called to his wife that he believed his house was
on fire.


He then ran as fast as he could in the drec-
ton of his home, and only arrived there in time
to find his dwelling nearly consumed and four of
his precious offspring shrouded in fiery bed.
Three of the children he found in the yard
screaming with fright and wringing their little
hands, and naked all but the night-gown placed
upon them by an elder sister when they lay
downin bed They had made their escape through
the aid of an older brother, aged about twelve
years, who afterwards lost his daring life in
the fire, in forlorn hope to save another of his
sisters. The scene must have been horrible
And what could have been that atfectionate
fathers feelings when he arrived to find his
home reduced to ashes, and his own precious
offspring mingled with the burning Goals. The
picture is too sickening and sorrowful to con-
template or dwell upon. Language has failed to
furnish words to expressed the heartrending
pangs of that parent bosom, much less to as
suage the torrent of tears and groans of the sur
viving children.


The children had all gone to bed and were
asleep, no doubt, when the furious monster made
the attack Some went to Sleep alas to wake
no more in this world of sin and sorrow. The
Oldest boy, aged IL years. was first awakened
by the strangling smoke; he made a leap for the
door, and succeeded in opening it; he then went
back into the house and dragged a younger sister
from il, and then a second, and then q third,
and went back again for the fourth, when 10! the
burning roof sank upon his gallant head, and he
too was seen no more. The little fellow gave up
his life after saving three of his brothers and
others. The four children who perished, strange
to say, are the oldest. They doubtless never
awakened, but suffocated with the smoke.
Year: 1869

What He Would Have Done.


Few men, writes a Washington correspondent,
equal Mr.. Stewart in the power of organization. His
vast establishments here are perfect models OF sys-
TEN and order. Everything moves like clockwork
and the vast business is carried on with ease and
regularity that fill the visitor with astonishment
Had Mr.. Stewart been able to hold the position OF
Secretary OF the Treasury, he would have in
uoduced there the same orderly working
system that obtains in his own business.
He very frankly says as much to his
friends-to whom learn he also expresses
his regret that he was not permitted
TO accept the office to which he was called by the
President "LOok through my store" he said, a few
days since, TO q gentleman with whom he was con-
versng on the subject, 'and tell me il you any OF
the clerks idng, swinging their legs the counters
or cutting papers with their scissors. Go through
every floor, from garret to cellar, and you will find
every man, boy, and woman busy, at every hour Of
the day everything in order, everything
moving in the most perfect and rigid sys-
TEN, which admits Of no waste, no idling,
no tnattention. Had taken the post OF Secretary
OF the Treasury, ! would have introduced the
same system here. There wouldn't have been a
superiuous or idle clerk on the premises in week
There is no doubt Mr.. Stewart would have been as
good as his word. He is perfect despot. His rules
are many and strict, and he compels every man in
his employment to live up to them. Yet his store is
always full and for every vacancy there at least
twenty applicants Had he been permitted the
chance TO enforce the same rules in the Treasury
Department. and to infuse into it the same spirit OF
order and promptitude, the results could not have
been other than beneficial.
Year: 1869

We understand that at the present session OF the
Circuit Court for Caroline county, the Grand Jury
indicted a woman for witchcraft. The witch is
negress and the trial will no doubt be an interest
ing one We had supposed that days of wtchcraft
had passed away in this country to return but
the action OF a Caroline grand jury seems to have
revived them The word moves backwards.-
Year: 1869

RICHMOND HIsTRIoNIC CLUB The mem :
bers of this organization certainly deserve
great credit for their energy in making all
the necessary arrangements in preparing
for their coming entertainments. They
will give on Monday night the beautiful
drama Of Retribution and the drama OF
Ben Bolt, with an excellent cast. We are
sure they will be well pstronized.
Year: 1869

The REHEARSAL last night Of the Rich-
mond Musical Benevolent Association, In
anticipation of their grand concert next
Tuesday, was largely attended. Our best
musical critics say this will be the finest
concert Of the season. The programme is
a most attractive one, and will be rendered
by the whole strength Of the Association.
Every seat of the large audience room Of the
Second Baptist church will doubtless be
taken. A large number Of tickets have
already been sold.
Year: 1869

SANITARY INsPECTIoN.-The attention Of
our citizens is called to the notice of the
Board of Health in another column. Next
Wednesday the police will resume their
"house-to- house " visitation to ascertain if
the accumulation of ashes, garbage, So, Of
the past season has been removed. The
Board should be aided by every citizen in
their efforts to remove all causes calculated
to produce disease.
Year: 1869

UNITED eTATEs INCOME TAX IN Rich
MoND.-The following statement Of the
United States income tax assessed in this
city in 1868 and 1869 is evidence that some
body is making little more money than
formerly. When we get things reconstructed
these returns will be many times larger:
Year: 1869




LONDON, Aug. 23.-The London kornino TIL
ecrapk OF to-day has an editorial on the FORTH
coming International boat race wherein it
says tue point in favor OF the Americans Is,
hey are in such state OF high training Of the
best kind. They have not been submitted
10 sharp regimen for q few months with
a view 10 particular event. but have been
IN perfect trsinng for the last three years.
What hardness OF muscle, eouHdness OF heart,
aud honesty OF muscle must be the result
Ii is almost impossible 20 Oversee the effect
such state Of facts has upon the event of the
race. Four young athletes kept for three years
under conditions 10 develop every available
power, is something more excellent than the
result Of a few months training. What
may not be expected from a crew called
upon for quarter of hours strain,
when they have been at work for years
Taking our rnformati IN as correct, we shoul Id
consider the superior hardness OF the Ameri-
cans more than a set-off against the style OF the
English, and conclude that the contest will be
mainly battle of coxswans. wha'eyer he
the event, we trust an increase OF kindly feel
ings and good fellowship between the two
countries may be the result.
Year: 1869

PHILADELPHIA, August 23.-The weather Is
cool and pleasant, but no rain yet. The water
IS growing scarce. The City Councils meet
this afternoon to concoct some measures TO
raise water into the reservoir
Year: 1869

PosTMAsTER GENERAL CREswHLL meditates
q change IN the Affairs of the Post Once De-
par'ment which it is expected will make the
service self-sustaining. He desires to draw
upon the Treasury for gold to pay the balances
due foreign countries for postage, instead Of
having to buy the necessary specie in the
market at q premium, as heretofore.
Year: 1869

THE PUBLIC DRBT.-The public debt state
ment for the present month will show little or
no change since the July statement. The If
teen millions dollars required for pensions, to-
gether with the necessary expenditures, will
consume about all of the receipts for the
month, leaving the debt about the same.
Year: 1869

The great struggle which now en-
cages the attention of the entire ciYili-
zed world is economy in production;
How to make the same number of acres
support an accumulated population /;
how to make vegetable productions,
hitherto regarded as useless, add to the
stock of food or clothing; how to make
fewer bushels of coal perform the
worlds work-are some of the most
important questions now under con-
sideration by the scientific world. To
these may be added the constant en-
deavor TO utilize fragmentary materials,
to gather up pieces and remnants, new
and old, aud make them continue to do
duty in the service of mankind.


But while the world, as a whole, is
devoted to the study of economy, per-
sonal waste and extravaganza seem
daily increasing, so that it is question
able whether the majority of mankind
have fewer necessities now than when
the arts were imperfectly developed
and science had not begun to exist,


Many things are now necessities that
formerly were not even desired We
have forgotten who it was that used to
remark to his family when a new arti-
Gle of diet appeared on the table, ,"Now
we are about to create a want" But
the remark embodies a sound principle
of social philosophy. Most of our
wants are artificial creations, but mod
ern society is artificial also, and we may
as well doubtthe advantages Of ciyiliza-
ton, as compared with barbarism, as to
assert that the accessories Of civilization
are not necessities of the age.


Now what we wish to show, clearly,
is that the cheapening of products by
economical methods Of manufacture, the
increased production of food by the su-
perior methods of modern agriculture
and the utilization of waste products,
are the very means by which the gen
eral diffusion of the luxuries of modern
civilization is made possible. The
entire inventive genius OF this and
European nations is concentrated upon
the economical appropriation of time
for travelling, sending of messages and
processes in the arts, and the increase
of machinery which shall not only save
time and labor, but also material. In
other words, the aim is to shorten as
much as possible all those transactions
which are simply utilitarian, or interme'
diate between Thorough crude materials
of nature and the cDjoyments afforded by
them in their modified and improved
forms. 1867. 10 G1Li..ar -itt


AS a nation we have not excelled in
the fine arts we are not yet old enough
for that Our efforts have perforoe
been directed to subduing the vast will
derness which a century since covered
nearly the entire continent, We have