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Year: 1873

The New York Express believes that
business this fall will be considerably i'm
proved. ut is easy,"it says, !" to d.
vine, from the 'eivings-out' of the retail
dry goods men and others, that their an
ticipations Of a brisk fall trade are sanguine,
and we think perhaps they justly calculate
that the ensuing season will more than
make up for the comparative dullness
which characterized the somewhat
backward season Eow passing away.
OF course, in the womb of possibility lie
many things which meier may actual be-
and we well remember how the proba-
bilities of roaring trade' at the COM
mencement of April last failed by tamper-
ing with the banks and business discounts.
But so, now, dry goods dealers and others
look forward to prosperous fall trade,
and a sanguine feeling prevails even among
the most sagacious dealers. We trust il
will SO turn out in all respects, and with
every kind of legitimate business. Up to
this time there is a marked caution both


in direct imports and in withdrawing
goods from warehouses but goods


in bond are easily accessible, and, with
telegraphs round the world, easily ordered


and shipped. Moreover, a dull summer
and spring have so reduced purchases as to


make a better business now not only
probable, but the opposite quite improba.
BILE. We trust that both the banks and
capitalists will see to it that the spare
money is used rather to help business thar


speculation
Year: 1873

The postmaster-generalt to-day addressed
a letter to the postmaster-general of New
foundland approving the proposition of that
officer for reciprocal postal cards between
the United States and Newfoundland on
the same terms as are in operation between
this country and Canada. These terms
provide for the exchange Of postal cards
by affixing an additional one cent postage
stamp thereto.


The Cuban question in the next con-
gress has every prospect Of assuming a
degree of importance hitherto unaccorded
1t. During the past SIX months the advo-
Gates of Cuban independence Of Spain
have derived considerable more encourage
inent from the course of events in the old
world than on the struggling island.
Year: 1873

THE LATE Hon. Tom CoRwIN.--A
writer in Washington paper says OF this
distinguished statesman, whose voice once
had the power of stirring the hearts of a
whole nation, "that his mortal remains yet
sleep in an obscure grave in this city,
without monument to mark the last
resting-place Of a man of genius, an ac-
complished scholar, devoted patriot, and
an honest and able statesman. Surely this
condition of things will not be allowed long
to continue. Reqanescat as pace"
Year: 1873

THE CHURCH HILL TUNNEL About
fifty feet of arching remain TO be done on
the Church Hill tunnel, when it will be
well-nigh finished. The chief engineer is
confident that this will be finished on the
18th September. The work will be COM
pleted through by the first of October.
Year: 1873

. LIIOCAlL MftSOt EN- ENlS b1 TIE vi t'o


APEAKE AND OHIO RAILRoAD.--The
great Chesapeake and Ohio company are
making many and great improvements in
their railroad and at their depot in this
city. At present very large force of
workmen are engaged in building a large
coal dump or coal stand in which the coal
which is received here for freight bound
north, as well as that intended for the deal
ers in this city, viii be deposited. Immense
quantities of camel coal are being received
here every day. Although the company has
laid down about six or eight new side tracks
TO accommodate the immense number Oi
freight cars which are constantly coming
and going, still there is not room enough.
1t takes one mans time to do nothing but
stand by where every car is shifted, in
order that they may be placed in tracks
accessible and in such positions that they
can be moved out easily without being
tangled. When the tunnel is completed all
the coal which is now landed at the depot
will go right through TO Rockets and there
be moved either to the coal-yards in the
city, or TO the north, as the case may be.
AT present there is a difficulty in securing
vessels to carry away the coal, but it is
thought that this will not last long. The
camel coal sells readily in this market for
sl2 per ton of two thousand pounds.
Year: 1873

TILL THIEVES. Two little boys were
tried before Justice White this morning,
for robbing the till of A. Brayi, confec-
toner, one of whom was ordered to be
locked up in the First station for twenty
four hours, and the other was sent to jail
for fifteen days, this judgment was meted
out no doubt ON account Of their extreme
youth, neither of the boys being twelve
years of age. Parents should take warning
from this, and keep their boys out Of the
business streets, as the best of them are
liable to fall into temptation, commit crime
and "bring the gray hairs of their parents in
sorrow to the grave.n
Year: 1873

A MOLE IIILL.-The chief of police
while in attendance at the police court to-
day, overheard some colored people talking
about some one being whipped most un-
mercifully at the city Jail last night between
the hours Of nine and ten o'clock. He
promptly carried the parties who were con-
versing about it before the court. The
court, after hearing the statement Of the
parties, asked the chief to accompany the
jailor to the jail and investigate the matter.
They retired, and in few minutes returned
with the party that had had the drubbing,
who proved to be the man that had escaped
from the chain-gang and was recaptured
last night. As he showed no signs of ill
usage, save partially shaved head, and
made no complaint of i'll treatment, the
justice deemed further investigation unnec-
eSsary.
Year: 1873

HOME AGAIN. 1.-THE weather at
all the springs has been uncommonly cool
for couple Of weeks. The fashionables,
thinking winter is come, are already sing
ing, "home again. preparatory to moy-
ing on the lowlands in force. This leads
us to observe that there is one very excel
lent thing involved in a trip to the country.
and that is the prospect Of getting back
again.
Year: 1873

C'ENTAUR LINIMENT.--
The great discovery of the
age. There is no pain which
the CERrAUR LlEIMRNT will not
relieve, no swelling which 1t
will not subdue. and no lame
ness which it will not cure.
This is strong Ianouara lint In
Year: 1873

The efficacy of Dostons energetic measures
against the small pox is thoroughly shown. The
deaths, by that disease, last woek, were only
eight Since the new city administration came
in, its sanitary system has been energetic and
rigid
Year: 1873

Another republican paper, which was led
OF by Mcclure in his warfare against the


governor, has changed hands, Ia Little
Rock Republican, and comes out for Govern


or, We refer to the Augusta sentinel. In


the issue of the l4th we find the following


"good-bye:"


Like the gallant and inylncible Mcclure


we retire, not for any want of faith in our


opinions of right, but tor a desire to afford
every opportunity to our party to retrieve its


lost prest tge-lost through the acts of one in


whom we once placed confidence. That con
Rdence is lost. and it will take acts to restore
IT, not empty promises. We went into the
last campaign to battle fer the nominees of
the party. and to win the fight )" c0ute qu'H
cOute" We did win. and We believe we have


seen the man for whom We fought to wear


these hsnors. ANONYMOUSLY disregard the
rights of his party and amalgamate with the


enemy. We have said IN previous issue what


we thought OF 1t. We have nothing to retract
now. We simply surrender the sentinel to
those who havo more confidence In the execu-
tive than we can possibly have. The supreme
court has firmly fixed Mr. Baxter IN the chair


gubernatorial. That was right but 1t does


not In the least increase our opinions of his


honesty of fidelity to the republican party.
We believe now that he Is joined to his idols
(the democrats). and are willing to let him
aioDc.


That the central committee Of this county


is much better qualified to make an interest
ing paper than we are, We are frank to admit.
But that 1t will ever make II republican eX-
ecutivc out OF Gov, Baxter we do not believe.
Our f,alty to and love of our party would die
tate to us to make any sacrifice saNe indors-
ing Gov. Baxter. That we can not and will
not do until his future acts warrant us IN SO
doing. We did not see, ner do we see now


any necessity for republican governor con
sorting with democrats to upheld and


strengthen our party. We believe the rcpub-
lican party of Arkansas Is fully able to take
care OF itself under any circumstances, and
while we had Clay ton at the helm we did do
It. When we had lladley there we did 1t,
but we made fatal mistake when we under
took to do IL with n Baxter. But 1t is done
and we cannot now undo IT, but We will


wager our existence that the republican par


Is succeeds Gov. Baxter with n maR-one


who will be able and willing to guide our ship


without calling upon the deck-hands OF de-
mocracy. TO our friends we can only say, be
of good chcer--hope for tie best-bc true TO
repu ublicanism and In time all will he well.
After resting upon our oars until the opening
OF the next campaign for state officers. you
will then hear fro@ AS again, and ever In the
front battling for our party. To my success
ors. can only say | wish you pleasant and
successful voyage IN your hazardous under
taking-that OF making republican Of Gov.
Baxter. W. h. ARMS.


McClurc's following die hard. Arms puts
on bold front. like Mcclure, but overwhelm-
ing public sentiment has driven him from the
editorial control OF the Sentinel. Good
bye Arms.-L. II. Gazette.
Year: 1873

Mr.. Hale, of Maine, offered the following
resolution.


Resolved, That a select committee of
seven be appointed to take into considera-
ton the subject of a repeal Of the salary
bill, so-called, and that said committee be
instructed to report at the earliest practical
BILE day, and that all bills on the subject be
referred to said committee. Adopted.


The Speaker said he would consider the
Year: 1873

The President has rendered to George
H. Williams, of Oregon, now Attorney
General, the appointment of Chief JUS
tice of the Supreme. Court, and the
nomination is to be sent to the Senate
to-day.


This is a selection unfit to make. 1t
is on par with the composition of the
Cabinet and with Gen. Grants system
of degrading tAe Offices of the Govern
ment: but it is most unfortunate that
this system should be extended to the
high functions of the Chief Justice.
Mr.. Williams is deficient alike in abih-
ty, learning, and character. a native
of central New York, be owes his prom
incnce solely tao his emigration. Had
he remained at home, he could never
have been known as more than a third
rate country lawyer. He is the inferior
of every other man ON the bench to
which it is proposed to elevate him.
His appointment is an insult to the re-
spectacle bar of the country.


In the better days of the Senate so
unworthy a nomination would have
been Indignantly rejected; but now
there is little reason to expect anything
but servile compliance with the viii of
the President.-Nelv York San, Dec. ,.
Year: 1873

The nomination Of George III. Williams
to be Chief Justice was to-day referred to
the Committee ON Judiciary, but no fur
4her action was taken on the subject in eX-
ecutive session. IL is stated that the Pres
ident from the beginning made up his mind
not to appoint a successor to Chief Justice
Chase from the Supreme Court bench. and
that he did tender appointment to Senator
Conl1ling who declined it. He then wished
TO appoint Caleb Cushing and retain At
to,ney General Williams in the Cabinet
until near the expiration Of the Presiden-
tial term, calculating that by that time
Gushing would retire by reason of his age,
and in that event he would appoint Will
liams The proposed app eminent of Cush-
ing not being considered expedient by the
Cabinet, fastened the Presidents purpose
TO apDOint Williams.
Year: 1873

throughout the island, which would be
sure to result in successive catastrophe,
even if man of the highest ability should
be in command here.


The above dispatch was forwarded early
in the evening. The public feeling is in
tensely excited, but the greatest order pre-
walls, owing to confidence which Gen. Jo-
Yellar inspires.
Year: 1873

In Virginia City, Nevada, a gentleman
has placed ON each side of the gravel walk
leading from his front gate to his door a
handsome iron fence, the top rail of which
is made of gas pipe filled with small holes.
Before he thus fenced his walk he was
much troubled by book agents, map ped
dlers, and persistent life Insurance men,
but now all is lovely with him. When he
sees man enter his gate with books under
his arm he simply turns cock, and instant
ly thousand streams of water dart across
the whole length of the walk from side to
side. The book peddler retreats to the
gate, gazes wistfully up the walk for atime,
concludes the man of the house does not
want to see him, and then travels, wonder
ing what sort of internal machines people
will next invent for the Encouragement of
honest industry.
Year: 1873

WHEN is lawyer most like mule?
When he is drawing up conveyance.


SPARE moments are the gold dust of
time. Of all the portions of our life, spare
moments are the most fruitful in good or
evil.


BETTER to eat thin soup from earthen-
ware, if you owe your butcher nothing,
than dine off lamb and roast beef, and
know that it does not belong to you.


WHAT relation is a loaf of bread to To-
eomotive? Its mother. Why? Because
bread is a necessity, and locomotive an
invention. and we all know that necessity
Is the mother of invention.


IT is now announced on the authority of
that seminent physician that it is not
healthy to rise before eight o'clock in the
morning. This applies only to men.
Wives can rise at seven and start the fire
as heretofore.


1T is hardly safe, nowadays, to name
mountain or baby after man till he is
dead. He may embezzle or take back pay,
or become a dreadful railway autocrat, or
a candidate for the Presidency, then you'll
wish you hadn't done it.-Grace Green
wood


A SUNDAY-scHooL teacher, explaining
the first chapter of Genesis, asked: sWhy
did God command them to leave the fruit
of one tree unteuched?' A dead silence.
At last a little girl spoke up, and said
Please marm, I think he wanted them to
leave some for manners ~


INNOCENCE is not virtue, and those who
fancy that it is make fatal mistake. In
nocenee is simply ignorance of evil ]; virtue
knows it, appreciates it, rejects it. In
fancy is lovely in its innocence; but life,
with its stern realities. demands the
strong, ripened vigor of manly virtue to
resist its evil, to protect its good, to build
up character, and to bless the world.


One of the wittiest as well as one of the
most brilliant men Pennsylvania has pro-
duced was the late George w. Barton, OF
Philadelphia, who once occupied seat on
the bench. Trying case before judge
who was chiefly remarkable for obtuse-
ness, he took occasion to say that he had
often seen great ass in judicial robes.
$ You speak from experience, suppose y
was the angry retort. Not at all, = re-
piled Judge Barton, I am speaking di-
rectly from observation
Year: 1873

The evil of smoky chimneys is often
curable, sometimes not. If found to arise
from too small fiue, roughly finished,
and affordiDg obstruction to the free pas
sage of smoke or of the machine that
should clean the chimney, there is but lit
tie encouragement to try a cure; but 1t
the f1ue is OF the proper size, it is worth
while to observe what opposing circum-
stances exist to impede its proper work
ing.


In country places, oftentimesa tree too
near to chfmney-top viii stop the current
of air, and cause a downward draft The
remedy is not necessarily the removal of
the tree, which may be valuable, bit such
a change IN the form of the terminal as
viii take advantage of all winds that blow
except from the quarter cut off by the tree i;
and as the down draft is nearly always cut
off by an eddy thrown back from the re-
sisting bulk of the tree, by closing the top
of the chimney at the side nearest the tree,
and leaving it open upon the others, an
efeetual cure will generally be wrought.
Another and common cause of smoky
chimneys Isl the thinnesses of the internal
walls of the fiues. The air cannot ascend
if of low temperature, so the current will
not have proper flow until the inside of
the fiue has become warmed; hence the
obstinate persistence in smoking when the
match is first applied, and the necessity for
burning shayings or paper in order to heat
the iue, to the danger of igniting the SCOT.
A coating of cement is sometimes applied
to remedy this.


A still more usual defect is to be found
in the improper construction of the mouth
of the chimney, which is often not roomy
enough to permit the products of slow
combustion to rise unimpeded by the
downward current descending from above.
Inlall cases there must be space enough
for the mingling of these two opposing
forces, and for the conversion of the down
current into an upward by the warmth i'm
parted to it by the smoke and flame. A
register CRATE will, TO certain extent, effect
this by diminishing the aperture for escape
of heated Vap0rs, and SO leaving space
above the flap for the circulation of the air
contained within the flue; cup-shaped
chimney win also effect this. Smoky
ehimneys are well styled intolerable nui-
sahces, tending to try the patience and tenn
per of heinmates of ahouse. but the cause
of the trouble depends upon too many cir
cumstances' to permit more remark. Brief
lyl the mischief is to be attributed always
toibad construction, workmanship, faulty
materials. and can only be mitigated or re-
moved by special study of each existing
case. Once for all a chimney to draw well
ought to be constructed narrow at the
throat, just above the fireplace. ce.-Anaers-
cabs Builder.
Year: 1873

1t is nothing but fashion that compels the
black garb as the sign of a grief that may
be more apparent than real. In this re-
spect many of the Oriental nations are
more poetical than we, for they adopt not
black, but yellow, as the color to be worn
by those whose friends have preceded
them to the grave. They do this, because
yellow symbOliZes the entrance of the de-
parted spirit into the great yellow light of
the rising dawn of eternity, a day that is
to be, where there shall be no such thing
as night or darkness.


The compulsory wearing of black among
Christian nations may be small matter to
the rich when one of their family or friends
departs to better world; but to the poor
it is a serious business, and adds new ter
rOr to the death which they deplore the
terror of an expenditure which they cam
not afford without depriying the living of
that which is necessary to their life, and
crippling their resources for many months,
or it may be years, of painful abnegation.
The luxury3of woe to the men and wo-
men of ten thousand a year may be as at
tractiVe luxury as any other, and the
black attire may be made as coquettish to
the female eve and mind as the gaudiest
colors in which it may please beauty to be-
diZen herself, or responsibility to make her
self look more seemingly respectable. But
to the woman in the middle or lower class,
with possibly half dozen children to fit
out with suits of the prescribed color of
death, the question of mourning, which
fashion forces upon the observance of rich
and poor alike, is one that may sometimes
be too closely connected with insolvency or
the pinching of the stomach to be agreea-
BILE to the contemplation of the head of the
family, or of her who claims to be more
than half the head and the whole heart of
tha establishment
Year: 1873

The City Council have recently erected Il
most substantial bridge, at the north end Of
Second street, across BaCon'a branch, but up
to this time the approaches to the ahutnenls
(Which arc elevated about ten feet above tie
original bod of the road) haye not lcen
filed, so that the access 10 the bridge at
either end is cut off. AS this bridge is on
an important thoroughtare, would you be
good enough to call to it the attention OF
the City Engineer and the Commissioners OF
Streets, and urge them to give the subject
their immediate attention, and thus confer
a great benefit On persons who have to travel
over this road: AN OLD CITIZEN.


18th December, 1878.


[rhe above reminds Us Of the so-calico
opening of First street. There are no pave
ments on the new square, and the old side
walks have been taken away so that, as lr
the case Of the bridge the people are really
not accommodated lis well rs they were ori
ginaly.]
Year: 1873

containing air, is possessed of i dangerous
property-that of quickly corrodiDg lead.
and thereby becoming poison. The netl-
| tral sails generally found in spring or river
| water do u good service in greatly modify
ing this danger. In some places ut the


North poisoning from the Use of by


And the eypedient of lining lead pipes with
block-tin has been adopted for security. No


case of lead-poisoning from such c,use has
ever occurred in Richmond; and the reason
is apparent. The pipes introduced into our
manently with surface of clay, which is q


perfect mechanical protection against any
action of the water on the lead, and has 4
further advantage in comparison with any
metallic lining-viz.. it is non-gavanic. A


thin layer of clay covering the water-pipes OF


Richmond would appear to be an insignltl.
cant affair, but none know the amount OF
disease which has been intercepted by It's
agency.


The clay in our water has been the SUBJ
ject of abuse for many years. Probably this
is the first time that the pen has been used
for its defence. 1t is hoped that this attempt


may convince our citizens that what they
have regarded as Il nuisance has been really


blessing from the hand of Providence. We


do not propose that muddy-looknS fluid


shall be drunk; let the clay remain in the
water, with all its protecting power, until it
is drawn from the pipes, and then it can be
separated by very simple and innocuous


process.


If the public feel interested in this subject
it may be we'll to say something soon about
reservoirs and the best means Of clearing


our potable fluid. PHARMAcEuTIsr.
[rhe Dispatch made last spring the same


statement as to the purifying power Of clay
which is here made 10y Pharmaceuti>t.'
Year: 1873

ASSEMBLY HALL.-The gentlemen owning
this hall have just put new furnace in the
building and the old one has been repaired
50 there being one at each end Of the house
no one will have cause to complain Of the
cold. The reason it was 80 cold last Sunday
was that the old furnace-grate had burnt out
and the furnace would not draw.
Year: 1873

TRIBBETT, OH Main street, second door above the
Dispatch Office, has the largest and best assortment
OF toys and other articles 10 that ne to be found In
the city. Call early and make your selection Will.
the stock is fresh and complete.
Year: 1873

Many of us pray to be delivered from
sudden death, and do we worry ourselves
into it? If we do, can we help it? To
most of us it is not given to choose our
lives, to avoid the rough places, to gently
shoulder to one side disagreeable facts.
We must climb over the rocks though
they hurt us sore, and the difficulties,
however they may annoy us, must be met
with brain fret and wear until they are
conquered, or we have passed them. They
are as real, living, annoying as any tangi-
BILE ache or pain could be; as bruising and
Irritating as the peas in the shoes of the
pilgrims of old. Nervous health is one
thing, and moral health and purely physi-
cal health is quite another and different
thing. Calm and steady mental work is
conducive to long life; but nervous emo
ton, mental work that is constant urg-
ing, and, at the same time, is an unhing-
ing of the even tenor of the mind, eats
away the brain faster than any mental la
Dor, no matter how hard, that is syste-
matte. AS men do not really die of heart
disease as often as supposed, but of apo
pleXy, or congestion of the lungs so they
do not die of brain work, but of brain
worry Scott died of it; Southey, Swift,
Horace Greeley, and probably Thackeray.
London Times.