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Year: 1873

EFFORTS TO RECOVER THE GOLD.


The British government of course lost
little time in endeavoring to raise the sunk
en- vessel but the war came to a close, and
their forces were obliged to retire from
the country and to abandon the Hussar's
guineas as well as other treasures that
they had esteemed as their own.


Even after peace was declared the Eng
lish, being naturally unwilling to quit
such a property sent out regular expe-
dition furnished with all appurtenances,
and its officers built upon the shore of the
land nearest the wreck Il small hut of
logs and stones which is now inhabited by
fisherman. Stories are told of great
scenes of feasting and revel that took
place in that strange spot, and ca
pacious wine cellar Now degraded to the
use of the hens) is still to be seen.


The government of the United States
objected to the presence Of the wrecking
expedition Of foreign country in our
waters. Accordingly the brig and all her
crew were recalled by the home powers,
Year: 1873

PREPARrNa TO TEAR 0UT.--The owners
Of the Hunsberger building at the foot
Of Market street, are preparing to tear
out the North end for the Water street wi
dening. The foundations are being laid for an
inner wall, and as soon as it is built the outer
one will be pulled down.
Year: 1873

In the resumption of dealings on the Stock Ex.
change without new features Of distrust came the
full recognition in the other markets OF that par
tcular inter-medium which had given them such
Telief-viz., rest. The foreign exchanges worked
more freely as currency flowed more naturally
through its accustomed channels, gradually loosen
ing the intricate machinery involved in CONNER
cal progress that had become distract. one OF the
most curious features of this panic has been the
hood OF light II has thrown upon the operations OF
the street. Time was when the average reporter
approached this ground with distrustlul
sense OF his own knowledge; but to-
day he has overborne that, and brought
instruction where he looked for lessons
Our people are too imperfecty educated; their
minds trained for particular groove. run in the
little world In which they are educated Thus the
philosopher taking leave OF their anxieties, feels
relief in escaping from narrow stage into the
broad arcanum OF q national or human enort.
The seiI-protecting efforts OF the banks were re-
warded yesterday by flow OF currency thlther.
Money became easier under such influence, the
foreign exchanges worked more harmonlously and
the clogged wheels OF commerce, so long checked,
turned, heavily at first but finally into their ac-
customed ruts. Thus ends the great panic OF '7S,
and thus do we take leave OF another epocha
period IN our commercial history.
Year: 1873

Is there a single intelligent man in the
limits Of this commonwealth who believes
that, if elected governor, Colonel Hughes
would permit any legislation hostile to the
interests of his native state /? Is there an
intelligent man who believes that he would
permit the white race to be in any manner
compromised or injured by the negroes :?
That he would permit any advantage to be
taken of party triumph, to exalt one race
at the expense of the other? We under
take to say that there is no such man who
reads the papers. This is sufficient an
swer to the long and dreary TRADES Of the
Richmond press against him, as an asso-
ciate and ally of negroes, who will bring
upon the state all the evils which have be-
fallen "negro rule"


Let not the white people Of Virginia be
deceived by such nonsense. We can point
to abuses under the rule of whites every
where. If it were desirable we could re-
call the history Of Democratic states, both
north and south. to supply examples Of
white rule. fully equal in vllainy to any
thing which may be cited in states where
negroes have the majority. The Demo-
cratic city Of New York, with its Tweeds,
Halls. Fisks, Goulds, and lesser scamps,
is quite too fresh in our memory to allow
a monopoly Of personal honesty or party
purity to be claimed by the Democracy,
which has in Virginia the local alias Of
"Conservatiye." The only questions now
for each voter are: ''Do you agree in spirit
with us !? Can you endorse our platform ?
Have we presented candidates that you
can respect?'' Will any Virginian fear to
entrust his interests with such a man as
Colonel Robert w. Hughes ? Will the
bugbear of negro supremacy frighten
away from such noble son of Virginia
his old associates in war and peace ? We
do not believe it. A man who has
shown his devotion to his state SO fully !;
whose lifelong labor it has been to elevate
and aggrandize her; whose great powers
have been always at her disposal, and
whose illustrious career is part of her
fame, will not be rejected at the beck Of
party leaders, upon such miserable and
frivolous grounds, as the fear that he will
betray her people. We do not propose to
Seriously debate such charge. Colonel
Hughes is too well knoWa to need vindica-
ton when his patriotiam is questioned.
His vote in November will show of how
little consequence such absurd charges are
considered by the people.
Year: 1873

Yesterday we engaged new ''local"-.
that is, a new assistant. The old one We
had last week evinced almost human intel
ligence, but as general rule his time was
50 fully occupied in trying to throw four
skies against some barkeeper's tray
that we didn't receive much benefit from
his labors. We can't say that as pur-
veyor of news the new one is much better.
He was out all day yesterday, and after
the paper had gone to press he rushed into
the office with his first and only item. We
give it verbatim.


"STARTLINa Academia horse
ran away about half hour ago, hitched to
buggy. II some folks who was crossing
the street awhile before he came along
they would have got hurt at tremendous
rate OF speed at their legs, etc., would
have got broke, if they hadn't got out o
the way."--Stochtoa (Califoraia) Gazette
Year: 1873

The Personal of tho Lynciaburg Com


ventiOn.


A disposition to stamp with inferiority
the members of the Lynchburg convention
seems quite general among the northern
opposition press. The charge is wholly
baseless and unjust. An unusually large
number of able men were included among
the delegates. They were generally men
of superior intelligence. A majority of
them were white men, sturdy sons of the
mountains and valley. who come up to
help free Virginia from the grasp of the
dead past, and infuse into its torpid blood
the life Of new policy. The New York
Tribune certainly cannot be accused Of par
tiality for our ticket, but it is sufficiently
just to recognize the value Of this last fact
to us. 1t says in yesterdays issue:


'sThe appearance for the first time IN a
Republican state convention in Virginia of
considerable number of native born white
citizens is one of the good signs of the
times. If the farmers Of Virginia, the
property-owners, and those most interest
ed in the welfare of the state, can Law
aside their prejudices and act in convention
| with the blacks, they will be doing q
very sensible and .judicious thing. They
may not accomplish all they desire this
year or next. but they are laying the foun-
datlon for healthy political influence with
the blacks, which will give them an oppor-
tunity to counteract much of the mischief
of the carpet-baggers. The crude per-
formances of the colored men themselves in
these conventions are more or less amusing,
but they do no harm. and really furnish an
excellent school for them to learn the du.
ties and privileges of citizens"
Year: 1873

ARM BROKEN. MIR. A. nj. Brownell
had the misfortune to slip and fall on the
pavement on Broad street last night about
ten o'clock and broke his arm between
the elbow and wrist. lie suffers very much
from pain although his arm has been set.
Year: 1873

KANSAS CITY, August "A special
dispatch to the Times from Cherry Vale,
Kansas, says Colonel York has received
intelligence that more bodies have been
discovered at the Bender graveyard, and
that no clue as to the whereabouts OF
the Bender family had been obtained.
Year: 1873

CONTINUED Mike Sullivan, charged
with feloniously assaulting and cutting
William Slater with knife, had q partial
hearing in the police court this morning.
The case was continued until Tuesday next
on account of the absence of the wounded
man, and the accused bailed in the sum Of
500
Year: 1873

DEATH OF THE MOTHER OF Coll
LECToR BURGESS Mrs. Louis Burgess,
the mother of Collector Rush Burgess,
of this city. died at the residence of a son
in Dinwiddie yesterday, at the advanced
age of seventy-two years. She will be bur
ried from the First Baptist church of Peters
burg tomorrow afternoon at o'clock. She
was lady of many most estimable quali-
ties, and true womanly characteristics, full
of loving kindness towards all, good
mother, and one whose loss will be deep
ly regretted and mourned by all who knew
hap
Year: 1873

This is the sixth and last day of the Spring
raco meeting OF tue American Jockey Club. There are
four highly interesting todays programme Of
sport Of the being that greatest OF all at


fractions the multitude sceplc chase over course
OF neatly two miles aud half, In which nearly thirty
exciting leapsare be taken by the horses engaged IN
Year: 1873

THE OLD TESTAMENT FOR CHILDREN.
The literal Scripture addresses the
sense of the sensuous mind, the COM
mon historical understanding its sup
port is concealed its significance is
suggested {; it conveys truth, but does
not tell it in plain speech Doctor
Wilkinson of London, one of the most
enthusiastic and brilliant expositors of
Swedenborg, says, in the preface to his
biography of him, that children ought
to be everlastingly grateful to the Swe-
dish seer for presenting the Old Testa-
ment to them as a book of fairy tales ;
for that, he says, is precisely what the
literal Bible is a book for SAildren. If
you wish to get at the soul of it, the
book for men, that is another thing.
Only spiritual people can apprehend
that. Spiritual things must be spiritu-
ally discerned the letter of it which
we peruse with the outward eye Is SYM
bolic, of little moment. Scriptures
that have no spiritual sense have no
sense worth making out.
Year: 1873

WESTERN FARMERS AND THE RAIL
RoADs.-The movement among the wes-
tern farmers against the extortionate
charges on the railroads seems to be
not only growing in extent, but to be
also assuming a phase of immediate
practicability, Kansas and Illinois
have had their conventions on the sub
ject in Minnesota they have busted
themselves in organizing for obtaining
their domestic supplies without the in
terposition of too many middle-men.
From private sources we learn that the
measure has gone so far that more than
twenty stores have been closed in the
town of Fairbault, Minnesota, alone,
the stores established by the grange
having all the custom. These associa-
tions are also holding back their grain
from shipment while it is said that
negotiations are on foot between them
and the labor organizations of the east,
in order to arrive at a mutual under
standing for their future plans. THE
Graphic.
Year: 1873

After short visit home, the Vice
President is going South-probably to
remain several weeks. During Il part
of The time he Will be the guest Of Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, at her Floridsa
residence. While as well as ever iii
other respects, he still suffers from the
blood lef. on his brain by the breaking
of a blood vessel, last May. His ply
sicians say that it Will require several
months yet for him TO get entirely rid
of this, and that he will be fortunate if
the end OF a year finds him quite well.
a similar difficulty once kept Professor
Agassiz three years from all work, but
he recovered completely.
Year: 1873

Complaints are made that the great
national Yellowstone park is being rob-
bed of its fine mineral specimens and
otherwise despoiled by tourists. The
trouble is attributable to the fact that
its keepers salary was not provided for
by Congressional appropriation.
Year: 1873

Reflect that sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connubisl
happiness. Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filed with
the melancholy reflection that tue happiness OF
another is blighted with our own.
Year: 1873

the fund, and the protection Of him.
self and those to whom the law shall
finally give the money. He further
expresses the firm belief that the
Court at its next session will order
the refunding Of the money to those
from whom it was collected. Then
each man will receive his own, with
interest. The responsibility Of his
action Mr.. Baker carries upon his
own shoulders, and has no disposi.
ton to shift it upon his party or any
other person or persons.


This matter is being used very in
dustriousiy against the Republican
party and against Mr.. Welch the
Republican nominee for Treasurer.
The people must Judge whether or
not any wrong has been done, and
whether it should reflect upon any
man or men now upon the Republi-
can ticket.
Year: 1873

Itis great blessing to have by nature Q strong constitution, but not than half of the in habitants of the civilized world are thus provided Many constitutions are feeble to begin with many others, originally vigorous, crippled by over- exertion, dissipation, unhealthy surroundings, grief, privation or some other portentous cause, before the prime of life is attaaed. But is this an evil without remedy a palliativeP No con- stitutions can be replaced. Hundreds of thousands ofinstances might be adduced in which constitu- tiona1 decay has been arrested by the continuous of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters an invigorant It is constitutional strength that enables one man to recover from disease which would be mortal to another destitute of this element of resistance Whenever a malady of any kind btains foothold in any part of the human body, and becomes a chronic fixture there it is proof positive that the constitu ion has been mastered by the disease and urgently l. quires help. In such case Hcstetters Bitters should be taken at least three times day, until the natural powers of the system recruit ed. Then the morbid principle which generated influence of animal vigor, aided by the toning regulating lruirying operation of the Btters upon organ organs in which the ailment is located There is nothing like this mighty tonic 10 "prop the falliuR,n
Year: 1873

|E 7EFe- 5s~ mas 10 say

 E. c. Thomas, a son of Rev. E. Thomas, one of the Peace Commission murdered by the Modocs, has written to friend, in which he says: eff the severest punishment be visited upon the hostile Indians, let peace and justice and security be still sought for others. Fathers heart was in the cause in which he gave his life, and the cause is worthy and must be persevered in. We suffer for the i'll deeds of our own race, and must still suffer, perhaps. But we owe it to ourselves and to the Indians to persevere. I hope you are with me still in this. 1 hope Gen. Grant is. The Indians must know our power, and that our mercy is not cowardice-th must know our word is true. I speak for myself, and I hope I may be en- titled to some consideration. am not asking for false mercy, or that the frontiersman be exposed to any avoid able risk of life and property.

 The Indians are what they are, be- ieve, because the whites with whom they are in contact have been what they have been. We are to blame; not the poor Modocs; but the rapacious, law less, perfdious whites are guilty of his blood. We blame no one for his death. Now that the first shock has passed ] away, we find more to rejoice in than to 1 mourn over. He was eady-always ready. His heart was only love. How any man or beast could meet the kind smile of that face, and do the old man | harm, | cannot understand. In the | fuDness of his power, in the ripeness of his manhood, when he was living every day so near the heavenly world, and was always in near communion with the better land, God took him higher at once, painless. To few men, compara- lively, is it given to die like martyr, l and for your agency in thus securing the past of 8 glorious life in the ser vice of his Church and his fellow-men, | and insecuring the future to him and us, l I thank you. We will pluck. up our hearts, and follow on till God grants us the blessings of death. a

 This furry will soon pass over. With out saying anything now, let the Gov ernment adhere to it's grand purpose to be just and true to these children of the land. Don't let the precious blood of the dead be only the signal for an insaneS crusade for vengeance. Let it not be for war alone. They died who lived for peace. To be sure peace will come through war, but not by exter- imitation.

 Mother bears it well; so do the chil- dren. We are happy because he is happy beyond the chance of suffering. And he did suffer here, and suffering made him perfect. He was already beyond the reach of malice to anger or provoke him, but not of course, tc wound his soul. And now his cup is full of joy."
Year: 1873

A STRANGE DEFENCE. Recently $1O,- 900 were awarded by an English jury as damages to a maiden of twenty six, against widower of forty-two, who had failed to carry out marriage contract His defence was that the promise was conditional on the acquiescence of his three eldest daughters, one of whom was eighteen years old, four brothers and sisters of his deceased wife, and his ancient maiden aunt. The jury con- sidered that any man who could be so foolish as to look for the unanimous consent of all of these parties, should pay a round sum for a little wisdom.
Year: 1873

consequence is, that the savage inhales
through his nostrils an atmosphere heated
and purified by special apparatus, while
the other inspires through his mouth an
atmosphere too cold and impure for the
delicate respiratory organs. Hence the
prevalence in civilized countries of
bronchial and pulmonary diseases, and
especially of that fell scourge, consump-
ton. Mr.. Catlin buttresses his main
argument by others of various sorts, not
the least convincing of them being contain
cd in his amusing illustrative sketches. No
doubt he rides his hobby too hard and too
far, but what he says is not devoid of a
good deal of truth. In another of its
aspects. the habit referred to is equally
reprehensible. Every one who has seen
and heard Paterfamilias take his post
prandial nap in certain positions in his
easy-chair, must admit that sleeping open
mouthed is practice not conducive to
beauty, either facialon sonorous. Both on
sanitary and 3thestic grounds, therefore,
we cannot do better than advise the reader
to practise in sleep the laconc injunction
which forms the title of Mr.. CatIin's book
Shut your naouth-Cham5er S Journal
Year: 1873

NoIsELEss FoRoEs-The greatest forces
in nature are the most nolseless. Light
is one. 1t comes in with velvet feet, roll
ing back the darkness, drying up the
mists, starting afresh the springs of life,
purifying the air of its noxious gasses, yet
does its work SO quietly that the slumbers
of an infant are not disturbed. Growth
and development are other noiseless forces.
If the expansion of fibre and frame, the
swelling of muscles and vibrating of
nerves, the heart beats, and currents of
blood, which are continually going on in
our bodies, were in proportion to their
action, like the clatter of machinery, what
deafenng din they would make, If the
forces which send up each spire of grass,
and lift plants and trees to their places,
bursting seeds and breaking the ground
above them if those long fingers, which
reach down from the sun like hydraulic
rams, drawing water from rivers, lakes
and ocean; all these operations or
milIionth palt of them were to give forth
a sound kindred to the noise of human
activities, what bedIam the world would
be! But they act noIselessly, yet so might
ly as to demonstrate beyond question. that
the greatest forces work silently. The
same is true of moral and social influences.
The weight of word, the force of truth
the power of a principle, in the mind or
heart Of a man, that changes, corrects or
governs his life, gave no report at the
moment they reached him. They fell as
silently as the snow-fakes fall into the
water and are swallowed up. The revo-
lutons and conflicts that are going On in
society work quietly until the hour of
their outbreak. The still small roice y
was mightler to the prophet of Horeb than
the earthquake, the fire or the tempest.
The quiet life, the gentle ways, and the
loving hearts of the mothers, are greater
in their influence on the characters and
destines Of their children than ali the
forums or pulpits in the land. The silent
tongue Of the press, that goes into every
intelligent home, is more powerful than
the most eloquent orators. The legisla-
tion of the country and the morals of
society have their palladium in the noise
less but mighty forces that are working in
the hearts and brains of the people. Intelii-
gence is the mother of the peace and
prosperity of the State butt works quiet
ly.-ProUidence Journal.
Year: 1873

the Quaker took his place by his side,
giving the new conner the middle of the
seat. The driver, who was frightened
out of his wits, now set forward at rap
id rate. The lively gentleman soon re-
covered his yivacity. He was especially
facetious on the Quaker's prowess.


Sooner than we expected the coach
stopped where we were to have supper
and change of horses. We had deferred
redistribution of our effects until we
should reach the place, as the dim light
of the coach-lamp would have rendered
the process somewhat difficult. 1t was
now necessary, however, that it should be
attended to at once, as our jovial compan
ion had previously announced his inten-
tion OF leaving US at this point. He pro-
posed a postponernent until after sup
per, which he offered to 60 and order.


May" urged the Quaker, with an ap-
proach to abruptness, and laying his hand
on the others arm, ss<business before plea.
sure, and for business there is no time like
the present"


"Will the be good enough to search
the prisoner p he said to me, still keeping
his hand in friendly way upon the pas
senger's arm.


L did SO, but not one of the stolen arti-
cles could be found.


"He must have got rid of them In the
coach, the gay gentleman suggested, and
Immediately offered to 90 in search.


"Stop!" thundered the Quaker, tighten
ing his grasp.


The man turned pale and struggled to
release his arm. In an instant one Of the
pistol was eveled at his heart


"Stir hand or foot and you are dead
man.


The Quaker must have been awfully ex-
cited so completely to forget both the
language and the principles of his persua-
sion. Placing the other pistol in my hand
with directions to fire at either of the two
men that made a suspicious movement, he
went to work on the Lothario, from whose
pockets, in less time than it takes to tell
1t, he produced every item of the missing
property, to the utter amazement of the
two ladies, who had begun in no measur.
ed terms, to demonstrate against the
shameful treatment the gentleman was
receiving.


The Quaker, | need scarcely add, was
no Quaker at all, but shrewd detective
who had been set on the track of band
of desperadoes, Of whom our middle ged
friend-who didn't look near so middle.
aged when his wig was off-was the chief
The robbery had been adroitly planned
The leader of the gang had taken passage
in the coach, and after learning, as be
supposed, our defenceless condition, had
given the signal to his companions by
throwing out the scrap of paper already
mentioned. After the unexpected cap
ture of the first robber, it was attempted
to save the booty by secretly passing it
to the aceomplice, still believe to be un
suspected, who counted on being able t.
make off with it at the next stopping
place.


The result was that both, for a season
did the State some service"