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Year: 1871

PETERSBURG, April 6, 1871.
To the Editor of the State Journal.


have just learned, with much pleasure,
that you have made arrangements with
our indefatigable news-carrier, William M.
White, by which we shall hereafter have
the latest edition of your valuable paper
on our streets the night of publication. l
can assure you that this measure of busi-
ness enterprise will be duly appreciated by
this community.


We need an evening paper in this city,
but there are doubts about such an enter
prise meeting with that pecuniary success
that will warrant the risk. But hy getting
your paper each day nearly as soon as
many OF your readers in your own city
as we shall do by this arrangement-we
will have an evening paper of nearly as
much value to us.


And if you will have reporter here.
from whom you will receive daily letter,
we will certainly feel that we really have
an evening paper of our own.


Our police authorities are still after the
murderers of the late Charles Friend.
Some half dozen men have been arrested
and committed to Jail for trial next Satur-
day; but it is doubtful if the real culprit
has been found.


Still it is hoped that the arrest of these
parties may lead to the apprehension of
the villain who committed the foul deed
Of blood.


! will try and drop you letter
f1CrAoToNArr
Year: 1871

We print to-day the message Of the Pre-
sident, accompanying the report of the San
Domingo commission. It's spirit ought to
disarm factious opposition, and forestall
adverse criticism. He gives a simple, brief
statement of the history Of the negotiations,
and submits the whole case to the people,
expressing his confidence in their judg-
ment, and his full acquiescence in their
decision. We are sure that this message,
SO excellent in temper and statement, will
put the President right with all candid and
unprejudiced men.
Year: 1871

In is very probable that we will soon
hear Of the end Of the Paris revolution.
The recent defeats of tho insurgents and
their heavy loss in killed and wounded
will have wonderful effect in cooling
their military ardor. The appointment of
Mcmahon to the command OF the army of
the Versailles government will also have a
good moral effect. This impetuous and
able general will make short work of the
unorganized National Guards and their
incompetent leaders. Thiors and his col
leagues have evidently thrown off their
lsshargy and determined to suppress the
insurrection by the harshest measures.
There has been almost continuous fighting
since Sunday, which has resulted to the
advantage of the government.
Year: 1871

RICHMOND, April 5, 1871.


10 TIE Editor Of the State Journal.


Allow me to say few words through your
excellent paper, what l believe to be is lust
conclusion of the events of the future. Occu
pyipg position in life from which [ can sur.
vey and watch the progressive movements Of
the present age, and seeing the onward march
to victory of the grand and mighty army of
labor, struggling for the emancipation and
elevation of its millions, cannot help but see
the iuture greatness of the above institution
union OF be mechanics and men of labor.
An organization that has for its object the
consummation of as grand and noble prin-
clpies as were ever conceived by mortal
man-principles that encircle and entwine
everything. good and great that tends to
benefit and better the condition, morally.
socially and financially of all mankind-p
ccipes that will receive the attention OF the
best minds of the land; and, although I NAV
not live to realize and enjoy fully the great
good contemplated by this organization, mine
and other children, with future generations,
VIII receive the blessings contemplated by
their fathers Already the star of the Union
can be seen shining brightly in the zenith,
sending forth its radiance, and proclaiming
to the world that the mechanics of Virginia
nave struck for equal rights and principles
which they are entitled to receive and will
nave. MECHANIC.
Year: 1871

GLAND AND WATER. This is the title
of a very valuable journal, published in
London, which is devoted to practical
natural history, sea and river fisheries,
shooting, hunting, &c. From hasty
glance at the contents OF the number be-
fore us we can most heartily recommend
it to all classes in our State who are at all
interested in such matters. Mr.. J. @. A.
Warren, editorial correspondent aud repre-.
sentative of the paper, is now in our city
at the Ballard House, and will take plea
sure in giving our citizens any information
In his power in regard to these subjects
His present visit to the city is chiefly con-
nected with the introduction of the silk
worm in Virginia and the propagation Of
fish in our rivers and streams. We well
come Mr. Warren to our city, and trust
that his efforts may meet with liberal
success.
Year: 1871

Our correspondent with the Centennial
committee, now in Philadelphia, has fur
nished us with two or three good letters,
but, for some reason unknown to US, they
failed to reach us in time, and we were
compelled to use the accurate report of our
contemporary of the Philadelphia Press.
Year: 1871

"PETERs' MUSICAL MONTHLY" comes to
us for the month of April, and an exami-
nation of its contents affords more than
ordinary pleasure. The opening ballad,
'Send the Little Ones Happy to Bed," is a
perfect gem, and should be sung in every
home circle adorned by beautiful child
hood. There are a great many r,usical
periodicals throughout the land which
catch only the floating rubbish of song,
and are only so much accumulation Of
vulgar type, but the above magazine is
worthy place at every fireside, and we
feel confident is destined to enjoy more
than an ephemeral existence.
Year: 1871

+. Coroner Hermann yesterday held an inquest on the
body OF John w. Abhau, q German, twenty-four
years OF age, late conductor In the employ OF the
Belt Railroad Company, whose death resulted from
injuries accidentally received on the 2sth ultmo by
being run over by car No. l43 or the Belt Railroad
Company. Deceased was attempting TO Jump on
the 'front.' platform or the car while IL In motion
He blamed no one but himself for the accident.


case OF Henry Miller. who was run over by car 90
OF the Madison avenue line and had OF hts legs
crushed. While In the hospital Miller told one OF
his friends that neither the driver conductor OF
the car was to blame, as he attempted to get of
the front platform OF the car while IL In motion
without asking the driver to stop. The jury ren.
dered verdict Of accidental DEATH
Year: 1871

'Uncle Jimmy Cox" one OF our Oldest clt!-
zens, who has lived on Bull Run, in this county,
for seventy years, speaks thus of the early
times:


when my father moved here from Virginia,
his nearest neigbbor was four miles off, and all
the association we then had was at our gather
ings when we collected from a distance of seven
and eight miles to help each other wOrk-reap q
patch of wheat or build a house. Timber was
scarce then. A wagon and team could be
driven anywhere through our ridges which are
now covered with such fine timber The land
was overspread with pea vines, and horse
could be trailed ten miles through the vines
Game was abundant. ! have stood in one place
and shot three and four deer while they would
prance around me- Turkies we're too thick to
stir almost. We never fattened hogs but lived
on wild game. My smokehouse was scarcely
ever empty of venison, turkey or bear meat
from one year to another We raised very lit
tie grain-only patch of wheat, which we cut
with sickles; a scythe and cradle were then un-
known, not to speak of reaping machine
There were no schools. I never went to school
day in my life. Nor was there any preaching
we spent our Sundays in fishing and hunting
and when preaching did finally come about, we
all took our guns to church-thafs SO"


Three classes Of men have lived in my time;
One class came to this country for game; anOth-
er came and ripped up the rich soil and raised
big corn on it and wore it out, and now q class
are coming who must improve the soil before it
will make crop. Very few of my manhood
acquaintalces are now alive. Thomas Conner,
who lives on Beaver Greek, John Smith on
Adar's Creek, Thomas A. r. Nelson of Knox
vile, and Witt Cox on Bull Run, are all the
boys whom | now remember.


"When l was q youth, Knoxville was mere
bunch of log cabins, with two or three little log
-honses and log-house hotel l was we'll
acquainted with the Harpes, noted as the great
est desperadoes in time of the early settling of
our country They commenced their meanness
by milking their neighbors cows and such like
offences"


For this interesting bit of history we are in
debted to young friend who visited "Uncle
Jimmy and had a long conversation with him
which he reported to Us almost exactly as above
Year: 1871

An eminent New England physician has
remarked. after nearly forty years expert
ence, that when the fruit has been cut off
in the towns to which his practice was
mainly limited, there was always an in
crease of bilious troubles, and usually a
larger than an average amount of general
sick ness
Year: 1871

A western paper tells story of a man
who, having got into heavy purchase of
pork on a falling market, was overheard
praying in the following style; 80, Lord,
for my sake just advance hogs one cent per
hundred, and / wont pay but four dollars
Year: 1871

yTANTED--A SITUATION. BY A RESPECTABLE
w Protestant married coachman and groom no
objection the country best city reference on or ad
dress H. H. private Stable, z35 East Twentieth street.
Year: 1871

A CORRESPONDENT this morning asks
lorspecifc information touching the High
School project. We trust some advocate
of the enterprise will afford the desired
information. II it can be shown that a
High School can be established with com
paratively small expense, and without
injury to the ward schools, the main oh.
lcctions will have been overcome, but
until the proposed design is specifically
explained, no one can form an opinion
whether the two difficulties mentioned are
in the way or not, or can say as a iinality
that he is for the project or against ii.
As the public will have to foot the bill,
this Is properlya subject for popular in
vestigation and therefore it seems to us
desirable that the views Of the patrons of
the measure should be fully explained
through thcpress,
Year: 1871

In the manufacture of the little tutts
of artificial grass, sprinkled with glass
beads, to initiate dew drops, a viru-
lent poison is employed, which is a
compound of arsenic and copper. In
England where most of this deadly
grass is made, the color is applied by
women and children, who earn only
a miserable pittance by the work,
and who by inhaling the fumes of the
poison become dangerously sick, an .
even die. A reporter of the London
Daily Telegraph has been investi-
eating the business, and an article in
that newspaper says:


at is simple work and soon learn
ed, but a great deal of it must be
done to earn any money; and thus
plenty of the busted arsenic is imbib-
ed by these victims of the Ia mode
Our commissioner visited family en-
gagged in the preparation of this grass
of death. Little, pinched, white
faces, dull eyes circled with red, in
famed lids, perpetual catarrh, and
a constant wheeze in the throat mark
ed every member of the group. These
painful symptoms excite little notice;
they always occur when a large or
der for grass is obtained for such a
household. What is more serious in
the experience of these scatterers of
deadly dew-drops on deathful her
bage is when the ears bleed. at amt
a good sign many in our line get it, +"
said the mother of the family. But
the coughs the worst. The cough
caught from these sham pastures had
killed a beautiful little gal last year
She went on steadily bedewing the
DEVILS grass, as she told the story,
and the little girl beside her who had
the bleeding ears stopped them by a
piece of wadding out Of her brother
Joe's cap, and went on, too. Sneez-
ing and coughing, and hopping their
running eyes in the midst of the. arse
mic dust, the family could make twelve
shiIlings a week out of the business.
They had to work late and early,
though, and work all hands, bleed
ing or not bleeding, coughing or not
coughing, to earn as much as this"


When asked why she exposed her
self and her children thus to certain
death, the mother answered: "The
only trade we should find; if we cut
this, would be starvation"
Year: 1871

NJ. A. Boyd was yesterday brought
into Court before Judge Sherman,
and after a lengthy consultation with
his counsel, resolved to plead guilty
to the charge of having in possession
and selling counterfeit currency. He
was renlanded for sentence. The pub
lie will recollect the arrest of this man
some months ago, after a long and
very adroitly managed scheme. He
is the king counterfeiter and whole
sale dealer for Eastern Ohio. A great
many poor fellows are now confined
in State Prisons for passing money
that he sold them. A short time since
Marshal Hastings received a letter
from a convict who is serving term
in Vaupun State Prison, Wisconsin,
named Abraham Hall, who was sent
to the penitentiary for a term of five
years for eounterfeitiDg. Boyd fur
nished him with money. He thank
ed the Lord that Boyd had been
caught at last, after twenty-five years
of Iaw-breaking, as he had inveigled
a great many men into the business"
Boyd admits that he has been in the
business twenty-five years. The COM
munity may thank the adroitness and
efficiency of the officers of the Secret
Service Division for arresting such a
notorious character as Boyd.-CIeUe-
and Leader.
Year: 1871

sailor before the mast has by no meanl


the common liberty of the subject; foI


they will press him from a ship wherl


he has fifty shillings a month, anC


make him take twenty-three, and cut


and slash, and use him ike dog


And as to any considerable prefer.
rent in the navy, il is not to be ex.
pected, as there are alway so many
/ gaping for it here, who have interest
aud he has none"


He proceeds to tell her that, Vir.
ginia-planter, with three or four hun.
dred acres of land, and three or fOuI
slaves, has a great deal better chance
of winning a comfortable and inde-
pendent position, than even the cap
tain of merchant ship-and it was
far from easy to get to be captain.
George" he concluded, must not
be in too great haste to be rich, nor
aim at being a fine gentleman before
his time :" but Ego on gently and
with patience" The mother accepted
this view of the situation, and the
boy was not cut and slashed on board
ship. He learned, as we all know,
the business of a surveyor, and prae-
tieed that vocation until the death of
his brother gave him a competent
estate.


He was Colonel commanding the
Virginia troops, twenty-seven years
of age, and shining with the lustre OF
the fame recently won on BraddOck's
field, when first the rich young widow
Curtis cast upon him admiring eyes.
He was riding, booted and spurred,
in hot haste, from headquarters to the
capital of the province, where he was
to confer with the Governor concern
ing the defence Of the frontiers.
Within a few miles of his destina-
ton, ne was pressed by friend to
stay to dinner, With extreme reluc-
tance he consented, intending to
mount the moment the meal was over.
At the table he met the widow, and
was eaptivated. The horses were
paving at the door, but the young
Colonel came not forth. The after
noon flew by, yet he came not. Eve
ming drew on, the horses were taken
back so the stable; Colonel Washing
ton had made up his mind to stop all
night. 1t was not till the next MORN
ing that he rode away.


Within a year they were married
at the white House." which was
her home, and they took up their
abode at Mount Vernon soon after.
Her first husband had left a vast
estate in lands, and forty-five thous-
and pounds in money, One-third Of
which was hers, and now became the
joint property of Colonel Washing
ton and herself. By their marriage,
he became one of the richest men in
Virginia. She gained an excellent
husband, and her three children
wise and careful father


If any lady in Virginia could claim
exemption from the cares and labors
of a household, on account of her
wealth and social stOnding, it was
Mrs. Washington. She had been an
heiress and a beauty. For generations
her ancestors had been persons Of
wealth and high consideration. Her
first husband possessed a great fort
une, and her second was the most
illustrious parsonage of his time.
But she deemed it q privilege to at
tend to the details of housekeeping,
and regarded the days when she was
obliged to shine in the drawing-rOom,
as "lost."
Year: 1871

The resident Poles in New York
have been very much excited over
the discovery of plot to assassinate
the Grand Duke Alexis on his arrival
in the United States, and they have
held q meeting to take measures TO
prevent anything Of the kind Ii
such a plot really does exist. our Gov
eminent ought to. and doubtless will,
make provisions for the security OF
our royal visitor.
Year: 1871

[The following communication reached us too late for publication, last week. ED. ENo.1

 The Good Templars of this place had a picnic on the 18th ut. Our excursion was to Quasapaug pond. and there was rowing and sailing, though no racing, or even courting that know of. This last species of amusement is sometimes charged upon our fraternity. We'll, what better spot in which to make promises, Or call them out, than where the head is as clear as it should be with nothing stronger than lemonade. and in the Good Templar's lodgel We have no objection. we own. to match-mak- ing among us; if only that be not made the prominent thing. Our main object is to raise the fallen, and save the young from falling at all! a
Year: 1871

To REGULAR CoRREsPoNDENTs.- do not wish to be exacting of correspondents at this busy season of the year; but we have had so little help of late from most of our regular correspondents that we feel that we have right to complain. Were it not for ''occasionals" our county cores. pondence would not be what our readers have a right to expect.
Year: 1871

Much has been said of the intense heat of
the fires which destroyed Peshtigo, Meme
kaune, Williamsonville, &c., but all that
has been said cannot give the stranger even
q ialnt conception Of the reality. The heat
has been compared to that engendered by a
flame concentrated ON an object by blow
pipe, but even that would not account for
some of the phenomena. For instance, we
have in our possession copper cent,
taken from the pocket of dead
man in the Peshtigo Sugar Bush
which will illustrate our point. This cent
has been partially fused but still retains its
round form and the inscription upon it is
leglble. Others IN the same pocket were par
tally melted off, and yet the clothing and
body OF the man were not even singed. We
do not know any way to account for this,
unless, as is asserted by some, the tornado
and fire were accompanied by electrica lphe-
nomena.


The house, barn and fences of Mr.. Hill.
of the upper Sugar Bush, were burned. and
Mr.. Hill and his family all lost. By the
side of the family was narrow alley. lust
wide enough to drive through. In this al
ley stood a wagon, and while the barn and
fence were entirely destroyed, the wagon
box was not even snged.


Alf Phillips's house, in the upper Sugar
Bush, was destroyed, but the family es-
capped. They state that two opposite cur
rents of air apparently struck the house,
which was sixteen by twenty-four feet, and
carried it bodily into the air they think 100
feet. In the air it burst into flames, and in
few minutes was entirely destroyed. The
house was not on fire when it left the
ground.


We do not believe that any other ex-
planation Of the great calamity can be made,
than that it was caused by fire, wind and
electricity. Green Bay Adoocate.
Year: 1871

CANDIDATES. ATTENTION! y We
have several times charged that by fraud
and other unfair means, the Republican
party Of Richmond has been cheated out Of
the results of the election. 1t is the in
tention of the Democrats to do the same
thing again, this time, Unnecessary. The
law allows each party to have two of their
members to see the ballots counted. Let
the Republican candidates at once select
two men to 60 to each precinct and demand
their admission, as provided by law. A
failure to do this, puts it in the power Of
the Democrats to swindle us as they have
done heretofore.
Year: 1871

LADY INJURED. dusk yester-
day afternoon, on Broad street, between
Third and Fourth, an elderly lady attempt
ed to alight from one of the street cars re-


turning from Hollywood. The boy pre-
maturely gave the signal to start, and the
lady fell, her hand catching in the iron
guard which passengers take hold of in get
ting on or off. She was dragged some ten
or fifteen feet before the driver could make
another stop. The affair created conside-
rable excitement for time. The lady.
whose name we did not learn, seemed to
be considerably injured.
Year: 1871

AN APOLOGY TO THE REPUBLICAN N
PARTY.-A friend of ours requested us
yesterday, to state there would be a Re-
publican meeting last night at place
called 'Houck's Hail." on Broad street.
We regret to find this a mistake, as the
party is usually more select in choosing a
place to hold its meetings. Seriously, we
are at a loss to know which would be most
damaged by meeting there, Houck's Hall
or the Republican party ; neither of them
being too respectable in Richmond.


A EuInber of our friends express great
indignation this morning at our mistake.
They declare no authority was given any
one to say the party scoald hold sneeting
at such place.
Year: 1871

If there is q Republican in this city en-
titled to vote and has not done so yet, we
beg him to go at once to the polls and exer-
else the duty and the privilege of every free
man. W.


We have not failed to observe that our
opponents are actively working for their
ticket. They will have no laggards to-day.


To the polls, then, every Republican vo-
ter in the city. Let nothing keep you
away, if you are a legal voter. One vote
mayndecide the contest. There is time
while the sun shines, but the earlier you
get your vote in the better. You can then
have time to hunt up some one else who
has not voted.


BE firm but respectful in the exercise of
your rights. There is no occasion fol ex-
citement, but there is every occasion in the
world for firmness, decision and zeal for
the good cause.
Year: 1871

BRAG's A GOOD Doc, Bur HOLD
FAsT's A BETTER ONE.-Let Democrats
brag as much as they choose, but it is the
duty of every Republican to go silently to
work.


Work, and the greatest number of votes
is what should win. Let us try it this time,
as Bloomer is not here.
Year: 1871

LOOK OUT FOR RAsCALrrY.7-B Bad
white men are taking advantage of colored
men by giving them ''bogus" Republican
tickets. II you can't read yourself, get
some one who you can 'swar byn to tell
you what is on the ticket before you deposit
If