Daily Dispatch, Volume 39, Number 40, 16 August 1870 — Page 2

TUESDAY AUGUST 16, IS 70. The Metropolitan District The Journal, the Kepuhlican orsan of this city, shows ft* persistent opposition to roitTKK as the representative of this district. It plainly stigmatizes him as "a fourth-rate pettifogging demagogue," whom it is an insult to the intelligent people of the district to elect. The Journal as follows describes the man that should be nominated by a nominating convention which is to he held :

'The man we send should, fn the first place, be a gentleman of refinement and pood sense, of name and character at home, and of sufficient reputation abroad to make his influence felt. He ought to bo thoroughly acquainted with our wants and Ikin full sympathy with tlic entire population. Ho should be above all selfish aim?, and distinguished for the hroade.-tand most liberal views on the great, political and social " ,1poing and all, ? Would desire to be repre* ? troon who would run from danger when threatened or tamelvsufmnt to the reproach of being deficient in manly courage.'

Hani hit at Porter. As to the man whose character is drawn here, can such a one l>e found with such politics? There wa* n time ivhcn *' Republican " meant something. The great party of 1S00 that was Republican included in its lists some of the greatest men the country has produced. The party now bearing the name Is only a war party. It has no distinctive principles l?eyond opposition to the rebellion that we know of ; and as there is no rebellion there is nothing for it to stand upon. True, it claims the reconstruction acts as reflecting its policy ; but their wisdom is doubted by the best men of the party. They were the vents for the lingering passions of war, and were punishments and persecutions instead I of f>eing means for restoring peace and harmony to the Union. The war party is no longer needed, and should naturally die with the rccstablishinent of peace. The Congressional Districts. In the first congressional district AVklls's majority was 1,715. In the second it was 5,183. In the third it was 1,891. In the fourth it was 1,12.3. In the fifth congressional district Walker's majority was 3,114. In the sixth it was 11,544. In the seventh it was 4,736. In the eighth it was 8,354. It is certain that four of the congressional districts are safe for the Conservatives. The vote in the Abingdon district was : Walker, 15,114 ; W ells, 0,200. So t hat it Terry and McMcllin were to divide the Conservative strength equally between them no Radical could be elected. A small gain will give us also the first, the third, and the fourth districts.

The Republican Strength in this District.? In this congressional district, eonfisting of the city of Richmond and the counties of Amelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Goochland, Hanover, llenrico, New Kent, and Powhatan, AY ki.ls received 17,351 votes, and Walker received 35,457? a majority for "Wells of 1 ,S9-1 votes. 1'okter received but 17,311 votes. It is evident that a change of less than a thousand votes will give us the district ; and as there are nine counties and one city in the district, this result would seem by no means difficult of accomplishment. A change of 100 votes in each will effect it. Local Interests and Railroads. Railroads have produced a great revolution, social, commercial, and political ; yet their agencies arc not fully developed, nor have the laws which must finally control them been fully understood. In this country the area is so immense, and the trade between distant points so active, that the minds of railroad officials have been confused. The magnitude and grandeur of railroad agencies have diverted their attention from intervening interests and matter. of minor extent, but very serious importance. Glancing from the rising to the setting sun, they forget the intervening space, and devote their plans and actions to the extremes. There must be a corrective of this prevailing disposition of railroad management. Railroads took the place of land-carriage by the wagons and teams of old times. These permeated the entire country, and distributed equally to the extent of their capacity the benefits of commerce. It is but just to the people that the agency which succeeds the old means of transportation should be fair and equal in the dispensation of its benefits. Communities should not be deprived of the advantages of their nearness to market by subjecting them to charges for transportation greater than those imposed upon populations a hundred miles further off. It will be found ultimately by all roads that the building up of the local trade is their true policy. Railroad companies may be compared to the owners of immense estates. All the territory near enough to their lines to use them for transportation may be considered as managed for their benefit. It is their interest that it should be rapidly improved and peopled. For thus their transportation and travel are multiplied, and their revenues continually increased. The managers of the estate should be stimulated to increase its production. Every inducement should be offered for this purpose. It there is any article of value, either agricultural or mineral, that cannot pay the tariff upon it, and must be lost, that tariff should be lowered until it, so to speak, lifts up the article and conveys it to market, making it a thing of value instead of an incumbrance upon the earth. Thus the railroad company may make itself as a thrifty landlord, its receipts multiplying in geometrical order- its line showing its own liberal policy in the well-tilled farms, the bright and happy villages, the lively, contented, and thrifty population that at every station appear to look after the brisk commerce which has grown up through an enlightened and wise policy. This policy has broader benefits. It increases the growth and wealth of the State and promotes the industry and public virtue of the communities who are its beneficiaries. It stimulates industry, encourages economy, and diminishes idleness. With this enlightened view guiding and governing the rulers of great roads, and with the ultimate adoption of the narrow gauge road to supply the wants of wide strips of country intervening between the trunk railways, we may imagine a perfect state of railroad transportation, and the equal and general extension of railway facilities to the whole of society. In this State we proceed slowly towards this liberalized system. A little light has been shed, and some relaxation in the harsh dealings with local interests has taken place. There is great room for improvement. We confess that, owing to the prostration of our State and the strange direction given to our railway routes, much difficulty has arisen in the way of a better policy than that which has prevailed. But this difficulty is gradually diminishing, and a few

vears will produce a great change for the better. If is gratifying to know that a gentleman who sustains an important relation to the railroad interests of this State is fully impressed with the advantages to the people, to the State, and to the railroads, of this liberal system of local freights. Mr. Huntington, the president of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, entertains the most enlightened views on the subject. " The little basket," says he, "is the thing to be cherished by the railway." The little trade of the small farmer and the fabrics of the village manufacturer - the productive industry of all and their fares in pursuing their trade with the large city - these are the cream of railroad business. This will be his policy. He will endeavor to mark his linens with milestones with flourishing villages, and will use every effort to promote industry, improvement, and thrift every.

where. We do not fear that such policy will not become general when peace is entirely restored and we emerge from the wilderness in which we have been so long detained. We shall then have an independent and active commerce, and the agricultural and manufacturing industry will assume that potent influence that will bring about justice and establish regulations of transportation that will facilitate trade and enterprise and make a new State of old Virginia. Wc received yesterday a letter from the Rockbridge Baths, which (letter) wc should have published if it had been written on but one side of the paper. To C. 13. L.? Your communication was received.

New books. The denial Showman. Betas Reminiscences ol* 1 lie Life of Artemus Ward and Pictures! of a Showman's Career in the Westem World. By Epward J\ IIingstox. New York : Harper & Brothers. Artemus was a genial showman ; gentle, kind, and sincere. He never wounded the feelings of anybody but his humor, which flowed out unbidden and fresh as the pure water from the fountain, inspired good feeling and mirth with all. His wit was most peculiar. At lirst blush it seemed 110 wit ; but the bursting laughter it always called forth proved that it was. It was mainly the placiiiii of things in surprising and irresistibly ludicrous juxtapositions ; but there was that cunning and arch-suggestiveness in a great deal that he so quaintly said th:it embodied the best sort of wit. This bookis a gathering up of his remains or a good part of them, and presenting them in connection with a biographical sketch. For sale by Bates & Wadpy Brothers. The Xeic Timothy. By W. M. Baker, author of " Inside,'* *" Oak Mot," ** The Virginians in Texas," etc. New York : Harper it Brothers. This is a novel, and for sale by Bates & Waddy Brothers. LOCAL MATTERS. Meeting of German Sympathizers. ? A mass meeting of Germans was held last night at Schott's Ilall, on Broad street, in pursuance of a resolution adopted at a former meeting held a few nights since. Mr. (J. A. Peple, vice-president, called the meeting to order, and delivered a very happy and appropriate speech in regard to the objects of the meeting, aud congratulated the large assembly on the success of the German anns in the recent engagements on the banks of the Rhine. His remarks were greeted with loud applause. The minutes of the last meeting were then read; after which Mr. Peplc introduced to t lie meeting Mr. llanewiukel, who was elected president at the last meeting. Upon taking the chair the President thanked theni for the honor done him during his absence from the city, and in brief terms alluded to the objects of the organization, and said that not only their sympathy should he shown towards their st niggling countrymen, but that they should aid them in a more sul*tanlial manner. He congratulated them 011 the dispatches just received of the success of their countrymen, and hoped that it would soon lead to a happy termination of the war. After which the following committees, appointed bv the President to collect funds, were announced : Marshall Ward.? II. Mctzger, Dr. O. A. Streeker, IT. Budeker, Dr. Langsfeldt, and A. Geppervicb. Jefferson Ward. ? A. Oslerlali, (5. Konig, C. Zimmer, (?. Rebermelil, <i. Holl'baucr, William Paul, A. Proskauer, and John Ivolbe. Madison Ward. ? M . Rosenbaum, B. Krause, George Klein, C. Sauer, Dr. W. (Jrebe, M. Millhiscr, L. Euker, II. Schmidt, Dr. Boldemann, L. Wagner, and C'. Seigel. Monroe Ward.? E. Lohman, Christian Unkel, M. L. Straus, 0. Morganstern, J.C. Fischer, Dr. Rust, aiid Fr. Scholz. Clay Ward. ? Jul. Euker, F. Dusch, Carl Euker, William Kuker, J.C. Scliafer. The Gesang-Ycrein Singing Society then sang " Das Deutsche Yaterland," after which Dr. Boldemann addressed the meeting in a happy speech, which elicited unbounded applause. lie was follow^ by other gentlemen in brief speeches. The* whole interspersed with some very line singing by the GesangVerein. The meeting adjourned amid unbounded enthusiasm.

VIRGINIA NEWS. For the Dispatch. ProccodlHUs of it I'ro rc nata Meeting of Abingdon I'roHbylcry. Abingdon, August 5, 1S70. The Presbytery of Abingdon convened at the call of the Moderator, in the town of Jefl'ersonvillc, Tazewell county, Ya., and was opened with a sermon by the Moderator, itev. H. 15. llose. The special purpose for which this Presbytery was called was to allow the Presbyterian church of Jefl'ersonvillc to present a call for the pastoral services of Itev. J. Lyons. Mr. Lyons had been laboring with great faithfulness and acceptance for thirteen years in Tazewell county, and the church bad so strengthened during this ministry that it now sought to form the pastoral relation. The call was placed in Mr. Lyons's hands, and he having signified his acceptance, Presbytery proceeded to his installation on Sabbath. Ttli August. Rev. J. D. Thomas preached the installation sermon ; llev. II. 1?. 1 Jose presided, and propounded the constitutional questions; ltev. W. S. Lacy delivered the charge to the pastor; and lie v. J. .N. IS' a/1' the charge to the people. Presbytery also called the attention of the Committee on Missions to an interesting missionary licld opening in Wythe county, and urged upon them and the brethren laboring in that county, Kev. J. 1). Thomas, Wytheville, and Kev. William S. Lacy. Max Meadows, to secure if practicable the labors of an additional minister. Presbytery further took action looking towards the aid of the candidates of the ministry now under carc of this Presbytery in the 'prosecution of their studiesj and earnestly appealed to the churches in its bounds to be prompt and liberal in this work. The sessions of Presbytery lasted till after the installation services on Sabbath. It. then adjourned with singing, prayer, and the apostolic benediction. L. An Old Democrat on the Conservative Address. From ths Pape Courier. CONSERVATIVE ADDRESS. It is a well-considered and wellexpressed paper, and is signed by some gentlemen with whom, in ante helium days, we Lave acted, and iu whose judgments and patriotism we have the most unimpaired confidence. There are others whom we do not personally know but by reputation : jis for instance Mr. Keiley and others, and what we know of them iu ull right ; and then there are others whom we do not know at all, but take it for granted

they are good men because they are found in trood company. The address in the main meets our approbation There aro features of it which we do not like ho well. But we have not lived to he aue we have reached and mingled in nolltlca a? actively as we have without findin* out that we cannot always just have thintrs as we want them : and that for the general welfare we must be willing to abate :i little of our oWn views so long as we do not compromise principles in doing: so. To ilo otherwise we should be willing to write ourselves down as a fool ; ves, as big a fool almost as if we were to tnink ol editing a paper to please even- body or to conciliate every booby that chose to fiud fault with our views. Then we say it is better for us to stand together as we did last year, and choose the best men we can find'to represent us in the national councils as well as in our State and county organizations. This is the more necessary now as the Radical partyis in full and complete organization, and aspires to the control by such home appliances :is Alexander Rives." Lewis McKenzie, <Sfc. This is the Grecian horse which is. being attempted to be introduced into Troy. Once in, we may expect the terrible scenes of North Carolina and other sister States of the South. This We can nrevent and ought to prevent, but cannot do it with divided forces. "We need all. Itemember the feast to which you are invited when Lewis Lindscy tells vou "the net^ro is the back-bone of* Kepublican organization in Virginia." To prevent such rule we ought to be willing to make any reasonable sacrifice. But we will lay this address before our people next week, and they can take such action upon it as they may deem best. These are our views? the views of a Democrat who believes that in the assertion of Democratic principles at the proper time and under proper auspices the hope of the country rests. That time is not yet for us in Virginia, in our judgment, with all due deference to many of our old friends. No man can tell lif-'at- present what the platform of the Democracy is as to their policy, except opposition to Radical rule. If we were asked we could not dctine it. If we were asked what Democrat -principles are.

they would spring full fledged from our heart and brain. Come we say, brethren, >teady now ; move shoulder to shoulder in serried ranks to the tight as we have it. Take care of yourselves ; never forgetting to extend all * the rights and courtesies to your opponents they arc entitled to. or may show themselves in their conduct towards to be worthy of. Peace, quiet, mutual forbearance, all for the public welfare, is what you should desire. Let our friends in the [North move upon the lines of the enemy?they can afford to do so ; and then at the Presidential election, if all be right, we will act in concert with them. We take it for granted that all congressmen elected from Virginia by the Conservatives will he found acting with that element from other southern States. These are the well considered views of one who will be found under the Democratic banner when he sees it fully and fairly unfurled, as it will be, or not at all. At present it cannot, be, and as we are in an organization now with honorable gentlemen, let us be content. Virginia wants railroads, canals, educational institutions for all her children ; manufactures, material development of every kind to revive the hopes, prosperity, and "welfare of the State, and raise her to a higher standard of greatness in all these regards. These will occupy us fully. If we live, by the blessing of God, we will do our humble part to accomplish them. Keep on and give us more aids like Governor Walker, and we will accomplish the work. From the Petersburg Courier. What Are We? "We are Conservatives. And we are not Democrats. We are not Democrats because the Democratic party is a national one, concerned about national affairs, while we are not yet ready to participate fully, if at all, in matters- so general, when we have our own particular interests to look alter and conserve. To be Democrats, really and truly, would be to consent to subordinate our immediate and local welfare to questions of Federal politics ? a course we cannot pursue while we are in a mortal struggle, as it were, for bare political existence. Ourselves and Virginia first; others and other things afterwards. This is a necessity of our situation. We have a foe here that requires all our skill and strength, and until we utterly defeat and disperse this enemy, we cannot afford to enter into an alliance from which wc could derive no benefit in our internal difficulties, and which would be sure to weaken us here, if not elsewhere, in the very crisis of our fate. Nor, indeed, is it at all likely that our alliance with the Democracy, under existing circumstances, would in any degree assist and reinforce that party. "We would, probabiv, only embarrass and encumber it. As it fs clear that we are not Democrats, it is equally clear that honesty should restrain us from assuming a name to which we have no title except that of sympathy. 13 lit j beyond this, to become Democrats now, or to affect to change the Conservative party of Virginia into a Democratic corps of the national organization, would be to hazard all that we have now and all that we hope, even if our certain political ruin would not be the direct consequence. All men, to some extent, are the creatures of prejudice; Mid no prejudices are more strong and enduring than those that cluster and fester about party names and memories. 1 he name of Democrat hateful to the liepublicans; it is a name of terror to the freedmen ; in old Whigs it arouses the ancient spirit of deathless opposition ; while voting Virginia hears it with mingled feelings of distrust and contempt. Shall we risk the effects of all this merely to please the Democrats ? Are the Democrats themselves ready, 011 a cool survey of the situation, to incur the dangers incident to the adoption of a name so odious to so great a variety of people '( Shall we sacrifice, or even risk, our present harmony and consequent strength to a name ? No ; never ! On the other hand, we are Conservatives, and should so designate ourselves. The name Conservative, too, is one of compromise and conciliation. It awakens 110 old passions nor prejudices. Even to Republicans and freedmen there is nothing repulsive in the sound. Experience has shown that under this name Democrats, Whigs, Republicans, and freedmen, can cordially unite to redeem the State. It may be that this coalition of diverse names and elements will one day become Democratic in a party political sense ; but it is not so now, anil therefore every consideration of policy and honesty should urge us to repudiate the title until we become Democrats, and can afford (having happily settled our home affairs 011 a safe basis) to enter the Federal arena as such. Completed.? The iron bridge to replace the old wooden structure known as the " High Bridge," 011 the Soutbside railroad, has been completed, and the cars are expected to pass over it early in the present week. ? Lynchburg News. The Big Lick Presbyterian congregation lias extended a call to Rev. All'. Jones, of the West llanover Presbytery, a recent graduate of Union Seminary. Joseph McBaker died last Tuesday at his residence on New river, in "Wythe county, at the age of one hundred and three years. Important Decision.? In the case of Kent us. Cross, tried in the circuit court of Prince George's county at April term, 1809, the plaintiff obtained judgment for the value of a barn burned, as alleged, by the defendant, who is non compos mentis. It was subsequently ascertained that prior to said trial the plaintiff received troni a company in which the barn was insured five hundred dollars, the estimated value of the same," and this fact and other newly-discovered testimony were made the grounds for an application to Judge Brent for an injunction. His Honor refused the application, and concludes his opinion upon the main points, in the following language : "That the plaintiff in the judgment has been paid a large sum for the loss of her barn by an insurance company is not a matter in which this complainant * has any interest. The trespasser is originally liable for the damages committed by him, and be is in no way interested in the rights or equities between the insured and insurers." A number ot high authorities are cited in support of this view." Backing Down.? Election in North Carolina being over, Governor Holden has no use for the Kuklux humbug, and accordingly is willing to surrender to the civil authorities the prisoners held by his militia at Yanceyville. Uolden's war lias proved a most Ignominious failure.? Xfvw York Uvrald,

War Out of the din of battlr who would think of gathering a French tribute to Charles Dickens ! Yet we re-id that when the Third regiment .of Yojtiguers of the Imperial Guard marched out of Pari- Lltey were followed by their dog "riqnevuiqt:.-." It may be noted as one of the first results of the European war that there has sprung up in the dry goods market on active demand for black goods, particularly those adapted to mourning, under the conviction that these are going to be very scarce. The Army and Natiy Journal states " positively and trom personal knowledge " that eariv in our war, when prices Were depressed an agent of Louis N apoleon came to New York and made large purchases of real estate in Third avenue and other parts of the city. The Imperial speculation has resulted fortunately, anil the time seems to be coming when the Emperor will have reason to Fjc thankful that he has made this provision against a fainy day. >\ c don t suppose he will have to live oil his Third avenue property, (or in one place and another he has put away a very pretty fortune. ? New York Tribune . General Changaraier, the veteran, commanded at Metz (not commands) as General Winder once did at Richmond. His place was honorable, but not important. DEPARTURES FOR THE WAR. Fifty German sailors, employed upon the [Bremen line of steamers, sailed from Nc'vn York upon an Tnman steamer on Saturday for the scene of the European war. They are enlisted bv the North German Consul, who has provided transportation for them. Hundreds of others are said to have ouered their services, but because none of them were Germans the Consul decided not to accept the oilers. ? _ It is said to be doubtful whether General Grant will issue a proclamation of neutrality. . , , Advices through Prussian channels from St. Avoid to the 12th instant state that the Prussians have taken 71,00ft prisoners. The Saarbrucken fight was more demoralizing to the French than has been supposed. The pursuer found arms and equipments on the road worth 1,000,000 florins. TOO QUICK OS THE TRIGGER. Paris, August 14. ? Count Palikao has issued an address to the troops, in which he blames them for firing too quick at Weissenburg. He says they used more ammunition in one day than the Prussians would in three days. The marshal reminds the soldiers that they are now on a grand line of defence from Thionville to Metz and Nancy, and they must hold their ground. Back of that is "the line of the Meuse, then the Argones, then the line of rivers illustrated by the campaign of 1814, and behind all this* is Paris, and behind Paris is all France, with 400,000 armed men and one thousand millions of treasure. " Specie costs four dollars per hundred" in Paris, says a telegram. "NYc don't know whether it means four for one or not. EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY. While the war is progressing in Europe the attention of every one is drawn to the geography of llie locality of present operations. Maps of the region are given in inany journals, and particular towns are of* ten mentioned. But confusion in regard to these is quite likely to arise from the fact that the same place is often mentioned under a different name, or, more frequently, under a different orthography? English, German, cr French, according as the" map or information has been drawn from one or the other of these sources. Take an example or two : Cologne (English), Colon (French), Koln or Coin (German), Mentz (English), Mayence (French), JVlainz (German), not Metz. So also with regard to Coblentz. Frankfort, and many others. Then, too, perplexity may ari?e from another source. There "is often more than one town of the same name, distinguished usually by a suffix or descriptive phrase, but this suffix is sometimes omitted. Thus in France are C halon s-su r-Marn e (Chalons on the river Marnc), Chalons-sur-Loire, and others. The first of these is nearest the scene of active operations, ami now usually referred to. This mode of distinguishing places of the same name is common in Europe. Thus, in England, we have Newcas-tle-upon-Tyne, &c. There ale several places commencing with Saar spoken of? Saarbruck, Saarlouis, &c. These are so called from being on the river Saar. The final syllable of these and manv other German towns has an etymological signification, a knowledge of which often aids to a better understanding of the situation of the place or the reason of its original designation. Thus, bruck means bridge ; burg, a castle or fortified town ; Saarlouis was founded by Louis XI Y. ; brunn, or broon, means a well or fountain ; bach, a brook or rivulet ; berg, a hill or mountain .? Springfi eld, liepu blica n .

Tite Natiian jVIukprb and tue Jewish Domestic Creed.? Without intending any reflection upon other creeds, it may seem possible to them that a son could kill in such a cruel way his own father; but thev must be utterly unfamiliar with the Jewish household ? combining, as it almost always docs, those tender anil loving connections between husband and wife, parent and child, and brother and sister, which is not invariably found elsewhere ? to believe it probable. The revolting crime of parricide is unknown among the sins of Israel's commission, and we feel an assurance, which amounts to certainty, that the present unhappy case will not prove an exception. Hut the innocent will sullcr nevertheless. Thousands who have read the grave charges preferred by unscrupulous scribblers and made up their minds adversely to the innocence of their victims will never read the exculpating testimony, and to them they will ever l>e guilty ; .but even allowing that their minds become disabused, there will still be a lingering feeling? particularly in j the event of the murderer not being brought to justice? that the accused are in some mysterious way tainted with the crime, although there be not the shadow of evidence to prove it. ? Jewish Messenger. ?Oi The Address of the Virginia Conservatives.? This address is a very able and suggestive paper. Dignity and astrong-mimled common sense distinguish every line of it, and we would do well to follow its teachings.? Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution. The address of the Central Executive Committee of tlje Conservative party of the State, which wo print to-day in full, is an able and well-written document, tracing with accuracy the political status of Virginia and the circumstances which led to the formation of the Conservative party, and presenting very cogent reasons for adhering to that policy. It will doubtless be read with interest, and its sentiments in the main heartily concurred in, and the advice given heeded by those who have the true interest and welfare of the State at heart, and who desire to sec a triumph of Conservatism over Radicalism. ? Ksser, Gazette. FTAItKXri?, In Baltimore, on t'^o 30'.li ol* ?Tnne, at. ArrjuithStreet iVethodist Kplsmpal church, hv Dr. Murry, B. K. GAKRKTi' amlMAGtfilS A. OWboth of IttclunonU. * DIE??. Ycstcrdav afternoon, In this city, at L':I3 o'clock, J A Mbd U1LK Y, sou or 'i'tionas ami Margrrrcr. Klley, aped one year. The funornl will laV" nlaoe from t!io rfsldnnce of lils cartnts, on Main lvjtwc.cn Twentieth and Twemv-tlrst streets, i'HJsJ AFTERNOON at 4 o'clyf!:. Atthoresldondeof his father, E. P. Townsend, on Church Hill, on Sunday evening a rj ua.rf rr past 10 o'clock, Nov. llAltKY C. TOTV*.NSENI>, iti the tw enty-eighth year of his a;re Ills frltnd's and tbe friends of fne family an1 requeued to attend his funeral at the Second Baptist church THIS Molt N IN G at II o'clock without further uotlcc.

N JOT JOE TO CIGAR MANUFACTURERS. C. BELL KNOT, j BRAND* CUTTER AND DIE-SINKER, H!0 AJAIN STREET, lnvltts all cl^ar manufacturers to call and see his NEW PATENT BRANDING IRON. He is also agent for the State of Virginia for the sale of niLL'S CANCELLING MACHINE, adopted by Government. Jy 25 npnE BOARD OF MANAGERS jOF J. THE MALE ORPHAN SOCIETY WISH TO EMPLOY A GENTLEMAN AND LADY AS SUPERINTKNDENT AND MATRON (a man and wife without children preferred) to take chnrjM of their asylum in ibis city, 'the pay Is liberal. Applications, with recommendation, may be left with thp Secretary, or Mr. WILLIAM H. PLEASANTS, at the Dinpatch office. CHARLES U. WILLIAMS, auW-iw* Secretary.

^rS-TnE FINE "BOLLING ISLAND" Si?G?ms?? cov^y^ TriK .TAMES RIVER 0 1 ?"**': .'iS VG A?"DT iflOVE RICHMOND, CONTAINING A??l ONE THOUSAND ACRES, TO B* SOLD AT AUCTION. ON THE PREWfSF.H, ON THURSDAY NEXT THE 18TU AUGUST, 18<0.-The Hpecral attention of those who may wlsti to eecurc nf tlie finest estates In Virginia Is called to the sale of Mr. Thomas Boiling's BOLLING ISLANI FSTATE located as above. For particulars advertisement in the Whig, and In the I rA Uv M-ssrs. Walter T>. Leake and I1 . D. Ir- ? Persons can leave by the packet tK>at at 5 o'clock on Wednesday n"""OOIJ; ??4 arrive In Richmond by the B^o^boa^on Fr day morning. Estate Auctioneer. au 10? "t . ? 1^wSat~eyerybody wants Is tl^Urgcst quant ity of goods for the J?;* It is a wen known that yon c^morejm\ ^an at^rfy othe^Mtab^bhmcnt in this State, Man*cb^HS:r?rar;^ ?" J *" ^ SILK FIGURED GRENADINES at 20c. worth Klcg^nt^lLK^iiEN A DIN E at 40 and 50c. per vard worth 75c ? ; , . , Extra quality SILK GRENADINES, the finest Imported, at 75c., worth $L25 ; _ PLAIN' LENOS at 16} ., would be cheap at -->c , STRIPED AND PLAID LENOS at 163c worth Rich STRIPED AND PLAID LENOS at 20c., won Id be cheap at 30c. ; LAWNS at 10, 12}, and l"3c-, worlh 15, 20, and -0c., Handsome Embroidered ORGANDY at Be. worth 75c." per yard ; JAPANESE SILKS at greatly rcduced prices , nL \CK ?1LKS in g"reat variety at great bargains , OELAINES at 173c. worth 25c.; CHECK KD MUSLINS at 25, 30, 3j, and 40c., worth 2"> per cent, more ; A large assortment of STRIPED NAINSOOK a very low prfccs ; SKIRTING CAMBRIC at 25c. worth 3i>c. ; HAIR COKD NAINSOOK, full yard wide, at 35c. worth 30c. per yard ; BUFF TARLETON for covering picture frames, gas fixtures, and looking-glasses, at 25c. per PINK BLUE, and BUFF TARLETAN at 30c. ; l TTCKED MUSLIN, for skirts, at 50c. worth 75c. ; PRINTED PERCALS or CAMBRICS at 163c worth 25c. per yard ; CURTAIN MUSLIN, worked scollop border, at 25 3. worth 37 Jc. per yard ; NOTTINGHAM LACE FOR CURTAINS at 30c. per yard w >rth 40c. ; NOTTINGHAM CURTAINS at. great bargains , STRIPED SCOTCH GINGHAMS at ltf3c. per FULLYAKD-WIDE BLEACHED COTTON at " in J and 12 Jc. per yard; ? UNBLEACHED COTTON, frfll yard wide, at l?Jc. t BLEACHED COTKf>N at PJ and 10c. ; UNBI<EACHED COTTON at lOo-i TT ^ t I liTfrr N U I N IS? ANDROSCOGGIN A,OTTQJr a BL^IcHED^II EATINGS, full one and a half FHi?width BLeIcHED and U^LEACHEdI SlIEKTINGift 35c. pe/A.HTdj, * j J Plf^W-CiTS^CO^^rat^: ' S v * | BEWICK at 12^^ ; Sill H TING STRTOSTrt-?2Jc, ; Df^IMS at 16H*. J - . . DOMESTIC GINGHAMS at l-}c. . CALICO at ?i, io. and I2*c. ; ^ ? II IS II LINEN at 35c worth 45c. p? yard . HEAVY BROWN LINEN DRILLING at 20c. worth 30, at 25 worth 35, at 30 worth 40c. per WHITE 'LINEN DRILLING at 50c. worth 73c. linen' COATING, full yard wide, at 25c? this article is also suitable forladtes dre^es ; GINGHAMS at 10c. per yard, would be cheap at HUCKABACK FOR TOWELS at 1C| and 20c. worth 25 and 30c. ; CRASH FOR TOWELING, twelve yards for worth $1.50. WORK KD CAMBRIC BANDS, two yards long, at 35, 40, and sec. ; R I M ITY B A N 1 >S at 10c. worth 20c. ; INFANTS' EMBROIDERED DREiSES at $2.50 j INFANT^1 EMBROIDERED DRKSSES at *4, 43. $0, $7, and ; , FROCK WaIsTS at 30c, 73c, *t, *U8* and up to A full assortment of HAMBURGH EDGINGS Also"* F 1Wi!e-W O RK E D EDGINGS and INVALENCEINES, GUIPURE BOBBIN; Si^ON^-d ENGLISH THREAD EDGINGS and INSERTINGS ; EMBROIDERED CIIEMI^VITS; LACE SHAWLS and xvAGE TARASOL CO VERS at greatly reduced prices ; New style LINEN, LACE, and MLSLIN COLI \CE SETS OF COLLARS and CUFFS ; TWISTED SILK MITTS at one-lull' the regular imSwN 'linen table cloth, roll w? M'ATsnEn" linen' OAMA3K at <33. per yard faHm-leaV. t ilk, L0?S. ?"" .i-apeh FANS, In great variety,*#* low price, , FRENCH-WOVE SHIRT-BOSOMS, pure linen, WHITE COTTON HOSE at $1 50 per dozen worth $2; at 25c. worth 40c at 30c. worth 50c. , ft YUZE SHIRTS for gents atCOc. worth $1 ; GaDZK SHIRTS for ladles at 75 and 85c, worth GILT, JET, and GOLD-PLATE JEW ELBA at (Treat bargains ; RIBBONS In great variety j . TRAVELLING BAGS and BASKET o , TRUNKS, BUTTONS, BRAIDS; SEWING SILKS; CROCHET EDGINGS, twelve yards for lot. " worth 5c. per yard ; . . ..... PIQUE TRIMMING at 25, 35, and 50c., just half All ofthe new styles PUFFS and RUFFLES ; COVENTRY TRIMMING, with and Vithout edge ; . , READY-MADE GARMENTS tor ladies , FIFTY SPRING GENUINE DUPLEX ELLIPTIC SKIRTS at 50c. worth *1.50 ; LINEN SHEETING, full two and a half yards wide, at 00c. worth $ 1.25; . PILLOW-CASE LINEN, forty inches wide, at 50c. worth 75c. ; ? Lots of other great bargains mu?t be seen to uc 'ToX^S-on glveo to order, Good,?, by express cash on delivery. Where there is no express office the cash must accompany the older. LEVY BROTHERS', 1213 and 1215 Main street, aul(J Richmond, Va. ?

U or SOUND LOGIC FOR TIIE SICK. Thy Invalid has often good reasons to exclaim " Save inu from my friends." As a general thing, each of them will have a different medicine to propose, and IT he follows all their prescriptions ! ti turn, their weii-meant advice may be the death of I:lin. The only sensible course In any ease of slckursg Is to resort promptly to a specific which has stood the test of a long and widely-extended public experience, and obtained on solid and sufficient grounds the reputation of a standard remtdy. This rank among Ihe restoratives of our day belongs of right, and beyond all dispute, to HOFTETTEH'd STOMACH BITTERS. Letth.se who are takiug it at this debilitating season as an Invigorant answer for themselves as to its tcnic properties. Can any dyspeptic who has over used It question Its superiority as a stomachic over every other medicine ? Can any person of bilious habit who has ever taken it for liver complaint doubt Its efficiency? It is believed among the tens of thousands who are now using, or hive heretofore used, it as an alterative and corrective, not one can be found who would exchange it for any other preparation In the known world. For intermittent levers, nervous debility, constipation, sick stomach, and all complaints arising from indigestion or impoverishment of the blood, It is the only article which can be conscientiously guaranteed, and no one who Is thoroughly acquainted with its virtues will allow injarested dealers In worthless slops, on which the.yWake a larger profit, to furnish them in the place of the great vegetable restontive. au 16- deod&wlw VI" OTICE. ? THE BOOKS OFSLTBSCRIPTION to tbe capital stock of the Richmond and Lynchburg Railroad Company (straight ahoot) will be opened under the supervision of commissioners appointed for that purpose, on and after tbe cth day of September, 187o, at the following places : Richmond, at the banking house of William B. Isaacs & Co. ; Lynchburg, at the office of Edward S. Brown Eaq. ; at the court-houses of the following-named counties? viz., Powhatan, Cumberland. Buckingham, and Appomattox. Also, at the office of Colonel William B. Wooldridge, Coalfield. Chesterfield county, and at the Town Hall in the town of Manchester. WILLIAM P. B ORWELL, Secretary of Meeting of Incorporator!, an 2_tSep5

SPECIAL gOTICM, ??CHOLERA MORBU8-READ THln ? Otmonft, Greece copictt, O . May v, 1869.? Br. 8. B. Habtmajt A Co : Gents,? Ore , week ago to-day I w?? taken with an attack of choler* morbus ; the vomitlrg and purging vu 1 most excessive, and accompanied by lntollerabte cramps. My family became alarmed, and ?*nt for Dr. . bat he wm not ot home, and the neareat other physician being three miles off. It was con- ! eluded to urocnre a bottle of yoor MISHLbR'S HERB BITTKB8. My wife gave our boy one dollir, and bidding htm vmake haste," dlspatch<d Mm to the nearest druggist, Meesrt*. Kauffmnn A Brothers. He returned and according to the directions on the bottle I took a wlne-^lagg full immediately, and repented the dose every fifteen minutes for three-quarters of an hour, ana astonishing as It may seem, It stopped all discharge* and cramp ilke magic, You cannot believe how grateful I feel to you for this potent remedy. One dollar cured me, and I am satisfied that had the doctor been at home It would have cost mc not less th3n Ave dollars. Yours respectfully, au 10? eod&wlw FJtANK McLAlK. E2T NOW IS THE TIME TO PROCURE B A HG A INS IV DRY GOODS ? AVAIL Y<>UKSKLVESOF THE OPPORTUNITY-CLOSING OUT SALK. AT A. GOLDWACK'S? Being determined not to carryover my stock from one season to another, I shalL for the next fourteen days, tell the remainder of my splendid stock of Summer Goods at and below cost, after which time they will be closed out at auction In order to make room for a large and complete assortment of fall and winter (roods. I have just opened 5,000 yards of yard-wide blcached cotton which I am selling j at the very low price of 10Je. Callcoe*, fast co- I lor.j, for Si, 10, andl2je. Mti<*n towels, 10c. Linen handkerchiefs, 5c. Mack silk*, from *1.25 'up. These goods are very low. Also. Irish linens, shirt fronts, flannels, cambrics, Swiss and other while goods : ladie?\ gent's, and children's hosiery; and every other stvle and quality of goods to be f nmd in any Urst-elass dry goods establish- | merit, which we are olFerlng at prices which cannot fail to please. Rememt>er the place, and give me a call before purchasing elsewhere. A. GOLDBACK, 607 Broad street, au 13 between Sixth and Seventh. U&T SI'ECI a;l notice. In order to make room fur FALL SUPPLIES A I will sell from now until the 1st of September my entire stock of FRESH, FASHIONABLE, AND DESIRABLE GOODS AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, and Invite an examination of the same by all In want of REAL BARGAINS IN' DRY .GOODS. All goods strictly adapted to SUMMER WEAR will be closed out regardless of COST. "t ' JOHN* N. WOODF1N, No. 1117 Main stuekt. ^ ftflie pleasure In announcing that Mr. James E. M'iTress is again with me,^ind I unite with him in extending a cordial invitation to Ills numerous friends to continue the patronage hWu-rto so generously accorded him. JOHN N. WODDFIN, au P? lm 1117 .Mala street.

Bebli.v, July 30, H70. BQT LATEST DISPATCH FKOM lilcM.\J*CK? Ordering G^LDRAO K, No. 'W7 Hroatl street, to put Ins I);cY GOODS down LOWER THAN EVER. In order to make room for his FALT. STOCK : which order In1 reluctantly complies with, as he n*i3 always sold his goods lower than the lowest ; hut helm? a sub'ect of Prussia, he obevs t Ii<- mandate, and Is now ottering1 bis well-selected slock of SUMMKK DRY GOODS, embracing every style and variety of sTAPLF and FANCY Di'.Y GOODS to lie found !n any tirst-clas3 csrihlhliincm, at prices which defy competition. Call and be convinced for yourselves that the cheapest store to be found in the city is (iOl.lilLU'lv'S, 1 have received today more of those astonishingly-cheap Linen Handkerchiefs at fc., Linen Towels at 10c., and other {roods proportionally low. I am auent for RO HERTS'* Ch LKlCiAT-' I) P A K A B O L A NH.EDLES, formerly kept by WIlH-tin N. Bell Co. Remember tin; place. A. GOLDBaCK'S, N'o. 007 Broatl r.tre t. an 1 between :?ixth and Seventh. GST" AUGUST 2, 1870.? T. R. PRICE & CO. have just opened Superior 12-1 LINEN SHEETINGS, IRISH LINENS (all r ure linen and best makes), BLEACHED and BROWN COTTON, COTTON SHEETINGS, PILLOW COTTON, BLACK and COLORED LAWNS, CORSETS, all grades. MOURNING GOODS: BLACK TAMESE, BLACK BOMBAZINES, IRON GRENADINES, CHALLIES, BLACK CRAPE C ;LLARS, BLACK ami WHITi PRINTS, Ac., ?Sc. NEW FANCY PRINTS constinily arrlylnp. SPECIAL. DRESS GOODS now on hand, r.uch Vi FANCY MLKS, JAPANESE SILKS, COLORED MOHAIRS, MoZAMlilQUES, POPLINS, LENOS, C OL O RED GR E N A D I N ES, 6old oil' without regard t<> cost. Buyers at retail or wholesale arc iuvlttd to call. The ELEGANT AND SPACIOUS ROOM over their store recently occupied by the New York Steamship Company Is offered for' rent. It? location f*T any kind of business is unequalled In the city --just where all heat city and country trade Is centreing. An OFFICE in basement also for rent. T. It. PRICE A CO., 1101, corner Main and Eleventh streets, an 2 nearly opposite pnst-otllce.

flQT* SHERRY KINA. WE INVITE THE ATTENTION OF PHYSICIANS TO THIS ELEGANT AND It is prepared la Tarls, and has the sanction of and Is prescribed by the most eminent European physicians In diseases of the digestive organs, and for persons recovering from severe fevers, 2 ST ICE-CREAM ! >ly S5ALOON Is now supplied with PUKE CREAM. Orders mubt be sent DAY BEFORE to bo supHcd. ANDREW A NT ONI, Confectioner, jy 22 Main street below post-ofllcc. ?5T DISCIPLES' CIIURCII {SYCAMORE), ELEVENTH STREET BETWEEN BROAD AND MARSHALL.? Preaching on EVERY LORD'S DAY at 11 A. JM. and 8 P. M. Elder J. A. DEARB()KN,pMt<)r. Prayer meeting on WEDNESDAY EVENINGS at 8 p. M. Seat3 fre?. Paruonagc, 40S Twelfth street. my 7 rr BATCHELOR'S HAIR D Y E . Tills splendid HAIR DYE Is the best In the world ; the only true and perfect dye ; harmless, reliable, Instantaneous ; no disappointment ; no ridiculous tints ; remedies the 111 effects of bad dyea ; Invigorates and leaves the h ilr soft and beautiful blttck or broum. Sold by all clru^?l.?is and perfumers, and properly applied at BATCHELOR'S WIO FACTORY, No. 16 Bond stree&r New Vork. Jo 2? eortlyr EFFICIENT TONIC. chills, Ac. au 3 MEADE & BAKER, Pharmacists, 919 Main street. CLOTH 1 ??. Je 13 AUt-l?

HOT flOOiM. TAUCKWALL & K01J88, NO. 1013 MAIN tn REST. DRY GOODS At ' NEW YORK PRICfcS. Here are a few of oor bargains : Stamped ami Worked Ban dj, 30, 25, andaoc. - Cam brie Edging and Inserting, 5, lo, 15. and i$r ? Swiss Edging and Insertings, 8, lo, and 25c. ? ?j ii' irant L?ce and Needle Worked Collars. 15 to 7Sr ? Linen Handkcrchl^f?, 8, 10, 15. and 23c. ; fl?e<n? Worked Handkerchiefs, 15, 25, and 40c. : Hrmstltchel Handkerchief?, 15, 20. and 2Sc. ; Colored silk Velvet Ribbon, 5, lo, 20, and 25c. ; Black do 1?. lg. J0. **> an"! aoc. per piece: Colored HI Ik Fringes, ?, 12, IS, and 25c. per yard; Colored Nik Gimps ? (all styles). 5, 10. 15. and 2tic. per yardPique Trimmings. 15. 25, and 40c. per pfcee ; (Jotton and Linen Trimming*, S, 10. and l?Vu per piece; Handsome Silk Trimmings, So U> 7Sc. txt piece ; Rich Silk Laces, 1?|, -.'5, and 50c. per yarn ? fancy Satin Trimming, M, 75c.. and #l p?n- ple<-o ? Eltgaut plain and Hoinan Hash Ribbon*; heat Halbrl^'BT ?n Hose, 76, *5c., and *1 ; Ladles' R|<1 Glovr*. 4". 50, and 75c. : full afMOrtmcnt of Brown and Bleached Domestics; yard-wide Brown ai.d Bleached Cotton at 10c. an n I0ARDOZO, FOURQURBAN & CO., 1009 MAIN STREET (opposite post-ofHce), have just received largo ad'Utlins to the lr stock of DRESS GOODS, bought at the very lowkst prices at which the earne value of goods have ever been sold. ELEGANT NECK AND SASH RIBBONS, In all widths and colors, IN GREAT VARIETY. Persons preparing to visit the Springs will find KTEKYTHIXO In the Dry Goods line tliry may desire, from the cheapest travclllng-dn'js to the most costly outtit. ' Jy 3 CARDOZO, FOURQURKAV & CO. H IGIILY IMPORTANT! The ucderslgned take greit pleasure Install a V to the public In general, and paitlcularly their rr. gular patrons, that, owing to some unforeMtit. events, they will not make the change in business anticipated, and will, on the FIRST OF SEPTEMBER, OPEN* A LARGER AND MORE ATTRACTIVE 8TOI K OF FALL DRY GOODS THAN EVER BEFORE. In the mean time, will offer the following U'wh at and below <w>*t : A BEAUTIFUL LIVE OF DRESS GOOD!!, consisting of BLACK EMBROIDERED 1IERNANIE8 and GREN'ADI V KS, STRIPED Mid FIGURED BKRAGFS, Ilands'oute PLAIN. FIGURED, and PLAID JA*

PANESE POPLINS anil SILKS; MOZAMBIQUE^, all st>ies and ?jualiMoa? n>tiw? elegant figures ; PIQUES, .JACON ETS, and LAWN ROBES. Also have on lmnd a large assortmeut of NOTIONS, such as HOSIERY, GLOVFS, CORSETS, HANDKERCHIEFS, Ac. Arc receiving dally N E \V C. A L I C O E S , BLEACHED and BROWN CALICOES. AH they atik Is a call before purchasing elsewhero. HUISH & GUGGKNHE1MEK, e-:7 BROAD .STREET. Salesmen: W. Kkan, J. 11. CHKNKnY. K. Gkktter. au u QUE AT KEIUJCTlON IN 1' KICKS AT JULIUS 8 y CL E S'S, W3Maln street, second door below Ninth' He now offers his entire stock of SUMMER DRESS GOODS regardless of cost, as he Isiletermined to reduce his tremendous stock ; so call early and procure some of those handsome FIGURED GRENADINES from -0 to JOc. worth 3u ;in?l 50c.; STRIPED and PLAIN r ENOSat 20c. woith ?r.; PLAIN' and 1'LAll) MOZAMJJig UEH at *Jk. worth 30c ; Fit KNCIf ORf ; A N DI ES a t 30c. worth iOc. ; 1* HINTED I'V R 'A'.KS at IGJ.-.: MOURNING GOODS? a speel ilty ; IRON GRKNADIN E^? all trrides and prices; BAREGES, TAM1SE ('LOUIS, BLACK AhPA CA :?>? from 23 to ; Very good ( RAPE COLLARS and C'PFKS. CRAPE VEILS and MOURNING HANDKKRCHI> FS? In variety; LAWNS at ltjjc. worth 20c.; Great bargains In BLACK SILKS : I K 1 - 1 1 LlNKNandLINKN MfKETINGS; HUCICA Hack TOWELS at l'-i';. worth *>c.; PILL' ?VV"-C *. SB i INKN; LANCASTER and MARSEILLES QULL'1S-*H sizes and prices ; WHITE and COLORED PIQUES from 30c. 'in . A full IliiC of WHITE GOODS. TABLE DAMASK, NAPKINS, and DOYLIES ; L INENar.d <M >TT O v-' D 1 A I' E R ; FURHPrURE DAMASK. 1 have also a full lincnf GXXTS FURNXHHIM. GOODS, such as LISLE and GA UZE SHIRTS ; LINEN SHIRTS? very chcap; COLLARS, HANDKERCHIEFS, HALF-HOSE, TIES and GLOVES, Good LINEN DRILLING at 25c. and upwards. SASH, NECK, and TRIMMING RIBBONS hi variety ; SILK, LISLE, BUCK, and KID GLOVES-a)! all alxes : LACE COLLARS, RUFFLES, EMBROIDERIES, HOSIERY and NO TIONS of all kinds. Many other articles too numerous to mention. Call early and he convinced. The following gentlemen are with me, ami wooW be pleased to bu.? their friends : Li WIS W. BUKWELL, JOHN J. TURNER, .J. WEINBERG, GKoRGK SWABACHER, WILLIAM li. POWERS, R. S. SMITH EES, C. J. McttAE. JULIUS BYCLE, Jy IS . 9/3 Main etrwt.

FLOI'R. JTOLLADY AN'D CIF A ** LOTTES V 1LLE MILLING AND M A N UFACT II R I N'G CUM I' A N V CELEUBATED 44 FAMILY " FLOUR, with other jfrades- new and old? fur sale by au 13 FALMEB, HARTSOOK A CO. FUMlTl'Bli, AC. _ Read this and save money.UaRWUOD A R.TI'KK Intend muvlux t0 the Urjfc bulldlmr now belnc erected on Governor street by S. \V. Harwood ou the 1st of October. Until that time we are oflVring our wbole stock of FURNITURE and MATTRESSES only a ?had? above co*t. If you want well-made, cheap Furniture, c-dl on us. U&RH OOI> * K1TTKK. opposite post-ofllce, ilalu street, au ll--?m RichmondjgFKIJKG STOCK OF FUHNITUKKSTACYS are rccelviujc au IMMJCJNbE bTOCK, bou*bt *l GOLD RATES, and ait; determined not to tx undersold by any bouse in the country. Examine before you buy, mil !5 1308 AMD U10 MAIN STREET. rpoBACCO BKOKEK.? The subscriber, I UU> Inspector of tobacco at Seabrook's warehouse. and tor the last twenty-tJ ve years a dealer lu loLweeo l:t this market, moat respectfully tenders tun scr vjirc# for the *?? OF TOBACCO. All ordi be #.\ecuvc<i wltb ajwrf gi