Wednesday, December 20, 1865 — The daily dispatch

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The Mayor said that Thursday-there would be an election, aud no court would be held. He subsequently decided to continue the case un til Friday, with the understanding that no further delay would be asked. The witnesses were recognized to appear,…

Won.DE'T Break—The testpug of the tena city of the suspension rods for the Petersburg bridge was an interesting experiment. After the rod had borne the full test of the vast weight without breaking, all the pig iron about the establishment…

Fibe —The alarm of fire yesterday morning was caused by the burning of a lot of paper in the office formerly occupied by Clopton h Lyne ( on the corner of Franklin and WaH •treets. The damage was very slight.

Callahan stated, on his cross-examination by Mr. Crane, that he took a number of drinks before he received his pay on Saturday, but coiWd not remember how many. He met a number of soldiers on the corner opposite Wren's before going to the saloon,…

Jacob Abrams testified that, on Saturday eve ning, between six and seven o'clock, he was in at Wren's saloon, and heard Callahan ask Dan Wren if his brother did not wear a " butternut coat," and receiving an affirmative answer, said he had…

The witnesses for the defence were then called:

John J. Brown testified that he heard a con versation between Callahan and Daniel Wren, on Saturday evening, in regard to the robbery. Callahan told Wren that he was satisfied that John Wren had not taken his money. The Mayor decided to send…

John Gait was also charged with drawing a pistol upon policeman Mack, and held to bail in the same amount to keep the peace.

Several other cases were called, but owing to the absence of witnesses they were post poned—among them the five negroes charged with stealing Mr. Lyons's horses. This case

was postponed until next Wednesday. Reuben Donald, colored, was charged with stealing a lot of clothing; and the evidence proving his guilt, he was sentenced to one

year's confinement In the penitentiary. Sam Barney, colored, was sent to the peni tentiary for one year on conviction of breaking into the store-house of J. C. Smith, on Cary street, and stealing therefrom a lot of rags, he.

The Mayor adjourned the case over until oVlnelr tn.dftv nnit •tdmitrtvl Mr VA dins to bail in the sum of two hundred dollars for his appearance.

The Reeaixs of Majob R. Chaxxixo Pbice arrived yesterday, and were interred at Holy wood. They were escorted by many of his former comrades to their place of rest. To those who knew this gallant officer, we can say but little that would add…

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Tli* DAILY DISPATCH i« delivered to aubnerl- | , „■» it lie per week, payable tothe carrier weekly. m ili'i st *•■ per annum ; *3 .So for alx months ; 75c. £~ nl ontb for a shorter period. The SEMI WEEKLY DISPATCH St ft per 5n „,..-, ~*•:.•'•'t'oi…

-r-rrrtv rr—=_U | The Late Mr. Corwin. This Ecatkman, who died in Washington ou ! Pfoadaj. UTUS in his sixty-ninth year. He was t i.,, p; ib Kentucky < whither hi* father had I

i,,., niied theasosl reepausuhat public stations in j Obio, hi. liuling that of Governor,. He had been ! n member of each of the Houses of Congress, • n „,l tilled iheotfioeof Secretary of the Treasury

under Mr. Fillmore. Mr Lincoln appointed j him Minister to Mexico, where ho remained

until Maximilian arrived, when bo came home j on leave ol absence. Since then he has t»een ! , ijra«red in his profession of lawyer. It was !

§|tardou broker.'' Mr. Corwin was a man of re than ordinary ability aSBOUgSi the repre iitative men of Ihe country. Ho excelled in burner and playful satire. He employed this I dent vary successfully iii answer to Mr. Gea ry, of Michigan, who.…

the neat day Mr. .lohnt|uincy Adams alluded to hini as •• the hit*- Mr. Crary," which excited tbe meprt .ssiblolaughter of tho whole Honse. Mr. Oorsriu belonged to that powerful party of Wings which struggled so long against the Jncksou Ailministration…

Which, had It remained fast and firm to its own old Whig Bag, it might have averted—at least for long years to como. He was bitterly opposed to the Mexican war of ISiS, and was the leader of the opposition to it. :\li. Corwin was raised a farmer,…

to an English gentleman as an "Ohioan." The FngliahUH.il shook him by the band, and inquired "whether his tribe were at peace v.ith the whites?" Apprehension or Trouble in Xew Kent. We respectfully call the attention of the military authorities…

pi .pie concerned that a company of United State* soldiers shall be sent to Hopkins's mill, there to remain until alter the Christmas holidays. Their presence will, it is hoped, prevent all trouble, and afford the whites that :. use of the…

ci tain facts and indications recently developed in New Kent county relative to "the move n nts and designs of our negro population. l lie first point is the fact that all the negroes are in possession of arms. I have seen gangs id uegroes…

to this,tubTttßßdtn is made a day of sport by :Iniii, and in some instances it is unsafe to carry ones wife or children to church, in consequence of the sporting propensity of the uegro, who takes the Sabbath to hunt game, and even hunts >o…

negroes! They are mostly good arms,and be-I long tothe United Stutee Government. Why does not the Government send or appoint some one to collect these arms? Wo, tho j white citizens, were required to deliver up our arms, and we are at a loss…

have been holding meetings (hour, midnight) at Hopkins'? mill every other Saturday night. Is not this a violation of orders, aud is it not the liuty of the authorities to look into it ? Mr. Editor, you will please propose sending ! a company…

ol the portrait, familiar to thousands of read ers ia the United States under the name of ."

iti'l many weaknesses. He was most respecta blyconnected, and at one time possessed of great wealth, which he recklessly wasted. It is not mentioned whether he ever held any office in tbequartermaritordrcommissary way, butsnchtalentscould not…

has perished one of the truest humorists in the South—one of the most promising of its young writers—one of *he most genial of its noble natures In the death of Hoopkb, and of J. fl H*i i.w ix, author of tho "Flush Times," j* ia,,a,,ja .neurits…

fouaa. The court adjudged him guilty j 'in a degree," and sentenced him to j

be suspended from duty on leave-pay for j 'wo y.aic Eh* Secretary of the Navy

■lit back the' ''finding ' jio tiie court fori revision; whereupon they repeated'their buding. " I'he Secretary reviews the pro "-ednurs, says jt is impossible for tho action of ""■ court to arrive at an opinion on the ques ; ion of the actual…

renters au opinion in opi»osition to the •« fiud ''K of such old salts as Vice-Admiral ***** it and the three Rear Admirals and 1 'J'tajn that composed the court. Hut from •'» us h; lV e beard of the Stonewall and of i'l'iuCMAVKN'* vessel*,…

'"''id have beet, vir y properly arraigned for j an(l fuolhardiness. In all likelihood, I " CailsatCßAVßE and his vessels would have

"."" „*** " ,UaJi »X "in that event, except at "' hottamj of the sea. Neither of his craft

;*" b i i.d f ur ♦.yen a bare collision with such !

"«"ste, as tho Stonewall, If she has been | '"*-

CJKXERAL ASSEMBLY OV VIRGINIA.

SENATE. TcrsiMT, December 1(1, 1865. The Senate met at tho nsnal boar. There w-ns no prayer this morning. Dr. Duncan, the chaplain for tho week, failed again to come, and the lambs of the flock of the Senate of v irglnia went without prayers,…

BBBBTOrOBB PABSBB AXU BOW IX KXIsTEXrp. IB XXI ATIo.N To TMK STATI3 op hi AVts AND PEEK EBOBOBS, ABB TO LBUALISI THE rrsnxoXY Ol PBEEBUBB. ." l : Bf B

ale hereby, repealed. "2. That hereafter all persons named and em braced in the preceding section may and shall be allowed to testify in all Milts and controversies in law and equity in which person*, of the same sta tus are directly or indirectly…

law affected by the bill. Mr. Lkk behoved that there would bo no opposition to the bill and that the only question would bo as to the beet mode of reaching the end proposed by the bill. He felt anxious that the Legislature should come up promptly…

He considered the bill of such groat impor tance tlutt legislators should invoke Divine assist ance. He spoke with great earnestness. Mr. Oeat, of Rockingham, sjtoke for his people at home. That was the crucible. Whilst he despised the arts…

Mr. Cabell, of Nelson, offered a resolution instructing the committee to inquire into the second section of the act, with a view of bring ing iv a separate bill. In a speech of much ability, ho argued'that the bill mixed up two things, on which…

saw tho Secretary of the Treasury, who said the tax has been suspended, but did not tell him how long. The Governor intends to visit Washington to make further inquiry. Mr. Peck offered a resolution that the Com mittee on Roads and Internal…

purposes than the maintenance of the poor. Passed. House bill staving the collectio.i of debts for a limited period. Passed. By Mr. Strothkr.—A bill for tho collection of arms, State and National. Amended, on motion of Mr. Keex, and passed.…

Committee of Conference, on the part of the i House, on Public Printing: Messrs. Wadhem,,

DrxxiXHTox, Word, Lrawki.l, JFosbs, Wat- I bixs, Merritt, Browxixo and Dickexsox. Also, the following Select Committee on the | Reunion of tho State of Virginia: Messrs.!

Woonsox, Robketsox, Elms, Gakxett, Pat- j tbbsoe, A. J. Clarke, Pexbletox, Wall and ! Kki.i.am. Mr. Jovees, from the Committee on Courts of Justice, reported back adversely the resolu- i tion relative to imposing fines on Justices of tho Peace…

of debts for a limited period, reported from the j Committee on Courts of Justice, was put upon its passage.

Mr. Jovxks explained that, in reporting the I biU, the committee were aware that it con- ; taiiied many Imperfections, but the fear bein" that the general stay law, if it got through abas House, would not pass the Senate before the recess,…

otherwise protect debtors until such time as j the principal bill should be passed. After various amendments, the bill was read i and ordered to be engrossed in the following I form: i

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Vir- ' ginia, That no execution, venditioni exponas at tachment or other process to compel the payment i of money, or the sale of property for that purpose, i .shall be issued, or if heretofore issued,…

operate as alien upon any estate held or owned, or any interest on such estate, by the person or i persons against whom such judgment, decree or order may be rendered or made. Nor shall there be any sale under a deed of trust, mortgage, pledge,…

parties ; Provided, that no part of this act shall apply to the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, nor the counties of Aeeomae. Northampton, Norfolk ! and Princess Anne : but the act entitled 'an act staying the collection of debts,' passed…

Hon that sales of property may take place, under 1 the judgment and decree of court, in cases where tho collection of debts is not the object of such sales. "Second. If any execution shall have been levied before the passage of this act, the…

sage, and shall so continue during the present ses sion of this Qenerol Assembly, unless sooner al tered, amended or repealed. The Committee on Roads and Internal Navi gation reported back House bill to incorporate the Norfolk City railway.…

committee, reported a bill concerning banks of the State, and providing for the liquidation of their liabilities. Both bills were ordered to be printed. Mr. Daxiel, from the Military Committee, reported a joint resolution authorizing the Governor…

standing order, viz: "A bill providing for . staying the collection of debts for a limited [ period." A largo number of amendments. ; sufficient to make the bill a new measure, were ' offered and received by the Speaker for con j sideration…

ed to its engrossment, and a copy of which is published above, was taken up aud passed. Mr. Wateixs moved that the general stay law b© jHist poned till the following day atone ! o'clock, that members might have time to ma < ture their amendments.…

\"» hereasj there are large numbers of unfortu- ! natc Beanie in the Commonwealth of Virginia, com- pdsfed, fdr the most paft, of those who were lately merchants, mechaitics, artizans and professional men, who, before, during and since the…

dividuals who have become excessively poor and miserable lit consequence of being proprietors of nnii.i.|i»i- tracts of land. »Pd we therefore utterly U|iab|t>, in alt towing time, as some people think, to pay any part of their lust liabilities;…

Resolved, That the Committee on Propositions and Grievances be Instructed to take into consider- ation the forlorn eouditiou of the class of persons first herin before mentioned, to Impure what legis- lation, if any, is necessary to arrest…

The Di*i>atch is published at two ofxtb per , copy and twelve cexts per week. Irregular car riers are selling the paper to transient customers at higher prices. These we cannot control. But the regelar carriers only* charge the prices above…

We have encountered the usual difficulties of starting a new paper in reviving the Dispatch The arrangement of routes for carriers, the finding out the residences of subscribers, and, above all, the securing of faithful carriers to deliver…

the paper. We are rapidly doing all this. Clerks are industriously arranging the growing lists, and ! we are putting carriers on the routes, who will soon become acquainted with them, and, we trust, faithfully deliver the paper. Subscribers,…

Heavy Robbeby at the Ablixotox Horsx— A Gentleman and His Wife Dbcooed.—On last Sunday night, between 10 and 3 o'clock, a bold and successful robbery was perpetrated at the Arlington House, Colonel William H. Fry, proprietor, on the corner…

and bis wife were in bed asleep, the room was entered through one of the windows, and his pantaloons, which he bayl thrown on the

I lounge near the bed on retiring, were robbed lof about nine hundred and seventy-five dollars in greenbacks and two hundred and fifty dol j lars in gold. On the lo*.ir.ge, over his other

retiring. This was divested of two gold bnt- I tons, which were in the bosom, after which the

shirt was thrown aside and the money ab- I stracted from the pocket* of the pantaloons. Two gold watches—one lying on the burean

and the other in Mr. Byers's watch pocket were left untouched. There can be no donbt but that chloroform was first administered to the sleeping occupants of the room before the theft was perpetrated. Mrs. Byers, for the past six weeks, has…

son could enter his room without arousing him. On the night of the robbery both slept soundly, and only waked when they were called by the servant to take the cars for their home, in Washington county. The police have

l*>en furnished with a descriptionof the money j stolen, and every means is being used to ferret the guilty partimi out.

opposite the Metropolitan Hall, on the 22d of | September last, was arraigned before Mayor | Saunders yesterday. Mrs. Onld is an English woman, of genteel appearance; she came here

from Alexandria after the close of the war, ; and up to the time this shooting affair took

terms. Witnesses for.the Commonwealth were , called, and a portion of them responded. Pre j vious to the calling of the witnesses for the i defence, Mr. Johnson, counsel for Mrs. Ould,

Colonel McEntee, who failed to answer. Some lof those witnesses were essential in the case, j and he hoped their attendance would be com l polled. One of these witnesses, a policeman,

who arrested Mrs. Ould, he hoped would be | summoned. He moved his Honor either to summon these witnesses at once, or postpone j the investigation of the case until some future day.

£>. H. Meade stated that the reason Jones was not present was because he had been mustered out of the service and sent home. The name of Mrs. Sale was on the list of wit nesses for the prosecution.

Mr. Johnson furnished the Mayor with a list of the witnesses he desired to have summoned, and the Mayor se nt officers to hunt them up.

The list of witnesses for the defence was soon afterwards called, and officer William N. Kelley said they had aU been summoned. AU but four answered to their names.

Mr. Johnson said he was ready to proceed with the investigation but for the absence of Mrs. Matthews. She was one of the original witnesses, and her presence was very material to the case. If the Court would defer the inves tigation for a day…

Mrs. Matthews had been placed upon the list of witnesses for the prosecution, and Mrs. Ould took it for granted that she would be summoned by the other side. He hoped the Mayor would adjourn the case until Thurs day. His Honor said that there…

Chabob or PrcEixo a Pocket.—John Wren, charged with picking the pocket of James CaUahan, at Daniel Wren's saloon, on Seven teenth street, was yesterday arraigned before the Mayor. Callahan testified that he went into Wren's house on Saturday…

dollars lacking some thirty cents. Callahan admitted that he had taken a number of drinks of ale before he went in there. He fully Identified the prisoner as the man who took his money. The first drink he had was between three and fonr o'clock,…

whUe at Wren's. He further stated that John Wren gave the money to Dan ; and on asking the latter if it was his brother, received an affirmative answer. He then left the bar room, and had John Wren arrested the next morning.

Daniel Wren testified that on Saturday eve ning he had jnst paid off his barkeeper and dis charged himUbr the night, when he heard that an altercation was going on up the street, and ordered the shutters to be put'up. Some time afterwards Callahan…

Callahan came In and said ho had been robbed by John Wren. He handed witness ten dollars to keep for the night, saying it was all the money he had. This sum he gave back to him on Sunday morning. He was quite drunk at the time. Witness believed…

John Ryan testified to the fact of the fracas with the soldiers, and that he afterwards came into his saloon and took a number of drinks. He was very drunk at the time. Did not see any money.

Chaboe of Assault.— Joseph Saddler was I arraigned before the Mayor yesterday morn ing, charged with an assault upon a police man, at the house of T. B. Fletcher, where he was employed, between 3 and 4 o'clock yester day morning. Saddler had…

tween Fletcl.er and Ferguson about the ownership of the house. Policeman Mack testified that Saddler said that Fletcher had no business in the house, and that he intended to put him out. This man and two others came oat, endeavored to jostle…

A Boabdixo-House Thief.— A youthful looking, sanctified fellow, sailing under the names of John Kennedy, alias Samuel Smith, was locked up in the lower station-house yes terday afternoon for stealing bed-clothing from the " National Hotel,"…

for lodgings in advance. Yesterday morning he arose very early, and gathering up aU the bed-clothing, put them into a new satchel; after which he left the hotel and went to the auction-house of Mr. George R. Bogby, with whom he left them for…

county, Virginia, where he has a mother, the necessities of whom compelled him to adopt the method qf stealing to'supply her wants.— During the war, he states that he was a mem ber of the Seventeenth Virginia regiment, and was captured on two…

snowy white bosom and collar, with no neck tie. Doubtless this garb Was gotten up to fa cilitate \\\m the more successfully in prosecu ting his light-fingered profession.

Dabixo Octbaues.—On last Friday evening, between the honrs of five and six o'clock, a son of Mr. W. H, Benson, of this city, and a negro servant, who had been sent with him, were attacked on the River road, near Man chester, whilst on their…

tening to his entreaties, they took several ar ticles of his own clothing from him. Young Benson was relieved of his money and over coat. Not an half-hour afterwards a ser vaat of Mrs. Archer was robbed of his meal; and a man iv the sen-ice…

their privileges of "equality and liberty." j These matters should attract the atteatioa of onr authorities, and they should at once take measures which would prevent any further occurrences of this kind.

Pbovost Jcßoa'a Oomr—Bßivrr-CoLoxsL J. McExtbk PBBSiDiEe.—The following eases were tried and disposed of at this Court yes terday :

Henry Christian, a negro boy, charged with petit larceny—stealing one dollar and fifty cents—was found guUty and sent to Castle Thunder for thirty days. Martin Harvey and Henry San ford, Twelfth United States Infantry. Charge—drunk and no pass.…

ing liquor to soldiers. Guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of twenty-five dollars. Alexander Bundy, negro, charged with stealing a pair of boots. Guilty, and sen tenced to sixty days' confinement in Castle Thunder.

Thb Nbw Stbabbb Sabatooa.— The new steamship Saratoga, of the New York and Vir ginia Steamship Company, made a trial trip down the bay, from New York, and one to the buoy on the bar, on Saturday, making a speed of about fourteen and a half…

thirty-nine feet; depth of hold, fifteen feet; and measures about one thousand two hun dred tons. The engine has a sixty-Inch cylin der, with eleven feet stroke of piston. She has all the modern appliances for the preven tion and suppression…

vessels. The hulls are superior in finish and strength, while the engines are unequalled in beauty of finish and accuracy of motion. The Saratoga sails on her trial trip to Richmond on Wednesday, 2nth. She is commanded by Captain King, well…

Receiving. Stolbx Propebtt.— James W. Eddins, who lost an arm by a premature ex plosion of a cannon while firing a Fourth of July salute on the Capitol Square, some years ago, was before the Mayor yesterday on the charge of receiving a quantity…

subsequently found it at the foundry of Ed dins A Brannan. He saw a white man and a negro drive a wagon into the foundry yard.

Mr. Eddins stated that, on his return from Manchester, he found the iron there, and knew nothing about Its purchase. He Informed Mr. Hall, the superintendent at the mills, that it was there, and that he could have it. He had given orders to…

VIOLATIOX OP AX was arraigned before the Mayor yesterday, charged with buying turkeys in the Second Market to sell again in the same place. It was proved by Mr. James P. Tyler, clerk of the market, that Leber bought the turkeys and paid for…

nation to enforce the ordinance in every similar case brought before him. He said fhat the hucksters in the markets were buying up ar ticles of subsistence brought there, paying high prices, and thus raising the price upon consumers. The Council…

I The IxsTErEEXTAi. Coecbbt at Monticello Hall on Monday night was a very fine one. The orchestra was composed of thirteen per formers, and, for its size, we believe that it has not its superior in this country. Among the gems of the occasion…

A vioUn solo, by Mr. Kessnich, was a most artistic performance. The variations upon a well-known theme from Bethoven called forth rapturous applause. We learn that a series of concerts will be given shortly.

Mef.tixu op the Clereh' Associatioe.— There will be a meeting of the United Clerks' Association this afternoon at7H o'clock, at tbe City Hall. Members are requested to attend promptly.

Not Hrabo Froe —The bark Queen Victoria, which sailed from Liverpool on the 9th of Oc tober with salt for consignees in this city, has not been since heard from.

a:M_di__pat^ TERMS OF ApVlitlTautO; JJne square, two Isnertlons...... ,f 12 hie square, three taserttoM . ! 2 Oossqnan.slslnserUons....'.//• • J 2

WW White Land ttullaaßliS" "^" *~~* " m * m *» PATENT CANS, for sale by H ARVETB * WILLIAM*, de ls-lm agents for the ■■nfsiiim.

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___BANraAOT BANKERS. BXCHAEOB AED BaEEIEO HoCSB OB) . CW. Pcacßu. A Co*. I Richeoxd, December 18, lilt. }

THE SUBSCRIBER WILL RE-OPEN his house, at the OLD STAND, (which bos been

ss ll hL on %OI">AT, the FIRBTDAY ©PJAHU AR Y. lsas and resume the EXCHANGE and BANK ING BUSINESS in all its various 4«purtm«uU He has associated with him Mr. BENJABIIN HABT, of New York, and the business will be conducted un der the name and…

No. .4 Broadway. .. We will be prepared to buy and sell Exchange— both Foreign ana Domestic, Dank Notes, Gold and Sliver Coins ; bay and sell Gold and Stocks on mar tins, and also make Negotiations and Loans on sa tisfactory securities. With…

FARMERS' NATIONAL BANK OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. ORGANIEED SEPTEMBER. IMS. AUTHORISED CAPITAL, Ssee.Me.

BOABO Or BIBBCTOBB. NATHANIEL AUGUST, JOEL A. FITHIAN. JOHN W. HALL, ' J. L APPEBBOB. L. W. OLAZBBHOOK, JOHN BOOLKT. H. B.DICKINSON. ' TBMPOBABT OPPIOB : 90. 1 FOURTEENTH STBEET, UNDER EX CHANGE HOTEL. '^T

IT BEE BY COWARDIN & ELLTOON. _

tilirhmond v EDNCSDAT DECEMBER 3i>, IS6A.

, oV ed tom New Jersey) in VJH. Tho family |

FO oa afterwards moved to Ohio. Mr. Corwin j

alleged thai he also undertook Hw business of j

LOCAL MATTERS. PRICE OF THE DISPATCH.

j clothes, Mr. Byers had laid his overshirt on

j shotting TT Meade

j kept by the parties, on Franklin street, nearly

j place, lived with Meade on the most intimate

i stated that certain witnesses had been put

| down by his client, when the case was before

His clußßt had been constantly punctual in her j attendance. !

freedmen, who are beginning to appreciate i

lodgments. Jfde U-lwJ cfw^UBCRLLT

JATHANIEL AUGUST, President. OEL A. FITHIAN, Vlce-Frtnldent.

L. P. HULBUBD, doshier. tWHmmm * ,

Christmas is Coming! It is a notable fact that how mneh soever nniidals of the genus homo may be averse to the approach, of a saoWrStorna, a genuine old fashioned fall of snow is always a season of merriment with that portion of the creation…

which we are wont, in the plenitude of our j self-eompraceUcy, and as distinguished from ourselves, to' denominate the brute. The old horse prance* amid the dee-rending flakes wiih

the joyous motion of youth and health ; the j yonuf coit kicks up his heels and carries hi" head in th

la the distance. The cattle gambol with all j the elasticity of an elephant in his native juu- j

tike in bis sport All four-footed nature U,| glad, and i**> /"••'*./ nature, man, the eternal I grumbler, Is atone sullen and sulky.

Hut man Is sulky and sullen because it is not ! ins s«iu«ott to be happy and hilarious. Man.! lnnv.*ver.A*such « season (Christina man we | mean, for we take no account of the five hum- j dredmilium* of pagau*, who were put here for no better…

begins to feel Christinas in his, her or its banes, and incontinently goes mad for joy about some thlnEh_e>aoi we could never exactly under ' stand;' The fooling seems akin to that of the man who makes the trip to Santa Fee across the country,…

aUves Of course work goes on until Christ inns day. but it is done in a very slovenly man ner, and had l»est, in most cases, be left undone altogether. It seems to bo a decree of fate that Christian man sYiould bo utterly disorgan ized at least…

At Inst, Christmas—the long-lookcd-for, the miuli-de*ired—comes : and ohTSuiiKD, King of Ethiopia. What docs it bring with it? Like all other earthly things, disapjtoiu Uncut. Man cannot bo happy when he sets a day to be so; and therefore ho…

ii conns once a year, as if for the express pur pose of proving the mournful truth that there is in this world always more pleasure in anti cipntimaj tb.au in realwy.

From a lecture recently delivered on "Cot ton." before the Geographical and Statistical Society of New York, by Mr. Ei>wabt» A. At k mmi.v, il appears that the cotton crop of this j countiry in Is

thii'iy-three million spindles : on the continent, > twelve niillions : and iv the Cnited States, five < millions. Estimating the capital employed in spinning, weaving and printing this crop as \ equal to ten dojlars per spindle, we have a…

men, whose labors resulted in increasing the ; value of those five million bales from ttsl 10about>KW,i>iMi,ooj. Estimatingtlicaverage product per hand on the plantation at a little over six bales, we have eight hundred thou sand slaves employed…

I,2:.>i— not jiJarge price foHfcld hands at that j iime-—TepiveeiSt* a double the amount employedfra its manufac ture ! Under the new system of labor which must now bo adopted, it is hoped that in a few years Uie CO* t of. production of the…

The>fuct is shown by statistics that only I about one and ttwo-thirds per cent, of the ; area oT the Southern States is devoted to cot ton-growing. In other words, said tho lectu- '. rer, the Cotton Ssatcs to be represented by a cheque-board…

pbnedWould be represented by one" square. The eutiyocouon-r-rodnciiig region of America is not ldrgi* than the States of Massachusetts and llhbde Island. There are still vast tracts j

of the Southern, and especially tho South- j western State!?, not now devoted to cotton I culture* which coai be profitably employed for that purpose. The table lands of Texas, now sol.lyHlivoted to grazing, are well adapted to tho cultivation…

raised four hundred and tive thousand bales, j The larre *l*i _tun population of Texas bids fhir to iuakeitoue of tho first cot ton-prod v- i ring States in the Union. The great necessity now is to get ihe-labor system of the cotton States.organised…

Dr. Jeaurß. Baylor, of Caroline county, has leased his fine estate in that county, for the term of ten years, to Mr. Blace, a Scotch gentleman, whose name is well known in con nection with the proposed Scotch emigration 'to Virginia. For this…

sand dollars a year for the succeeding seven years. We learn that Mr. Black has pur chased the fine estate of Mr. Allkx, in Gooch- j land county. It is said that Mr. Bla< c de signs making Dr. Baylor's farm, in Caroline, the idace of his residence,…

grants, embracing in the number the sons of j large farmers, who will have something i Wherewith to purchase and improve.

Such an immigration will is l most welcome to Virginia. Indeed, some of its most valuable early settlers were Scotchmen, who contribu ted as much as any other class to the business ,

and prosperity of the State. The Scotch are a j remarkably industrious and thrifty people, ; raised in a stern school of morality, proverbial j for their shrewdness and common sense, and j not afraid of hard work. This is the kind of men we…

fUnuijt Ba *ui.hß, the Chief Minister of Prussia, ! has announced, that " force takes precedence of I right " Ho hue lifted upon that principle from the monumtthat 'be assumed the direction of Prussian affairs, but has never avowed it, that…

tro-Prussian note has been addressed to the IP Senate of Frankfort, which prefigures on occu- BL pation of that free city, and the dispersal, by B force of arms, of the National German Con ■ gress appointed there to be held. The lesser W German…

ning to figure largely in European diplomacy; a regular f German Dei ii \ In the Ohl World Ab •olntism, of which he is the chief living repre tseutatrve. He holds that the people have no

rights except those vouchsa/edio them by the

and Intends to make CTusM.Bth M»d liig Clermnn'fiwer. If Frlnce should tatfe it into her bead some day to revise her hattndV rie« toward* the Rhine, Yon lli-b ark's maxim, Hiit''force takes precedence of right,"' may return to plague the inventor.

We are pleased to observe that a resolution has boon adopted by theUnlf'ed States Hon so of Representatives, Inst meting the Committee i on Commerce to Inquire "what legislation, if

any, I* necessary for tire safety and protection h'of persons traveling upon railroad* in the j "United States, and to report by bill or other " wise." Tho occurrence of railway accident!" ,in all parts of the country shows that railway

mismanagement Is a national evil of increasing j magnitude. It is very desirable, therefore, j that a national remedy should, If possible, lie j appllinl. Some years ago the prevalence of

steamboat accidents, especially on the Western j waters, rendered it advisable for every man to ' make his will before embarking in what had i become little better than infernal machines. ' The slaughter of one of these steamboat cx i plosions,…

gested, but none proved effectual till Congress ' took the matter in hand. The success of tbe measures adopted in regard to steamboats la j creases tho probabilities that additional safe ! guards may be thrown around railway p.ts&eit ' ; get*…

I It is proposed in the Common Council of j New York to erect a mouument to Filtox, who first successfully applied steam to navi , gat ion.

If ever a public benefactor deserved such an : honor, this was the man. But it is wrong to !speak of it as an honor to him. It isadie j honor to his countrymen that his name has never been commemorated by such a memo ] rial, and more disgraceful…

enriched, and yet his descendants have wan- I dered, penniless, amongst the almost fabulous i treasures their ancestor brought to light! Per haps the best tribute that could he paid to him

would be a return to his descendants of some !of the boundless wealth that his invention j conferred upon his country.

New York, the Em pi re State, owes her great aess principally to two men—Fi'ltox and ; Clim'ox. They were neither of them pollti : cians. The politicians are a disputatious, pestiferous and unproductive race, who never ido any good to mankind.…

much attention, but they are like clouds which j ■ promise rain, and turn out nothing but wind, j i disappointing the thirsty earth and blowing j ■ dust in people's eyes. Dk Witt Clixtox, it is j

true, was a public man, but a public man in j

the best sense—advancing the civilization, { I power, influence and credit of his native State

Jby works of public and practical utility. On . his Atlantean shoulders he bore New York from infancy to empire. The groat canal with which his name is indelibly associated is his : best monument. But he was no politician. ,He did not court…

'of Filtox's triumph. Clixtox labored for a j 1 State, Fcltox for the world, and wherever . the hot breath of steam pants over Ihe waters, i | it tells the story of his fame.

It is strange how little consideration the j world bestows upon its greatest benefactors, ' whilst it never tires of admiring those who do it most injury, such as selfish politicians and ; ambitious soldiers.

The Senators and Legislators of Virginia, in ' Ocnrral iicomUjc, «»»•.. **.>*.«t **f o»w».o»*.-. , There is a strong tendency on the part of hono- ; 1 ruble gentlemen to define their positious, to set themselves right before the country, and…

poets, belong to a half-civilized age ; that gen- ! | tlemen meet here to do, and not to Bay,' and ; i that the best possible speaking is only an ob- j ■$t ruction to business. But when the rhetoric i !is not fine, and the logic not convincing,…

periods of the gentleman from Puff Bull to the \ solid statistics of the gentleman from Leaden- I ! head. There are as many different sorts of bad j j oratory as there are different kinds of ugly i i i men ; and public speaking, like the human…

For instance, there is tho honorable gentle ! man who does M not rise, Mr. President, for the purpose of protracting this debate," and who immediately, then and there, docs pro tract it. Then there is the gentleman who rises » for the purpose…

toys he is very loth to occupy « the tune of the Legislature at this stage of the debate," aud who straightway does violence to his feelings by consuming much of that time—time for which tho State pays about one thousand .dol lars a day. There…

If honorable gentlemen, who are orators, ! were listened to only by other honorable gen tlemen, who are also orators, it would all be I well. The men who suffer would have their i revenge. But there are many steady old Vir j giiiia gentlemen…

and give a few sentences of plain talk, or give straightforward answers to straightforward questions; and this is doing better than they would if they were all Patbice Hlxrvs. In I the English Parliament, speech-making is j obsolete. Questions…

attempting an oration would be coughed down ' at once, and deserve it, too.

There are many men who talk well enough, j who cannot speak. They make an elaborate [ exordium, prepared beforehand; and by the i'time they get to the end of that they find to i their consteruation that the portico is too big

for the house ; that after taking a high view of the subject in a high pitch of voice, that de scent is impossible. Then odd ends and odd beginnings of sentences come tumbling, leap frog, from his lips; illogical deductions are drawn from absurd…

palling silence without having said what he fain would have said ; what perhaps might have been of value; and what he could hare said well enough if he had only talked with out attempting to make a speech.

that onr Senators and Legislators, In General Assembly, would only realise how disgusting a thing it it to Blake a speech!

B2rft. A. Bturdivant ha eandidalb for the oflce of ATTORKEY FOR Til* COMMON WEALTH FOR THE CIBCUiT COURT OF THE fltY'OF RICHMOND. \ ElecHoiiThur«doy v 2lst December. de 20—Ids B-JTTo the Voters or Richmond.—Being well satisfied that It is the…

hitug ef opinion that the wisbes of the Judg»«s should be r.-iranled in the choice of so lini>ortanl an attache of tho Court, I therefore withdraw my name a* a candidate for the office of Common wealth's Attorney for tie* Circuit Court of the…

DearSir,—ln conforming with tho wishes of many who, by unavoidable cireninstances, were de prived of the pleasure of listening to your admira ble lecture on the " ATOMIC PHENOMENA OF NATURE,'' recently delivered in the Rev. Dr. Duncan'■ Cburch,…

so that they may be afforded an opportunity of listenim; to"a mental effort which has been no unanimously approved both by the press and bP those who attended at its delivery on the occasion

referred to. Wfth sincere regard, we are, sir, . Y'oiir friends, JAMES Mi DONALD, CHARLES MAURICE SMITH, GEO. W. BAGBY, WM. S. OILMAN, J. B. ROLLINS, NAT. TYLER, W. D. COLEMAN, W. H. WADE, J. D. CULLINGSWORTH, SAMUEL STONE, O. P. HAYNES, WM.…

CASKIE CABELL, W. R. ROBINSON, R. WHITALL, GEORGE M. DREWRY, LEE & BECKMAN, POWHATAN WEISIGER, THOMAS ELLETT, JOHNSON AGUIGON, THOMAS G.JACKSON, JOHN A. COKE, * HOLLADAY, BAYLY A WHITE, STEP. t. MORGAN, JOHN J. BARRETT, J. C. SHIELDS, JOHN.I.…

Gentlemen,—l have the honor to acknowledge j the receipt of your nattering invitation that 1 .should repeat the Lecture on the " ATOMIC PHE NOMENA OF NATURE,'" recently delivered by me for the benefit of the Female Humane Asylum. Thanking you…

1 am, gentlemen* very respectfully, ERNEST LAGARDE. TICKETS can be purchased at the box-ofiico of the Theatre, and at Bidgood A Riley's, E. P. Townsend's, Mitchell & Tyler's-, J. W. Davies A Sons', and at the various drug store?!. PRICE FIFTY…

ness under the firm and style of WOO 1> H OtJSB k P A R 11 A M , and have taken a house on Governor (Thirti.k.vth) stbbkt, first doob from Main. They return their gratehri thanks for the liberal patronage extended to their house for more than…

ment of BOOKS, STATIONERY, PIANO-FORTES AND MUSIC, to which they invite the attention of all persons in want of such articles. In connection with tho above business they have established a „....,, BOOK BINDERY AND BLANK-BOOK MANUFAt and haying…

»g* Thomas J. Evans—Our fellow-citizen whose name heads this article is a candidate for the HOUSE OF DELEGATES. If industry, pains taking, fidelity and intelligence qualify a man for the position, then we know of no man better ipiali tied than…

such a duty : a man of accuracy, ho is entirely fa miliar with the subject. We are satisfied that his fellow-citizens appreci ate his fitness and worth, and have no doubt what ever of his election, except the doubt that arises from too groat…

polls; and in his election we shall secure the ser vices of a practical and etticient man. de H tde m&~ Removal. JOHN C. MILLER, (Late of Kext, Paixe A C 0.,) JOBBER AND RETAIL DEALER IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, has removed to that large…

STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, to which he invites the attention of THE MERCHANTS OF VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE. SAMUEL M. TRICE bos general supervision of tbe SALES DEPARTMENT, and gives especial attention to the RETAIL TRADE. de…

lodine, Bromine and Phosphorous combined, in such proportions as to render it FIVE TIMES STRONGER than any other; saving, therefore, time, money, suffering, and life. For sale by MEADE k BAKER, Pharmaceutists, de 15-ist comer Franklin and Ninth…

fIfOLID4Y Pa&ENTH, '■■ ' ,f at- * -. a* a. B. STACY k SON'S CARPET AND FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, 110 Maix htrk.it. CHILDREN'S CHAIRS, ingreat variety ; CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES, superior to anything ever offered ni fbis market; - BABY JUMPERS A.vn SELF-OPERATING…

TjM)R THE HOLIDAYS. HALL A HUTCHISON, No. 7 Fourteenth stn-.-t, below Main. HOSIER V and GLOVES, LACES andjMpUl.NTiS, SUSPENDERS, LACEVKIW NECK TIES, VELVET RIBBONS, HOOP SKIRTS, LADIES' GARTERS, CORSETS, BELTS. LINEN-CAMBRIC AND HEM-STITCHED…

PINS. NEEDLES* BUTTONS, in variety; LINES THREADS and SPOOL COTTON, COMBS, in variety. HAIR, TOOTH and SHOE BRUSHES.

I 1 TOILET SOAPS, j COLOGNES and EXTRACTS, HAIR OIL mid POMADES, FANCY BOXES, CLOCKS, PIPES, Ac, with an endless varie:y of FANCY GOODS, to which the. attention of the trade is directed. deSO—l2t

ttfioiCE LIQUORS, Etc, FOR / CHRISTMAS.—In store for sale SUGARB—BROWN and CLARIFIED : BAKER, RYE, MONoNGAHELA, SCOTCH and IRISHIVYHISKY, PURE FRENCH BRANDY on draught and in carboys: 500 bnltis HAY, l,wio bushels CORN, « 3,0(»o bushels OATS,…

BLACKING. INDIGO, DURHAM MUSTARD, WINES, Ac, for sale by STYLL & DAVIS, Franklin street, three doors below Fifteenth. lie 20—st TTOLIDAY SUITS OF CLOTHING. JULIUS KRAKER, MERCHANT TAILOR, 43 MAIN STREET, 43 has selected front New York, Philadelphia…

CASSIMERE PA NTS at jf* CASSIMERE SUITS at... >. *13 and J'-'O SILK-MIXED SUITS fr0m...." *»», 25 and*so BOYS' CASSIMERE SUITS from t f* to*l2 ROYS' OVERCOATS front fs and up CENT'S OVERCOATS from *10andnp BLACK FROCK COATS, line quality,...*l2…

keen always on hand a well-selected stock of CASSIMERBS AND HEAVERS for MERCHANT TAILORING, to which depart ment 1 attend|myself. I guarantee a nice tit, and made up at the shortest notice. _* *___* JPLIUS KRAKER, 43 Main street. I>REPARE FOR…

GAME DEPOT; ALSO, STABLING >OTjr FOR kpoCK The public can be supplied with OYSTERS aud GAME in any quan tity, wholesale and retail. Family orders "careful ly" put up. All orders promptly attended to and delivered at the shortest notice. Gentlemen…

/CHRISTMAS GIFTS, CHRISTMAS GIFTS, at BO". 173 (BROAD STREET, CORNER SIXTH. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DRESS GOODS TO BE SOLD FOR LESS THAN COST. , TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DRESS GOODS TO BE SOLD AT COST. Wishing to give our friends…

DRESS GOODS, PART AT LESS THAN COST and PART AT COST. Call at 173 Broad street, and buy the greatest bar gains iv the city, de 13-6t W. R. POLK.

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS. LADIES AND GENTS' PAPER COLLARS AND CUFFS. Having been appointed Sole Agent of the BOSTON PAPER-COLLAR COMPANY for the State of Virginia, I am prepared to furnish LADIES' AND GENTS' PAPER COLLARS AND CUFFS, of all styles,…

of this Company are made of THE FINEST LINEN PAPER, and are "warranted" equal to, and cheaper than, any in the market. RETAIL* PRICES OF COLLARS : Boxes of ten 23c. Bunches of ten 2i»c. Boxes of one hundred #2 Cuffs at all prices. Liberal discount…

JESSE J. UXDERIHLL. Agent, Seventh street, between Main and Franklin, de V'~ ts at the Shoe store of John Pollock.

I~M.ESHSU PPLIES FOR THE HOl_U DAY'S.—We call the attention of our customers and others,who are making preparations for Ihe Christinas and New Year's holidays, to our Sleek of COGNAC BRANDY. SHERRY WINE. RUM, RYE WHISKY, «Bj DUTCH CHEESE, PINE-APPLE…

HO ! FOR CIIRIS TMA S.—l have just received, for Christmas, large supplies ot fresh FIGS, RAISINS, CITRONS, flue assortment of CANDIES, together with the greatest variety of NUTS. Also, FIRE WORKS, such as TORPEDOES, ROMAN CANDLES, ROCKETS.…

SO barrels CIDF.it'VINEGAR, SUPERIOR FAMILY SOAPB, BOURBON snd PURE OLD RYE WHISKY MANUFACTURED snd LBAP TOBACCO ' SMOKING TOBACCO, in bulk and small packages; F ' GARS * WILLIAMB ' B RWINBD SU ' PURE anil EXTRA WHITE LEAD, SWEET CIDER,

LARO_«T SToiit IB TB_TciTT g P r- or CONFECTIONERIES, FANCY GOODS AXO FIRE-WORKS !

HOD IEI * CO., i , , / 'w-OMMAU axi» bßta/t. iißAi.ras i» J FRENCH AND AMBBICAN CONPB4WONBBIBB, Main street, ander SpcUswood Hotel, RICHMOND, VA., call the Attention of purchEßers of CHRISTMAS AND NEW-TEAR GOODS to his Urge stock of FRENCH…

SUPERIOR SARDINES AND PICKLES, BEST HAVANA CIGARS, and all kinds of TOYS FOR CHILDREN, INDIA RUBBER BALLS, CHINA DOLLS, MARBLES, Ac, FIRE-CRACKERS, ROMAN ROCKETS, TORPEDOES, Ac, PRESERVED GINGER, BRANDY PEACHES, PRESERVED FRUITS, fOCOA-NUTS,…

DARBY MAIX 3TBEET, BLTWEEX XIXTH AXO TEXTH, XORTH SIDE, have on hand for the holidays a large assortment of GENTS', LADIES', MISSES' and CHILDREN*.' BOOTS, GAITERS and SHOES, selected from the BEST FACTORIES IN THE UNITED STATES, all of which…

To persons,who wish to make their friends a nice Christmas present, DARBY A GENTRY'S is the place to get them GOOD and CHEAP. We have nice CONGRESS GAITERS at TWO DOLLARS; MOROCCO BOOTEES at TWO DOLLARS; MISSES' CONGRESS GAITERS at ONE DOLLAR…

FINE FELT HATS. All of which wo will sell at cost. And we pledge ourselves to do what we have stated. All we ask iR to give us a trial. de 20_Sw

OTHI jrja BETTER FOB PRE SENTS THAN D'ORSaV COLOGNE WATER, ' NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS. PENNY'S EG YPTIAN LOTUS, (ORAL HAIR TONIC, CORAL DETERGENT, CORAL ODONTO, or LUBIN'S EXTRACTS. For sale at WOOD'S PHARMACY, de 'JO—3t corner Fifth and Marshall…

FOR IMPORTED MADEIRA WINE, for cooking and flavoring ; VERY SUPERIOR RUM, OLD APPLE BRANDY, FINE WHISKIES, HOLLAND GIN. FRENCH BRANDIES, NUTMEGS AND SPICES of all kinds. j CHARLES L. TODD. J de so—it corner Sixth and Clay;streets.

ZIMMEI A CO., WHOLESALE Manufactures-it of AMERICAN. FRENCH and ! ITALIAN COXFKOTHWJWi'. MENTAL CAKES, and dealer* in

DOMESTIC FRUITS, No. 17 Main •**£*£££? inond, Va. _. . . 4 CARD TO THE PUBLIC. THE PROPRIETORS OF THE RICHMOND MUSICAL EXCHANGE, ESTABLISHLD IX 1»32, DESTROYED BY FIRE APRIL 3, 1*65, ABB RE-OPENED NOVEMBER I, 1*65, beg leave respectfully to…

withstanding,) and that at No. m MAIN STREET, where they beg leave to say for FOR THE LAST THIRTY-THREE YEARS the largeKt and most select stock of SHEET MUSIC, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, Ac, ! in tho city has over been found. They are offer

ing to purchasers, and j Not TO INSURANCE COMPANIES, a splendid assortment of CHICKERINGS PIANOS, STEIFF S PIANOS, (the only ones for sale in Richmond,) MASON S k HAMLIN'S ORGANS,, UNIVERSALLY PRONOUNCED THE BEST IN THE WORLD. ALEXANDRE ORGANS,…

RICHMOND LIGHT INFANTRY BLUES—.The active and hoi.oh.ry members of this company, and all person* who have been at tached to it for the past five years, are requested to meet st the City Halt on THURSDAY NEXT, list instant, at 7 o'clock, P.…

HAY.—A Hinnll lot ohok* Northern TIMOTHY, In bales, far sale low la ounnti

lie* |« suit. • * m ' *** 7 P GBOBGE, dsit-xu; — * Bo.nWaU street.

We tttLL ovvmi o*r wednes- DAT BBXT.asth instant, commencing at v o'clock, a lai*e stock of GROCERIES, pftovi SlON*. Ac, lnjMff, * 3e barrels CUBA SUGAR. St barrelsCOFFßE SUGARS, 2* barrels CRUSHED SUGAIis, 20 bags RIO COFFEE, 100 barrels CHESTNUT…

5« cases BRANDY aud RUM, 25 barrels BOURBON WHISKY, r.o dozen BoRDE.V's MILK, loe gro«< BLACKING, 40,000 CIGARS. 25 kegs BI CARB. SODA, 50 dozen BROOMS, SB dozen PAINTED BUCKETS, A-. ROGERS, ADAMS A CO., Auctioneer*. T. W. Kkksek, Salesman.…

TRUSTEE'S SALE~OF VALUABLE LOT. ON THE SOUTH SIDE op Ross, BK TWBEN FOURTEENTH AND MATO STREETS. - As trustee iv a certain deed of trust, dated oth .Inn \ ls«2, duly recorded in Richmond Hustings Court, i shall proceed to v. II at public auction,…

del" ******' - By Grubbs k Williams, Auctioneers. Main street, five doors above Spotswood Hotel.

Kj LIT ABLE LOT, .IN JHb BURNT JWBHT. ON NORTH SIDE OF MAIS, .BET*hfcN Tlllb tvhvth AND FOURTEENTH 81 i.r.fc i >.— i / virtueof a decree of the Circuit k Court of Rich mond, pronounced on 2*th November, in the ease of Allan and others vs. Allan…

S'lsock P M., if fsir, if not, then on the next f-iir dur thereafter, at the same hour, that valua ble LOT, In tbe city of Richmond, upon vhleb formerly stood the store of William Ira Smith, and adjoining the property now owned by mI« Smith.…

Tesms : One-third cash ; balance at twelve, eighteen and twenty-four months, with interest, for negotiable notes well endorsed, title to be re tained until the purchase money is paid. Alt taxes to be paid by the purchaser. JAMES LYONS, Commissioner.…

FOR SALE, ono of tlio most 4eatM*> ble private residences in Richmond—a Aid I NEW BRICK HOUSE, four stories, west side fIH» | Third street. Gamble's Hill, between By i d .Liyifc. and Arch streets, second house from Bynl. Apply at the house…

FARM, IN XOTTOWAY, FOR SA LE, I will sell mv FARM, containing TWO lllN j DRED AND FORTY-EIGHT ACRES OF Go.»|> LAND, situated about two miles from Burkeville, on the Lewiston idankroad. The place has a good, ' comfortable dwelling-house, good…

tobacco, wheat, oats and corn. There malsopleniy of old-field pine, and some original growth - l lm. --! her on tbe place. There are also SEN BNTI-FIVB ■ ACRES OF BOTTOM LAND, and a tine creek of ! never-failing water running through the farm.…

I may be found at Burkeville, Nottoway eosnty. I Mr. S. R. PHILLIPS, Richmond, wlli give full in formation in regard to the farm. Mis residence may be ascertained by inquiring at the DISPATCH office [de _ ALLEN.

FIVE DOLLARS RE- Mf*Wk WARD.-St raved from my house, WJ-UJ on Friday last, a deep red COW, me- diumsize, about eight years old. in ■ iH si low order, with a bull calf six weeks old; color , red. tail tipped with white. The cow was mised Iby…

Also, on the Iltli November, oiio uVfJ(K»Yj| large red and wliite COW. The owners will please come forward, "~ n prove property and pay charges, de IH-3l* R. 11. CRUMP.

IOST OR STOLEN, on vosterday, it J POCKET-BOOK containing **163—two |M notes, five )»10 notes, one 4*5, and the rest iv small notes. Had a small elastic band around it; al-.» contained a scrap of paper on which was a young lady's address, will…

ROOMS FOR RENT.—TWO PLEA SANT ROOMS, on Twenty-eighth street, hmk two doors from Broad, between Broad and ["•■ Grace. Inquire of »j?__L CARDOZO A OATHS, corner Twentv-lifth and Broad strews. de ISvJteod

CHARLES HOTEL, NOW OCCUPIED BY.HE DIGGES A APPERSON.—This is one nt the MOBf DESIRABLE STANDS IN THE CITY FoR A BANK OR A BROKER. Also, THE STORE ON MAIN STREET, No. 8, NOW OCCUPIED BY THOMAS J. BAGBY. Apply to JOHN H. WILLIAMS, de 16— lw at…

FOR RENT, TILVT MOST DESIRA BLE RESIDENCETcORNBR OF THIRD 2mmL AND FRANKLIN STREETS.-It has twelve rooms and all modern InUMDveumnts. beau-JSHh til'ul and extensive grounds and handsome shrub bery and flowers. Also, a nice BRICK HOUSE, at the…

LORBRMJ- V, RfiD AS! I, E•• d#n vered t>i buyers at the market price. Mayo's Avwtfier Cary and Twenty-titth streets Of

flee*Be. [waUßlreet. mßnunaa de Id-*w Jr . GEORi.h Y> J WHI TR, COAX UFA LXX. IV, confidently recommends PHGiMX KID ASH COAL as sttiierioiffor cook lug tutd wariuinjj

tmmmXm Ttj ii. Al!*.. WHITE AMI VERMJJL COAL. Office at S. 11. Oumntl Iwn, No (w Main street. Yard, south aids the dekk. Orders lettat Wagner'a drug store, corm-i'Beoad aud sixth, Broatptar attendedia. «• u -j»i oTur. bowex. l . M - p

BOWEN ct PAGE. itWtlprs in AN THRACITE COAL, Elgbtoenli uk side Dock, Richmond. Va. Best SWV «f BbD and WHITE Aill, I.UEIP, BOG and always on hand, and »4>ld by ujeb. bt. de n- i-

Vl ANTHRACITE AND BITI MINOI S oa I.b AND WOOD, Basin Bank, between »»«• im Teitthstreets. a '" ll lm wvrw rjoAli AN7I W(H»l> YARL».

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Richmond Dispatch. W EDNESDAY DECEMBER 20, 1865. THE DisPATCH BUILDING is on GO VERNOR sTREET, NEAR TO MAIN, AND NEARLY OPPOSITE THE OLD DISPATCH CORNER.

LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. southern Representation. WASHINGTON. December 18.- The radical ball opened in the House of Representatives this afternoon, in committee of the whole on the usual reference of the President's message to the standing committees.…

attention by the crowded galleries and the members of the House, the latter crowding around the speaker, while a goodly proportion of the Senators were also present. Mr. Stevens read his carefully-prepared man uscript. He started out with the…

ing through a territorial condition. He elabora ted the argument that the so-called Confederate States were belligerents, and that during the war, according to the decisions of the United States Supreme Court and international law. the respective…

enemies, he maintained that the Government had the right to treat them as conquered provinces. Among the requirements which he advocated as precedent to the re-admission of these States, was the amendment of the Constitution so that there could…

tion in Congress. If the present basis were not changed, he charged that the Democrats would soon lay hands on the White House and the halls of Congress ; that they would there fore repudiate the Federal debt and assume lie rebel one! In such…

He proceeded to assume that Congress should control the freedmen, for if left to take care of themselves their present condition would be worse than bondage or the horrors of Ander sonville. He made light of the ratification of the constitutional…

Taney's virtual declaration that it was as the most infamous doctrine of all time! He added that it was fortunate that the whole question of restoration belonged with Congress. Mr. Raymond, of New York, took notes du ring the speech, and at…

an article published in another column of to day's Dispatch. They are worthy of commen dation. By chance, too, we had, before! receiving the above, prepared an article com paring, or rather contrasting, Stevens and Raymond.] The Sun's correspondence…

force any issue with Congress, but to abstain from whatever might lead to a conflict be tween the Legislative and the Executive branches of the Government. A more cordial feeling is gaining ground, and it is expected a good understanding will…

Know ye, that whereas the Congress of the a resolution which is in the words fol lowing, namely: "A resolution submitting to the Legislatures of the several States a propo sition to amend the Constitution of the united States."

Resolved, By the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following article be pro posed to the Legislatures of the several States as an amendment…

Constitution, namely : Article 13, section 1. Neither slavery nor in voluntary servitude, except as punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdic…

States, proposed as aforesaid, has been ratified by the Legislatures of the the States of Illi nois, Rhode Island, Michigan, Maryland, New York, West Virginia, Maine, Kansas, Massachusetts, Penn sylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Missouri, Nevada, Indiana,…

the before specially-named States whose Le- gislatures have ratified the said proposed ammendment, constitute three-fourths of the whole number of States in the United States: Now, therefore, be it known that I, William H. Seward, Secretary…

United States, and for other purposes," do hereby certify that the amendment aforesaid has become valid, to all intents and purposes, as a part of the Constitution of the United States. In testimony whereof I have herewith set my hand and caused…

Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninetieth. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. Gold Excitement—Russian Telegraph. San Francisco, Cal., December 18—Addi tional reports…

more was on the ground. The Baltimore Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church. ministers of this Conference who "maintained fidelity to principle as in dicated in the Staunton platform of 1861," are invited to assemble at Alexandria on the 7th…

a cotton crop of superior quality to any slave labor. It is of a cleaner, fairer fabric, and will bring the highest market price. When the farmer works his own cotton it is is handled at every stage with the utmost care ; and this care brings…

probably that free labor will produce more nnd ton than has ever been raised before. FREE LABOR AND COTTON.-As a specimen of what can be accomplished by the employment

of freedmen, Colonel J. J. Williams, a planter of Florida, states that, with a force of about one hundred colored hands, he raised, during this year, from two hundred to two hundred

5_ JohlUw ».> will not abandon the position he has taken. We have room for only the following detached parafraphs.

and nu?J?2*ft_. J____»»" •* the sentiments

!«?k iV bwt calln "enwhnd good filing, and should lie a mark to guide every step of toward reconstruction. It isth.

al th?t iftElV* L ,nv P ri '»*«T regard, in

wti _-h to ,h,i *» ,irlt of conciliation W t! i^!_ eh the was pervaded, and to which the popular heart everywhere has so warmly responded. Our Representatives cot. hi possibly ( iiutke no greater mistake than to di« regard this popular feeling,…

,iever U h ?]? lf ,i i , to }i * forgotten that the faith of the Government ha* been, In a pertain measure, pledged to the Southern States for an early restoration of their State functions. •The Southern States are now awaiting their promised…

tl rawing of the commissions given to the Pro x Is.onal Governors, and thns making way for the Governors elected by the people. The 1 resident has signified his intention to do this \v i hut a very tew days. Thereby he will full* redeem, so…

!EL# HU__***_i*" U,e lmmp of the Govern

EI_N ? h,rH w,li mnain hut one thing to be ? ._* ~ninch cf ,he Government to complete the reconstruction. That is the re

t_Sj2l_m °- th . c » representatives into the National Legislature denMngsof the States lately subdued from rebellion with the Executive were deal ing-, with the Government; and they carried with them a certain|fnith, which all branches of…

have dared to predict while the coullict wa« yet raging. The manifestations of good-will and confidence by the President, through which this success in reconstruction thus far has been gained, ought to be kept up by Con gress in its completion…

dent Johnson calls the 'invitation' to the j southern States be now exchanged by Con j gross for repulses, it will bean assumption ol i the gravest responsibility. The consistenev ond we believe we may say the good faith, of the Government…

fh which will not die away for years The oval of the Presidents message by the le North and South is a popular ratifiea >i the policy he has acted upon. Let Con set itself against all attempts to contra » New York BVitTs AVashington corre lent…

think that Mr. Raymond attracts much more attention and centres more real interest than any other member. Judging, too, from the many cards settt in to him, and his fre quent absence irom his seat, he attracts con- ! stderable attention outside…

pleads a personal minority—youth as a Con ' gressnian and inexperience in the rules and usages. So he modestly rises to "inquire," and manifests that innocent, yet earnest, de sire for information about matters upon which perhaps, he is more…

parient' and other heavy business, yonng Mr Raymond will appear as the loading juvenile iv that stock company. His versatility at tracts, already, much attention, particularly his daring act of double bare-back riding round the ring: and if…

ashingtott Items. We copy from the Evening Star of the 18th : TEBBIBI.E EXPLOSION- AT THK ABSBBAX—TEE HBB EI M.ED—A EtTUBBB HISSIEO. This afternoon, a terrific explosion was heard in the direction of the arsenal, shaking buildings in tbe very…

near the large magazines. j As soon as the explosion was heard, officer Wooden sounded an alarm of lire from box seventeen, which brought down steamers two and three and the hook and ladder, and in a Utile time large numbers of persons were…

I The guards were immediately doubled i round the magazines, and the workmen were .t once directed to leave. In a short time, however, the Are in the ma erial which composed the build.ng and in a large pile of boxes was extinguished, prevent,…

explosion in June, ISG4, some of the corpses! being burned, blackened, and torn so as to ex- ! pose the nut rails, aipl none beiug recognizable from the features. There were seven found dead. The follow , ing are known to have been killed :…

-1 count book in a pocket of hi? points. * Margin j Kyle was taken out horribly burned and \ ' mangled, and was at once removed to the bos- i pital. James Lawler, who was near the building ! ;at the time, was badly burned, and Charles! j Linn,…

aantcart, were thrown a short distance, and , the mule was also badly torn and burned. John Crane was severely burned about the j head, hands and feet. One of his feet is badly j injured by a splinter. Hopes are entertained I of his recovery.…

the army. Colonel Benton was promptly on the ground, j and superintended the operations to stay the I Haines, and the Two Hundred and Fourteenth Pennsylvania regiment, on duty at the post, rendered valuable assistance. SMAI.L-POX.

The smallpox is prevailing to a considerable j ox tent among the colored population, and a ! number of deaths have occurred. Several have i been picked up in the streets in an advanced ' j stage of the disease. The Freedmen's Hureau j ]is energetically…

morning on a visit to his mother, at Cambria, : Ohio, where he intends to spend the holidays. ! | During his absence, Assistant Secretary rick- ! j art is acting secretary. I IXTL'BXAI. BEVEXI'E. The receipts from interna) revenne for the I…

HAVE THE POWOEB. f General Grant has issued an order to com-/? manders of posts where powder is stored top exercise all proper measures for its preservn4 ic tioii, and holding them strictly responsible fori ' the care of all magazines. *The…

It is reiiorted that General Logan has linnll|*'.'ei declined the Mexican mission. His reason fo^sp taking this step has not been made public, bufrei it is understood that he is going to make a tighjf »»t ! for the United States Senate In lUlnols,…

place of Senator Trumbull. Lg TUB BILL TO ALLOW AETBOBT TO BB A JPBOftBB OE TUB /EPr. DAVIS TBIAL. fEX Senator DooUttle, of Wisconsin, to-day in/"" treduced in tbe Senate n bill providing thot nj | , person shaß be considered incompetent to…

Worn an invest.cation fonndedon putSc «.' mors, statements in the public jonrnals/or the

n?rZ££i£?y u * t ? d Btau " Wld of * ho Dhitriet

nf-?- 1^" 1 * 1 * m 8^ b0 »«hmltted to the United State. Supreme Court for its appro valorre- Jsttton, ,o far ns questions ofWhrecw.

duFftSi 1 i_2J » ,h ° Su P™* Ohurt ma? J£. iier a final decision or return the eaSm t« ♦»._

Circuit Court to be triedSvurUpta* loriSIAXA HAS TWO DBIBUATIOXi. Judge Warmonth, of Louieiana, is prenarimr

rround thit hi' upon the iS". iV. l . ' havin B elected by the ne-

St!il- m>le «.P» l » t *« *>f Now Orleuns and contiguous parishes, is the only representative

mi_V\ ,oyal P* o !.' l6of th * St ate, ahdaJon!en*

ferritorml L ° nlßlana " a BISCRLLAXXora. ■_g_-PJ» a* th»P*_s «niß«ligliMisr

test U Nr esuraed . l his * eat » aft « p taking the

specif OUBe ' to-day, to Mr. Stevens's very decided Jrote, to-day endorsed Secretary McOtilloch'a'recommen i£i ™ m f:lvor of contracting tbe currency the House committee on the judiciary acreed • his morning to report in favor of the passaee…

trE? 01 "?*- 11 for ne * ro suffrage in this Dis- reqneß , ° _Western members, postjioued till January loth. Mr. Sage, editor of the Lebanon, Ohio, Star, and son-in-law of Tom Corwin, will be here to-morrow to take charge of his remains. The…

isa^Tw!?iirTi liamS ° WickhMn >

A decided majority of the clergy of this State gave all their influence to the cause of seces sion, and, as the war progressed, were often the most successful recruiting agents for the Confederate army.— Missouri Democrat. Seventy-two bales…

ton and tobacco by tbe same railroad from Au gust 12 to December If inclusive, were seven thousand two hundred and eighty-live bales and three thousand seven hundred aud seventy hogsheads respectively. One hundred and forty-five hogsheads tobacco…

OBITUARY^ EDWARD BRUCE LEWELLEN, only child of f!"T mid James W. Lewellen, was born on the Si hot December, 1*47, and died on the 18th in w*.}kte.£H i "' cldeßta J gunshot wound, received stent = hls gnn from a w *gon, on the 7th mr r J.! 1…

where Y er . knoir n- An only child, the great indulgence he had always received from parents who never allowed a wish to go ungrati neit tiadoulv developed in him the nobler senti ments: kindness and consideration for those srounu it mi, the…

all with whom be camo in contact, demanding the same consideration for himself. Character? rIVi I3 L-*3* a, !

the happiness of others. It is not strange t_at Such a youth was dearly beloved by his immediate com- »*£* tlie strength of his choose"? cCm iianded their respect, aud the virtues of his life made him their exemplar as well as friend. At an…

seriously impressed on .the subject of reli gion, and though he then made no profession, and , U 'V hlms .'' ,f > no church, was a regular at tendon! on divine services, where his aobriety of demeanor and reverential deportment attracted observation…

Sot* km£ *&**£* u^!i_*!L afa _____» that htid not long to live. S>o deeply impressed was this conviction upon his mind/that, in MM when passing through .St. Johns' Burrving-firo, nd li wrote on a tombstone with his pencil, B " Edward B Lewellen.…

E*JFL*n l ? die ' his e " tir " resignation to the will ofGod, and a calm, firm and undo iht lug taith liithrist, our Saviour The teitiSmn*

and yet so ardtnt and empliatic, will never T & gotten by tho* who surrounded that dyim? bed On Christ, tht Rock of Ages, the only KoeWii, tlii; flue nating aid sorrowfnl world which afford! sta bility and huie tothe sinful and suffering children…

parting sou. v '"t»c iui umae- His aflHctfi parents have the deepest sympathies i ol all who mow them. p eate to th a ashw Af ihit! I

nvrPNI&WV*- 711 * J?™™ 1 of EDW\Rd| XXI tb LETELLEN, son of J. ur an ,i Ttr,,JV„ti. Ellen, willtako place ftom «C 7-i W ,*

MINUtJRE ALMaIuC-De'ceebeb^VTws^ £' m rtWi 7U I Moon sets .. ' 7-o Ban 4 42JHigh water..!..!!".'; « uo POiti-OF Richmond, Bncanaaa:», mT^ ARBIVKD. „Btesß>rCityof Richmond, Stranahan Norfolk

Miil s i:au^ 00lf0rd ' BBUiffi ° re > meJ * ca »n- SAILED. stsner {fattens, Parrish, Hew York mer ckofise and passengers, Samuel Avers ft Co SiUiner Niagara, (%.taiu George W. Conch New \or UseKhaiidlse and passengers, v F Watson

scltK StS? 1 * H^Fh'tn o*'0*' JOnM « CUy P ° int « City Point, schooners to m* the river, ' a *' a '>S»' Ma la*a_SSßs>_s B i aS >_a ßS j-s J ... M , >>aßlM MssssssssssM

siwnr&SS J »' l "*«-y 1, was * lieADMJCATE is beautifully printed, on Dure Ste paper, in the neatest style/ Able wAten and S;espi)iidents supply its colummTwilll extelbVnt

fling matter. Tfi/best solutionsffmm Si- ?n Hied authors and from recent publications and Lful attention tothe Youths DeimrtmeiiY _»J

bt useful variety to th« contents of tie piper I is special y commended to the public Vy the lowing resolutions, unanimously adopted by the rginia (onlerence: " 7 &&**!& I&»t the interests of the Church arty and unanimous co-operatlonof our…

ich he has conducted tbe affairs of the paper: He w« warmly appreciate his generosity la act fas editor without remuneration. Resolved, That the presept editor lm, and he

ffof^SSKf*^^ 33 to'eoutlnue at dvertise in the ADVOCATE. City merchants, ehanlcs and professioiml men who desire to are country patronage should advertise in this -er, which has an cxteiuive and rapidly iu using circulation in the Metho preacber…

I TELBGRAPHIG .NEWS. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. From Washington. Waseieotox, December 19.—The President today, in reply to a resolution of the Senate of the 12th instant, communicated h message to that body stating that tho rebellion waged…

are In possession of every State in which the ' insurrection existed, and that, as far as could !

be done, the courts of the United States have j been restored, the post-offices re-established, and steps taken to put into efficient action the revenue tax of the country. He says v that, as the result of the measures instituted by the Executive,…

spective State Governments, and are quietly yielding obedience to the laws and Govern ment of the United States with more willing ness and greater promptitude than nnder the circumstances could reasonably hare been ex pected. The proposed amendment…

tion in my possession, and from that which I have recently received from the most reliable authority, I am induced to cherish the belief that sectional animosity is surely and rapidly merging itself into a spirit of nationality, and that representation,…

reviews his tour of inspection throughout the South, and states he is satisfied the mass of thinking men in the South accept the present situation of affairs in good faith. He says he was pleased to find that the leading men whom he met not…

given for reflection, the decision has been a j fortunate one for the whole country. He also says there is snch universal acquiescence in the anthority of the General Government throughout the section of the country visited by him that the…

are many freedmen, should be white. He further remarks : " My observations lead me to the conclusion that the citizens of the Southern States are anxious to return to self-government within the Union as soon as possible, and, that, whilst reconstructing,…

feTl.e report is very interesting, and furnishes lany favorable facts in regard tothe condi on of affairs in the Southern States, and shows throughout a friendly feeling toward* the South. v [SECOXD DISPATCH.] Washikgtox, December 19—Secretary…

strength of the regular army was adopted. Mr. Morrill introduced a bill to incorporate the Potomac Navigation Company and Trans portation Company. Referred to the Corn- Mr. Trumbull gave notice ot a bill to enlaree the power of the Freedmen's…

which reminded him of the Kansas message of Franklin Pierce in IS3H. Messrs. Dixon and Doolittle replied to Mr Sumner defending the message as on able and truthful statement of the facts. Hoes B ._Mr. Farnsworth offered a resolu tion, which…

■adopted an amendment to the Constitution riding against the assumption or payment, the United States, of any debt incurred by fete Confederate States, or any States The American Freedmen's Aid Commission and the Americnn Union Commission.…

mission, it was „13£ the two commissions in one. Simpson was chosen president. F sumpson New York Markets. New Yobe, December 19.—Flour has de clined sc. ; Southern, *s 25fi«15 Wh™t dull. Com steady. Cotton

Bales three thousand Z oSa t \ Baltimore Markets. Bai.tieobe, December 19.—Flonr inactive high grades firm. • Seeds steady. Wheat flrnT Corn declined l@2c. Oats scarce Provision*; neglected. Sugars drooping. WnisajdnH J .''■isiiAKN of the same…

SAv'Th* 0 Wat «W»»«?vff . V . the 16,h of January, luss. * ' " * VbS A full attendance is desired J. B. JOHNSTON, CHARLES W. PURCELL. L- W. GLAEEBBOOK., W. 0. HARMAN. ' N.mr™™ n v BUOH W\ SHEFFEY Riohboxd, December is, I**s. wmw * Ull-.'- FORM…

suet v a o U te h o'r , &e a, and to do such other act or acts, aseaehnf u_ rnni.l

£*•. ° r d ,° ** * member of said meetings JfwsvSJ newonally present; and we do bwfiy mTirVtf.S

WON IN Irvbbu vX'IH.A l *bge circula- the of this greatest Baptist paper

BT JOaTJfiOrt IBBfatlßßlßf aWBBCT. Ruptare between ihe Prcskenui aul the Rad*. cals HtcvensV Speech ranasmmi tfiifal alsssßße freaa the Prosssker at-«BeneruJ Grunt's Report of his Southern Trip-He Agrees with the President-*. Prospect ef ■…

plan of early reconstruction through. - Thaddeus Stevens's speech In the Honselast evening has but few admirers even among his personal friends. Any bill based upon the speech win fail. Mr. Raymond, of New York, Is expected to

Ithis afternoon in favor of immediate ad not the rebel States. Poor of the New Republicans stand with him. President has jnst transmitted a special re to the Senate in regard to the condi 'the South, in which he states that the are rapidly…

sire to accept the present condition of bot thinks it inexpedient to withdraw tary force at once. He adds that the are anxious to take their places in the It fnUy sustains the President's policy iwing the Military Governors, proclamation announcing…

rect antagonism with the views of Congress. j The President's message, enclosing the re-* ports of General Grant, General Howard, kc, on the condition of the South, [alluded to above] has been read in the Senate, and is very conservative. Mr.…

is loyal, and anxious to return to its old place in the Union. It is given out seml-offlcially at the State Department that there is no danger of a rup

ture with France. The President sustains | the Seward diplomacy. I Alley's resolution on currency contraction gives great satisfaction at the Treasury De partment. The argument in the contested case of Cof frothand Koontz has been closed. The…

the Committee of Finance of both Houses. It is alleged that Mr. Harris, member from Maryland, in faking the oath committed per jury. The matter has been referred to a com mittee for investigation. General Logan is still here, and undecided…

ter has been received in Washington concern ing the complications on the Rio Grande, with the French, of a serious nature. The report has thus far taken no definite shape. The House of Representatives has passed the biU anthorizing all roads…

6?jtny "StalercgtiTatYdn to the contrary. It is New Yea__ railr ° ad betwee » Washington and From Californin-Rntillentienof the Constitu tional Amendment. Sacbaebxto, Cal., December 18—Resoln tions ratifying the constitutional amendment abolishing…

Progress of Hie Union Pacific Railroad. Oeaha, Nkbeasea Tebbitobt, December 19 Ihe fi rs t forty miles of the Union Pacific railroad, from Omaha, west, was finished yes terday. The track to Tremont, eight miles

feoOTS AND SHOES. . _,__« i «1,L,;,'."'. st ' cnr *d a small store and PHI cheap rent, I am determined fWI

1 l.v ».,„ i NOT To BK "UTDOIVE f •*&. »y any bouse In the city in tbe quality of mv

I , REASO3ABLE^OF h MT PRICES I intend to keep at all times a good assortment of ! all kinds ot BOOTS, SHOES AND RUBBERS • and the public can rely upon everything 'i say as I DO NOT MISREPRESENT. I have also for sale LADIES' AND GENTS' PAPER…

NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY AMn f ;M'T The l* rlce of Ut y Wood* i«rioVer now tk__, ._ ihL Ume B,nce the •wiißtlon of Richmond and *s there is no probability of a further d"ili.*' h.?t 1

„"™"V ve 7 P , ' m>M topnrehase their dry «ooas now ; the prices at this titm* are low W«L nu good Calicos at 20, 25 and M cents • U " Delaines at JS cents ; richT lleursd Mert^_ 1 _. l _. cents; Linen Handkerchiefs** It ; c mi • striped ?Ts_a__2…

JJALL A HUTCHISON, \ " ~ IBrOBTBBS ABO JOBBBBSJ OV NOTIONS AND WHITE! GOODS,

at the old stand of f TBOBAS, HCOBBS k CAI.DWBL.., No. 7 Fourteenth street, between Main and Cary RICHMOND, VA. The subscribers have formed a co-partnership, M

Pve, and are now prepared to exhibit ELL-SELECTEP STOCK OF GOODS, pnrohsssd from PIRST HANDS, FOR CASH, and will be pleased to serve their old friends and the trade generally. formal t •«. Jo . Hlf W. HALL, formerly of Thomas, Hughes k Caldwell.…

JOHN W.BATmh SOBS, HaskDetUerssndPablishert, lespeetfally submit the fotlowmgas their J SEMI-CATALOOC/E BEW ABB POPULAR MOilC. SONGS. All Hail the Belga of Peace, (Pearson) .Mt. Annie's Reply to Enoch Arden, (Brersst) Ms. As the Moon's Pale…

Blighted Hopes, (Gosden) ---~* ,','lb. Brook, (Dolores) .*.*!!.*!.'* Me! Boys we Coming Home, (Turner) Ms! Be sure You say I'saout, (Burnot,) [sja* Blue-Eyed Belly, (BUa.pl n). Mt. I Battery Hatch, (Hatton,).... Bat. I Barcarole, (Reichardt)…

Darling is Here, (Frsni).. #Jtf . # Day our Mother Died, (Hart) .'..".".*.".'"."!!.. Me.* j Farewell, we Part Forever, (Ryder) Me. Fairy Nora Loves me Still, (Blumenschelm)....»se. Fairy Watcher, (Emanuel) ....tee. Green Shenandoah, (Turner)…

I Wonder Why he Conies Not, (Chamberlain).. Me.' Ida May, (Johnson) '^ I'm Lonely Since my Brother Died, (Belter)'.'.'.'. Ms*. In Forest Haunts, (Emanuel) Ms. I Build a Bridge of Fsncles, (Fricknarj....... Me Judith, (Converse) .........Me*…

Maud and halite, (McNaughton,) ........Me Mary Mavourneen, (Balfe) [[ Mountain Boy, The (Speueer)..'.*'..'"*.*' '^ Mother, Stars are Shining Bright, (St. Claif)'.*' Ma* Masonic Ode, (Thomas) ; :. «/ Minnie Ball, (Batcheldor) *'*'.' Near Thee,…

Old Don't Care, (Bassftad) o. Bright Pulse of my Heart, Oh fury not Woman. Heart is Bought, (White- ' Organ-Grinder, (Hunt).. ?*" O. What a World This m^Zjw^lZZ* Oil on the Brain, (Eastburn) ™ Peace of the Valley 1. Fled. The (S. D.*B')' M-'…

Still Security, (Frens) **X! JJ? Ship that Never Returned, The (Work)' ""am' Solemn Music Gmndly Pealiug, (B, rboo ;;;;;;^' Meep Well thou Sweet Angel, (A bt) Z' Constantinople. (BTeiteri.'.'.'.Ma! I Twilight, (Baresford) £' The Old Brown Bible,…

INSTRUMENTAL, le dv Nord-»o.Hop, (Lemurs) *. ird Polka, (Hassler) !!.• »»H Polka, tßirgfeld)...; JJ,' i-isions Polka, (Haesler) .- ' ian Polka, (d'Albert) . """ZZ >. Polka, (BTolageburg) ..', -Walts, (Godlrey) • .-... »f Peerls-Welto, (Forbss)'.'.!!!.'.'…

Triumphal March, (Holman).. Zs\ BeautHui Dresmer, Virginia, UTmrlata,(Baaderson)....„. /•.ssu. Midnight, (Patterson) [[[[[[[ JJ*' Crlspino a la Coiners, (Trade.)..."'.!.'." 2" A Midnight Barcarole, (Hopkins) an! Lalla Rouhk, (Ketterer) Z' L'Africane,…

P*. ~"~" MBLOBBONB, CABINET ORGANS. _ GOItABB* ' ■ Be. SIBT BY MAIL TO ALLPhIfB Of TBE COUNTRY. YOUTHS' tad

Tn oar CLoKH^«^ WT,mr€ "* a child ■•«»• •»»•» *•* amrkei, l-t^K tntsod.esi ln"I Lai **"* f ****** SeJlste'&r mSlves* \n m %

and fifty bales of cotton, each bale weighing five hundred pounds.

I *. Beware s^^TO=uT

l^2?!z*2 m t* k *» thttt Mr. Seward

pressed an optn'ionon the matter ted to suchjury of which

common history of the II aX

GESSI_r VnSLSnti wwq^o*™

SSSI-*? Mar >iand. appeared in the House

IK.SI,- f 0 .__!*_»* was made, as publish ed rumor anticipated.

th^nV^r 1 was _■ att entive listener on

ronal lortmule he oft,ei» expressed his roSiete

that he left ru this point, so free fr m rSSodv 7

good and gidant child. . o{ lueir |

THIS MORIINO (WEDNESDAY)," the 2?th £22? I

sl!iil_M- Sft WwiasaudVoinpsnlonsof U the !

deceased, sq af his parents, are invited t£ attend. I

lia^it'x l^'^^

se-oSiifbV llowland . «»y Point.

em fK, F. W d LTwi? elSOn ' City Polnt ' sch^

mSPiseJ waSraVlEa ?«K

Bri —' «** ™k hay,

BtiuerLady Lang, Bfanchard; Fortress Son roeiovernment orders ' roriress « on *

| HKraH_ttti£s* " E? " S: s|.tion lor twelve months, roCB bollabs

fmere' and Houseke.-pers' ColunßnSlve the

has been suppressed, and that th« United States ]

joint session of the American A?d

Commission and the Union\w

Stockholders otnid Commtn^L'T' I "'* oi tho

effecting an or*£L*uVZ\i? r £ *E2LVS

Ser P p^ 1 wltTir?, 1 ° r S"_S*^^

»Sf__^_^sTOHiS

coJn^cltAZt/t^% r la "•* B *<« «*

. further west, will be finished at the end of j this week.

It ? P ¥ THAN ANY HOUS * "* THE CITY

I I haven large stock and every style.

Seventh street, between Maln^pfaukHn. U6 19—-t«W

Possibility of a rise wftldn the nezt six iee'ks^wS

S ' - — M Main street.

-^stnebienß^eßg^hß^^

MtJTUAL LIFE .™ INSITBANUI COMPANY OF NEW YORK. i. ■■ Cash assets, July I.IMS 513,500,000 Annual Income, In sash 3,6«5,0te The dividends of this company are larger In amount, for premiums paid, than In any company Jln the world. All or the…

ELIABLE *r SOUTHERN INSURANCE. FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE EFFECTED IX THE PETERSBURG SAVINGS AND INSURANCE COMPANY AND THE NATIONAL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, BY STEVENS & PEGRAM, Agents, Cary street, between…

TJRANCII OFFICE OP THE SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF „ NEW YORK. CAPITAL S 41,000,000 00 SURPLUS 600,000 00 ANNCAL INCOME OVER 1,000,000 00 j This Company takes FIRE AND MARINE RISKS | ON THE MOST FAVORABLE TERMS, COUNTRY RISKS ALSO TAKEN.…

BUHINISS CiLRDa __ StovesT tinware, uovmSvii NISHING ARTICLES, he fl n GREGORY BROTHERS MaW have removed ftmil the Odd Fellows* 1 No. S7 Main street, between Fourteenth ana where they keep constantly on hand a large assort- PARLOR, OFFICbTnDCOOKING…

AMNE IRON ASD mßs rorJ[D]lT The subscribers have associated themselves to _ether for the purpose of conducting the IRON AND BRASH FOUNDRY BUSINESS in all its branches. They solicit the patronage of iheir friends and the pabllcgenerally. ALL…

HENRY L. DESTLER, DEALER IN IRONWARE, HARDWARE ST.VVEB,*r Ac iVvsTKB HTBEET. OPPOSITE SVOAK RKPISEBT, a-ertnient of the above nr^:";1a?g J r , variry an o t r T - e'tlsWSfSf and, ruIMKBRY FANCY CLOTHING and md MOLASSES BARRELS and BEER KEGS.

riHARLES D. YALE A CO., Iron 1 / uiork Governor street, manufacturers of ll«, COPPBBWABB. d«^eM« PLUMBING, GAS and STEAM FITTING, In all their branches, done at the shortest notice niive on hand a large assortment of GAS V.HAS liffilEßS and…

SPECIAL NOTICE.-E B. COOKjr* -I kVonectfallv notifies his friends and the Public that Pie has REMOVED HIS OFFICE from No 70 In No 96 Main street, two doors above lonrteenth Ai?'u,»rti. Times building, and renews the adjoining the g"*»J*» AUCTIOBBEB…

"fflSWand terms liable, A sail - soli __e*i4-ts Keal Estate «iuk__

JJOUSE PAINTING & Main sheet, between Seventh and Eighth, are prepared to undermke AiNTlso in all its departments, in good style and on very re snr n o b ld d cus"omors, and the-public generally, are invited to give T*j?BbNTAOTB k SON, delt-ts…

RAltSUU»_____ j^j^E|pMh r fflßßsßKsaaP_aß-i RICBBOBD ABBDABVTI.Y.BBAII'BOAB, I Sersß»BTßsußST's orricß, > RlCßßOEß.December M, !**>. I NOTICE.-THE RUNNING OF THE w-Vnlse'Frelßht Trains on this road will be lh«™hrlstmas holidays. > d Nnffihtwill…

jg^HBBEBHKaH-K LVswßlchaMid dsl It, SsalsT. .JMpttd, M 7.« A - f s i« d o«r^&r 4 r.Y.rd*« ar..e.bortf, Cksrlotts, dodaJKAD, do IJ—ts Bnp.rintgndVPt.__

WEDNWtoftV.....:,...-»BOSMB£R 4e, 1166. Life In Karpt. (From the London Saturday Review.], "Some person*.** said Madame Andouhrd In her preface, "affirm that the torch of civilisa tion has. been kindled in Egypt; that the vountrv Is making…

iam by a wise Snd enlightened liberty. Fifteen months of inquiryrxm the spot BUVU led Madame Andouard to a «ttffereut conclu sion. The present voUrme embodiesitte data on which her conclusion rests and

itb\»a profusion of example- J****** stories of Mohammed Alis family afe wort ay of the grimest personages in The Thousand and One Nights, and eboutw valuable In an htetoßhteJ poiutof view. TB)e Pachas daugh ter the prin. e?» Nesle-Haneti.…

Ilartrnerite de Bnrgoyne. She was married i a Turkish commissioner, a movister of uelty. .» One day Mohammed AU hinted to his tngttter that ho never felt quite at ease with cr husband. That evening the Bey'scoßbe as presented to him by the…

muted the cairn, when a candidate for in troduction had iM-en found, he was desired to present himself at a certain gate of the palace :it a certain hour. There he was received by an eunuch of tho harem ; his eyes SBBMhaBBf* aged ami ho was…

part ; but when he is again absent I shall take caro that you return.'' The visitor's eyes ' were again bandaged. When the Princess was residing at lwr palace on the Nile he was con tluctud to a door opening-on the ri\er, and sped forward wijh…

kee tho same useful odice was performed by a Thesw 1 frequent disappearances at last began to be walked of, and a young I:allan determined to break the spell. He went assiduously to the cafe where the ominous invitations were known tp be dispensed.…

1 egan,' "and if you wish, I can manage the mi i rod ml ion." "I shall he delighted, if she is so good looking,"' replied the Italian ; "only I rant come this evening. Will you take me to morrow V " Yes: tie at the door about seven o'clock,…

bad followed his guide into a lonely street, he submitted to his eyes being bandaged. After a long walk tbey entered a house and ascended a Maircase. Tbe bandage was removed from bis eyvs in a brilliantly-lighted room, richly lurnished in the…

hunch of ostrich leathers. The Italian re ceived a sign to approach and scut himself on a cushion at her feet. The lady's conversation was enchanting, and With a hostess who did j the honors so graciously a week passed away. ' At the end of…

lias no intention of returning, inasmuch as you are the Pkinaess Nusle-Hnnen, and have been a widow, for some years." The lady made a ! slight negative gesture. " Beßßve me, Madam," he continued, "I, know who yon are, and I know also the fate…

with a slight push." " And pray. Monsieur, what precautions have you inkt_?" " Mon Men! Madam, they are simple. Instead of following your emissary at once. J arranged to come the next day. Meanwhile 1 had an inter view with my consul. When…

accordingly forewarned. II to-day ho does not j «sceio.-«i«rain, be will know that I have suffered j ihe doom of your lovers. He wiU oddress him- I self to his Highness tho Viceroy. Yon per- j eeive the snanttsf that must ensue. Rumor suspects…

took bis leave, and arrived without accident { in the street. Where he found a " cav,i«_"- from j the •consulate awaiting him aq'4'.alre.ady un- j easy. It is needless to say ".hsti ho scruppltMis ly disregarded the partingit?ques£ of his ami…

Rent must have some ditticulty *' n finding I c worthy to succeed him. '»» the Pros

a wise man, v- k arg4imPn t \ o tin* *-tronir m's i lie «v.«» »»»i5 ... mmv a- one would be unacceptable few : -d iio is abused for shallowness selves ™ Lhey do not thereby prove them

inosl k rrm"Mr. Punch, Sancho Panza uttered a wiser saying.]

I head, fast asleep. Wife suddenly dis ( bis condition, and, nudging him, ers, " George I George! You are not ir A •c i* nothing in music itself that MJ»||M-i% rs its votaries such fools as you deeeehbe •liority to be. Some of the heat minds…

ict. . ] y thirteen months.and a half, now, to the liiiuu. says Dr. Oumming. \ London Fun has an *• illustration n of •epreseiiting a huge, hideous negro, with distended, sword and torch in hand, slay omen and children, as in Jamaica, un ihich…

combatting the theoryhuit cholera Is h igious iv such a thorough us>n«er as to en- I bis production to acareJiU>«a»*id«ration. Ii facts which he pamphlet just d, In relation to the progress of the cho- h in Providence wi li« 4* show clearly…

ities in which it appeared «»> »*tl *">£ . and in regonl to the cV*of ol persons wteo

aid." ef' the city, where „ne person «iod. one thonstind four hundred tend six escaped; on Uieeast side, where ooe per

son die Tone hundred and forty e«*mped>, in the most infi-cUHI districts, whi»reene pei.-sou

died, nine escaped; of all the P^y*^ a »»' no one had the dmease, though a»u«h eawenmd; of.all tbe clergymen, not cmc- bad tneuineose, though much exposed; of alt tbe ee4c*ed. popu. lation, not one had the dteease ; in the Ameri can population,…

If tbe disease was not contagious in Pro vidence in ism. it is not likely to teg In .666; and if not contagions there then, it is not likely to be so elsewhere next year, or when it may next visit u*."—A'tieporMN. I.) News. A- bachelor uncle.…

other poor—.the hitter, of course, beeng the most ardent, as weH as she favorite lover— **v "My dear, the ques tioa being stripped Of all ttlnsory elements, your choice simply Ilea between lone and benf. Now, love is an itten, white beef te…

that the snow in Mtnneatfta has blockaded all the raierotute, so that no trains could run for two days. On Thursday night the mercury ranged from twenty to tweuty-Avedegrees be low aero, ttoiow nsm fatten to tl>e depth of eeverai Utehes in…

MAtintßißf.meßßDoo*** 0^11 . I has just received c gseat variety of JUVENILE BOOKS, GAMES, *»., for CHRISTMAS. ALSO, LADIES' PURSES, BATCHELS and CABAS, COLORED PHOTOGRAPHS, PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEW! OF RICHMOND, PHOTOGRAPHS OF CONFEDERATE GENERALS,…

BELL A CO., WHOLESALE • AND RETAIL DEALIW& IN NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, MAGAZINES, SCffOOL-BWKK HTATIONBRY. *«., BOS. « AND » MARKET

DICGFeORGE £ STEKL, 3ZZ DENTAL SURGEON. (Office on Main,. between Seventh and Blghth streets, five doors above Spotswood Hotel,) j RICHMOND, VA., thankful for the liberal patronage bestowed upon him In the post, respectfully informs his friends…

1 AT LAW AND COMMISSIONER INCH ANCB i RY, practices in thftCouris of the City of Rich mond and the County *>f Henrico, i Ontce on Franklin, second door from Sixth street. I de 11—lm

pHEAT BARGAINS READY-MADE CLOTHING AT THB RICHMOND CLOTHING BAZAAR, No. U9 Maix stbeet. Musses. LOEB BROTHERS, grateful for the very extensive patronage already extended to them, beg leave to renew their assu rances to the public of Richmond…

THE NEWEST STYLES AND FASHIONS, j THE MOST DESIRABLE FABRICS, which it will be their aim to sell at PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES, and affording golden opportunities to the public AND ONLY A LIVING PROFIT to themselves. Tbey are now receiving direct…

OYBBSGAT* and WINTER CLOTHING OF ALL | KINDS, i to which particular attention is Invited at the RICHMOND CLOTHING BAZAAR, No. H» Maix stpsbbt. de ll—ts

JUST RECEIVED* 3u BARRELS MOUNTAIN BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, 50 BAGS MOUNT A IN BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, 50 BARRELS PjCHMOND SUPERFINE FLOUR, 50 BARKERS RICHMOND EXTRA FLOUR, *15 FIRjjiNS MOUNTAIN BUTTER, 200 VoUNDS DRIED WHORTLEBERRIES, 25 BUSHELS CHESTNUTS…

B^'. COLT'S AND OTHER REVOL\ERS, CARTRIDGES. POWDER AND SHOT, XI KY'S CAPS,

SalrepwuVordersand an^psenssfßßßßjalfua, battles mid sieges, privets letters from the army,

CoiSresslonsl aoeVments I niiimit and Governors of the Southern Metes, woum confer favor, besiden contributing some what to the vindication of tho truth of history, by sending them to me at this phuce. The Confederate archives and records were…

"vy, and citliens genera lv. Letters ere soOclted from parties possessing imfortaut iniormatlou touching our unfortunate strnggle, and from prl sonen who were confined tntt.e North.

Letters, packages, etc., wIH be IftWA D _E turned, if aenred. -— P. "W. ALEXANDEK- Tbomaston, Upson county,« foigla, w.

S.-I must again appeal to my g*e*ann*ttea Southern press toglve this enurd general eteeuia tion. r - w *•

Montague a whitall | (Late of tho Merchants' Insurance Company of Richmond,) I INSSURE PROPERTY OF ALL KINDS IN THE j They also effect MAiRINE INSURANCE AND LIFE INSURANCE, j OS ice. No. 231 Main street, just below the Spots

VI RGINIA FIRE AND MARINE IJfSITRANCB COEIPANT OF RICHMOND. CHARTERED 1*32.-Thts Company has passed j

through the or.leal of tire, and through financial crises , and is still solvent. The Directors and offi- . cere a re thankful for the liberal support it has re ceded hoin a discerning public, ana pledge their best et oris to make the Company…

BUIL and OTHER PRO- j pkhty INSURED AT CURRENT KATES, and; TOSSES PROMPTLY ADJUSTED AND PAID.

the largest success ot our LOCAL lASlllUiH'ito. Ritild ui> these, and our prosperity is sure. Buuu uj- v_ c , w COWARDIN, President. Wim.iAM Willis, Ja., Secretary. do 11—lm DRUGS, &c. 'n. ~"~""" /• wriuoMAS, JB. s*\ \V. THOMAS A BROTHER, C…

pURCELL, LADD A UGGISTS AND A _.„. * V na is PAINTS, OILS, Ac, favorable to purchasers,

iSttfs__Cs_l^«"^„«^* which wnjMW GLASS, of'sinale or doubio thickness ; „ , oVv UGH HAMMERED *

*3£ff&\*_ pwell, lapp * co -1 » „'„ for

ta s^^'_JK»iS llcote females and children t.,n Ov-her preparmiuu* j

°Vo r UGERA'S DRAti rli> OF'SANTONIN, A most m »* PAi-» 5J32 effilve prepano.u. for cooghs, C( ifewvtrn'S PAULLIEIA POWDERS AND PIU 8 toMhe care of ttrvoas ami headache. GENUINE PR C CAFFEIN, ATROPIA, DIGITALIN, CAN INDICA, and many other rare…

n-jr™ 0t y>n^> ° dyro ß?chmo t WIWAM H. SCOTT, DRUGGIST W AND APOTHKARY, corner Franklin and «, S I < ' ' """ * TSOWHATAN HOTEL, COBBEE EtBVEETB AED BBOAB STBBBTS, (near the Capitol,) 1 RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

GEORGE J. SCAMMELL, Pbopbibtob. I •rkis HOUSE, having b«an pat In thorough re

nateaJF£.ffnU*eaTu"abengi ecesaletesty e> Meaaree t» receive guetes. The accomiitodsttons l_vTlßi,T t:LASS.juid gnests can rely upon flnd -1 Uut In tft WWHATAB the comforts ofhome, with I i_Fi_. Uuxtwiss of s hotel of the cbaractor it «teints…

MITCHELL A TYLER, Dottier** in WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, WATvnm, PLAT EDWXrE. CLOCKS, FINE CUTLERY, SPECTACLES. FANCY GOODS, Ac, Ac. n-. Btnek \L entirely new, and embraces the most

aastenade^eentoS llne.'Foreiguand American. WATCH REPAIRING done in the best manner. Cash paid for old SILVER and GOLD.

S^ii-to 1 * oi

CRY ■ c\„a«£ from all parts of the country are solicited,

g{jfc J | ltoi . a tercet b.wecn Main and Frankjln street*. _ 7T~ ■m-swrnx TMMiLEY. SJ3l> Spotswood Ho

ffiSf StHrtg - every'article North Cordlna, TRADE. His old We«" to visit anl en- Tennessee are iuvkiu -» aiiiine his stock, rney win uu« u _ im North nrSontn. —- — — j. j. rasxcß- FRENCH A CO., HOUSE,

siness * Country orders promptly •*^^ to -JE writing done in the most approved style on mtde

ratetorate. Paint .mop andofflce on ™Jl*rtet. second door fiiau Main. ' ' ' ™

COMMISSION MERCHANTS. 1 (Libby Buildings,) ■ Cabt aed Dock betwbee Twentieth aed Twtl TY-FIBST kTBBBTS. ! RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Gpods sold by Package only. UNITED STATI_i'KTEP*WAREHOUSE, No. \

GEORGE S. PALMER, late of Wodsworth, Turiun DANIEL'J. HARTSOOK, late of Howsrdsvillei WILLIAM 1 -".' ISAACS, of William B. c °l BaitEers. r_r--_~J

AND GENERAL COMMISSION em_eV«f Seventh and Canal streets, Mguuondl have in stove 130 boxes Manufactured Tobacco* mouldy" 100 raudU'l Manufactured Tobaecol

•md sweet. Also, various briiids of fine Tobacco Fine LEAF TOBACCO alfrays on huiiaJ L wf are dally receiving it front Vifginia anoj

WE «. BAEPBIIHIB. TJ*OS. B AEHEBSOE.

GR&BRS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No 105Beoad stebkt, Rkhboep /.**«r their services for the sale of all kinds of offer tneir B «*J oUJ j TBY PKO DUCB, and guarantee the highest market price for the B *W»jl also furnish BAGS tor grain when desired.…

S'SS: fia_2tw*.£hu*n ! will Elw strict and personal attention to all CONSIGNMENTS, and Bmke tuasooable_AD VANCES. ; ________?_

GENERAL COM^£sH?N A MERCHANTB. Fifteenth street, bstween T Main and Cary, RicanoEO, Va. ...... I Particular attention paid to the sale of all kinds i

x7i. EBAls. BOBBBT O. 1.8108. J. T. SWOBBS. j ikTEAL, LEIGH A CO., General Com il mission Merchants and Tobacco Factors, cor ner Cat? and Virginia streets, Richmond Ye. dsil-Jte' ■ E*QPENED AGAIN.-S. B. BAN CROFT, Abbet, respectfully announces…

JTSIAIL TRAIN DAILY (except on Sundays), be tween Richmond and Staunton, leaving Richmond at 7.15 A. M. and Steunton st H A. M. «.„.„,

A TRIWEEKLY MAIL TRAIN, leaving Staun tou at 7. A. M. f6r the West, on Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays. -— . __J THE MAIL with trains on the ORANGE AND ALEXA»I»KIA RAILROAD. The DAY MAIL TRAIN connects with STAGE COACHES at Staanton, Leaington,…

WrWGHt'tSail between Richmond and Staunton connects with Freight Trains on Orange and Aleaandria railroad for Lynchburg and AIex

"pRBIGHT will be sent to any point on the Orange and Alexandria railroad without change of cars.

Hoods purchased in Northern cities can be sent direct to any station on this road where the com pany has an agent by consigning them to STE PHEN HUNTER, General Freight Agent, Rich mond The charge for the transit through Rich mond, including…

tfjmnmwmwmmew Office Btcß-tOBB, Fbepebicbsbcbu AXDI Potomac Raii.boad Coepaet, > Richmoxu, October 27, ISte. J

THE QUICKEST AND MOST DI RECT ROUTE TO THE NORTH AND WEST, VIA THK RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG AND POTOMAC THROUGH TO WASHINGTON IN SEVEN AND A HALF HOURS. TWO THROUGH TRAINS leave the Dermi, corner Broad and Eighth steeete, Sheehen HI", DAILY,…

THROUGH TICKETS TO ALEXANDRIA.WASH INOTOIf; BALTIhIOBB PHn_IDB_P«IA, ixil TO ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES IN THE WEST A__ in. NORTHWEST. BAGGAGE checked through to Alexandria, Washington, Baltimore Fhiradelphia and New York, accompanied by through…

Passengers breakfast and sup at ASHLAND, and dine on board POTOMAC STEAMERS. For rnrther information and through tickets, ap

ply It the office of the Company., corner Broad j B Geetbv, General Ticket Agent.

OFFICE ON MAIN STREET, BETWEEN THIR. | TEEXTH AND FOURTEENTH STREETS, RICHMOND, VA., ARE NOW PREPARED TO FORWARD CURRENCY,

COIN, VALUABLES j AND FREIGHT TO POINTS NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST. The tariff of cha>g.e,s is based upon fair business principles, without being nuffCWlye to the public. GOODS SHIPPED FROM THE NORTH by steamships and marked to the care of…

All desired information in regard to the extent of the lines operated by this company furnished at any of the agencies on application. J. E. JOHNSTON, President. J. 1L Imbodex, General Superintendent. de la-ts

KirHEoxß, Va., November 24, 1565. A DAMS EXPRESS COMPANY. GREAT EASTERN, WESTERN AND SOUTHERN EXPRESS FORWARDERS. ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY are prepared with unequalled lactlitiesto forward IGOODS, VALUABLES AND MONEY TO EVERY PART OF THE WORLD.…

LTaRBEH A «V« RICHMOND CITY fX OMNIBUS ANO STAGE LINE. _ Bhe proprietors would reai.etlfully Si form the traveling public ihM*atSksamf»Wßm\ ley have, at a heavy expense, estonlmned s> Mas 1 splendid FOUR-HORSE COACHES AND OMNI PTSES, for the…

Kharges less than by any other conveyance. IVe have placed BOXES In the Ballard, Es eVnae. Kpotewttod, Powhatan and Monumental •Eels, where persons desiring to leave by any ol lw railroads or steamers can leave their orders bj 18-lock, P. M.,…

vteeenlh aud Marshall street*. Busenger* going South dine at the Powhatan Itetl. our Hue of Coaches leaving there dally at s*»nd 7.15 A. M. and a.o* P. M., and In time to cteucct with trains on the Richmond and Danville sfßlchraond snd Petersburg…

it EEP YOUR MONEY Ik IB VIBBINIA t I DUNN h DIBDLBB ALE, Mitufactured at FREDERICKKBUBO, VIBBINIA.

PUBLIC-NEW YORK AND Jt^^ .he community, vis : Messrs. WILLIAM O. and J. at.

8 ThlS. Steamers will leave Pier river, New York, alternately every WEDNESDAY aud SATOBDAY at U o'clock. M. _. . tgM - .____ Returning, tbey will leave Richmond every

TUESDAY and SXTURDAI at » £eJock. F, *-, touching at City Point and Norfolk each way to land and receive passengers. .

As they will eorniTdlrectly to the wharf stßoek etts, the necessity for transhipmentis aeotded.

I For expedition snd security, this route, as past 1 experience has proven, will be f

for packages going astray, which may occsslonai lv occur, parlies shipping their goods by this lino will have but one carrier to look to for redress, as there Is no connection with other lines or carriers. All soods consigned to the agents…

In the construction of these Steamers, species* t tention has been paid to the Slush and couit.... « the Saloons and State-Rooms, In order to indues travel by them. ~ ~ „»..„„

By this route the passenger avoids the many chances incident to all of the other routes In reaching New York or in returning horn*, inde pendent of the comrortsby this safe and en«y inodo of travel. Its cheapness, over all others. Is a mat…

Passengers can secure their tickets and state rooms either on board or at the offices of the dif ferent agencies. . . ~ , Freight solicited either way, and by application the rates will be round to be moderate.

When ordering goods from New York, the pa trons of the line are requested to order by th«» "Old Line, New York and Virginia Steamship Conipunv." Pier 21, North river. „_-... Remember that there Is no transhipment of*oods by this line, and insurance,…

cessary, can be effectedl for a tntie. p . fMO RF The agents are G. HLINEkhN * PA»j»"Kn.

ton. D..VU.. i WBRkm v VVißßt* ! de n _ts Richmond.

tMISOTLLANEOUa GRIUULTURAL WAREHOUSE. No 14 MAIN STREET.—By purchase and manufacture, we have now, and shall keep con stantly in store, a full stock of goods-in our line. We call attention to tho following goods particu larly- live hundred…

fall to come and see the LADIES' FAVORITE SHOE STORE OF RICHMOND, which bos been hundsomelv fitted up, with «30.0a0 worth ol SHOES of all styles, and HATS for yourselves and ctnl- FURS 1 000 DUPLEX HOOPSKIRTS-tbeonlyskirtf..n>i lady to wear;…

We want all the ladles of Richmond to come and see us, and we will do our best to please. Quote made to order for you. READ A MONTGOMERY, •de 14—ts*l corner of Broad and Ninth streets.

GREAT INDUCEMENTS.—PAIITI CULAR ATTENTION.— Gentlemen, don't lait to come to the LARGE SHOE STORE, CORNER BBOAD AND NiMH STEKKT*. 200 cases lately arrived from Boston, adapted to

l.oe© patri tfrtWSrtn'ifSHOES, custom work. Such a stock has never before been presented to the people of Virginia. Wholesale and retail. We are selling splendid work at low prices. ALSO. A big stock of HATS and CAPS. Work m»de to order In…

WILLIAM H. SCOTT, DRUGGIST corner of Franklin ami Seventeenth streets' offers at low rates 400 ounces QUININE. 150 ounces GUM OPIUM, •40 pounds POWDERED OPIUM, 2 cases E. I. RHUBARB, 25 pounds IODINE. 75 minces MORPHINE, %rT , r 200 pouuds…

WBT b7 ELLISON ACO GENERAL ff. GROCERS AND COSfMtSbION HER CHANTS, for th* sale of MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE, corner of Ninth and Main*lreet*>, Rich tDond, Virginia. " , , HKrKßKXCEs.—Baltimore : Mess: Mslxsel n Grafton, William Lauahan k Son.…

SCHAAP A HARTMAN. MEIt- CHANT TAILORS AND CLOTHING DEALER*. Intending to restrict ourselves entirely te.J»»S" CH \NT TAILORING, we will sell out our READY BUDE CLOTHING, liATaand GENTS' FURNISH ING GOODS at the greatest bargains ever trite***.…

AW-MILL"AND MACHINE-SH(>P O OWNERS are reminded that we sell all w}dl»'» .V KTIIKTCHED LEATHER BELTING and ail widths oflH'M BELTING at LIST PRICES. Also, PACKING, MILL-SAW and BASTARD FILES, NAILS AXES, Ac, in addition to our «.*k ••!

IMPLEMENTS* rii MAC I. IN I| K K M ITH A CO* FARM. [de 11—*tj H. M. SMIIII B ' "•..

DandrTdge a GROCERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 106 Beoao stbket, RH'Bmosi., havo in store, and for sale on th* most [«'•".';*' Y ' teriiw a lance and varied assortment of FAMILY UROc'erWaN DSUPPLIES, to which ther would

Sllthoparticular attention of families in the &f and country. __ __ f 9 **-**. celling off at and helovv OCOST TO CLOSE-The undersigned. deter* mined to close bis present business, will sell »• Hiock now on hand (which is a g«''»«;ral assortment…

ALbIaNACS; ALM AN ACS. XI eh l\ ardsen's Virginia and North Carolina AL.n v-

ACS. at publisher's PtU >LB hJTUK^KR. de 14 ts? * Whig Huihl>«g-

JAPONICA FLQW3SS AND KRriJ •J TREES.-lhaveforsslea K

TX)R SALE, ono of tlw i*«t ClOAg r STANDS in the «ily, which wilt be so d ca-.t

_j_ ■___•_* BeissijlUle -t^'' IOHN HARTZ.2I7 BROAIKSTRKI-X J deater In all kinds of TB«MIN«8, ' I BUTTONS. FANCY GOOBB AND BOTI«»ES. *< • — * I>OCJKRS, ADAMS A CO., X, AUCTIOHBEES AND „„. Mipa WHOLESALE COMMISSION MERCHANT?.. NO. 1« FirVBKETU…

Juiju» otiuto 4 oa, & l i» | g ii DBY GOOlte, MILLIMEBY. he.. So. l*> Biosi street, betsreeu Fifth and Slash. » -*

ot a Meaning (invert. — Husband, with j

rGipitulatioiiin regard to ***£**£

WILLIAM D. COOKE, "" ■ BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER*

STREET, LYNCHBURG. *?j~|_S!s PROFESSIONAL CABDB. '

Shot belts and pouches, of SPORTING AR MS OR PISTOLS. MIICHBLLfcTYLEBf

dell-ts _jteEh^.tiw»t_ . A Person* interested in the

A history of the late war, who have military and

r|X> NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS. PRINTING OFFICE FOB BALE.

A complete outit for a "•S'fKffJ-iSff-GATB

r\tFmm*° -vte W'lJt *J

"ja_E. with fojn. of display type,

VIRGINIA BUCK-m^^UR.

SPmul. IXI ALMONDS.

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jteßUte Be. laTBl |

iIKW YOBK FRONT AND .

il BHH'KS. Afswtheasaad <mlyr TfiVtiiT" 0 | lowtitchwe. J. P. G» 'ionua, B

wooil Hotel. j*"-*- j

Glass can be j

X%Sn_9S«WSJPS_S w »<

t\onH.ndchemic M a^ S£ sa»ebv ;Ett Pharmaceutists,

andsKtoery of all kfnd. with promptness, and

0 SteTmayrelvnpon fidelity and dispatch,

and P* rtl r £ EL ft |5 R ApHIC INSTRUMENTS

, made, repaired, and constantly on ***.§*** as above.

mamaf a<«. T BAG BY, REAL ES

TQnntjASh | nittw You Eai.r : Best RbH *"•' V. Z. |

M SIGNT\NIiKHiNAMENTAL PAINTERS, PA PER.II ANGERS AND DECORATORS . are, sow

nreoared to attend to all orders in $*m*<*i*Z

CP. A J. H. WORD. TOBACCq

S wf to *c sale of alll

klnds*nj tjSWTBV PRODUCE, and render sulesj

I P Gffiaken on storage. de4L-«aw»m_ j

DANDRIDGE A ANDERSON, •

S POTTS A GIBSON,

/PROISUCE, FLOURand TOBACCO. | -mil-Am GEOBGE OIBBOH.

VIRGINIA CENTRAL RAILROAD. The following regular trains will be run on

this£oadon*nd aVterWEDNESDAY, jHn-ober M:

Freight office at Richmond eltwed^ataP^^M.^

de 11—ts General'Superintcndent.

t'oßi* Zieeke, General Western Agent.

EXPRESS COMPANIES. I

NATIONAL EXPRESS AND j TRANSPORTATION COMPANY,

%SL "^tiASTt.Wt^L

ItINKEEi) OIL, WHITE LEAD AND

*| JJM" oil, of -alerter .qu.l.i/.w K Hl R b^

inch i. PLOWS and PLOW CASTINGS, it. great

"de co.

T ADIES, LADIES, LADIES TM iN'T

dVu-tUt MONTGOMERY.

ORNAMENTAL TREES, BVhIRUU^ KJ >~^f^d

e ll—te __ Wsatham wad," Richmond. \» t

far cash. For further tefomtation, tmta tg^

THOMAS IK WAJvLK* j»

1 Foreign sud Densest.« DBV UOOBS. *£** Broad street. •*