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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. Mr. Thaddeus Ste vens, in a speech of nearly an hour's duration laid down the most ultra programme, even out- H eroding his famous Lancaster speech, made in September. He was listened to with marked 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 broad decla ration that the States lately at war with the Government were not in the Union, and that if they were admitted again they must come in as new States or conquered provinces, after pass 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 parties " stood in the same re lation to each other as if they were separate nations." Having conquered them as public 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 be an election for President and a representation in Congress on the basis of population. This, by recog nizing the colored people of the South, would give the new states an increased representa 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 an event, he claimed "thai if the Southern States should then re pudiate the Constitution lately forced upon them, it would be right and just." 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 amendment abolishing slavery, by the Southern State Legislatures, which he denounced as illegal and delusive, and declared that this was not a white man's government, and looked upon Chief Justice 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 its conclusion rose to a reply, but a motion prevailed that the com mittee of the whole rise, and further debate was cut off. [Mr. Raymond's views may be gathered from 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 contains the fore going paragraphs. The American, which is Republican, says : "Several Senators and Representatives, who lately had conversations with the President, state that the President does not intend to 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 be preserved.' Official Announcement-The Constitutional Amendment Duly Ratified. WASHINGTON, December 18.—The following official announcement has been promulgated from the state Department: To all to whom these presents may come, greeting: 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 to the Constitution of the Unitei States, which, when ratified by three fourths of said Legislatures, shall be valid, to all intents and purposes, as a part of the said. 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 tion. Section 2. Congress shall have power to en force this article by appropriate legislation. And whereas it appears from official docu ments, on file in this Department, that the amendment to the Constitution of the United 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, Louisiana, Min nesota, Wisconsin, Vermont, Tennessee, Ar kansas, Connecticut, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina and Georgia ; in all, twenty-seven States: And whereas the whole number of States in the United States is thirty-six ; and whereas 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 of State of the United States, by virtue and in pursuance of the se cond section of the act Of Congress approved the 20th of April, 1818, entitled "an act to provide for the publication of the laws of the 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 the seal of the Depart ment of State to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this eigh teenth day of December, in the year of our 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 from British Columbia report no abatement in the gold field excitement. Every thing is progressing finely. The Rus sian telegraph line has been completed four hundred and forty miles above New West minster, and wire for four hundred miles 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 of February next. It is supposed that the conference will then and there declare Its ad mission to the Methodist Episcopal Church, Free Labor Cotton.—The Nashville Union says: "The German farmers of Texas have again 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 out the kill. The delusion that cotton can not be cultivated by free labor is getting ra pidly disproved by actual experiment. It is 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 and fifty bales of cotton, each bale weighing five hundred pounds.

I *. Beware s^^TO=uT 25_?_J5 *<***«*«*'* l»«cy, thus tfving the l^2?!z*2 m t* k *» thttt Mr. Seward 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, ant)fall iv with the policy of obstruction and delay which some ex treme men are laboring for with great persist r« ,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 privilege of resuming "their functions as States of the Union " So far as the action of the Executive goes, but one thine remains to be done to complete this : the with 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 far as his action is concerned, ail !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 the Government should recognize and re- J\ lh t iK__f [of the s merciful policyj, though not perhaps in every minute particular all that could tie desired, has vet, on the whole, been far greater than any one would 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 of the work. The"policy I to which the Government, through the Execu ! ive, has committed itself, should be mnin j tamed consistently to the end. If what Presi 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 must suffer from it: and new '"••noMties will be excited throughout the 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 thus describes the author of the fore argument, Hon. H. J. Raymond, and cis that he will distance Thad. Stevens lead the House: - 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 the House. In the I House, and thus far. he is altogether nnassn I nung, almost retiring. Although he is one of i ihe most prominent men in the majority, he ! i 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 thoroughly " posted than any man on the floor. "I am inclined to think, however,'before the session is much older, the House will find that while Old Thad. Stevens does the « stern I 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 he succeeds in all his per formances as well, it will not be inanv weeks before he is ring-master of the Radicals, as well as stage manager of the Conservative members of the company. . \\ 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 heart of the city ; and soon it was ascertained that the explosion had taken place in a small building, about twenty by forty feet to the left of the main walk and 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 around the grounds, but none were allowed to i enter but the firemen and police. Numbers of women and children wore soon frantically running back and forth near the gates and making Inquiries for their friends. 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, ing another building, in which a large amount of ammunition was stored from taking lire. , The terrible scene immediately after the ex- I plosion was only equalled by the scene nt the i 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 : Jeremiah Mahoney, Patrick Reunion, James Moran, Michael Mcllerniott, John Feely, Marshland i Whiteley, John Median and Peter MeGa ! riebey. | Ma'honey's body was recognized by an ac -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, who was setting on the powder-cart ! ' near by at the time, was sobadlv burned that ! ihe is not expected to live. He, with the mule 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 deceased, as well ns those Injured, have j all been in the army and discharged, preference being given, in employing men, to those from 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 attending to the matter, aud ; adopting measures that will obviate aU cause ' I for uneasiness. SECRKTABT STAXTOX. Secretary Stanton left the city on Saturday i 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 week ending on the loth instant airs BL9BB,- f 237.91. The total receipts from June 30 to lie- Ii comber 10, ISttf, inclusive, are f 10.>,673,905.07. 11 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 war with an immense quantity of powder in tbf J bauds of the Government, much of which will ii be sold, as it deteriorates with ago. idi UIKISTBB OB EOT. I A 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, il>"' j 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 scr* de

pressed an optn'ionon the matter ted to suchjury of which Worn an invest.cation fonndedon putSc «.' mors, statements in the public jonrnals/or the common history of the II aX GESSI_r VnSLSnti wwq^o*™ 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 SSSI-*? Mar >iand. appeared in the House test U Nr esuraed . l his * eat » aft « p taking the IK.SI,- f 0 .__!*_»* was made, as publish ed rumor anticipated. th^nV^r 1 was _■ att entive listener on 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 by Congress, of an amendment to prevent the pay-men t of t ho rebel debt. 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 ongressional delegation will meet in a body to take notice on Mr. Corwin's death isa^Tw!?iirTi liamS ° WickhMn > <* Virginia, A meeting was held Monday night to take stops to defeat the negro suffrage bill. Firev addresses—reading very much like some we {El 0 £ ee £ °^f ore etimiußtie wen delivered by i Hon. T. B. Florence and others. I A stranger, supposed to be a Mr. Atwell from Westmoreland county, Virginia, died in Baltimore on Saturday last, under the influence of a powerful opiate. i 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 of cotton, twenty three hogsheads of tobacco, twenty-five barrels of Hour, and many other less valuable articles, arrived in Petersburg by the Southern railroad on Saturday last. The receipts of cot 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 were inspected in that city last week. 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 . 0 . 1 " 0 wor( \. f *T men of thG a S« of Edwabd B. i.kum.i.kx who had made themselves so univer .- v, i d . 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 most constant love and marked nnseiasnnesx. in his intercourse with his vonnir 8 a ."' l w L th otht>rs ' he rendered justicf o all with whom be camo in contact, demanding the same consideration for himself. Character? rIVi I3 L-*3* a, ! <l courageous, he was uniformly gentle, kind and generous, and never thought of his own conilort or ease when he could promote 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 early age the subject of this notice, from the counsels and influence of a pious mother ■_i_S2 i Col ! stim t companion he was, became 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 and respect. A dangerous heart dis *v asp w itL c »' .4evel !a jed. he was twelve 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. di«d December 7, M 65 . :' On that H»t ho received his death wound. During his exeruYia ting sufferings, which he bore with the moeThe-" ronal lortmule he oft,ei» expressed his roSiete 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* that he left ru this point, so free fr m rSSodv 7 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 of men ho $ad planted himself, with the clear and .unionising assurance that it. and It aloi.o would prove a sure and certain refuge for his del i 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 good and gidant child. . o{ lueir | 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 ,* 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 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 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, $T** "™* de d^ m 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 BtiuerLady Lang, Bfanchard; Fortress Son roeiovernment orders ' roriress « on * 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 | HKraH_ttti£s* " E? " S: s|.tion lor twelve months, roCB bollabs *X 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 fmere' and Houseke.-pers' ColunßnSlve the 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 preach -1 and people. p WB Ifesofeetf, That the thanks of this Conference 1 due, and are hereby cordially tendered, to » editor lor the Judicious and able manner iv 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 in Hie ViiEinU o rial agent for Ita circulation. erms of advertising far one square of eight m or less: For flrst Insertion?sKvaXTr-Vfvß ts; for every subsequsut insertion, rmr vs. its slways strictly in advance. Address KKV.JAMBB A. DUNCAN. Editor Richmond Christian Ad vocate, 10 U RkhaVond Va m

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 by a portion of the people against the properly constituted authorities of the Government | has been suppressed, and that th« United States ] 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, with the view of inducing an assumption of all of the functions of the States, the people of North and South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ar kansas and Tennessee have organized their re 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 to the Constitu tion has been ratified by each one of the States mentioned except from Mississippi, from which no official information has been received. The President says: From all the informa 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, connected with a proper ly-adjusted systom of taxation, will result in a harmonious restoration of the relations of the States to the National Union. Lientenant-General Grant's report, which the President transmits to the Senate, briefly 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 only accepted the decision arrived at as final, but that now, that the smoke of battle had cleared away and time has been I 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 mere presence of a mill tan, force, without regard to numbers, is sufficient to maintain order. The good of the country and economy require that the force left in the interior, whe*e there 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, they want and require protec tion from the Government." 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 Sew ard has addressed letters to the Provisional Governor and Governors of Georgia similar to those sent to Alabama. Congressional. Washixotox, December 19.—Sexate.—Mr. Wilson's resolution calling on the Secretary of War for a detailed statement of the numerical 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 Bureau A message from the President was read, ac companied by a report from General Grant Mr, Sumner disapproved of the report cha racterizing it as « a white-washing report " 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 was adopted, calling on the Com mittee of Elections to inquire into the alleged charge of disloyalty against Mr. Harris of Maryland, and report the same to the House together with such action as they may recom- The House, by more than'a two-thirds vote ■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. Washixotox, December 19.—At the recent i joint session of the American A?d Commission and the Union\w 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 havtur !..-«... « U i.i .;" ~ undersigned call for a *ViVei_T™ P ?- d up ; ,he Stockholders otnid Commtn^L'T' I "'* oi tho effecting an or*£L*uVZ\i? r £ *E2LVS 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 OF PROXY. Know all men by these presents Thsl tha c „k r«_SS COMPANI, do hereby constitute and »n point ——-, true and lawful attorney_Siw"„?; stockholders of said Company held within Ls. months from and after date tfiereof when w« T£ Ser P p^ 1 wltTir?, 1 ° r S"_S*^^ 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 »Sf__^_^sTOHiS "'"" ***•*«*■ -*■? ' a. s_ts. "- - l«.i.j WON IN Irvbbu vX'IH.A l *bge circula- the of this greatest Baptist paper coJn^cltAZt/t^% r la "•* B *<« «* w^^H*®^ii^afi hi 1

r 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 ■ War with France* Ice., he. Wasbieotob, December 10.—The dispatch to the Governor of Alabama excites much com ment in Republican circles, and there la a feel ing that the President is trying to force his 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 returning to their allegi i the Government: mpanying the message is (General s report on his recent tour. He states le people everywhere maaifest an ear 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 the adoption constitutional amendment, in which ■esident recognises aU the Southern and withdrawing the Military Gover m Alabama, is the principal theme in both Honses of Congress to-day. It is in di 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. Sumner pronounced it a White-washing message, only paralleled by that of Pierce on Kansas. General Grant's report, as stated above, Is exceedingly conservative, agreeing fully with the President's policy. He says that the South 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 com* inittee will decide the question to-morrow as to who shall occupy the seat during the con test. The Special Committee who are revising the Internal Revenue bill are in conference with 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 respecting the Mexican mission. ' More Reports Concerning Difficulties on the Rio Grande-New Bill Concerning Rail roads. Washixotox, December 19.—1t is whispered here that information of an important charac 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 across the States 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 slavery fiually passed the State Legislature to-day. Legal-tenders sell at flfty-seven cents. Mi ning stocks generallyseU lower: Cholar Po tosi, BUS; Yellow Jacket, $120; Savage, *830: Ophir, *300. ' The British gunboat Sparrowhawk, from i ancouvcr's Island, arrived here last night. 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 . further west, will be finished at the end of j this week. 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 COLLARS AND CUFFS, It ? P ¥ THAN ANY HOUS * "* THE CITY I I haven large stock and every style. Seventh street, between Maln^pfaukHn. U6 19—-t«W 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 Possibility of a rise wftldn the nezt six iee'ks^wS „"™"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 ; Robe,, S ' - — M Main street. 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. EDGAR 8. HUTCHIBON, _*•»-» Lynchburg, Va. VSWSBSmXmmm

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