Friday, December 22, 1865 — The daily dispatch

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I^_i__l_i___; FRIDAY DECEMBER 22, 18«fi. 4.ENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA. SENATE. Tbi rsdat. December 21, 186 A. The Senate met at the usual hour; Lieu tenant-Governor CowrEE in the chair. Prayer ! by I>r. Duncan. (isehiotion of Mr. Grat, House…

.in*t-b< to incorporate the St. James Improve- ' A «cr Compauy was taken up, read a second ! ABTMbd referred to Committee on General Jed a. tah'»"*«v«dion of Mr. Gbat, House bill entitled : ~ md to invori>orato tho Chesterfield Gas COal Mining…

Resolved, That the Committee of Courts of Jus- i tire bo instructed to report a bill for tbe purpose of ' legislating and enforcing all contracts with the ' fr.'eilmcn by parlies wishing to employ tb>m by the year, or for a le>s period, and…

On motion of Mr. Lbmosey, the Senate took tip a bill to amend the fourth section of chap ter one hundred ami forty-one of the Code, and vi repeal the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth. I ninth, teuth and eleventh sections of said i liapter:

1. Be it enacted l>y the General Assembly. That the 4th section of chapter 141 of the Code of Vir ginia beaniended ana re-enacted so as to read as :o!lows: i

"SscTIOEt, Legal interest shall continue to be' st the rate of six dollars upon one hundred dollars ' for a year, and proporlionably for a greater or less • vt:iu, or ft»r a longer or shorter time, and no per- i ■on, anless upon a contract…

Mh, fib, loth and llth sertious of said chapter 141 be, and the same are hereby, repealed, eEcept as to all debts and obligations for the loan of money contracted previous to the passage of this act ! "t. This act shall be in force from its'…

After a brief discussion, it was laid on the lablefor future action. Senate bill amending the stay law was re- I timed from the House with an' amendment. On motion to lay it on the table, the bill was discussed at some length.

Mr. Kkf.x, of Pittsylvania, urged the passage , of the bill, and thought that if the stay law wis not adopted that the question would grow into the question of repudiation. He thought that he could go before his county and carry it upon that…

Mr. McKac, of Chesterfield, denied indig nantly that the people of Virginia would ever consent to repudiation. The bill was referred to the Committee on Courts of Justice. On motion of Mr. Robinson, the Senate then < adjourned until January…

House bill extending Manchester Cotton and Wool Manufacturing Company's charter, with sxeendsaent from the Senate, which was con- : cur red in, and the bill passed. KINABCB.

Mr. Gbattax. from the Committee on Fi nance, reported the following bills, which were read the first and second times and ordered to be printed:

Bill to authorize the conversion of registered j boada into coupon bonds. Bill to amend fourth section, one hundred and forty-first chapter Code ISo'o, regulating rotes of interest. Bill to amend certain sections of Code of ISM, regulating…

■STAY LAW. A bill amending the stay law. passed Decern berteth, reported by Mr. Jotebs, was read the third time and passed. [This amendment is substantially the same as the Senate bill passed yesterday.] FBBBBBICBBBOBe AM» UOBDOXSVILLK BAIL…

House bill releasing State interest in the FrederichUturg and Gordonsville railroad in i'artels instances was brought up. After soum discussion, under a suspension of the rules, the bill was reconsidered and recom raitted. • state debts. Mr.…

Resolved, That the Committee on Finance in- j quire into the expediency of funding the interest debt of the State.*' " I On motion of Mr. Ellis, a'resolution was j adopted inquiring into the expediency of pro- I tiding that, until the question…

the payment of public debts, or any portion thereof, or for the funding of the interest I thereon. Referred to the Committee on Fi nance.

INCORPORATED COMPANIES. On motion of Mr. Robertson, the iCkE__ait tee on Finance was directed tainquire into the expediency of requiring incorporated com panies of the State to pay into the Treasury a deposit of security, and to pay a bonus…

BRETHREN. On motion of Mr. lIABSBOBocun, it was '- Resolved, That the Committee on Ihe Union ef Eastern and Western Virginia he respectfully re •iiiented to examine into the propriety of adopting the following appeal." JSonietimes, in the course…

"oii is enthroned, the remembrance of ancient friendship prompts kindly feelings of our na ture to reconciliation and mutual esteem. It rJ* t« us that there has been a separation

bete*_Sß> us and our western brethren. Bound j K>gcs.vr by common blood, a common language, and the iron hooks of interest, what shall sepa rate us» And bound together by natural limits, who shall separate what God* has joined to

tether I Shall poverty, shall tribulation, shall j the sword, tear us asunder from our brethren ? And how shaU we divide the glory of the Old Dominion ? You are too brave and generous to require us, iv bondsman's key, to say, *• Pray master,…

the head that ran down to the beard, even j Aaron's beard ; as the dew .of Heaven, as the 1 dew that descendeth upon the mountain of Zion, for the Lord commanded the blessing, even life forevermore. On motion of Mr. Jotnes, the House ad journed…

The List Confederate Prisoner.—The last I 'oufederate prisoner of war has been released, on condition that he would leave the country. The Baton Rouge Gazette of the oth says : A letter received by Mr- G. Gusman, of this j * ity, from his son,…

the Confederate army, conveys the intelligence j that the brave young captain has been re- j leased from Fort Delaware on parole, and on condition further that he Is to leave the t'nited States within fifteen days from the date of the release.…

ment. He was subsequently transferred to 'ort lie la ware, where he was confined for " PV ,'* r *'-l months previous to his release.

int> Advocate says that Captain Gtisman left >ew York for *t era Crus on the steamship Moro Castle, to join aBJIcu and Magruder. *

insiup-.. He was the City Attorney for roruinoutli--a man of warm freliugs and at aebmeut* in his social relations, and kind and . *uevoient in bis disposition. Hi» health had

in « _ 2F r ' D » n «hirey represented his district "* the Senate wme years ago.

The re - w |MJW b||t wg| |, |t n tmp io y#< j ■■'»»_ been lately discharged.

We are profoundly grateful to our friends In , Manchester for the large lists of subscribers the> have sent as, and shall strive to deserve their pa ■ ironsge by promptly delivering to them, early ; ev.»ry morning, the best and cheapest daily…

is our agent for Manchester, and will receive sub ! script ions and advertisements for the Dispatch. | Mr. Benjamin Mahoxk, our active and successful | canvasser, will continue to call upbn the people. j and we commend him and his work to their…

The Dispatch Is published at two texts per j copy and twelve cam per week. Irregular car \ rlers are selling tbe paper to transient customers at higher prices. These we cannot control. But the regular carriers only charge the prices short stated.…

starting a new paper in reviving the Dispatch.— J ; The arrangement of routes for carriers, the finding ,

out the residences of subscribers, and, above all. j \ the securing of faithful carriers to deliver the j ' paper to them, involve a great deal of difficulty . and trouble. It takes a little tinio and a great deal of patience and perseverance…

we arc putting carriers on the routes, who will soon become acquainted with them, and, we trust, I faithfully deliver the paper. Subscribers, when , neglected, will please make tbe fact known at the office. ADVERTISEMENTS.

Oat advertising columns show that our old friends - have not forgotten through what channel they can most certainly reach the largest number of readers. j They shall not be disappointed in their estimate oi ! the übiquitous power of the Dispatch.…

This pleasant anniversary, the festival of I ■ Santa Cluus and the juveniles, the period ! ,of egg-nogg drinking and of universal hi- I

larity, Is once more at hand. Never before . have more ample preparations been made for , its appropriate celebration. Notwithstanding [ the desolating interlude of four years of war,

we hear of ladies from the country making j ! purchases of large quantities of raisins anil other ingredients for fruit cake and plumb j pudding, while many a housekeeper in Rich- I ■ raond has given an order to tho butcher for a j ; "spiced…

spreading before their customers goods of the j i most tempting and elegant descriptions. Jew- ; : elry, new dresses, work-boxes, and all the mis- i cellaneous paraphernalia required by ladies: '■ ' pop-crackers, rockets anil confectionery,…

trouble, where they are for sale, we advise a \ i perusal of tbe advertising columns of this pa- j j per. Notwithstanding the stringency in the i

money market, we expect that Sania.Claus and j : Kriss Kingle will have a merry anniversary on ! j Monday next.

Our merchants have provided themselves . 1 with ample stocks of articles that are beauti- S • ful and seasonable. Notwithstanding the ] troubles and the hardness of the times, there ; | never was a more extensive or recherche stock • of Christmas…

1). Sodiui A Co., Main street, under the j Spotswood Hotel, display a large and well-se ■ lected stock of cakes, fruits, candies, cordials, . wines, fire-works, etc. For abundance and va riety, this establishment is very attractive.

Stacy A Son, 110 Main street, have children's carriages and baby-jumpers, as well as a fine assortment of furniture.

Hall A Hutchison, No. 7 Fourteenth street, between Main and Cary, have a large assort ment of collars, Ac, at wholesale.

Styll A Davis, Franklin street, three doors below Fifteenth, have choice wines and li quors. They import their liquors, though they keep a Styll themselves. At No. 43 Main street, Julius Kracker has some cracking fine pants, and overcoats,…

Robert Held, Sixth street, near Clay, former- I ly Verandah Hotel, has oysters, game of all ! kinds. And what is Christmas without these ? ;

Polk, 173 Broad street, corner of Sixth, I ! has the finest silks and dress patterns In the city, and at a low price. Jesse J. Underbill, Seventh street, between Mate and Franklin, agent for Boston paper- j j collar and cuff" manufactory,

rjohn Blair, No. AS Maiu street, has fine j family groceries, brandies, wines and whisky. The latter, mixed with eggs and sugar, pro- ] duce a well-known Christmas beverage. B. Catogni, No. 51 Main street, has figs, i

raisins, citron, Christmas toys and fire-works. | I This is the place for Santa Clans to get the | worth of his money. | Darby A Gentry, north side Main, between : I Ninth and Tenth streets, has ladies' and! misses' boots nnd shoes of the latest…

Wood, Marshall and Fifth streets, ' hns perfumery, and hair ionics that will ' make the hair grow on an old hair trunk.

Charles L. Todd, corner Sixth and Clay, has , wine, rum, brandy and whiskies. Good things to have about the house Christmas times. Zimmer A Co., No. 17 Main street, have all \ j kinds of confectionery, foreign and domestic '

fruits. These are the things to top ofl'a Christ- ' I mas dinner with.

Wood ho use A Parham, Governor street, op posite Dispatch office, have photographic al bums, bibles, prayer and hymn books, and ele gant editions of the poets. All new, and an elegant assortmeut. A. 11. Christian A Co. have a lieautiful col

lection of Christmas books and presents, juve- | idle books, dressing cases, port-folios, Ac.

Samuels, over Pixzini's, on Broad street, has a handsome and well-selected assortment of lathes' cloaks and furs. Any article among which will be acceptable as a Christmas gift.

Frederick T. Andrews, on Sixth street, near Clay, otters for sale house-furnishing goods for the old imople, and a large stock of dolls -for girls, and toys for the boys.

building, on Thirteenth, between Main and ! Franklin streets, offer to the boys and girls ! ! most beautiful assortment of plain and i colored toy books. Illustrated juvenile produc tions, and elegantly-bound works of the stand ird poets and…

laid in a stock of dressed fowls, butter, eggs, ipph-s, Ac. to which we Invite the attention of our readers. Mr. Briggs lost a leg in the Confederate service, and Mr. Slser has been for a long time connected with the Central' railroad.

Townsend, at No. 102 Main street, has | i large and well-selected assortment of chess- !

boards and men, handsome bibles and prayer ! books, photographic albums, writing desks '

and work boxes, suitable for both ladles and j gentlemen. J. W. Davie* A Sons are the proprietors of the Musical Exchange, on Main, near Tenth I street. They have, beyond a doubt, the finest stock of printed music in the South, with a large…

with paintings by the most distinguished ar j tists, and we recommend a call upon them by every person of literary, musical or artistic i taste. ! This notice will be continued to-morrow I morning of such advertisements as are brought in to-day…

The Election.—An election took place hi this city yesterday for a member of the House of Delegates and for Commonwealth's Attor ney of the Circuit Conrt, to fill vacancies occa sioned by the death of Littleton Tazewell, Esq. The contest passed…

CANDIDATE!?. *1 * s* _ I 5 38 as ' g 5 1 « i a ' ; v ■"■ i

X.D.Ward 16 |15 .4 j55 \ MajorityforSturdivant..! ; i 619 ! II • i House, of Delegates. \

Thomas 11. Wynne 13fl ! 84 j 52 j 272 ' Majority for Evans I j j ( 224 j Taking the vote for member of the House of

Delegates at a guide, the total vote cast in the l city was seven hundred and sixty-eight.

jAx Oi-tr.vue in a Bar-room.—On Thursday i night last, a man, who is said to be a citizen of ; Hiohmond, entered the saloon of Mr. O. Mil ! ler, 011 Marshall, between Fifth nnd Sixth streets, said he was just out of jail, and asked 1 for a…

gar epithets, whereupon he was put out of the house. A short time afterwards he returned, j and rushing to the stove, seized a kettle of hot j water and threw the contents in the face of

Mr. Domler, who was in the saloon at the 1 time, scalding him badly, and inflicting very serious injuries. Mr. Miller then knocked him ■ down, and others in the house punished him i quite badly. As soon as he was released the j man left, and…

upon the propsietor to come out, saying that Ihe was accompanied by fifteen men. Mr. Mil ler refused to open the door, and thus the mat-

I ter has ended for the present. Miller is a na- I tive of Prussia, served in the military service jof that country, and during the war cast his j fortunes in favor of the Confederate States, performing his duty faithfully from the com mencement…

The Case of Dice Rivers.—The notorious rough, Dick Rivers, hailing from the Sixth Ward of New York city, who has given the police no little trouble since his arrival in Richmond, was again before the Mayor yes terday. This time he was charged…

Mr. Rooke stated that he did not witness the theft. Rivers had been in the store two ;or three times on Wednesday. He first offered ! a quantity of tobacco for sale, and afterwards ! came in and created a disturbance. He was ' informed by Mr.…

Rooke merely wanted him locked up to give him jan opportunity to get sober. The amount of

the theft was very small. Tho Mayor asked j Rivers if he did not promise, when he was up jon Saturday last, to leave the city iminedi , ately. He replied that he did, but was wait -1 ing to receive some money ; he never stole i anything In…

I certainly take something of more value than i two or three pickles. In consideration of \ Dick's antecedents, the Mayor sent him to : jail for the period of six months.

ReBBEBT AND OfTRAUEOIS ASSAULT t'POX '. Ladies.—On Wednesday evening, about six ' o'clock, three men, dressed in blue uniform, and supposed to be United States soldiers, went In to the store of Mrs. Fauldhauber, on Sixth, 1 between Marshall…

and the conduct of the men being such as to 1 excite suspicion, Mrs. Fauldhauber slosed the door, intending to send for a policeman and have them arrested. The men then snatched up a quantity of dry goods, nnd Mrs. Fauld hauber screamed, when…

I lady- They then made their escape, going up Clay street, and taking their plunder with them. One of the men left a cap behind, marked with the letter "F."

New Passbeoeb Coaches.—We have hereto fore noticed tbe arrival of four new passenger coaches from Philadelphia, for the Richmond and Danville railroad. They have been placed on the line, and are represented as be ing unsurpassed for elegance,…

Rations.—lt certainly ought to be well known to ihe needy persons of this city that the issue of rations by the United States au thorities has been discontinued, and that no arrangement has been made for its resump tion. Notwithstanding this…

have called npon him at one time, and he is so much annoyed by these continual applica tions as to seriously interfere with his public duties. The Council has made an appropria tion to snpply the poor with fuel, but even this Has not yet been…

Rcnaway and Seasbixo of a Wixuow.—On Wednesday evening, a horse, attached to a buggy owned by a German named McGim my, ran away Oh Broad street, and on reach ing the corner of Fourth, turned upon the sidewalk and ran into the window of Rose's…

The Scout's Peize.— This is the title of a ' painting, just completed by Mr. Elder, now on.public exhibition iUDavies's music store. ; It is truly a noble work, aud stamps the ' artist as a man of rare genius. i The whole story is told by a…

who seems cool and self-poised, holding a car bine in the firm clutch of his right hand, nnd leading the captured horse by the rein with his left. That horse, a noble animal, bears the trappings of a Federal soldier: he has I tried to outrun…

martingale. This is historical painting in its truest sense, and half a century hence will tell a story of the great war more truly than history ever will. This is a thing that living men have seen, and not mere imaginary scenes from past history.…

piles of brush, the veil of falling snow half ob scuring a perspective of dreary forest, and the drift of snow driving along the surface, are all beautifully rendered. There are a fallen trunk and a white oak near the foreground, both of which…

expects to hear, at the next moment, the hoofs thunder on the little bridge ahead, or to see the wild black horse come leaping out of the i canvass. This Is Mr. Ei.deb's masterpiece.

Commencing Christmas in Advance.—A white wom_h, named Frances Smith, who ! i was brought into the lower statiou-hoifse on . Wednesday evening in a perfectly helpless i condition, was arraigned before Mayor Satin • dera yesterday for drunkenness.…

Vaughan, a small man with grey hair | and a moustache dyed jet black, was charged : with having been drunk in the street. It ap I peared that he was found by Major Claiborne . leaning against a, lamp post, and was subse ! quently arrested.…

drunk and laying down to take a nap in the i [ streets. He is a man apparently of about forty years; genteelly dressed, but very mud- I dy. The Mayor admonished and discharged ! him. 1 . , j The New Opera Hocsb.—Mr. George Kun- '

Richmond Theatre, has been in the city for two days past on business connected with his Opera House, which he proposes to erect on the site occupied by the Mechanics' Institute, on Ninth street, between Main and Franklin. He has endeavored…

new establishment has been liberally sub scribed for, and Mr. Kunkel expects to have it ready and open for the amusement of the pub lic in fifty or sixty days. We bespeak for him

the liberal encouragement of our citizens. Rt'NAWAY OF TWO HOERES—A MAN'S LEO Bboeen.—Yesterday morning about 9 o'clock.

aan two-horse wagon, belonging to Mr. Wil- j Ham Johnson, which had been sent to the city ! laden with wood, was standing in front of j Mountcastle's stove and tin store, on Broad street, the horses took fright nt a passing lo comotive and…

out, and one of his legs broken. The requi site surgical aid was rendered by a physician In the vicinity.

Faib.—The ladies connected with the Union Station Methodist Church, ou Union Hill, are at present holding a fair for the benefit of their church. The articles offered for sale are both attractive and valuable, and the fair is presided over…

bly be raffled some timo during the present week. A special entertainment was given by the ladles last night to the members of the press, nnd everything passed off to the satis faction of all in attendance.

Lecture To-Niobt.—Mr. Ernest Lagarde, who come here as a refugee from New Orleans during the war, and soon established his repu tation as a contributor for the city press, will to-night repeat, at the Richmond Theatre, the address which he…

judges that it was a chaste and highly enter taining production. Mr. Lagarde has been invited to repeat his address by a large num ber of citizens, and we hope he will have a numerous audience.

Stbalieu Jbwelby .—A youth, named George Sullivan, who said that he had no relatives living, nor any friends upon whom he con id call in a case of emergency, was before Mayor Saunders yesterday on the charge of stealing a breastpin from the…

Tub City Jail.—Mr. F. W. HaU, the former efficient jailor of this city, will today resume charge of the Jail.

Fbbsobbb's Cotbt—lmbobtaxt Case.—The uninteresting monotony In the proceedings of this tribunal was broken yesterday by the ap pearance of a case of general interest and of

ed) vs. R. H. Maury * Co. and R. W. ] Hughes. It seems, from the records of the Court, that a box, containing bonds and other securities to tbe amount of some Bio.ow, was I deposited with Maury A Co. for Christian, (as claimed by the plaintiff,)…

The argument yesterday arose on amotion j made by the defendant to postpone the trial till depositions could be taken in Wisconsin.

Judge Cramp opened the cose by making the j motion, and holding that the deposition was necessary. Mr. J. Hermer Gilmer, Jr., followed for I the petitioner, lie argued that the motion arose simply from a spirit of delay; that the deposition…

person. He said that the second day of Jann- j ary, proximo, had already been set for the final trial of the case upon its merits; and therefore if the Wisconsin witness bad any thing to say he conld get here as well by that time as in six…

and requesting that this tribunal would do the J same*, j The Court decided to take up the case on tho 2d of January unless further cause for delay could be shown. Pbovosi Covet—Bbevet-Colonel McEntee I PBKsiDiNu.—But few cases were disposed…

Pleasants, charged with selling liquor J to enlisted men, was fined twenty-five dollars.

ing a load of coal and offering it for sale, j pleaded guilty, and was sent to Castle Thunder for sixty days. Joseph Williams alias Davy Jones, negro, j was convicted of being drunk and lying down I

in the street, and was sent to the Castle for J ten days.

James Ferguson, ol* the Twenty-fourth Mas- I sachusetts volunteers, arrested for drunken-1 ness, was sent to the C astle for ten days. Arses rs.— The following arrests were made I by the police yesterday : Thomas Field, (negro,) for stealing…

street. George W. Duncan, for fighting Jn the j market with James Wilkinson, and James 1 Wilkinson for retaliating upon George W. 1

Duncan. James Carshin, for assaulting and j knocking down a citizen ; Colin Lee, (negro,) for throwing a piece of iron and striking a little I girl. Mary Jane Coleman and Mary Sykes, I (negroes.) for disorderly conduct and making a I disturbance…

James Washington, (negro.) for stealing iron from J. A. Belvin, and Anderson Edwards, ; for fighting on Broad street, near the Frede , ricksbnrg depot, with a negro named D. Green.

Richmond Academy of Medicine.—Another I

meeting of this society was held last evening | at the Medical College, Professor Joynes presi ding. The organization of the Academy was completed by the adoption of a constitution and by-laws, reported by Dr. Houston, chairman of the committee…

Abridging the Liberties op the Pbess.—On Wednesday night, as two attaches ot the Rich mond press were quietly proceeding to their home, on Church Hill, they were set upon at the corner of an alley near the corner of Twen tieth and Broad streets…

necessary to say that they found nothing bnt a ten-cent note, and a few books, a pocket-knife, and some engravings, which had been kindly presented to them a short time previously. Some ladies and gentlemen coining down the street frightened…

Personal.—Hon. James A. Seddon, the last Secretary of War for the late Confederate | States, arrived in Richmond yesterday from I Fort Pulaski, near Savannah. He has been I released on parole. His health seems to be I good.

We reti'rn thanks to Mr. J. M. Dnesberry, :of the National Express, for late Petersburg papers. Also, to Mr. B. Merchant for late : Norfolk papers.

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ABBIVBD. i Steamer City of Richmond, Stranahan, Norfolk, I United State* mail, merchandise aud passenger*. 1 Haskins A Hridgford. • Steamer 8. O. Pearce, Bennett, City Point, Go vernment olllcers. SAILED. Steamer M. Martin, Livingston, Norfolk,…

MEUOEAEDA. i .Bark bound up off Point Shoals, schooner! ! \icksburg off Hog Island.— Reportal by Pilot I Decker, of the Steamer City of Richmond.

Kant side-wheel steamship SA- RATOOA. Captain Kino, will leav*x_*aS-BW-L • her berth at Rocketts on HATl'K'lgE V \ DAY MORNING st ■ o'clock. _■ Wk j Passengers sre requested to be on board before t that hour. i Freight received TO-DAY and FRI…

Traits oar ADvurrMma: One tqeate, one insertion.. „«§ c 1* One square, two Insertloae... ./law One square, three taoMtteas ....... 118 One square, sis Insertions $ my One square, twelve InssrtiuM. « g» One square, one month is to Ouesqssra,…

Humane Asylum, wIU be repeated at the Bkh aMmd Theatre en FBIBAT, December te, all P. BT. TICKETS can be purchased at the box-oßet of the Theatre snd at Bldgood k Blley's, B. P. Townsend's, Mitchell k Tyler's, J. W. Bevies * Sons', snd at the…

the public that they have resumed thsir old bat!* ness under the Arm and style of WOODHOUSEA PARHAM, and have taken a bouse on QoVBBBOB (TBIBTBBNTB) STBBBT, riBST 8008 BBOU Maim. They return their grateful thanks for the liberal patronage extended…

BOOKS, STATIONERY, PIANO-FORTES AND MUSIC, to which they Invite the attention of all persona la want of such articles. In connection with the above business they have established a BOOK BINDERY AND BLANK-BOOK MANUFAC TORY,

I and having secured the services of aooo wobbMBE,

are prepared to do all work entrusted to them ; promptly and at reasonable rates. Terms : Cash. WOODHOUSE A PARHAM, de l»—«t. Governor street, nesr Main. a_rJohn E. Deberty, MERCHANT TAILOR, Main stbeet, between Eiubt'h anb Nintb, diagonally…

names: SIMONI'S WAVED-FACED and TRICOT COAT. INGB, ENGLISH WHITNETS snd BEAVERS, various colors; ENGLISH MELTON'S, OXFORD and BROWN MIXTURES, JOHANNT'S and SIMONI'S CLOTHS and DOE. SKINS, CLARET, BBOWN and BLACK BEAVERS, for suits. This stock…

WW Compound lodlnised Cod Liver OIL—FOU GERA'S COMPOUND lODIXISED COD LIVER OIL possesses not only all the nourishing proper ties of fresh and pure COD LIVER OIL, but also the tonic, stimulant and alterative powers of lodine, Bromine and Phosphorous…

BCBBBSS. J. L. PC ■STBurrees, Powers ie / WBOLESALE WHITB GOODS, HOSIERY, - . - NOTIONS, No. lit Main stbeet, (sp stain,) RICHMOND, VA-. * de 11—lm WW White Lend nnd Zinc, IN PATENT CANS, forssle by HARVEYS A WILLIAMS, de 19—lm sgents for the…

BOOTS ANDSHOES, nga Having secured a small store aud fll cheap rent, I am determined T m| NOT TO BE OUTDONE •*■ by any house in the city in tbe quality of my goods and the REASONABLENESS OF MY PRICES. I intend to keep at all times a good assortment…

I have also for sale LADIES' AND GENTS' PAPER COLLARS AND CUFFS, of the best manufacture, aud can sell them CHEAPER THAN AA'Y HOUSE IN THE CITY. I have a large stock and every style. JOHN POLLOCK, Seventh street, between Main and Franklin.…

TTALL A HUTCHISON, IMFOBTKBS AND JOBBBBS OB NOTIONS AND WHITE BOOBS, at the old stand of Tbobab, HroBBS A Caldwell, No. 7 Fourteenth street, between Main and Cary, RICHMOND, VA. The subscribers have formed a co-partnership, ss above, and are…

IKKAT JiPaCljlabK IN Till- I'tUCE U OF DRY GOODS AT LEVY BROTHERS. M MAIN STBEET.—They ore selling handsome De laines Ot tt cents; rich Printed Merinoes si Ot cents ; Grey Twilled Flannel at te cents ; Balmo ral Skirts at St so, worth ft M…

bleached Sheeting at W cents ; Worked Bands at •1 W for the doable strip. Also, at rotr tew Prices, Ladles' Cloaks, Shawls, Blankets, Dress Goods, Tsble Cloths, Napkins, Towels, Ac. If you went to mv. money, de 11—ts jit Main street.

I CHEAP GOODS CONTL*«yBS.-Tllß BMALL PBOFIIT BTOBB TAKBS THB BKOTHBBS hsve reduced the price ef their DBBSB GOODS, and are now selling them at twenty five per cent, below regular prices. Haekbaek Diapers, M seats, worth as,; Haudkeiehtete,…

vents. Also, at very low prices. Clonks, Shawls, Blankets. Swtes Cambric and Checked MusUna. Embroidered hilars, sets of Collar- and.Cute,

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LOCAL MATTERS. MANCHESTER.

| known tothe public as an enterprising news dealer.

• John Dooley, one of the oldest and best- j

known dealers iv the city, ha* opened v, .store j

at No. 239 Main street, under the Spotewood 1

Hotel. lie has a splendid stock of ladies' furs, j

end hate and cape of the iuo-»t fashionable J

styles for ladies and gentlemen. I

Messrs. Bldgood A Riley, at the Iron-front j

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J Thomas J. Evans ! 122 j Vjl I I*o ; 4»d

j The Mayor admonished and dismissed her.

j kel, the former well-known manager of the

an Important character. j

The style of the case w%s Christian (color- j

the ordinary courts would grant his motion, J

William Burton, negro, charged with steal- j

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General Grant vs. Suniner and Stevens. The attitude In which the parties whose names stand at the head of this article pre sent themselves before the world on the im portant question now agitating the country te eminently proper, as well as…

private griefs to assuage, no wrongs, fancied ©r real, to avenge. Victorious every where, it is but natural that he should entertain no vindictive feelings towards those over whom he has triumphed in war. Of undisputed courage, tried on a'hundred…

On the oilier hand, Steven* and SrßNr.r. have never smelt gunpowder. They have never known what It was to conquer, or even to confront an enemy where gunpowder w:i> to be burned. On the contrary, one of them is known to be disgracefully timid,…

much oltener cruel than the brave. ShrsTBBB and Stevens are the very men, of all others, to urge a continuance of bloodshed ; Gbaxt is the very man to urge a course of peace and re conciUatiou. Resides, as we have said, no man ever rattaned…

not, most certainly, have pursued the course SrMXEB has pursued. If there was to be any vengeance. he would have avenged himself on the spot. He would not have sneaked off un der tbe plea of indisposition to shed human Idood. and theu attempted…

scribing millions of men. Further, nobody i ever burnt Genera* Grant's iron mills. He has no iron mills, so far as we can learn. If they had done so. he would never have taken a pecuniary injury for an offence that could ! only be expiated…

Filially, if General Grant had been in j Harrisburg at the time of the buckshot war, j he would never have leaped out of a window to save hisbacon. Nubo was tho most cruel, j as he was likewise the most cowardly of nil ; the Emperors. The monster…

execrable coward k and RoßtaeiESM, with the ferocity of a tiger, had the courage of a hare. The RobesTlkkrks and Marats of the present day are not behind their illustrious prede cessors in eijher cowardice or thirst for blood. But above all,…

destructive to one portion of an empire, can not be beneficial to that empire as a whole. He feels no alarm about the state of the coun try, and he knows that it cannot be wise to fos ter those sectional animosities which led to the late war.…

The Beam and the Mote. A vigorous attack has been made in Congress upon the vigorous Bri

tory who will not make said disavowal. On behalf of Briuiiam, we move to amend these ' motions by extending their operation to the en tire United States. The " theory aud practice " aforesaid is not confined to Utah. If .we . dared speak it…

guarding virtue by law, would it not be well to exclude from office all who bear false wit- j ness, and steal, and accept bribes, and hypo- | crites generally t For there may be some of these getting into high places, even in this Land ! "…

The influence of the Christian Church on slavery in ancient times has been one of the most interesting subjects of theological dis cussion. | There are those who maintain that the Scriptures directly oppose slavery—a the ory which is plainly…

to be warranted by that interpretation of Scripture which is found in the faith and practice of the Christian Church. A brief statement of tho position which the Church has occupied from the beginning may not be without interest to those who…

It must be promised that slavery existed in ancient times, not, only under the Jewish dis peneation, when it had at least the sanction of the Divine Law-giver, for a time, but in al most every country of the ancient world. It not only existed,…

self, marked by a ..tamp of humiliation, and predestine- to their state of abjection and debasement. Homes, Plato and Aristotle distinctly taught this doctrine. All readers of history are well aware' of the excessive rigor and cruelty with…

cruel, but immense beyond our conception, prevailing everywhere, and so deeply rooted in laws, manners, ideas and interests, indivi dual and social, that its immediate eradica tion might have convulsed the world. Sue* was tha state of things…

be Indifferent to any of the evils, whether small or great, under which humanity groan ed. War, Despotism and Slavery were then, as they always had been, the chief scourge of the human race. Whilst tbe Founder of Chris tianity declared that…

the earth. Whilst, in regard to Christianity, it is impossible to prove that tbe New Testa ment proclaimed freedom to the slave—for that would have been to convulse the world— its lrst words, nevertheless, declare that those maw-whom ancient…

!of the graces which tho Dlflue Spbrtt dlttses | upon earth. were WOhll hap- i !•• Used in ofß body. Whether Jew o* ©entile, ! "whether bond orßree." "Thereto neither !•« Jew nor Gentile; there is neither bond nor |♦« free; there is neither…

you are all one in Christ Jesus." Wherever , Christian doctrines prevailed, slaves, for tbe I I Brst tlrtle, learned that, Ihongh they were tin * fortunate; though blytb, pwverty, or tho re verses of war, had condemned them to misfor tune,…

Christianity deposited of the ultimate eniran > chtsement of enslaved mankind. I Now, It is true, a class of texts may be found I which seem to conflict with those we have »! quoted, but, as expounded by learned theolo i ' giant, perfectly…

also, by its doctrines of peace, forgiveness and , ' instice, prepared the way for the ultimate ex tinction of war and despotism, but thepro i cess in each and all must tie necessarily grn , ■ dual; and in the meantime it defined the duties…

the Christian Church were directed to the ! i mitigation of the cruel treatment of slaves and 1 the Improvement of their condition. The I canons, decrees and other documents which show the solicitude of the Church on this sub ■ ject would of…

primarily, and not of ideas. Christianity j made itself master of ideas and man- I ners, communicated to them a new im- ' ! pulse, and gave them a different dlrec- I tion. The whole process, however, was, in the i nature of things, gradual;…

Slow and protracted, however, as was ihe ; movement, a great number of the slaves did i not know the value of liberty, did not conduct ' themselves, in their new state, according to i the dictates of reason; and while they en \ joyed the rights,…

work she had accomplished, and to impart to I the freemen that education and morality which ; are essential to the proper appreciation of their new condition. There is no brighter ; record in the annals of Christian civilization j than the…

our present condition. The beneficent lm ' pttlses and energies of Christianity have been j brilliantly exhibited in the moral and physical , elevation of the Southern slave under the ; slave institutions, now abolished. It would be \ impossible…

In health and manhood they were rarely over l worked ; in infancy, sickness and old age, they ! were provided for and relieved. That theii j spiritual interests were not neglected is cvi i dent from the fact, first stated by Rev. Dr. Sttles,…

any other country, and the number of slaves in the South converted to Christianity greater , than the sum total of all the heathens eon ■ verted by the combined missionary societies of the United States and Great Britain. It can- I not lie…

ral condition, and to make them feel, byprtte j tlcal sympathy and Christian charity, that we desire their welfare and improvement.

It seems to be a matter of considerable S doubt who is President of the great Republic j (" one and indivisible") of Mexico—Jiarez or j Obteoa. Juarez admits that his term has ex ! pired. He holds on merely because, in the | present condition…

Obteoa, on the other hand, says that the "extraordinary faculties" in question were conferred not by Congress, or a majority there of, but by a committee of Congress, composed of one member from each State, and empow ered by the Constitution…

teua, further on, quotes an article of the Con stitution which sqems conclusive. It provides that " if, for any cause whatsoever, the election ' j "of President be not mode and published by I " the first of December, or the President elect…

country than Mexico, where they have a way 'of doing things peculiar to themselves, espe ! cially since Ji'abez himself became President !by virtue of it, having been President of the | Supreme Court at the time the adminiei'ra j tion fell…

but is also General-In-chief of the armies of j the Republic—a singular amalgamation of of ' flees, It seems to ns, who, however, do not j pretend to pass judgment upon such a peculiar ! people as those of Mexico.

Ji'arez seems disposed to settle this claim j after the Mexican fashion ; that is, by putting j Oeteoa in prison if he can get hold of him. If, j however, Obteoa issue his pronunciamento, < and push matters to extremity, it is quite ! probable…

;So far as we are concerned, the important ' J question is, to whom shall General Logan ■ 1 present his credentials ? Governments change Iso incessantly iv Mexico that an accredited ■ Minister must always be iv haste to reach the 1 capital,…

States was preparing to vote the whole South ; out of the Union, and existing only as military S satrapies of the empire, whose head Is at | Washington. President Johnson, by one of j those operations familiar to aU readers of cam , palgns…

I nor from the State of Alabnmn, and sun-en ' dered the government* into the hands of a ruler chosen by herself. Tbe whole radical pack may howl until the howling shaU be heard in the remotest corners of the globe; but tbey cannot alter the…

glslatlon, the Legislature of Alabama wiUpkm tows; In spite of it, the Judiciary wIU admin ister those laws; in spite of It, tboae laws urUl ha executed by the Oovernor. Coagress anry declare the Slate of Alabanin out of the Union. If the President…

tloiis and ruinous law as this, quietly leaving ! il to the " sober second thought" of the people at the next election to decide upon its merits. In the mean time, Alabama may go on enjoying all the rights enjoyed by the other States that have…

Georgia Will soon follow Alabama, and the State of North Carolina is treading hard upon the heels of the State of Georgia. In that way, without the intervention of Congress, the whole South may be quietly restored. Congress may vote them out…

concern to them. i The injurious effect of the late war upon the | commerce of the United States is shown by the following figures : In is

000,000. In IS*' 1, the figures were reduced as ! follows: Imports. Exports. 1148,187,667 tj:::$l,S00,4o:) The whole making a total commerce of only , *'>S;l,ooo,ooo, and disclosing a falling off of nearly , two hundred millions. j During this…

occurring in the commerce of the United j States, that of other countries was receiving j an oxtraordinary development. In IS6O-'6l, the foreign commerce of France aggregated '

IQTIjBWjiOO. In 1889 it had increased to*l,.fj-,- ! -iOo,iioo. In Isijo-01, that of Great Britain was . ♦1.500.000.000. In ISG2, it had increased to j *2,000,000,000, exclusive of specie. In ISO 2, the free city of Hamburg iusnorted and exported…

an aggregate value of #.Vd,ooo.ooo—aimo9t j equalling in value that of the United States in 1884. The foreign commerce of the new King dent of Italy was, in WB_, *2.i!>,ooo,ooo, or one half that of the United States in 1564. The I commerce…

Facts like these show the importance of put- | ting an end to the senseless quarrels between sections. The fact is, that the prosperity of j the South is indispensable to the general pros- \

I are among the peculiar and principal elements i of American commerce. The Northern mind ;

By none is it more fully comprehended than by the wise and practical statesman at the head i of the American Government. None better | understands than he the value of peace, of real l peace, to the whole Union. The- radicals who are seeking…

South adds to the common wealth and com- j mon strength of America. __= = The Rev. Mr. Tayi.ok, a native of Rich mond, and pastor of the Baptist Church at Cnlpeper Courthouse, is on n visit io our city for a purpose which we are sure will enlist'

the sympathies, and we trust the active as-j Btetance, of that z.-alous and influential de no__au.tion. The church occupied by his con gregetton, in common with so many buildings In Cnlpeper, was greatly injured by the war,

which left some of its deepest and most me- j lancholy traces in thai highway of cent wading arnties. The congregation are engaged in a ! laudable effort to repair their almost ruined church edifice, and Mr. Taylor desires to I secure to his…

thopnbtte. He is an examplary and high- j toned Christian gentleman, and should be wuratly seconded in his praiseworthy enter- J prise. Appeal to Western- Vikoixia.—lf the mat- j ter of the restoration of the original limits of j Virginia had…

SPECI-^JTO-nCES. tSW —.legunt Christmas Presents! Unsurpassed in variety and elegance. BIDGOOD & RILEY, wholesale and retail BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS, Governor street, respectfully invite attention of tho community to their STOCK OF BOOKS…

Fine English and American editions, richly em beUhahed and beautifully hound. j Standard editions of tho BEST AUTHORS, POETS, HISTORIANS, Ac, superbly bound in Morocco, calf and antique styles; forndag an assortment of unequalled variety and…

ing J de 22_3t B_TLook! Look! Look! R. W. ALLEN A SON, SIGN PAINTERS,

corneb Fifth and Broau stbeet*, J ; have opened a branch of their business down town, on Seventeenth street, between Main and Cary, a . few doors from the Old Market. If you want a sign, or painting of any descrip- | tion, drop in. de 22—2t…

CHRISTMAS' PRESENTS—such as TOYS, DOLLS, Ac—which I offer to the trade at a SMALL AD VANCE ON CO6T AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.

de 21-lw _/ RE ?'J_ ANPREW WW Sellinc off nt Cost. CLOAK AND FUR DEPOT, A. SAMUELS, over A. Fiztini's, Brood street, between Eighth and Ninth, has a large and well-selected stock of CLOAKS AND FURS

jof the the latest styles, which he Is determined to sell off st cost within the neat two weeks. 1 " dell-lm |

BTITBUV CXCmO/L '" .dmV/AafßH— r ur_~u_na*« BOOKSELLER. IfATIOBEB AND DEALER INFANCY OOODS, No. 109 Main stbeet.

[hit for sale, suitable (or CHRISTMAS and YIW- ■ year presents, handsome Bibles and prayer-books, i i photograph albums, ✓

writing desks, work boxes, j portfolios. A great variety of GOLD PENS, OF THE BEST MAKERS; CHILDREN'S BOOKS, OF EVERY VARIETY:

together with as large a stock of j BOOKS AND STATIONERY o* can'he found anywhere in the city.

FOR CHRISTMAS DAY.—SIZE R A BRIGGB r Broad street, next door to the Con- ) tral Denot, have on hand, and are dally receiving, large invoices td DRESSED FOWLS. BUTTER, EGGS, APPLES, Ac, suitable for this festive sea son. - de 22—-2t

CHRirTTMAS BOOKS AND PRE SENTS Wo would call the attention of those ■ making Christmas presents to our fine selection ot I STANDARD BOOKS, in antique and morocco bind- j ing; PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS, in great va riety. Juveniles, our stock is well…

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S PRESENTS. " —— •• Why, Christmas, 'tis the very time for gifts, i Heart and hearth commence, Where each kindly pledge Brings gentle memories of love and home.'' WOODHOUSE A PARHAM, (LATE JAHBS WOOBBOirSB A C 0.,) GOVERNOR…

HYMN BOOKS "f several denominations, boanti fully hound ; . . , ! THE STANDARD POETS, Illustrated, and in ex- j qtilsite bindings : . '. 1 ; LADIES' WORK-BOXES, uniquely ornamented ; also, ptetin style* ; PORTABLE WRITING-DESKS ; , ! TOURISTS…

BBAUTIFUI INKSTANDS. j _THE FINEST HOLD PEAS, f PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS. ELEGANT NOTE PAPER and ENVELOPES, J , SUPERIOR FOCKET-KNIVES, WALKING CANES, i SUPERB GUITARS, together with a choice collection of : CHILDREN'S BOOKS : some entirely new and…

TnOITTHE HOLIDAYS. \ HALL A HUTCHISON. ; No. » Fourteenth street, below Main. 1 HOSIERY and GLOVES, LACES and EDGINGS, SUSPENDERS, LACE VEILS, ! NECK TIES, VELVET RIBBONS, HOOP SKIRTS, LADIES' GARTERS, ! CORSETS, BELTS. i

PINS, I BUTTONS, in variety ; ( LINEN THREADS and SPOOL COTTON, COMBS, in variety: HAIR, TOOTH and SHOE BRUSHES. ! TOILET SOAPS, COLOGNES and EXTRACTS, HAIR OIL and POMADES, FANCY BOXES, ! CLOCKS, PIPES, Ac, with an endless variety of FANCY…

XT O T H IN G BETTER FOR PRE- I ll SENTSTHAN D'ORSaY COLOGNE WATER, , ; NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS, i PENNY'S EGYPTIAN LOTUS, CORAL HAIR TONIC, CORAL DETERGENT, i ! CORAL ODONTO, or i LUBIN'S EXTRACTS. For sale at WOODS PHARMACY, i de 20—3t corner…

supplied with OYSTERS and GAME in any quan- \ i titv, wholesale and retail. Family orders careful- ; Ily But up. All orders promptly attended to and i ' deliveredat the shortest notice*. Gentlemen can ' 1 be served by the dozen, at the box,…

FRESH SUPPI_IES FOR THE HOLI DAYS.—We call the attention of our customers j and others.who are making preparations for the | i Christmas and New Year's holidays, to our stock of I ! COGNAC BRANDY. SHERRY WINE, RUM, RYE WHISKY. | DUTCH CHEESE,…

CUT, LOAF, CRUSHED and COFFEE SUGARS ; - BUCK-EYE and PEACH-BLOoM POTATOES, FAMILY HERRINGS, in half barrels. JOHN BLAIR, de 19—2w No. 58 Main street.

I?XCEIJ-ENT B-gaiPISMfJ-S, ON THE I Ii EAST SIDE OF EIGHTH STREET, _■*! OPPOSITE THE CITY SPRING, AND fHfit LARGE LUMBER-HOUSE, ON ALLEY'LT.AD-JUli. ! ING FROM FOURTEENTH TO FIFTEEETH STREET, FOR RENT We offer for rent the ex cellent RESIDENCE…

Also, the large LUMBER-HOUSE adjoining j Rahni's foundry lot, occupied by J. Wright and others. Rent very moderate. Apply to

UPPER PART OF A VALUABLE] TENEMENT ON MAIN STREET, OP- I POSITE THE SPOTSWOOD HOTEL, FOB 4KB I

RENT.—We offer for rent tho UPPER PART JLm% I ' of the tenement located as above, over tho store of ! ! Mr. Lithauer. Possession given at once. Apply j > to I

FOR RENT, THE UPPER PART OF j the house No. lto Main street, corner of 2mA Thirteenth. Apply to fTM >

THOMAS J. BAGBY. Apply to JOHN H. WILLIAMS, de ls—lw at Harveys A Williams. Ofvk.-b City Enuiebkb, I j " December 18, lists, f i

I AM INSTRUCTED BY THE COM- I MISSIONERS of STREETS to publish the fol- j lowing extract from the City Ordinance concern- i ing streets. . W. GILL, City Engineer. "Any .person intending hereafter to bnild or! erect any house orother structure…

place where such house or structure is to be erected; < and it shall be the daty of the Engineer to file In ' the Chamberlain's office a duplicate of said certifi- i cate. If any person shall build, or erect, or at tempt to builder erect, any…

ISMS, -iS5_?.wV: H ii_ 8 T lAN ASSOCIATION on FBIDAT BVENINO.ted lnats.it, at I o'clock, st

SS-. •""'•" "* A,jK ' Tickets for tale at tbe Book and Brag Stores and ! at die door. fit IL-tt

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wyBPOT OF CHBttTMA*GOOP>. LAIOBST STOCK IB fit CITt * or CONFBCTIONBBIBS, FANCY GOODS ABB FIREWORKS!

d..»o'd?*T* CO., J WBOLBSALB ABB BBTAIL BSALBBS IB f FRENCH AltD AMERICAN CONFECnoNBBIW, Main street, under Spotswood Hotel,

RICHMOND, VA., I call the attention of purchasers of CHRISTMAS AND NBW-YBAB 00088 to his large stock of i FRENCH AND AMERICAN CANDIBS, RAISINS, CITRON, FIGS, CURRANTS, MALAGA , GRAPES, ORANGES, LEMONS. All kinds of PLAIN AND FANCY FRUIT, POUND…

BRANDY PEACHES, PRESERVED FRUITS, COCOA-NUTS, CHAMPAGNE, BCOTCH ALE, SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO, PIPES, PORTE-MONNAIES, POCKET-BOOKS, KNIVES, and an endless stock of FANCY GOODS. __ .___*_____

T\ABSY A 'GENTRY, I JLF Maim stbsbt, BETWEEN NINTH ANU TBSTH, SOBTU SIDE, ' have on hand for the holidays a large assortment of CENTS', LADIES', MISSES' and CHILDKENS' BOOTS, GAITERS and SHOES, selected from the BEST FACTORIES IN THE UNITED…

wub to tmy T||B best Goo| ; s i To persons who wish to make dheir friends a ' alee Christmas present, DARBY A GENTRY'S Is tho place to get them GOOD and CHEAP. We have nice CONGRESS GAITERS at TWO j I DOLLARS; i MOROCCO BOOTEES at TWO DOLLARS;…

GENTS' CITY-MADE BOOTS from TEN to FOUR TEEN DOLLARS. I We also offer a nice lot of i FINE FELT HATS. j All of which we will sell at cost. And we j j pledge onrwelveß to do what wo have stated. I All wo ask is to give us a trial. de *2A—2w

JULIUS KRAKER, "~~~ i , MERCHANT TAILOR, i 43 MAIN STREET, 43 ] has selected from New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore a fine assortment of ' REABY-MADE C L O T H I N G , I which he can sell cheaper than any other house in i thiscitv. They…

BOYS' CASSIMERE SUITS from »«tosl2 j BOYS' OVERCOATS from $5 and up ' GRNT'S OVERCOATS from SlOandnp ' BLACK FROCK COATS, fine quality,... #18 and up I FINK SILK-VELVET VESTS..... ~ ....*6 ! GENTS NETTED UNDERSHIRTS at 81.15 i BLACK FELT HATS…

t'ASSIMERES AND BEAVERS ; for MERCHANT TAILORING, to which depart ' ment 1 attendfmyself. I guarantee a nice fit, and I made up at the shortest notice. i de 20—lot JULIUS KRAKER, 48 Main street.

TTOLIDAY PRESENTS, AT G. B. STACY A SON'S CARPET AND FURNITURE WARBHOUBE,

110 Main street. CHILDREN'S CHAIRS, in great variety ; ■ CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES, superior to anything ever offered in this market; BABY JUMPERS AND i SELF-OPERATING SWINGING CHAIRS; BRACKETS, Ac.

FOR CHRISTMAS. 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. CHARLES L. TODD, i de 20—4t corner Sixth and Clay streets. I…

C~HRISTMAS AND NEW YEARNS. LADIES' AND GENTS' PAPER COLLARS AND CUFFS. j Having been appointed Sole Agent of the ! BOSTON PAPER-COLLAR COMPANY I for the State of Virginia, I am prepared to furnish LADIES' AND GENTS' • PAPER COLLARS AND CUFFS,…

AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL. What more appropriate gift for a lady, at this ! season, than a box of these COLLARS or CTFFS-i --i being useful as well as ornamental. The Collars I of this Company are made of THE FINEST LINEN i PAPER, and are " warranted"…

Boxes of one hundred At Cutis at al 1 prices. Liberal discount made to the I trade. Parties desirous of purchasing are request - j ed to call and examine these Collars, as money can be saved by purchasing from first hands. JESSE J. UNDERHILL,…

Ninth, and buy their wives and daughters one of his BEAUTIFUL CLOAKS, or a set or the c SUPERB FIRS, i all of which h j is SELLING OFF AT COST. i de tt—lw v

CHOICE LIQUORS, ETC., FOR CHRISTMAS.-In store for sale : SI'OARS-BROWNandCLABIFIBD: BAKER. RYE, MONONGAUBLA, SCOTCH '! and.RIKIiaWHISKY. 1 PURB FRENCH BRANDY OB draught and in j carboys; See bales HAY. 1,000 bushels CORN, i s.ooo bushels OATS.…

BA S°BfcST?ficIIs ?ULPIE8 ' ***** •** ' COFFEE-JAVA, LAGUAYRA and RIO; Prime Orange County BUTTIB, LARD, iv kegs:

No.*U Mate street. •ttfiEWILL SELL AT AUITTKHf n THJB MOBBING at te Csteeß am aseoftmsat of FUBBITTJBB, eeatßrtelag CABINETS, JBNNT LINB and COTTAOB BtptTtAßS, SOFAS, CANE and WOOD-SEAT CHAIIS, TABLES, WASHSTANDS, SPLBBDID FEATHER 8188, HAIR…

HANDSOME FURNITURE, WkWEF\ LIQUORS, Ac. FOR BALE AT AntKfiUl At 10 o'clock THIS MORNING I will sell »* Av\ •tore —__, T""^^s Handsome WARDROBES. BEDBTBADB, - ♦ ~ CABINETS, WASHSTANDS, CHAIRS. SOFASxTABLBB. CARPETS, FEATHER BEDS, MATTRESSES,…

BAKER, BETWEEN STY PETER AND CIAY STREETS, FOR SALE AT AUCTION.—WiII be •old at auction, oa the premises, on FRIDAY, the ltd of December, 18«5, at 4 o'clock, P. M., the FRAMB TENEMENT located as above, containing three rooms, and now renting…

yew Kent Courthouse, on the FIRST DAY OF JANUARY NEXT, aboat FOUR THOUSAND CORDS OF PINE WOOD, situated ou tbe Poor house land, near New Kent Courthouse, and with in two and a half miles of a good landing on the Piimtiukv river. Teres": Made…

riOMMISSIONEITS SALE OF A VA- V; LUABLE LOT, IN THE BURNT DISTRICT, ON NORTH 81DE OF MAIN, BETWEEN THIR TEENTH AND FOURTEENTH STREETS.-By virtue of a decree of the Circgjt Court of Rich mond, pronounced on 28th November, in the rase of Allan…

fair day thereafter, at the same hour, that vslaa ! hie LOT, in the city of Richmond, upon which

eighteen and twenty-four mouths, with interest, for negotiable notes'well endorsed, title to be re tained until the purchase money is paid. All 1 taxes to be paid by the purchaser.

JAMES LYONS, Commissioner. Gbcbbb A Williams, Auctioneers. de It ' ~ „ * ' ~„. ■' ■' ■ '," "—~~_:

LIESBURG, CHARLOTTE COUNTY, VIR GINIA, FOR SALE We- offer for sale these WORKS, with the necessary*lmplements for the manufacture or PORCELAIN, FIRE-BRICKS. HAS TILES. Ac, and about TWO HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND, containing an almost unlimited…

I than any other known. There are on the laud a 1 number of Mineral Springs of medicinal qualities, a Steam Engine, Saw and Grist Mill, three »m..U ■ Dwelling Houses, with necessary out-hi:Hding*, \ sheds, Ac. About two-thirds of the Land is…

ninety-five miles from Richmond and Petersburg, about five miles from Roanoke station, on the Richmond and Danville railroad, and about three miles of Staunton river, navigable by hatteaux to Weldon, North Carolina, snd at the junction of five…

IADIES\ MISSES* AND J CHILDREN'S FURS. New arrival of «b FASHIONABLE HATS AND CAPS, mM

for gentlemen, youths and boys.*^^* GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. JOHN DOOLEY has reduced the prices of LADIES' FURS fully

twenty-five per cent. Ladies are particularly requested to take notice of this reduction. The stock of HATS of all qualities, from the coarsest to the finest fashionable Hat, is. full, sud will be found all that is desirable. Also, a large…

VOLUME 11. FOR MM.-The EPISCOPAL METHODIST is published in the city of Richmond, Vs., by Rev. JOHN B. EDWARDS, and the Rev. D. S. DOOGETT. D. D., Editors and Proprietors, .it TWO DOLLARS for SIX MONTHS.

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aaata#T'a»craß-«c«h-J«B*. Davis's Trial- 1 Bounties Es nail red. Ac. I ..IBHllltnil of the Baltimore Situ. aTAsaißoroß. December hi.-Coiipess was

_tenet speeili interest to-day. In tbe Senate, * s m nVr delivered a siieech or nearly two

"_w duration, made up principally of ex h . - from newspaper letters, private commit

**Hou! aud other irresponsible matter. wh he presented as a contradiction to Gen ii" rints report on the condition of affairs f,he South: Senator Cowan looked upon this rtt. book," as the production of " anbuy- ' 1 \„m Krt&SSWe and cotton Ihievck."…

*VsfHouse Military Committee has agreed to \ "rt a hill te equalize soldiers' bounties, so Vis ci've those who entered the army early "the war as much as those who entered it ,

tritfe this committee In relation to a re organi dttoa of the army. attetnpte have been made to couUa ,' - mv statement tha*. General Logan had

however, it will ottlcially appear that he de , some days ago. , Mr Page, editor of the Lebanon (Ohio) Star, • JiW charge or the remains or the late ex-Go renter Corwht, 10 be conveyed by the Balti more and Ohio road to Ohio, and left this…

gist of January. Only about fifty will be re tained. ■ N.WAI. OBDF.K. The Secretary of the Navy has issued an order forbidding officers of the" navy from com ins Into the District of Columbia, unless they j-fMtie within It, without permission…

were taken up in Nebraska Territory during the month of November, ÜBS, the greater por tion for homestead actual settlement, and the residue with agricultural college scrip and bounty huni warrants. In addition to which ■ number of cash sales…

doned by the President. IXPEOITIOS BUSIEST THE APACIIBB. General Carleton. commanding the district of Mexico, has been ordered to organize an ex pedtttea in that Territory and Arizona against ! ihe hostile Apaches, whb have been commit ting…

canse why he should not be punished for con tempt of court. He acknowledged that he had "offended against the dignity of a court of justice, the decorum fitting such a place, Baa the severe majesty of the law," but ex> > cased his retort upon…

been aimed at me, which 1 returned." The Judge reserved his decision for a future day. While the matter was up, the following con versatten occurred, which is creditable to both parties: Mr. Bradley.—All I state, if the Court please. I state…

my. Tbe Court.—-I do not believe it would, Mr. Bradley. i VIBOIXIA AXD WEST VIBOIXIA. In the Senate, Mr. Wade, from the Com mittee on Territories, has reported favorably a bill giving the consent of Congress to the an nexation of the counties…

trict of Columbia, has reported favorably on the hill to regulate the elective franchise in tbe District, with certain amendments, in cluding one prescribing ability to read and write as a qualification for voting : a new sec tion imposes a…

ginia his subordinate officer's field has been ex readiagly difficult, owing particularly to the great impoverishment of the State from the war, the breaking up of every system of labor, and the peculiarly strong depression of the jH-ople at…

Norfolk, Princess Anne, and Prince George counties. In these counties there were necessarily , large accumulations of freedmen during the, war. Every effort has been made by the assist snt commissioner to reduce these collections, and the great…

Point to Texas. As many of these as were j willing to go were sent to Texas at the public expense. A colony of upwards of a hundred, ■ignifying its wish to go to Liberia, through a colored agent, was transported from Lynch burg to Baltimore,…

The Congressmen are about carrying out the •ast card in the original programme of the dis union cabal. It is to go home and agitate the F State Legi>latures, that are about to sit, to an tagonize the President by instructions to Sena tors and…

grounds of right, or mercy, or charity. A delegation of Friends, representing thir teen different States, waited 1111011 the Presi dent yesterday aud expressed to him their con fidence iv his administration and general approval of his poHc-y.…

'Word. , Senator Sumner emptied his desk to-day of s voluminous budget of memorials, emanating from Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois and Virginia, all in condemnation of the reconstruction policy of the…

•"-eh time as Congress can organize truly re publican forms of government, by establishing •*qual civil rights in all respects. These peti tions were stated by tbe Senator to Designed by whites and blacks (mainly "freedmen, and of course those…

'hat Wade Hampton and B. E. Lee were the most popular men in the country to tbe South era people, but that they prefer Andrew Johnson for President to General Lee; that Hie let ling on the part of the former masters

I °f the freedmen is most vindictive to the •■oion-d people of that section, aud predicting that iv five years they would either be iv power or fighting us again. (Mr. Sumner.—lf sfe former. "God help New England.") tuttthe attempts on the…

■M'Al .ij.W!~. - '"• '" ■'"'»'"-.a' >"l '" ' '-.J- 1- . »■; ..-1..,, .ii.i may be heard upon every side, but when once they attain representation in Congress, and the power, they will pour but the vials of their W#ath Upon the heads of their…

and black, than there was one year ago; that the cruelties practiced upon the feedmen are of every conceivable shape, and horrible to i contemplate, mentioning Instances of whip- j

Siiiig and branding by magistrates, and mur lerlng, by outlaws, of the unprotected freed men of the South, and stating that there Is mi ' utter contempt expressed fofr the laws of the ( Government, and a perfect disregard of all authority throughout…

Itredletlng that unless these cruelties cease, , hey will goad the freedmen to that point When •* patience ceases to be a virtue," and an insurrection will consequently follow.

TAXf.9 IX KOBTfI CABOt.IEA. j President Johnson has ordered O-overnor Holden to prohibit the slier ill's of North Caro lina from executing tho provisions of there venue law passed by the State Convention, which levies t axes ou business transactions…

EB. I.AWBKXCK's BESOLI'TIOXS. These prove nothing but the malignity of the author. They will not be pressed to a vote; so, they will Ik* defeated—provided the ; President stands firm. The first demands the trial, and tho second the execution…

requirements of justice; and the fourth wants : a few more rebel necks as an expiation for other offences. , , ' . . mm Grand Nulionnl Railroad From Washington to New York. Quoting the bill in regard to railroads, which wo published yesterday…

excited by this passage, and some iiersons conceived it was intended to have a splj tiai reference to one or two particular rail roads, whereas it was simply an enunciation of a clear and general policy of vast impor- . tance. It is believed…

1 from its main course to help any Other road. I That it will cross leading railroads on the route It must traverse, is to be expected; but Uiat it will be so surveyed as to look tothe promotion of any particular interest will s-iin : ply be…

1 near the mouth of the COnestoga, and will therefore run through one of the richest sec tions of Pennsylvania. It te confidently cal culated that when this road is built, the travel between Washington and New York will not take more than seven…

Greeley on Ihe President's Message. President Johnson yesterday transmitted to the Senate deeply interesting reports recently made to him on the condition of the South by General Grant. General Howard and General Sohurz, accompanying them by…

quate reason for Mr. Sumner's denunciation of it. If the President had demanded of Con gress that it act on bis judgment- rather than its own, then he would have acted unwarrant ably; but :ts he has simply given bis own view of the existing…

restoration of the States lately in revolt to their former position in the Union. Sri The protection of their freedmen from future op pression and outrage. We are in favor of both , Uiese. We an- opposed to keeping the South era States indefinitely…

may be those who fancy that they are favor ing* the freedmen by calling for the execution of the rebel chief's, *the confiscation of rebel property, and the perpetuation of Southern pupilage—or rather, vassalage: but we believe there is a kinder…

down their arms. Where we find either in fault, we do not besitato to say so; but we judge that the irue interest of the blacks is to be subserved by cultivating the kindliest re lations with both. "We trust there will be developed in Congress…

their freedmen. And we still hope to see Con gress and the President co-operate in securing these beneficent and nowise inconsistent ends. Hope against hope, Mr. Greeley. Your party ; is divided in twain; and all your diplomacy cannot restore…

could control it, and that the people of the South are ready to obey the obligations and penalties they have incurred, and are pre pared to show their sincerity by their works. The testimony of Lieutenant-G-eneral Grant in support of this important…

pressively true in view of the fact that nothing, either in "the message or the accompanying re- | port, looks to a surrender of principle ns under stood by the friends of the Government and laid down in the platform of the National Union party,…

full. That it has been criticised is to be ex- j pected in these dnvs of novel complications and novel remedies; but that any statesman should believe that it does not come up to the full measure of patriotic expectation is almost incomprehensible.…

lic without a blslvc—Washington Chronicle. Mr. Forney, like Mr. Greeley, tries to re concile the message and tho Republican plat form. The very earnestness with which they try to prove that the President has done noth ing to displease the Republicans…

brought »sso,otß) in gold from California. -»*». What Ma. Skwabu'b Pboclaeatiox Sioxi rißS.—The proclamation of Secretary Seward, officially declaratory of the amendment to the , Constitution in abbliiiou of slavery, has, at this crisis, au…

message to the Senate. The proclamation ami the message are bombshells iv the Radical camp. They define the President's policy ol reconstruction beyond any chance of miscon ception. Mr. Stevens aud his faction have been outmanoeuvred. Bent…

Radicals through which the Southern Stabss : can pass on to their legitimate position In MM | political household. Mr. Johnson is now posi tively committed to the enforcement or toe right of the South to Congressional npwau lation, and the…

article, that the Southern people, from whose , sympathies only one question—that of ■""♦'

rv—ever separated him, will probably rally to ; hfe support and elect blm to the Presidency

"•And Democrat though we are, It will rejoice our heart as a lover of the peace of the conn trv and of the institutions of our fathers,

when it (reconstruction on the basis of the Con- j •tltutlon) shall have replaced our poUtlcs in the safe limits of constitutional party. The Radicals of lowa are circuteUng a petition for the impwcbnient of President

APmpsbapo KittßP--^otiTn l a mlimiil I convict and desperado, was hilled In Ftreotoo county, Virginia, a few days since. Beseemed determined to ruin the whole neighborhood, and accordingly drove n Mr. Watson front his house and took poesesstou…

arrest Coburn, and accordingly summoned a posse of men for the purpose, and proceeded to the premises where the desperate fellow was •ecreted. On approaching the house, Coburn commenced Bring from his revolvers Into the

Kisse, wounding a Captain Kirk in the thigh, c was, however, after a desperate struggle, driven from the house, and shot dead by one of the party. „ _

Savannah news of the 17th Is to the effect that a black man was on trial before the nro vost marshal for using Insurrectionary lan gnage, publicly proclaiming the right of the npgroes to take possession of the lands In the j late rebel States,…

former owners. _, Chief Justice Ames, of the Rhode Island Sn- ! preme Court, died of apoplexy Wednesday af tel-OOfl.

Cbabi.es Cobxice.—This venerable and" es teemed freedman, who recently deceased in our city, was buried from the Baptist Church, on Bute street, on yesterday evening. He was honest, industrious, respectful, and respected. His funeral was largely…

Mabtlaxo AXD DeIaWABB fcAlt.KoAfi.--Chief Engineer Tilghman passed the first train over his road on the 9th instant. It consisted of a house car and twelve flat cars, loaded with ! iron, chains and spikes. Tbe road is expected to be completed…

At Burlington, Wisconsin, on Sunday before ] last, whilst the elder members of a family nam**! Cook were at church* some one entered their house aml murdered three children and I . ransacked the house, only getting four dollars. ;

Dkcli.ve ix Pbh-bs.— Though the prices of | most of the necessaries of life are still high, it is certain that they have considerably declined within the last year. Rev Dr. Howe, the new Episcopal Bishop of Nebraska, has declined the appointment.

11l man's physical structure are fonndaU the primates of the globe; or rather all the prox imates of metalic and non-metalic Substances : | in man they come forth as the ultimate par t icles and refined principles of matter. It can - not be…

present in a man's body; so. is phosphorus in his bones, blood and brain : hydrogen is in all the fluids, and in some of tbe solids ; carbon is In all the secretions nnd excretions : iron is an essentia] of the blood; soda is in his muscles:…

and the several associate metals; also the acids and alkalies—acetic, uric, oxalic, ben- Bote, potassium, Ac, demonstrating, as per fectly as science can establish any discovery or proposition, that man's body*is the ulti mate of all mineral,…

SixnrLAß Storv.—lt is stated on the au thority of a person Who has seen the party, that Arthur Lavery, sentenced to the Massa chnsetta State Prison for manslaughter, and reported as dead, is now living and beyond Immediate reach. The explanation…

attendant, and his body was delivered to his friends. Preparations being made for a wake and burial, signs of life were discovered, and means were taken for his restoration, which were successful. It is believed he has left the country if not…

In the heart of every human being the true seat of happiness is lodged. We need not look for it without and beyond ourselves. Ihe world is what we make it; it is happy or oth erwise as we regard it. The loving heart links the loving nature…

Our little friend Bobby, at the breakfast ta ble one morning broke out in a new vein : A don't want mother to marry again, hesaui. "Why not?'' was asked with some surprise. •'Because,'' said he, "I've lost one faiher, and I don't want the trouble…

-Do you belong to the clitireh, sij?" in quired a gentleman to a friend who was one of the henry men of Hie. town where the other was visiting, and who seemed much interested in the church where they had just been attend ing " No, sir," replied…

Of what use are forms ?" exclaimed a petti- Inni legislator to Dr. Franklin ; " you cauuot deny that they are often mere empty things •« Well, mv friend, and so are barrels but nevertheless they have their uses," quietly re plied the Doctor.…

HRACITE COAL—the* most supe-torCoal known for cooking and family use—will be deli vered to buyers at the market price. M_yo's, comer Cary and Twenty-llfth streets- Of fiC de : !6-2w VaU Btreet -' J- P. g______g__ J. WHITE, COAL DEALER, . confidently…

ASH COAL as superlortfor cooking and wymlng n-ruoses. Try It. Also, WHIT*. ASH ann 1..1.V --VER HILL COAL. Office at S. H. Owens A Son, Xo ti» Main street. Yard, south side the dock orders left at Wagner's drug store, corner Broad and Sixth,…

BOWEN A PAGE, dealers in AN THRACITE COAL, Eighteenth street south ata— twk Richmond, Va. Best quality ot Rhv ■,

and WH.T_ ASH? LUMP. EGG e$ STOVB COAL always on hand, and sold byjweight. ■■Jt'____-

WILLIAM H. DAVIS, DEALER IN ANTHRACITE AND BITUMINOUS COALS USD WOOD, Basin Bank, between Ninth and Tenth streets. de lf-lm

NEW COAL AND WOOD YARD, CORNER OF SEVENTH AND CANAL STREETS-ANTHRACITE and MIDLOTHIAN

COAL and WOOD for ft . pODtTmMr j N. B—Orders promptly filled. de 11—ts |

ACADEMY.—The exercises of this Institution have been resumed without the military feature, and an additional number of pupils will he re ceived for the balance of the session, which will ; \ terminate twenty-six weeks from the Ist of -»»»»»-…

guages, embracing Latin and Greek comnpsitn.n. . In Surveying and-iiglneerlng the instruction will , be both theoretical and practical. Arrangements \ will he made at an early day to secure a compile i net ot Chemical and Philosophical Apparatus.…

healthiness of the location, the beauty of the scene ry, and the intelligence, refinement, and high moral character of the people. There *•»»«***( daily connection between Wilmington and Fay etteviUe by steamboat, and this is suggested as the…

it will be best to enter about the first of January, j lew. TEBES rOB TWEETV-SIE WBEES t_OE IST IASVA BT, ; 18W, PA YABLE IX AOVAECE ! Tuition 'oK Board and lodging. fte Washing, fuoland lights » Arplicstion for admission mast be »ddressed…

2.500 gVSam NEW*BBEABT PIECBB, BBIGHT, ! -.M,ooo BHOULDBBB, BWBBT, at It cents. For sale bv_, B DAVIDfI oM. . at George Watt A Co's, Franklin street.

WHOLEBAL A raSSISfON^IBCHANTB, NO. II FirTBtETBSTBBBT. BICWBB, VA. I Prompt atteatlon given to aB eoßßlanatente.

I BT JOBBSOB'fi IBBBPBBBBKT AOBBCT. Wasbieotox, December 21.—Sbeatb.—Mr. Howard, of Michigan, (Republican,) offered a

resolution calling upon the President to inform the Senate on what charges Jefferson Davis Is confined, and why he Is not brought to trial. The resolution was adopted. The following Committee on Reconstruction on the part of the Senate was…

reception of the Tennessee delegation until the recognition of the rights of the colored persons by that State. He also presented a petition of the White citizens of the District of Columbia, asking the extension of the right of suffrage to…

upon the civil and political rights of the | colored people, and he was glad this state of things was about to end. The petition was referred. Mr. Wilson introduced a bill to guarantee freedom to the inhabitants of the United States by repeaUng…

party in the Senate. He did not believe that Mr. Johnson would desert the party that placed him where he is. nor that he wonhi prove untrue to the great principles which had triumphed. He did not believe there was any possibility of the Democratic…

offered a resolution, which was referred to the Committee mi Foreign Affairs, asserting that the United States shoold never recognize any Government imposed on any nation on this continent by the arms of any European Power.

It was resolved that the committee for the District of Columbia inquire into the expedi ency of providing for the election and admis sion into this House of a delegate from this District, with the powers and privileges simi lar to those of…

Mr.Finck, of Ohio,(Democrat,)madea speech against the radicals and denying the theory of Stevens, that the Southern States were con quered territories, and therefore must submit to the requiremenls'of the conqneror. He con fended that the object…

Mr. Raymond, of New York, (Republican,) took issue with Mr. Stevens, denying that the South was to be considered as having been a belligerent Power, and that the States had placed themselves beyond the pale of the Union. It is true that the…

teen contemplated a severance from the other j States, but the Southern arms having been de- •

He declared himself opposed to the conflsca- J tion acts, which were not only oppressive, but ■ unchristian. He was disposed to do every- ( thing that a patriot should to restore peace and

harmony between the sections, and would j gladly welcome back representatives from the Southern States ; but, as a preliminary, would j require new guarantees, including the aboli

Departmental. Wasbixutox, December 21—The Secretary of State has addressed letters to the Governor and late Provisional Governor of South Cn

fna similar to those recently forwarded to baaaa and Mississippi. • The Kentucky Fenians. LorisviiiK, December 21.—At a general meeting of nil the Circles of the Fenian Brotherhood, Inst evening, resolutions de nouncing, in the strongest terms,…

BOBTOB, December 21.-The anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims will be observed to-morrow. An imposing turn-out of the ve terans is expected. New York Markets. New Yobe, December 21—Flour advanced fl«;loc. : Southern, *S@ls. Wheat advanced…

51@52c. Sugar and Coffee firm. Gold, I*6A. Baltimore markets. Baltieobe, December 21.-Flour inactive.— Red Wheat inactive; white scarce. Corn firm; demand fair. Oats, fißfifflc. Coffee very active; Rio advancing. Whisky dull. Pro-;

Elf AED DOCE, BBIUBBE TWESTIETB AKBTWEE TT-FIRST BTEKKTB, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Goods sold by Package only.

ITED STATESIb'oNDEdVaREHOUSE, No. I. GEORGE S. PALMER, late of Wadsworth, Turner DANIEL'J. HARTSOOK, late of Howardsville,

WILLIAM* H. ISAACS, of William B. Isaacs A Co., Bankers. _■____*__. n P. tt J. H. WORD. TOBACCO

(J. ANDGENERALCOMMISSION MERCHANTS, corner of Seventh and Canal streets, Richmond. , have in store 150 boEes Manufactured Tobacco, mouldy; 100 Caddies Manufactured Tobacco. mouldy too Caddies Manufactured 'lobacco sound , and sweet. Also, various…

Tobacco. Fine LEAF TOBACCO always on hand, \ as we are daily receiving it from \ frginia and North Carolina planters. We give onr personal attention to the sale of all kinds of COUNTRY PRODUCE, aud render sales promptly. . ~ ...—a— Goods taken…

DANDRIDGE A ANDERSON, GROCERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. lOSßboab stbeet, Richuobb, offer their services for tbe sale of all kinds of COUNTRY PRODUCE, a __ and guarantee the highest market price for the

'*Wi.l also furnish BAGS for grain when desired, de 1.-Jun w ; T. J. SPBECBB. S. P. UAEIBL. 3. W. HABSBALL.

SPENCER, DANIEL A CO.. GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, PURE PERUVIAN GUANO ON CONSIGNMENT, Twelfth street, above Main, Richmond, Va., will give strict and personal attention to all CONSIGNMENTS, and make reasonable AD VANCES. _ dell .Hi

SI*OTTB A GIBSON, GROCERS AND GBBEBAL COMMISSION MEBCHANTB, Fifteenth street, between Main and Cary, BicBBOEO, Va. . , Particular attention paid to the sals of all kinds

of PBOBUCB. FLOUBaad TOBACCO^^. dell-Am QEOBOB GIBSON. T. B. BBAI.. BUBBBT O. LBIOB. 3. P. SWOBBS.

TsJEAL, LEIGH A CO.. Getter*! Oom -11 mission Merchants and Tobscco FssHors. cor nor Canraud Virginia streets, Bishjsead Va.

-a. : ' mm '"fl "Viva I!■ flssM BssUU I safe*

Wasbieutoe, Deormber 21.—The Oot forn ment has received nothing othctel front the French Emperor Indicating the withdraw /alof the French troops from hfexlao. The Ft "each Mlaister has indicated that such is the E- tepe ror's intention. . Maximilian…

thispurposeis now In the hands of Thatbleus Stevens. Secretary McCulloch left this city to-dny for New York. It te said he wants more mo any.

Prom Geei_ln-€envemyen ef Internal Fieve nue Amemmjn Ctenerul Assewsbiy ef the Preo byterinn Church, Seuth-IMtßculty hetweera the Whites nnd BBnchs—Selxnre or tbe Steeaacr Fnteou. • Nbw Yobe, December 21.—The steamships

I bringing Savannah advices to December 17* b. i The Savannah cotton market Is Irregular, holders asking an advance. Middling Up lands forty-eight cents. The Herald says a convention of Internal Revenue Assessors and Collectors for South Carolina,…

17th. It is reported that a serious difficulty has occurred between whites and blacks in Em manuel county, Georgia, but ho particulars had reached Savannah. The proclaiming of martial law at ThomasviUe arose from several unprovoked attacks…

The steamer Falcon has been seized at Sa vannah by General Brannon, owing to the refusal of her owners to allow troops to be transported in her from Angusta. Wreck of the Roger Ahem. Mobile, December 19.—The ship Roger Ahem, Snmmerville, with…

seven hundred bales of cotton, from Mobile j for Liverpool, was wrecked on Sand Island.- She is supposed to be a total loss. I Heavy Gale.

New Yobe, December 21.—A heavy gale set in this morning, which has proved very disas trous along the coast. The seaboard line re ports several wrecks and loss of life. .— —nan Adjournment of the Kentucky House of Repre sentative*. Fbaxefobt,…

jof Representatives has adjourned till the loth ! of January. New York Markets.

New Yobe, December 21.—Cotton firm at 51c. Flour advanced 3@loc. Wheat and corn j firm and unchanged. Pork firm—mess 028.50. Whisky unchanged.

A CARD TO THE PUBLIC. ■ i THE PROPRIETORS OF TBB RICHMOND MUSICAL EXCHANGE, ESTABLISHED IX lMfr, DESTROYED BY FIRE APRIL «, 18*5, AXO RE-OPENED NOVEMBER 1, IMS, heg leave respectfully to inform the pnbltc snd the musical community that THERE…

FOR THE LAST THIRTY-THREE YEARS the largest and most select stock of SHEET MUSIC, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, Ac, in the city has ever been found. They are offer ing to purchasers, and NOT TO INSURANCE COMPANIES, a splendid assortment of CHICKERING'S…

STEIFFS PIANOS, j (the only ones for sale in Richmond,) MASON'S A HAMLIN'S .ORGANS, UNIVERSALLY PRONOUNCED THE BEST IN THE .WORLD. ALEXANDRE ORGANS. as well as

ALL THE MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS OF THE j DAY. de 20--t JOHN W. DAVIES A SONS.

TIL4NSIHmTATION i | of the capital stock of this < ompany hevhu been , subscribed, snd ONE HUNDftBD THGWABD , DOLLARS of the same having been paid up. the undersigned call ft* a general meeting of the stockholders of said Company, for the purpose…

Eo be held at Richmond, \o., on TUBS i ltth of January. IMS. ttendance I. desired „ CHARLIE W.PCHCBLL, | L. W. GLAZEBBOOK, »xn, December te, lstt.

FORM OF PROXY. _ .- .1 ■ '.:_. Know all men by these Breaentt. Thst tee »»• srrtber. being stockholder In the NATIONAL B* PBBSt COMPANY, do hereby eonstitete ana an point . trae and lawful attorney aud' P[°*7: "' represent each of as la aU…

months from and »^^ r ™_^il_M?irH3o • not personally present or tepresenien mw mm , other prosy. with fall power end authority, st ,

inch general meeUags, to give w«>J,^«™J£i! and to do such other act or acta, as each of ueeould , give or do asa *s_9B.ber personally present; and we do hereby tattftr and confirm whatever veto or votes, act or acta, oar said . attorney may…

t0,, - , '^. , K!_ihiriW»o,«. 80. t7 Mala •treet. between Fourteenth and where tbey keep eeententlv on bond a large sssott- PARLOR, OFFICE AND COOKING STOTB.

ABINE IB ° N AND »»A.. FO«b_T. The subscribers themselves •© - .

Inall lmbSiuelies. They solicit thepafreaageof their friend* and the Bublie EeneraHy. ALL WORK WARRANTED TO PLEASE or BO C Location on Dock street, below tbe Fork Blrer

**C_BH PAIB FOB OLD IRON, BR ASS and COP PBB. AL * RBI> s_-o L ?. , f-r deH-te WILLIAM 8. COX., TACITCHELL A TYLER,

IbT IBT ' FAIfCT GOODS, Ac., Ac. ■ Our stock Is entirely new, and embraces tto teaet desirable goods in our line, Foreign and American. WATCH REPAIRING done In the'best manner. Cosh paid for old SILVER and GOLD. Call at the old stand, a»»m_T…

Buildings of all styles: to repair Steam Engines and Machinery of -11 kinds with promptness, and to do all work usually executed In a GENERAL MACHINE BHOP, at their works, on CARY STREET, NBAR FIFTEENTH. Order* from all parts of the country…

(IHARLES D. YALE A CO., Iron J Block, Governor street, manufacturers of TIN, SHEET-lAON and CI>PPERWARE, and dealjrto COOKING, HALL and PARLOR STOVES: HOT AIR FURNACES and KITCHKN RANGES.— PLUMBING, GAS and STEAM FITTING, In all their branches,…

ir AlsSfAgenU for the PORTABLE « EMPIRE GAS MACHINE." for supplying dwellings, stores, pub 11c buildings, Ac, with gas. do It—lm

SPECIAL NOTICE.—E. B. COOK re spectfully notifies his friends and the Public that he has REMOVED HIS OFFICE from No. 70 to No. M Main street, two doors above Fourteenth, adjoining the Times building, and renews the tender of his services as…

his personal attention to all sales entrusted to his care. , . ~ .._ __ He promises the same energy and assiduity to basfness which has secured to him so liberal n share of pstr« n «g?: de 11—sm

WB. ROBINS, REAL ESTATE • AGENT, RICHMOND, VA., (oteee, iron front build in-. Governor street,) offers tor ssiu

FORTY"TWO g 'EXCELLENT FARMS AND PLAN TATIONS, large and small, lying in different sec tionsof the State. Most of them are highly im proved, and convenient either to water navigation or to railroad*. Prices low aud terms ressonahle. A calll…

HOUSE PAINTING. L. L. MONTAGUE A SON, Main street, between Seventh and Eighth, ore prepared to undertake ,

HOUSE PAINTING in all IU departments, in good style and on very reasonable terms. ' " _ Our old customers, and tbe public generally,

are invited to give •£h^ OTAOTI 4 SONf de 14—ts , House and Sign Painters.

TATE AGENT AND COMMISSION MBR CHANT.-Fob Sale : Best RED and WHITE ASH ANTHRACITE aud.BITUMINOU* COALS Orders respectfully solicited and promptly filled. Thankful for past favors, he respectfully asks a continuance of tho same. office No. 8…

tel, Ricbxoed, Va., has on hand, and Is con -1 ktantlv receiving, the, newest styles of HATS, I CAPS; LADIES' FURS. HATTERS' GOODS, and i every article connected with tho HAT and FUR TRADE. His old friends from North Corolina, Tennessee and…

SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTERS, PA PER-HANGERS AND DECORATORS are now prepared to attend to all orders in their line of bu siness. Country orders'promptly attended to. Sign I writing done In" the most approved style on mode ! rate terms. Paint…

No. 14 MAIN STREET.—By purchase and manufacture, we have now, and shall keep con stantly In store, a full stock of goods In oar line. We call attention to the tonemUnxgotnm Particu larly: five hundred GRINDSTONES, from eighty to eight hundred…

TERB; VUIIcANIZED RUBBER BELTING, two W. twelve inch ; STRETCHED LEATHEBaBELTING two to twelve Inch : pure QVU PACKING .HEMP PACKING; MANILLA ROPE, all sires to ivs iuch: PLoNrVS and PLOW CASTINGS, in great variety; Blacksmiths' BELLOWS; Plß&orui…

CHANTs/for the ssle of MEBCHAND&BJIBB PRODUCE, cornerof Ninth and Main streets, Bteh mond, Virginia. —_. a.. '

Rei-bexVes.—Baltimore: Messrs. Mstßsel * Grafton, William Lanahsn A Son. New Yorktl Messrs. John M. Bradstreet A Son^ Grodjtnskl Bro thers. Richmond: Messrs W B. JoBjQB WW*., Rogers, Adams A Co., Joseph Brummel, Esq-J*** ll B.Davis, Esq. de…

SCHAAP A HARTMAN, MER CHANT TAILORS AND CLOTHING Intending to restrict ourselves entirely to man tll*\TT».lLOKlX«. ye w sel out oarRBADY- liATSand GENTS' FCBNISH ING GOODS at the greatest bargains eve* «BTsreO.

NO. 10J BBOAB »TBEET. BICBBOEn, bsve in store, and for sale on the B*o*t ****™J*?'• term*, a large and varied assortment ojramiui i OBOCEBIfI ANDBUI-PLIBS,to whichtb«7.w

SELLING OFF AT AND BELOW COST TO CLOSB.-Tbe I mined to close bis present business,_r._LE_.s__ stock Bs>wonhßn/(whiehlsßfenerai^^ of BEY GOODS) AT AND j4» u-ts tent doors flfaatthe corn«l?J_»|_»__ * Tl__l_NACS. AI-Ma_NAC«.—Rlcji- and .North…

&CS. tet.ktUber'. TAPONICA FLOWERS #J TRIES-1 have for sale a s * •* ___L JAPONICA FLOWEH. Ale^-FBCIT ABIt-H OBXAMBBTAL TRBW, X

foee^rJ^Bßlc^ delA-.tsf TOHN asebeeßasthess-aegoedsean — w^f m i^ = m%_

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TTtK DISPATCH BVILDINO IS ON Oo- ;

"in BfßJtft, Nithit to Main, and j

XBABLT orroSITB THE OLD DISTATVH \

i iter periods. General Grant is consulting

, <-Hued the mission to Mexico. Iv due time, |

■ COAL AND WOOD.

ERRY; RED ASH,

FAYETTEVILLE (N. C.) MILITARY |,

! mwo THOUSAND FIVE'HUNDRED

j 1 POUNDS NEW SCGAR-CCBBD HAMS, at

1,500 "ound? NEW CURED SHOULDERS, at It

I deJl-et __ Blehmond.Va.

BiOGEBS, ADAMS A 00.,

feated in the field, these ordinances, were inef- j fective.

tion of slavery and the repudiation of the rebel I

Both Houses adjourned until the sth of Jan- j vary. _.

t**X)IVDu_SSION | A CO.. !

WIWLESALE AUCTION AND COMMISSION | HOUSE. (Libby Buildings,) - ' !

j Hunter, Nevada, and Euterpe have arrive*.,

THE NATIONAL EXPRESS AND

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tmBOOBT BBOTHKBB ■k>

have removed from the Odd Fellows' I ft

Tbe ABBffBB, gggflgft,, „„„*. „^

IDA, MOatITOB, QriCK m^& . P X boußht in BewTork or BalUmore.

AIK, HOtSfcFUBBIBHIBOGOODSof •'•rede scrlptlon. «• *•*■

WAfCHBB,J^i;|ILVBBWABB.

THOMAS J. BAGBY, REAL ES

JOHN DOOLEY, 239 Spotswood Ho

MESSRS. FRENCH A CO., HOUSE,

AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE.

WB. ELLISON 4k CO., GENERAL • GROCERS AND COMMLSSION MBB

A large stock on .ign . de 11—ts between Fo«rth*"U

DANDRIDGE A ANDKKBU; GROCERS AND COMMISSION MEIWn-..--.

doH-la __We»ahßm»«ed,Blehßnn^^

F"6¥SAUS, "one rt*&j*gSl*im%

JULIUS STllAVft grtStiS i strseL between -

Richmond gisptch. FRIDAY DECEMBER 88, MM. SriciDKor ac On. Mbbcbabv.—A feeling of

the most Intense excitement was pccasloneti among the business people in the lower pari of the ctty br the suicide of Mr. JBanoa *i.

Barker, one oi* the oldest and most fosntitted ofl merchants in this city, who shot hhneeir through the head with n pistol in the office oi his store, No 14$ Front atroafu yestotday of • 1 ernoon. Mr. Barker has beenln the oil bus -

long time iv the firm of \ an \ ootniS P4R"*___ For several weeks past it was noticed OT ™

immediate friends and the BaitnbWaof jmm family that be was In a

mind, supposed to have been caused J> "J"* in business. He appeared to his mind for several days, but hterahUiroaßM not think tt necessary W tmtee^mßtyimeasunm to -_.

thoughts! At about half pas! two o'clock in the afternoon, he was sitting in a -Jbair near the stove, in tbe office, while his son, Jo'ceph. *:tt at a desk, busily eugaged in writlug. denlv the latter was sturlled.by the report.of » pistol,…

out of a bullet wound lv the head. The un fortunate deceased must have applied the UtstotjtO his right temple : ami ihe ball lodged in the brain, causing instant death. The pis tol used was a common single-barreled one. Business difficulties…

lished yesterday contains some curious, not to say startling, announcements. It seems that the British Government has entirely changed its tactics with regard to this couutry, and that it has concluded to concede to us our in terpretation of…

have also changed their tone, and are suddenly and wonderfully friendly to this country, while their correspondents In the French cap ital are equally complaisant towards tis when referring to the Mexican question. —New York Htrald. DisTiEflrit=HED…

four inches high, and made in proportion, he rode through every fight with his famous bri gade. He was wounded at the battle of Win chester, Va., bringing up the rear. General Peck returns to his plantations in Louisiana 10-morrow, they having…

bestbb.—On the 18th of November a shocking rape was committed on the person of Mrs. ; •Pierce, a respectable married lady, residing i near Sandy Spring, Maryland, by a negro i named John. Tho negro entered the house at I night while Mr. Pierce…

and committed to jail. The outrage created much feeling in the county, and the fact of his arrest was kept : quiet until be wasjsafely lodged in jail, in order * to prevent lynching him.— Washington Star. Trial of Ciiappeli..—We learn that…

Sips Trom Preutice. Mourn not that you are weak and humble. The gentle bredßß Is better than the hurricane. the cheerful lire of the hearth than the confla gration. Confine not your charities*to the good. If yiu give to the undeserving, remeinbcr…

return of day aud summer forever. Lip-service is considered discreditable to a ; Christiaii, but it is a delightful thing between two lovers. If a loafer and a gallon of whisky are sit tine s i de D >' ehle, the former will probably be drunk…

The fellow who borrows yonr watch for a day, and never returns it, has no need of a watch; lie is a good time-keeper himself.

A man never has the least difficulty in find- I ing a devoted friend —except when he needs I one. i The object of nearly all great talkers seems

to be to excite their own admiration—which j they have no difficulty in doing. Ladies, fret not over small losses. Other- \ wise you will soon have that great loss—the low of beauty—to fret over. Whenever yon take a drink, be sure you keep…

Identity become knock-kneed. Skiffs and bad children should be paddled. At au agricultural dinner the following toast was given: "The game of fortune ; shuffle the cards as you will, spades must win."

SUPERIOR RELIGIOUS NEWSPA PER FOR THE FAMILY.—NOW IS THE TIME To SUBSCRIBE TO THE RICHMOND CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE—Edited by Rev. JAMES A. DUN- \ CAM for the VIRGINIA CONFERENCE, METHO- i DIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH. Subscription for three months,…

white paper, in the neatest style. Able writer* and : correspondents supply its columns with excellent I reading matter. The best selections from distin gatshed author* and from resent publications, and , careful attention to the Youths' Department…

Virginia Conference: 1. HesoUmi, That the interests of the Church, , especially at this time, require that the RICHMOND CBHJBTJAii ,All\ Ol \TK. l« aui.j.'»»-t«a »>y tlir * and unanimous co-operation of our preach ers and people. V. Resolved,…

while we warmly appreciate his generosity in act ing as editor without remuneration. t. Resolved, That the present editor be. and he is hereby, affectionately requested to continue as editor of the paper. Advertise In the ADVOCATE. City merchants,…

special agent for its circulation. . Terms of advertising for one square of eight lines or less: For first insertion, seveett-pivk « est* ; for every subsequent insertion, riETT « est*. Payments for subscriptions and advertise ments always…

jaswussp--^** -** B * l ™ bms ! Rev. J. B. JETER, D. D., Rev. A. E. DICKIE WIN, Editors and Proprietors; Rev. D. SHAVER, j Associate Editor. ~ » I A corps of able correspondents have been sal I cured. EverT effort will be put forth to maks…

RELIGIOUS fIERALD the greatest L.*UtTa£r •>f this fountry. We wish to omriMjitnU in every State snd county to canvass Tnjrtfcn paper. Ev«ry one wlsblnatetescesse a subscriber ougki

at once to -«-.d »njm name, so thst he may have

ttenaper from the tet eflanu-ry, Mte. ' We are willing to Insert a few more advertise leetlfs, Hundreds read the RELIGIOUS HERALD whesee no other paper, secular or religious. Ji noesittto every neighborhood in Virginia. It b, therefore, sn…

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ICAUTOCHANG £ _. BM »BBBBOfTIXTB. I ite MAIN iTBBIT.* wmmm

jOHIfWBAt IMMOM. j •~ » v j w ,pectfully submit unt foUowlng as their*

1 All Hall the Reign ofr Peace, (Pi • , * m) ';; '**' I

,^. n i Everest) 90c. Annie's Reply to Enoch Arden, 4 _^ As the Moon's Pale Image, (Fmm >""W '

Antony and Cleopatra, nP° rterK rT "4nce! ..." 'toe! Awake ye Brave Sons of Erin, fFIUt _^

the Window, ('Gabriel) •- TJ V Angels Listen when She Speaks, (Hit } Assassin's Vlsten, The (Turner) •••••

Boys are Coining Home, (Turner) Ue sure You say lmout,(Buroot,) ' " — Blue-Eyed Nelly, (Blamßin)

(arena, (Everest) e» (C Constance, (Llndley) -* c ' ! Come When You will, I've a Welcome for Thee,

Day our Mother Died, (Hart) - 30c - Farewell, we Part Forever, (Ryder) 80c - Fairy Nora Loves me Still, (Blumenschelm)....tee. Fairy Watcher, (Emanuel). ..a 40c - Green Shenandoah, (Turner) 30c Grave of Hally, (Everest) 85c - He Vowed he Never…

Haunting Thought, The (Reichardt) 40c. j How Sweet to Muse at Twilight Hour, (Gosden).3oc.

It was my Mother's Voice, (Brume) 55c- j I Wonder Why he Comes Not, (Chamberlain).. 30c. Ida May, (Johnson) ■*•• I'm Lonely Since my Brother Died, (Keller). ...30c. [a Forest Haunts, (Emanuel) 33c -

I Build a Bridge of Fancies, (Frlcknar) 30c. j Judith, (Converse) .Soc. j

Little Maggie May, (Blampkin) 3tV. j Leaf by Leaf the Roses Fall, (Bishop) 33c. I Lullaby Little One, (Wood) 35c. Let my Care be no Man's Sorrow, (Wrighton). .30c. !

Maud and Bailie, (McNaughton,)., Me. j Mary Mavourneen, (Balfe) 35c. j Mountain Boy, The (Spencer) 30c. j Mother, Stars are Shining Bright, (St. C1air)....30e. ; Masonic Ode, (Thomas) *se. ; Minnie BaU, (Batcheidor) 40c. j

Nellie Ray, (Brockway) 30c j Bight is Calm and Cloudless, The (Hatton)....3oc. Bight before the Battle, The (Louis) 3t)c j Noontide Dream, (Balfe) 35c. i

Nora, (Perry) 20c. j Notalie, (Bochsa) 40c. \

Nina, (Everest) 30c. j Oh ! Sing to me that dear old song, (Bassford)..3sc. \ Old Don't Care, (Bassford) 40c. \ O, Bright Pulse of my Heart, (Kappity) 30c. Oh ' say not Woman's Heart is Bought, (White

ker) 30c. j Organ-Grinder, (Hunt) 40c. i 0, What a World This Might Be, (Barker) 30c. j Oil on the Brain, (Eastburn) 35c. Peace of the Valley is Fled, The (S. D. S.) JOc. Pa has Stuck He, (Archer) 30c. Riches are Better than Love, (Long) 60c.…

Solemn Music Grandly Pealing, (Barbour) 30c. Sleep Well thou Sweet Angel, (Abt) 30c. The Colonel from Constantinople, (Ke11er)....35c. Twilight, (Baresford) 30c. The Old Brown Bible, (Hatton) 30c. Thoughts of Home, (Ascher) 35c. When the Qulot…

INSTRUMENTAL. La Belle dv Nord—Gallop, (Lemore) ...35c. Blue Bird Polka, (Hassler) 36c. Windmill Polka, (Birgfeld) 85c. Sweet Visions Polka, (Haesler) 3"c. Circassian Polka, (d*Albert) . 50c. Turkish Polka, (Koingsberg) Mabel—Waltz, (Godfrey)…

gßg Leaves, (Mullet) 75c. ag Leaves, (Hoffman) 73c. amis de Rossini, (Ascher) 1.25 de, (Hoffman) 75c. rat Sea, (Jasiensbi) 50c. nnng Stream, (Moeillng) 50c. j Triumphal March, (Hoffman) l.so Beautiful Dreamer, Virginia, (Baumbaub)....svc. LaTravlata,…

Midnight, (Patterson) 75 Ci } Crispino c la Coiuttre, (Tradel) 75c. A Midnight Barcarole, (Hopkins) 60c. Lalla Rouhk, (Ketterer) «oc. L'Africans, (Ketterer) 7lc. Nocturne Pres De Toi, (Kuhe) tsc. Graziells, (Kuhe) ,» soc. Les Amours duDiable,…

tire, (Kuhe) tec. l-BLODEONS, CABINET ORGANS, GUITARS. vi6lins, music sent by mail to all parts of the COUNTBY. date tee

HIQUORS.-LARGEBT AND BEST _tAI__?S T >«BST IN TOWN. riw iJ? K XHt* T «" f y Etude,«»»• ▼cry me and old; ?,*& J^?g2 K _P"CK BRANDY, 1M1; fix* uavama' iioabs. for —Is in qusntltte* to .sit (lis IraA. mi _l

B>R BALE. A LARtiE-SLZE (12 by I. has been bat little ased. For farther par- at the Dispatch ©«cc. " r p " r

BOOKB. STA TIONERJ. fto. I BOOKSELLBB ABB tfr_TIONEB t MAIE STBBBT, SECOND 8008 AIOVB NIBTBi, hss Just received a great variety of JUVENILE BOOKS, GAMES, Ac, for CHRISTMAS. ALSO, LADIES' PURSES, SATCHELS and CABAS, COLORED PHOTOGRAPHS, PHOTOGRAPHIC…

BELL A CO., WHOLESALE • AND RETAIL DEALERS IN NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, MAGAZINES, SCHOOL-BOOKS. STATIONERY, Ac, NOS. 57 AND 50 MARKET BTREET, LYNCHBURG. de 15-lm CARD&

DR. GEORGE B. STEEL, DENTAL SURGEON. (Office on Alain, between Seventh and Eighth streets, five doors above Si>ot*wood Hotel,) RICHMOND, VA., thankful for the liberal patronage bestowed upon him iir the past, respectfully informs his friends…

upon GOLD, SILVER or VULCANITE, de 11—lni GEORGE B. STEEL, Dentist. THHOMAS J. EVANS. ATTORNEY 1 AT LAW AND COMMISSIONER IN CHANCE RY, practices in tho Courts of the City of Rich mond and the County of Henrico. Office on Franklin, second door…

pREAT BARGAINS IE READY-M-ADE CLOTHING AT THB RICHMOND CLOTHING BAZAAR, NO. 119 Sf AIE STBEET. Messrs. LOEtB BROTHERS, grateful for tho very extensive patronage already extended to them, beg leave to renew their assu rances to the public of…

DETERMINED NOT TO BE OUTDONE j in the presentation of unprecedented bargains in all the goods in their line, of which they have con- ; stoutly on hand THE GREATEST VARIETY, THE NEWEST STYLES AND FASHIONS, i THE MOST DESIRABLE FABRICS, which…

They are now receiving direct from the beet houses OF EUROPEAN MANUFACTURERS j B very choice and well-selected assortment of ! i 1 FANCY BEAVER AND ENGLISH PILOT CLOTHS, • j suitable for

OVERCOATS and WINTER CLOTHING OF ALL j KINDS, to which particular attention is invited at twb RICHMOND CLOTHING BAZAAR, : No. 119 Main street. de 11—te i _________ __________________________ j

30 BARRELS MOUNTAIN BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, j 50 BAGS MOUNTAIN BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, ! 50 BARRELS RICHMOND SUPERFINE FLOUR,

25 BUSHELS CHESTNUTS, 200 POUNDS BEESWAX, ! on consignment, for sale by • STEVENS A PEGRAM, I ! Cary street, between Eleventh and Twelfth.

GUNS AND PISTOLS.—We invite the attention of the public to our stock of * j DOUBLE-BARREL SHOT GUNS, BREACH-LOADING RIFLES, i Smith and Wesson's celebrated j BREACH-LOADING CARTRIDGE PISTOLS, ! COLT'S AND OTHER REVOLVERS,

I CARTRIDGES, POWDER AND SHOT, ELEY'S CAPS, SHOT BELTS AND POUCHES, POWDER FLASKS, &c. Orders received for any kind of SPORTING

ARMS OR PISTOLS. MITCHELL A TYLER, de 11—ts 108 Main street.

A CARD.—Persons interested in the history of the late war, who have military and j naval reports, orders and maps, plans of campaigns, ! battles and sieges, private letters from the army, ' | Congressional documents and messages of the Pre…

archives and records were either destroyed or car- I ried to Washington, as were the private papers and i memoranda of nearly all of the Southern com- ' j manders. Hence the necessity ol* this appeal to I officers and soldiers of the Confederate…

Letters, packages, etc., will be preserved and re ; turned, if desired. P. W. ALEXANDER. Thomaston, Upson couidy, Georgia, November 17. ; P. B.—l must again appeal to my friends of the i Southern press to give this card general clrcula i tion.…

jrFO NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS. PRINTING OFFICE FOR SALE. A complete outfit for a newspaper, twenty-nine ! by forty-two, consisting of MINION AND AGATE i TYPE, new stylo face; CASES; STANDS; IM ! POSING STONES ; BRASS GALLEYS ; CABINET CASE, with…

IRGINIA BUCKWHEAT FLOUR. 3,000 pounds superior BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, 600 pounds superior FRESH ROLL BUTTER, I tot pounds fresh FIGS, 200 pounds fresh SOFT-SHELL ALMONBB, . lte pounds fresh CURRANTS. 85 boxes best LAYER RAISINS, ' in store and selling…

LINSEED OIL, WHITEI LEAD AND EINC la oil, of superior .quality, will be sold low to close. J. P. OBOBGB, de M-tw ho. • Wall street.

-DRUGS, IdEDICJOvIW, «to. C. W. TBOUAB. U. It-. ~ j. W. TBOBAS, -18.

CW, THOMAS A BROTHER, . DBUQOIBTB ABB PHARMACEUTISTS,? souihwest eornor of Main and Twenty-first streets, Biehmond, Vs., fe**-,-,^., have lust opened with a full supply of JDRTTGB, 80AYS and TANCY GOODS. The patronage of tbe public respectfully…

pURCELL, LADD it CO., JT DRUGGISTS AND DBALBBB IN PAINTS, OILS, Ac, have made arrangements favorable to purchasers, and are now prepared to take orders for POLISHED PLATE GLASS, from the largest factories In France end Belgium, which furnish…

Orders for the above promptly executed. We expect to occupy our new store, at corner of Main and Thirteenth streets, (ora oi.n stabd.) In a few weeks, and will be prepared, with a good as i sortment to supply the wants of our old friends aud…

MEADE A RAKER, PRACTICAL PHARMACEUTISTS, | offer for cash only the following: FOUGERA'S COMPOUND IODINISED COD LI- ; 1 VEROIL, which, being combined with lodine, Bro- I '■ mine and Phosphorous, is five tiees stroeuer ' ! than any other Cod…

rende'rlng it more acceptable - ucstomachs of de | licate females and children 1 vi other preparations of Iron. FOUGERA'S DRAG -:i> OF PANTONINE, a most efficient and palat».»irt vermifuge. FOUGERA'S ICELAND-MOSS PA-fB, a very agreeable anl…

pills, in the most careful and .scientific manner. It is recognized as one of the most powerful and cer tain therapeutic agents in nervous atfections. espe- j dally iv cephalalgia, and has met with marked success in this city. GRAINS DE SANTE--TIIE…

preparations and chemicals, for sale by MEADE A BAKER. Pharmaceutists, corner of Ninth and Franklin streets, de 11—12t • Bichaaond, Va^

ILL-AM H. SCOTT, DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY, corner Franklin and Seventeenth streets. Richmond, Va.. otters at low j rates DRUGS, MEDICINES. PAINTS, OILS, DYE STUFFS, VARNISH, WINDOW GLASS, PER- ■ FUMERY, FANCY ARTICLES, Ac. de 11-ts - ' INSURANCE…

in the world. All of fho profits arising from this immense fund and annual income -ANNUALLY" : DIVIDED amongst tho insured. Applications can be made to J. B. MAOBrBDO, A. BeixtßO, Br. J. B. MoCaw, ■ Johx M. Otey, 8. S. Nicholas, or i E. B.…

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, I ! BT STEVENS A PEGRAM, Agents, Cary street, between Eleventh and Twelfth. ,

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SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANYJ or NEW YORK. ' CAPITAL *1,000,000 00 SURPLUS 600,000 00 ANNUAL INCOME OVER 1,000,000 00 This Company takes FIRE AND MARINE RISKS ON THE MOST FAVORABLE TERMS, COUNTRY RISKS ALSO TAKEN. AU losses paid at this office…

MONTAGUE A WHITALL , (Late of the Merchants' Insurance Company- 1 of Richmond,) j INSURE PROPERTY OF ALL KINDS IN THE ! MOST RELIABLE COMPANIES. They also effect

VIRGINIA FIRE AND MARINE! INSURANCE COMPANY OF RICHMOND. • CHARTERED Ml*.—This dJompany boa passed through tbe ordeal of fire, and through financial crises, and is still solvent. The Directors and offi cers are thankful for the liberal support…

LOSBEB PROMPTLY ADJUSTED AND PAID. The Interest or our community is identified with the largest success of our LOCAL INSTITUTIONS. Build np these, and our prosperity Is sure. __, __ W. L. tOWARMN, President. Willi au Willis, Jb., Secretary.…

XT COBEBB Blbvbetb axo Bboad stbbktb, * (near the Capitol.) RICHMOND, VIBGINIA. GEORGE J. BCAMMELL, Pbopbietob.

This HOUSE, having been pat In thorough re- j pair and re-furnished In lbs moat complete style, is

»f»l-J 0 *4*f!- Te «_•*■• TL * secommodatton

i?FtL_V h i , S w *> T t A * v-a comfort » of home, with

fi rt __ »*urtea ©fa hotelof the character It claims te possess. doiu-lia l

old and long-established Company .ami WW In order to regain lis former position, which was lo> terrupted bylhe late war, Eos, at considerable ex pense, lost completed the building of two supe rior aide-wheel Steamships, -is : the

NIAGABA AND TUB SARATOGA. In point of strength, speed snd finish, tbe public will soon discover that they are unequall ed, and In command of experienced end skillful

Returning, they will leave Richmond every TUESDAY and SATURDAY on flood-tide, touch ing at City Point and Norfolk each way to land and receive passengers. .- As they will come directly to the wharf at Rock etts, the necessity for transhipment…

For expedition and security, this route, as past experience has proven, will be found the best In every respect. Insurance, if at all deemed neces sary, can be effected on the most moderate terms. Trie frequent changes, too. incident tothe…

ly occur, parties shipping their goods by this line will have but one carrier to look to for redress, as there Is no connection with other lines or carriers. I AH goods consigned lo the agents in New York, , for any part of the United States…

-1 itiide. In the construction of these Steamers, special at tention has been paid to the finish and comfort ol the Saloons and State-Rooms, in order to induce travel by them. By this route, the passenger avoids the majty changes Incident to…

ter of special attention and consideration. Passengers can secure their tickets and state rooms either on board or at my office. Freight solicited each way, and by application the rates will he found moderate. When ordering goods from New York,…

by this line, and insurance, if deemed at all ne cessary, can be effected for a trifle. The agents are G. HEINEKEN A PALMORE, New York : J. M. SMITH A BR«»., Norfolk : KE VANA BRO., Petersburg : JOHN 11. PEMBER TON, Danville ; McDANIEL A IRBY.…

MAIL ST EA M SHIP COM- PANY.—The splendid new side- wheel steamship HATTERAS. LKWis^2Ei____Sr I'AKKisif commander, ALUEMAKLE,s___________l A. Bocbeb commander, leave Richmond every TUESDAY and SATURDAY: leave New York WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY.…

at New York, on the Company's covered pier, ] within forty-eight hours. Shippers 'are invited to notice that the great damage and loss by handling, and exposure from ' frequent re-shipping, as on other lines, is avoided by this route. Freights…

No. 3« North river, and tbe Company's steamers for Wilmington, North Carolina ; Charleston, Sa vannah, Mobile and New Orleans, leave from the same pier. Goods for these points van be trans ferred without expense or exi>osure. Insurance is very…

SAMUEL ATBBS A C 0.," Richmond, Virginia. • , CALDWELL A DUNN, City Point and Petersburg. >

8. c elliott) Norfolk, Virginia. For freight or passage, apply to .

SAMUEL AYRIiS A CO., Agents. ! Ollice Iron-front Buildings, Governor street,* op posite First National Bank. de 21—3 m '• , BANKS AND BAimisßS. flxcßAxea and Baebieb Borsa or} C. W. PvncßU. A Co., >

bis house, at the OLD STAND, (which has been rebuilt,] on MONDAY, the FIRST DAY OF.IANU ARV isfirt. and resume the EXCHANGE and BANK -1N(. BUSINESS in all its various departments. He ; has associated with him Mr. BENJAMIN HART, of ; I New York,…

under the aams and stylo of HART A PURCELL, No. 71 Broadway. We will be prepared to bnv and sell Exchange— ' both Foreign ana Domestic. "Bank Notes. Gold and Silver Coins; buy and sell Gold and Stocks on mar- i gins, and also make Negotiations…

riod, I ask a continuance of their favors, for which I take this occasion to express my grateful acknow ledgssente. «fde 19—lwj C. W. PURCELL.

FARMERS' NATIONAL BANK OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, i ORGANIZED SEPTEMBER. 1865. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, $300,000. ; NATHANIEL AUGUST, President. JOEL A. FITHIAN, Vice-President. L. P. HULBURD, Cashier.

BoAJtD Or DIRECTORS. NATHANIEL AUGUST, JOEL A. FITHIAN, JOHN W. HALL, J. L. APPERSON, L. W. GLAZEBIiOOK, JOHN DOOLEY. W. N. McVEIGH, WALTER K. MARTIN, JOHN IL GREANOR, HUGH W. FRY, H. B. DICKINSON. TEEPOBABT OrFICB ! No. 7 FOURTEENTH STREET,…

CANADA AND EUROPE. Its services are respectfully tendered to all BANKS, BANKERS and OTHERS for the transac- . i tion of business.

Especial attention will be given to COLLEC- j TIONSon all available points In the South, and I prompt returns made. Highest price paid for Government securities. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.

With a view to encourage a-spirit of economy, : especially among the laboring and salaried classes, . this Bankwill receive deposits and grant certifi cates therefor, payable with Interest and on de ! nttuad without notice.

This system is in extensive operation In the Northern cities aud in Europe, ana its advantages are so apparent that none having Idle capital < - should fail to avail themselves-of its benefits.

TTARRISON.GODDIN.& APPERSON, BANKERS AND REAL ESTATE AUCTIONEERS*, (Second Floor, No. Tel Main street,) BUT AND SELL COIN, STERLING, STOCKS,

BONDS. COUPONS AND BANK NOTES. Receive DEPOSITS on the most favorable terms. Make COLLECTIONS in the United States, Cana das, West Indies and Europe. Advance on Produce in bond or on consignment I with bill lading.

HARRISON, GARTH A CO., Bankers, (Daeibi. j ' Dooso.v. Cashier,) 18 New street, New York. WELLINGTON GODDIN, JAMES L. APPER ! SON, Richmond.

BUCK'S CELEBRATED FLOUR and other brands, too barrels PRIME BUCKEYE and MERCER SO barreIsCIDER'VINEGAR. j SUPERIOR FAMILY SOAPS. BOURBON and PURE OLD RYE WHISKY.

MANUFACTURED and LEAF tWoCO. SMOKING TOBACCO, in balk andaatall packages;

FIC K__ * *"•"***'» J.EFINBD Btf- PURR and EXTRA WHITE LEAD, PHOSPHATES and BONK BUST. LIME and CEM ENT, ' SWEET CIDER. * I PALMER, HARTSOOK A CO..

CROFT, Aubet, respectfully announces that he will be happy to meet hi* customers at Vo. ?*» „,* , 2.-.V. r ««'i _*_**«_> tbe SBOtsweed Hotel.

WATCHES, JEWELRY, Ac, csrefully repaired by experienced workmen. I !dsll-ts "* |. B. BANCROFT, Agent.

\%^^tkr%A¥m % J '«. "~ ■*____« isAaaA?, >ss.. ", sjildij iV iit j I 1 i--;, RICBBOSD ABB DAEVILLB BAUSOAB, | _. SrBBBIETBBBBET'B Owes, > BicwnoEP.Peeember M, tete. \ RUNNING OF THE *

No freight will be reeelved for trsmwattetbm st thedepotln Manchester, or st the depots on tha line of the road, after Friday, the ltd of December

OF SCHEDULE -Oa V&fUff TU-* o **' December lfth, the PASBEN. GBB TRAIN on this road will ran ss follow* : Leave Richmond dally, Sundays excepted, at 7 m A.M. Arrive at Danville at 5. W P.M. Leave Danville dally, Sundays excepted at S.M A.M.…

Tbe following regular trains will be run . ■ this road on and after THURSDAY, December 21 ." A MAIL TRAIN DAILY (except on Sundays), be. twecn Richmond and Staunton, leaving Richuiouj St 7.45 A. M. and Staunton at s A. M. A TRI-WEEKLY MAIL…

RAILROAD. The DAY MAIL TRAIN connect*, with STAGE COACHES at Staunton, Lexington, Winchester, Ac. The train west of Stannton eonnectswtth STAGE COACHES for Rockbridge Baths, Rockbridge A him, Warm, Hot and Healing Springs, and tbe White Sulphur…

and Alexandria railroad without change of cars. Goods purchased in Northern cities can be *

much less. Freights will be collected at destina tion. Through tickets can be purchased at this office to Lynchburg, Bristol, Knoxville, Chattanooga and Dal ton. Tickets to Lexington, Va., at til. Freight office at Richmond closed at s P. M.…

THE QUICKEST AND MOST DI RECT ROUTE TO TnE NORTH AND WEST, VIA THE RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG AND POTOMAC RAILROAD. THROUGH TO WASHINGTON IN SEVEN AND A HALF HOURS.

TWO THROUGH TRAINS leave the Depot, comer Broad and Eighth streets, Shockoe Hill. DAILY, (Sunday night excepted,) at 7 A. M. and * P. M., and arrive in Washington at 2.13 P. M. and Ate A. M., connecting with the EARLY AFTERNOON AND MORNING…

BAGGAGE checked through to Alexandria, Washington, Baltimore Philadelphia and New York, accompanied by through Bagusge Master*. Passengers breakfast and sup at ASHLAND, aud dine on board POTOMAC STEAMERS.

For farther information and through ticket*, ap ply at the office of the Company, corner Broad atid Eighth streets, Shockoe Hill ; at the offir* of R. H. STROTHER. Exchange Broker. Main street, between Eighth and Ninth, nesily op-

Sosite Spotswood Hotel, and at Messrs. THOMAS t RICHARDSON'S Commission House, on Walt street, between Main aud Franklin, in n-ar of St. Charles Hotel. SAMUEL RUTH, Superintendent. .1. B. Geetbt, General Ticket Agent. Lovis Zimuer, General…

rpHE NATIONAL EXPRESS AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, OFFICE ON MAIN, STREET, BETWEEN THIK. TEENTH AND FOURTEENTH STREETS, RICHMOND, VA., ARE NOW PREPARBD TO FORWARD CURRENCY, COIN, VALUABLES AND FREIGHT TO POINTS NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST. The…

ADAMS "EXPRESS COMPANY. GREAT EASTERN, WESTERN AND SOI'TBEEX EXPRESS FORWARDERS. ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY are prepared with unequalled facilities to forward GOODS, VALUABLES AND MONEY TO EVEKt PART OF THE WORLD. WAGONS will call at any part of…

GOODS without extra charge. All Express matter transported by this Coini*nT Is forwarded by FAST EXPRESS, aud mH by SLOW FREIGHT TRAINS. Leave orders and make contracts at ourcflc*. M 7 Main street. E. G. WRSCoTT. dell—lst Assistant Superintendent.

OMNIBUS AND STAGE LINE. -. __________ The proprietors would respectful I v J"*r?.»V£-C_r ! Inform the traveling public thaltrx'.a-trsejP. : they have, at a heavy expense, esiablisk-d * use I of splendid FOUR-HORSE COACHES AND »»*>!•

BUSES, for the purpose of transporting Pf^?KS snd their bsggage to aud from the different ™uro»« depots and steamboat landing*, io and from su parts of Ihe elty, and respectfully solicit their p» ■ tronoge. Charges less than by suy other conveyance.

We have placed BOXES in the Bsthvr«%« | ' change, Spohtwood, Powhatan and M"iniuiH>*» i Hotels, where persona desiring to leave 1* »"*V' i the railroads orsteamers raa leave their ordersty 7 o'clock, P. M.. and will be called tec »est morn

login time for the traiuor boat they wi

Passengers going South dive at the l«"»* M ,, Hotel, our line of Coaches leaving there dsHy « 5.1* and MS A. M. and t.st P. M., and te tin* * connect with trains on the Richmond and Pan* "' snd Richmond and Petersburg railroad ' do lb-Am OAKBhlt…

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SHEET-IRON OOAL SCUTTi.ES AT wholesale ; fourteen to eighteen iech*» saperlertpiallty. For sals by «_OBfIE. ,> J. r.._-•**__•» delft-.lv lfo.l Wail street. •

nets in this city for a number of y™*™?

iSloessf %t sßft* absent-minded, a. ihouch preoccupied by somp unpleasant

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NEWANDPOPUL. J* MUSIC. j

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Blighted Hope*,(Gosden) "...\\\*tc." • Brook, (Dolores) * 30c

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; Bradley Clay, (Adams) «• ' , Balmy and Soft, ,'Porter) •

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Moon is Shining Brightly, The (Turner) 30c. j

Near Thee, (McNaughton) 30c. j

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j 50 BARRELS RICHMOND EXTRA FLOUR, i 15 FIRKINS MOUNTAIN BUTTER, ; 200 POUNDS DRIED WHORTLEBERRIES,

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j MARINE INSURANCE AND LIFE INSURANCE. !

' Office, No. 231 Main street, just below the Spots- j

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POWHATAN HOTEL,

FO R NE W YORK.—ATLANTIC

Richmond, December 19, JBi>s. ) [•

THE SUBSCRIBER WILL RE-OPEN

I dell-ts N. AUGUST, President. |

Sell and Lease Real Estate PUBLICLY or PRI- \

iVATELY. I

| SAMUEL J. HARRISON, DAVID J. GARTH, ! New York. de 11 let

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RE-OPENED AiiAlN.-a B. BAN

ltte, until Tuesday, the *Adar of Jaiinnw~ltte '

. «_ . tho«as_ik»dam_ad;

delßa-IW j Superintendent.

R~~ ICHMOND "aND~ D A N V I L Lfe

VIRGINIA CENTRAL RAILROAD.

JEXFKESS^COMPANIES.

(BARBER A CO.S RICHMOND CITY

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