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jgigpatttt. | ~~ BKCEMBBB t% IMS. I yRIPA" ' | ; TTtK DISPATCH BVILDINO IS ON Oo- ; "in BfßJtft, Nithit to Main, and j XBABLT orroSITB THE OLD DISTATVH \ INLVIL. _, 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 ,r **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." The Senate f udlclary Committee to-day per- ■ 4 ,«h i ersteaa of legislation looking to the ' of the United Statea District > t •on. tat Richmond, and the prospective trial *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 , i iter periods. General Grant is consulting 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 , <-Hued the mission to Mexico. Iv due time, | 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 eve ning- m . Washingtou Hems. TBE MBniCAI. FOBCK, Orders have been tsstted for the discharge of neaity all the volunteer medical officers on the 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 from tbe Department. The residence of an officer: l« considered to be the State of which he is a citizen. tiENI.KAL LAND OFFICE. | Over five thousand five hundred acres of land 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 were made. paaneenut. William L. Black, one of the Panama steam .-hip pirates, sentenced to be hung, and whose sentence was commuted by General McDowell to imprisonment to ten years, has been par 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 outrages in that section and interfering , with milling operations.— Star. the Bannaar cask. Ou Wednesday morning, Mr. Bradly ap peared in the Circuit Court and read his answer to the rule served upon him to show 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 the Judge in calling him i •-a liar, ' by saving that the Judge had first accused him of uttering an untruth. "It was," said Mr. Bradley, '-as if a blow had 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 as if I were under oath. I would make \ no sort of difference whether I was or was not sworn as to the truth of anything I might 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 of Berkeley and Jef ferson, Va., io the State of West Virginia. A very appropriate 1011111111100 for the pur pose. bbubo Brrraauß is the bistbict. Mr. Morrill, from the Committeeon the Dis 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 line of five thousand dollars and imprisonment not exceeding one year for rejecting the vote of any person entitled to ex ercise the right of suffrage. VIROIXIA FKEEn.MK.V. General Howard's report states that iv Vir 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 its close. The aggregate dependents*receiving rations in Virginia at the end of last month was 11.- ' B2_ More than half of these dependents are te the first and second districts, including ; 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 majority have had an entire or partial support, us the fruit of their own labor , during the summer. Soldiers' wives and families were left behind when tbe troops were transported from City ' 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, where the Colonization So ciety took the complete c* arge. The last report gives » freedmen s schools, ! IBS teachers, 11,500 scbo.irs. • < 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 Representatives in Congress. Mr. Newton, Commissioner of Agriculture, is preparing to'send seeds, Ac, to the members elect from the South. There is certainly need enough of this policy, whether regarded upon 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. It would hardly be expected, of course, that that sect, if a class may properly be called a sect, which ever coun sels peace, could do less than to sustain what shall substitute a peaceful sway for that of the '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 President, as being in opposition 10 the spirit and genius of republican institu tions, and asking Congress to provide provis ional governments for the late rebellious States, and keep the same in a territorial condition to •"-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 engaged in teaching them, ss the instigators). WHAT BE. SCBEBB SAID OF TUB SOCTB. He dwelt upon the condition of the Staves recently in rebellion, and read letters from iriends of his in the South informing bim '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 part of the rebel •oiniriuntties to break down nil truly loyal wee tie even more rabid than when the war * a ' progressing; that protestations of loyalty

■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 oppo hen la; Miet It is not safe for one to speak his sentiments there, and that there Is more hatred towards the Union men, both white 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 all the Southern States, , 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 ns > far back as January 1, lfeti.*». when n large por tion of the State was within our military Hues, and all business was subletted to milita ry taxes 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 of Jeff. ! Davis ; which two things are presumed to fol low one another inevitably. The third do ma mis the execution of as many more leading •• rebels" as maybe necessary to satisfy the : 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 as having passed the House of Representatives, tho Washington (Jttronicle remarks: "Great satisfaction and discussion have » 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 that Mr. Stevens will in troduce a bill for a direct line between Wash ■ ington and New York—so direct and level as to avoid every local interest of any diversion 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 to discard the object the President had : in*view and to forget the public interests. It ; will probably cross the Susquehanna at a point 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 hours. This will, ( in fact, lie a national road, built by the Government as well for its own purjKises as for the promo tion of the general weal." 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 a brief message, wherein he recommends an early restoration of the States lately in rebellion to all the rights and privileges Which they forfeited by at tempting to break up the Union. We Hud in the te*t Of this message no ade 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 situation, with bis rea sons fpr suggesting a particular course, he de- - serves neither tb-niiiiciation nor obloquy. Two great ends are now in view: 1. The 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 in the condition of eon quereebprovinces or territories ; we are in favor of requiring and providing guaranties for the protection and rights of their freedmen. There 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 and surer way of reaching the end we aim at. We see not how we could help the freedmen by making war either on the President or on the rebels, who have thrown 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 •the suavity anil practical sagacity required to secure at once aa early restoration of the Southern States, and a perfect and perpetual guaranty of the essential rights of manhood to 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 its integrity. \ Forney on the Message. The President himself, in lull view of hi* accountability to the people, declares that the work of restoration is complete, so far as he 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 if titration is ; characteristically frank, explicit and truthful. We certainly ask no better witnesses. They are not alone competent to speak, but abun dantly worthy of belief. And this is im 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, or attempts to postpone or to evade the great duty of defending, protecting and befriending the freedmen of the South. The whole exhibit is Bounty, straightforward, and j 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. We hail it as the monu ment from which to date the restoration ot the conquered States to a vindicated Union, and the true historical beginning of a Repub 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 is sufficient evidence that, Ciifiee being in the case, he I has literally made " the wool fly." Arrival or Treasure I'roiu California. New Yobk, December 20.—The steamer Henry Chaimcey, from Asplnwall on the 13th, j 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 additional significance, as being ; an affirmation ou the part of the Federal Ad ministration of the existence of the Southern States, as States, within the Union. In that respect, it was a harbinger of the President s 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 a breach has been accomplished between the Executive and the 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 Select Committee of urteen might as well send in their rei»ort at once, and ask to be discharged from the <*?n«t™ r » tion of a foregone conclusion.— Sew l«r* met. The Sews gives Mr. Seward a hint, in another 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 ■si

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 of it, deehuing he would kill the Brat man who dared to molest him. The whole neighborhood was completely terrified. Tbe sheriff of Preston county, get ting news of the affair, at once determined to 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, and advising them to retain the lands of their late masters nntll driven off | nt the point of the bayonet, notwithstanding i that these lands have been restored to their 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 attended, embracing some of onr most Influential citizens, who knew the man, and thus manifested their es teem and regard for the noblest work of God— an honest man.— -Norfolk Virginian. 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 to Oreemborough, Caroline county, Md., by the Ist of March, and to Easton by March next. . 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 true that all minerals are poisonous, because all minerals are found in their ultl mate (first) state in the fluids and solids of the human composition. Oxygen is everywhere 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: silex is found in the hair and nails; magnesia exists in blood and brain ; lime is abundant in the liones; albumen and fibrin, and sulphur 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, vegetable and animal properties and organizations of the globe. 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 of the matter Is, that on being placed in solitary con finement, such a shock was produced in nis physical system, much reduced and broken, that ho was pronounced dead by the medical 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 this world. 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 to it, and discerns beauty, goodness and blessing where others find only blanks. 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 of getting ac quainted with another one." -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 the rich man. " quite the reverse, for the church belongs to me." " 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. _^_________________-

■ COAL AND WOOD. ERRY; RED ASH, 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 recommends the PHOSNIX RED 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, promptly aett—mn O.W.BOWKXr 6. H.PAGB. 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 |

FAYETTEVILLE (N. C.) MILITARY |, 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 -»»»»»- ' , rv 1x65. The discipline and course of instruction ; j will be the same as in similar schools with the ex- ; petition of a thorough course in the Ancient ifSn- , 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. No pains or expense will be spared to make this one of Ihe best schools In the country. The buildings are located on Havmotuu. which overlooks the town or < Favettevllle, 'and which is remarkable for the 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 best route to the latter place from almost any quar ter. Students will be received at any time, and wUI be charged fromdh? date of * n, *** u «V lA .?-*.£ 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 to Major WILLIAM A. BAHKS, de 21—tlja . Superintendent. ! mwo THOUSAND FIVE'HUNDRED j 1 POUNDS NEW SCGAR-CCBBD HAMS, at 1,500 "ound? NEW CURED SHOULDERS, at It 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. I deJl-et __ Blehmond.Va. BiOGEBS, ADAMS A 00., 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 announced :— Messrs. Fessenden, of Maine;-Grimes, of Iowa; Howard, of Michigan; Johnson, of Ma ryland, and W-ilUams, of Oregon. * Mr. Sumner presented the petition of colored citizens of Tennessee, protesting against the 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 the colored people of the District. Mr. Sumner stated that the white people of this district had for years been squatting 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 all laws based upon dis tinction of race or color. Referred to the Special Committee on Reconstruction. Mr. Wilson denied that there was any quar rel between the President and the majority 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 party coming into power through the agency of President Johnson. HorsE.—Delos R. Ashley, representative from Nevada, appeared and qualified. ' Mr. Hubbard, of Connecticut, (Republican,) 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 delegates from the organized territories. 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 being attained for which the war was prosecuted, namely, to secure obedience to the laws in the Southern States, and especially after the evidences of their loy alty, they were entitled to representation. 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 ordinance of seces teen contemplated a severance from the other j States, but the Southern arms having been de- • feated in the field, these ordinances, were inef- j fective. 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 tion of slavery and the repudiation of the rebel I Both Houses adjourned until the sth of Jan- j vary. _.

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, OMahoney and Killian were unanimously adopted. The meeting heartily endorsed the election ot President Roberts. A general convention of State delegates will be held at Covington on the 27th instant. _ Anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims. 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 lt_2c Corn and Beef steady. Pork firm , sales .TO barrels Mess at Whte kv dull. Cotton firm; sales l.snti bales ai 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-; visions unchanged. ____________________ ' t**X)IVDu_SSION | A CO.. ! WIWLESALE AUCTION AND COMMISSION | HOUSE. (Libby Buildings,) - ' ! 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 brands of line Chewing 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 on storage. _?__~_L*___ WE. fl. DAEOBIDOE. TBOS. B. ASBBBSOS. 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 has already arranged to an pply their places with Austrian troops. It seems to be the settled detennlnatlo n of Congress to pass a bill for an air-lino road be tween Washington and New York. A IdPt for 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 j Hunter, Nevada, and Euterpe have arrive*., 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, Alabama, Florida and Georgia, wiU be held at Atlanta on the 20th instant, to regu late the system of assessments nnd collections. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, South, convened at Macon December 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 upon negroes by the City Marshal at Bauson, he inflicting wounds upon one man with a hatchet on account of the previous arrest of one of the Laxaarson charge of being engaged in recently developing a great cotton swindle. The Mayor recommend ed the proclamation of martial law, he being nnable to repress lawlessness. 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 two thousand 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, Kr., December 20.—The House 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 IS A MUSIC STORE IX RICHMOND, (despite the unblushing egotism and impertinent ignorance of all adventurers to the contrary not withstanding,) and that at No. m MAIN STREET, where they beg leave to say for 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 PIANOS, ; 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.

THE NATIONAL EXPRESS AND 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 of an organisation under the Bowmen 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 gtZ I stockholders of said Company j_*i« JT"™" *}* 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 lawfully give or do forus utßersa anre of the authority herebr conferred nan* him. Witness hand andasal this-—day of-—--, one thousand eight hendred and .< < . _. _ i TlM ____ W»VI ilk>\V^E^POWl>l_a---Wewjw-

_a-_w: '_ JBUBIH-HB fy.n-lfW .m, I l"E» ■ '.."'J 1 ; ■ _» ■*!**•»*_ ' aTO*& **»»•"**• tmBOOBT BBOTHKBB ■k> have removed from the Odd Fellows' I ft * 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. Tbe ABBffBB, gggflgft,, „„„*. „^ IDA, MOatITOB, QriCK m^& . P X boußht in BewTork or BalUmore. AIK, HOtSfcFUBBIBHIBOGOODSof •'•rede scrlptlon. «• *•*■ M 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, WAfCHBB,J^i;|ILVBBWABB. e C 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 dell—ts lte MAIN BTKKIT. TRON BUILDINGS, m __,-.__-, X STEAM ENGINES AND MACHINIST. TEE _ __, UNION MANUFACTURING COMPANY or Bicuuosn, VinaiEiA, respectf ally announce their readiness to erect iron 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 are solicited, and , made, repaired, and constantly on hand, for rale as above. de 11—te (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, done at the shortest notice. • Have on hand a large assortment of GAS CHAN DELIERS and CAST FIXTURES of all kinds: BRASB WORK, HOUSB-FUBNISHINO GOODS, PATENT STEP-LADDERS, WASHING MA CHINES, Ac. A large assortment of superior GAS and KEROSINE STOVEB, for cooking, heating and 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 AUCTIONEER for the sale of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE at residences. STOCKS OF GOOD*/, Ac. Ac He will also attend to the sale of REAL ESTATE, and promises to give 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 soli cited " • B. KOBIiNB, de it—ts ReaJ Estate_Agent, BoxttS.^

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. THOMAS J. BAGBY, REAL ES 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 Wall (or Fifteenth) street, betweea Main and Franklin streets. de It—2m JOHN DOOLEY, 239 Spotswood Ho 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 Virginia are invited to visit and eE amine his stock. They will find it equal to any North orSontb. d« IL ,hay JOHX OIBLIX, J. '■ FaKXCB MESSRS. FRENCH A CO., HOUSE, 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 shop and office on Wall street, second door from Main. de 11—lm ■ I r S* AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE. No. 14 MAIN STREET.—By purchase and manufacture, we have now, and shall keep con stantly In store, a full stock of goods In oar line. We call attention to the tonemUnxgotnm Particu larly: five hundred GRINDSTONES, from eighty to eight hundred pound"; three hundred CI*T«AILS, four-penny to sixty-penny, »»»«/" nni venalfcoTOON OINS: Cotton and Hay PRESSES: WELL FIXTURES and BTRAW-CBT 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 SCALES: COAL SCALES and DEPOT SCALES, Ac, Ac WOOD TURNING done toowler deli—ts| IL M. SMITH B CO. WB. ELLISON 4k CO., GENERAL • GROCERS AND COMMLSSION MBB 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. A large stock on .ign . de 11—ts between Fo«rth*"U

DANDRIDGE A ANDKKBU; GROCERS AND COMMISSION MEIWn-..--. 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<*«W call the particular attention of families In the elty and country. _____ _!!_l__!_ , - 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 Carolina ALMA &CS. tet.ktUber'. TAPONICA FLOWERS #J TRIES-1 have for sale a s * •* ___L JAPONICA FLOWEH. Ale^-FBCIT ABIt-H OBXAMBBTAL TRBW, X doH-la __We»ahßm»«ed,Blehßnn^^ F"6¥SAUS, "one rt*&j*gSl*im% foee^rJ^Bßlc^ delA-.tsf TOHN asebeeßasthess-aegoedsean — w^f m i^ = m%_ JULIUS STllAVft grtStiS i strseL between -