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T«s Richmond Mrmcai. JoraxAT..—We have »„foro us the ilrst number of this Journal, the prospectus for which* appeared some time subCS in the papers of Richmond. It ia edited \,\ Die. E. S. Gaillard and W. S. McChesney, of this city. A hasty glance at this number ahoWi that it is one of the most promising medical periodicals ever established in this «mtry. The necessity of a medical publica n for this latitude is generally acknow ledged. The Union is so extensive, stretching throvxK many lines of latitude, and embra (;n^.*c , ¥v variety of climate, that it is not pesCnb lhal * J OMnml »*«u*d inrone latitude w,-. VA"- *he peculiarities of disease in a far distanr one. The forms and types of disease in the South demand the treatment of physi t ians who have studied and practiced there, and so with the journal of medical science adapted to the same section. It should be t-dited by the faculty who know, by *« theory and practice," all about the relations of cli mate rtnd disease in the South. Every con sideration of prudence and humanity seconds this idea; and we {rust that the Richmond Media*! Jourunl will meet with that liberal sup l>ort which it merits, for these reasons, as well :i> for the talents and experience of its accom plished editors. The Journ.ll has a number of interesting arti cles, aaaong them a valuable one on cholera, which is especially important at this time. l\»r sale at all the bookstores. PBBfoß>iCA&a. —The January number of the Atlantic Monthly is upon our table. This is one of the most pretentions, as it is the ablest, of the Northern monthlies. It is the representative t ßoston literary taste and talent. Typo tphieally, it is the very neatest, and is from • publishing house of Ticknor & Fields. Of irse it partakes of the anti-Southern senti ment, which predominates in the American Athens, and can hardly do justice to the South in any matter relating to National politics. In other respects it is entertaining even here, and maintains a most respectable l>osition in the world of literature. The present number of the Atlantic offers an inviting bill of fare. One of its articles is a sketch of the battle-field of the Wilderness. The writer was aided in his survey of it by one Elijah, whose poor horse and buggy trams ported the two from Fredericksburg to the licld. The traveler makes an entertaining •.ketch of the journey. In his statement about the scene of battle, he puts great faith in the stories of his guide, who had been recom mended to him as one familiar with the lo cality. And this reminds us of a story—a irue one—which should warn sensation-seek ers ia battle-fields not to believe every thing that guides 'tell them. This story is as fol lows : A Confederate General recently met an Irishman who had served gallantly under him in the war. He was seated on the box of a hack, wielding the whip over a pair of horses ihat had not been over-fed. Hailing him, and interchanging expressions of mutual satisfac tion at meeting, the General inquired : " And how are you getting along, Pat ?"' "Finely, General,"' said he. "I took to this business immediately afther the evacua tion, and 1 have made twenty dollars a day by visiting the battle-fields. Yon know, Gene ral, I know nothing about them, yet I take travelers to them, and talk as if I know'd everything. I took a party of Bos ton ians the other day to the Sivin Pines, and showed the hottest part of the fight. I saw a pile of bones in the midst of it that belonged to some ani mal or other, and pointing to them, said: Tin-re lay the bones of the vilea* ribel Gine ral that fell in the fight. You think, Gineral. they didn't believe it, and each of them put a piece of the bones in his carpet-bag to take home wid him?"' Well, to sensation-hunter 1 Mid writers it natten very little whether -y get the truth «.r not. The fiction is better than fact, if the liction is the more startling ot the two. So we commend Pat to all of this class—he will be Mire to give them capital for a thrilling narra tive. Groß>BT*s Lady's Book, fur Jamiary.—- This monthly has its usual display of fashion plates for the month, and other pictures; among them (>ue very well-conceived and executed, enti tled "A String of Pearls." 'The Right of Wat for Restoring thk Late Rebel Status to the Federal Uxiox.'' A pamphlet from the prolific pen of R. R. < 'oilier, Esq., of Petersburg, printed byCrutch- Seld & Co., Petersburg. The subject is quite interesting to all at the present time; and Mr. < 'oilier is an original and independent thinker. These publications are all from Messrs. A. H. Christian & Co., booksellers, opposite the Spotswood Hotel. The Home Gazette.—Mr. R. S. Morgas, a gentleman eminently qualified for the work. is about to establish a weekly literary paper with the above title, to be published in this city and Washington simultaneously. He f'mises to make it a first-class paper and a home visitor to every home in the South. • wioh him great success. A <'!ib»-"Sax Poem, for children, by Mrs. Cornelia J. M.Jordan, has been laid on our table. l\ is in three parts, "The Ark and Dove," " The Dream," and "The Lesson." It >-eemß to be a graceful effort, though not ex actly in a slyle most attractive to children.
Grbklbt makes a Motiox to Admit the Socthbbx Membbbs.—You who don't like all J the views and acts of President Johnson, let us know what you propose to gain for black suffrage, and how you mean to secure it by breaking with the President. Admit that we shall not get on tso fast as we might wish in his company, show us how we are to get on faster by making him our enemy. Bear in mind that we do not ask nor expect Congress to do whatever the President may propose—nothing of the kind. Congress has the same right to dictate to him that he has to dictate to Congress—that is none at all. But we cannot -find fault with him for expressing Ins own views frankly—that being our own way—and asking Congress to consider them ; just as we thought Congress had a perfect right to pass the Stevens resolve on the first da> of its session before hearing from the Presi dent. Let the White House and the Capitol each speak its mind; let the two utterances be compared and weighed; let us see wherein they *iifter and what basis of agreement they present. We once saw the House extricate itself from a mischievous and every way unlucky coUlsiou with the Senate by adopting a motion to eoa <nr with un au^. lt tUnt:Ht. We make that motion in the case now in band. The South wants to be restored to its old status in Congress and elsewhere; the President seconds the appli cative We cannot deem it either desirable or possible to protract the-present state of things indefinitely. We move a concurrence In the demand for restoration, with an amend ment guaranteeing to the freedmen and all blacks all the rights of manhood throughout the whole extent of our country. But let this, w good faith, be presented as a means of get ","g the ex-rebel States speedily back into i ongreas— not as a device for keeping them wt.-Nem York Tribune.
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LOOAL MATTERS. MANCHESTER. We are profoundly grateful to our friend* In Mancheeter for the large Hat* of subscribers they have *ent va, and shall strive to deserve their pa tronage by promptly delivering to them, early every morning, the best and cheapest dally.paper sent from thia city. Mr. Jams* A. Oektbt, ao long and favorably known to the public a* an enterfMling news dealer, la our agant for Mancheeter, and will receive sub scriptions and advertlaemente for the Dispatch. Mr. Bekjamix Mahoxe, our active and successful canvaaeer, will continue to call upon the people, and wa commend him and his work to their favo rable conaideration. Remember that the Dispatch, alvjay* the favo rite of the cttitena of Manchester, ia oxly two CBXTS PKB COPT, or TWBLVB CBXT* PBB WKKK. • PRICE OF THE DISPATCH. The Ditpittch ia published at two cents per copy and twki.vb cbxt» per week. Irregular car riers are selling the paper to transient customers at higher prices. Theae we cannot control. But the regular carriers only charge the price* above stated. AgMkixen who wishes to take the paper can at the rates established at the once either by obtaining from the regular car rier or leaving hi* name at the Dispatch counting room. TO SUBSCRIBERS. We have encountered the uaual difficulties of starting a new paper la reviving the Ditpntch.—' The arrangement of routes for carriers, Ihe finding out the residences of subscribers, and, above all, the securing of faithful carriers to deliver the paper to them, involve a great deal of difficulty and trouble. It take* a little time and a great deal of patience and perseverance to smooth over these troubles and systematize the distribution of the paper. We are rapidly doing all thia. Clerks are industriously arranging the growing lists, and we are putting carriers on the route*, who will soon become acquainted with them, and, we trust, faithfully deliver the paper. Subscribers, when I neglected, will please make the fact known at the office. ADVERTISEMENTS. Our advertising columns show that our old friends have not forgotten through what channel they can most certainly reach the largest number of readers. They shall not be disappointed in their estimate of the übiquitous power of the Dispatch. Wherever the mail, the express company, our special messen gers, the city carriers, and our agent* in all the towns and villages of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee can reach a family, there we are resolved that the Dispatch shall be found, cost what it may of capital, energy and labor. The Case of Mrs. Isabella Ocld—A Mas Shot bt his Paramour ix a Fit of Jealousy.— Mrs. Isabella Ould, charged with shooting R. H. Meade, on the 23d of September last, was | arraigned before the Mayor yesterday. The occurrence, it "will be remembered, took place on Franklin street, nearly opposite Metropoli tan HaU, where the parties kept a bar-room in partnership, and lived apparently on the i most intimate terms up to the day of the shooting. The following testimony, elicited on the investigation, will give the reader a comprehensive view of the entire case. R. H. Meade, being sworn, testified that he became acquainted with Mrs. Ould in the spring of 1563 at the house of Mrs. Matthews, in Sidney. Mrs. Onld and her husband were there keeping house in a building owned by Mr. A. J. Ford. Mr. Marmaduk'e Johnson, counsel for the defence, here asked that Mrs. Matthews be subpoened. Mrs. Ould had brought her in from the country on the previous evening, and left her at Mr. Williams's, near the old Fair Grounds. R. H. Meade resumed.—Shortly afterwards I went to Mrs. Matthews's to board. We (the prisoner and myself) became more acquainted and more familiar with one another, and used to go about a great deal together. Left Mrs. Matthews's house and went to the Howard House. Used to visit backwards and forwards j afterwards at Mr. and Mrs. Matthews"s and Mr. and Mrs. Ould's. Was spoken to in refer ence to Mrs. Ould by Mr. Matthews ; he said that our intimacy was getting too strong; also by Mrs. Matthews. Spoke to Mrs. Ould in re ference to the matter, and she said that her husband had treated her badly, and she never intended to return to him again. Mr. Ould left for the North, I think, in the fall of IMS. Advised her to go back to Mr. Ould : that he teemed to be a good man and a kind husband. She most positively declined to go. She was then boarding at Mrs. Matthews's. Mr. Mat thews also went to the North, with the under standing that his wife and Mrs. Ould were to follow. Mrs. Matthews went; but Mrs. Ould procured board at Mrs. Minter's, on Third, between Clay and Leigh streets, and I still continued to visit her there. She was there about two months. She then bought out a house, key, and furniture, on Foushee street, and went there to live. About two weeks afterwards I went to board with her. After I had boarded there a while, some of my relations spoke to me in reference to the lady and myself, and advised me to move my place of abode. I did so; wen t to her and told her, about the 26th or 28th of April, 1864, that I was about to leave. Pro cured board in Manchester, and moved on the 3d of May, 1864. Did not come on this side ex cept for work for some ten days. She sent for me to come and see her on particular business. Went up to see her, and the business was in relation to eeUing out to go away. She sold her furniture and things just as they stood. Shefwent to Mrs. Sales and stopped a while. I saw her there once or twice. She advertised for a situation to go to the country in the sum mer of 1864; she failed to get the place, and pro cured board at Mrs. Miller's.on Franklin street, and went to live afterwards in the family of Mr. Bowman. Think she lived there two months. Saw her twice in the meantime. She left Mr. Bowman's and came to a room over Mr. Bar .rett's tin store, on Franklin street. She sent for me, and I went to see her, and she said that Mr. Fisher had a little store down there which he would let her have if she could get some one to stand for her, and asked me to go up and see Fisher. I did so* and Mr. Fisher let her have the room. She opened a little business there, and I used to visit her. She proposed to me to come back and board with her again. I declined doing so, and she want ed to know the reason. I told her that I was addressing a young lady, and expected to be married at the close of the war or in the fall. I I continued to visit her. This was in the ! winter of 1864. On the Monday morning of j the fall of Richmond I went to Lynchburg, ; and remained there some two weeks, when 1 ' came hack to Manchester, where I was boarding. Arrived there on a Monday, and called on Mrs. Onld the next day. She asted me what I was .going to do, and I told her I didn't know until'l heard from my home, in Alexandria. She then proposed to me to take the place site occupied and open a restaurant. Told her I had no means, and could nof teU what I was going to do until I heard from home. I think about the Bth or 10th of May, 1800,1 went home. Got home on Monday. Mr. Gregory informed her of the name of the lady to whom I was to be married. On Wednesday, Mrs. Ould ar rived in Alexandria. Asked her what her business was, and she said she had been at Baltimore to procure some clothing and medi i4»«rorlta.]Ull«r, i*rt thought she would!
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come down and see Alexandria, and said at the same time that she had learned who I was to marry, and asked if that was the lady. 1 told her it was. Gave her some portraits and a letter to bring to Richmond for me. She returned to Richmond, reaching here on Saturday night. I followed a week or ten days afterwards ; went to Manchester, and came over to Richmond in a day or two. She proposed to me to take the room up stairs over the place she was then occupying for the purpose of opening a drinking-house. I agreed to do so, and she spoke to Mr. Bar rett. He consented, and I opened the house. It passed on in this way for some time, and one day when I asked when she thought she would go away. She replied that she was going as soon as she could make her arrange ments, and that she wanted to have some talk .with me. A day or two afterwards she told me a gentleman had made a proposition to her to go to England with him. I asked her what he meant; she said he was a sergeant in company "I," Third Pennsylvania regi ment, which expected soon to be mustered out. She said he proposed to marry and take her to England. Asked how she knew he was not a married man. She made inqniry among the members of the com pany, and some said he was and others that he was not married. She then told me that Sergeant Blackburn had proposed to her to take a hack ride, when he would satisfy her all about it. The hack came,' and she went With him. She came back and told me she was satisfied, and wonld have nothing more to do with him. She then told me that Mr. Jo seph McCoy* < had made proposals of marriage to her, and that they had been corresponding. One of his letters she read to me, and asked me what I thought of it. She said she had found out that McCoy was a single man, a good mechanic, with a good reputation. A day or so afterwards she got a letter from McCoy ask ing her to visit him at the city jail, where he was confined. She went to the commandant of the jail, got a pass, and went to see him. She came back and said she was going to write a letter to McCoy, and asked me to assist her, and I did so. Things went on in this way un til McCoy was released, after which he visited the place regularly. I went home again about the Ist of September for a niece of mine to wait on the young lady whom I was to marry. Returned to Richmond and found Mr. McCoy at the restaurant as usual. On the day that I was shot, the 22d of September, I went to Chesterfield Courthouse; returned between fi and 7 o'clock in the evening, and fonnd the place shut up. Thought probable that Mrs. Ould was out attending to some business, and went to Mrs. Redding's and inquired for her. Mrs. R. said she had not seen her. Went back to the place and went tip stairs, and continued up to her chamber and went in. Thare was a small single bedstead in the with a counterpane, blankets and pillow on it. On this bedstead I found Mrs. Ould and Mr. McCoy together. She was leaning over him, and both were apparently asleep. Seeing their position, I tried to retreat without being observed. Got out and started down stairs. Got down a few steps, and met a young lady, named Alice Gill, and a young girl with her. Miss Gill asked me where Mrs. Ould was, and I told her she would find her in her chamber. Got to the pavement in front of the house and started up the street. Mrs." Ould followed, and insisted on my going back ; that she would explain all. Went back with her, and she asked me why I left so abruptly; did I not know that this man was going away with her? I remarked that I thought a chamber was a very unfit place to receive a gentleman whom she expected to marry, and that the bar-room and hall were large enough for thenfto sit' in and converse. She asked me to forgive her, and I told her that she or myself must leave that night. She said she would leave next morning, but had no mo ney to go with. I offered her money, and gave her some eighty or ninety dollars. She then ashed me if I would be her friend no longer, I and I told her that when we parted we parted as friends, and should we ever meet we would meet as friends. Told her I was going back to Manchester, and started. To prevent me from going, she caught hold of me, and said she would follow me wherever I went: that I must come back and overlook what had happened, and let the arrangement stand as it was. Went back to the bar-room and went behind the bar. Was there for an hour and a half or two hours, when I put on my coat and started down stairs. She followed me, insisting on my return. I continued on down the street, and got in front of the stable near the corner of Fourteenth, and she asked me again if I was not going to forgive her and be her friend, or was going to leave her without giving her any satisfaction. I told her I j would part with her as a friend; then bade I her good-bye and gave her my good wishes.— |On turning to leave her, with my back to- I wards her, she fired. I turned round to see where the firing proceeded from, and saw her with the pistol leveled at my breast. I snatched at the pistol, and then found out that I was wounded. She then snapped the pistol at mc again. I reached to get a brick; got one and threw it at her. Reached to get another, and my wound became so paipful that I fell. She approached, and I said, •' For Christ's sake, don't shoot me any more; you have killed me now." She tried to shoot me while I was down, and as I raised I seized a brick; tried to get away \ from her, and she still followed, trying to j shoot me. I again fell, and was arrested by j some person whom I do not know. Asked < him to carry me to a physician, and he did so*] In the meantime she was arrested, and at her own request was carried to the Doctor's shop, where I was, and asked my forgiveness. Told her I would forgive her for all, and asked her why she had shot me. That is all I can re collect. Cross-examined by the Mayor.—After I was 1 carried to the Doctor's shop, I was told by the policeman that Mrs. Ould was brought there at her own request. I then asked her why she shot me. Cross-examined by Mr. Johnson.—There was no improper intimacy between .us while boarding at Mrs. Matthews. After she went to live on Foushee street I lived with her in the capacity of husband. [The witness pro ceeded to give details of their intercourse at Mrs. Minter's, which would not be proper for publication.] Never made a proposal of mar riage to her, knowing she had a husband liv ing. Formed her acquaintance at Mrs. Matthews's before she went thereto board. Never made a proposal of marriage to her there, or acknowledged to any one that I had done so. Continued to visit her after she went upon Foushee street, and gave her all I made and my rations, considering that this was the Confederate law. Saw her twice at Mrs. Sales's and twice at Mrs. Miller's. Could not positively recollect whether I had intimate intercourse with her there or not. Saw her twice at Mrs. Minter's, and saw her in the dining-room. One evening the met me on Main street, and I took a walk with her. The remainder of the testimony of Meade proved that he wae the paramour of Mi*. Ould, and that there had never j beat a proposition of marriage. She had mentjfsjfti the subject to screen *er owai
guilt, but he had never originated the subject. Never sent a meseage by Henry Banks, a colored man, to Mrs. Ould, during her im prisonment, except about a watch ; never sent her a proposition to leave town. Do not re collect whether 01 not she was ever in a state of pregnancy at any time during our intimacy. Remember when she fell down upon the sleet, but do not think that she was in that condition then, or when she shot me. The house on Franklin street was rented in her name. I contributed some forty dollars to set up the, i house. Was employed in the Confederate Arsenal until near the close of the war, and j had not been married shtce. When witness went to Alexandria, Mrs. Ould gave him 9150 and |46 in specie. Prqmised to bring my niece, a young lady of sixteen, to see Mrs. Ould on my way from Alexandria to Manchester. Did not do this. Did not take a bible in Septem ber, 1563, and make an oath to be faithful to each other. After I was shot she gave me some eighty or ninety dollars, which I had previously given her. This money was taken from the drawer in the bar. Mr. Johnson here presented a receipt for one month's rent of the house, given in the name of Mrs. Ould. Meade stated that she paid the rent, but that he furnished the money, which came out of the business. She pawned a watch and raised fifty dollars on it, and afterwards borrowed a hun dred dollars from Mrs. Lewis to pay for the license. Mrs. Ould made me a present of the suit of clothing I have on, and also some under clothing. After some further testimony on the part of Meade, the counsel for the defence in troduced a number of receipts, made out in the name of Mrs. Ould, for house rent and other expenses, and sundry letters from Meade to Mrs. Ould, expressing the tenderest sentiments [of affection for her; he loved her better than anything on this earth, (said the letter,) and would do so as long as he lived; that he would be home soon and would not go to Manchester "no more." Edward J. Tyler testified that some time in i September he was employed as a private watchman on Franklin street; heard the re port of a pistol, and a man who was opposite Mrs. Ould said: "Arrest that woman." Called policeman Jones and had her arrested. Then a call was made for the arrest of the man, and he was arrested; he said he was badly wounded, and was carried to Dr. White's office. Mrs. Ould had a pistol in her hand at the time she was arrested. Believed that Mrs. Ould was in a state of frenzy, and did not know what she was doing. The shooting at that time was all over. He had seen Mrs. Ould every night on his beat, and she knew him well. Meade, being recalled, stated that he was confined to his bed some twelve or fourteen days on account of the wound. Andrew J. Ford stated that he knew no thing about the case. Dr. White gave a description of the wound. It was about an inch and a half from the spine, and being so near the muscles of the back, it was impossible to probe it. At this point, Mr. Saunders adjourned the further investigation of the case until to-day at 11 o'clock. Witnesses wero recognized to appear. Marmadnke Johnson, Esq., and Colonel D. G. Mcintosh are the counsel in this most ex traordinary case. ■ Burglarious Robbkry. The tobacco fac tory of Messrs. Butler & Mathews, on Cary street, between Fifteenth and Seventeenth, was broken into on Wednesday night and robbed of eight boxes of manufactured to bacco. In the morning, about half-past 6 o'clock, four boxes of it was recovered by Mr. J. H. Franklin, formerly a city watchman, who discovered, as he was going through Ex change alley, a Federal soldier having in his possession a bag, which the fellow dropped ! upon seeing him. In this bag were three ! boxes of the stolen tobacco, and further on was one other box of the same lot. This por tion of Messrs. Butler & Mathews's stolen to bacco has been returned to them. Robberies are of nightly occurrence, and we recommend to merchants the propriety of always having some one to sleep in their stores. A Bi t rglarShot while Attempting to Rob a Storb.—We are pleased to learn that, a few nights since, a burglar was shot in Chester field county, from the effects of which he has since died. It appears that Mr. S. S. Goode, a citizen of that quarter of Chesterfield county known as j Skinquarter, had missed several articles from his store, and in order to prevent any further robbery, put his clerk to watch for him. The burglar entered the store during the night, and was fired at by the young man, who dis charged both barrels, striking him in the lower part of the thigh. After a considerable struggle, he was tied and conveyed to the county jail, where we learn he has since died. He was a negro, formerly a slave to William Goode, but our informant did not ascertain his name. Breaki.no the Peace.—Robert Thompson, wearing ablue uniform overcoat, was arraign j ed at the Mayor's Court yesterday on the charge of being drunk and making an assault upon ne groes. Mr. R. H. Barnes testified that the ac cused came to his store on the previous day very drunk, and he prevailed upon him to go out. Some negroes were standing upon the curbstone, and Thompson made an assault upon them, and afterwards threatened to whip Mr. Barnes himself. Called an officer and had him arrested, and he resisted stoutly. The Mayor I required security for his good behavior, and I also fined him ten dollars, under an ordinance iof the city for resisting an officer. He declared that he had no recollection of the occurrence, having been under the influence of liqnor at i the time, which is quite probable; but the Mayor declined to receive that as an excuso. Fighting ix the Market.—George W. Dun can, a young man apparently not twenty-one I years of age, was before Mayor Saunders yes terday on the charge of fighting with a negro in the Second Market. Mr. Howard testified that he was in the market on Thursday morn | ing and heard an altercation between the ac cused and a negro, the latter applying to Dun can a profane and vulgar epithet. Could not say which struck the first blow. Mr. U*. H. | Starr testified to facts almost similar. The I Mayor required Duncan to give surety in the j sum of $100 to keep the peace towards all the citizens of the Commonwealth for twelve months. Darxx axn Disorderly.—George Rogers, a man of some thirty years of age, was before the Mayor yesterday, charged with being drunk and disorderly at Rocketts. He said he was a private watchman in the Quartermas ; ter's Department, and admitted the fact that he was tight. Being his first appearance, the Mayor discharged him with an admonition. Sbxt to tii Pksitbxti art.—Yesterday morning, the notorious negro heroine in the , Duke case, Little Seals, was before Judge McEntee on the charge of stealing money from Mr. Batkins, and, confessing the same, she was convicted of grand larceny and sen tenced to two years' confinement at hard labor naailtAaitlnaii J wsairw a/wsja) j %
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Gbxbbal Lbb at thb Battlb or SretSTt taxia, axd Gbxbbal Jacksox ix Oxb Of His Yallkt Fights, with his staff around him, are the subjects of two line paintings, Which are to he ranted, on Christmas night, at the La dies' Fair at the Union Hill Methodist Church. The former is by Captain Cox, of General Lee's staff; and both are represented to be r&ry fine. It is related that Rhodes's division, being cut off from the remainder of his corps on the 11th of May, 1864, General Lee appeared ,before Gordon's men, and taking their banner in his hand, said to them: " Men, that point mutt be carried. Rhodes is cut off, and we must get him out! I'll lead you myself!" One of the men stepped out from the ranks and implored the General to stay back, repre senting to him that his life was too dear to his soldiers and his countrymen to be thrown away. The old Chieftain was led off by one of his staff officers, with tears in his eyes. The charge was led by Gordon. The history of it and its results is familiar to every one, and affords one of the most brilliant records of the war. This is the scene represented in the painting above alluded to. The two pictures are to be raffled at the fair, the proceeds of which are to be nsed for repairing the Union Hill Methodist Church. The chances are five dollars each. Parties wishing to take chances I can do so by applying at this office. These I pictures are valued at one hundred and fifty dollars each. 9 This fair is.now being held in the chnrch before mentioned; and with its elegant as sortment of fancy articles, on beautifully ar ranged tables, is well worth a visit. The visitor is greeted on all sides by the bewitch- I ing smiles of fair ones, who are ready to at tend to any of his wants. If one wants a good supper, the choicest delicacies of the season are there, served by fair hands, to tempt hungry mortals. I Let all those who wish to purchase presents for the season, and at the same time apply their money to a good purpose, give the ladies a call. SrsDAT School Celebbatiox.—The Sunday School of Leigh Street Baptist Church will celebrate their anniversary on Christmas day. A mass meeting at the church, addresses by eloquent speakers, and music by the school, will form some of the features of this inter esting occasion. This is the banner Sunday school of Richmond—having a larger attend ance of scholars than any other school in the Seamen's Bbthbl.—This institution, which, during the war, was suspended on account of the closing of our port, has again, under the superintendence of the Rev. F. J. Boggs, gone into operation, and, under his energetic con trol, will, no doubt, increase and expand into the proportions of its original design. That j design was for the religious instruction and the amelioration of the condition of the sail ors who came into the port of Richmond. As an earnest* of the interest felt in it by the Chaplain, he will hold Service for religious worship on to-morrow at 11 o'clock, and will have a Sabbath school at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. These meetings will be kept up regularly through the winter if attended with any degree of success whatsoever. ' Assault it ox a Citizbx.—James Cushing appeared before the Mayor yesterday on the ! charge of being drunk and knocking a citizen | down. Cushing admitted that he was drunk, and said he was ready for the trial. Mr. Thomas Gray said that he was passing np Main street, near the Old Market, when he saw the accused and another man, who immediate ly fell upon and knocked him down. He gave them no provocation. The Mayor required Cushing to give security in the sum of three hundred dollars to keep the peace for twelve months. Pbovobt Judge's Court.—Judge McEntee's attention was directed to the following cases yesterday: John Van Buskirk and C. Hartley, of the Eleventh United States infantry, were sent to Castle Thunder for twenty days to atone for the offence of drunkenness and being in the city without a pass. Thomas McDonald, of the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts, charged with stealing a vest, was found guilty and sentenced to sixty days imprisonment in Castle Thunder. A negro, named James Washington, who plead guilty to the charge of stealing old iron, was sent to Castle Thunder for thirty days. Anderson Fdwafds and David Green, two | little negroes, charged with fighting in the ! street, were discharged after twenty-four | hours' confinement. j Sam Williams, a negro, was sent to Castle j Thunder for fifteen days for breaking window glass. Samuel Hncks, a negro, was sentenced to fifteen days' confinement in Castle Thunder for being drunk and disorderly in the street. William Wilkinson, a negro, was arraigned to answer the charge of stealing a pair of sua- | penders, and pleading guilty, he was sent to Castle Thunder for thirty days. Mary Sykes, negro, found guilty of being a vagrant and prostitute, was sent to Castle Thunder for thirty days. Thirty days' imprisonment were voted j Thomas Fields, a negro, found guilty of steal ing iron. Fifty dollars' fine was imposed upon An thony Burke for selling liquor to soldiers. On default of payment, he was committed to the Castle for thirty days. Carter Page, a negro, for stealing law books from J. L. C. Banner, was sentenced to six months' confinement in Castle Thunder. The Ciacrit Cocht.—Judge Meredith held an informal session yesterday, hearing only some chancery business that might have been heard in chambers. N. A. Sturdivant qualified as Common wealth's Attorney for this Court, taking the oaths prescribed. The Hcbtixgs Cocbt.—This Court held a short session yesterday morning, but adjourn ed for want of business. Abrkbts.—Andrew Lawler, of the Twelfth United States Infantry, was arrested yester day on a charge of robbing Thomas Toler in the Second Market. William Williamson was arrested, charged with stealing a pair of suspenders. Claiborne Rogers was taken into custody for stealing a horse belonging to Dr. Charles R. Cullen, of Hanover. Pebsoxal.—As the name of "Daniel Mur phy" has, of late, frequently appeared in our columns in various disgraceful connections, wo deem it due to our printer friend of that name and the fraternity of which he Is a member, to state that he has never been before a criminal court in his life, not oven ac a witness. This ! will relieve his many acquaintances, who na turally wonder, from the similarity of name, If it is he. Hie character, so Car to wo have ever hoard or known, is without reproach. Ooxcbbt.—We understand thai Madame Buhl will give n concert at the now Richmond j Theatre the latter parte* nasi week, Wot*. spjm«fc*lm h fu4 house. J
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Ma. Laoabbs's Lbctcat.—There being a lee* tnre before the Tonng Men's Christian Asso ciation but night, there were comparatively few at the Theatre to hoar Mr. Lagarde. Those who were there had the benefit of n most beautiful production. Too Ricnaoxn Tbbatbb wiU be opened, we hear, on Monday night, for a short season, by a company composed principally of actors from O rover's theatre, of Washington city. It • wiU be under the nmnagement of Messrs. BinkelhH. Orau. Wb bbtcbx tbaxxs to Mr. O. J. Bennett, of the Adams Express, for New York papers many hours in advance of the mails. Also, to Mr. M. O. Porter, of the National Express, for late Norfolk papers.
INTELLIGENCE. MINIATURE ALMA»AC_D«ckisB*» IJ, W Bon rises 7 Ml Moon *eteT:........10 «• Bnn seta. 4 si | High water SOS PORT OF RICHMOND, DiCBMBBB *, Urn. ▲aaiTBO. Steamer Petersburg, Robert Travels. Be IHssoto, merchandise and passengers, D. k W. Carrie. Bteamer Albemarle, Bourne, Hew York, mer chandise and passengers, Samuel Ayres k Co. Steamer General S. Van #1 let, Jones, City Point, acfaooners In tow, W. H. Finn. Steamer City of Albany, Bartlett, Washington. Government orders. Schooner Mary, Woglan, Philadelphia, coal, T. W. Pemberton.. , —, , Schooner Isaac Vanesant, Galaway, HaWe do Grace, lumber. Steamer M. Martin, Livingston, Norfolk, United States mail, merchandise and passengers, Raskins k Bridgfo.ru. Schooner Vickabarg, Mitchell, Bangor, lumber, Betz, Yuondiing k Beyer. BAILED. . Steamer City of Richmond, Stranahaa, Norfolk, United States mail, merchandise and passengers, Haskina k Bridgford. Steamer Port Royal, Howland, City Point, a choonors in tow. Steamer City of Albany, Bartlett, Washington. Government horses. Schooner J. C. Whirl, Seward, Baltimore, light. Schooner Cornelius, Driscoll, down the river. light. MBMOaAXDA. The report of a vessel on lire to-day in the river (near Point 01 Shoals) ia, we believe, un founded. Pilot Barnes, of the steamer M. Martin, who arrived at half-past six o'clock from Norfolk, reports he saw no vesael on lire or ashore. We learn the ateamer G. B. Uutehlna was ordered from City Point to take the bark Welkin in tow at Pom t of Shoals, to City Point. .
_ NOTICES. JAMBS WOODHOfSB. B. M. FABHAM. MS" James Weedbense tt Co. are glad to be able to announce to their friends and the public that they have resumed their old baai ness under the firm and style of WOODHOUSB * PARHAM, and have taken a house on Govbbxob (Thibtebxth) stbbbt, fibst noon fbou Maix. They return their grateful thanks for the liberal patronage extended to their house for more than twenty years, and hope to merit and receive a con tinuance of it. They will keep always in store a good assort ment of BOOKS, STATIONERY, .PIANO-FORTES AND MUSIC, to which they invite the attention of all persons in want of such articles. • In connection with the above business they have established a BOOK BINDERY AND BLANK-BOOK MANUFAC TORY, and having secured the services of good wobkmbv, are prepared to do all work entr»«**d to them promptly and at reasonable rates. Tbbhs : Cash. • WOODHOUSB I del»_»t Governor atre,
HTJohn E. Doherty, MERCHANT TAILOR, Maix stbbbt, bbtwbbx Ekibth axd Nixtb, diagonally opposite the Spotewood Hotel. NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS I Mb. DOHERTY calls attention to some beautiful FABRICS FOR GENT'S WINTER WEAR, received in the last few days, which will be made up in good style. He names: SIMONI'S WAVED-FACED and TRICOT COAT INGS, ENGLISH WHITNEYS and BEAVERS, various colors; ENGLISH MELTON'S, OXFORD and BROWN MIXTURES, JOHANNY'S and SIMONI'S CLOTHB and DOE SKINS, CLARET, BROWN and BLACK .BEAVERS, for suits. This stock is excellent, and the prices shall salt the times, de U-te J. E. DOHERTY.
•ST Compound lodinised Cos Liver 011.-FOU GEKA'S COMPOUND IODINIBED COD LIVER OIL possesses not only all the nourishing proper ties of freak and pare COD LIVER OIL, but also the tonic, stimulant and alterative powers of lodine, Bromine and Phoephorous combined, In such proportions as to render it FIVE TIMES STRONGER than any other; saving, therefore, time, money, suffering, and life. For sale by MEADE k BAKER, Pharmaceutists, , de 15—m corner Franklin and Ninth streets.
aW Miller's Celebrated Patent Fire and Bnv GLAR-PROOF SAFES, BURGLAR-PROOF BANK SAFES, VAULT DOORB, BANK LOCKB, he.- 4 These aafea are offered to the public with a record not to be found in any other make—that of never losing a dollar's worth of property either by are or robbery, although frequently and severely tested. References without limit bars been voluntarily ■ud the SAFES commsnd a preference la ail where they are offered. ROBBRT A. PAINE, Agent, over C. D. Yale k Co., Governor street.
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»«-Whlml^ma.Zlm^ spATlOTC4llti for sale by HARVIYB * WILLIAMn, 1 dels-lm agenU for the sMnaJactarer*.
A CARD.—Persona interested in the hlatory of the late war, who have military aad naval reports, order-sod map. battle* aad sieges, private return from tbe army. Congressional documents and massages of the Pre-, sldent and Governors of the Southern States, would, confer a great favor, besides eoatrtsetiag sesse wbat to the vindication of the truth of hWory, by> aendlng them to me at this place. The Confederate archive* aad records were either eestroy^dor^ear; memoranda of nearly all ofta* %»wf»jos* manders. Heaee we necessity of this ssyeel to oacera and soldiers of W* ermjTand aavy, and eiUssnsirenerally. fflffSffSJ toochlnVoar anformnafe tnm ■*•• sonera who w*r*eoniaed Iftjejoncßsa.,.. SoaWernpresstoglre tib oard sissmra* yjmm fell •■/ 9 • aiass^Bßisßt