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WEDNEEDAY...... ..DECEMBER 17, IW.V

The Dispatch—lta Success. In days by-gone the Dispatch had a horn which hung upon a nail in the editorial room. ' nnd which was occasionally taken down and loudly blown to the world. "When well wind ed, Its tone was clear and distinct, quite agree able to the blower and to those who heard it. 80 well did he love the Dispatch, that the tone* of the horn were sweet to his ears ; nnd to the public, which had an equal affection for the little pet, they were like felicitous music ' Now, this horn* and a Worcester's dictionary were all that was saved from the conflagration of the 3d of April; and we propose to give n gentle blast upon a much-esteemed instrument, j which has been so long silent. Thus: Ho! all men—friends and readers, here and everywhere!—the Dispatch,once the general | favorite, whose name rang in every valley, and was re-echoed from every hill in the land, is ra- ' pldly retrieving its old place. Its long rest has : but given it added energy, and it begins itsca- ' reer anew with the activity and enthusiasm of | a boy! Its style and character exclude it from j no fire-side, and its cheerfulness and iutelli- i gence invite it to all. To all it must go. Tin want of mails and post-offices in some districts j of the South checks its spreadiug circulation, j and will do so for a time ; but they will soon be \ supplied by the Government, and the paper will then be found, as it is now in the city, j everywhere. The Dispatch wns the Genbb.ii. ADVEBTisr.n. as it was the Gkxebal NswspAPEa/or tlte pee pie. The past two weeks puts it entirely out of the woods .as to circulation. It is already the general newspaper, and of course it must follow that it shall.be the general advertising medium. Formerly it went everywhere—its circulation iv one day was greater than all the daily newspapers in Virginia put together. To that point it is to come again. Present indi cations plainly shbw it. As we labor for the public good as much as for our own—knowing that our prosperity is in the ratio of the service we render the community—we regard the rapid prosperity of the PMjpaAA with a sort of pa triotic satisfaction ! Come, then, old and new friends, readers and advertisers ! Let's meet j on this platform—on this ground, and help on tho Disjxttcfi and ourselves! The day is very near when men will derive pleasure from con. sideriug themselves among its earliest sup porters. With this gentle winding of our horn, J we return it to its accustomed place, and bid ] the reader—good morning I

Work Ahead.

The new year is approaching, when men must wind up, as well as they can, the past, and open their books for the coming year. Commercially and agricultural!}', there are j matters for the gravest consideration. The j work that is ahead will admit of no child's j play—no temporizing in Ihe hope of post- ! poning responsibility—of delaying an cxi- j gency. Commercially, there will be a crisis j within the year which all ought to prepare-to meet in the best manner. Economy is the j sevenfold shield that will protect a community i best from a financial revulsion. It should be practiced by all. Merehan to sheas Id not ven ture too far ; their bills payable should be re duced in number and amount as much as pos sible, and there kept until the storm is past and we can see more clearly into the future. Housekeepers and heads of families should • cut down their establishments to a moderate standard, and diminish their outgoings, at least, so that they should not exceed their in comings. By practising this system of econo my wherever it can be appUed, the commu nity will be iniinitely better off. No spirit of speculation and wild adventure, with a bold reliance upon chances, while so dark a future is immediately at hand, should tempt men to incur very heavy responsibilities just now. Caution and prudence are now our best friends. A little patience for a few months will enable us to come to better and safer conclusions, and to take new measures and adopt new policies, with better lights ahead to guide us safely on. Agriculture, upon which rests the commerce of the land,, has to undergo radical changes. There must be entirely new systems adopted. The new mode of hiring labor—and that free labor—forces upon the farmer this change as a necessity. There are some advantages in hired labor. You are not responsible for it when disabled by sickness or the infirmities of age; j nnd you may dispense with it at times when it is not needed. It buys its own clothing, feeds itself, and pays its own doctor's bills. When J the service of this kind of labor is rendered and paid for, there is an end of it. You know what it has cost; you know what you have made. You are involuntarily led into a system of calculation, and forced to that balancing of accounts which not only shows you how you stand, but compete you to settle up. This is one advantage over slavery, and will make the farmer a better business man than formerly. He will be driven to a more close and compact ed system of cultivation. He wiU diminish his area of tillable soil, and apply his hired labor under his own eye to better advantage. His spare land he will soon sell off; that which he retains, by prudent tillage, with a reduction of useless animals, which have heretofore con sumed so much and yielded so little, will en able him at the end of the year to have more ready cash than he has been accustomed at such a time to call his own. j These matters will give the farmer a great deal to do. He ought to consider them well and'proceed intelligently with his operations. He has yet to see whether the freedman will , work—will perform his contract. But there can be no satisfactory settlement of that ques- j tion unless the farmer prepares his plan of , operations nnd arranges the whole system of | his farm in a manner to institute a proper and efficient superintendence and accountability. The old slipshod mode wiU not answer at all. Slaves did not do half work under the old sys tem, and it wiU be expecting too much of .reedmen to hope that they will do any better than slaves under the same system. The freedman must have a fair trial under a good system, and then, if be does not answer, we can try some one else. But there is no alter native now but to give him a proper trial. He Is, we believe, still kindly disposed, and if be is kept clear of the demoralizing influence of I the vicious and idle who crowd the cities, we i by no means despair of him. The pinching : demands of the present winter wiU have a j beneficial effect upon his disposition, and we j may find that his life may be and j . his labor directed so that he may beoouie use ful and independent; i. «., a good laborer that ! takes care of himself and his family. Nothing short of this, we ail know, will answer If he cannot do this he must go. This, too, if he does not know now, he wUI in due time learn These matters contain enough to occupy the attention of our people. Everything depends npon the manner in which they are treated. Every man who, hy his forecasts and energy, so fashions and arranges bjs own affairs as to se cure success and avoid disaster, win promote the general welfare, both by what he saves or naakes, and hy his excellent example to others. The Christmas festival has passed off with the usual religious and social observances in t»e city and country. There is no part of the United States where these holidays are held «»ea universal esteenf as among ourselves. T9*f are priucipaUy observed* in other sectiens \*L2Z °* ***** roU « to,w denominattons;| though we are glad to notice that, of late |

rears,' f_e dteposition to make Chrtetnaaa the taueoM of th» Testffals hut become more | geneSt Jtt Tirginta, this disposition has neverJiqnti-euVuny c«Ri*»"**» Th « celebra tion of Christmas te a traditional custom• handed down from the settlement of James town, descending from father to son In every homestead, and embracing men of every re ligious faith. It is generally kept up in some «ort till the commencement of the new year, when the influence of egg-nogg begins to ibate, and turkeys—happily for the commu nity—come down. Let ns hope that its moral effect, ita hope, Its happiness, and charity, will prove, like its evergreens, more lasthig.

The Split If there had existed any donbt in the mind j of any reasonable man with regard to the truth of the alleged split in the Radical party pre- j vious to the- adjournment for Christmas, the j long holiday which the members of that party | have given themselves would havo dispelled it. Congress adjourned on the 21st day of De- j ceinber, to moot again on the flth of January, j ■illowlng the members time, not only to reach ( their homes, but to see, consult, and stimulate fo the desired pohy.their constituents through- | out the entire North. That such is the object there cannot be a donbt; that there would be j any necessity for so long an absence from their duties, and so much political maneuvering as it implies, unless a catastrophe wero immi nent, no one will believe. The crack in the body which, at the opening of the session, pre sented a surface as smooth, as clear, as cold and as hard as the ice of the Northern ponds, became perceptible before the adjournment; ! and ns it is beyond the power of man to re- j unite the fragments of ice when once cracked j through and through, so we take it, not all the politicians will be able to put together again the parts of rhis huge party when they shall have been rent completely asunder. The Radical party of the United States car- , ries within itself the seeds of a speedy disso lution. It may live long enough to do much i mischief,but the period of its duration must na- j turally.be short. No party which comes Into power upon a single idea can long retain its ; ascendancy. Kb dasfi'u rfiyt party can fong Coi - tinue to exist. The so-called Republican party is both a one-ideaed and a destructive party Its one idea is the negro; its general policy is the overthrow of the Constitution: not by ; revolution, open and with arms, but by legis- J 4ation. Mr. Stevens, who is the leader of that party in the House, is bold and impetuous i enough, but, altogether, wants discretion. He has avowed his object too soon aud too openly. The majority, even of tho Northern people have a respect for the Constitution. They wil not consent to alter it so entirely that the very men who made it would not know it again, in order that Mr. Stevbns and his party may be enabled to keep the Democratic party out of office. This is what he proposes as the object of all the legislation which he has introduced Even were the legislation of itself beneficial the people would not give it their sanction when they understood the motive. The end of all legislation should be the benefit of the country. Any end of less importance will not justify any system of legislation. Mr. Steven* proposes to make the reign of his party per petual; and for this purpose he makes use of the power temporarily placed in his hands Legislation for the purpose of securing power to the party passing the laws never has been , successful in this country, and never will be. In order to secure the object—the continu- , ance of the power and plunder in their own hands—these men do not hesitate to tear j down any portion of the Constitution when it happens to come in their way. They resemble ' an engiueer who should tear down half tho houses in Bond street in order to have a straight track for his railway. The j monopoly of the Camden and Amboy railroad is annoying to some of the members. The re- Bendy at once presents itself. Take away from ] the States the power of regulating the railways Within their limits, and give to the General j Government the power of regulating the same. The Constitution says all powers not expressly granted byphe States are withheld. This power certainly is not granted; but what of that. Congress, like the British Parliament, is om nipotent, and can do what it pleases. The Constitution gives to the States the power to regulate the suffrage question, each within its own limits. Never mind ; that clause is in the way of certain designs; puU it down. The Constitution decides what disqualifies a man from being a member of either House. Certain members—none of them laboring under any of these disqualifications—present themselves, re lying on the Constitution. What of that' Constitutions were not made lor members of Congress. An Indian will shoot, a fine horse to get the bell from his neck. These men will de stroy, without hesitation, the finest work of the Constitution to obtain a party advantage. We repeat it, that sort of legislation does not suit tho people of the country, and the party pursuing it must, sooner or later, come to an i enforced \

Profits of Market Gardens. The disposition, common in the South, to undervalue worn-out lands, may be rectified by Inking a lesson from the gardeners in the i country surrounding Norfolk and Petersburg. j The soil which had been apparently exhausted jby a repetition of the same crops, and which ! yielded tobacco at ten or fifteen dollars a hun dred pounds, or wheat at ninety cents a bushel, now cultivated for vegetable purposes, gives a clear profit of one hundred and live , dollars per acre. There are examples of even ! a greater return—one section of only twenty one acres yielding in gross $6,000, netting ; *3,500, or *17'» per acre. Another of twenty five acres, *7,;*J00 net, over *4,000, or *120 per acre. There is a vast amount of land in oar State, now regarded as worthless, which, by the reno vating processes of scientific agriculture, and, above all, by personal energy and attention, can be rendered highly valuable. In this and the adjoining counties, with their great water facilities for transportation to the Northern markets, the employment of land for garden ing purposes would prove highly remunerative. Where farms lie contiguous to, or within a short distance of, navigable streams, no crops that can be raised will pay as well as vegeta bles. We see in the experience of the Norfolk and Petersburg neighborhoods what can be done with even worn-out lands. Their pro ductions command a ready solo in the North ern markets, being equal in quaUty to any that can be raised elsewhere, and having the ad vantage over gardens farther north of an earlier Spring, and of those farther south of greater nearness to the markets, being within a day's aail of the principal Northern cities.

House Servants.

The pleasures of the Christmas times in former days were subject, in our cities, to a serious drawback in the annual hirings of house servants by the majority of house holders, who were often deprived of domestic service at a time when it was most needed, and were eompeUed to trudge, day after day, through mud or snow to the hiring offices, in queatof servants for the ensuing year. Ws are now subject to a discomfort of even more frequent occurrence, but which is a prevalent matter of complaint in other countries, as weUaaenr own—the disposition of servants to change their places every month and sometimes in less than that time. 'Eng land, where domestics often grow grey in the service of the same family, is the only coun try, that we are aware of, which does not suffer from this capriciousness of domestics j We are glad to learn that the officers of the j

presa upon the minds of the fee-men portance, botn to their rmpst>y< , **»» ** d *__** selves, of rnaklng ©ontraeta by th* ****» and of faithfully abiding a# "»1»«?ir *•• tracts. This is good advice, not only to * , * d laborers, but to house servants. Wnilst tbey have the perfect right to change their places as often as their fancy dictates, it is undenia ble that, to employ that right when it is not demanded by an improvement of their con dition, is not only to entail great ineonve uienco upon their employers," but to injure their own interests, and to diminish the in creased value which their labor would com mand from that reputation for stability and reliability which isgiiinod by long and faithful service in one household. Their minds ought to be disabused of the absurd idea that there is no realization of their freedom while they remain in the service of the same persons. We have alreadyTeferred to the fact that, in i England, household servants often continue ha the sam<« family from youth to old age, and it would amuse them to be told that, by so doing, they forfeited any of the liberties of a. free-born Briton. Yet this ridiculous notion is causing sudden and frequent changes in our domestic service—an evil that, we hope, is only temporary, and which all real well-wlnlx ersof thischissof our population will endun vor to remove. The former masters are ttuß best friends that are to be found of the colored race,and would much prefer them as house hold servants to any other people. But the continuance of the habit of changing from house to house, every month, begets a constant uncertainty and apprehension which can on ly end in dispensing with the services of those they would like to retain, and procuring do mestics from whom something more stable can bo expected.

SPECIAL NOTICES. jabes woonnovsa. B - **• "parham. j *vT J a men Woodhouse A: Co. are glad t<> be able to announce to their friends Bias* the public that they have resumed their old busi ness under the «nu and style of Wi>ol>H OU S E & PARHAM, and have taken a house on Governor (Thirteenth) street, tibst noon from Main*. ' They return their grateful thanks for the liberal patronage extended to their house fur more than twenty years, and hope to merit and receive a con- ; tinaanee of it. They will keep always in store a good assort- ■ me nt of j 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 workmen, are prepared to do all work entrusted to them promptly and at reasonable rates. Terms : Cash. WOODHOUSE & PARHAM, d> C7—st Governor street, near Main. g_" Removal. The undersigned, AGENTS OF THE HOME IN SURANCE COMPANY OF NEW nAVEN, have removed to their NEW ROOMS, OVER WILLIAM j & CHARLES EUKER, ON MAIN STREET, BE TWEEN NINTH AND TENTH STREETS, where they are prepared to ISSUE FIRE AND MARINE POLICIES ON BEST TERMS. THOS. M. ALFRIEND & SON, Agents, for above and other companies. mJBT China and Crockery. GENERAL HoUSE-FURNISHING STORE, ~ Sixth btbbbt, near Ci.ay. Just received direct from Europe a FINE STOCK OF WHITE GRANITE AND COMMON GOODS CHRISTMAS PRESENTS—such as TOYS, DOLLS, he.—which I offer to the trade at a SMALL AD VANCE ON CJOST AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, de 'Jl—lw FRED. T. ANDREW. a - ■■■■.' -■-, kW Selling oil* nt Cost. CLOAK AXD FUR DEPOT, I ' A. SAMUELS, over A. Pizzini's, Broad street, between Eighth and Ninth, has a large and well-selected stock of CLOAKS AND FURS of the the latest styles, which he is determined to sell off at cost within the next two weeks. de 11— tan "t_~John E. Dolierty. MERCHANT TAILOR, Main street, betwbeb BieHYU and Ninth, diagonally opposite the Spotswood Hotel. NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS ! Mk. 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: SIMONIS WAVED-FACED and TRICOT COAT ENGLISH WHITNEYS and BEAVERS, various ENOLlsil' MELTON'S, OXFORD and BROWN JOHANNY'S and SIMONI'S CLOTHS and DOE CLARET, BROWN and BLACK iBE AVERS, for suits. This stock is excellent, and the prices shall suit the times, de PUtS J. E. DOHERTY. "teg" Compound lodinised Cod Liver OiI.—FOU GERA'S COMPOUND IODINISED COD LIVER | OIL possesses not only all the nourishing proper j ties of fresh and pure COD LIVER OIL, but also the tonic, stimulant and alterative powers of j lodine, Bromine and Phosphorous combined, in j such proportions as to render it FIVE TIMES I STRONGER than any other; saving, therefore, time, money, Buffering, and life. For sale by MEADE & BAKER, Pharmaceutists, de 15—12t corner Franklin and Ninth streets. J. E. BtTRRESK. J. L. POWERS. J. P. TAHCBT. B&TBurress, Powers & Yancey, WHOLESALE DEALERS 15 WHITE GOODS, HOSIERY, FANCY GOODS AND j NOTIONS, | No. 112 Main street, (up stairs,) j RICHMOND, VA. de U—lm ■ST White Lead nnd Zinc, IN PATENT CANS, for sale by HAKVEYS & WILLIAMS, de 18—lm agents for the manufacturers.

GO TO LEWS' AND PURCHASE YOUR DRY OOODS. They are selling GOODS cheap, and there is no m intake about it. They have just received another lot of handsome DE LANES at 35 cents; rich PRINTED MARINOS at 40 cents; COLORED FLANNELS, all wool, at 35 cents ; excellent RED an.! WHITE FLANNEL at 50 cents; PILLOW-CASK COTTON, forty-two inches wide, at 4. r > cents : CALICOES at 2«, SS and 30 cents ; HOODS, BREAKFAST SHAWLS and FANCY DRESS GOODS AT AND BELOW COST. Also, at very low prices. BALMORAL SKIRTS, SWISS CAMBRIC, JACONET aud CHECKED MUSLIN, CLOTHS, CASSJMERES, SATINETS, 1 and lots of other articles at price* to «ult the times. LEVY BROTHERS, de 27 ■ IS Main street. PERSONA L.~ INFORMATION WANTED of JOHN PERRY, a colored boy, about nine years of age, formerly slave of Jobs MacFarland, of this city, and sold in the summer ol I*B4, by Mr. Robert 11. Davis, or this city, to a geu tleman In Alabama. Any information as to his pre sent whereabouts will aft thankfully received by bis mother. Address KATY PERRY. , care Mrs. A. Nesbitt, Richmond, Va. de£7-3t* NOTICE. - „ ~_,_ THE OLD BAY LINE BTBAMJJRB. To BALTIMORE * 6.50 To PHILADELPHIA.. M.M To NBW YORK , ...ll.a» .v£ > iJ tn _ **** voor ! lc »etß of Captain JOHN H. FKKBMAN, at the Company'■ offlce, corner of Fourteenth and Prankiiu street*. del*-*

AMUBEMENTS.

j IjfatW VSf €HMOND THEATRE. | ' T «RANIaTOCALand INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT. GRAND COMBINATION OF ALL THE MUSICAL | TALENT OF THE CITY. < • ' MADAME RUHL, in conjunction with Mr. ROSENBERGER'S ORCHESTRA, j and a number of professional and amateur talent, will give s ■ GRAND SELECT CONCERT AT THB RICHMOND THEATRE j oic FRIDAY EVENING, December 29th. , Doors open at ?•*> I*- at. Performance to commence at ■ Price of admission to any part of the house ONE DOLLAR. { Tickets for sale at the principal Hotels, Music and Book stores. Reserved seats may be obtained at the Box Office on FRIDAY, from 9 to J o'clock, P. M., without extra charge. a*frfE«-at TTAPPY NEW YEAR. A GRAND SELECT BALL will be giren at the Fenian HaU, (late Washington Hall,) on NEW YEAR'S EVE, January Ist. i This Ball will be strictly select. I manaoebs. _ ' M. FINEGAN, R. RYAN, ! W. W. PUTNAM, 11. SCHWARTZE, rr.oou MAXAUERS. ■ :_.. T. E. BRANAN, M.OOVOBIL I p. FITZE, MAT. ADAMS. * MUSIC by SMITH'S FULL BAND. : Tickets, $1. __ aw'stMi . HOLIDAY GOODS. TN P. TOWNSEND, J * BOOKSELLER, STATIONER AND DEALER IN FANCY GOODS, No. 102 Main street, has for sale, suitable for CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR PRESENTS, . HANDSOME BIBLES AND PRAYER-BOOKS, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, WRITING DESKS, WORK BOXES, PORTFOLIOS. A great variety of j rGOLD PENS, OF THE BEST MAKERS; DREN'B BOOKS, Of EVERY VARIETY;' CHESS BOARDS ANBfCHESS MEN, together with as large a stock of BOOKS AND STATIONERY as can be found anywhere in the city. E. P. TOWNSEND, j de 22—lw ; No. 102 Main street, j "POR THE HOLIDAYS. HALL & HUTCHISON, No. 7 Fourteenth street, below Main. HOSIERY and GLOVES, LACES and EDGINGS, SUSPENDERS, LACE VEILS, NECK TIES, VELVET RIBBONS, HOOP SKIRTS, LADIES' GARTERS, CORSETS, BELTS. LINEN-CAMBRIC AND HEM-STITCHED HAND KERCHIEFS, SHIRT FRONTS. I PINS, BUTTONS, in variety ; i LINEN THREADS and SPOOL COTTON, COMBS, in variety ; | HAIR, TOOTH and SHOE BRUSHES. ] TOILET SOAPS, COLOGNES and EXTRACTS, HAIR OIL <d POMADES,; FANCY 80..E5, CLOCKS, PIPES, Ac, with an endless variety of FANCY GOODS, to which the attention of the trade is directed.

PREPARE FOR CHRIST-/ MAS.—REIDS OYSTER AND* [ GAME DEPOT; ALSO, STABLING FOR STOCK—The public can be supplied with OYSTERS and GAME in any quan tity, wholesale and retail. Family orders careful ly put up. All orders promptly attended to and delivered at the shortest nonce. Gentlemen can be served by the dozen, at tho box, with the BEST OF OYSTERS, at a low price. ROBERT REID, Game Depot, Sixth street, near Chty, de 20—6t formerly Verandah Hotel.^ FRESH SUPPLIES FOR THE HOLI DAYS.—We call tho attention of our customers and others.who are making preparations for the Christmas and New Year's holidays, to ourstock of IAC BRANDY. SHERRY WINE, RYE WHISKY, H CHEESE, PINE-APPLE CHEESE, JSH DAIRY CHEESE, •ON MUSTARD, LONDON PORTER, nil ALE, GREEN and BLACK TEAS, ARONI, BUCKWHEAT, E SALT, in boxes ; 'HALL'S SALT, , LAGUAYRA and RIO COFFEES : LOAF, CRUSHED and COFFEE SUGARS ; '•EYE and PEACH-BLOOM POTATOES, LV HERRINGS, in half barrels, w No. 58 Main atreet.

FOR RENT. i T7*OR SALE OR **A TWO- J; STORY FRAME TENEMENT, with brick basement, on the Williamsburg turnpike, near Oillie's creek, with a large lot at-, tached and well enclosed. Possession given Ist January, I<SB<>. Apply at H. W. TYLERS office, opposite the Baltimore steamboat wharf. de 27—4t* T>OOMS FOR RENT.—TWO PLEA XV SANT ROOMS, on Twenty-eighth street, two doors from Broad, between Broad and Grace. Inquire of , ! CARDOZO k CATES, « corner Twenty-fifth and Broad streets. de is—3teod^ Xf*Oß RENT OR LEASE, THE GAR- J? DEN FARM known as " Tallavera," contain ing about thirty acres of land, situated one aud a half miles west of the city of Richmond, on tho ex tension of Broad street. 'Application to be made to ARCHER k GOODWIN, Vnlcan Iron Works, de 21—eodSt* corner of Byrd and Sixth streets. CONTENTS OF THE COSMOPOLITE FOR JANUARY, 1««6. SALUTATORY. THE DYING YEAR—A Poem. INSIDE VIEW OF FOUR YEARS IN THE REBEL CAPITAL— - I. THE FOREHEAD OF THE STORM. "11. MONTGOMERY. 111. CONGRESS AND CABINET. TORCH WORK ; A Tale or me Shenandoah—A Poem—Bt Innes Randolph. THE NOSE OF A NOTARY—Fbom the Fbench of En.Mo.Ni> ABorT— 1. THE EAST AND.THE WEST AT WAR-BLOOD FLOWS. 11. THE CAT HUNT. FRENCH FELONS—Fbom the Cornhiil. REMINISCENCES OF A SOUTHERN HOSPITAL— By its 51 atrox. EIDOLON—A Poem— By James R. Randall. A HOLIDAY IN VENICE. IN THE LAND OF NOD—From the Temple Bar. MR. BUCHANAN'S ADMINISTRATION-A Re view. OUR GOSSIP THINGS ON THIS SIDE. | THINGS OVER THE WATER. ! MUSIC AND THEATRICALS. THE COSMOPOLITE Is published monthly, at FOUR DOLLARS PER ANNUM, at X Franklin street, between St. Paul and Charles, Baltimore. HENRY TAYLOR, Sun Iron Building, is general agent for the COSMOPOLITE, and wilffuruUh the TRADE, AGENTS and NEWS VENDERS at reduced rates. ' Subscribers at a distance can send post-office or ders for any amount of subscription to Dk LEON A CO., | de 87—aodlw box »— pc^t-office, Baltimore. CLOVER SEED, ON CONSIGNMENT. , 75 barrels FLOUR, 19 firkins MOUNTAIN BUTTER. I 44 bushels PRIME CLOVER SEED. j for sale at low figures to close consignment. , „ „ neal/Teigh A (*>., de 37—It corner Cary and Virginia street*. FAMILY GROCERIEB.~We invite the attention of the public to our well-selected stock of FAMILY SUPPLIES, consisting, in part, of ppkria" deM-tif ***»*-*•■ plifViKeVBD « HAW*, I

OP ? Qf^ \ TMI LARGstt. BTOCst 15 TIsTtCITT •* '-•'■ S2_ CdNPECTIONBRIRS, PAVCT <i#W ABU i PIBI- WORKS! D. »OPIIf I k CO.. i WHOLESALE AHD BETAII. DEALSBS IB FRENCH AND AMERICAN CONFECTIONERIES, j Main street, under Spotswood Hotel, , RICHMOND, VA., ; call the attention of purchasers of I CHRISTMAS AND NBW-YBAR GOODS to hi* large stock of FRENCH AXD AMERICAS CANDIBS, RAISINS, CITRON, FIGS, CURRANTS, MALAGA ORAPES, ORANGES, LEMONS. I All kinds of PLAIN AND FANCY FRUIT, I POUND AND SPONGE CAKES, CHOICE WINES, BRANDT AND WHISKY, j SUPERIOR SARDINES AND PICKLES, i BEST HAVANA CIGARS, I and sll kinds of TOYS FOR CHILDREN, INDIA RUBBER BALLS, MARBLES, Ac, FIRE-CRACKERS, j TORPEDOES, Ac, PRESERVED GINGER, PRESERVED FRUITS, CHAMPAGNE', SCOTCH ALE, 1 SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO, PIPES, PORTE-MONNAIES, KNIVES, and an endless stock of FANCY GQOPB. deJo_lot BAKBY'A GENTRY, Maix stbbit, between xisth axd textn, jsobth side, have on hand for the holidays a large assortment of GENTS', LADIES', MISSES' and CHILDREN?*' BOOTS, GAITERS and SHOES, selected from tho BEST FACTORIES IN THE UNITED STATES, all of which we are determined to SELL AT COST, as we wish to reduce our. stock—a great induce ment for country merchants and all others who i wish to buy THE BEST GOODS. j To persons who wish to make their friends a ' j nice Christmas present, j DARBY & GENTRY'S is the place to get them j GOOD and CHEAP. We have nice CONGRESS GAITERS at TWO MOROCCO BOOTEES at TWO DOLLARS; MISSES' CONGRESS GAITERS at ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS. CHILDREN'S MOROCCO BOOTS at SEVENTY FIVE CENTS and ONE DOLLAR; i GENTS' CITY-MADE BOOTS from TEN to FOUR- I ; TEEN DOLLARS. We also offer a nice lot of | FINE FELT HATS. ! All of which we will sell at cost. And we I pledge ourselves to do what we have stated. All we ask is to give us atrial. de 20—Sw I rtHIUSTMAS^ANT) j \J NEW YEAR'S PRESENTS. " Why, Christmas, 'tis the very time for gifts, Heart and hearth commence, Wbere each kindly pledge Brings gentle memories of love and home.*' WOODHOUSE k PARHAM, (LATH JAMES WOODHOUSE ii C 0.,) GOVERNOR STREET. NEAR MAIN, have for sale, suitable for presentation, BIBLES, English editions, various sites, in bean- i Ufa] bindings : PRAYER-BOOKS, choicest editions, in elegant bindings; HYMN BOOKS of several denominations, beauti fully bound ; THE STANDARD POETS, illustrated, and in ex quisite bindings: LADIES' WORK-BOXES, uniquely ornamented ; also, plain styles : PORTABLE WRITING-DISKS; TOURISTS GASES, very pretty, containing lmple- j Bsenta for writing and other conveniences ; PORT-FOLIOS, in great variety : SATCHELS, OF MOROCCO, for ladies ; BEAUTIFUL INKSTANDS, THE FINEST GOLD PENS, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, ! ELEGANT NOTE PAPER and ENVELOPES, SUPERIOR POCKET-KNIVES, WALKING CANES, SUPERB GUITARS, together with a choice collection of CHILDREN'S BOOKS: some entirely new and pleasing. WOODHOUSE k PARHAM. 21—lot The now store, on Governor street. TTOLIDAY SUITS Of CLOTHING, j JULIUS KRAKER, MERCHANT TAILOR, 43 MAIN STREET, 43 has selected from New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore a fine assortment of READY-MADE CLOTHING, which he can soil cheaper than any other house in ; this city. They consist of CASINET PANTS at $2.2.-. CASSIMERE PANTS at *:> CASSIMERE SUITS at *>15 and *•-'<> SILK-MIXED SUITS from *2«, 25 and *30 BOYS' CASSIMERE SUITS from..; ««to*l2 \ BOYS' OVERCOATS from **» and up GENTS OVERCOATS from fstannun BLACK FROCK COATS, line quality,.. .*l2 and up PINE SILK-VELVET VESTS.. *6 GENTS NETTED UNDERSHIRTS at *1.2S BLACK FELT HATS at *1.50 j Come and get your bargains at 43 Main street, | where you can get the worth of your money. I keep always on hand a well-selected stock of t'ASSIMKHES AND BEAVERS for MERCHANT TAILORING, to which depart ment I attendfbnyself. I guarantee a nice lit, and ! made up at the shortest notice, de 20-10t JULIUS KRAKER. 43 Main street. TTOLIDAY PRESENTS, ~ G. B. STACY & SON'S CARPET AND FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, 110 Mai 5 STBEET. CHILDREN'S CHAIRS, in great variety ; CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES, superior to anything ever offered in this market; BABY JUMPERS

SELF-OPERATING SWINGING CHAIRS;

7IMMER&CO., WHOLESALE j WA Manufacturers of AMERICAN, FRENCH and' ITALIAN CONFECTIONERY, PLAIN and ORNA- ! MENTAL CAKES, and dealers In FOREIGN and DOMESTIC FRUITS, No. 17 Main street, Rich mond, Va. • de Jft— lw /CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S. VJ _ LADIES'AND GENTS* _ PAPER COLLARS AND CUFFB. Having been appointed Sole Agent of the BOSTON PAPER-COLLAR COMPANY for the State of Virginia, I am prepared to famish ' LADIES' AND GENTS' PAPER COLLARS AND CUFFS, ! of all styles, AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL. ' What more appropriate gift for a lady, at this ! season, than a box ot these COLLARS of CUFFS— \ being useful as well as ornamental.' Th* Collar* of this Company are made of THE FINEST LIN EN PAPER, and are " warranted" equal to, aad cheaper than, any In the market. RETAIL PRICES OF COLLARS: Boxes of ten 55c. Hunches of ten tec. Bo<e* of one hundred $1 Cittfs at al I prices. Liberal discount made to the trade. Parties desirous of purchasing are request ed to call snd examine these Collars, as B_ney can be saved by purchasing from first JESSB J. UNDERHILL, AgeniT Seventh street, between Main and Franklin, de IS—ts st the Shoe Store of John Pollock. rjENTLEMEN LOOKING FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENT* SHOULB CALL OX A. SAMUILS, over PiMlui's, Broad street, between lighth and j and buy their wives and eaafhteraene of ads BEAUTIFUL CLOAKS, or a set of those SUPERB FURS, allofwhlshheu SEhtIJIO Off AT COIT, j

v/ R. 9. Lee—, Aaetloneer, OAss MO. iS Main Stress. STOCK OF CLOTHING DRY OOOIK HAT »j.K? r !?_S2l >l ?' --tow awd oent 4 runnftiiso Oi*nm. k*, at auction _;,„ WEDNESDAY, the T7tn imtsnt.st 1* odork will sells} the stot-of Me*sr*. g. WolfrhHrn-r a Brother, No. 234 Broad strset, between H«*tm4 * n \ Third,'the whole of the stock of ssM stow ess! slating of a varied sssbttment of ' c h MEN'SJIOY B*' anuJrfWTnj* CI/*THING MEN BVBO*_B toTjW if K iT«ilndaHOER HATS, f,AISA*C " PA well-selected assortment of DRY GOODS and LADIES' and GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS. VmM ™ Handsome SHOW-CABEB and STORE FIXTURES. Tho above stock has been recently laid in and _ inlUble for the present trade of the city. ' Aa the sale ia peremptory, the attention of th« trade is particularly requested. E. B COOK ______*• AuctioWr By James Lnxford, Auctioneer, No. TO Main street. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. Ac FOR SALE AT AUCTION .-At lo 0 clVk THIS MORNING I will sell at my *Ure ' k Handsome WAKDKOfiIH. BEfIrPEOkL BUREAUS, WAS|p^ A FEATHER BEDS, MATTRABB_gh ' CHINA PRESSES. SA _X _s * COOKING and other St^VET fc ,' >. A large lot of superior mt CARPENTERS' TOOL* and CHESTi *< CROCKERY and GLASSWARE, *' \. NoTIoNS, ftr. Prime BRANDT, I WHISKY, GIN. WINES. Ac de 27—t.1- JAMES LUXFORD, Auctioneer

AUCTION SAI-SS-FOTITRE DAY By E. W. Powell, Auctioneer. SALE OF BAR-ROOM FIXTURES, LIQUORS, WINKS, HOUSEHOLD AND KITCH EN FURNITURE, Ac, A« -Will bo sold on FRI DAY, 2»th Instant, at 11 o'clock A. M., at THE OFFICE RESTAURANT, on Eighth atreet, betsn -n Mainland Cary, a fall assortment of BAR-ROOM. FIXTURES, WINES, LIQUORS, he.. Inclndim; a full stock of TUMBLERS, WINR-GLASSE*. A. . OIL CLOTHS, VASES, PICTURES and WINDOW SHADES. THE, DINING-ROOMS contain two CARPETS, two SOFAS, one SILVER. PLATED TEA SET, a full assortment of DISH K>. PLATES, Ac., including everything necessarj ft* carrying ou a First-class Restaurant. IN THE BED-ROOM will be found one MAHOGANY BEADSTEAD, tw- MATTRASSES, one FEATHER BED, Ac, full net of LINEN and BED CLOTHING. Parties desirous of ©pining a new business can not do better than attend this sale, aa It 1* believ.-.l that no better stand for a Restaurant is now in th« market. - de T7—M» WOOD FOR SALE.—We will sell, at New Kent Conrtho.ise, on tho FIRST DAT OF JANUARY NEXT, about FOUR THOUSAND CORDS OF PINE WOOD, situated on the Poor house land, near New Kent Courthouse, and with in two and a half miles of a good landing on the Pamunky river. Tkbms : Made known on day of *ale. JOHN T. HARRIS, JOHN MAYO, TAMES N. GODDIN, A T M. R. TUNSTALL, Overseers of Poor.

LOST, STRAYED ANDjFOTJ-n).

I*"* ST RAY.—Cam© to my J house, on the Westbam plans road, one and a half miles from Richmond, one WHITE-SPOTTED COW. The owner will please come ana \>*y charges and take her away. ,le 27_3t* UATEWOOP TALLEY. STRAY HORSE.—Taken lip, yestt r dav, on Franklin street, a HORSE, with WAOON attached, which the owner can get by calling on Franklin, third door. fromSixtn street, proving property and paying for thin advertisement. de 23—"U

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