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Aiasaanni af Re veray Johnson en the Test On«h.

— In the United States Supreme Court, to-day. pending! the case esparto A. H. Garland, bf Arkansas, aaking to he-allowed to practice a* ncouneellor, Hon. Reverdy Johnson delivered thS following argument against the enitstltu ** tionality of the Congressional test oath : «* There being no antecedent f____t__° •nr own, it is necessary to look >»»*,_ > __| ntttution Itself to see what P<^**% w _„ __?_ nnlly conferred upon Congress. These wnng Atated. Congress is authorised to |*ass all ne cessary >_vdproper law. to can a them into •Set: The*!Tpowers are to be so construed ns to effect the object they are dcs gned to ac sjonrplteh. It Is the doty ef the Courtto a* certain this, and then determine whether the legislation will defeat or secure the end. A restriction to the class of powers is that Con sressfthsll pass no erpost facto law or bill of attainder. The meaning of this is well un derstood to be any law which makes an act a crime which was not a crime when % the act was committed. But the law of 1 >»'."> does pun - i ish In point of fact, because it precludes the petitioner from the exercise of a lawful occu- Eation, and strikes at a profession in which ia holies and ambition, and support of hiin •elf and family, are involved. The punishment ia severe, cruel, and unexampled. It subjects him to all the obligations of the Constitution •while it takes from him all its advantages. The original act of 1863 was not made appli cable to attorneys in the courts of the United .States. Three years wero suffered to elapse, when some one In Congress, who may have been peculiarly sensitive, and who saw danger in every man who had taken part in the re bellion, introduced a biU applying the pro visions of the law to practicing attorneys. The biU was submitted to the Judiciary Com mittee of the Senate, and by an unanimous vote was rejected. It afterward, however, re ceived the sanction of the Senate. It was passed for the purpose of excluding the pe litioiiemnd all others similarly situated—to pnnishbv excluding them from the United States courts. It was not for conduct subse quent, but antecedent to the passage of the. statute. This act comes within the clear meaning of the clause in the Constitution that Congress shall pass no erpitst facto law or bill of attainder. No rights can be taken • away by law uuless the accused shall be first convicted of the offence charged; and these rights include the holding of office of emolu ment and trust. Snch laws as that of lS6.*i penal statutes. The Attorney-General had argued last Friday that the admission to practice in the courts is not a natural sight, but is created by law, and therefore may be regulated by law, and either given or taken away. But it is not true that Congress can by law prohibit the appearance of coun sellors In the courts of the United States. The Cons titnt ion provides that part ies charged with crime shall have the benefit of counsel, j and therefore Congress has no jurisdiction over that subject. It is true that every court la vested by the common law with power to j make regulations to exclude improper officers; j but Congress has no right to say who shall or j who shall not appear ns counsel. Theobliga-i tion which is imposed on Congress to create j courts carries with it an obligation on the part ; of the courts to admit counsel. The safety of j the citizen depends on the existence of the pro- Vision for the admission of counsel. The pre servation of liberty demands, as illustrated by the history of the world, that there should be ' Such a body of men. In all the revolutionary j ntrnggles and despotisms which have dis graced the world, the accused have been denied j counsel. Congress would convert itself into a tyranny if, while establishing courts, it should exclude such a class of men. The act of Con gress under review compels a man to swear against himself, while no power is given to the court to inquire into the facts. No man, by the Constitution, is compelled to testify against himself. The petitioner, with others, was in volved in the effort to establish their separate independence of the authority of the United States, and resisted it by levying war. The punishment for treason anterior to the passage of the act of 1865 was death or imprisonment; hut this act imposes an additional penalty, that persons thus accused shall not be admitted as attorneys in the United States courts. Congress, in lb«2, passed a law saying, whenever the President deemed it proper he might declare a gen eral amnesty, while the Constitution confers upon him the exclusive power of granting pardons and reprieves. The pardon places the recipient of it in the position in which he stood beforo the commission of the crime, j makes him a new man, and divests him of all antecedent consequences. Suppose this law of 1865 had been made a part of the act for the punishment of treason, and the man commit ting the crime had been pardoned, would it i not also have exempted him from the punish ment for the offence, and prevented him from "being excluded from practicing as an attorney in the United States courts ? The pardon covers every part of the offence, and Congress cannot, after the pardon has been granted, paes a law to punish for the offence pardoned. The I disgraceful fact is presented to the world that j Congress undertakes to interfere by denying the power of pardon, as conferred by the Con stitution exclusively on the President without limit. Congress cannot say to the petitioner, you shall be tried for treason after having been pardoned. If this was true of one class of crimes, it was true of all others." Mr. Johnson quoted from v arlons judicial opinions to fortify the points of argument by him presented. In conclusion, Mr. Johnson spoke as follows, whilst the most impressive silence was pre served: " Will the Court indulge me with a word or two more? Every right-minded man—every man who has within bis bosom a heart capable of hnman sympathy—who is not dead to aU the kinder and nobler feelings of our nature—who is not the slave to his own dishonor —of low, degraded passions, of hatred to his countrymen, or of political partisanship, solely bent-on Its own wretched triumph—reckless of the nation's welfare, but must wish, but must make It the subject of his daily thoughts and of hie prayers to God, that the hour may come, and come at once, when all the States shall be again within the protecting embrace and shelter of the "Union, enjoying alike its benefits, (and greater were never vouchsafed to man,) contented and happy and prosperous, sharing in its duties, devoted to its principles, and participating in Its renown." The Court holds the matter under r lvise ment, and has adjourned until Tuesday next.

C*Ai.iroßjfiA Gold.—ln the money article this morning will be found our usual annual table, showing the receipts of California gold nt this port during the present year. It will he seen that the aggregate is largely in excess of the two previous years. It appears that the total amount of treasure brought by sea from the auriferous regions of the Pacific ' elope during the last twelve years is upwards of three hundred and seventy-seven millions; but it must be remembered that these figures only represent the freight list of the steamers, nnd do not include the sums brought privately by passengers on their own and friends' ac counts, which, with the overland shipments from the new territories, would probably swell the total to more than five hundred mil lions. Since 1R54 our aggregate exports of specie have amounted, in round numbers, to four hundred and forty millions, or nearly four times as much as has come back to us from foreign countries. At the worst, however, we are now about two hundred millions better off in precious metals than we were twelve years ago.— yew York Herald. 9tveK to nis « Dpwbex."—An intoxicated Irishman walked overboard from one of the East Boston ferry boats on Wednesday nipht. 7 fhm iJ^ t w Vi^ oxtr heh *-d a short, dirty-look lag pipe in his mouth, and wh-n he was fished out of the water he still held the "dudeen " firmly clenched between his Ups. The oniv damage he sustained waa a thorough drench- To Battlb or New Obi.eaks—lt is pro posed to celebrate the anniversary ofethe battle of New Orleans on the Bth of January, In New York, with more than usual spirit. General Bendford has been invited to order n parade of the Brat division of the National Guard, and theTamntauy Society will give a dinner in the ■' " .~~~*SUS" " I .<__.» abo On. is Xabiob Oodbtt, Wbst Il*_. ,, ___* ~»__Mklrauu-. of Colorado, has re cently discovered some of the precious metal near the above place, and pronounces it as good «i any ha saw in Colorado. He has sent s sample of it to tbe mint. OU has been dis ■ recently near _tonington.-.j"u<rs»sn. nsßWreas died in Philadelphia a fsw _. __* T mUmUmm Hnnta de Iturbide, j f tlta farmer Emperor of Mexico. mmmmMmmmmmmmm

neftday » «_^ The wife armsof, and also •_ from £-Ksl£_d M la .till liv £? held over the body InJrmmmeimem on ThumdaT. Thia aflhlr. we from /oahua finding his I wlS"toointimate with another man Joshua, has kept out of the reach of the officer*. Ration (Maryland) Gaeette. If abbsomb Paasßßt.—Rev. Dr. Shaw, paste*' of the Brick Church in Rochester,-few York, having attained.the twenty-fifth year of his • ministry In that charge, his congregation celebrated the anniversary last week by a so cial festival, and presented him with a purse of ♦_,&*>. Johnß. Gough gave him a silver inkstand worth Hl.'iO. j CnABiTA«T.a BBorß^T—Fanny Hays Cohen. recently deceased in Philadelphia, bequeathed two thousand dollars to be emptoved _ build- i ing a Foster Home in thecity of Montreal, to , be called the -Fanny Hays Foster Home for orphan children of the Jewish persuasion. DBcBABBb.-Bhesa Allen, a venerable citizen of Shenandoah county, *t a., died on the 7th in-f I stant. He wn. one of those __*W__**_ d , j by the President as belonging to theah-J.ooo class. He participated in the war of ISLI, par ticularly at Crany Island. ■ During the past season five hundred marine disasters occurred on the lakes—a number nearty double the average for the last five years. A man named Parson S. Paromour has been fined five dollars, in Indianapolis, for saying in the street that he would be damned. Mr. Fay, recently the agent for the Daven port Brothers, is giving exhibitions to show the manner in which their tricks are per- | formed. Resolutions in favor of negro suffrage have, been indefinitely postponed in tho Missouri House of Representatives. Hon George WeHs has presented St. Anne's Church, at Annapolis, Maryland, with a fine boll, costing el ,000. Ward, the murderer of Walkor, in New York, has been sentenced to imprisonment for life. Major-General R. Ransom hns been elected captain of a militia company at Wilmington, N.C. The question of establishing free markets is under discussion in Boston. •

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GENTRY, Pioneer News Agent and Manchester Agent for Richmond Dailies. de 21—lw AYETTEVILLE (N. C.) MILITARY ACADEMY.—The exercises of this Institution have been resumed without tbe military feature, and an additional number of pupils will be re ceived for the balance of the session, which will terminate twenty-six weeks from the let of Janna rv, W65. The discipline and course of instruction will be the same as in similar schools, with the ex ! ceptlon of a thorough course in the Ancient Lan- j guages, embracing Latin and Greek composition. ; In Surveying and Engineering the instruction will be both theoretical and practical. • Arrangements j will be made at an early day to secure a complete set of Chemical and Philosophical Apparatus. No I pains or expense will be spared to make this ono of j tho best schools In the country. The buildings are located on Haymount. which overlooks the town of j Fayetteville, and which is remarkable for the ! healthiness of the location, the beauty of the scene ry, and the intell'gence, refinement, and high moral character of the "people. There is almost daily connection between Wilmington and Fay etteville 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 will be charged from the date of entrance, though It will be best to enter about the first of January, TERMS POBJPWESTY-SIX WEEKS PROM IST JASTART, 1866, PAYABLE IX ADVANCE ' Tuition $ 6<l I Hoard andlodglng 250 Washing, fuel and lights 20 Application for admission must be addressed to Major WILLIAM A. BANKS, i de 21—tlja Superintendent. O Kf_f_ POUNDS NEW SUGAR- Z«i/UU CURED HAMS, at 2» cents: [ _,zoo pounds NEW CURED SHOULDERS, at 18 2,000 pounds NEW BREAST PIECES, BRIGHT, at 22 cents; ! 20,000 pounds OLD SHOULDBRS, SWEET, at 19 i cents. - For sale by W. B. DAVIDSON, at George Watt A Cos, Franklin street, de 21—St Richmond, Va. T IQUORS.—LARGEST AND BEST ±A ASSORTMENT IN TOWN. WHISKY of every grade_. some very fine and old; OLD LONDON DOCK BRANDY, 1851; COGNAC BRANDY, dark and pale; SHERRY, PORT AND MADEIRA WINES, FINE OLD JAMAICA AND ST. CROIX RUM, SCOTCH AND IRISH WHISKY, CHAMPAGNE, best brands ; . CHERRY AND APPLE BRANDY, ENGLISH AND SCOTCH ALE AND PORTER, HOLLAND GIN, FINE HAVANA CIGARS, for sale In quautities to suit the trade, on best terms, by D. FERGCSON. de U—lm No. 44 Main street, Richmond. Va. JUST RECEIVED, SO BARRELS MOUNTAIN BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, | 60 BAGS MOUNTAIN BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, j 50 BARRELS RICHMOND SUPERFINE FLOUR, 50 BARRELS RICHMOND EXTRA FLOUR, 15 FIRKINS MOUNTAIN BUTTER, 200 POUNDS DRIED WHORTLEBERRIES, 35 BUSHELS CHESTNUTS, 200 POUNDS BEESWAX, on consignment, for sale by STEVENS k PEGRAM, Cary street, between Eleventh and Twelfth. dels_ts GUNS AND PISTOm—We invite the attention of the public to our stock of DOUBLE-BARREL SHOT GUNS, BREACH-LOADING RIFLES, I Smith snd Wesson's celebrated i BREACH-LOADING CARTRIDGE PISTOLS, COLT'S AND OTHER REVOLVERS. POWDER AND SHOT, - SHOT BBLTS AND POUCHES, ' POWDER FLASKS, he. # Orders received for any hind of SPORTING ! ARMB OR PIBTOLB. nrunxinu , j TTHMHNtA BUCKWHEAT FLOUR f O.ese pounds superior BUCKWHEAT PLODK* 60S pound, superior FRESH BOLL BUTTER »SSBounds fresh BIOS, um V; mMt 2W pound* fresh ALMONDB lis poind-.fresh CURRANTS. "*" ***• 26 boxes beet LA YBR RAISINS, in stow and ssUlna low. 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•fVICHMOND MUSICAI|EXC7«AIsOE 188 MAIN STREET, CORNER OF TENTH. JOHN W. DAVIES ASONS, Music Dealers and Publishers, _> respectfully submit the following as their BEMI : CATALOGUE or NEW AND POPULAR MUSIC.

SONGS. All Hail the Reign of Peace, (Pc»J w *__;.' -,_' Annie's Rcplvto Enoch Ardeti, (Everest) ■"£• A* the Moon's Pale Image. (Frans) ___" Antony and Cleopatra, {ecater__.. f >.._. 2£' Awake ye Bravo Sons of Erin, (Florence) **•■ At the Window, (Gabrie1).......•;.••••••• S£* Angels Listen when She Speaks, (Hiine) »«c. Assassin's Vision. The (Turner) 2« , Beautiful l« the Sea. (Cherry I ■"' Blighted Hopes, (Gosden) _£• Brook, (Dolores) • • • -_* , Boys are Coming Home, (Turner) «°c- Be'sure You sayViaojit, (Biirnot,) JJJ Blue-Eyed Nelly, (Blampln) «■• Buttery Hatch, (Hatton,) £*• Barcarole, (Reichardt) -_.' Betrothal, (S. D. 8,)._ Zl' , Bradley Clay, (Adam*).. "££• | Balmy and Soft, (P0rter).......... Si' Come Sing to me Again, (Hobson)..._.. ♦ •_♦_»_;♦__• Come Where the Sunlight Sleei>eth, (Campana).»e. \ Garena, (■rarest) We ' Constance, (Lindley).... Come When You will, I've a Welcome for Thee, (Lansden) _n-" Carrie Lee. (Clifford)... *£• i Darling is Here, (Hanz>..... *";• Day onr Mother Died, (__*>•._"___ __' Farewell, we Part Forever, (Rya^rL.....-......we. Fairy Nora Loves me Still. (Blumenscheim)....3oc. Fairy Watcher. (Emanuel)... _J* Green Shenandoah, (Turner) _g« „,ToweK*e^^ KauniinJ ik'&^^ac^^::]:::^:^ llf>w Sweet to Muscat Twilight Hour, (Gosden).»c. It was mv Mother's Voice, (Brume). ■ •_»«« _-v»_..♦__*.« I Wonder Why be Comes 'Not. (Chamberlain).. SOs. IdaMav, (J«>hnK0n)...............-••"••••••••••fj*- I'm Lonely Since my Brother Died, (Ke11er)....30c. In Forest flaunts, (Emanue1)............ »c- I Build a Bridge of Fancies, (t ricknar) We. Judith, (Converse).... •:■•:•>>* _;• Little Maggie May, (81amphin)....... *£• Leaf by Leaf tho Roses Fall, (Bishop) **. Lullaby Little One (Wood) •?••**'*• LetmyCarebe no Man s Sorrow, (Wnghton)..3o«,. Moon is Shining Brightly, The (Turner) 30c. Maud and Saliie, (McNaughton,) aw. | MaryMavourneen, (Balfe) •*in C " Mountain Boy, The Mother, Stars are Shining Bright, (St. G1air)....30c. I Masonic Ode, (Thomas)... , 35c- Minnie BliU, (Batchcldor). we. Near Thee, (McNaughton) _. Xellin Ray*. (Brockwav) 3,, c. NlshtisCshu and Cloudless, The (Hatton)....3oc. Night before jthe Battle, The (Louis) 30c. Noontide Dream, (Balfe)... 3oc. Nora. (Perry)...... ™ c - Notafie. (Bocbsa) £_« \ i ll'i . r Vt 1 IVrit. * • • _-•__.••••--•-•-••••• . w"t. . Oh ! king to nieYhVt dear old song, (Bassford)..3sc. j Old Don't Care, (8a5rf0rd).......... .-.. 40c. , _ Bright Pulse of B-THeart, (Kai.prfyL.......3oc. , OL ! say not Woman's Heart is Bought, (Whita- j 1t,.-) We. j Organ-Grinder, (Hunt) 40c. 0, What a World This Might Be, (Barker) 30c. Oil on the Brain, (Ea-tbni'ii)...... ;••••••_•; * 5 , c - Peace of the Valley is Fle>d,lhe (S. D. is.) 30c. Pa has Stuck lie, g*' Riches are Better than Love, (Long) .........60c. She Sang Among the Flowed, (Wnghton)....3oc. Sing, Birdie, Sing, (Genz)...... • ™ c - Sing me to Sleep, Father, (Loot.) j»oc. Still Security, (Frens)...... ....•_••••• *_■■ Shin that Never Returned, The (Work).... 30c. Solemn Music Grandly Pealing. (Barbour) 30c. Bleep Walt thou Sweet Angel, (A1»t)........... .30c. The Colonel from Constantinople, (Keller) 3;>c. Twilight, (Baresford).... ...-. 3°c. | The Old Brown Bible, (Hatton)...* 30c. Thoughts of Homo, (Ascher). ..............35c. When the Quiet Moon is Beaming, (fc chondorf) 50c. WlltThoujbe True, (Phillips)...... 30c. Wearingo r the Green, (Raphaelson) ..40c.

INSTRUMENTAL. La Belle dv Nord—Gallop, (Lemore) 85c. Blue Bird Polka, (Hasslerl *fc. Windmill Polka, (Birgfeld).... **. Sweet Visions Polka, (Haesler) B_e. Circassian Polka, (d* Albert) 60c. Turkish Polka, (Koingsberg) Mabel-Waltz. (G0dfrey)......... <sc. String of Pearls-Waltz. (Forbes) 50c. Song of the Wood—Waltz, (Tinney) 60c. Sweet Dreams—Waltz, (Clarke) <sc. That—Waltz, (Vase) 40cJ Budding Leaves, (Muller) 75c. Rustling Leaves, (Hoffman) 75c. Senuramisde Rossini, (Ascher) .1.2- Solitude, (Hoffman) 73c. Prayer at Sea, (Jasiensbi) 50c. Murmuring Stream, (Mociling) <»..50c. Triumphal March, (Hoffman).... .1.00 , Beautiful Dreamer, Virginia, (Baumbauh)....soc. La Traviata, (Sanderson) «oc. Midnight, [Patterson). »c. Crispin" c la Coinare, (Trade!) roc. A Midnight Barcarole, (Hopkins) 60c. Lalla Kouhk, (Ketterer) foe L'Africane, (Ketterer) 75c. Nocturne Pres De Toi, (Kuhe) . f ....3_c. Graziella, (Kuhe)......... 50c. Les Amours dv Diable, (Ketterer) 7ac. Sue Mare, (Kuhe) 40c.

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BANKS AND BANKERS, _ FARMERS' NATIONAL BANK OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. | ORGANIZED SEPTEMBER. 1865. j AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, $30,000. j NATHANIEL AUGUST, President. ! JOEL A. FITHIAN. Vice-President. j L. P. HULBURD, Cashier. J BOARD OF DIRECTORS. NATHANIEL AUGUST, JOEL A. FITHIAN, JOHN W. HALL, J. L. APPERSON, L. W. GLAZEBROOK, JOHN DOOLEY, ___ ! w. n. McVeigh, Walter k. martin, JOHN H. GREANOR, HUGH W. FRY, H. B. DICKINSON. TEMPORARY OFFICE ! No. 7'FOURTEENTH STREET, UNDER EX CHANGE HOTEL. This Bank will RECEIVE DEPOSITS, BUY AND SELL EXCHANGE on all the PRINCIPAL CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA AND EUROPE. Its services are respectfully tendered to all BANKS, BANKERS and OTHERS for the transac tion of business. Especial attention will be given to COLLEC TIONS on all available points in the South, and I prompt returns made. Highest price paid for Government securities. I SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. j With a view to encourage a spirit of economy, I especially among the laboring and salaried classes', I this Bask will receive dcpesSs and grant certifi cates therefor, payable with interest and on de mand without notice. This system is in extensive operation in the Northern cities and in Europe, and it* advantages are so apparent that nono having idle capital I should fail to avail themselves of its benefits, de 11—ts N. AUGUST, President.

I__ PROFESSIONAL CAR£S-__ | DR. GEORGE B. STEEL, DENTAL SURGEON., (Office on Main, between Seventh and Eighth streets, five doors above Spotswood Hotel,) RICHMOND, VA., I thankful for the liberal patronage bestowed upon him in the past, respectfnllv informs his friends and the public that he can still be found st his old stand, prepared with ev*>ry facility to per form all operations in DENTIST).Y uui'iliuly and In the best manner. ARTlri i.iau *_._«_ inserted upon GOLD, SILVER or VULCANITE. de 11—lm GEORGE B. STEEL, Dentist, i 11HOMA8 J. EVANS, ATTORNEY . AT LAW AND COMMISSIONER IN CHANCE RY, practices in tbe Courts of the City of Rich mond and the County of Henrico. Office on Franklin, second door from Sixth street. '

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HEADY-MADE CLOTHING RICHMOND CLOTHING BAZAAR, No. lis Maix rtbbet.

Messrs. LOBB BROTHERS, grateful for the very extensive patronage already extended to then, beg leave to renew their assu rances to the public of Richmond and vicinity that they are DETERMINED NOT TO BE OUTDONE in the presentation of unprecedented bargains In all the goods In their line, of which they hare con stantly on hand THE GREATEST VARIETY, j THE NBWEST STYLES AND FASHIONS. ' THE MOST DESIRABLE FABRICS, which it will be their aim to sell at PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES, and affording golden opportunities to the public ■ AND ONLY A LIVING PROFIT to themselves. They are now receiving direct from the best houses OF EUROPEAN MANUFACTURERS a very choice and well-selected assortment of FANCY BEAVER AND ENGLISH PILOT CLOTHS, suitable for OVERCOATS and WINTER CLOTHING OF ALL KINDS. to which particular attention Is Invited at the RICHMOND CLOTHING BAZAAR, No. lit Maix street.

IJ-BEP TOUR MONEY 2 i__ iSSEAmaaaMi^tl Manufactured at>FREDERICKSBURO, VIRGINIA, _-?_ ,n /l J Ale; IN BAR RELS and HALF BARRBLB; sUo, IN KBOS. for family use. Wholesale Agents for Rich mood, - -•"-»■' WILLIAM T. KING hCO. F>W»ER, POWDER.-We are piw pared la__rntsh the trade with s superior ar tide of BLASTING and SPORTING POWDER of all grades. C. D. YALB A CO., »*>!» Ist Iran Block, qorernor street. SEW YORK FRONT AND PAVING BRICKS. AWiMWS.onV; !»&*•>">" jjjggfcu. «<»aBI M UEjpA%,

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rpHE NATIONAL E9 jniESB AND A TRANSPORTATHW C ;OMPAMT, OfflCß ON aUIH BTBBBT , B*STWEEB T_HB. TIBNTH ANB fOUHTaT SNTH STREETS. RiCHMOND, VA., ] ARE NOW PBEJPARaV _» TO FORWARD CURRENCY. COI9. VU UABLES AHD FREIGHT TO POINTS NOHTH. 0 OUTH, BAST AND WEST. The tariff of charges. Is based upon fair business principles, without her Ing oppressive to the public. GOODS SHIPPE D FROM THE NORTH by steamships and m> irked to the care of the Na tional Express and Transportation Company will be promptly forwax> ded to destination FREE OF CHAI iGE FOR COMMISSION OH DRAYAGL. Goods called fr >r without charge and promptly forwarded. All desired in formation in regard to the extent of the lines op* >rat. d by this company furnished at any of the agencies on application. J. E. JOHNSTON, President. J. D. Imbodex, General Superintendent.

A CARD TO THE PUBLIC. THE PROPRIETORS ior TBI EUCHMOND MUSICAL EXCHANGE, ESTABLISHED IX 1832, j ESTROTED BY FIRE APRIL 3, 1865, AXD RE-OPENED NOVEMBER 1, IMS, beg leave respectfully to Inform the public and the 'musical community that THERE IS A MUSIC STORE IN RICHMOND, (despite the unblushing egotism and Impertinent Sine of all a .venturers to the contrary not tnding,) an 1 that at NO. 183 MAIN STREET, where they beg leave to say for FOR THE LAST THIRTY-THREE YEABB the largest and most select stock of SHEET MUSIC, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, he, in the city has ever been found. They are offer i ing to purchasers, and NOT TO INSURANCE COMPANIES, a splendid assortment of , CHICKERING'S PIANOS, STEIFF'S PIANOS, '(the only ones for sale in Richmond,) | MASON'S k HAMLIN'S ORGANS, UNIVERSALLY PRONOUNCED THE BEST IN THE .WORLD. i ALEXANDRE ORGANS, as well as ALL THE MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS OF THE DAY. j de -0-5t JOHN W. DAVIES A SONS. ! __ DRY GOODS, SHOEa&o. TJOOTS ANDSHOEKT JJ Having secured a small store and i cheap rent, I am determined NOT TO BK OUTDONE by any house In the city In the quality of my _. goods and the REASONABLENESS OF MY PRICEB. I intend to keep at all times a good assortment of all kinds of BOOTS, SHOES AND RUBBERS ; and the public can rely upon evervthlng I say, as I DO NOT MISREPRESENT. I have also for sale LADIES' AND GENTS' PAPER COLLARS AND CUFFS, _ of the best manufacture, snd can sell them CHEAPER THAN ANY HOUSE IN THE CITY. I have a large stock and ererv style. JOHN POLLOCK, Seventh street, between Main and Franklin. de 19—ts LL A HUTCHISON, ~ \ ffIMPOBTEBr» ABD JOBBEBS OP IONS AND WHITE GOODS, at the old stand of Thomas, Hcohes k CALDWatt, No. 7 Fourteenth street, between Main and Cary, RICHMOND, VA. The subscribers have formed a co-partnership, as above, and are now prepared to exhibit A WELL-SELECTED STOCK OF GOODS, purchased from FIRST HANDS, FOR CASH, and will he pleased to serve their old friends and the trade generally. JOHM W. HALL, formerly of Thomas, Haghes k Caldwell. EDGAR 8. HUTCHISON, formerly of McVeigh, Howard k Co., * c **— w Lynchburg, Va. T\IRECT IMPORTATION OP BRI- Jl/ TISH HOSE.-We have Just received, direct from Liverpool per brig Susan B. Thompson, ISO do-en BRIf ISH HoSE. which we offer, at whole sale or retail, at low prices. de M LEVY BROTHERS, DARBY A GENTRY (of tho llTt© flrrrt of Darby, Read k Gentry), wholesale "and re tail dealers in Boob*. Shoes. Ac. A No, agents for Weston* Metallic Artificial Legs nnd Wilcox k Gtbbs's Sewing Machines, Main street, second door above Tenth, north side, Richmond, Va. JOHN C. PAOE, Jr.. Dealer iiTßoot-i, Shoes, Trunks, Ac, Jl7 Main street,three doors from corner of Ninth, Richmond, Vs. de 11—ts KES\ MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S FUBB. •rival of UIONABLE HATB AND CAPS, for geutlemen. youths and boys. IBEAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. JOHN DOOLBY has reduced the prices of LADIES* PURS fully • twenty-five per cent. Ladles are particularly requested to take notice of this reduction. , The stock of HATS of aid qualities, from the coarsest to the finest fashionable Hat, ia fall, and will be found all that la desirable. Also, a large stock of low-priced NBA Mo HATS. de «~at Mo. MS BPOTtWOOP HOTEL. gHEET-IRON COAL SCITIfWAT

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RUNNING OF Tlfp timSSfS mmmmmmtV a^e-SW^f tins oftae rosd, after Friday, the tid e#&*s_*-? less, until tiSesasy, the M day of iaiaJSJSSS^' _ ~ , THOMAS DOTfrMEAD deis-iw "aiwf*httsmtm|

RICHMOND AND DANVHjp RAILROAD.-CHANMR OP HCIIEDI'I V ~ snd after TUESDAY, December »th the Pam. v n OER TRAIN on thb/rosd Will rsnL' BKr\* ,Jf " . Leave Richmond dally. Sundays executed __ 7 _■ A. M. Arrive at DsnrlHe ste.l/p M ** t7 ' 4W Leave Danville daily, Sundays exerted at £ __ A.M. Arrive in Richmond at lisp if! ** 5 * Trains connect at Burkevllle with trains on »k_ Southside railroad for Lynchburg, snd at Danriii with the trains on the Piedmont railroad H . Greeesboro', Charlotte, Ac ranroad f.. r . „ . THOMAS DOPAMEAIV __"_?. *___ Superlnt. iidem

VIRGINIA CENTRAL RAIJ_Roa The following regular trains will b- rnn this road on and after THURSDAY, Decern!.-»- A MAIL TRAIN DAILY (except on Sii-'i»r»> tween Richmond and Staunton, leaving Risb_k>n.i at 7.45 A. M. and Staunton at 8 A.M. _ ATRI-WEEKLY MAIL TRAIN, leaving $ta nn . ton at 7A. M. for the West, on Tuesdays, Thai., day* and Saturday*. THE MAIL TRAIN leaving Richmond c, __ , with trains on the ORANGE AND ALB_ _Yn»"V. RAILROAD. The DAY MAIL -l*£_U_f 122___ with STAGE COACH _j at StattntouV Lei»«2___* Winchester, Ac. *° *" •"** uwoti » Lexington, __. S* «* Staunton connects with STAIR W__m?____^° r A«ockbridge Bsths, Rockbridge albbJ Suljhur \ % ?* ,"„ a,l "« BPfl8 P fln *"** %tA « WhR ssuipnur fl< | 1,,,-rJHbarg. _ st.n. -EIGHT TRAIN between Richmond and *"* a _iton connects with Freight Trains on Ovsns. a -d Alexandria railroad for Lynch burg and Alex andria. FREIGHT will be sent to any point on the Oranz, and Alexandria railroad without change of car-. ' Goods purchased in Northern cities can be «. Nt direct to any station on this road where the corn ps* _ has an agent by consigning .them to STE PHEN HUNTER, General Fjcight Agent, Rich mond. The charge for the transit through Rich roond, Including wharfage, drayage, storage and commissions, will not exceed ten cents per or.» hundred pounds, and on heavy articles will be much less. Freights will be collected at destina tion. Through tickets can be purchased at this Lynchburg, Bristol, KnoxviUe, Chattanooga 1.. \ Dalton. Ticket* to Lexington, Va., at sll. Freight offlce at Richmond closed at IP, M, " 2 H - *?• WHrii*V>Mß, de 11—ts General Supo-iiltendent.

Orrica Richmoxp, FaßnEßirKrocan a.vi.) Potomac Railboau Cobpaht, > Rtcbmobd, October 27, IMS. ) THE QUICKEST AND MOST TH RECT ROUTE TO THE NORTn AND WEST, RICHMOND, FRET>ERr£n™HJ"r.G AND POTOMAC RAIfcRoAD. THROUGH TO WASHINGTON IN SEVEN AND! HALF HOURS. TWO THROUGH TRALNSJeave ** Depot, rom** Broad and Eighth street. Shockoe Hill, DAILY! (Sunday nightjßtosrwu.) at 7 A. M. aud I P.At and arrive In Washington at 2.15 P. M. and 4,20 _. M. v connecting with tne EARLY AFTERNOON AND MORNING EXPRESS TRAINS FOR THE NORTH AND WEST. THROUGH TICKETS TO ALEXANDRIA. WASH INGTON, BALTIMORE PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, AXD To ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES IN TnE WEST AND NORTHWEST. BAGGAGE checked through to Alexandria, Washington, Baltimore Philadelphia and Sew York, accompanied by through Baugage Masters. Passenger* breakfast and *up at ASHLAND, mil dine on board POTOMAC STEAMERS. For further information and through tickets, ap ply at the office of tbe Company, corner Breed and Eighth streets. Shockoe Hill; .it tho offlii of R. 11. STROTHER, Exchange Broker, Main street, between Eighth and Ninth, nearly ftp. posite Spotswood Hotel, and at Messrs. THoMAS & RICHARDSON'S Commission Hoiinx „ n tt j{ street, between Main uud !*£_*» \ n r( , ht ot bt. Charles Hotel. SAMUEL RUTH. ' t v rs__, ■__ n ,-~ . Superintendent. J. B. GfxtbY, General Ticket Agent. Locis Ziuubb, General Western Agent. _____ dell-lm

SP EC I A iTATTISI*ITO>N OP THK _Tr_£F_r?f' , ___-¥i__. YO «K AND - -* VIRGINIA STEAMSHIP COMPA NY—ESTABLISHED IN IS-I.—This 1 old and long-established Company,! in order to regain its former position, wtncii was in terrupted by the late war, has, at considerable ex pense, just completed the building of two supe rior eide-wheel Steamship*, vii : the NIAGARA AND THE "SARATOGA.' In point of strength, speed and finish, *h* public will soon discover that they are. nneqjMil ed, and in command of experienced and skillful seamen, viz t Captains GEORGE W. COUCH snd A. L. KING. The Pursers are well known to ilm community, vli: Messrs. WILLIAM O. aud J. M. SMITH. | These Steamers will leave Tier No. 21. North river, New York, alternately every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY at 3 o'clock, P. M. i Returning, they will leave Richmond every TUESDAY and SATURDAY on flood-tide, tench lug at City Point and Norfolk each way to tea i and receive passengers. As they will come directly to the wharf at Rock etts, the necessity for transhipment is avoided. For expedition and security, this route, as pa-t experience has proven, will be found the best la every respect. Insurance, If at all deemed aeces* ***__ ca ' l he effected on the inoet moderate .emu. • Tne frequent changes too, incident to the " In land Sea" or Chesapeake Bay route, which in *n injurious to cargo, is avoided ; Independent of which, in the event of any claim fur auaurr Tr ior packages going astray, which may occasional- parties shipping their goods by this Has will have but one carrier to look to for redress, a* there Is no connection with other lines or carriers. All goods consigned to the agents in New fork, for any part of the Uuited States that can be reach ed by railroad or vessel, or, indeed, for any fo reign destination, will be forwarded with prompt itude. In the construction of these Steamers, special at tention has been paid to the finish and comfort «>f the Saloons and State-Rooms, in order to indues travel by them. By tins route the passenger avoids the msnv changes Incident to all. of tbe other routes la reaching New York or in returning hom<-, inde pendent of the Comforts by this safe and easy mode of travel. Its cheapness, over all others, is a mat ter of special attention and consideration. Passengers can secure their tickets and state rooms either on board or at mv office. Freight solicited each way," and by sppllcstbin the rates will be found moderate. When ordering, goods from New York, the pa trons of the llnej are requested to order by t!>* " Old Line, New York and Virginia Steamship Company," Pier 21, North river. Remember that there is no transhipment of ."<«!« -Dy this line, and insurance, if deemed at all ac cessary, can be effected for a trifle. The agents are ('. II El NEK EN A PALMORB, New York ; J. M. SMITH A BRO., Norfolk ; _|- VAN A BRO., Petersburg: JOHN 11. PIMBER TON, Danville ; McDANIEL A IHBY, Lv.,r!,l.ir;. GARRET F. WATSO.V.v -;, de 21—Jm Richmond FOR NBW YORK.—ATLANTIC MAIL ST I A M 8 H 1 P COM - PA NY—The splendid ii«w side wheel steamship HATTERAS. Law is' Pabbish commander, ALBEMARLE,I A. Boraxe commander, leave Richmond ey.ry TUESDAY and SATURDAY : leave New fork WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY. „ These SHIPS are entirely new, and were built expressly for tbe route. __ They have splendid SALOONS snd KTATK ROOMS, and tbe FARE, ACCOMMODATIONS aud ATTENTION are unsurpassed. Passage, Meals snd Stale-rooms Included, FLi teen Dollars. Goods shipped by this Line are landed regular* at New York, on the Company's covered p*«f, within forty-eight hours. _ , Shippers are Invited to notice that the «__ damage and lons by handling, and »spc*ore from frequent re-shipping, _» on other lines, is eeutees by this route. Freights for points beyond New York will be for warded with dispatch, and no charge made exc*P* actual expenses incurred. . These shins discharge cargo in New Tork st WM So. SS North river, and the Company's snaawss for Wilmington, North Carolina; Charleston. *_ vannah. Mobile snd New Orleans, leeve from iw l same pleri Goods for these points can be trans ferred without expense or exposure. . ln*v ranee is very low by these ships, snd in* economy iv time, insurance, and condition * v Which goods are delivered, make* this ths cUjar; est route from Virginia. Insurance effected *• lowest rates, when ordered. AGENTS: IdVWiaSTOX.POXhCO.. _ . Ul Bjrosdwsy, 6AMURLAYHKB•^o.. ttty Point aad Pelersbar_ 8. C. ELLIOTT; i-• _ , Tr-*-*-*-*******' Virginia. For freight or passage, apply to !_ _ SAMUWAffctsACO. Agent-. Oslce Iron- front Baildi ngs, Oeversor strjet, op ; peaMe First National Bank? de tu-*n

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