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THURSDAY .DECEMBER 28, 1860. High Water. This phrase we have chosen for a heading to this article, which Is devoted to a considera tion of high prices, inasmuch as we know nothing Mir illustrative of the one than the other. The rising, whirling and eddying wa ters cause a great disturbance of the ordinary pursuits of life, and drive people to desperate exertions to save themselves and their effects from being swallowed np. In like manner a community struggles to sustain themselves in the midst of high prices—to keep their heads above the high-water rates which have inva ded and are rapidly submerging everything about them. They retreat from point to point, parting with their movables for safety, until, unincumbered and homeless, they take refuge in the tree-tops and await the falling of the waters! The contemplation of that condition of things, in which all the necessaries of life are high, and rents stiU higher, while occupation is limited and vast numbers of people are with out anything to do, is painfnl enough ; to be one of those, laboring under its effects, qufte insupportable. This is the condition of this city at the present time. The high water pre vails, and people are sorely troubled to escape it. Rents are beyond all precedent; even un der the Confederacy they did not reach the present climax until 1564, we believe. Land lords could not keep pace with the depreciating Confederate and it was only in the lat ter part of the struggle that they elevated themselves to the extreme indicated by the rapidly falling financial thermometer of Mr. Mbbbixoer. But having gotten at last to this elevation, they seem to be entirely unable to come down ; they are like the saitor at the top of the mast—they cannot safely look down, but keep their eyes towards the horizon across the waste of waters. Rents are from three to five times the rea sonable rates which could be sustained by the business of this city. Immediately after the surrender of the city, speculators and adven turers flocked thither under the impression that there was a field for fortunes here with out precedent. Business stores were scarce, and the demand for them became so great, landlords found that any price they would ask was Teadily paid. Indeed, they often regretted, after renting at enormous prices, that they had not asked more, since others had possibly obtained higher prices. The adventurers brought large stocks of goods and exposed them to sale to a community little better than one of paupers. People beheld the display who had no money to buy. But for the pre sence of the army, with its disbursements, and the sale of a little tobacco that had been saved, the new-comers* would have sold no goods and taken in no money. The result was that some failed and others left with their goods in disgust, while few that were the first in the field have remained to endure their disappointment. Unfortunately for that commercial commu nity which has taken more the appearance of permanent residents, rates are but slightly di minished. They have to bear up under the extravagant rents which the adventurers es tablished. Not only are they oppressed with the rents in the business part of the city, but private dwellings are no less expensive. Fami lies are compelled, to some extent, still to pur sue the economy of sub-renting and room keeping, which was introduced under the refti geeing and scarcity of the Confederate times. Board is also dear in proportion to rent, and business and enterprise of all sorts are bur thened and straitened in a manner highly in jurious to trade, as It most be, under the re action which will come, to landlords also. We know too much of the history of high prices and financial troubles to expect an easy solution of those we now complain of. The remedy must come in due time. The landlord is seldom disposed to reduce the rent to a tenant that is in his house. A failure and a change of tenants—the old one going out and the new one coming in, with the advantage of the reduction as a condition precedent to his occupation—is the only mode in which the change can be well established. But that the reduction must come is certain. The business of this city, nor any city that we know of, save, perhaps, New York, can justify such rents. If it does not at this time justify it, can we be encouraged by contemplating the fu ture ? Certainly not. There is no tobacco made this year in Virginia, and we have abso lutely not a single staple article in sufficient abundance for exportation, and cannot have until the ensuing wheat crop, the character of which no man can foretell. What are to be our resources then in the interim ? None that we know of, save the money that may flow in by the sale of lands to emigrants, speculators, and mining and manufacturing companies. This would be immense, if the wealth of Vir- ' ginia \v< fully understood among the men who have money to invest. Whether fuUy appreciated or not, there wiU be a large in coming revenue from this source, but not in a current sufficiently rapid, nor yet so imme diately concentrated in this city, as to au thorize or maintain the present high rates of rents and all the articles which support Ufe. That there must be a great reduction, every one must know, and the sooner we prepare for low water the better. Manifest Destiny—A New Phase. Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, tells the world that the sons of the Pilgrims have never failed in anything they undertook, since they first began to be known by that interesting de signation ; and as they are just at this time engaged in a variety of enterprises, this an nunciation can be regarded as nothing less than a warning to all the world a**d the rest of mankind not to offer an unavailing opposi tion. The great locomotive, New England, it seems, is on the railroad of Destiny, dragging along the thirty-odd cars that pass for States ; and woe to him that doesiot clear the track as it comes thundering on i.i its irresistible ca reer. Now, we take issue with the Senator upon the facta involved in his statement. We put aside the well-known truth that New Eng land would have cut but a sorry figure in the re volutionary war had she not received the as sistance of Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia; and come to events under the Constitution—that is, since 1789. And here we take the Überty of say lag that, until the late war,—which, it must to acknowledged, she contributed more than any other portion of the United State* to bring about-she scarcely ever succeeded in anything. Even in that war, while her fanatical spirit animated the contest, her individual aid was comparatively small. She seems to have depended mors upon substitutes from foreign era and negroes than upon the valor of her own population, leaving to the Great West and to the Middle States the heat and burden of the day, while she contented herself with claiming all the credit, after they had won the aght. But before that time her success in the Union had been absolutely nothing. She nominated, it la true, the second President; but after one term he was overwhelmed as by an earthquake. Her laaaenoe was not felt in the National Qapmftla for many years after wa«*K The whole policy of the General Go ver—Xh najHupMOil Uon to her wishes. Con- Wnm fat tM embargo and non-Importation hum apon her, at spite of her remoaetraaens, opposition of every kind-

They ruined half he* merchants, and left all her ships rotting at the wharves; bnt she did not succeed In shaking them off. She op posed the war qf 1818, and extended her oppo sition to the verge of treason. Many think some of her sons actually committed treason. But she could not- prevent the war from be ing declared, nor had she any Influence in producing the peace. She opposed the tariffs of ISI6 and 1834, but they passed, in spite of her, and in spite of the gigantic labors of Daxiki Wbrbtrr, the greatest man ever born on her soil. She succeeded in pass ing the, tariffs of 1529 and 1832 (for her policy had changed); hut they were so odious that they nearly produced a separation of the States, and were repealed or compro mised away to prevent the actual occurrence of that threatened catastrophe. She succeed ed in electing Job* Qtriscv Adams, but all her efforts could not prevent his utter overthrow four years after his election. Indeed, the Sons of the Pilgrims, so far from succeeding in all they undertake, failed in every undertaking from the adoption of the Constitution to the opening of those sectional disputes which brought on the late*war. Even in these they were foiled for a long time, and very notably In the case of the Missouri restriction.! The side to which Sew England belonged suc ceeded in the late war. The side to which the Dutch belonged was triumphant at Water loo. Some Dutchman actually claimed for his countrymen the credit of having gained the victory. This was, of course, an absurdi ty, but it was not a greater absurdity than ' the claim of New England to a triumph ob tained by the united arms of twenty-four States. Besides, Senator Wn-sojr should re flect that the end is not yet. In another year, if the New England party go on as they are going on now, they may be beaten at the polls, and expelled from power and plunder. Who knows ? . A Quiet Government. The Washington Chronicle, remarking upon the plan of creating a commission for the go vernment of Washington city and the District, and thus relieving her citizens of the trouble of voting and the cares of their own govern ment, very complacently says: " There is a growing feeling among the members of Conßress in favor of such a city government as will dispense with the present municipal organi zation, and, at the same time, with the machinery of voting. The plan is to create a commission, to consist of citizens eminent for integrity, energy, intelligence and experience. We can almost ima gine the future of the District of Columbia and the ; city of Washington with a government constituted of such citizens—men who would not administer the affairs either in a mercenary or in an extrava gant spirit." This is, indeed, a happy prospective for a very much exercised community. The people of Washington would be delighted with it. Gladly would they get rid of one hundred and fifty rulers, and submit to the authority of a few citizens of M integrity, energy, intelli gence and experience!" Whether these vir tuous men would long remain so, time only could answer. But the people would risk it, and throwing off the " machinery of voting" and the dreaded hundred and fifty, betake themselves to their own affairs in a quiet and secure manner. They are in an excellent frame of mind to philosophize upon human govern ment—to contrast the evils of the " one man power" and the rule of many men. l|uite ready are they, no doubt, to try government in the retail way, having seen enough of its wholc \ sale nature. Humanity in most phases is much more tolerable in homoepathic* doses than in copious draughts. We look forward anxiously to the future Washington—where there will be no vot'uvj—no electioneering—no bad speeches of corrupt politicians (except in the capitol)— and where the people will be quiet, orderly and well behaved—free from agitation and so licitation. They will enjoy the supreme feli city that many a persecuted voter has sighed for, from the bottom of his heart, viz. : tM> will have no vote to give ! Immigration. In order to facilitate immigration to Vir ginia, practical means and agencies must be employed, under the direction of the Legisla ture and by associations organized -for that purpose. We have to encounter competition for labor in both the North and West, espe cially the latter. These competitors have agents at New York and other seaports, who meet the newly-arrived immigrant - upon the wharf, place him in comfortable quarters, of fer him a free ticket to his future home, and, by many other inducements, seek to secure a new recruit in the ranks of Westera industry. We should have our own agents on the ground with like facilities of transportation, and with instructions to furnish full intelligence to the newly-arrived European of the superior at tractions, which Virginia offers in soil, climate, established society, nearness to market, and manufacturing and commercial capabiUties. Measures should be taken to provide a general depot for then- here as soon as they arrive, where they may find food and lodging, and where they may communicate with those, who are engaged in the business of finding them homes. The expenses which a system, ample and efficient in its provisions, might involve, should be cheerfully borne by both the com mercial and agricultural community, for to the merchant it brings customers, and to the farmer an intelligent and reliable kind of la bor, increasing the value of his lands be yond calculation. We would suggest here that it is, perhaps, not advisable to insist upon an engagement by the year with immigrants as a sine qua non. No such condition is made in contracts with Western emigrants. Few persons are aware of all that immigra tion has accomplished for the West, and, in deed, for the United States in general. With out that fertilizing addition to our population, the West would be now a wilderness, and the United States a fourth-rate power. This as sertion is not made at random. It has been shown in an able statistical treatise that the difference in the population of the United States produced by immigration is 12,432,150. If immigration had been cut off in 1790 onr population would have been in 1850 what it was in 1820. It has, in fact, placed the United States thirty years forward in that essential element of prosperity. Hitherto, owing to the ignorance in Europe of the extraordinary re sources of the South and the system of slave labor, this vast stream of immigration has only scattered a few drops within our borders. Census returns show that six out of seven em igrants from Europe have settled in the free States. - Labor is now the vital demand of Virginia, and we hope that the Legislature, upon its again assembling, will speedily organize mea sures to secure what is needed. A Jamestown Festival. We never read the accounts of the annual festivals of Plymonth Bock without wonder ing that the people of Virginia had not, in like j manner, commemorated the virtues of the men who first planted at Jamestown the banner of civilization on this continent. It is by such commemorations, rather than by history or tra dition, that man keep alive, in all its freshness, the spirit of a great ancestry, and not only render just homage to their fame, but identify the affections of the living with the glorious dead, and transmit their illustrious example from generation to generation* The founders of the Virginia colony entitled themselves to as distinguished honors at the' hands of their posterity as any founders of em pire in ancient or modern times. Their great leader, Captain Jobr Smith, who, by the way, gave New England Its nam*, and made a map of that colony that la stlU considered valuable, was one of the master spirit* of the age, equal*

ly distinguished by heroic actions and practi enl sense, and second to no man but one in the annals of Virginia's illnetrions sons. The lg nre of this man stands ont in hold relief noon the page of history—the moat energetic, the moat intrepid, the most chlvalrlc, and yet the most common-sense and practical man of his time. The trnth that, for all great more menu and changes In human society, Provi dence has ever in reserve some man chosen to carry out its designs, wasnever more striking ly illustrated than in the Ufo and labors of Captain John Smith, but for whose Individual strength of character and complete adaptation to the work bo had to do, the settlement at Jamestown would have been a disastrous fail ure. We have no disposition to detract from the merits of any of the other ploneers'of civil ization in the Western world. Nearly all the great nations of Europe made vari ous attempts to plaht the germ of empire upon American soil. In addition to the re presentatives at Jamestown and Plymouth of the Anglo-Saxon race, there were the Swedes, French, Spaniards, and those Dutch of New Amsterdam who, in the veracious and charm ing chronicles of Dibdricb Knicrbrbocrer, are embalmed for immortality. The descend ants of those last htill keep up, as well they may, an annual festival in honor of the days of Peter Stctvesant, Worter Van Twillbh, and the broad-bottomed and many trowsered burghers who laid, with much deliberation and the patient industry of beavers, the foun dation of what is now the Empire City. But none of all these European settlers of America have a higher claim to the admiration and af fection of their descendants than the founders of the Virginia colony and the class of En glishmen which they chiefly represented. With the royalist principles of the Cavaliers and their undying devotion to the house of Srr art, we may have no sympathies. We may wish that the objects of their loyalty had been worthy of such fidelity and attachment, and we dare say that wish was no stranger to their own bysoms when James the Second succeeded in alienating from himself the old est and best friends of his family. We have nothing to do with their politics, which were errors of the head rather than the heart, but we cannot consent that their intelligence, their fidelity to principle, and their social and house hold virtues, shall be thrown into the shade by the superior homage which is now paid to another and more progressive portion of the British people. We believe that it will be found upon examination that the Cavaliers contributed as much to the literature, the phi losophy, the eloquence, the statesmanship, the soldiership, the intellect of England in every department, as any other class of her people. Nor were they the dissolute and reckless race j that it has been customary to represent them. htACAVLAT. observes of the Puritans that it is unfair to judge them by the sanctimonious hypocrites and evil men who were found in their number, because power always attracts to its support adventurers and soldiers of for tune, who will embrace any cause and make any profession, political or religious, which will • advance their personal success. We claim that the Cavaliers shall be judged by a like charitable standard, and that the same influence of power, which they possessed so much longer than the Puritans, shall be permitted to relieve them, also, from the I odium which has been brought upon them by the licentious and unprincipled sycophants and retainers of rank and authority. What ever the revelry of the times and Court of Chahles the Second, (and an era of more shameless dissipation in the immediate circle of the Court could not well be found,) the great body of the country gentlemen throughout the kingdom was a simple, virtuous, manly and noble race, pre-eminently distinguished by frankness, honesty, truthfulness, hospitality and courage. There was as much purity, hap piness and religion in their households as in any other British houses, and the contribu tions of their divines to the cause of Christi anity- are among the most cherished books in all theological libraries ; reservoirs of thought and learning, from which generation after generation have drawn, and which will con tinue to supply the Christian world with ar gument and exhortation for ages to come. Such was the character which was stamped upon the Virginia colony, and whose destinc tive features are yet visible in Virginia house holds. The country life and its home virtues, of the England of their day, was transferred to a new continent. Of this race, Captain John- Smith was a noble type, and from it sprang the greatest of mankind.GEOßOß Washinotox, and a long line of the most illustrious men of this hemisphere—men who not only inherited the social and domestic virtues of their forefathers, but who, with pen and sword, achieved the liberties of America, and whose sagacious statesmanship, practical wisdom, and trium phant energy, advanced this country upon a march to prosperity and power unexampled in its rapidity and magnificence in the history of mankind. • If wo would keep more continually before us the memory of our forefathers, we should not only do honor to them and ourselves, but find an incentive to enterprise and hope in our present condition. Widespread as the wreck of fortunes, which has followed the war, it pre sents no such difficulties and discouragements as served only to nerve the resolution and de velop the energies of the men who rescued this country from a howling wilderness and made it bloom and blossom like the rose. W e have only to emulate their enterprises, their perseverance, their constancy, their faith, to restore the fallen fabric of our prosperity, and to make Virginia what she was in old times— a star of the first magnitude in the American firmament. Governor Peirpoint and the Land Tax. We learn that Governor Peirpoint will this morning proceed to Washington city for the purpose of making an arrangement with the Secretary of the Treasury whereby the Legis lature of Virginia may assume the payment of the taxes on land due to the General Govern ment by the people of this State. We embrace this opportunity—one not having previously offered itself—to unite with the people generally in ascribing to Governor Peirpoint a most commendable disposition to render the situation of our people as tolerable as circumstances will allow; to consult the general good, in his official acts, the public wishes in his appointments, and, in a word, to put a glove upon the mailed hand of war which now holds us in its grasp. We can say of his administration, as General Grant says of the conduct of the people of the Southern States, that "it is much better than could reasonably have been expected." Thr New Vorr Herald and thb Platers.— The war between the New York Herald and the theatrical and operatic force of that metro polis has not yet reached an end. There is no prospect of an armistice even, as far as we can see, between the belligerent forces. One of the New York journals claims, indeed, that the Herald has suffered-severe punishment, and is, financially, much damaged. From this ac count, we should judge that the opposite party had got Mr. Bennett's venerable head in chancery, and had considerably spoiled Its pro vervial beauty. We are disposed, however, to receive this statement with some doubt.— : There is a good deal of vitality in the New York Herald, and no contest with so long and heavy a purse can be short, sharp, and dcci-, sive. The veteran of that Journal has had too much experience of all kinds of warfare to be so summarily disposed of. If the Herald oyer goes under, it will he by the superior ability, c

energy and reeouroea of its newspaper canape j titers, ana hot by «he onset of the players, however reliant and sustained He is no paste board knight, to be brought down at the throat ofa theatrical lance, bnt a grim olef Seat, poe* sessing all the sinews of war, and with aa many lives as a cat., "A Lie, with a Ciraimsta&ce." A sensation correspondent, of the New York Herald, speaking of the holiday stoppage of the freight trains on the Richmond and Dan ville railroad—the constant practice every Christmas—calls it a " rebel precautionary movement" against negro mobs, and says that " the wicked flee when no man pursueth." The correspondent is a wicked fiea himself, or some other buzzing, troublesome insect. Not the slightest fear has ever been entertained of any trouble from the negroes. The paymaster went np with 913,000 on Saturday, and did not even carry a guard. This story shows how little foundation these correspondents require to make a mischievons report. Colonel Doda mead has already corrected the statement in the Lynchburg Virginian. General Lee-Letters Written in 1861. The Old Guard, of New York, pnbUshes the following letters, (new to ns,) which show the high ground taken by General Lee in the be ginning of the late civil war, and which was maintained by him to the last: " Arlinhton, Va., April 20,1861. " General,—Since my interview with you on the ISth instant, I have felt that I ought not longer to retain my commission in the army — I therefore tender my resignation, which I re quest you will recommend for acceptance.— It would have beenmaresented at once but for the struggle it cost me to separate myself from a service to which I have devoted all the best years of my life and all the ability I pos sessed. M During the whole of the time—more than a quarter of a centnry—l have experienced nothing but kindness from my superiors, and the most cordial friendship from my comrades. To no-one,-General, have I been as much in debted as to yourself for uniform kindness and consideration, and it has always been my ar dent desire to merit yonr approbation. I shall carry to the grave the most graceful recollec tions of your kind consideration, and your, name and fame will always be dear to me. "Save in defence of my native State, I never desire again to draw my sword. Be pleased to accept my most earnest wishes for the continuance of your., happiness and pros perity, and believe me most truly yonrs, R. E. Lee. " Lien tenant-General Winfiehl fkott, Com manding United States Army." A copy of the preceding letter was enclosed in the following letter to a sister of the Gene ral, Mrs. A. M. : " Arlington, Va., April 20, IS6I. " My Dear Sister,—l am grieved at my ina bility to see you. * * * I have been wait ing for ' a more convenient season,' which has brought to m.sny before me deep and lasting re gret Now we are in a state of war, which will yield to nothing. The whole South is in a state of revolution, into which Virginia, after along struggle, has been drawn, and though I rccog nine no necessity for such a state of things, and j would have forl>orne aud pleaded to the end j for redress of grievances, real or supposed, yet j in my own person I had to meet the question ] whether I would take part against my native j State. With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my j ! mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home. I have, therefore, re signed my commission in the army, and save j in defence of my native State, with a sincere | hope that my poor services may never be need- j ed, 1 hope I "may never be called on to draw my j sword. "I know you will blame Bee, but you must think of me as kindly as you can, and believe that I have endeavored to do what I thought right. To show yon the feeling and .struggle! it has cost pie, I send a copy of my letter to General Scott, which accompanied my re- j signation. I have no time for more. »« * * * May God guard and protect you and yours, and shower upon yon every bless- Ing, is the prayer of your devoted brother, "R. E. Lee." Description of Congress. Bennett has no respect for the present Con gress. The last New York Herald says : "Ordinary men, they come from their coun try villages to the seat of government with aM the passions, prejudices and narrow views j of local politicians. They are full of the ideas and feelings of the war after it is over and fast becoming a matter of history. Events, with mighty strides, rush on like railroad cars, and leave them gazing in wonderment behind.— They are bewildered, and flounder about in uncertainty, first one way and then another, not knowing rightly where they are. It is a pity they cannot be sent back to their constitu encies to find out the change that has taken place. A year or so, however, is not long in the life of a nation, and the time will soon come round when they will be taught an im pressive lesson. In the meantime we do not despair of the progress of the country ; for President Johnson has the wisdom, power and firmness to carry us safely through, in spite of the unrepresentative Congress with which he may have to contend. _ The New Minister to Mexico.—Hon. Lewis D. Campbell, who was a few days ago nomi nated to the Senate as Minister to Mexico, in place of General Logan, who declined, was formerly a member of Congress from the Day ton district in Ohio. The following is a brief sketch of his life: " He was born in Franklin, Warren county, Ohio, August 9th, 1811. He was originally a printer, and many years an associate editor of the Cincinnati Gazette. Subsequently he studied law, which profession he practiced until he was elected to Congress in IS4S. He served in the House of Representatives from December, 1849, until March, 1857. In the memorable session of 1835-*t?, when it took the House more than two months to elect a speaker, Mr. Campbell was the caucus nomi nee of the Republican party, and received their votes as long as there was any chance for his election. They subsequently nominated and elected Mr. Banks under a "plurality" rule, adopted for the occasion. In that Congress Mr. Campbell was Chairman of the Commit tee of Ways and Means, and acquitted himself with great credit. He is a man of considera ble ability and of extensive experience in pub lic affairs. He is also a very brave and reso lute man. In politics, Mr. Campbell is a Re publican, but not of the ultra school, and in social life a very generous and estimable gen tleman." Confederates in Canada.—A correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, writing from To ronto, Canada, gives the following information concerning several Confederate officers: " I met here General John C. Breckinridge, General McCausland, Colonel Harry Gilmore, Major John Castleman, Captain Hinds, and others who had been ollicers in the armies of the Confederacy. General Breckinridge looks and is in perfect health. It was represented during the war that his hair had turned from jet black to silvery white. That was a mistake. A few grey hairs are perceptible about the locks, that is all. He is keeping house in a humble, retired way. He is much respected by the citizens, and is invited to two or three parties a week, at Ahe residences of the first families. He is a great walker, walk ing from six to ten miles a day while the wea ther permits such exercise. He is a hard stu dent, reading a great deal. All the gentlemen here from the Confederate army conduct them selves with great propriety, and are treated with respect and attention by the citizens.'' -—en— Death or ar Old Citizen or Alabama.— We learn from the Huntsvllle Advocate that Cap tain F. T. Mastin died at his residence, near that place, on the 17th instant. Captain Mas tin was a native of Virginia, whence he re moved to Huntsvllle in 1818. He was for many years one of its leading merchants, and was distinguished for his intelligence, enter prise and probity. Ata meeting of the Presbytery of Cincinnati, held December 23d, in the Second Presbyterian Church, they solemnly suspended the Rev. M. L. P. Thompson from the Gospel Ministry, earnestly exhorting him to true and deep re pentance and to fruits meet for the same. Ha was charged with, and confessed, impurity of conduct and deception. < Judge John A. Campbell, formerly a Judge of the United States Supreme Court, is on a visit to onr city— S*w Orleans Picayune, KM*. Major-Geaeral George B. McCnUlaa, Jr., was born at Dresden, November la, IK*.

UvSfwK, both of this city. LIA ATMILLBa% of this shy. DIED. Da the »tb instant, fAlfltlß MClfoTns only chlfd $ William 3. ktid Sallle K. Ipps, aged two months. enannnnnnnnnannßnmni Fcneral iforicß-The remain" DEANB having been w«»oved from Pointi/*j> •ottothis e»r % *e u fßn ??A^ i U n % Tf?r?MDAT Temperance Rail. Church Hill,JWpk (3*thln*tant.) at half-past two o clock. f ~ The frienii" and acquaintance* of the fa»uiiy. and of hto brother, Calls Deane, are respectfully Invited to attend. SPXCJAL ___ "WTTo Merchants, Banks, INSURANCE COMPANIES, CLERKS OF COURTS, - AND ALL OTHERS IN WANT OP BLANK BOOKS AND STATIONERY. WOODHOUSE A PAR HAM, (late James Woodhouse a C 0.,) Mi , BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS, GOVERNOR STEEET, REAR MAIN, have established a COMPLETE BOOK-BINDERY AND BLANK-BOOK MANUFACTORY, with the best machinery, tools and materials for the prosecution of thjs branch of their business. They are now prepared to put up j PAMPHLETS, ! PERIODICALS, BIND BOOKS, RULE PAPER, A.M> MANUFACTURE BLANK BOOKS TO ANY PAT TERN. They have already In store a good stock of LEDGERS, JOURNALS, • DAY BOOKS, CASH BOOKS, INVOICE BOOKS, • .RECEIPT BOOKS, RECORD BOOKS, SALES BOOKS. In fact, every description of BLANK BOOK usually required, including MEMORANDUM BOOKS in great variety. ALSO, A WELL-SELECTED STOCK OF STATIONERY. WOODHOUSE & PAKHAM, (late James Woodhouse &C 0.,) at their New Building, on Governor street, d e og ts near Slain. JAMES WOODHOraE. B. M. PAKHAM. a®" James Woodhouse & Co. are glad to be able to announce to their friends and the public that they have resumed their old busi ness under the firm and style of WOODHOUSE & PARII AM , and have taken a house on Governor (Thirteenth) street, first door from Main. They return their gratefal 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 amort merit of BOOKS, STATIONERY, PIASO-FORTES AND MUSIC, to which they invite the attention of all persons in I 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 ooon workmen, j arc prepared to do all work entrusted to them promptly and at reasonable rates. Terms : Cash. WOODHOUSE & PARHAM, de 57—2t Governor street, near Main. &W Removal. The undersigned, AGENTS OF THE HOME IN SURANCE COMPANY OF NEW HAVEN, have removed to their NEW ROOMS, OVER WILLIAM & 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. de 23—lw a-lT China and Crockery. GENERALJIOUSE-FURNISHING STORE, Sixth street, near Clay. Just received direct from Europe a FINE STOCK <0F WHITE GRANITE AND COMMON GOODS CHRISTMAS PRESENTS-such as TOYS, DOLLS, 4c—which I offer to the trade at a SMALL AD VANCE ON COST AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. de2l_lw FRED. T. ANDREW. •IT Selling off* at Cost. CLOAWAND FUR DEPOT, A. SASIUELS, 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—lm KgrJohn E. Doherty, MERCHANT TAILOR, Main street, between Eiohth and Ninth, diagonally opposite the Spots wood Hotel. NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS! Mr. 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 WUITNEYS and BEAVERS, various colors; ENGLISH MELTON'S, OXFORD and BROWN MIXTURES, JOHANNY'S and SIMONI'S CLOTHS and DOE SKINS, CLARET, BROWN and BLACK BEAVERS, for suits. This stock is excellent, and the prices shall suit the times. de 11—ts J. E. DOHERTY. ItST Compound lodlnised Cod Liver Oil FOU GERA'S COMPOUND IODINISED COD LIVER OIL possesses not only all the nourishing proper ties of fresh and ;>ureCOD LIVER OIL, but also the tonic, stimulant and alterative powers of lodine, Bromine and Phosphorous 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 & BAKER, Pharmaceutists, de 15—13t corner Franklin and Ninth streets. J. R. BCRRRSS. J. L. POWERS. J. T. TANOBT. .alTßurresn, Powers k Yancey, WHOLESALE OEALEKS IN WHITE GOODS, HOSIERY, FANCY GOODS AND NOTIONS. No. 112 Main street, (opstairs,) RICHMOND, VA. * de 11—lm " • - - .■ j WW White Lead and Zinc, jew n..c wuu ««. , jm pATKNT CANg for sale by HARVEYS * WILLIAMS, de 18—lm agents for the manufacturer* \ AT LEVY BROTHERS' you can find a full assortment of Shirtings, Sheetings, Pll low-Case Cotton, Irish Linen, Shirt Bosoms, Eni brolded Collars and Cuffs, Cambric Edges and lo ser tings. Worked Cambric and Dimity Bands; Red, White, Yellow. Grey and Bine Flannel; Cloaks,* Shawls, Blankets. Merinos, Poplins, De laines, Alpacas. Under Shirts for Ladles, High Neck andlLonx Sleeves, and all other styles; French Wove Corsets, all colors, from eighteen to thirty inches; Dress Buttons, Cords, Gimps, he, all to be sold at very low prices. LEVY BROTHERS', deW ____ No. II Main street. FOR SALE, a vary good BILLIARD TABLR-PheUa's Cashfoue. Apply at the %r«d^^ ctoy rrircowA«wir. !

455K5 ftSKHHSB D 4 T By E. W. Powell, Auctioneer. SALE of bar-room fixtures, LKICOHa. WI«E», HOCBUOLP AMD KITCR? EN FHR»ITtJBB, he. he .-Will be eoUl on FRI DAY, mth Instant, at tl ©»el©ek A. M..at THE OFFICE RMTAUBANT, oollghthstreet, between Msln;and Cary, a ffH assortment of BAR-ROOM PIXTITRBH. wi»W». I-W C U!K»A'v ln ' l *l'r.<( * fnll stock of TUMBUW*. WliE-OLAHSEM. a? t OIL CLOTHS, VASES, PICTURES and WINDOW »HAD» THg D ,-3| ia | o . RlK)Ms contain two CARPETS, two SOFAS, one SILVER PLATED TEA SET. a mil assortment ©f DISHES. PLATES, he., Including everything neeemiary f f , r carrying On a Flrst-claM Restaurant. IN THE BEDROOM will be found one MAHOGANY BEADSTEAD, two MATTRASKKS, one FEATHER BED, 4r., mil set of LINEN and BED CLOTHING. Parties dsslrons of opening a new business can not do better than attend thin sale, an it 1m beliered that no better stand for a Restaurant is now In the market. de J7—ids W~OOD FOR SALE.—We will sollTat New Kent Cnnrthouse, on the FIRST DAY 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 Paniunky river. / Tkbrs" : Made known on day of sale. JOHN T. HARRIS, JOHN MAYC, JAMES N. CKDDIff, WM. R. TUNfr. LL, | de2l—2tawtd Overseers of Poor. STRAYED FROM Market, one dark brown or PUPPY ; well-mwm lonj^enamjt*>!• anTblac? nose. A reward of ¥l\ ETDOLLARS will be pai<| andnoc.nestlonsa.ko^ifdeHveredtom.^^ §m 5« at* No. 7 Main street. ITsTRAY.— Came to J house, on the Wetfbam plank* ■ U road, one and a half miles from Efl Richmond, one WHITE-SPOTTED U ~ * COW. The owner will please come and pay charge* and take her away. *^ t der7-at» OATEWOOD TALLEY. SHIPPINO. F OR, NEW YORK.-^The new and ele gant side-wheel ftteainship .**-<*■ SARATOGA, Captain Kixo, will leave her berth at Rockett* SATURDAY at 12 o'clock, M. ra*-aafiSnS9i sengcrs are requested |o be on board prior to that hour. , Freight received all day THURSDAY and FRI- No trans-shipment by this line, as by others, which is so very injurious to cargo. Rates moderate. GARRET F. WATSON. dS 27—4t _ _____ FOR NEW YORK.—The new and ele gant side-wheel Meam*hip AL- BEMARLE, Captain Bockxk. leave her wharf at Roiketts SAT U i: I) A V AFTERNOON at loSHHHSf o'clock. Passengers are requested to be on board prior tojliat hour, de 27—It SAMUEL AYRES k CO., Agents. COAL AND WOOD. T> J. WHITE, BEARER IN AN _IV. TIIRACITE AND BITPMINOPB COAL, con fidently recommends the PHUSNIX RED ASH COAL as superior for cooking aud warming. Try it. Coal kept dry under cover. OSes at S. 11. Owens & Son, No. 80 Main street. Yard, south side the dock. Orders left at Wagner's drug store, corner Sixth and Broad, promptly attended to. de 23—ts _____ IORBERRY. RED ASH, EGG SIZE, J ANTHRACITE COAL—the most superior Coal known for cooking and family use—will be deli vered to buyers at the market price. Coal yard, at Kayo's, corner Cary and Twentv fifth streets. Office,' Bosher's Hall, comer Ninth aud Main streets. 'delft_2w. J. F. OBOROg. o. \v. eewßß. c. H. pans. BOWEN A PAGE, dealers in AN THRACITE COAL, Eighteenth street, south side Dock, Richmond, Va. Best quality of RED and WHITE ASH, LUMP, EGO and STOVE COAL always on hand, and sold by weight. de It—ts WILLIAM H. DAVIS. DEALER IN ANTHRACITE AND BITUMINOUS COALS AND WOOD, Basin Bank, between Ninth aud Tenth streets. de 11—1 ni N~~EW COAL AND WOOD YARD, HORNER OF SEVENTH AND CANAL STREETS.—ANTHRACITE and MIDLOTHIAN COAL and WOOD for sale by BLOOD & PENDLETON. N. B.—Orders promptly filled. de 11—ts ______*___-_*____»_§£&_______ __maii_____i _^a__nMnp#ftn^na__nß v l Office Richmond, Freobriorsburo and) Potom.v Railroad Compart, > Richbord, Ssth December, IMS. ) TjyiNTER ARRANGEMENT. CHA NG E OF SCHEDULE. RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG AND POTOMAC RAILROAD. On and after this date, (THURSDAY, December JWth, 1465,) the trains on this road will be run as follows : THROUGH MAIL AND PASSENGER TRAINS will leave DAILY, (Sunday nights excepted.) at I A. M. and I P. M. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN willleave DAILY, (Sundays excepted,) atJ.soP. M. THROUGH EXPRESS AND FREIGHT TRAIN will leave DAILY, (Sundays excepted.) at *A. M. Freights received PArLY from • A. M. to 2 P. M. No freights can be carried by Passenger Trains. SAMUEL RUTH, de 2»— tH Superintendent. A. LIPPMANR, W. P. BLI.RRY, BANKERS AND BROKERS, No. 29 BROAD STREET, NKW YoitK. LIPPMANN A ELLERY PURCHASE AND SKLI. OR COMMISSION UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT INDEBTED NESS, RAILWAY BONDS AND SHARES, MINING SHARKS, PETROLEUM SHARES, AMERICAN GOLD, INSURANCE AND TELEGRAPH STOCKS. SOUTHERN BANK NOTES BOUGHT AND SOLD, PROMPT ATTENDANCE AT ALL SESSIONS OF THE REGULAR BOARD OF BROKERS. RRRWBRRCRS: Mechanics' Backing Association, Ballin & Sander, Burling k Davis, Hoyt, Spraguu k Co., Importers and Traders' Bank, Einstein, Roseiifeld & Co., Waterhousc, Pearl A Co., Ran dolph M. Cooley k Co. de 2*—lm TTULCAN IRON WORKS, CORNER OF, BYRD AND SIXTH STREETS. We are prepared to furnish, at short notice, Bolts. Nuts and Washers, all sizes; Grating and Iroi< Work for honses ; Wrought and Cast Iron Fences, all patterns ; Tobacco Presses and Fixtures com plete ; and Machinery and Blacksmiths' Work gen erally. Steam Engines and Machinery of all kinds repaired on the most rcaso AR _de_2s_ ts ■ BUOOTES, WAGOiw, made arrangements with Archei . Vulcan Iron Works, corner of Dyrd anu streets, by which 1 am enabled to furnish, with m creased facilities, BUGGIES, WAGONS, Ac. <>v the most reasonable terms. My shop, oiiCsfv street, between Seventh and Eighth streets. will|t>o l ' oli ; tinned as heretofore, where the Repairing *»"» Shoeing Business will be conducted. L. Q. LAM DRAM, de 2*—«t Post-oftce Im.r No. »2T. ORNAMENTAL HAIR DRESSER RAPHAEL FERRANDINI, Broad street. be tween Third and Fourth, over D. H. VAIRRTi»»> store, No. 22J, has lust put up a NEW MANUFAC TORY of all kind* of HAIR WORK, and >» pre pared to make everything In the NEWEST STYLss by the Paris Patterns. Ladies' WIGS, FRONT BRAIDS, BANDERY. BACK BRAIDS. CVBIA FKIZETTES, PUFFS and COYLES always on hand, repaired and made to order at short notice and on liberal terms. de 2s<—lt» l\ No. 1 MACKEREL. 25 kite No. 1 MACKEREL, to quarter barrels No. 1 MACKEREL. ' Tv half barrels No. 1 MACKEREL, just received per "Southerner." DANDRIDGB A ANDERSON, do**—ts No. 1« Broad street. _ IhINaVAPPUB CHKBBK AN D i'KK fr SERVED GINGER in store and for sale. DAN DRUM)E A ANDERSON. de 2s—is No. M* Broad street PK RB ON AL. -INFORMATION WANTED of JOHN I'ERRY. a colored boy, about nine years of age, fonasrly slave of Joan MacFarland'of thlaelty. and sold In the summer .'t ls»4, by Mr. Robert H. Davis, of this city, to a gen.- Ileaian ia Alabama Aiyr Information as to hto pre sent wbereaboato will be thankfully received by his mother. Addreea KaTY FERRY; care Mm. A. Neabitt, Richmond, \a • HAY.— A amall lot cholca Northern TIMOTHY, in bales, ** sale low Use «o salt. J. P. OSOROE, Boaher*s Hall, eoraae Mlntk and Mala stasis. eei*-tw _ __ ,_ __ _\SJ& HUNDRKD BARRELS SUPK- U Rioa ahcritiaD jj* co