Saturday, December 30, 1865 — The daily dispatch

ITUrrDISPATCH. B y COWAHDDI n.iLT DISPATCH Is delivered to subscrl- Th ? ,V*v rei week, payable to the carrier weekly. ►*_. _.al p«t annum; *».*» for sis months; 75c. •*■*■ „th for * shorter period. *__ <VMI-WK_KLY DISPATCH at #4 per an "' _ 2 ft for six nienthi*, 1 7 ;;'wKKM.Y DISPATCH eg* set annum. uTVstßaVt DECEMBBR so, IS6B. A etfsnnt Baptist Cobvkbtiob.—At the ...-,. the w.ir commenced the Foreign Mission I Stars of the Southern Baptist Convention, msbm. in Inss oU - v ' hiv * »°out thirty Aye Mis aenarha laboring among the heathen. This ■antes, has been greatly reduced in conse aseso? of the difficulty of transmitting funds during *a ''' rTib,e coolicta of the country. The Bond It—en not, however, abandoned their srerk, snl b«*ve been able, to some extent, gad in different \y*tys, to forward remittances '--,; to k'i't'i* up their most Important missions. They sew ••* , S' n a ,IHW series of endeavors in .V!." line, and are hoping gradually to reln fftct their stations in China and Africa. ' tii,. Domestic Mission Board, located In -j i-s, n. Ala., have kept in the field all through v w:ir more than one hundred Missionaries, ~ | ;,.ow they propose with now vigor to prose ,;.;.• their great work. We have already referred to the fact that a ,'loi me ting of the Contention will be held H Russ.llville, Ky., on the Tuesday before the ajar— Sunday in May next. The introduc ;,-y sermon will be preached by Rev. Wit- L ias T. Bkastlt, D. D., of Augusta, Ga.; alternate. Rev. J. T. Tichebob, D. D., Ala- Ml'i.V Passes Ixdi-strialExhibitiob.—There Is to be m Paris a ** French Universal Exposition," which hi intended to offer a complete develop ment of the progress of arts, science, manufac tures and mechanical improvements through out the world. This Exposition differs from otheas la the fact that it is conducted by the representatives specially of the different Na tional Governments ; the United States, and not the States of which It Is composed, being alone recognized. A space has been devoted to this country, which Congress will probably vote to accept, and then appropriate a suffi- J cleat sum to pay all expenses of transit from ! [ the United States to the Exposition. All the nations of Europe are aleady In the field with active commissions at work—that for Great Britain being composed of the most practical men in every department. It is to be hoped that the products of Southern industry will ke represented at this great exhibition ; and the occasion would seem to be a good one to bring before the world the unrivalled in dacefuent* to emigration which the South pre seats. liii<re>tlu_ to Masons—Question of Invasion of! Jurisdiction. The Washington correspondent of the Bal- j timore Sua gives the following interesting ac- j coast of a friendly disagreement between the | Grand Lodge of Masons of Virginia and the j Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, j We could have fnfnished the same facts seve- J ral weeks ago, but abstained from giving them publicity because we supposed it to be a "fami- I It affair," which would not be trumpeted to the world. As the Sun has disclosed them, , there can be no impropriety in re-publishing them for the benefit of the numerous Masons within etu' "jurisdiction." The Sun neglects to state the point clearly. It was, that the Grand Lodge of the District granted a char ter to a subordinate Lodge within the jurisdic tion of the Grand Lodge of Virginia—a pro ceeding which, so we are informed, is in di- I rect violation of the usages and laws of Ma- i ■C—ry. We quote from the. Sun : \ "The installation meeting of the Masonic Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia on Wednesday evening, being the anniversary of j j St. John the Evangelist, was numerously at- I tended, and the proceedings quite interesting. It appear* that, some time after the late war commenced, the District Grand Lodge granted a dispensation to certain brethren of Alexan dria, Virginia, under the title of "Union Lodge," and for several months they worked harmoniously. During the past year a con tinuance of the charter was refused, and the affairs of" the Union Lodge honorably closed. At the November communication of the Dis trict Grand Lodge, a committee, consisting of E. W. Brothers French, Donaldson and Ste vens, was appointed to visit the Grand Lodge of Virginia, at a meeting which subsequently took place iv Richmond, for the purpose of re establishing fully all the fraternal relations which formerly existed between these two bodies. The committee proceeded to the Grand Lodge of Virginia, were cordially received, and in due form welcomed. A committee, con sisting of Messrs. J. R. Purdy, L. B. WH liams, H. W. Thomas, T. D. August and T. F. Owens, were appointed by the Virginia Grand Lodge to confer with the district committee. On every other point except Union Lodge, ui_tters were cheerfully concurred in. Here was a difftcj:Uy. The Grand Lodge of Vir ginia appreciated the brotherly feeling of the visiting committee, the proffered settlement of moneys was satisfactory, but in recognizing the brethren of late ■ Union Lodge' the words ' when properly healed' were inserted. This was objectionable to the District committee, and of course leaves the matter of final adjust ment open. When the objectionable clause is removed, our Grand Officers are authorized—) close up all minor matters as agreed upon." G. A. Schwarzmann, Virginia, was appoint ed one of the Grand Representatives. Paris as Seen by a Pacific Islander. We translate from the French paper La Re sssssaa— Louisianaise, ot New Orleans, the following account of a visit to Paris, by Riho Kiho, the Lord in»waiting of Queen Emma, of the Sandwich Ig&nds. It contains some droll hits at Paris civilization : There is now in England a personage who __ caused the greatest sensation. She is a queen of natural bronze, who wears her ear rings in her nose. It is Her Majesty Emma, Soctrtign of the Sandwich Isles—a. queen of cho colate color, whose kingdom was discovered in IV7* by Captain Cook. ' • Her ancestors were connoisseurs in the mat ter of men. They knew weU how to judge gogd, tender and'delicate people.* They had a most particular fondness for strangers. The KTandfathers of this gracious queen were an thropophagi. 'Her ■_Jsaiy Emma has left Polynesia, Owhyhee, where perished the brave Cook; Ouahow, already so renowned for its beef steaks of Europeans. She has been in Lon don two months, durlug which time she has eaten daily thin slices of bacon laid between thin slices of buttered bread, called sand withe* in honor of her kingdom. " The Q,ueen Emma is about to visit Paris. Sheg oes to figure as an Imposing curiosity among the other queens. She does not wish to arrive in this satirical Paris with the air of > i>ewildered cannibal, who does not know how to carve even a human leg of mutton. therefore sent her two faithful ser ■ants, Hiho Riho, and his wife, Rlha Rtfia, to "■»*• n the great city and report their observa- Uons. They report as follows : " ' The great city that call* itself Paris has bat two gate*. The rate Saint Denis and the Kate Saint Martin. They are called gates be cause they have neither bolts nor hinges. " 'Thestreets are traversed by carriages caUed •■m.uhuH ; we asked the meaning of thla Latin ]_____, and were told that It meant/or off. We presented ourselves to the conductor, who in __■■• «» thst it meant for all who have st* "'We have seen the Seine, and have crossed _•*«■ widest place, on a bridge called New ""dge, because it was built two hundred and "fly years ago. 1 --*™ *»ited a benevolent Institution «»1M The Hospital of the Incurable. We w ''[r t "i*ni»bedata nation that calls itself -_! laßd - w »«». nccordtof to our ttme-hon frt_.. cu tom *« we PWl»re_ to oat an enemy __* wltfcta-tawiea, he was Ignorant of hi* £* l 'iiy. These poor people in the hospital •_jve uot the oonaolatloa of uncertainty—lhey s_a__^__ma___m^MßßP^j^ww^^mj^^^^j_p»_g|M__jam^jjwgjPjjj^PM— ■ > ■ mwm *-»———,-—■ DAILY DISPATCH. VOL. 29---NO. 96. RICHMOND, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1865. PRICE TWO CENTS. - , . • _______ „ i — _— 1 1— t " ' We nave been spoken to frequently con cerning the religion of Christ, some of whose i early missionaries onr grand papas havodi- ! nested. I asked to use the temple. Thsy ear- ' lied me to a place where they sell old breeches and waistcoat*, mils was probably the old Temple prison.) If Christ drove the sellers of j merchandise from the temple, they have not i only returned, but hate built themselves iron shops for the purpose of remaining a long time. jp " ' The citizens promenade on Sundays In the Qnrden of Plants, so-called because it con- j tains chiefly animals. The street called Peace Is the noisiest of all. The surprises of your j Majesty will be infinite.' i " Her Majesty, with her ebony smiles and pearls in her nostrils, will be the lioness of the season. The handsome and witty men will flock around her to pay their court. It is to be hoped that she will not And some of them too much to her fasts." ____. The Fabmkbs' Bans.—Through an error In correcting proof, It was stated in this paper yesterday that the Farmers' Bank was paying tiventy cents In coin for their notes. Thirty cents in the dollar i* the amount. To such holders, however, as are willing to take chances for a rateable share of the fund remaining af ter the affairs of the bank are wound up, the bank will advance twenty cents in the dollar. LOCAL MATTERS. Abothbb Fkibt ib ab Ai-ctiob-Hocsb, kc. Yesterday morning, Isaac Cohen and Ezekiel Myers, Israelites, made their appearance be fore Mayor Saunders to answer the charge of fighting in Messrs. Digges k Appcrson's auc tion-house. From the evidence, it seems thatacompe i tition arose between the parties about who I I should have a lot of shoes that were put up for sale. Cohen led off and Myers followed, | whereupon Cohen got angry and threatened Myers with castigation if he persisted in run ning up the goods. This admonition increased Myers's estimate of the value of the articles, and up went another bid: but hardly had he given the wink to the:inimitable Digges before *• down went his building,*' which demonstra tion was considered by the book-keeper as a " knock down and goner," and was so recorded on the ledger. Forthwith Myers procured a warrant and had Cohen arrested, in order that the whole matter might be referred to the ar bitrament of his Honor. Cohen denied the assault upon Myers, and accounted for his measuring his length upon the floor of the auction-house by saying that he merely put his hands npon Myers's head, and down ho "drapped." The Mayor gave a patient hearing of the case, and after revolving the evidence in his mind, concluded to hold Cohen to bail for his good behavior for twelve months in the sum of two hundred dollars, which was readily given, and the party discharged. The case of Peter Stagg, charged with hav lug been drunk and disorderly, was called, and the accused not being present, it was con tinued until Saturday, with the understand ing that if he he did not appear his bail would be forfeited. At this point the Mayor stated that there were no more cases, and adjourned his Court. Provost Cocrt—Brevet-Colonel McExtee presioikk.—The following cases? were dis- ! posed of in this Court yesterday: i Jane Gibson, negro, was charged with an assault iind battery on Elias Charles, another i negro. He was found guilty and sent to Castle Thunder for sixty days. ' Joseph Barker was up on a charge of inter fering with an officer in the discharge of his duty. He was released. Jordan Winston, negro, was charged with I carrying concealed weapons, found guilty and ! sent to Castle Thunder for sixty days. John C Fry, negro, charged with as- j saulting Rebecca Jones, was found not guilty and discharged. Frank Hall, negro, was arraigned on a charge of petit larceny, found guilty and sent to Castle Thunder for thirty days. j James Washington, negro, was found guilty of resisting a policeman in the discharge of his duty, and sent to the Castle for fifteen days. Jordan Winston, negro, was charged with carrying concealed weapons, and sent to Cas tle Thunder for sixty days. George Washington was charged with being disorderly in the street, and was found not guilty and discharged. John Lewis, negro, was charged with the same offence, found guilty and sent to Castle I Thunder for ten days. Samuel Pleasants, negro, was charged with stealing groceries from M. F. Burton. There being no evidence against him, he Was re leased. Harrison Banks, negro, was charged with ?etit larceny, found guilty and sent to Castle 'bunder for sixty days. Charles Bead, negro, was also before the Court on the charge of petit larceny. He plead guilty and was sentenced to the Castle for sixty days. Henrietta Johnson and Jane Johnson, co lored, vagrants, thirty days each in Castle Thunder. Isabella Banks, colored, entering the house of Mr. Simons and attempting to steal, thirty days in Castle Thunder. Henry Woodson, colored, assault and bat tery on Mary Cooper, three months in Castle Thunder. John Wilson, colored, stealing iron, sixty days in Castle Thunder. Bold Highway Robbery.—A few nights since, as two gentlemen, employed in the quar termaster's department at Rocketts, were re- j turning home in a carriage, they were set upon by a party of garroters, (five in number,) who suddenly sprang from behind the old brick wall on Main street, near the York River railroad crossing-place, seized the horse*' reins and compelled the driver to be stiU, while the carriage door was forced open, and, the ruffians, jumping Inside, demanded, at the mouths of their pistols, all that the occupants had. Being unarmed, the quartermaster at tac/tes submitted to be searched, and had taken from them two gold watches and a considera ble amount of money. The ruffians then or dered the driver to go ahead, which he did till reaching the neighborhood of Port Mayo, where he was again stopped, and the garro ters alighted, leaving the unfortunate occu pants of the carriage and the driver to make their way home as best they could. Gabbotbd.—Michael Hunt, a citizen, while returning home on Thursday night, about 11 o'clock, was set upon by two men, whose purpose it was to rob him ; but before the rascals succeeded in their designs, police men Rhodes and Morris, who happened to hear Mike's cries for help, ran to his assistance just in time to arrest the highwaymen as they were in the act of fleecing his pockets. The names of the robbers are John Carroll and Gyrus McConway, both members of the ■ Twenty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry, Cora- Kiny'C." They were assigned quarters at ajor Claiborne's Old Market Inn. Tns Catholic cohuubity hate heard with sorrow of the departure of Sister Blanche, directress of St. Joseph's Asylum, fox Wash ington, where she has been called to take charge of a school. It would be out of place to bring into notice a Suiter of Charity who shrinks in her good deeds from anything like publicity, were it not that the part she has acted amongst us was of a nature something more than private. Sister Blanche has been for some years in charge of the Orphan Asylum, and has labored with fidelity and zeal in her good mission. In obe dience to an order from her superior, she cheerfully leaves a charge which is so dear to her for a new field of charity. Bbbabibo ibto a House.—On Thursday night, the residence of Mr. Bragg, on Union Hill, near the "Seven Chimneys," was for cibly entered by thieves ; but before they suc ceeded In stealing anything, the occupants of the house, who had been aroused by the noise msde in forcing the door open, proceeded to search the house, and frightened them off. Übfocbdio.—The rumor, current on the streets yesterday, that one of the National Banks of this city had "gone up," is without foundation, and originated with a report here in regard to some of the Northern banking institutions. The hanks of Richmond are as sound and as strong ss the rock of Gibraltar. Wi bstdsb THAKK* to Mr. M. O. Do-re, Po tosanc mail a**nt, tor totn Ifew York papers. Also, to Mr. M. _. Porter, of the National Esprsss, snr Wufsois: pnpers In advance of the I Policb Asbbsts.—The following arrests were i made hy the police yesterday: ! William-Gordon and Daniel Barker, negroes, stealing pig Iron. John Wilson, negro, stealing Iron from the Virginia Central railroad. John Finge, soldier, disorderly, drunk and lying in a cellar. "Mike Redmond, soldier, stealing an over- [ coat from Anthony Fitzgerald, a negro. Jordan Washington, a negro, insulting N. | A. Myers and carrying concealed weapons. j Reuben Jackson, druuk and disorderly in the street. Mrs. Goodman, selling liquor without a license. Charles Harris, negro, stealing belting from I_. Lt. Moore. Harris escaped from the police man on hi* way to the cage, but was subse quently arrested. Thb Saratoga.— This nymph of the waters i gaily sailed up to her wharf at Rocketts yes terday morning, and attracted the admiration of a large crowd who were expecting her.— She Is built after the model of the Niagara, and is about the same size. Both steamers belong to the New York and Virginia Steam ship Line, and are admirably adapted to the trade for which they are intended. The officers of the Saratoga are skillful and accommo dating, and passengers travelling on her will surely be courteously treated. We learn that on her voyage to this place the Saratoga broke some of her machinery, which wiU ac count for her delay in arriving here. She will return to New York this afternoon. The Bi.ce's Bio Bowl.—We revert to this item again to-day for the purpose of correct ing an error into which some persons were led by reading our article of yesterday. The bowl is still safe, and is in the hands of one who knows how to take care of such pre cious relics of the olden time. It had merely temporarily passed from his hands to those of a gentleman who borrowed it, for a special occasion, to use it at his private residence du ring the holidays. Commishiobbb of Def.ds.—Governor Arthur I. Boremon, of West Virginia, has appointed P. Cary Nicholas, Esq., Commissioner of Deeds for the State of West Wrgin in. MINIATURE ALMANAC—Decembeb 30,1865. \ Sunrises 717 I Moon sets, morn 513 } ' Sun sets 4 431 High water 2 5* i PORT OF RICHMOND, Dkcembeb 29,1865. ARRIVED. Steamer Petersburg, Robert Travors, Baltimore, [twenty-six hours,) merchandise and passengers, I), k W. Currie. Steamer Albemarle, Bonne. New York, mer chandise and passengers, Samuel A vies k Co. Steamer Saratoga, King, (new aim first trip, thir ty-three hours.) New York, merchandise and pas sengers, G. F. Watson. m _ Steamer M. Martin, Livingston, Norfolk, United States mail, merchandise and passengers, liaskiiis k Bridgford. Schooner Kedron, Port Deposit, lumber, A. A. MeCnlloch. Schooner Susan, E. Brown, Fortress Monroe, Go vernnwnt ordnance. Steamer City of Albany, Martin, Washington, (lovernment ordnance. Steamer Louis Francisco, City Point, Government ordnance SAILED. Steamer City of Richmond, StranahSn, Norfolk, ! United States mail, merchandise aud passengers, ; Hnskins & Bridgford. MEMORAMDA. Steamer Claymont, from Philadelphia, reported \ below fitv Point by Pilot Barnes, of the steamer M. Martin. The schooner Elliott, from Baltimore lor Lich- I mond, sprung a leak on Wednesday last, and was run ashore on Kent island. CoBSICFBBBS OF C.VKOO OS STEAMSHIP SakAToUA, ! KIXO MASTER, FROM BSSf YoRK. COBSIUBBD TO G. j F, Watson— A. S. Lee, 11. D. Whitconib, W. S. Hotmail. M. P. Frank A Co., Fleishman & Heljer, Gregory Brothers, J. Kindewater & Bock, Jones k | (iriswold, Asa Snvder A Co., E. P. Townsend, R. L. Williams, A. West, West. B*ea.dslev & Co., West k Andrews, C. D. Yale & Co., National Coal Mining Company, S. Ram & Co.. A. Brare, Harvey j & Williams, H.Whitlock, William Taylor „ Son, i L. S. Moor & Co., R. &. P. R. R. Co., Wallace k X.. N. W. Nelson, E. S. Wortliam k CO.. 11. L. Wl gand, J. Jacobs, T. R. Price A Co.. E. Mathews, Bridgford & Myers, A. Y. Stokes k Co.- E. 11. Hill, ! 0. F. Watson, W. P. Cox, H. L. Pefouze & Co., Thomas Dortamead, J. Steenbock & Co., French k j Crenshaw, Rev. G. L. Shearer, Angus, Byerly k Co., Beckham k Co., O. H. Chalkley & Co. W. B. j Ellison A Co.. John Enders, R. Edmund, John j Freeland, William Gotze, G. I. Herring & Co., Johnson & Hunt; Hagar & Co., W. B. Jones & Co.. W. T. King & Co., Mitchell & Tvler, Styll k Davis, William Ira Smith, Turner A Ehbets, W. 11. Scott, D. K. Stewart, J. N. Van-Lew, Woodhouse & Parham, Zimmer k Co., Hall & Hutchison, S. Nig- t gell, Miller & Jones, J. B. S., J. H., Tyler k Son, \ G. k A. Bargamin, W. S. Wood, Baldwin Brothers, Herring k Chalk, National Bank of Virginia, M. j Sundberg, A. Lowe & Brother, E. 31. Grant A Co., H. 3liller, Collins k P. ~ SHIPPING^ FOR NEW YORK.—The new and ele gant side-wheel steamship NI- AGARA, Captain Couch, will her berth at Rocketts on at 2 o'clock, P. 31. Passengers re-__________ quested to be on board prior to that hour. Freight received up to 12 o'clock TUESDAY. No transhipment by this lipe-as by others, which is so very Injurious to cargo. Kates moderate. de 30—3t GARRET F. WATSON. IiOR NEW YORK.—The new and ele gant side-wheel steamship .*_______► SARATOGA, Captain KiNfl, leave her berth at Rocketts oii__^______ SATURDAY at 12 o'clock, M. Pas-b_____9—■ sengers are requested to be on boardpnor to that Freight received all day THURSDAY and FRI DAY. No trans-shipment by this line, as by others, which Is so very Injurious to cargo. _____ Rates moderate. GARRET F. WATSON. de 27—4t FOR NEW YORK.—The new and ele gant side-wheel steamship AL- BEMARLE, Captain Bor/888, leave her wharf at Rocketts o\\S^_______ SATURDAY AFTERNOON at I___________ o'clock. Passengers are requested to be on board prior to that hour, de 27—4t SAMUEL AYRES k CO., Agents. <X>AX .AW WOOD, _______ RJ. WHfTB, DEALER IN AN • THRACITE AND BITUMINOUS COAL, con fidently recommends the PHOSNIX RED ASH j COAL sr superior for cooking and warming. Try I it. Coal kept dry under cover. Office at S. H. Owens A Bon, No. 30 Main street. Yard, south side the dock. Orders left at Wagner's drug store, corner Sixth and Broad, promptly attended to. de 23—ts LORBERRY, RED ASH- EGG SIZE. 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 Mayo's, comer Cary.and Twenty fifth streets. Office, Bosher's Hall, corner Math aud Main streets. _ _._.^„„_ de 16-2w J. P. GEORGE. O. W. BOWBB. C. H. PAGB. BOWEN A PAGE, dealers in AN THRACITE COAL, Eighteenth street, south side Dock, Richmond, Va. Best onaHty of RED and WHITR ASH, LUMP, KGG and STOVE COAL al ways on hand, and sold by weight. de Xl—ts W~ ILLIAM H. DAVIS, DEALER IN ANTHRACITE AND BITUMINOUS COALS AND WOOD, Basin Bank, between Ninth and Tenth streets. de 11—lm NEW COAL AND WOOD YARD, CORNER OF SEVENTH AND CANAL BTREETS.-ANTHRACITBand MIDLOTHIAN COAL and WOOD for sale by _______ __,_-_ BLOOD k PEBDLBTOB. N. B Orders promptly filled. de 11—ts . ... i — I JTRAYCT I STRAYED PROM THE j Market, one dark brown or PUPPY; well-grown, long ears and tall, and biacs. nose. A reward of FIVE DOLLARS will be paid and no questions asked if delivered to me. ■ WILLIAM J. HARWOOD, I ______• '_, ________________ WANTS, WANTED, » NURSE for a child Utree months old ; one that can come well reeom- ! mended. E. D. EACHO, Real Bstate Agent, de 2«—»t* office oa Fourteenth street. I .i ; LINSEED OIL, WHITE LEAD AND UsTG In B*l, of aapertor quality, wlil be sols low to close. J. F. OIOR6I. | Boshefs Hall. oornsrßinth and Msia-tresis, j dsia-ie. The Operntfonr of the Freedmen** Bureau in Virginia. Major-General Howard has just received the official report of Colonel Brown, Assistant Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau for the State of Virginia, relative to the opera tions of the system In that State. The report Is prefaced by a reference to the condition of society In the State when he assumed charge' of his office: The problem to be solved was how to pro vide for the protection, elevation and govern ment of nearly half a million of people sud denly freed from the bonds of a rigorous con trol, acquainted with no law hut that of force, ignorant of the elementary principles of civil government and of the first duties of citizen ship, without any provision for the future wants of themselves and families, and enter-, tainingmany false and extravagant notions in respect to the intentions of the Government toward them. The citizens generally afforded no assistance in meeting these difficulties. Stripped to a great extent of ready resources by the opera tions of the war, they were unable to aUow these people their just dues, much less any charitable assistance. In some sections of the State public meetings had been held, and the citizens had entered into covenant not to pay more than five dollars (f 5) pef month to able bodied men, not to rent hinds to the freedmen, nor to give employment to any without a certificate from their former owners. Many of the citizens, under the control of tradition, habit and education, only sullenly acquiesced in the freedom of their former slaves. They regarded the colored population as necessarily and appropriately servile and unfit for free dom ; and stimulated by the feeling that the late slaves were in someway responsible for the faUure of their cause, they were wholly disqualified from co-operating in the work of the bureau. Another class, numerically small, but of the best talent, culture, and influence, not only accepted the situation, but with a wise fore sight and noble patriotism were ready to. co operate with the Government for the speedi est restoration of tranquillity and law, and to assist the bureau in its endeavor to bring the highest good to aU classes out of present evils. ' A third, and more numerous class, because forced to acknowledge the freedom of their for mer slaves, wished either to effect their entire removal from the State or bind them by such contracts as would allow them but Uttle more freedom than they formerly possessed. The superintendents were further instructed to'protect the negroes in their rights as free men, to see that they were not in any way op pressed by their former masters, and to culti vate friendly relations between the two classes; to assist in the organization and maintenance of schools ; to discourage as far as possible the disposition of the freedmen to remove from one locality to another, except so far as it might be necessary for uniting members of separated families, or to find profitable em ployment. To urge upon them the impor tance of making contracts for their labor, and to f ullfll the same v_»en made ; to aid them by their advice when necessary to prevent their being defrauded ; but in all other cases to leave them free to make their own bargains. To furnish rations, medicine and medical attendance for the helpless and destitute not provided for by their former owners ; but not to issue rations to persons able to work, for whom employment could be found. The late slaves have been fully protected In their rights as freedmen, and the exceptional j instances where their rights were for a time [denied are no longer-heard of*. It is believed that there is not within the State a person I who does not understand and successfully as ; sert his rights to freedom. The extraordinary j eagerness of the freedmen for the advantages of schools has been met as far*as the resources of the bureau aud the charitable zeal of its friends abroad would allow. There are about eleven thousand five hundred pupils receiving instruction from one hundred aud ninety-five teachers. Numerous and urgent appeals come from remote and isolated localities for teach ers and books, to which it has.been impossible to respond tor want of school-rooms and suit able quarters for teachers. Their progress in learning is such as would warrant a much I larger expenditure of money and effort.— I Many citizens, adhering to the ideas and cus ; toms of the past, strongly oppose these move ments, while others endorse and encourage them. The sentiment of the community is gradually changing in favor of educating the freedmen. The irritation existing between the whites and the freedmen immediately after the cessation of hostilities has greatly abated, | and instances of personal violence are becom ing rare.. Referring to the disposition ol the treedmen to improve their condition, the commissioner ; says: The capacity of the freedmen of Virginia to take care of themselves, even under adverse \ circumstances, is best shown in the southeast ern part of the State. During the war nearly seventy thousand were gathered here, on a limited territory, in extreme destitution, and yet at this time only four thousand four hun dred and twelve are receiving Government aid, and about one-half of this number are of the families of soldiers. Many have rented or purchased comfortable homes, some have saved ' considerable sums of money, and nearly five thousand of their children, decently clad and furnished with books of their own, purchasing, are attending schools. During the month of October 235,786 rations were issued to 11,622 persons, or 7,606 rations per day, the number of persons receiving ra tions being reduced from the previous month thirty per cent. There are eight hospitals, at present occupied by 700 persons. The commissioner represents that he has charge of 56,000 acres, held as con fiscated or abandoned lands. The rights of the freedmen in the crops and improvements on the land restored have been secured. The result of the cultivation of these lands by tho freedmen is not yet known, as the crops have not been fully harvested, but it is believed to he satisfactory. The special courts organized for the freed men are successfully accomplishing the ends aimed at ia. their establishment, and are giving general satisfaction. By them justice has been more generally received than could have been done by any other available means. _ Notwithstanding the many embarrassments under which the bureau has labored, it is be lieved to have succeeded in promoting the wel fare of the class in whose interest it was crea ted, and to have afforded important aid in se curing good order in the State. Thb Fatal Smotiiebino Cape. —The Chi cago Republican contains the particulars of the case mentioned by telegraph of the smothering of six men by the gas escaping in the room in which they were sleeping. The sixth victim* died on Monday. The Republican sa.y& : ♦* We have no disposition to indulge in com ment upon this affair which shall cast censure where it does not belong, hut we can scarcely help reflecting upon the gross negligence which left the gas pipes of an occupied house in such an insecure condition. The cap had i fallen from the mouth of the pipe overhead, { and was found upon the floor, near the parti- ; tion. Whether forced off by the pressure of gas or the closing of a door, certain it is that it was insecurely and improperly fastened, ! having nothing to retain it in its place save a ' little wax commonly used by plumbers and < gas-fitters. An aperture of an inch even over the window would have saved these lives and made the sad record we are compelled to write unnecessary. _ Thb Petebsbcbo Ibob Wobks.—The Express announces the organisation of this company under its new charter. W. L. Watkins was elected president. We understand that the subject of construct ing a bridge between the cities of New York and Brooklyn is being seriously considered by persons who have the Interests of both cities and their own in view. The details of the plan are not yet matured. The Nashville and Chattanooga railroad has begun a suit against its late president for one million dollars damage for permitting the Con federate Government to use the road and its machinery during the war. It is thought General Crittenden will' be elected to the United States Senate from Ken tucky as the successor of Mr. Davis. A dispatch from Washington says the army will be reduced another thirty thousand early iv January. % A large cargo of assorted goods has arrived in Savannah, direct front England. Bishop Potter, of New York, denounces operatic singing in church. The Presaeet of n Large Cree of Cotton. The National, Intelligencer confirms, in the following paragraphs, the statement to which we, a day or two since, gave currency, to the effect that there was a probability of a good cotton crop. It says: " We learn, on intelligent and reliable au thority, that on the Mississippi river great preparations are being made for the cultiva tion of a large breadth of the most fertile cot ton lands entirely with freedmen's labor.— Capitalist* and enterprising business men of the Northwestern States are now making ar rangements for cultivating; cotton on a large scale in Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Ala bama, kc. They anticipate no difficulty as to obtaining labor, and have found none. "Therefore we are led to beUeve that the estimate of the Comptroller of the Currency, Mr. Clarke, of two and a half millions of bales of cotton for the next year, is not an ex aggeration, though half of that product would he of vast benefit to the financial con dition of the country, and would afford some assurance of the ultimate success of the expe riment of free black labor in the cotton fields." Receipts of Cotton—Stock at the South. Chablbstob, December 25.—The receipts of cotton at New Orleans and Mobile were rather heavier last week, those at Mobile showing an increase of five thousand bales over the pre ceding week. The total stock in Southern ports is esti mated to-day at three hundred thousand bales. The stock at this port is only eleven thousand two hundred and fifty bales, and fhe whole of it is now going on shipboard for Liverpool. ' There are over thirty-five vessels at New Orleans and Mobile loading cotton, chiefly for foreign markets. The exports to Northern ports are falling off, some of the steamers not carrying a bale. A Obeat Ebtbbpbisb—Float.so Vbssbls Aboubo Niaoaba Falls.—Horace H. Day, Esq., of New Tork, laid before the Transpor tation Committee of the Board of Trade, on the 26th instant, his plan for a ship canal, ! with double inclined planes, the vessel always floating in water around the Falls of Niagara, whereby it is possible to take a ship of the largest tonnage adapted to the lake trade, and in half an honr pass it on the other side of the falls with her cargo undisturbed. The vast importance of this great inventiop to the com merce and prosperity of the whole country, but more especially to the development of the boundless West, which is the true seat of em pire on this continent and the granary of the | world, cannot be over-estimated. I Mr. Day explained his system with clearness I and with convincing force. He has taken hold j of the subject with all his energy, and wiU | surely accomplish his purpose, for men who put their souls into great enterprises "know no such word as fail." I At the close of Mr. Day's exposition, a reso lution was unanimously adopted thanking him for his able and interesting remarks, and declaring that the committee will give such consideration to the merits of tire question as its great importance demands. — Boston Ornrier. 1 _m . D_S—bbs Gold Coib.—The fact that debased gold is on the market to a considerable amount has been discovered. Its withdrawal as circu lation has given time to experts in counter feiting to manufacture large quantities of filled coin, which are -now found in circula tion. The payment of customs duties in gold, in consequence of the scarcity of demand notes, keeps the false coin in company with the genuine, and tho counterfeits are so well made that none but experts can detect them. Many of the banks In New York, and some in this city, have received and paid this false is sue—brokers take and sell It, and it is sent to the custom-house to pay duties, without crimi nal knowledge or intent. The proportion of the filled coin now in use is not large, as com pared with the genuine currency ; but it is nevertheless true that few of the men hand ding it know whether the coin is genuine or not, and the uninitiated cannot possibly detect the work of the tamperers. At the New York custom-house almost every day the filled pieces are sent in for payment of duties. The discovery of these pieces is followed imme diately by cutting them in halves with a chis sel, when they are returned to their owners. The use of gold certificates, thus limiting the handling of the coin, will materially narrow the field of operations in the bogus article.— Baltimore Suu. - The Alexandria Riot a«aib.—lt appears to be almost needless to attempt to stop the circulation of the most exagerra ted accounts of the disturbances in the streets here SB. Monday last in some of the papers published at the North. They wiU make the most of very bad conduct, and, it is probable, very bad and too much whisky. However, as the whole matter is to be investigated, the public will soon see more about it. A negro man made an affidavit on Tuesday that a young gentleman, (Mr. N.,) employed in the post-otlice here, had knocked him down on Monday. Mr. N. proved an alibi, and, of ; course, the falsity of the accusation, and was immediately released by the military, by whom he had been arrested.— Alexandria Gazette. General Augur has directed that no heed be given to the demands of the civil authorities for the persons of any arrested for participa ting in the riot at Alexandria, but that aU such demands be referred to his depa/tment head quarters. Fall ib tub Pbice of Coal.—At the month ly sale of coal yesterday, prices declined from fifty cents to two dollars per ton. Specula tors have held on to their stocks just as long as they were able, and now they are compelled to dispose of them for what they wiU bring. They supposed that long before this a brisk demand would have sprung up for fuel, but the open weather has disappointed them. The general impression among buyers at the sale yesterday was that coal will certainly not be higher this winter, and may, perhaps, be lower. Stove coal is now selling at 59.37H per 2,240 pounds. Retailers are selling the same coal at $11.37}. per 2,000 pounds.— Sew York Times. We hope this fall will transmit its influence to Richmond, where coal is held and sold at much higher prices. MrsTßaiors Disapfeababce ib Baltimore or a Vibuibia Mbbchabt.—On the 13th in stant, Mr. John P. Bledsoe, merchant, of Staunton, Va., registered at the Maltby House, having in his possession a large amount of money, intended for the purchase of goods, since which time nothing has been seen or heard of him. His partner in business, Mr. C. B. Wood, is now in this city endeavoring to learn something of him, but thus far with out avail. His bed was not disturbed at the Maltby, and his baggage still remains there. There are speculations of course as to his dis appearance, one of which is that he has been made away with for the money which is known to have been on his person.— Sun. The Coubtebfbit Fiptt-Dollas Gbmes i backs.—We were yesterday ahown the most I perfect of the fifty •dollar counterfeit greenback notes that we have yet met with. It is excel ! lent in the engraving, the paper, the printing ; ! and, indeed, in iv whole appearance it Is well i calculated to deceive any but the most perfect ;of the experts in such matters. The only mark to which we can venture to direct public at tention as a caution is that of the absence of the button mark on the lappel of the coat on the figure of Hamilton, in the body of the bill. In the genuine bills the buttons are rather in distinct, but in the counterfeit hut one is to he Been—Philadelphia Ledger. DisTrsSAßca ib Wabbestob.—A disturb ance occurred in Warrenton, on Christsaaa, between some of the troops stationed there and a portion of the citizen*. Some of the former were severely hurt, and one of the lat ter, Andrew Withers, formerly a member of the Seventeenth Virginia, was shot in the leg. An additional military force has, we under stand, been sent there.— Alexanttria Gazette. I.ibbsal Dobatiob.—Daniel Drew has given two hundred and fifty thousand ck—lars towards the million dollars to he raised hy the Methodists this year, and he also proposes to erect a theological seminary at his country seat, up the Hudson river, which ia to coat not less than half a million, as a free donation to his denomination— Sew York Mispress. Eowis Foaassr.-The statement that Mr. Forrest has taken steps to ha re- united to hi* "former wife, 0 copied in the Transcript from a New York letter In the Prorlde_c* Ww**, we are Informed upon the high act Mthority, is wholly » 111 jnjp ATCB. T-_tsnß OP ADVEHIIBINQ: * Ons square, one Insertion iSTS OSs square, two tasertknnv.. .'.V.V.V.'V'T ** • One square, three insertion* ** lag- One square, six Insertion* M '"'" » 11 One square, twelve Insertions «v One square, one m0nth..*........... " „ £ One squsre, two month*. is *c One<qa*rß,t-fseatewths n*s drugs, M_-)icnsn_B, _». c7w. THOMAS, M. U. 1. W. TMOMAS, IS* C. DRUGGISTS •ou—.west corner of Msln snd Twenty Whet streets, Richmond, Va., _m_ «ti-{-a# wartu. -^ GOODS. The patronage of the public respectfully solicited. I'oys„hvßs"prßß6rip-oMeaiwfaUy*osv pounded at afl hoars, as IS—lm PURCELL, LADD A CO_ ~~"~ DEALERB IN PAINTS, OIL*, _c., have made arrangement* favorable to »Mlhl*StS snd are now nrepared to tak* order* for POLISHEITpLATE GLASS, from the largest factoris* In France and BelftSS., which famish glass of rxscaPAsaso ucalitt. Also, FRENCH WINDOW GLASS, of single or double thickness; ORNAMENTED GLASS. UGH HAMMERED GLASS, for floors snd sky* lights, and PATENT LIO-T8 (Hyatt's), for sidewalks and vaults. Orders for the above promptly executed. We expect to occupy our new store, at comer of Main and Thirteenth streets, (oca ou> sr-an.) la a few weeks, and will be prepared with s good as- Hortment to supply the wants of our old friends and the market at reasonable prices. Samples of the different kind* of Glass can he Been on application, de U-ts PURCELL. LAPP If CO. MEADE A BAKER/ PRACTICAL PHARMACEUTISTS, offer for cash only the following: FOUGERA'S COMPOUND IODINISED COD LI VER OIL. which, being combined With lodine, Bro mine and Phosphorous, Is rrvs Tinas stbobobb than any other Cod Liver Oil: consequently a very much smaller dose Is required ana sll fear of nausea avoided. FOUGERA'S PTROPHOSPHATE OF IRON, ele gantly prepared in the form of d • ees and syrup, rendering It more acceptable* . • c stomach* of de licate females and children . n other preps ratlot— of Iron. FOUGERA'S DRAi' •..« OF SANTONINB, S most efficient sndpalau.ue vermifuge. FOUGERA'S It-ELAND MOSS P\ lE, a very agreeable an l effective prepan". n for coughs, colds, kc. ** . FOURNIER'S PAULLINIA POWDERS AND PILLS, for the cure of nervous and sick headache. Panlllnia is imported into Paris from South Ame rica, ana there prepared ,v the form of powders and fdlls, m.the most careful and scientific manner. It s recognii ed as one of the most powerful and cer tain therapeutic agents in nervous affections, espe cially in cephalalgia, and ha* met with marked success in this city. _ GRAINS DE SAWTB-THE GENUINE Dl. FRANK'S PILLS. REYNOLDS'S SPECIFIC, for Gout. BLANCARD'B PILLS OF IODIDE OF IRON. PURE CAFFEIN, ATROPIA, DIGIT ALIN, CAN-* a NABIS INDICA, and many other rare mad genuine q_ preparations and chemicals, for sale by MEADE _ BAKER. Pharmaceutists, corner of Ninth and Franklin streets, dell—l2t Richmond. Va. W~~ ILUAM H. SCOTT, DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY, corner Franklin and Seventeenth street*. Richmond, Va., offers at low rates DRUGS, MEDICINES. PAINTS, OILS, DYE STITFFS, VARNISH, WINDOW GLASS, PER FUMERY, FANCY ARTICLES, he. de 11-ts COMMISSION M_a*CHANTB._ CO., _." X WHOLESALE AUCTION AND COMMISSION HOUSE. (Libby Buildings,) I Cast and Docb, bktwkksTwbbtikth abdTwbb- TT-FIBST STBBBTS, RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. -Goods sold by Package only. Proprietors of UNITED STATES BONDED WAREHOUSE, No. 1. GEOi.'UE S. PALMER, late of Wadsworth, Turner &Co.; DANIEL J. HARTSOOK, late of Howardsville, Virginia; WILLIAM B. ISAACS, of William B. Isaacs k Co., Banßers. de 11—lm p7~&~j7 h -^ oi^d tobacco • AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, corner of Seventh and Canal streets, Richmond, have in store ISO boxes Manufactured Tobacco, mouldy; 100 Caddies Manufactured Tobacco, mouldy; 300 Caddies Manufactured Tobacco, sound and sweet. Also, various brands of fine Chewing Tobacco. Fine LEAF TOBACCO always on hand: as we are daily receiving It from Virginia and North Carolina planters.* We give our personal attention to the sale of all kinds or COUNTRY PRODUCE, and render sales promptly. Goods taken on storage. de It—itswim WM. O. OABDSIDOS. TBOS. B. ABDBBSOB. DANDRIDGE A ANDERSON. GROCERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 105 Bboad stbbbt, Richmond, on>r their services for the sale of all kinds of COUNTRY PRODUCE, and guarantee the highest market price for tho same. Will also furnish BAGS for grain when de sired. ______ T. 3. SPEBCBB. S. P. DABIBL. J. W. MABSBALII SPENCER, DANIEI/fc CO, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTB, PURE PERUVIAN GUANO ON CONSIGNMENT, Twelfth street, sbove Main, Richmond, Va., will give strict and personal attention to sll CONSIGNMENTS, and make reasonable AD VANCES. dell— m BPOTTS8 POTTS A GIBSON. GROCERS AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Fifteenth street, between Main and Cary, Ricn-osn, Va. Particular attention paid to the sale of all kinds of PRODUCE, FLOUR and TOBACCO. JOHN G. BPOTTS, de lt-jbn GEORGE GIBS Oil I T. D. SEAL. EOBSBT Q. LBIUH. 3. P. SWOSSS. NEAL, LEIGH A CO., General Com mission Merchants and Tobacco Factors, cor ner Cary and Virginia street*, Richmond va. dell—»m (N. C.) MILITARY J? AC A DEMY —The exercises of th is Institution have been resumed without the mill—ry feature, and an additional number of pupils will be re ceived for the balance of the session, which wUI terminate twenty-six weeks from the Ist of Janua ry, ls«i. The discipline and coarse of Instruction will be the same as In similar school*, with the ex ception of a thorough course in the Ancient I—a fuages, embracing!—tin and Greek composition, n Surveying and Engineering the instruction will be both theoretical and practical. Arrangements will be made at an early day to secure a complete set of Chemical and Philosophical Apparatus. No pains or expense will be spared to make this one of the best schools In the country. The buildings are located on Hay mount, which overlooks the town of Fayettevllle, and which is remarkable for the healthiness of the location, the beauty of the scene ry, and the intelligence, relnement, and high moral character of the people. There la abase* dally connection between Wilmington and Pay ette ville by steamboat, aad rate-suggested as the best route to the Utter place from almost any nenr ter. Students will be received at any Uses, aad will be charged from the date of entrance, though It will he beet to enter about the first of January, use. * TEBXS rOS TWSBTT-SIX WBBXS FBOM IST J-SCAST, IMS, PATABLB IS AUVABCS: Tuition... !;...;..• as Board and lodging. US Washing, faeTaua lighu ss Applicatlon for admission mast he addressed to Major WILLIAM A. BANKS, de tl-tlja " ________g T HE VERY VALUABLE PROP-MI TT. IN PORT MATO. ON JAMBS WTB, KNOWN AS THB RICHMOND GLASS WORKS. FOR SALE.-We offer for sal* this very jaiu-hlo property. It front* en Jame* river at ______ aud embrace* a aqeare of two baadres. feet, wstta small families. There are PTJTOACB POX MA KING GLASS on an cßteasJvs seals, andannan-' tity of MACHINERY, TOOJLS andJUW m\t*V RfAL apperUinlng to the a_nafsetere of sisa*. Por several years prior tomaSio. _sstl last ihess works were lasaeecsafai ofeteiion. andglass,Jen large extent, waa furnished to Ue eocMaanlty. The location Is a moat adraatageona one, aad ______ the outlay of a amaU sum, glass can be smii*_amr ed on an extensive scale It la believed thai ao 80 --terprUe offers greater Inducssssata thendoestnta one; and In the hands of sasl-Msm, sssney can he readily made. ■ ___ ... __, a It I* offered for »ale '»ec«snemo»*_n#m hereto fore had the mans* eases* ef She emssn naoo .sea capital to reaasae hmlassa. .sefsose _______ . embark In a really sroltaMe ssasnaas felly Invited to •**^"j # !rjj m *^^ dett-Stawlw * s j_ ■ _F*_> __^^ __ ____T_______ _______** __ ■___*____ —lV W__*V_l_ _ ____ _______r^J_s______*_■ i___ * $_.• sMstit*wM-M«# yt_B__P_________ v4ii____*__ ______» __________! __i _______ _____ ____■■■*■ *^^ r^

_________________ SATURDAY.... DECEMBER So, lSso. Th« Freedmen's Buroau of Virgirua. The reader wiU find In this morning's paper the purport of the report of Colonel Snows, As sistant Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bu reau for the State of Virginia, made to his su perior, Major-General Howaan. It i« a* re markable paper. . Fair in some things— not at all so in others. In the preface to the report as to the condi tion of society in Virginia [this poor society of Virginia is become the subject of a great deal of investigation'] the Colonel, in very strong language, represents the state of the black po pulation, of half a million, as any thing but en couraging to those who came here •• to provide ••fortheir protection, elevation and govern "ment.'' "Suddenly freed." he says, "from ••the bonds of a rigorous control, acquainted «' with no law but tVtf of force, ignorant oftheele " mentary} principles of civil government, and of " the rtssT dctiesof citizbbship, without any " provision for the future wants of themselves "and families, and entertaining many false and "extravagant notions in respect to the intentions " of the Government towards them. '' f For which latter, according to General Gbabt, we are in a great degree indebted to the Freed men's Bureau and its agents f] This is a very strong statement of the con dition of the blacks when they fell into the hands of the Bureau. .Ft is too highly colored .even to be just to them ; for they were ac quainted with other influences than force. They were familiar with kindness and the stimulant afforded by pursuasion, gentle usage, abundant food and clothing, and even generous rewards for good conduct. They knew as much of all the humane stimulants , to good conduct and faithfulness as any la borers on the face of this earth. Nor were they so entirely ignorant. But what is proposed as a remedy for these poor beings who are ignorant of the elementary '•principles of civil government and! the •• first »cties of citizebsbip ?'* Why, to confer upon them the biobt of sutfbaoe ! Does Colonel Bbowb think that would heal them T We imagine not, from the portrait he has drawn. With reference to the conduct of the citizens towards these unfortunate «people, Colonel Bbowb is not just. He transposes his para-, graphs—makes the majority a minority, and i reputes to the majority the conduct and poli cy* of the minority. He states, with rather the air of complaint, that the citizens gene rally afforded no assistance in meeting the " difficulties" presented by the negro. Yet he answers his own complaint by confessing, im mediately afterwards, that, being "strip " ped, to a great extent, of their resources hy f* the operations of the war, they were unable •to allow these people their just due's, •much less any charitable assistance. "— Had he made the expression stronger had he stated that the people were stripped of nearly everything: all their money : all their valuables ; their horses and cattle; nearly all their provisions; and had not enough to supply their own wants, to re lieve their [own sufferings, he would not have exceeded the fact. Yet, these people must have assisted the blacks. For how else did they live ? They did not, it is true, assist those who rushed to the camps and the cities. They be came a burthen to the Government and the objects of the protecting care of the Bureau.— But those that rem_ined in the country, and assisted to cultivate the farms and to pro duce something to keep themselves as well as others from starving, enjoyed with the owners a part of the scant supplies left by the war In the country. The meetings alluded to by Colonel Bbowb, fixing rates and making pledges about renting lands to freedmen, must have been fewindeed. We never heard of more than, probably, two, possibly three, and those only small neighborhood affairs. Whatever was the poli cy, the people of Virginia are in no wise re sponsible for it. Colonel Bbowb truly describes the conduct of the people of Viboibia when he speaks of a " numerically small "class, who "nef only "accepted the situation, bttf, with a wise "foresight and a noble patriotism, were ready' ' ' to co-operate with the Government for "the speediest restoration of tranquillity and law." This was the majority —not a •' numeri cally small*' class. Colonel Bbowb either speaks from prejudice, or he has not had the opportunity of seeing the people and judg ing them fairly. We know nothing of Colonel Bbowb whatever, and do not presume that he would wilfully misrepresent this people.— But unintentionally, we suppose, he has done injustice to them. The people of Virginia have as much kind feeling for their late slaves as any other people in the United States—not even excepting that unparalleled race of philanthopists who live east of the Hudson river; and any representa- J tion of facts which is inconsistent with this, is both unjust and untrue. The people of this State know the negro better than any other— they know his capacity and his wants, and can now take care of him better, and settle him down in his new relation with as much con sideration for his welfare, and more forecaste and judgement than any of those persons in other States who are making him their ever lasting topic—and the everlasting cause of ac cusation and vituperation of the people of the South. When is this sort of warfare to cease ? Are we never to have rest ? Is it not enough that the slave, origi nally imported by Northern men in Northern ships and sold to the South, is set free f Is it not enough that we, submitting to results, are struggling in earnestness and sincerity, as well as in poverty, %o restore plenty and order to the land—that order and plenty without which there is no rest, no satisfaction, no sap port for white or black? Is it not enough that we submit to the Constitution and the laws, and have solemnly and irrevocably abolished slavery and involuntary servitude from the land ? WHI not all this do T And must we still he assailed—our peace and quiet, and the safety and order of the country, dis turbed by this execrable crusade ? What do the people who are enlisted in it desire to do ?- Do they wish to continue the breach between the sections ? Do they wish to perpetuate hate? j We trust and believe that the better judg ment of the majority wiU soon put an end to this state of things. We even hope that the men who control the Freedmen's Bureau wiU, through their intercourse with the South, be come Überaliaed and enlightened on the policy that is best for the negro and best for the country. Let them bnt emulate the unpre judiced judgment, the fair and earnest dispo sition, of General Gbabt, and they v/fil honor themaelves and truly subserve the peace and welfare of our country. Mannfaotoren in the Bontfa. Wish unsurpassed faciU ties of water power for auuiufacturlng purposes, snd the most genial climate of the continent, the South has M-rerssnnnfactnred, to any considerable ex tent, its own principal etaple. Georgia has, pashaps, done mors than any other Southern State in the ssanttfacturts of coarse cotton cloths, a_dhas exhibited generally a cred'table degree of energy in various departments of n__ofaet«rmg enterprise. Large amonnto of money have been raised, and grunt efforts made far twenty years, in South Carolina, to estab- j IlvtotromsTewPTg.l en* proved a failure. ,c last vestige from? Nor has there ever any great extent, in le Gulf. A story U nter near the Saran co,ton, by team from r, down which it was boat, from which, in unship to New York, d hy railroad to some •Tew England, where * cloth, after which it to New York, ship nnah, carried up the ' team to the planta nally came, where it ing for the negroes, of either machinery, r, that this singular The planter believed devote his resources staple, and procure in the North. Nor' to be adapted to the i of manufacturing, or is essential to this lave always believed •voting its undivided iof one or two great Id have been much erful by diversifying not be any difference in the future. If it the dust, arc? attain ■which it is entitled : resources, it must I commercial, as well lanting, community, ders intelligent and t «^.. v _._v». ......._.», _nd avail itself of the ingenuity, the skill, and the industrial habits, of the operators of every 'dime. We are glad to hear of a large migra tory stream of workmen to various towns of Georgia, and hope it will increase in volume till it overspreads the whole South. The development in this direction has fairly begun, and Sou—tern communities and Legisla tures should leave no effort untried to stim late and strengthen it. At the same time, our native people may turn their own attention ie manufactures with profitable result. The late contest dcv oped a degree of mechanical and manufactu. ngskill and enterprise in all the Southern States which astonished those who supposed them destitute of the ingenuity and practicableness required in such enterprise. If the South shows equal manufacturing ca pabilities in the competitions of peace as she did in those of war. her future will be as I happy and glorious as that of ai.; country of the world. Vith hesne.ma_tnfseturn and commerce, there cm be no limit to bur future prosperity. We commend this snbjsst to the earnest attention of our public men. Let them not overlook the p! in, potent highroad out of our present advert.t*- hi"h labor, in all its gamwe, and in none 1..0. c ihan me chanical labor, presents. The _mi eror of the French, the greatest of modern rulrrs, is ex hibiting his appreciation of the value of this kind of industry by the forthcoming Exposi tion, to which ne has invited the co-operation of the world : md flfsss- thousand persons in chivalrous Pra :ice have petitioned for permis sion to exhibit their handiwork or the products of their farms at this exhibition. France is described as being one great workshop, forging armor for the peaceful contest of mechanical skill. That country exported last year five hundred and eighty-one million of dollars worth of manufactures, being an increase of fifty one per cent, in five years. Let the South catch the inspiration of this age of progress. Let Virginia revive her Mechanics* Institute, and let similar institutions be established in each of the Southern States. The Stay Law. We were led Into an error yesterday in the | remarks in this paper on the subject of the I stay law of Virginia, in reply to the New York Times. According to some newspaper reports, it appeared that before the Legislature took a recess it so amended the stay law as to except from its operation any debt contracted since the 3d AprU last. Upon examination, we find % the case to *Hand thus: The Legislature passed, on the 19th December, an act amend- 1 ing the act of the Legislature which met at Alexandria so as to stay the collection of debts during the session of the Legislature, unless sooner repealed or amended. This brief act made no exceptions, and therefore applied to all debts to the present time. This was against the wishes of a majority of the members, and its passage in that form was more accident than design. The next day the House got up an amendment to the act, declaring that it should not apply to contracts made since the Ist of April last. It was ma tured and and communicated to the Senate on the 21s£ the very day the Assembly had determined upon as the day of adjourn ment for the recess. Received thus at the last hour of the sitting, the Senate seemed disinclined to consider it, and a motion to sus pend the rules in order to pass it immediately was lost by eight to thirteen. We have not a doubt that the Senators thought it unnecessary to dispose of the matter then, as the recess would be brief and they would soon be in their seats to act upon it. We do not believe there is any purpose on the part of the Legislature to interfere with con tracts made in Virginia since the surrender of General Lee and the great fire in this city contracts made in view of aU the circumstances, and not entitled to any such protection as may be afforded by a stay law ; a measure, at best, of doubtful propriety and benefit to soci ety ; one that has been, nevertheless, resorted to by all political communities. We are sure that upon the return of the members to their I deliberations they will put themselves and the State right upon the subject. Town and Country. The interests of the Southern cities and agri cultural districts are indtssolubly united. The trade of the cities depends upon the produc tions of the country. It is their interest that the country should produce vigorously and profitably ; for upon this the prosperity of both town and country depends. But this produc tion cannot be accomplished without adequate labor; and the merchants of the cities are as vitally concerned in promoting an efficient sys j tern of agricultural labor as the farmers them selves. j The Charleston Carolinian justly observes that this question underlies the whole secret of our future, and every mind capable of com i prehending cause and effect must see that the first step to the regeneration of a city, the reconstruction of society, the re-peopling of a whole State, and the proper provision of a sup port for all, must rest wholly in those pillars of strength that hav< been indicated. It is the primary necessity. If labor is not sup plied to the fields, the farmers make no crops; »no crop is made, no produce reaches the y; and then trade expires. Every effort, »ry scheme by which to secure regular labor to the farmer, and to bring mechanical and manufacturing motors into the country, for the development of the arts and raw mate _s_E____2 ■ hOUUI * M ••*•** "ought •* that the Interests ofu_U parte hang together by a mutuality of necessity which* the whole secret of vitaUty and property ajike in J town and country.' * m j Although Virginia is not Buffering to tha same extent as South Carolina for a deficiency of agricultural laborer., there Is still great complaint of an Inadequate supply, and it be comes the «m_uerciAl men of lUchmond^and til wfk> are _0e rested" to the sommon welfare, to leas) the way In starts of the most strann nns and hearty character to introduce labor t|om abroad wherever It Is needed. I The Sailors. The commerce of the world is estimated to quire three million. six hundred thousand de-bodied men to be constantly traversing ♦ ocean, of whom seven thousand five hon ed die every year. What an amazing move ent! How few of those who enjoy the fruits commerce think of the vsst army that ia er moving on to' achieve its triumphs. reat cities are built up; manufacturing wns spring, like mushrooms, from what was sterday a wilderness ; population redoubles; national wealth assumes vast proportions, yet the agencies which produce these marvellous results are almost as completely hidden from view as the coral insects which, in the fluctu ating waves, find material for solid and ]ier manent creations, and compel the deep itself to offer a foothold and habitation to man. Traversing the globe of waters day and night—never resting, never sleeping—moves on the great Army of Commerce, larger than the army of Xebxes, larger than the combined armies of Europe and America at this day. This immense force is made up of men who have, in general, no habitation but the ship ; who have no sweet and permanent home as sociations, who pass their existence under the iron discipline of the seas, varied occasionally by the fierce license of the shore. Exposed to arctic cold and tropic heat, battling forever with storms and perils, the life of each and all separated by only a thin plank from death, deprived of the consolations of religious wor ship and the humanizing influences of wo man's society, there is no vocation of man kind which appear* to be so destitute of all that gives security, happiness and refinement to existence. We have often wondered that the Philanthropy of the Age which roams over the face of the earth like a roaring lion, I seeking aliment for its voracious benevolence, does not direct its attention towards these four I millions of the human race, who present such a wide and fruitful field for the display of its -a-.niable and beneficent propensities. ~Tm might expect those rugged millions, in I ginks of commerce, who are exposed to such rtonl hardships and dangers; those men while building up civilization, are bereft ; civilizing influences, to be the most reck-. brutalized and miserable of mankind. I less they generally are, and sometimes brutalized, yet there are virtues peculiar to seamen which seem to be struck out by their very collision with peril and privation, and j which flash out like the phosphorescent waves that at night break about the bows of their | ships in sparkling showers. Amidst a multi tude of sins, generosity courage, humanity, remain intact, and there is in the roughest sailor's heart a soft place, where the love of mother and of sweetheart lies nestled, and sur vives long voyages and cruel oppression, and spreads its dove-like plnmagS* bright and un ruffled, at the first sight of land. The profound and disinterested sympathy of sailors with human suffering, in all its shapes, the readi ness which they exhibit to peril, and even sur render, their own lives for the deliverance of others, is scarcely to be accounted for on any principle of human action. The memorable wreck of the brig Somers, (the scene of Mac- : kenzik"> slaughter of young Spbbceb and j others,) is only one illustration of the remark | able qualities of the men who "go down to { the sea in ships." On that occasion, the brig I was capsized by n stquaU, and the few boats i which could be got clear of the vessel would ' 1 only accommodate the officers and a small por- I tion of the crew. The men cheerfully per- • mitted the officers to occupy the boats, and so gar from having any contest with each other for the remaining places, one of them, a large man, who had obtained a seat in a boat, upon being told that he occupied the room of two men, promptly, and without a murmur, re turned to the sinking vessel, where, he and the rant of his comrades went down calmly and ] .unresistingly to their deaths. Is it not wonderful that the civilized world, which owes its comforts, luxuries, wealth and power to the hardihood, labors and sacrifices of such a class of men, has never yet organized measures, at all adequate to the end, for the promotion of their physical, intellectual and moral welfare ? ================== Mechanics of Richmond. What will the mechanics of Richmond think of the following unscrupulous statement of Rev. Dr. Bacob, of New Haven, as published in the New Haven Palladium. In his visit to Richmond, he found no middle class in Rich mond! " There are some white mechanics"— " but they occupy miserable shanties, general ly." This veritable lioctor says: M There were two hundred and fifty white chil dren, as poor and ignorant as the blacks, attending at the Laboratory School, and they need the aid of the people of the North. When I mentioned this fact to President Johnson, his answer was, 4 I am very glad to find that anybody knows that there are white folks at the South !' We must do much for the poor whites. Many of these children were barefooted, and all poorly clad. The dwellings of Richmond are all either very large and imposing or small and squalid. There are none for the mid dle class, for there is no such class. There are some white mechanics and workmen there, but they occupy miserable shanties generally—very unlike the New Haven mechanics. There is no inducement to our laboring populati >n to go to Richmond, or anywhere South. They must begin by making it a fit residence, such as they nee d. 9 ' If all the letters written and speeches made by those Northern men who visit the South have no more truth than the above, we can easily understand how the plain, good people of the North should.be misled in their estimate of the South. This benevolent visitor seems to feel, special sympathy for " the poor whites of the South," as if there were no poor whites at the North. Let him pass over the towns and cities of his own regions, and he will find squalid poverty among whites aud blacks such as we have not | been accustomed to see iv more southern lati-. j tudes. Ixpobtabt, if Tbce.—A letter, dated Wash ington, December 25th, states that the South ern delegates had held a caucus, and deter mined to go home, and there remain until the j fourth of March, at least. On the succeeding day, says the same letter, the Secretary of | State, in conversation with Senator Segab, ! remarked that the Southern members would all be admitted upon the re-opening of the I session, and advised Mr. Seuab to return by j that time, if he should leave the capital.— j | What reliance can be placed in the statement j Iwe cannot say; but conjecture, not much. However, it is proper to say that the proba j bility of an early admission of the Southern j delegates is reported hy several of the Indus- j | trious letter-writers in the Federal city. The ! ' correspondent of the New York Sews states I that, on the re-assembling of Congress, an at- j tempt will be made to refer the credentials of the Southern representatives to the Commit- j tee on Elections; and that if it succeeds the { battle will have been won and the Southern j men admitted. The correspondent ia evident- ! ly of opinion that this will be the result. RBcoßsrarcTiox We learn from a highly respectable source that Governor Graham has telegraphed that he wiU be shortly ad- * mitted to his seat, and that Governor Worth will be empowered to take charge of our affairs as Governor in fact.— Salisbury Banner, 26th. One statement in the above paragraph hav ing already proved to be true, we have some ground for hope that the other one may be fonnded in fact. - __ In one of the letters opened at line Dead Letter office. In Washington, were twenty thousand dollars In bonds. . one hundred and six years, died bt St. Louis last week. nwfEOIAL NOTICW. , ' teen Year Shacks. * BALE YOU%_-UCKS. I SENfr YiMTR gftUCKS TO MARK*.. X ■Q. B. STACY ft SON, 4 :^< deals as ib FURNITURE, CARPETS AND BEDDINO. _ | No. 118 Main street, Richmond, will pay one dollar per one handled pound* for all the SHUCKS you deliver to them at their MAT TRESS MANUFACTORY, on Cary and Sixteenth streets, Richmond. de 20—ts g_r Removal. BIDGOOD ft RILEY, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS, have removed to their NEW STORE, No. 121 MAIN STREET, opposite Mitehell ft Tyler's. de »-lw ■ *_TFor Ren*.—We offer for rent one of the I)MS occupied by us, over Enker's Restaurant, fain street, between Eighth and Ninth streets, in every way desirable. Til-MAS M. ALFRIEND ft 80M, i 29—f| Insurance Agents. *To Merchant*, Banks, INSURANCE COMPANIES, RKS OF COURTS, AND ALL OTHERS IN WANT OF BLANK BOOKS AND STATIONERY. W 0 O D H O U 8 E ft PARHAM, (late James Woodhouse ft C 0.,) BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS, Govbbbob stbbet, beab Maib, ' have established a tPLETE BOOK-BINDERY AND BLANKBOOK MANUFACTORY, i the best machinery, tools and materials for prosecution of this branch of their businew. They are now prepared to put » p IPHLETS, PERIODICALS, BIND BOOKS, RULE PAPER, ABD rUFACTURE BLANK BOOKS TO ANY PAT TERN. They have already in store a good stock of LEDGERS, JOURNALS, DAY BOOKS, CASH BOOKS, INVOICE BOOBS, 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 ft PARHAM, (late James Woodhouse -C 0.,) at their New Building, on Governor street, »lc 23—ts near Main. •ST Removal. The imdersigVi!, AGENTS OF THE HOME IN SURANCE COMPANY Off NEW HAVEN, have removed to their NEW ROOMS, OVER WILLIAM ft CHARLES EUKER, ON MAIN STREET, BE TWEEN NINTH AND TENTH STREETS, where they are prepared Is ISSUE FIRE AND MARINE POLICIES ON BEST TERMS. THOS. M. ALFRIEND ft SON, Agents, fur above and other companies. de23_lw | EST Selling off nt Cost. CLOAK AND FUR DEPOT, A. SAMUELS, over A. Pizzini's, Broad street, between Eighth and Ninth, has a large and well-selected stock of i 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 SSTJohn E. Doherty, MERCHANT TAILOR, Maib stbbbt, betwebb Eighth abd Nibth, diagonally opposite the Spotswood Hotel. NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS ! Mb. DOHERTY calls attention to some beautiful FABRICS FOR GENT'S WINTER WEAR, received in the last few days, which will be made up In good style. He names: SIMONI'S WAVED-FACED and TRICOT COAT INGS, ENGLISH WHITNEYS and BEAVERS, various colors; ENGLISH MELTON'S, OXFORD and BROWN MIXTURES, JOHANNY'S and SIMONI'S CLOTHS and DOE SKINS, ; ' CLARET, BROWN and BLACK BEAVERS, for suitß. This stock 16 excellent, and the prices shall suit the times. de 11—ts J. B. DOHERTY. !J- B- BCBBEB3. J. h. POWEBB. 3. f. YABCST. j n_r_urress, Powers ft Yancey, WHOLESALE DEALERS IB WHITE GOODS, HOSIERY, FANCY GOODS AND NOTIONS, No. 112Maib stbbet, (upstairs,) RICHMOND, VA. de 11—lm *_~ White Lend and Zinc, IN PATENT CANS, for sale by HARVEYS ft WILLIAMS, de Ift—lm agents for the manufacturers. AMUSEMENTS. A GRAND SELECT BALL will be given at the E c . n -l a U-Ji_lv-y* t . c Washington Hall,) on MON DAY EVENING, January Ist. This Ball will be strictly select. MABAUEBS. M. FINEGAN, R. RYAN, W. W. PUTNAM, H. SCHWARTZE, FLOOB MABAOEBS. _ E BRANAN, M. CONORS. P. FITZE? MAT. ADAMS. . I MUSIC by SMITH'S FULL BAND. Tickets, |i. 1 FOR RENT. FOR RENT, ft BRICK STORE and RESIDENCE, on Main street, near the __8 Old Market—an excellent stand for almost ff_ any retail business. It is at present occupied JiljL'L i>y Mr. Gundershelmer. Possession given January l*t, ISS6. For terms, ftc., apply to deßo— lw __ REONAULT ft CO. FOR RENT a STORE on Frankiin street, near the First Market. Apply to _■_*_ , _ J. F. KEESEE, *hM_f deSO-ts S__-_L*__-__!l NEAT BRICK TENEMENT, ON JACKSON STREET. FOR SALE OR __8 LEASE.-An excellent BRICK TENEMENT. 4BH on the north side of Jackson street, now oc-J___L cupied by Mr. Marcellas Hicks, coiitainlngfour rooms, besides kitchen snd water in the yard, and the premises in good order. Possession _tven at once. Apply to ■ HARRISON, GODDIN ft APPBRSON. de FOR SALE OR RENT, A TWO . STORY FRAME TENEMENT, with brick _*_ basement, on the Williamsburg turnpike, f_\ near Gillie's creek, with a large lot at-J____ tached and well enclosed. Possession given TST January, l«M. Apply at ~ -• » H ; W * TYLER'S office, opposite the Baltimore steamboat wharf. FRESH SUPPLIES FOR THE HOLI DA YB.-We call the attention of our cuitomers and others,who are making preparations for the Christmas and New Year's hoQdays, to our stock of COGNAC BRANDY. SHERRY'wUfET RUM, RYE WHISKY. ■""***>. KPUTCHCHBEBE.PIIJB- APPLE CHEESE. E-_l»fl-8l-S» &Ba : ___&s__"•• mmtam* _i_i i_ ___ ♦ •• **~ ,w No. N Mala atreet. IN* -' |?|a-ID W|nnßlTO» THhs-| " The new yesw SpproaefßJS. and wißh% arw>t*fls_ occasion for thSdiiplayef friendly vlrfs%.** Ths subscriber* have lust received another sup ply of BOOKS, suited to ft)* season. They call • special attention to the following : , .STRATFoRB tiALLRRV; a sneerb quarto, inelegant binding,' with beaut ifnr engraving* fmw ttrs h*st plftiirsa ~ .■»•»- < . ,_.„ 4 THE WAVffRLY OALLKRY, a superb quarto, in elegant blading, with beautiful engravings from the best picturj-s. • j TH R BY RON GALLERY, a superb quarto, in ele gant binding, with beautiful engravings from the best pictures, and many others. Also, a good assortment of DIARIES for im«. *■"• - WOODHOUSE k PARHAM, de SB—rt Oovernor street, Richmond, Vs. ■fkEPOT goods. THE LARGEST STOCK Ijf THE CITY CONFECTIONERIES, FA-fCY GOOPS ABU PIRE-WORKS! D. SODINI k CO., WHOLESALE ABU BETAIL nSALEBS IB FRENCH AND AMERICAN CONFECTIONERIES, Main street, under Spotswood Hotel, RICHMOND, VA„ call the attention of purchaser* of * CHRISTMAS AND VRW—YEAH GOODS to his large stock of FRENCH AND AMERICAN CANDIES, RAISINS, CITRON, FIGS, CURRANTS, MALAGA GRAPES, ORANGES, LEMONS. All kinds of PLAIN AND FANCY FRUIT, POUND AND SPONGE CAKES, CHOICE WINES, BRANDY AND WHISKY, SUPERIOR SARDINES AND PICKLES, BEST HAVANA CIGARS, I and all kinds of TOYS FOR CHILDREN, INDIA RUBBER BALLS, CHINA POLLB, MARBLES, kc, FIRE-CRACKERS, ROMAN ROCKETS, TORPEDOES, ftc, PRESERVED GINGER, BRANDY PEACHES, PRESERVED FRUITS, P COCOA-NUTS, CHAMPAGNE, SCOTCH ALE, I SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO, PIPES, PORTE-MONNAIES, POCKET-BOOKS, KNIVES, and an endless stock of FANCY GOODS. de 20-l©t DARBY ~A GENTRY, ut Maib stbbbt, betwbbb blbth abd testh, bobth siob, have on hand for the holidays a large assortment of GENTS', LADIES', MISSES' and CHILDREN'S* BOOTS, GAITERS and SHOES, selected from the BEST FACTORIES IN THE UNITED STATES, all of which we are determined to SELL AT COST, as we wi*h to reduce our stock—a great induce ment for country merchants and all others who wish to buy NTHE BEST GOODS. persons who wish to make their friends a nice Christmas present, DARBY k GENTRY'S is the place to get them GOOD and CHEAP. We have nice CONGRESS GAfTERS at TWO DOLLARS; 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; GENTS' CITY-MADE BOOTS from TEN to FOUR TEEN DOLLARS. We also offer a nice lot of FINE FELT HATS. All of which we will sell at cost. And w pledge ourselves to do what we have stated. All we ask Is to give ns atrial. de 30—Sw spIHRISTMAS AND V/ NEW YEAR'S PRESENTS. " Why, Christmas, 'tis the very time for gifts. Heart and hearth commence. Where each kindly pledge Brings gentle memories of love and home." WOODHOUSE ft PARHAM, (LATE JAMES WOODHOCBK 8 C 0.,) GOVERNOR STREET. NEAR MAIN, tw«t i£ v S fofaale, suitable for presentation, BIBLES, English editions, various sizes, in beau titul bindings ; PRAYER-BOOKS, choicest editions, in eleeant bindings: ■ HYMN BOOKS of several denominations, beauti fully bound ; THE STANDARD POETS, illustrated, and in ex quisite binding*; LADIES' WORK-BOXES, uniquely ornamented : ' also, plai.i styles ; PORTABLE WKITINd-DESKS : TOURIST'S OASES, very pretty, containing Imple «^.-_ or *v t . n _ a writing and other conveniences ; PORT-FOLIOS, in great variety: ' SATCHELS, OF MOROCCO, for -dies ; BEAUTIFUL INKSTANDS. ' THE FINEST (SOLD PENS, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS ' __ ELEGANT NOTE PAPER and ENVELOPES? SUPERIOR POCKET-KNIVES, *-*v-_o. WALKING CANES^ SUPERB GUITARS, | „., ~ ~_°£ ether Wltn a choice collection of CHILDREN'S 300KS; some entirely new and pleasing. WOODHOUSE ft PARHAM. de 21—lot The new store, on Governor street. "POR THE HOLIDAYS. HALL ft HUTCHISON, No. 7 Fourteenth street, below Main. £°-?„__KS nd LACES and EDGINGS, SUSPENDERS, LACE VEILS. gE£K TIES VELVET RIBBONS, J?J?_f_Slf IRTS » LADIES' GARTERS, CORSETS, BELTS. ' LINEN-CAMBRIC AND HEM-STITCHED HAND KERCHIEFS, SHIRT FRONTS. ! PINS, NEEDLES] BUTTONB, In variety; &__! THREADS and SPOOL COTTON, COMBB, in variety; HAIR, TOOTH and SHOE BRUSHES. BLOGNES and' EXTRACTS, IR OIL and POMADES, >CKB. PIPES, ftc, endless variety of FANCY GOODS, to c attention of the trade ia directed. de SO—m J-JOLIDAY SUITS_OF CLOTHING. JULIUS KRAKER, , « main __*"* ""-_•• has selected from Nsw York, Philadelphia and _. _ Baltimore a Hue assortment of __~ READY-MADBCLOTHING, which be can sell cheaper than any other house in CASINET piNTs'K:..^.? o^!" l . o ' . g_ ,5 cassimerb pants at.:.:.:: ••^•£ CASSIMERE SUITS at $15 and 830 SILK-MIXED SUITS fr0m....... *»,K and fw BOYS'CASSIMERE SUITS from .T.....5*"0 Jl_ 821- OVERCOATS fr0m.....V...V..V..V.8nT_d up GENT'S OVERCOATS from :. git snd 2 BLACK FROCK COATS, fine quality,... gU and n FINE SILK-VELVET VESTS.. ..!.... a£ GENT'S NETTED UNDERSHIRTS at......... MM BLACK FELT HATS at .?.. ...........: it'w Come and get yoor bargains at «a Main street, where you can get the worth of your money, j keep always on hand a well-selected stock of _ _,_,_ _CABBIMERES ANI> BEAVERS for MERCHANT TAILORING," to which depart ment I attendhnyself. I guarantee a nice at. and made up at the shortest notice. de to-iot JULIUS KRAKER, _ Main street. TTOLIDAY PRESENTS, j « - G. B. STACY ft SON'S _T AND FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, no Maib stbbbt. ILDREN'B CHAIRS, In great variety; CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES, superior to anything »ever offered in this market; BABY JUMPERS -OPERATING BWINGINU CHAIRS; BRACKETS, ftc. eass-lSt NO. 1 MACKEREL, Mo. 1 MACKEREL. U kits No. IMACKUU. a__v__--_. -£Rs_s_9!E_ m , _P__ \M __r_________ n_ ___■ _R____snrU_la 4s w-t* v»Uo»A street. By O. V.Vase. Auctioneer. / 10NSTABL»8 BAL-.-Will T-. »aa V/ at the WHjidence of U. MiXIMIV, on r,„ , Hi IK On SITUt_AT, the 3*tb l_uA«t, at 3 p>uWlJ "*" » *ARLOR TABLES. BRDdVw&AND FURNITURE, to satisfy a distress warrant In my hands »_--'-.. the said 7 MeNimln to fsej««eT WUIUm walllEi «-_• SS-lt- ■ , | .-/(lilll, M. , ggSSffi AuqfiON DAY ! &^_^_^__^^^^i^^ ,K7 of an order made on the Md dsv of De. o«i is* br the Judgeof theHustingsftort ofthe eh. 1 of Richmond, In an attachment Sued out bVri£, J A Co. against Caen* 4 Co., I will proceed- _,1' a " MONDTY, bit day of January, sssTaMa*^Eil f "i ! OeorgeM. Uwards. corner of Mai. ,J_\\tJS___ 4 barrels VINEGAR, 1 barrel BITTERS, 13 EMPTY BARRELS, * DEMIJOHNS, 1 cask CLARET WINE, 1 keg GINGER BRANDY, 1 barrel DOMESTIC BRANDY i keg SCOTCH WHISKY, I keg BLACKBERRY BRANDY. 1 barrel SHERRY WINE, 1 barrel APPLE BRANDY, sk 1 barrel NEUTRAL SPIRITS, v 1 lot of AMERICAN COFFEE, V 2 parts kegs of BITTERS, „ bottles CHAMPAGNE. Several parts of barrels APPLE BRANTiv GIN. WHISKY, «"**• bsa-idt, and many other articles too tedious to mention Sale to commence at 11 A. M. y _ THOMAS D. DUDLEY _ „ ~ _ Sergeant City of Richmond I* W __■•*** forT * w . Auctioneer ' de 29—tds CEROEANTS SALE.-WUI be soldo?. tO TUESDAY, the 2d day of January, IW6, »"{ Z£}°? k M **,*, t the " tor _. on Franklin, betweV, Thirteenth and Fourteent-"streeta, recently occn l>ie«l by J. Proskauer, a large stock of Wine*. Li qnors and Cigars, consisting, inpart. of 15 cases XT. JULIEN CfcARETWINE, 15 cases RHINE WINE, 3 cases CHAMPAGNE WINE -5 cases EXTRA RHINE WIJTE. 10 dosen MIXED LIQUORS, 2 casks MADEIRA WINE. 1 cask FRENCH BRANDY, 11 barrels WHISKY, 10,000 to 12,000 fine CIGARS, and numerous other articles too tedious to men tion, to satisfy an execntion in my hands in favor of B. Becher, and an attachment in favor of T G Austin _ Co., both against said Joseph Proekauer THOMAB U. DUDLEY, ~__•_. »f«¥«an tCtt y*» c hmond. Sale conducted by T. W. Ksessb. de 28— tds WOOD FOR SALE.—We will selL at f f New Kent Courthouse, on the FIRST DAY OF JANUARY NEXT, about FOUR THOUSAND CORDS OF PINE wdOD, situated on the bonse land, near New Kent Courthouse, and with, in two and a half miles of a good landing on the Pamnnky river. Teems : Made known on day of sale. JOHN T. HARRIS, JOHN MAYO, JAMES N. GODDIN, WM. R. TUNSTALL. de 21—Stawtd Overseers of Poor. HOTELSAND TOARDm(_-HOUSE& BOARDING.— Miss B-DOOOl). tooth side Main street, second door above Seventh can take a few more BOARDERS, with or without ifdglng. - de 30_u BOARD CAN BE OBTAINED BY several persona, (ladies or gentlemen.) on JACKSON STREET, south side, three door"'trow APAM 9. de 30_2t POWHATAN HOTEL, eonxxa Ei.evebth _.\n Bsoad stbket», (near the Capitol,) RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. (GEORGE J. SCAMMELL, Pbopbibtob. This HOUSE, having been put in thorough re nr and re-furnished In the most complete «tyle is •«pajf««l to receive guests. The accommodations c MRST (LASS, and guests can rely upon fiml g in the POWHATAN the comforts of home, with I the luxuries of a hotel of the character it claims po _! p ___ de 11 - j ™ mON AND BRASS FOUNDRBSS. VULCAN IRON WORKS, CORNER OF'BYRD AND SIXTH STREETS. We are prepared to furnish. at short notice, Bolts. Nuts and Washers, all sizes; Grating aud Iron Work for bouses ; Wrought and Cast Iron* Fence*, 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 moet reasonable terms. ARCHER k GOODWIN, de 28—ts Post-once box No. 027., \fETROPOLITAN WORKS, —fJL COBBEB OP SEVEBTH ABU C_SA* STBKETtf. Having supplied ourselves with the neess*arv patterns, we are prepared to execute, at short no tice, orders for EVERY DESCRIPTION OF CASTINGS, BRASS OR IRON, say IRON FRONTS, poft STORES AND WARE HOUSEB J, CASTINGS FOR RAILROADS, all kind* ; G gA|TING§ Y FOB MILLS AND MACHINERY WAGON AXLES COMPLETE, WITH BOXES ; SABH WEIGHTS, GRATE BARS, sc.ac. ENGINES and MACHINERY of all kind* re paired in the best manner, and with auick_di» patch. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED*. Having.erected a commodious Smith Shop we are prepared to do BLACKSMITHS' WORK of all kinds. Including WROUGHT IRON GRATINGS, C'2r« Il _ r,9Uin *f'*u warehouses, ike. Also. FINISH ING BRASS Ok IRON WORK. In addition to the above, we are prepared, in oar w ,°°jL i ! ho E. and Bat »- Factory, to sapplvSASH, _J#_sSr?Biw^_ L i k^1D; BtY-MAirir DOORS snd MOULDINGB of every pattern. Orders *olicited. TANNER 4 EHBETS. C_f_H_T^ h MARINE IRON AND -.'.-'-•--•■ ••-_ _ * BRASS FOUNDRY. The subscriber* have associated themselves to htes—fceerjaar the purpose of conducting the IRON AND BRASS FOUNDRYTJUSINESS In all Its branches. Thej solicit the patron*** of 1- ."—. nd * * nd the pubficgenerally. ALL WORK WARRANTED TO PLEASE or bo charge made. Location on Dock street, below the York River jJaSH PAID FOR OXD IRON, BRASS and COP- P_R- , ALFRED 8. LEE, <*« I s — 1» WILLIAM S. COX. IRON BUILDINGS, STBAM ENGINES AND MACHINERY. TBB UNION MANUFACTURING COMPANY __ _ „ OB RICBMOBD, VIBOIBIA, respectfully announce their readme** to erect Iron Buildings of all styles: to repair Steam Engine* and Machinery of all kinds with pafeptnws. snd to do all work usually executed in i° roY • GENERAL MACHINE SHOP, -..--- __.** __ I r works, on CARY STREET, NEAR FIFTEENTH. Orders from all parts of the country are solicit*.*, _*!"*^n_^i!B-ff__iSr made, repaired, and constantly on hand, for sals as above. f de .i_„ TVENTAL NOTICE/ __£. _ G. WAYT, DENTIST, having recovered hi* health, has resumed th« -_-__ of J_ w _!_7 ln Richmond, and reject fully offers his services to his old friends and pa tlenl», and all others who may need them. c°.r.?„-*U!"L weidenee SOUTH SIDE OF GRACE STREET.BETWEEN SEVMJITH AND EH'HTH. de 28—Sm* DR JOHN MAHON\\ ~ ■ SURGEON DENTIST, f_i»r mauy yearn associated with Dr. John (*■ W !l yt l. _2 a1,3 feapoctfully Inform hi* old patron*, and all others who may need his services, that i« consMaence of the destruction ot hi* o_ke by the greet fire, he has opened an oflee at hi* r*»id«nc«. on. Fourth street, l>etwoea Broad and Mar»hall. wnere he can be found at all hour*. Artin_»»l reeth Inserted ou gold, silver and vulcanite. The highest price paid for old Gold Plate. » _ -ll!—-- 1 - DR. GEORGE B. STEEL, DENTAL SURGEON. (Oflee on Main, between Seventh and Kb;-— •tresis, gre door* above Saotswoud Hotel.) ~ __ , _ rjchmgnd.Va.. thankful for tha liberal patronage bestowed §hlm In the east, respectfully Inform* __ da and the pablle that he can still be found st Id stand, prepared with rf_> facility to per alloseralknSin DENTISTRY sromstly and ln the best manner. ARTlr.i>»__ __».- I—M»rWS upon GOLD, SILVER or de tl-Ua QEOBQg B. BTa_L, Deutist. S«ED.-lflftTb«shela prime _J»Wißs_! (V*» HUNDssJU) BnRR-l*S BY**-

....DECEMBER »>. I*W. t,,v Pisi»atck IHti_.pino is on Go- Inok strkkt, nrar to Maix, and v l« y orrxmiTF. tok old Dwpatth pasdfVfe _ _, _ — 7 ~ ...... .- Washlncten ftents. . T Of THE RrCCBM Of TSB PBBSISBXT'S rsesrw relief. „._ nn . strong Indications that Congress ~ «. A«!«emble on the 9th of January (for, xU therecea* wllMast till then,) in a -**• r fmine of mind aa regards the admission *.*■_»Southernussssbars. There is an. open »i.on iii the Republican _______ sgaiast the oY Mr. Thaddeus Stevens. Si "iLments, sufficient to defeat that policy Tl 'h, lloiW, already exist there. All that is 111 .'vi is a leader for the moderate and con- Republicans. If Mr. Raymond will *" ir _ ;', .tat position, it will be cheerfully con _!t_i to him. But he must first come out __?* md strongly in defence of the Presi- If he will not do so, some other * •\-is\viii' be found. The Southern mein l ' ,t Oosstress have only gone home to ! "Z i the Christina* holidays. They will 'üb. i,.>re again by the middle of Jantia -1 Before the adjournment of Congress, *l n aad -in interview with the President, and k Vave them such encouragement as leads __ *o beUere that they will all be admitted the close of this session, and some of '!'' those from Tennessee, Arkansas and v.A'nia, at a very early period. Soon after V,'"th of January an attempt wilt be made to ' T-.'r the credentials of these members to the iv—tmittee ou Elections. If this attempt is a vt'?*f"l. lue battle, ia won; for that com mitwe will report favorably to their admission, ' n,i the action of the House will be sure to sus tain the committee. The late message of the Prreident and the report of General Grant, by which it was supported, have contributed much to bring about this result. All of the moderate and conservative Republicans now Uv that the question bears a different aspect •Mn it did before that message was sent in. They cannot, they say, at the mere dictation of g_ 'Stevens, overlook and set at nought a state gaper of such gravity, emanating from the executive branch of the Government. Before this message there might have been a question uto the status of these States; but there can »_. none now. Such was the tone of many of the Republicans before they left for their bcsaes, and there can be no doubt that they will corns brick in the same frame of mind. WHITE HOCSE. There was not a large attendance of visitors _t <he White House to-day, and none of these were granted an interview with the President until Afternoon, his time being occupied with Secretary McCulloch, Secretary Stanton, and General Grant, who came in about 12 o'clock. SOME OF THE rBESinBNT'S LETTEBB. To-day the President received among his letters a number from insane persons. One letter i> from an individual in New York, who writes to the President every week on political topics, lilling four pages of foolscap, and sign ing himself " Emperor of the World.*' Another Individ——, at Fall River, Mass., writes every day concerning his imaginary possessions, amount!ag to many millions, and importunes the President not to allow certain parties to «hare in the distribution of the property. A bdy writes that she has had a spiritual visita tion by her son, who died in Salisbury prison, axd asks the President to send her some mo ney. These are but specimens of dozens of let ters received every week, and which, after perusal, help to fill the waste basket of the Executive office. BR. SEWARD'** FRENCH DIPLOMACT. While legislation lulls, diplomacy is busy. It i_ probable tlv.it Secretary Seward, through his written dispatches to Mr. Bigelow, and his lm dispatch in the person of General Schofleld, has i>v this time come to a final understaad ii'i" with Louis Napoleon in regard to Mvxi can matters. The pride and prestige of the French Emperor are to be saved by simply riving him an opportunity to withdraw his support from Maximilian, without menace from the T'nited States, and with the under standing hat the United States Government «til leave Mexico to the Mexicans. — Baltimore thi: ( HItIA.V QUESTION*. The renionstra_uces which the United States Qovenuß—iat have, in common with other powers, made against the unjustifiable ag gression of Spain upon Peru and Chili, seem to have had no effect. No one would be sur prised if the Spanish-Chilian question should soon take the place in the public mind of the Franco-Mexican question. IHfc BEST WAY TO RULE JAMAICA MAT BE THE BEST FOR RUI.IMI THE SOUTH. The commissioner appointed by Earl Rus sell to visit Jamaica, and there personally In vestigate the circumstances attending the late insurrection of the blacks, and the conduciof Governor Eyre on the occasion, cannot fail to elicit some facts in regard to the subject, which will be exceedingly interesting to this country. The policy which shall be best suited for the government of Jamaica is in question. Stringent regulations enforcing su bordination have heretofore been adopted, but now it seems that a large class of people in England are In favor of a milder system, whereby the interests, if not the lives, of the white* and mulattoes would be endargered. NEWKO SUFFRAOE IS THE DISTRICT. The negro suffrage question still agitates this District—tho people being on one side, and some of the Government office -holders on the other. The vote taken in Georgetown yester day on the subject Indicates the same unani mous opposition to negro suffrage there as was shown to exist in this city by the vote polled here last week. THK LABORS OF THE PRESIDENT. The President does uot share the relaxation from toil from official duties during the exist ing holidays. Availing himself of the freedom from calls, he is during the day diligently engaged in prosecuting much important business, which the heavy pressure of the past month compelled him to lay aside. On the re-assembling of Congress, he will be prepared to furnish responses upon several I>oiuts of interest called for by resolution. No opportunity is omitted to impress upon the I—ads of the several departments of the Go vernment the necessity and propriety of re trenching the expenditures of the Govern ment to the smallest possible limit. Another heavy reduction of the army force ia about to be inaugurated, the Administration being satisfied that a restoration of civil control in most oLthe Southern States will admit of such a ctTtaWFneut without any risk of the harmo nious restoration of full Federal authority. KEF URXISHIN'O THE WHITB HOUSE. * As soon as the confusion attendant upon the New Year* levee at the White House shall be Rot through with, a force of workmen wUJ • *_*an*—ace the thorough renovating and re r uewal of furniture authorized by the late act of Congress appropriating thirty thousand dollars for the same. The improvement is imperatively called for; all visitors to the mansion are forcibly impressed with the di lapidated and rickety condition of the furni ture in that portion of the building which is ojm_ to the public. < i.ekks ia abd out or orncß. Many of the clerks in the Treasury Depart ment wan received notices of dismissal early in the month were allowed furlough* from the 'late of receiving the notice*! to the dato when 'hey take effect. The number, though well ort 'o a hundred, creates but a small vacuum; they cannot be missed. A number of the female <-lerks are notified that their services are to be dispensed with at the end of the month. Sol •her* of the regular and volunteer service have been detailed, by order of General Grant, to do the clerical duty iv the Q,uartcr__star's Apartment, all the civilians being dismissed. BIBLES rOM, TRAVELLER*. The committee appointed by the CUtr Bible society reiMirt that they have furnished Bibles u < eifb tof the principal hotels. No travellers •jaa them more than those who journey to *as__gtea frequently. i aoss-rißiß". Manns. Dunbar and Maguire, who had an utereation in the hall of the National Hotel, "acb considers his adversary as the aggressor. ihe former has been cited to appear upon the oath of the latter to answer for asaault and witery, and Mr. Maguire has given bail to I'-'-wer for assaulting Mr. Dunbar and stah '"«K him with a sword-cane. "It-OBTATIOB Or CATTLE PSOOISITBD. Secretary McCulloch has promulgated a cir cular, under the late act of Congress, prohi *--«iicihe l importation of cattle, not only of mll- I ' tm **e»»us, but nlso sheep, goats, bersss, ■' L X i_*es aud swine, ia prohibited entirely. "ilex tor* and other customs oflleers will there __ give no permits to land, unlade or deHver "uyof the_e animals, under any circumstances, r 0n »»y pretext whatever is irabch or wirsssass. ve»-_*_- r »t#wrtss-at at Wsshingte. ad . mitM " for information concerning the name a and r-ldiaeennf Yhw -rweuty-eeven kuenstrs who were captured whilst In the Federal ser rise, hot -who ■nhsatiiisiiilj took tan oath of alhwiaacs to tan hit. after Joining the foreign battalion made their escape from Savannah as Sherman approached that place. The object of this inquiry Uto obtain the testimony of these men to the al leged shooting, by General Mercer, nf seven ! other Federal soldiers, who had also joined the Confederatp*. aad who "are said to have been executed by General Mercer for attempt ing to escape. TIB rSBStUBBT'* fOttCT. Much earnest feeling has been created among radical members by the announcement that the President had directed certain heads of departments "to make no further appoint ments upon the recommendations of Congress men at present." The fact of the existence of this order waa communicated by the chief of a department to some radical Congressmen who had made a request for a certain appointment. But one construction is given to this Execu tive mandate, vis: that support of the Execu tive policy ia to be hereafter the price of pa tronage.— Washington Correspondent Chicago Times. THB PBESIDBBT'S BEW YEAR'S SECEPTIOB. We are authorized to state that, at 11 o'clock A. M. on New Year's day, the President will receive the members of the Cabinet and Foreign Ministers, the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, Senators and Representa tives In Congress, the Judges of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and.of the I Court of Claims. At half-past 11 o'clock A. M. the officers of the army and navy and ma rine corps will be received. The reception of citizens will commence at 12 o'clock (at which hour the gates of the enclosure will be opened), and will terminate at 2 o'clock P. M. Ladles will be received.— Sational Intelligencer. Additional Details of Foreign News. 1 THE ATLABTIC CABLE—OPBBATIOBB TO BE BE SCBBD IB Jt'.IE—THE SI'BMEBOED WISE IB PEBKBCT ORDER. Mr. George Saward, General Superintend ent of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, pub lishes the following letter in the London Times, December 12: In the review of the work by Dr. W. H. i Russell on the subject of the Atlantic Tele graph Expedition in 1865, which appears in your columns this day, the expedition referred to is spoken of as M the late, and possibly, for some time to come, as the last Atlantic expe dition." In making use of this expression the writer was necessarily unaware of events which have recently transpired, and I am, therefore, instructed to ask of yon the fa vor to allow me to state that the arrangements of the directors as to new capital are now completed, that several hundred miles of the core, or interior portion of the cable, are com pleted, and that the Great Eastern is chartered to go to sea in June, 1866, for the double purpose of laying an entirely new cable and of raising the broken end of the one thousand one hun dred miles of cable laid this year, so as to splice additional cable thereto, and thus, if success ful, furnish to the public a second means of communication. This one thousand one hundred miles of sub merged cable is ascertained to be in the most per fect order I*l daily tests taken from the time it broke, 'and still continued dmly. The buoys at the end of it are washed away, but this is of no con sequence, as they were intended only for a temporary purpose, the spot for grapnelling having been laid down by solar observations, so that a good navigator can at any time sail to within half a mile of the broken cable. MISCELLANEOUS BEWS. There is said to be '-good ground for believ ing " that the death of King Leopold will not interfere with Ifcueen Victoria's arrangements for opening the new Parliament in person. Lord Russell is still so unwell as to be unable to leave Pembroke Lodge. The accounts re specting the condition of his colleague, Sir Charles Wood, are more favorable. King Christian, of Denmark, is said to be somewhat seriously ill with a painful malady, although one not necessarily fatal. It is re ! ported that he is suffering from inflammation j of the spinal cord. . The war in New Zealand had not ended, as was supposed. The Maories laugh at the Go -1 vernor's peace proclamation. They murdered the first messenger who bore it to them, and an interpreter in the service of Government has also fallen a victim to their savagery. There is a rumor of a Garibaldian corps be ing formed at Genoa. The General himself remains at Caprera, and enjoys moderate health. . . , T Queen Emma of Hawaii has gone to Hyeres. About twenty thousand dollars have been raised during her visit to England for the Ha waian Mission. ___ . , ,5„ The King and Queen of Portugal arrived in B*»°-is on the evening of the 10th, on their way England, and slept at the Grand Hotel, death of the King of the Belgians pre ted their visit to Compeigne and the Tuile thjs MEXICAN* Qt-ESTIOB—THE BEOIBBIBG OB THE END. rCorrespondence London Observer (Ministerial), L December 10.] The Empress Charlotte has left Mexico for Europe en roide by Yucatan. The French Em veror is apprehensive lest Maximilian should short ly follow his consort, and has prevailed on tenor Hidnlgo, the Mexican Minister in Pnris,to proceed to Mexico and endeavor to dissuade Maximilian from abdicating. Senor Hidalgo will go out in the French packet which is to sail from fct. Nazaire on the 16th instant. It is very doubt ful whether he will arrive in Mexico before Maximilian has taken his departure, the proba bility being that both the Emperor and tin press will reach Europe before the ensuing new year. | MISISTEB BIOELOW MABES A SENSATION SPEECH AT PABIS. Paris (December 10) Correspondence London News. The Constitutionnel takes no notice whatever of the highly important speech of the Ameri can Minister at the Grand Hotel, in which he said, among other remarks, that the two hun dred thousand veteran troops which the United States kept armed were sufficient to show that j Its future policy could not be influencedJby a sense of weakness, and that " the United States wesdcl do precisely what the aggregate wis- | dom and conscience of the nation should prescribe—nothing more, nothing less. That this passage pointed to Mexico and the asser tion of the Monroe doc-trine in the President s message, now on its way to Europe, was at any rate the opinion of the meeting ; for tne full report, which will not be published in any French journal, states that Mr. Jay, the chair man, alluded to Mr. Bigelow's speech as in teresting, diplomatic, yet vastly significant 1 The French press may shut its eyes to the truth that it is all up with Maximilian in Mexico, but the rest of the world sees it. GBSBBAL BCHOFIELD'S MTBTEBIOI7B XISSIOB. [Paris (Dec. 10) Correspondence of London News.] M Boniface, in the Constitutionnel, has twice informed the French public that General Scho- I field only came to Paris as a private individual I The Times, if I may credit the telegraph, has Sd the same thing. Against such authorities, I which wiU command the belief of the multi tudes who believe implicitly what they are told, it is Important to see the following para graph in this evening's Pays, a;Ji"f°- onrna verumental aa the Constitutionnel, and belong ing to the same proprietors, and which para eraph, under the circumstances, cannot have —*»i. written without fuU deUberation: « The Schofleld'. visit here is, as we have already said, altogether concili atory, and has in view only certain tions of a passage which will be found in Pre .ident Johnson's message. The presence of \ General Schofleld among us is, therefore, only an additional proof of the excellent disposition of his Government towards i ranee. After this complacent explanation, utterly I inconsistent with the asseveration* of Bom face that the General has no mission at all, the Pays goes on to adopt the stale and absurd story that General Logan is merely accred Wed to Juarez because President Johnson, having the patronage of a salary already voted, wished to five it to a pesonal friend [From the London Pall Mall Gasette, December ».] It is a singular coincidence that the Gene ral has come to France just »t the moment when the rumor of a counterpart or tne September Convention having been arranged between the Emperors Napoleon an* -Maxi milian had been revived. This rumor is repeated iv many well-informed Quarters, and it is added that, as a sort of com pensation for the withdrawal of the French troops, the government in Paris intends to establish a large foreign *&_„f__^- Uu * chiefly of Frenchmen and .Belgiana, tor Mexico. The Emperor Maximilian to said strongly to support this project. Jhwrota a Jumof that the General will visit England to prevent any difficulties between this country and the United States. [Pari* (December m Corrsanondeuce of theLon if yon refer to my latter announcing the ar rival in Paris of General Schofleld, you wiU tnaVT abstained I from did most of the -**>•»*»_£___£ £t ____t -«. _-Jr»-»T here for the mere sake of vtolt not come over per- A._tL a t__ _..* lac Pnrto eras, aaejorar, the "•^™*" r^**? 18 1 He aad a nttosion to fulfil, I ass eonvlnced. Bnt this ntasion iwns •wsentiaUy a ooncUiatory one. The apwsch which OeaeralScaoflstd uttered at the great FssU valof Thaakaf Ivtng, which the American ostshrntod at the Stand Hotel, is a proof that the Cabinet of Washington has no ill fseUng llrtendsfiphetween France and the United Statea," exclsimed General Schofleld, as he ended hi* speech: "may It be strengthened and perpetuated!" And this toast was re ceived with bursts of applause. Need I add that the French press is unanimous in ex pressing Its aatisfhctkm at heating anch pacific language. These words of General Sehoficld, as well as the frtendly tone which characterises theelo* quent address of Mr. Bigelow, will Indites the Em peror, far mors than any, threats, to assimilate his policy, as regards Mexico, to the laws of the Ameri can nation. | Ssaior* Poibobibo Case—Six Psbsobs tub Vict ins.— A melancholy case of poisoning oc curred at No. 2,316 Spring Garden Street yes terday morning, by which six persona were the victims. It appears thnt Patrick Mc- Laughlin, his wife, two children and his ne phew and niece partook of breakfast at dif ferent times during the morning, and each one was taken seriously ill within two hours af-J terwards. Some two or three physicians werad Immediately sent for, who, npon arriving ar~ the house and examining the sick persons, pronounced their illness to have been occa stoned by poison. Mr. McLaughlin, who was j the hist to eat breakfast, was the most seri ously affected, being unable to speak for seve ral hours subsequent. It was thonght at first that he would not recover, but he gradually became better, and last evening was pro nounced out of danger. The other five suf fered somewhat during the early part of the day, but at no time were considered danger ously ill. Besides McLaughlin and wife, the victims are Margaret, aged nineteen, and Michael, aged seventeen, their children ; also, James McLaughlin, aged twenty-one, and Jane McDevitt, aged twenty-three, their ne phew and niece. James, after eating break fast, had proceeded to his work, but, being taken sick, was obliged to return home, A yonnger son of Mr. McLaifghlin escaped the poison. He did not get up UU some of the others were taken sick, and being obliged to go for a doctor, was prevented from eating his breakfast. The poisoning is supposed to have resulted from the coffee which they aU drank during the morning meal. Whether it re sulted from the coffee itself or from an ingredi ent placed within it is yet to be developed. A portion of the coffee-grounds was taken by one of the physicians to be analyzed. The affair created quite a sensation in the neigh borhood.— Philadelphia Press. _ . A Yocxo Lady CbVshed to Death bt Ma- j chibebt.—A heart-rendering accident occurred j at the mills of Major Warren, on Beale street, yesterday, which resulted in the almost lm- j mediate death oLa Miss J. Denman, of Port Gibson, Miss. Miss Denman came to this city several days ago, and was to return home on Monday to make preparations for her approaching mar riage with Major Warner, of Port Gibson, to whom she had been engaged for some time. Doubtless she had purchased her bridal trosseau and was happily contemplating the event so soon to trsinspire. Yestprday, in company with two young ladies of this city—Miss Ca pers and Miss Walker—she visited the mills above mentioned ; an inspection of the pre mises was suggested, to which ready assent was given. Approaching too near the ma chinery, Miss Denman's dress was caught, and she was drawn between two wheelsand man gled in a horrible manner. She survived tout a few minutes. ____, Miss Denman was accomplished and es- I teemed, and her sudden and awful death will jbe deeply deplored by a lar c circle of rela- I tives and friends. She was, previous to the war, in affluent circumstances, but of late was obliged to maintain herself by teaching school I at West Point, Vitas.—Memphisßulletin. 1 TUBEE DSTEBXIBEU ATTEMPTS AT SCICIDB.— On Christmas day, a man named Stoge, a German soldier, threw himself across the i track of the New York Central railroad, near the elevator, as an engine was backing down with some cars, but one of the employees saw I him and pulled him off the track. He then went to the basin and jumped head first against the ice, but he failed to break it ; and information being given to an officer, he was ar rested and taken to the third precinct station house. Here, while standing at the desk, he saw a jack-knife, which had been taken from a prisoner. He seized it and tried to stab him self, but an officer took the knife from him and his hands were shackled. He was sent to jail.— Albany Argus. BubiEn IS a Well.—A man named Chris tian Arut was recently buried alive in a well t on the farm of George Harmon, in Bainbriclge, t Mich. He was being lowered into the well by 1 a windlass, for the purpose of —bing, which was somewhat decayed. When the depth of forty feet, (the well Is seventy t deep,) he called to those above to draw him , as the curbing was giving away beneath n. They began to raise him up, and almost mediately a part of the curbing above him caved in, filling the tub and taking it down with such force as to break one arm of the windlass. The other arm caught in the cloth ing of a boy working it, and threw him clear over the shaft, several feet away. The whole well finally caved in from the very top. The whole neighborhood was aroused, and every effort was being made to recover the body of the unfortunate man, but without success. Fbom Bbazil.—Brazil news is to the 2d in stant from Rio Janeiro, by the steamer North America, which arrived yesterday. There had I been no further fighting, but the Brazilian army was suffering much from sickness. The i scheme of emigration from our late rebel i States was being pushed forward. The agents ! of the affair had selected a site for a town near I Araquara. in the Province of San Paulo, near the Rio Tete, an important affluent of the l Parana. We judge this location to be about four hundred miles west of Rio Janeiro. A tract of eight million acres of unoccupied pub- | lie land had been selected, and the rush of | Confederates was expected to begin forthwith. The location seems to be just under the tropic of Capricorn, corresponding to the latitude of Cuba. The birthday of the Emperor was fitly j celebrated on the day the steamer left, on which occasion the Emperor released a num her of prisoners. The Brazilian fleet was still j at Corrlentes, on the Parana. New Obleass Militaby Itbms.—Lieuten ant-Colonel J. Schuyler Crosby, of General Sheridan's staff, has been ordered on a tour of inspection of the posts on Red river and to Marshall, Texas. _____ ____ Lieutenant-Colonel E. B. Parsons, A»irt- I ant-Inspector on General Sheridan's stair, has | been granted a leave of absence for thirty days, j at the expiration of which he will proceed to , his home and report to the Adjutant-General of the United States for muster out of the ser vice.—True Delia. Dakotah Tebbitobt — Both branches of the Legislature of Dakotah Territory were orga nized on the 6th instant by the election of George Stickney, of Union county, as Presi dent of the Council, and G. B. Rigelow, of Clay, as Speaker of the House of Representa tives. The oath was administered to the mem hers of the House by Hon. J. P. Kidder. The j message of Governor Edmunds was delivered. ] ____. A Clebgtmab Cbcbhbo to Death Bbtweeb two Cabs.—Rev. Ebenezer Schofleld, pastor { of the Baptist Church in Amboy, wasklUed at Warrenton on Friday. It seems that he was engaged near a standing freight train on the track, the train being uncoupled in the middle, ant the cars so near together that one passing j between them had barely room by tunang ; sideways as they passed the bumpers. Mr. , Schofleld had repeatedly passed this dangerous . point, but at the fatal moment, when the train i backed, was between the bumpers, and nearly cut in two. He expired a few hours after the accident. The funeral took place in Amboy on Sunday .—Dixon (IU.) Republican and Tele- \ graph. A very deshmble reconstruction movement Is exhibited in the energy which marks tiie re- j opening of the railroads throughout the South ern States, and the plans on foot for extending the old lines and establishing new ones. A dis patch from Kansas City reports that those re presenting the railroad interests of thAt sec tion and Texas are in consultation to perfect arrangements for the rapid completion of the important road running front. Kansas City to Galveston, and the lines which are to connect with it. _ Gebbbal Hoobsb—The Boston Post states that General Hooker has been strnck with paralysis. The Post gives no particulars, hut merely mentions the fact. Major-General Weltsel has resigned his po sition in the United States army. On Friday last snow was four or Ire feat deep in some of the roads near Quebec. General Fit* John Porter sailed from New York on Wednesday lor Liverpool. The Pennsylvania -Legislature wilt awn-rone | KQR__PHIO NEWS. lATKP PB-M DIIPATCHM. Nsw Yoss, December 29.—The steamship Australasian, from Liverpooll«thinstant, has arrived. *___ message of President Johnson was fa vorably received, and was regarded ns friend ly. United States bonds improved after its reception. riBABCIAt- abo connssciAL. LivssrooL, December 16.—Cotton—The sale* of the week were eighty thousand hales, in cluding twelve thousand to speculators and twenty-two thousand to exporters. The mar ket opened dull at a decline of J_d., but re covered, closing with an advance of HA. on the week. The quotation of Middling Orleans is 21 to 21 ltd. The sales on Friday were eight thousand bales, the market closing quiet. The stock in port is three hundred and forty-eight thousand |_- ie*, including one hundred and twenty-seven bales of American. THB LATEST. Liverpool, Saturday, P. M.— The sales to-day were ten thousand bales, including three thou sand to speculators and exporters—the market closing firmer; quotations unchanged. London, December 16.—Consols closed at 87*_ to 87? J. Five-twenties, 64)4 to 64X. Governor Worth's Dispatch to the President. Washibotob, December 29>--GoveTnor Worth, of North Carolina, has informed Se cretary Seward that he has entered upon the duties of Civil Governor, and assures the Pre sident that his earnest desire is to co-operate with him in all measures tending to complete the restoration of harmonious relations be tween North Carolina and the United States Government. Arrival nf Commander Semmes nt the Wash ington Navy-Yard. Washibotob, December 29.—Ex-Commander Semmes, of the late Confederate navy, has ar rived, under arrest, at the Washington navy yard. Loss of the Steamer Conati tut ion—Forty Lives Lost. Raleigh, December 29.—We have newa here from Morehead City of the loss of the steamer Constitution, from Savannah to New York. Of fifty-four souls on board, all were lost but fourteen of the crew. .;,'* j New York Markets. New Yobb, December 29.—Flour quiet; Southern, f15.2. r >. Wheat firm. Corn quiet. Beef firm. Pork heavy—sales of 7,500 barrels ; at g29.25@-t29.75. Lard firm. Whisky duil. ! Etton buoyant at 53c. Naval stores dnU.— i 'he Coast Batteries in Maine Dismantled. lelfaht, Mil, December 27.—Under the sn •vision of Major Gardner, United States army, the batteries in this city and at other 1 points on the coast of Maine are being dis mantled. The guns have been carried to Fort'l Knox. __ _ From Norfolk. Personal.—Colonel John S. Loomis, Assist aat Special Agent of the Treasury Depart-1 inent of Richmond, is at the Atlantic Hotel. Pbesextatiob.—Mr. J. G. Smith, Worship ful Maater of Lodge No. 1, F. A. M., in this city, was presented on Wednesday evening with a beautiful gold watch and'chain, to which was attached a masonic emblem of the same substantial material. The ceremony was most affecting, as it was sincere, the testimonial coming from those whose hearts j folly appreciated the good work wrought by Mr. Smith, who is proficient in whatever he undertakes, and never uses untempered mor tar. ! Albemarle axd Chesapeahe Cabal.—All* the water is out of this canal, and the repairs are being pushed forward with all possible speed. If the weather continues favorable, the canal will be open for navigation about the 10th of January. The Cobditios or Edwabdb—J. H. Ed wards, shot at Oxford HaU on Wednesday night while resisting the guard, is considered in a ivery critical condition by his attending physician. Edwards was shot through the right breast, the ball passing through the lung and coming out tinder the shoulder blade. He is also wounded in the throat by a bayonet thrust, and in'the left wrist. He made the most desperate resistance even after being so severely wounded. — Sorfolk Post. — The Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Com pany are now running their cars to the Roa- I river. ;ago has shipped two hundred and sixty - tiousand four hundred and forty-six cat is year. MARRIED, lis city, on Thuredav, the mil instant, by At. Shaver. Mr. HENRY ?; WILSON, for of Norfolk county, and Miss SARAH J. ESS, of Richmond, folk papers please copy- DRY GOODS, LEVY BROTHERS YOU CAN nd the PATENT ENGLISH RUFFLE, all s; White and Colored French-wove COR all sizes, from seventeen to thirty inches: 1R COLLARS and CUFFS, for Ladles and ; superior ENGLISH HOSE and HALF • UNDER GARMENTS, foremen, women and ren ; INDIA RUBBER CLOTH ; RUSSIA and [ABACK DIAPER: Plain, Twilled and d FLANNEL"PABLB CLOTHS ; NAPKINS. OYLIES; BALMORAL HOSE and BALMO SKIRTS ; Swiss, Jaconet and Striped MUS LIN ; handsome embroidered sets of SLEEVES and COLLARS, and COLLARS -^CUFFS,^^^ _29 IS Main street. T>OOTS AND SHOES. o___l JIJ Having secured a small store and wHi cheap rent, I am determined ; f ■■«? p ' NOT TO BE 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 ; I say.ss ITiave also for sale ___ LADIES' AND GENTS' PAPER COLLARS AND CUFFS, che^peWhaT^ 1 hareslargestockand™rr_*gl. pOLLOCK> j Seventh street, between Main and Franklin. de I»—t* TTALL A HUTCHISON, "■-*" IMPORTERS ABD JOBBERS OB NOTIONS AND WHITE GOODS, at the old stand of Thomas, HroHEs k Caldwell, 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 be pleased to serve their old friends and the trade generally. JOHM W. HALL. formerly of Thomas, Hughes k Caldwell. EDGAR 8. HUTCHISON, formerly of McVeigh, Howard -Co., de ii—v» Lynchburg, Vs. DARBY A GENTRY (of the late flrm of Darby, Read k Gentry), wholesale 'and re tail dealers In Boots. Shoes, he. Also, agents for Weston's Metallic Artificial Legs and Wilcox k GtbbH's Sewing Machines, Main street, second door above Tenth, north side, Richmond, Va. dell—ts J~ OHN C. PAGE, Jr., Dealer in Boots- Shoes, Trunks, *c., 117 Main street, threei doors from corner of Ninth, RtchntO—l, Va. ds ll—ts T_IE FOURTH LECTURE Il__THp] course oa tha BVID-NCBS OF CBRWmJff- TV will be delivered on SABBATH 4IEXT lathe FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH h/ths pA*Toa. - t **"- . ■ TJAY.-A small lot oholes Northern JtL TIMOTHY. I»_balßs. *w *___"____-*' ties to salt. J. P. •^|! Q J-*_gg* t S_' r _? ffiiik T_t__j»_aAF-no Jraswa BY JOHawOri IsTW-r-sTMsW A«a_CT. __________> .. Sabot Hooa, December l*.<*4lae stßS_a_fp» China and Louisiana arrived oat oa Ike letb instant. Liverpool, December IS.—The steamships Cale donia, St. Patrick and Glasgow have arrived from Now Torn. The Parts Bonne closed Arm nt «3f. 4oc. for London, Sunday, December 17.—1t is stated that the health of the Queen of Spain is still improving. The King of Belgium was hurled yesterday. The new King takes the oath to day. * It is stated that the Queen of Spain has ac cepted the mediation of England ln Chilian affairs. The trial of Captain McCafferty, the Ameri can Fenian, is progressing at Cork. SBCOBD DISPATCH. Nsw Tons, December 28.—The bullion in the Bank of England had decreased four hundred snd forty-eight thousand two hundred and fourteen pounds sterling during the week. It is stated that Admiral Goldshorough, commanding the United States squadron in European waters, will establish his winter quarters at YiUafranca, near Nice. The Fenian Special Commission adjourned j its sittings at Dublin on the 13th, and com- , menced in Cork the following day. The trial | of McCafferty, late a captain in the Confede rate army, is progressing. St -one; precautions j have been taken to maintain peace in Cork, j The Cork Herald alludes to the recent depart- j ure of skilful pilots for America as an cvi- I dence of contemplated naval operations hy the Fenians. a The Times says the passage in President i Johnson's message which concerns England ought to be read in a friendly spirit. j The Morning Post says it evinces a desire to keep on good terms with those they acknow ledge to be their friends. , ■■ The Telegraph ia very eulogistic, and says the document reflects the highest credit on its an I—iter from Mexico. Philadelphia, December 29.—The New York Herald's Vera Cruz correspondent of the 13th says: , Imperial papers announce that Don Man uelruiz, Judge of the Supreme Court of the Republic, has abandoned Juarez, and protest ed against the latter continuing to act as Presi | dent after his constitutional term has cx i pired. Events at and in the vicinity of Vera Cms !do not indicate any intention on the part of ! the French to withdraw from the country at lan early day, but, on the contrary, are re j garded as showing a disposition to contest ! their occupancy of Mexican territory with the United States. Arrivals of soldiers from France continue—twelve hundred being land ed at Very Cruz on the 6th instant, and about three hundred more on the 11th, ail of whom were immediately sent into the field. French cannon and other war munitions and supplies were stUl daily arriving, and the defences of the city are being greatly strengthened, and remounted with the heaviest and most im proved guns. The work is being carried on secretly—principaUy at night. The bearer of dispatches from the Mexican capital was in Vera Cruz on the 13th instant, on his way to Washington. -— -—*—- San Francisco News. Sab Fbabcisco, Cai., December 2S.—The overland mail, with New York dates to the 30th November, has arrived. A slight shock of an earthquake was felt at Santa Clara last night. The firm of Jakaboasky k Warmner failed to-day. Their liabilities amount to over two hundred thousand dollars. Greenbacks sell at sixty-seven and three-quarters. The following are the quotations for mining stocks : Ophir sold in morning at three hun dred and fifty dollars ; evening, at three hun dred and seventy dollars a share ; Chollar Po tosi, one hundred and fifty to one hundred and sixty-two dollars ; Yellow Jacket, five hun dred fifty to five hundred and seventy dollars ; and Savage, eight hundred and thirty dollars. Arrival of Captain Semmes. WASHisaTos, December 29.—Captain Semmes arrived here last night by the train from New York, in charge of a guards*! United States Marines, and was at once taken to the navy-yard, where he was placed, temporarily, in a room hastily fitted up in the dispensary building, where a guard was placed over him. Semmes was ju res ted at his residence, about four miles from Mobile, on the 15th instant, on an order from the Navy Department. He ex pressed great astonishment, and claimed that (arrest was in violation of his parole. His Ehter was violently bitter, and said it was rty Yankee trick to arrest her father. He I given untU twelve o'clock next day to ar ;e his family matters; after which he was ight away. On the passage from Mobile to New York he was quite cheerful, expressing his readiness to stand trial, and his belief that the arrest was entirely illegal. Mysterious Disappearance of a Virginian- Schooners Ashore—The Inauguration of the Governor Elect of Maryland to take Place en the 10th or January. Baltimobe, December 29.—Joseph P. Bled soe, a merchant of Staunton, Virginia, stopped at the Maltby House, on Pratt street, on the 13th instant, with a large amount of money about him, iutonding to purchase goods. He suddenly and mysteriously disappeared on the same night, and has not since been heard of.— It is generally behoved that thore has been some foul play, resulting in murder and rob bery. His partner (C. B. Wood) is here, anx iously looking after him. During the recent heavy fog on the Chesa peake Bay several schooners went ashore and were lost, with valuable cargoes. Hon. 'Thomas Swarm, Governor elect, wiU j be inaugurated on the 10th of January. A grand time is anticipated at Annapolis. His address is anxiously anticipated. * Destructive Fire. Pbovioebce, B. 1., December 29— A fire broke out in the railroad depot at Groton about 1 o'clock this morning, which destroyed the building and thirty long empty cars and six loaded ones. The flames spread rapidly to the steamer Commonwealth, just arrived from New York, which was heavily loaded with freight, and was so grounded at the wharf that she could not be moored. She was burned to the water's edge, and nothing saved. The flames spread so rapidly and furiously that men on hoard the steamer barely escaped with their Uvea. The loss Is about one and n half million. A Raw nt Clari-viHe, Team. Clabbbvillb, Tbbb., December t#.—A row occurred hero Christmas day between some drunken soldiers and a party of citizen*, which, for n time, threatened to be serions.-. Two white men were seriously and oae slight ly injured. No further fears of disturbance are armrehended. MeareTss-Trnge In Georgetown. Wasiibotob, December 29.—Georgetown, following the example of Washington, opened the polls yesterday to test tan sense of taecttt sen*on-**ubjectofaegro*usTrage. Of aver 8n hundred -votes cast, oaly oae was la fs of th-aexteu-act-efranch-M. I > «■- —_*___—. ,m ■ii f s>ssahßCnn_-nsyw_ker mtob, Dsoemhsr _-Jszass Dunce* Gra ham, a broUser-ln-law of ssaJsn-Q-ajfty e'naV__ai_e*B> .aatpW \W_lr-w v Jsl V_ . . _- - ____. neers, amuosw. lm taw oity, assd as---* last avsnlag at dhuasj eg the as-art. .*- • ■ ' •; r™^*^ss«i*_srs3 Wasbiss-o*, Iteriss-ig sejsndsnd ■ „ > thnt the Passes, and the " lalillHi JBI I - S-T-nentehave arrreed spanan asslssasßasV * Ing, Fmnee is to withdraw Its areepafsssn . Mexico, nnd the United States* sgreesnette pamiit nay attempts to he sssnw frees acre te dr+rs h_-in.Ula_ eat. sss-ssta-salnftsaaaa Austria- body-guard *sd theMerleon neaps* Wasbib«tob, lJseeniher Si.—lt is staled that «_ Use United States stMuaer 0s goes win Isate bare in n day or two aw tint Wsst Indies, haw ingoa_a*r__fcern*tnrySeward, r. W. Bewerd, Bndo_teTs,wh«aw_soatttfh>_eas*rtp. tae T> Soto has JMtarrtvsdflroas Gaps Bajrtiea, but will he --fsady tostsrt Isimirtislsly. flaels ! one of the fastest vessel, in tae) awry. Washibotob, December _ _*aanss_l lis so well satisfied with the eondrtlon of the ; South and ear foreign resattone that awßas , determliled on a stUl further reduetloa of tan I Ml **'~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^'~~~~~~^'^~~~~~~~e~~_ OTj-ICTBS CARDS. 7 r njJ I GTOVES, TINWARE, HOUSE-FUR & NIBHINO ARTICLES, *c. j_. GREGORY BROTHERS ■jk I hare removed from the Odd Fellows* ■ ____% Hall, *>ankJta street, to th<rdr __-_* • f^s_» SPLENDID NEW STORE, No. »7 Main street, hetween Ponrteenth ami ' where they kesiwonsta_Uy on hand a large assort- W mentof PARLOR, OFFICE AND COOKING STOVES. T_. AKB.T.R. _______ 1„. _0,ITO«. __.__,_ and others toe numerous to mention, which they pledge themselves to sell __ low a* the sasse gooes can be bought in New York or BsTt&ore. Also, HOUSE-FURNISHING GOCVS of srery__• scrlption. dsMwaa -a MITCHELL A TYLER, fvX Dealers in , WATCHES, JEWELRY, SfLVBRWARB, PLATEDWARB, _ CLOCKS. FINE CUTLERT. FANCY GOODS, act. Ac. ._ ' Our stock Is entirely new, and embraces the most desirablogoods In our line. Foreign and A——risen. 1 WATCH* REPAIRINOdone In Bie best manner. Cash paid for old SILVER and GOLD. Call at the old stand, ___ _______ deli-ts 181 MAIN BTRBBT. I -nHARLES D. YALE A CO., Iron l \j Block, Governor street,* manufacturenvef TIN, SHEET-IRON and daalsria COOKING, HALL,_nd HOT AIR FURNACES and KITCHEN RANOBB.- PLUMBING, GAB and BTBAM FITTING, ln sll their branches, done at the shortest notice. _ Have on hand a large assortment of GAB CHAN DELIERS and GAIT FIXTURES of all kinds; BRASS WORK, HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS, PATENT STBP-LADDBRB. WASHING MA CHINES, he. A large assortment of superior GAB and KEKOSINE STOVES, forcooking, heating and ir Allof Agents for the PORTABLE " EMPIRE GAB {IACHINE," for supplying dwellings, stores, peb 1c buildings, sic., with gas. deU—lm SPECIAL NOTICE.—E. B. COOK re spectfully notifies his friends and the public that lie has REMOVED HIS OFFICE f_*OwJt-> to No. M Main street, two doors above Fourteenth, adjoining the Times bulldlngjßnd .renews the tender o? his services as AUCTIONEER for tie sale of HOUSBHOLD FURNlTUßE_•*"•**_____ il OF GOODS, Ac, *c. He will aleo astead tie of REAL EBTATB, and premises to give onal attention to aU sales entrusted to Sis omlses the same energy and assldsJty to s which has secured to him so liberal a f patronage. as 11—am B. ROBINS, REAL ESTATE AGENT, RICHMOND, VA.. (oßlee, iron utlding. Governor street.) offers _ for sale -TWCTkxCELLBNT FARMS AND PLAN KS, Urge and small, lying In different see ' the State. Most of (ham srs highly lm . and convenient either to water navigation llroade. ■___ _ __ __ ■ low and terms reasonable. A call soll- W. B. ROBINS, -- -U Real Estate Agent, Box 4i». LTSE PAINTING. L. L. MONTAGUE k 80N, In street, between Seventh and Eighth, pared to undertake V HOUBE PAINTING ts departments, in good style and on very able terms. _ _ ... __n„ * old customers, and the public generally, ritedtogiveu.a L call. o __ TAG __ 4go __ ( __ House and 81gn Painters. 3MAS J. bagby: real jbb- ATB AGENT AND_CO_MIBBION MRS; T.-Foa Sale : Beat RED and WHITE AST RACITB and BITUMINOUS COALS. rs respectfully solicited and promptly tiled. :ful for past favors, he respectfully asks a nance of the same. _ ___ 8 So. ■ Wall (or Fifteenth) street, between md Franklin streets. de 11—lm IN DOOLEY, 239 SPOTSWOOD Ho l, Richmobd, Vs., has on hand, and to eon r receiving, the newest styles of HATS LADIES' FURS. HATTERS' GOODS, and article connected with the HAT aad PUB , E. His old friends from North Corollna, ssee and Virginia are Invited to visit and en his stock. will and It equal to any orßonth. _. ac 11—Sja uiblib, '• __ rnnsca 3SSRS. FRENCH A CO.-HOUSB JIGN AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTERS, PA PER-HANGERS AND, DECORATORS, sre now prepared to attend to all orders in their line of ba sinets. Country orders promptly attended to. Sign writing done in the most approved style on ________• rate terms. Paint shop and offlcs on Wall street, second door from Main. de 11- na THOMAS J. EVANS. ATTORNEY 1 AT LAW AND COMMISSION BRIN CHANCB RY, practices ia the Courts of the City of Rish mond and the County of Henrico. • Offlce on Franklin, second door from Sixth street. deli-—sn THE NATIONAL EXPRESS AND A TRANSPORTATION COMPANY—One-third of the capital stock of this <Company having been subscrtbea, and ONE HUN DEED THOUSAND DOLLARS of the same having keen paid an. the undersigned call for a general meeting of she Stockholder* of said Company, for the purpose of effecting an organiiatlon under the aassndsd charter, to beheld at Richmond, Vs., oa TUBS DAY, the i«th of January. ISsS. A full attendance la desired. J. B. JOHNSTON, CHARLES W. PURCELL, HUGHW. SH-JTEY Rhhmo.nu, December is, IBBf. POBM OF PROXY Know all men by these present*. That the sah scrtber, being stockholder la the NATIONAL BX PRESS COMPANY, do hereby eonetltste and Sf> point . true and Uwful astorneyaad ~__jM represent each of ns In all general mjsrtngs.ofehe stockholden of said Company held wnadn s_c months from and after dais thereof, when we ate not personally present or represented. by. sessa other proxy, wifh full power aad snthiiMj, ai such general meetings, to give sash *eos» or rales. and to d* seek other act or acts, as each of na eeald give or do ass member of saMsssettafstf wejreaa personally present; and we do heresy fss_yss_t confirm whatever vote or votes, aster seat-ear satd attorney may lawfullr give or do fossa aajnusn ance ofthe authority hereby hhn. Witness hand aad seal this day of , one thousand eight hundred and ——■ _ St ARBER A CO.'S RICHMOND CHTY T OMNIBUS AND BTAGB UB?B. ■ -_r,___ s proprietors would resseetfairy JgJBJ _gV Inform the traveling pebrte tass_& ■ they hare, at a heavy eaasaaa. esjff B CTjTj|al depots snii ttsas—M'et __dlßun- to asidfrsni Ho£lfcWii_stn^^ Ing? at tislr resseeaeea, er at say hotel er ieasfc B#nßj BB Si ____* e_B Bels~■ vslri ana saBE-B* awßa wSBSB* __ ___% sßss, sornerof Jsssesas^ss^ ~*» Hotel.oar___of Tless—nt Isa'rlag ssjsss _W_ _\ * Si_ii _• ■ ■*m ia Mma.ss^ _——._ i_c h«_iMa jwft u_i Bbsmat ni —'— j*TS. -*—_— —_— M — seenesaagPT_-*d w9— S__3Tpaa aajaas< _fad ____• JBI Bn>« -• JNwßs_mL_H_ %s_snV_nn M ßßßnj^^ |^gj| - ■;- _ : u,'f oa^B'S?*'

jfouWl^l^ ■—- J. ■■_.'...'.'. J. m -. ■ il _——____~.,,,, SATURDAY..... DECEMBER .10,18OT. Deeall. ef the Earaasaa News. sTSt-nssS said to bb ib fash.—are bxtsadi- TIOB nBUAB-Otn. (From the Dublin Evening Post, -December ll.] The report that Stephens had arrived ln Paris Is stated this afternoon to be fully con firmed. It at farther stated that his extradi tion has seen demanded by the British Govern ment on the ground of prison-breaking, to which demand the French Government re plied by referring the British Miniater to the crime for which Stephens was originally com mitted, contending thnt the minor offence of prison-breaking la merged in the high political crime imputed, aad refusing, consequently, to surrender the refugee. [Prom the Cork Examiner, December 14.] The reply attributed to the French Govern ment we very much doubt. Would it, if made, be conclusive? Suppose that after his escape from prison he had knocked down a man, mal treated: and robbed Mm, and that his surrender was demanded, would the French Govern ment be entitled to refuse it on the ground that, though fee might have stolen one thou sand pounds and left its owner half dead, yet, in the eye of the law, treason was a higher crime than robbery and maiming, and there was no arrangement for the surrender of traltoas, his ease did not come within the ex tradition treaty T The French Government has, we presume, only to do with the offence on which a demand is founded, and, satisfied that that offence has been commstted, we doubt if it would be empowered to shelter him on the plea pretended. However, the proba bility is that no demand has been made, and that Government is not yet even certain that he has left the kingdom. BAPOLXOB PICKS Cr A O.CABBEL ABOCT*»THB EX- T__l—.tOS TBXATY. [Parte 088B1e-fnaenaas London Times.] It is announced thawdhe French Govern ment has given notice of its intention to dis solve the treaty of extradition concluded be tween Great Britain and France on the 13th of February, 1843. The Gazette dcs Tribunaux, in its observations on this notice, remarks that the dissolution of this treaty will, in no way, impede the action of the French laws with re spect to those Frenchmen who have crossed the Channel after the commission of a crime in France, inasmuch as since the 13th of Fe bruary, 1843, not one individual accused of crime who has taken refuge in England has been surrendered to the French Government. The Gazette adds that the treaty was always executed by the French Government, but never by the English. It would not, conse quently, be consistent with the dignity of the Emperor's Government to permit a treaty to exist which the other contracting party did not observe : and everybody can un derstand why the Government desires to put an end to such a state of things. The Gazette says, in conclusion, that the extradition of Frenchmen accused of crime, and who had fled to England, did not' take place in conse quence of the innumerable difficulties im possible of solution which English magistrates raised. The production of a warrant, or even a decree of the Imperial Court sending the accused for trial, did not appear sufficient to prove that a regular prosecution existed against the individuals whose extradition was demanded. The transmission through the Embassy of the acts and decisions delivered by the French committing magistrates or ema nating from the French tribunals, although invested with aU legal signatures possible or desirable, would pot satisfy the English au thorites, and they required the accomplish ment of so many antiquated formalities that the French authorities found it necessary to abandon the demand of extradition. ANOTHER BEPOBT ABOUT STEFHBBS — HB IS SAID TO BE IB IBELAM). [Drogheda correspondence Saunders.? ews Letter.] There are strong grounds for believing that James Stephens is still on Irish soil. No sen sible person would doubt this who had the op portunity of frequently passing through the rural districts, and entering into conversation with young men of the peasant class, who are evidently connected with the Fenian Society, and who assert that Stephens, even at the risk of his life, must remain in Ireland as the " Head Centre" of his country. When asked, a few days ago, why it was that Stephens would be so foolish as to remain here, knowing _ ___t one thousand pounds sterling was offered for his apprehension, and that should he be again taken, all chance of escape might be given up forever, a shrewd country lad re marked, " Would you want a general to leave his army ? Stephens is sworn to remain with his men. I Others argue, that should the Head Centre fly from the country he would be con sidered as having abdicated, and that no Fe nian, after such a circumstance would occur, was for a moment bound to the oath he has taken. There is a s'.rong belief entertained in many remote districts that James Stephens is not only secretly located In this country, but that he continues to issue dispatches, from time to time, through the country to the A's and B's. Another significant fact connected with Fenianism is the great sympathy evinced for each prisoner who receives his sentence in Dublin, and for those who are in prison. It is confidently believed that subscriptions are be ing coUected throughout different districts of the country for the support of the wives and families of aU who are or may be arrested-for Fenianism, who are not provident enough to afford the means of sustenance themselves, and that even respectable farmers are coerced to contribute to the fund. I merely give the tone of sentiment and the feeling which per vades in the provinces, which is too distinct not to he observed by parties in the habit of travelling among the people in the country districts. ABOTHBB COBVIOTtOB ABU SENTENCE. The trial of Jeremiah O'Donnavan was commenced on the 11 th. He dispensed with the assistance of counsel and cross-questioned the witnesses himself with much point and ability, but without shaking their testimony. He pronounced the trial a legal farce. On the 12th, the entire day was occupied by O' Donna van in his address to the jury in his own de fence. He commenced at the opening of the court, and did not desist until after six o'clock in the evening. There was nothing remarka- ■ ble in his address, a large portion of it being the reading of editorial articles from the Irish People newspaper. He insisted that he had done nothing criminal; asserted that his case had outraged ail law, and gave it as his opi nion thatlreland would never be free without fighting. His bearing was insolent, and when he remarked upon the court his language was offensive and saucy. On the 13th, after about an hour's absence, the jury returned a verdict of guilty on all the counts against O'Dohovan Rossa. The Attor ney-General called the attention of the Court to the fact that the prisoner had pleaded guilty to a similar indictment in 1850. In reply to the usual question, if he had anything to say why sentence ahould not be passed upon him, the prisoner said he expected no other result, as the Crown had reserved documents necessary for his defence, packed the jury and the bench. Justice Keogh said he would not allow such observations. The Prisoner-- 4 * Yon may do your best." At 8. o'clock the Judges retired to consi der the sentence. The prisoner was sentenced by Justice Keogh to penal servitude for life. WHAT IS TO SB DOBS WITH BELQICM—BPECCTA tiobs, acnoas, ac. The Mouitemr says : " The loss of a sovereign who had gained, by his wisdom, so high a po sition in the councils of Europe, has excited onanUaoas regret.'' One journal, however, the Opinion Mtttonale, thinks that, with aU his acknowlsdged abiHty, he was too forgetful of •' the profound sense of the revolution which raised him to -die throne.'' When Belgium separated from -e_a_d_.it earnestly desired a .close connection with* France, whereas King Leopold did his best to give a different direc tion U»_tfee sentiment, of bis people. Then, again, fee married his son, tbe Duke of Bra bant, to an Austrian princess, "in order to hasp the French policy In choc.," a_a £ t __ fault fee added that of making' Antwerp one of the saost fora_dable citadels of Europe. By acting in this manner. King Leopold did wrong, far fee sacrificed everything to the in terests of h|s dynasty. " Tfee Austrian marriage may give Improper insptrsiions to the new King, encircle him win i a dang-eron* camarilla, and, perhaps, at a given mwssnadeasattaJfee legitimate distrust SSe_fSS___t_ ttriacitadel at Antwerp, ln •«__**_l Ife Belgium, tends to deprive _-_88-r_- ti cfe it drew from: the t _*t__\* t *___U aa4 witfe the eonssnt of y***mSKmW3P3smito*fa aridlaflutof I_tav ss?''_ns^'reano___- ll * t **"________ __T _Z__—_i__—T?^^^^^-.~**^ *_y*aansa» Jae or mane sense*—. ■_rearer, If taw s-sn-ntson possible without T ery t very of' agorou. t-s ■noons. , The new King of the Belgians, Leopold Louis Philllpe sse_srVloior; <wae hssm em the ttat of eighteen years old," hp married Marie Hen rietta Anna, Archduchess of Austria, aad daughter of the late Archduke Joseph, Pala tine of Hungary—an alliance which was ar ranged, it has been asserted, with a view to strengthen the Cobourg dynasty on tne Betglc throne after the death of the first sovereign of the line. We may, however, question whether any such purpose lay concealed in the match, inasmuch as the old King knew too well the temper of the Belgian people and their consti tutional tendencies to seek for support for his family from what was then so absolutist and revolutionary a State. The young Prince held for several years the rank of major-general, and had the Honorary command of a regiment of grenadiers. In the year IM6 he aad his Duchess traveled for several months in differ ent countries of Europe, and finally extended their wandering by a trip to Egypt and Asia Minor. He became, on attaining his majority, a member of th> Senate, in whose discussions he has frequently taken an active and InteUi gent share ; and rarely has there been an im portant debate in which he has not participated when within reach of Brussels. The energy with which he pleaded in favor of the estah -1 ishment of a steam navigation service be tween Antwerp and the Levant is always re membered with gratitude by the commercial bodies of the country. On an occasions he has spoken as the advocate of liberal and enlight ened measures, tending to Increase the prosper ity and happiness of the people. When, some ten years since, he visited Par is, at the time the International Exhibition was open, some fac tions spirits chose, for party purposes, to get up against the young Prince a cry of "re-action and French influence;" but there was no foundation for the alarm, which was enacted rather against the Ministry than the Royal family, and the nation refused to heed the po litical calumnies of a few reckless demagogues. The attempt to render the King unpopular had this beneficent result, howeter; it brought out the real sentiments of the nation, and showed how strong was its affection for their constitu tional sovereign, and how deep a confidence they had in his integrity and wisdom. This af fection and confidence wiU, we trust, he now manifested by the Belgians toward the eon of their old friend and rnler. The present King has three children, Louise Marie Amelie, born February, 1858 ; Leopold Ferdinand Elie Vic tor Albert Marie, Count of Hainault, born June, 1859; and Stephanie Clotilde Louise Hermine Marie Charlotte, horn May, 1864. ■sin In the Circuit Court of Hinds county, Mis sissippi, the Hon. John Watts, the presiding Judge, decided that the stay laws enacted by the -Legislature of that State were unconstitu tional. The question was*regularly presented to the Court, on a motion for a judgment in a cause founded on a promissory note, on which suit was commenced previous to the passage of the stay laws. An affray took place on the Dayton and Western railroad, on Monday afternoon, be tween the conductor and some workmen who had taken passage as "dead heads"* on the road, in which two of the workmen were killed and others wounded. The baggage master of the train was also wounded. Brnmmel, in his decay, was wittier than in his best days. He considered himself " inde pendent " at Calais, because he had "Uttle to depend upon" ; and a hungry friend observed at his modest table "that nothing was better than cold beef." The beau replied, " I beg your pardon, cold beef is better than nothing." The colored people of Cincinnati held a meet ing in that city on the twenty-first instant, and resolved to send John Jones, one of their number, as a lobby member to Congress. This action was taken at the suggestion, as it is un derstood, of Charles Sumner, who is anxious that this class of citizens should bring all their "moral pressure " to bear on the present Con gress. A train of six hundred bales of cotton .was lately seized by the military authorities >at Corinth, Miss. Part of it belonged to Gene ral Forrest, who was reported as having been shot by the guard. Forrest is now a partner of a cotton firm in Memphis, and the state ment of his being 6hot was probably a ruse to cover a little more cotton thieving. All the prisoners in the jail at Cynthiana, Kentucky, consisting of four white men and two negroes, recently made their escape from that institution, leaving behind them a writ ten request to "clean up the prison by the time they returned from their holiday excur sion." The New Bedford Mercury says " nothing is wider from the truth than the charge that the Republican party is more anxious for power than it is to hasten the reconstruction of the Union." The Mercury wiU have its joke.— Prentice.' Sumner called President Johnson's message in relation to the South "a whitewashing document." Use a ton of whitewash upon Sumner's political character and the white wash would turn black, not the character white.— Prentice. Eleven negroes have been recently sentenced to the penitentiary from Montgomery county, Alabama, and seven from Tuscaloosa county. At this rate, the penitentiary of that State will be soon filled with this class of prisoners. General Howard asks the modest sum of eleven millions and three-quarter-* fa* his bu reau ! and three millions of It for teachers and school-houses for the blacks. The New York and Erie railway has just ne- . gotiated a loan of fonr million five hundred thousand dollars, in England, for the comple tion of its double track. The owners of the ship Nora, of Boston, valued at $80,000, and destroyed by the Alaba ma, have petitioned Congress to demand re dress of England. The Methodist Church was founded in Ame rica irk October, 1766*. Next year will witness the centennial anniversary of American Me thodism. A colony of fifty families will embark from Maine for Palestine In July next. They will settle near Jaffa, where they have purchased land. Carl Schnrz has been extensively throngh the South in the last few months, but, though a General, he didn't get there during the war.— Prentice. The safe of the Pulaski county treasurer at Winnemack, Ohio, was broken open on Sun day night and robbed of one thousand dollars. It is said that nine-tenths of the national banks are in favor of removing the Currency Bureau to New York. The rebels are said to have fired stones from their cannon in one of the battles o/ the war. They were load-stones, of course.-— Prentice. Such people as Wilson and Sumner and Thad. Stevens are flies in the Union cream-pot. Prentice. The Indiana Republican Convention will be held on the 22d, and the Democratic Conven | tionon March Ist. Some Americans have recently constructed a telegraph across the Andes, to connect various cities of Columbia, South America. The Dominican Republicls in a sad condi tion. Completely desolated hy the recent Spanish invasion, the people are almost desti tute.' The Mississippi Senate has adopted a resolu tion for the erection of a monument at Jack son in memory of the rebel dead. The Mississippi river levees are soon to he rebuilt by military authority. A marble statue of Andrew Jackson is to be erected at Nashville. The Indian* Legislature, before adjourning, passed resolutions in favor of hanging Jeff. Davis. Maine is expected to cnt two hundred mil Hon feet of logs this season. Hon. James A. Bayard sailed for Europe about* week since. QPECIAL NOTICE.—I have this day O appointed Mr. B. B. BPBNCB my agent for the Pi__i^VX^ o .^_}f. tt _Ld»e MR_CHANT TAlLOß _^_______t^ &^ „ deU lm lronßlc^_;6 l o^ rn * r S-_ JJEW YORK FRONT AND PAVING; PINE-APPLE CHEESE ANT) PRE. Xbebvid Qlt l^_*\g_^^_wm 4t**-«s No. UsHKsnfsSset. I ■ f n_Bßeaßs__a_ _._—•_______■. _ ________ _BjIC.W ~ " •Witt MAIN 84-B-P, CORNER OP TENTH. . JOHN W. DA VIES A SONS, Musts Dealers aad Publishers, respectfully submit the following sa their SEMI-CATALOGUE nt or NEW AND FOPULAB MUSIC. , SONGS,* 1 All Hall the Reign of Peace, (Pearson) »oc. I Annie's Reply to Enoch Arden, (Everest) Soc. As the Moon's Pale Image, (Fram) SOc. Antony and Cleopatra, (Porter)... Me. I Awake ye Brave Sons of Brln, (Florence)..-... ,*oe. ' At the Window, (Gabriel).... _..... 48c. Angels Listen when She Speaks, (Hlme) toe. Assassin's Vision, The (Turner) tto. Beautiful Is the Sea, (Cherry ) ftc. Blighted Hopes, (Gosden) toe. Brook, (Dolores) _. toe. Boys are Coming.Home, (Turner) ...Wc. Be sure You sayl'mout, (Burnot,) toe Blue-Eyed Nelly, (Blampln) toe. Battery Hatch. (Hatton,). toe. ' Barcarole, (Reichardt) tOc. Betrothal, (8. D. 8.) !oc. Bradley Clay, (Adams) We. Balmy and Soft, (P0rter).......... 40c. Come Sing to me Again. (Hobson) .tOc. Come Where the Sunlight Sleepeth, (Campana) .tte. Barena,8 arena, (Everest) *<>c. onstance, (Llndley). ..........10c. Come When You will, I've a Welcome for Thee, (Lansden) 40c. 1 Carrie Lee, (Clifford) 40c. Darling Is Here, (Franx). *_s* , Day our Mother Died, (Hart) toe. Farewell, we Part Forever, JRyd5r)............tt5. Fairy Nora Loves me Still, (Blumetuichelm)....»oc. ' Fairy Watcher. (Emanuel) 40c. ; Green Shenandoah, (Turner) .•We. 1 Grave of Hally, (Everest)..... \y;-'-r.„_' He Vowed he Never Would Leave me, (Lloyd).toc. Hovering Angels, (Converse) » tsc. I Haunting Thought, The (Retebiwlt).-..... .-;*__- How Sweet to Muse at Twilight Hour, (Gosden).tOc. llt was my Mother'e Voice(tß-»nt^.......... ....tfc. 1 I Wonder Why he Comes Not, (Chamberlain), .toe. Ida May, (Johnson) !oc. 1 I'm Lonely Since my Brother Died, (Keller)....»©c. In Forest Haunts, (Emanuel)....... 86c. - I Build a Bridge of Fancies, (Fricknar) tpe. ' Judith, (Converse) We. Little Maggie May, (Blamphin). We. Leaf by Leaf the Roses Fall, (Bishop) 15c. Lullaby Little One. (Wood) .. i .............Wc. Let my Care be no Man's Sorrow, (Wrlghton)..Wc. Moon Is Shining Brightly, The (Turner) We. Maud and Sallie, (McNaughton,) We. Mary Mavourneen, (Balfe) 15c. Mountain Boy, The (Spencer) .We. Mother, Stars are Shining Bright, (St. Clair)....Wc. Masonic Ode, (Thomas) »sc. Minnie Ball, (Batcheldor) 40c. Near Thee, (McNaughton) tOc. Nellie Bay, (Brockway) .....Wc. Night is Calm and Cloudless, The (Hatton)....Wc. Night before the Battle, The (Louis) We. NoWlde*"_ream, (Balfe) __*. . Nora, (Perry) We. NotaJle, (Bochsa) 40c* Nina, (Everest)....... ........Wc. Oh ! Sing to me that dear old song, (Bassford)..lse. Old Don! Care, (Bassford) 40c. O, Bright Pulse of my Heart, (Kappity)........Wc. 0_ ! say not Woman's Heart Is Bought, (Whita ker) We. Organ-Grinder. (H0nt)..... 40c. O, What a World This Might Be, (Barker) We. Oil on the Brain, (Eastburn) , 15c. Peace of the Valley la Fled, The (S. D. S.) 10c. Pa has Stuck He, (Archer) We. Riches are Better than Love, (Long) 80c. She Sang Among the Flowers, (Wrighton)....loc. Sing, Birdie Sing, (Genz) P. 50c. Sing me to Sleep/Father, (Root) 50c. Still Security, (Freni) I. We. Ship that Never Returned, The (Work) We. Solemn Music Grandly Pealing, (Barbour) We. Sleep Well thou Sweet Angel, (Abt) We. The Colonel from Constantinople, (Ke11er)....15c. Twilight. (Baresford)..,. We. The Old Brown Bible, (Hatton) 10c. Thoughts of Home, (Ascher) 15c. When the Quiet Moon is Beaming, (Schondorf) 50c. Wilt Thoulbe True, (Phillips) 10c. Wearing o r the Green, (Kaphaelson) 40c. :, INSTRUMENTAL. La Belle dv Nord—Gallop, (Lemore) 15c. Blue Bird Polka, (Hassler) We. Windmill Polka, (Birgfeld) 15c. Sweet Visions Polka, (Haesler) 1 c. Circassian Polka, (d'Albert) 50*. Turkish Polka, (hoingsberg) Mabel—Walts, (Godfrey) 75c. String of Pearls—Waits, (Forbes).. 50c. Song of the Wood—Waltz, (Tlnney) 50c. Sweet Dreams—Waltz, (Clarke) 75c. That—Waltz, (Vese) 40c. Budding Leaves, (Mnller) 75c. Rustling Leaves, (Hoffman) 75c. Sen.iramtsde Rossini, (Ascher) 1.25 Solitude, (Hoffman) 75c. Prayer at Sea, (Jasienshi) 50c. Murmuring Stream, (Moeiling) 50c. Triumphal March, (Hoffman) 1.00 Beautiful Dreamer, Virginia, (Baumbauh)....soc. La Traviata, (Sanderson) 00c. Midnight, (Patterson) 75c. Crispino c la Colnare, (Tradel) 75c. A Midnight Barcarole, (Hopkins) «oc. Lalla Roubk, (Ketterer) 00c. L'Africane, (Ketterer) 75c. Nocturne Pr»sDeToi, (Kuhe) 15c. Graziella, (Kuhe) '. 50c. j Les Amours dv Diable, (Ketterer) 75c. j Sue Mare, (Kuhe) 40c. I PIANOS. MELODEONS, CABINET ORGANS, GUITARS, VIOLINS, FLUTES, Ac. MUSIC SENT BY MAIL TO ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. de 18—Sw i _______________________________ /-IREAT BARGAINS IB READY-MADE CLOTHING AT THB RICHMOND CLOTHING BAZAAR, No. 110 Maib stbbbt. Messbb. LOEB BROTHERS, grateful for the very extensive patronage already extended to them, 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, THE NEWEST BTYLEB AND FASHIONS, THE MOST DESIRABLE FABRICB, a which It will be their aim to sell at PRICES TO BUIT 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 whleh particular attention is Invited at the RICHMOND CLOTHING BAZAAR, So. lit Mais stbbbt. dell—ts RE-OPENED AGAIN.-a B. BAN CROFT. Aosbt, respectfully ■nnosassa that hs will he happy to meet nls castomere at No. Stt 4 Main strset/___an_lte tha Speawsod Hotel. RaTCHBS, JEWYLBY, As., carefully repaired hy a. a-NOsWW. Asess. OHEET-IRON COAL SCUTTLES. AT ©wholsssle: fourteen to eighteen Inches; of , inpsrisssjßs>Uty. For isle ay opoBOB. 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Ac* Extensive facilities, combined with upwards of twenty-five years' experience, enables —tern to of fer superior advantages in the execution of this class of work. BLANK BOOKS of every description mads to order ia superior styles. Careful and prompt attention to all orders. dstt-lm* J P. BELL A CO.. WHOLESALE • AND RETAIL DEALERS IN NEWBPAPBBB, PERIODICALS, MAGAZINES, SCHOOL-BOOKS' STATIONERY, kc NOS. TV AND St MARKET STREET, LYNCHBURq. T IQUORS.-LARGEST AND BEST •^_*_sS_ , _ T _ nurT llf to^ ll - COGNAC BBANDY. dark and pale: SHERRY, PORT AND MADBJsUWINBS, IKI-____ **WB_tf ao « »""• CHAMPAGNE, best brands * £3J. R -I, A *_i _?_?__-?*_■_ DT _ FINE HAVANA CIGABS, aortal, in quantitie. to •^^JjJf^gL^ da it-ha No. 44 Mala strestß^sssneTYfi. TZEEP YOUR MONET mm spnj _f a_____P*_hpU| , s_le—»4___P _P_nwaSM nponWJas'a wesnrwSk as__ 4nw_B^a—atA ''-sßfiuar na Y—______ ____l D''i*' '*< orlfCß OB MAIB STBBBT, BETWEEN *l_fl. TBIBTH ABD FOUB*I_BNTH STBJUrfS, BICHMOBD, VA., ABB BOW PRIPABID TO FOBWABD CTJBBBIICT, COIB, VALUABLES AMD FBBIOHT TO POINTS HOBTH, SOUTH, BAST ABB WEST. The tariff of charges Is baaed upon fair business principles, without being oppressive to the public. GOODS SHIPPED FBOM THB NOBTH by steamships and marked to the ears of the Na tional Express snd Transportation Company will be promptly forwarded to destination FREE OP CHARGE FOB COMMISBIOB OR DBATAOB. Goods called for without charge and promptly forwarded. '—- • ■: All desired Information ln regard to the extent of the lines operated hy this company furnished st sny of the agencies on application. J. E. JOHNSTON, President. J. D. Imbodeb, General Superintendent. <J_ ________ cx>__?anie& TLTTJTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ] 09 NEW YORK. • '; ( ,1 Cash assets, July 1,1886 $ll,«oo,ooo Annual income, in cash 1,500,800 i i The dividends of thl_ company are larger In amount, for premiums paid, than in any company in the world. All of the profits arising from this ' immense fund and annual income ANNUALLY < DIVIDED amongst the insured. • Applications can be made to J. B. Machcbdo, ] A. Boi.libo, Dr. J. B. McCaw, J9HB M. Otbt, 8. S. Nicholas, or E. B. Meade, with 1 O. F. BREEBBB, General Agent, Office, Franklin street, ■ de 15—ts between Seventh and Eighth. _ jDELIABLE 80UTHERN INSURANCE. ] _____ 1 j FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE EFFECTED { IB THB PETERSBURG SAVINGS AND INSURANCE * COMPANY • ABD THB ' NATIONAL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE ■ COMPANY • * t or ' NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, STEVENS k PEGRAM, Agents, , Cary street, between Eleventh and Twelfth. ■ dels—ts i j "DRANCH OFFICE S or THB < 1 SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY I or < NEW YORK. CAPITAL % $1,000,080 08 I SURPLUS 800,808 80 ANNUAL INCOME OVER 1,800,800 00 I This Compsny takes 1 FIRE AND MARINE RISKS < ON THE MOST FAVORABLE TERMS, I COUNTRY RISKS ALSO TAKEN. All losses paid st this office without delay of ' t sending proof to home office. Application can be made to A. Boi—ise, Johb M. . Otbt, 8. S. Nicholas, or E. B. Meade, with O. F. BREESEE, General Agent. Office, Franklin street, de IS—if between Seventh and Eighth. MONTAGUE A WHIT ALL (Late of the Merchapu' Insurance Company ! of Richmond,) INSURE PROPERTY OF ALL KINDS IN THE 1 MOBT RELIABLE COMPANIES. They also effect < MARINE INSURANCB AND LIFE INBURANCE. Office, No. —1 Main street, just below the Spots- i wood Hotel. de It—ts i T7l*M>miA FIRE AND MARINE V INSURANCE COMPANY OF RICHMOND. , CHARTERED lStt.-Thls Company has teased through the. ordeal of Sre, and through inancial crises, and is still solvent. The Directors and offi cers are thankful for the liberal support it has re ceived from a discerning nubile, and pledge their , best efforts to make the Company worthy of con* tinned patronage. __ BUILDINgTmbRCH ANDIBB snd OTHER PBO. PERTY INSURED AT CURRENT RATES, and LOSSES PROMPTLY ADJUSTED AND PAID. IhefcS.^^ Build up William Wilxh, Jn., Secretary. de 11—lm LADIES', MISSES' AND _ CHILDREN'S FURS. New arrival of ______ FASHIONABLE HATB AND CAPS, ' _____ for gentlemen, you-- and boys.*^** l GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. JOHB DOOLEY has redaeed the prices of LADIES' FUBS fally twenty •tee par cent. Ladies are particularly requested to tafee aotlse of this redaction. I The stock of HATS of all qualities, from the coarsest to the Snest fashionable Hat, ts fall, aad wIU he found sU that Is desirable. Also, a large stock of low-prised NEGRO BATS. de tl-st No. fitt bTOTSWOOD HOTEL. TPST RECEIVED, to BARBELS MOUNTAIN BUCEWHEAT toO*Jn\ •• BAGS MOUNTAIN BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, IS BtBBELS RICHMOND BUPBBFINB FLOUR, St BARRELS RICHMOND EXTRA FLOUR, It FIRKINS MOUNTAIN BUTTER, aw POUNDS DRIED WBOrrLBBI-JUBS, If BUSHELS CHESTNUTS, iSO POUNDS BIKfWAX. on oosalf-aisal, for sale fey wtwTmmkimmhM, F, . '___ _ ■• tt.i t-m ■ «.;■! ft** __ss_-H______B_B_____________»______r r^ J>?*i; *j i ___________L t * _■ * —•_• __ir______v_—_________^A_______a "B—__ —I ____ Bar rtTTft/ nM_ - _B_TB u «_i_Mag. .■&. W INTER^ARB-tJmg^axw t. ' RICHMOND. FB_DEBHIUJjPB- AMD POTOMAC . On and after this date, (T_U_fß_T. Beees__t the trains on mSS alls mVtSZ __\^Jip^A^«>&>» a - m t ape sg, m. ,_ ■ .......... .■ _ k*** * AttT » '_ > _I^J-n-T-Ss-F^_P_rtral_N_■ _B_t*_ta;--___t __■ ■#a f , Krf i ___«___^ji^ , dew-fat ■ Mfiii^slißiVM Jtv RAILROAD.-CELANGB oA_B*Dt__._/>_ *^* l sia3r_S __».***** • Leave Denvflle SsUy, Sendays executed at«_e A.M. Arrive in M a **!_ ■_ eom * e< *J l _ with smlns en the Bouth»lde railroad for Lynehkai*. aad at fkusslUe ■__-j?__-E IU!| - - uars •*■•* ftg,u __--__ The fbUowlng resdW trains wflF be rua oa A MAILTRAIN^IILYfexes 47 ' 9t99mUt M * tween Richmond and Btaa_ton, toa-rlaTnesn-—sd leaving RletrSjood eenaast with trains oa the ORANGBAND aTeXANDBJA RAILROAD. The DA? MAIL TKAIS een_ee_ with BTAGB COACHES at 8-unton, Lextagten, Winchester, Ac. _ a T A FREIGHT TRAIN between -lehssshd and Staunton connects with Freight Trains en Orange and Alexandria railroad for Lynchburg and Alex andria. FREIGHT wig be sent to any point on Ike Orange and Alexandria railroad without change ef ears. Goods purchased In Northern cities saa be sent direct to any station on this road where the com pany has an agent by consigning them to STE PHEN HUNTER, General Freight Agent. Rich mond. The charge for the transit through Rich mond, Including wharfage, drayage, storage and commissions, win not exceed fen cents per one hundred pounds, and on heavy articles wilt be much less. Freights will he eoUeeted at destlna tlon. . Through tickets can be purchased at this oHceto Lynchburg, Bristol, Knoxvtlle, Chattanooga and Dalton. TickeU to Lexington, Va., at Sll. Freight oflee .t^chm^^rtoS^P^M. de 11—ts OeneWSaperin-enaeai. ■ ' . ; ■ *■■■i mi «i ii i' 11 ,111 ii i OTEAMERS. : SPECIAL ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC-NEW YORK AND ______' VIRGINIA STEAMSB-P COMPA- _B_E____ NY.-ESTABLISHED LN IM\.-Thh____ \W old and long-established CoanafM ■ In order to regain IU former posHteo, wl_eh was ia* terrupted by the late war, has, aVeeiiatc—rabla ex pense, Just completed the building ,of two sapt rlor side-wheel Steamships, vis : fj_c NIAGARA AND THE hARATOGA. In point of strength, speed and fialsk,' the public will soon discover that they are ensasaU ed, and in command of experienced and _fi_ful seamen, vis : Captains GEORGE W. COUCH and A. L. KING. The Pursers are Well knew* to the community, vis : Messrs. WILLIAM O; an* J. M. BMITH. *i " These Steamers wiU. leave Pies Ne. «, North tir ?'j *i e Js_Y O, S» alternsUly every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY at t o'clock, P. M, Returning, they will leave Richmond eeery TUESDAY and SATURDAY on good-tide, tcneK- Ing at City Point and Norfolk each way te *___ and receive passengers. As they will come directly to the wharf at Rock etts, the necessity for transhipment ts avoided. .-.. - For expedition and secarttyT this route, as past experience has proven, will be found the best in every respect. Insurance, if at all deemed neces sary, can be effected on the most moderate terms. The frequent changes, too, incident lathe ** In land Sea" or Chesapeake Bay routes which is so injurious to cargo. Is avoided ; la__ Densest of which, In the event of any claim for damages or for packages going astray, which may occasional ly occur, parflee snipping their goods by this line will have but one carrJeTlo loolf to for redress, ss there is no connection with other lines or carriers. All goods consigned to the agents la New York, for any p irt of the United Btatesthat can be reach ed by railroad or vessel, or, Indeed, for sny fo reign destination, will be forwarded with promst itnde. ... ~ In the construction of these Steamers, special at tention has been paid to the finish and eon-Sit of the Saloons and State-Rooms, in order to indese travel by them. By this route the passenger avoids the n_ay changes incident to _noTthe other routes ft reaching New York or in returning home. Inde pendent of the comforts by this safe and easy mode of travel. Its cheapness, over all ethers, afn mat ter of special attention and consldsratien. Passengers can secure their tickets aad state rooms either on board or at my oMee. Freight •olicHed each way, and hy application the rates will be found moderate. When ordering geeds from New Terk, are pa trons of the line arc requested to seder by fie •• Old Line, New York and Virginia Stssssahip Company." Pier zl, North rlrsr. " v Remember that there le netranaahnaeal nfdasaa by this line, and Insurance, If SMSSsfi at el ne cessary, can be effected for a tries. . » «.■ The agents _• O. HEINEEBN * PAJ-tO-B, N«w \o_kjJ- M. SMITH NjstffiTKsV VAN k BRO., Petersburg: JOHN nV__■___- TON, Danville'; McDA %L^^SS|. OR NE W YORI_--AT-_-NTIC PAN Yiitne 8 T tendld *f * " ___i__ _fc ' PASaisn commander, ALBB-tAB—R_3 TU^°DAY l anTTATC^AY % rU-vTTW Vc*. WBDN_BDAYand SATURDAY. "V •x^ll^-e^ro.*^'- W « w_e halli ATTENTION are snsnreasaed. ißif«su_S: -**%*—• •««-** ~ by this rents. ss* . ___? ! f h^._^r^ to "_ b^0 ! 1 * *** »_• •srtM'saaw wardea with dUpateh, aad no sassae saade exespv "•iS* 1 ••apensesli_wred. _Vnese j__ps dtschsrge cargo tn New York at sicr > N_-h I T-_____^^ Si!ii&l?s___^ ft,a!SLl which goedearc dclireredTß-dtes thU the cheap est roam from* Virginia- laseraaee eneetsd at lowest rates, when ordered. AGENTS: UVINGSTON. POX k CO.. g AM D _A^____r/•""' T •**• CALDWB-I.¥_JsTEV ,lltata • o _. and IStsnserg. ,„_._,« I^-*-****** __l ,< ItSt *f~ j™"''' m asjßss) dpj SB—S*«sssVnta JBswansaW atw •e^**ae_P GUNS AND DOU»sVIA-H_L SWOT OVla, BREACrULOADING RIFLES, Sadthand Wesson's eclehrsted BREACH-LOADING CAMTHIDGE C-OMTVAND O-T-Bt BnTOLTI-S, CAtTa-WW, , POWDBX AND SHOT, BLBY'SCAPS, SHOT BELTS AND POUCHES, • w .* — ™*a ri*aene, ns. »»_« Ofdets rsealfei fee say Bind of sTC_WIO *■_n_ibsbsb isrose ss e_aa___a__a__r _■ '__ ! fi_S_r_*_r__ * 1 *P.ar*a*fS"P_aw_ eBV y■sssn-ci _ .f? "Ht*!. . ~ _ , •ff-fyp*'—!?! £-- JhVCmVB CEJLS-TsUTstD *&***—* ___■___! _H_______L ___B___rV___T__- _k___ft '■ _____R39sa_ _ '* HUM _Kil *