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....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?*'