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*• ' . . i »ir> * vc-nrrs c**jt« -** *>•*■■,
GStaeCarrrsr weekly. Price for maihni.
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''-'eViKVi .WEEKLY DISPATCH isisaued
**'.'.,„ m ♦.nd Pt-Mtaj "" f£A», "B advance.
'••J ( ,r*VhKi.V DISPATCI l«.*«.ed*v*ry
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
_§__§>,
THE FEMALES
OF THE UNITES STATES
',«>, aeeverhiall" feeble aad unhealthy,
1' " «- ii *» BSt hope lor an* ch«n.» for the |
* a,.ii Is »I* n*i biiil.i.i.bwbi nfia*
» ... may hi * e.fr. congratulate tiie j
. , ; <r.HUi,'i-nof a remed* which
.. .... ii\,r in-•.' ratae ia rcuevini. -.cd |
~ . n ■..). mi aw ***** dmkility ed
*ra"vFUETABLE TINCTURE.
.... -sed . .« (or the sex.
,- ,„,,,. .11. * BfaatMMSißß to them.
;„, o ,/..-'.." to which Diet ate subject
"... ggt ii"- . .
■ r •sir-'-'.written b« » meniCSl man,
oratarl by oe» i-*t knowneiuaass,
tMenectool tbl I I'.n.lure on their
liter* and detseats ehildrea. Coa.h,
THape-H-ia, Nenra'sia, *> ,;h miner
..-.,,-.. are cured hi it.
-~'.-. A ND CHILDREN.-Tin* TINC
. . y frtond a -rest medicine for all their
f"-*.* _a_ f». Campblet. and see cure*.
|V .fKCELL, I.ADD A CO., Richmond.
r ' ..' Frederick*)**?.: by all the Drmr,
. ~ -.t: by MORTIMER A MOW
•' • „.rr. aa-1 b| DniPfi»t_ and Shop
■ . .vsnebsrs. Si if bottto-au* i-.ttle..
** ' f ' fe 27-dAcWU
I
a. Bit bale* **nloon.
as \ . k »r.. be.b Kxra.MAß Bsee,
. s .- r-aiooa. aacvnd to another sa
- iv. N';,te. ia constant > supplied
-. i MEW CAN CANDfFS.
FKI'ITS M PS. etc.,
~o!dbj WHOLESALE or RETAIL
. .-,- >' utlorj torn-.
~-i t \\\ X- iiJ NIS ire invited to ex-m
'.'',.' ~.'., ceil te Ise ted *too*i. stank i» l«
- -.A , ,:,>.; to, befer. purchasing el*e-
M ,-! .sunrise ■applied with CAKES.
V* nd JE1.1.1 ES. ,-l ever* description
H* Mid COFFEE, '.AYE and ..'her
bV-HMEN rs*. ved ia the nest style, in the
'. ~.,: •,! me shorts notice. vN ._ oN[ _
■> leutbs, t'olds, Meaissaess. Ai.-The
, • -ol tne above complain.,at this■eaenß
' -~«-«( ol lwiß.ia.ostS hostel professed!*
~ • ibe; Mid wbiM tma lev.- may hsjraa
. leto*. and ire-*, eve. _aa«eroßU I<>
• diMppoißtß>.nt. the !•"-' cooi-e topursue
•..N:i...ur Am > pb»*iciaa. or otherwise
. hi, i, rriiif.be- a* lon*, public experience
■ t/i be i>"!> md ernes, iou* 01 this class
- , r-8 COS POIND SYRUP OF DIM
Oi una! v the fsvorite prescription of
• physician, it goon baca*aa a popular
me, and without advarttsta., aaa
lo.nicy* fjrewia. reputation for the
(•atyyesr*. Inailreeaat ease, it asm like
,ro;: OSes., Bronchitis. Hoop
,ii Crimp. Asthma, Ac,., it. m used with
I, ». sii c.s.a- mom families wnl t«>stif-,.
. r ,* Winston. Meads A Baker. A.
'( f r i". ,-ents per fiottle. mid in an ele
, ruanl Loses.* form f-", and -.l cent*
.., ,■„.! t,j J. HAI.MI.K, i'tianiiHceu
re, Md. fe I— 3m*
n taraett** iaaersee Bairn tie, for flavor
■> • !" - ES, BLANC MANOE, ICE
,-' XLI rS, BAL'CER, Ac, Ac., ipre
• iiU»l the bast yuality, aad Innhly
n of l onfentioners. Flotici keepers
~ ~ rs-pectf.bj invited to the above
,ti Tiiej have all tne fresnncK and
. . ,'•" Inn's from which 'hey are
iri 'is sxpensii c. Iru thi m.
. . , ■ hi JAS I' DUVAL, FISHER
I . \ md W L. WABINO, and at retail
. -terallf; fe 25-.mi*
i» ir- ion In-iir. d J— The greatest advnn-
.•■•-,•! the public witli re.ard to
%-' KANCE.iwhite persons and slave*.
RI LNSI KANCEupoB rrerp description
. . unm »i ooantrr, M the old ettnb
-, ftAL INSI RA.NCE OFFICE, iV.tr!
•-• oypwi.Jobs N. (n.rdoii and next to E. D.
- • , n i-.n es reiiresented. Bad all tossti
■ I ... _ -
■: . M..!',,ni 9 to 1 ..'.lock, and from !
» _* ». C. K. BRICK EN,
. - ,ii Insurance Agent.
l*_hii!ii.T mill Bladder t emplnint*.— The
rtanf discovery for Kidney,
]•,:,!-• I rinaryOmtructioaß,Leueet
.. r*W '• - i weaAneaßßß, Ph*_rtcal
■ itinn so. Oe tj of either sex. is HARTS- I
OMPOUND.
- > •.,,.■■ unable to walk, baveaooa !
•■■ kJ hr tfim powerful COMPOL NO. It is
i ''■:: »t, sad is pronounced bjf medi
ie v. i 'ii-. c used it, to be the l-»»t
MPOTNi) in the world. Large bottles
; uttleiWosnt*. A freab supriv just rs-
KISHER A WINSTON, Drtm*--_a
HU-Un Msi. street, Richmond. ;
r_ v im Be.v. Or. B.s.er, Editor of tlir
t riA.N ADVOCATE.-S.BteaE'B I\'F«I.LI ■
I PuH'Bll —A : persons fond of UtUt. \
1 •'• mmc si bread, biscuits, r.
i best cnke«. may purchase this powdei
1 : ■ . Tiie material. ;ire perf ctly
■••:;.• than Soda. Sa'icratus.
i 'i- nfsour bread. The u»e of it will
i- • t htest. seeete*t bread in the sliortest
i - is time, labor and expense: and
' •,.-.!-:•• scootnpan) int simple di
ne erved. Ilesides. it i. manufactured
i •■■ d is no invention of Yankeedom. -
- :;. inif icfurcr ,-n<l sole proptie
• n r\ c Know lnm. aid have tried
iniusDii it as tb. beat we ever tried.—
■ : i lirsctioßS.
IV in Ho wsrM ut Peace.
■ MORE j I ARRELS,
FIRM I NION.
SAVE THE PIECES.
Then call at
■t ■'■'!:■. CO '.-new DrusStore.cor
id streets, net a bottle of NEOA
tMENT.use as directed, .md I*
■" •"Union" tan be preserved.
It
tkKo, kliriil".- Alum Water .-Tin-water
•<. bOi celebrated BOCKBBIDOE
S N '.nil be used at this season with
■• As an alterat. ye, it i« unsurpa*.s
iMtnj [ly.pepaia, Liver Comprint and
it is HB.atarly efficacious,
' I'licninr tonio truly "alaable. For
FIBBER A WINSTON,
ii No. 125 Main .street. Sole A»enl*.
•VUno ii ( tub Sillier - For many years pre
c used exclusive) liy the fri.hipn.hl.
•• Clubs ol the Melropolis. it lias
i..( critical aseeai. aad met the uni
• ■ ! the el >t. of the nation,
r M EATS. STEAKS. CHOPS, FIBH,
PB, Ir., Ac. it possesses au unri-
Mi ..I ll nor I'rep-tred by
PARKER HRuS.. London.
' ' SHI X k WINSTON, soie seentsfor
fe 29-5W*
I nitfri Snvini's Dunk, Henries,
." '-; - ii, up.,n winch interest is paid at
IBM .•:.! per annum upon all sums re
,' J :i,',n!lis, or and 5 per cent, per
it. -:.r period Office No. 19 Main
JNO NETTLES. President.
~ , THOB. !.. D WAI.FOKD.Sec'y.
J !,r JAMES L. HORTEK. Trea'r.
Al!» IlMt -» Bitt-r».-Thi» telebrate
. pr, -**r, Dsed sucessfull) lor the I ist t**elve
***•."I liidue.lion. Flatulency, lien
' sn ■.si,»ss. Sea Sickness, Ac, Ac.
■*-'« » health* acto.n thnmchout the
. " ■ ippstlto, equalize the circula
"•nd oserg-y to the system, arid
■ ■ • ' I rssistaaoa t<> di»e;u>c rarely aav
j., • *fPTTS BfTTB-tt
■ ■•.. ;■_ »'i '■' -;e and adaataajto all ages, and
" f"t sale bi FISHER A WIN-
and Drag-nata generally.
' " r rlf rent. N. V.
"LRfc WINSTON,BrBEEists,
Re. lii Mam St.. Richmond.
», ths sick, afflicted and numer
.\" have heretofore used Dr. J. 8.
I <EB. always with the most un
•■•'' reault., <ioti some unprincipled
'. hUedm imitation. The Doctor
• ii, ciiaiue the wrapper, winch
. ' Mi re«. ;,,,,) ),ib written suna
*•' r. ~f ever* bottle of the uenuinc
,„ - 11 -' 'lie public can a.am obtain
• rittfe 1 ■•'*•<■ suited their wants and
I", ;' S CO! (,H SYRI'P, for curb.
I cr.po 7*** '- ttje standard remedy.
-_;__■ for pain.. riieumati»in, eanlie.
•■•',-',. ' *" d '"« DISI'EPTIC COM
n.."*!. 1 "" 1 *"•''"" rrrfim-r
-I ~ "SI L. « ARLNu, ur/ Mtnnd *t.
Richmond, va.
•v, J-Mp»iu ~,, mMt - f |--_| || | aud
R.. '.-'""i asowri t_ *ociety.can never
-in ,- 1 '"-' 1 "t*"n the liver, «tir up
!ht , ,'. •''•"'-J.streii.then tiie stomach.
»'"•■'!..> ~" l '»"ir.d invigorate tbe mind
' **'• im I, *"*■•*•-. revolution i* sHect
_?. *-ttil-rt t' ••B.aud all impurities are
'.""', M,i ,/';""'' who " utf,i r "bould use
•;"■>'.- in the city of Richmond
-•• ".r.K, proprietor, Hurhiuoi.d,
jaS3—to
jr**tai
0 . THF. CITIZENS AND
i> '.." THK CITY.-lfyon
•> *-nj_, !"*",'-;-« in th. latoßt and m<**t
r l_f"'» H»., '- uU! ,4v -ai *ou tooall on HOB
- r 5 -* k.;,,,;" 11 Bu»vin*. Shampooin.
•t" '* -innS_ u ." tler l -* American Hotof.
t " 'tj.* a, •■■ ft *l.
'4 _**i.; "'';'' *■,*•' «an ret tbsir whi.kers
"**--f«i !„_; ',""" r ««. ''-ht. or grey, to
Mtf>i%^_?_ - _ r «J_b_-___! -T«J_tt **-
v" 1 "". *"s _?, Uie , HOTOfiBAFUS of j
ir w * *"- rJL A*i , col :' ir "' esecutod at the '
,•• i i ? ,e "»'«K)_L.'?* ll J >-*Kt-»rrßoty»e. and
V ( >Jl *"* life.eiEe. if de
-^K^sarc_2
Barka. j!_°-'W.CABLICK.
•'-«' Fiuce, PrfcakUa .tr.ct.
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VOL. XVII.- -NO. 02. RICHMOND, VA., TUESDAY, MARCH 13, iB6O. PRICE ONE CENT.
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Tt'E-SDAY MORNING MARCH 13. lt-60.
UKNEHAL AKNK.IIHa.Y OF *IKli|-il.t.
.SENATE
Monijav, March IJits, l>-»»->.
The Senate was called to order at II o'clock
A. M , by I.ietit.ttov. Montaoitb.
A communication was recefv«*d from the
lipase, through its clerk, that it bad agreed to
the joint resolutions concerning ths boundary
hue Is-1 ween Maryland and Virginia.
(in motion of Mr At orsT, the Senate laid
on (he table the House amendment to the Sen
aie's resolution relative to the u.-e of the State
House by tin. Conn of __j_peaJs,
Rxtenetimg iii> Session.— The motion submit
ted on Saturday for extending the session
till the IMB March, which was at that time
rejectee*! and laid on the table, was called up
by Mr. SifAßi, and th.' subject being duly
considered, the Seua'e pa.Bed a resollilion ex
tending tbe sss.lou to April vid—the full Obn
stitaUoaaJ term—a tact of which Mr. STCABT
was I>'<•,as.tad to inform the House.
Financial Condition of the State.— T*.e follow*
i nil communication was received from the Ex
ecutive, read,and, on moiiou of Mr. Johssus,
1.ii.l on I lie table and ordered lobe printed:
Exact mi Drpabtmbst. I
March 12 1888, \
(.'<•»//• w* of the BeUWtt an ' Howe of Dl- gates .
j On the ?>tiidav ot Eebruarv last you determined
to extern: the session of the '.oiicral AasembU to
(ho 13th instant, The amount and importance of
Hie business of a seneral Hii.i special character
matured b> laa several coinniittces aid reported
for your consideration and action, rendered an ex
tension ol the »ession indispenial.l* nece»»ary —
Much of the busness of serersi interest and *reat
public utility has lieen d.spo-*doL fait a v,i«t num
ber of bi! ~ man* of them of a local nature, deeph
iritrres'ing to the peop.e immediately to le affect
ed b) them, and others more reiieral hi their.-b
i-cts. remain to lie eoasidersd, and il voii shall ad
loiirnon the da> designated, win I* left nacted
upon.
ihe Calendar of tne House of Delegate, show,
fact* to which I solicit ><>ur attention. Sixty-four
bills h»ve !«*en laid on the table— seventy eight
Senate I ills hive beea reported from committee-,
but not aoied upon-thirty -08. hill, are , n their
first reaving -two hundred and thirty five bids are
on their second read inn— one hundre.i and eight* -
seven bib* are fni oessd-on. hundred and nine,
teen reports fiom committee* are not acted upon.
Hint eighteen memorials laid upon the table.
The Calendar of the ?<eriate shows tirrty-onc
hills now on their third reading, fourteen bid* on
their second read in.. eighty lulls on. rossed, seven
House ini!s not acted upon, and twenty .Senate
tubs read the second time ami laid on the tabic
It thus appears lhat tiie re are now before the
House and Senate, in various stages of forward
ness, the very large number of eight hundred and
sixty six bills, of which the greater portion could
le disposed of in the next twent* days. But ii you
shall adjourn on the i.Jtii inst.nt, all the ,alior
winch has been expended by the committees In
preparing mid maturing these bi Is. and all the
tune winch has !,een devoted to their considera
turn by tiie two Houses, will have been tlirowr
away.and it will occupy two month* at least oi
the next session to place these bi'is in their pres
ent situation
On Imth calendars are to be found bills, of the
utmost importance to the dispatch of the public
business, imperatively demanding a-tion before
your a.liournment. 11 they shall be neglected the
public interests must sutler seriously. The ques
tion relating to the honudary lines lietween Mary
land and Virginia, ami North Carolina and Virgi
nia, demand prompt action unless it is your pur
pose to aiow these matters to remain in their
present condition unto the meeting of tho next
'ieneral Asseinbh. The expenses incurred in this
connection have been heretofore charged upon tue
I civil loiidiusiit fui.d —the Legislature hiving tail
led to make appiopnations fir those objects.—
Clerk* are required, in addition fotlieloice now
a.i'horned by law. to keep up the busiiie-s in the
otfi.-es of the first arid Second Auditors, the Trea
surer, the ite.ister of tne Laud Orhce. and the
Adjutant lieneral: and (heir coiupensatu n lias
In charged upon the civil and military con
lunds. These clerk* ovght to as provided
aw—tne aambai to be employed in sack
ecified. their compensation prescribed,
i sum appropriated as will l*s required to
ii (Such things oughi not to be left to offi
retion.
c discretion as possible should be left to
ei-ie ol pu'ilic officers Executive patron
ways more or less cor-upling. and i ureat
to see it diminished rather than increased.
ays inclined to increase ths number ol lis
vis. and t«* enlarge tiie circle ot its influ
1 power. In a Government like ours, all
agarou. influuness should be jealously
against, and whenever it can be done, the
I public oilic.ers should l>e teguiated by
d not MsChKTio.v. if the dispateuol ihe
usiness requires additional officers it is
your duty to provide tiiem, preserib. their duties,
fix (iieir salaries, and appropriate the money ne
Msaaej for their payn.ent.
Eurtlicr legislation ir necessary in regard to the
armory, winch you liavedirected to lie relittedand
put into operation. The act does not present* the
duties of the Superintendent ami the Master Ar
morer with sullicient precision, and tins is neces
sary to lie done to secure ihe smooth iinu harmo
nious Workum of the establishment. Define clear
ly the iliiiiesofe_.li of these officers, and contlic's
and disputes, disagreeable in their character and
results, will thus be prevented. This recommenda
tion is made from no want oi confidence in the pru-
I donee, discretion and judgment ol either of those
I officers; but becil-a 1 tunik each would be better
I satisfied, and bBOBBSa I think the oruina! act de
tective in this particular. 1 commend this mutter
I :o your consideration, and trust tuat it will be your
I pleasure to act upon it liei'ore >ou adjourn.
I There is another defect in this law that should
lie remedied. It directs me to appoint three com
missloners, whose duties are therein specified, but
I their compensation is not fixed. I do not suppose
that the I.e.isiaiure expected these gentlemen to
I abandon their regular business, and engage in tins
important service without a fair and just eompeii-
I »at.on. That compensation should tie fixed and
I provision asade for its pawnent, a* well as tor the
expenses incident to their duties. These gerule
-1 men are admirably qualified for the faithful and
afficient discharge of the duties confided to them,
and they have entered upon them with that zeal
and spirit which was expected by ail who knew
them.
The present, embarrassed condition of the James
Kiverand Kanawha Company requires legislative
action i ci.i.-c your adjournment, unless all that th.
Stale and individuals have embarked in this great
j eatorp i»eis to ha thrown away. Considerable re-
I pairs are now needed, and if those repairs are not
speedily made, this line of communication will be
rendered valueless. If something is not done at
the present session, navigation on the Canal must
be suspended, to ihe serious niiiiry of the iron and
agricultural interests of a large and important*, c
tioti of the State, who are dependent upon the
water .me lor the means of transportation of their
product, to market i Will not undertake to re
commend any specific measure of relief, as lam
satisfied you are much better informed on the ques
tion than 1 am. I feel persuaded that you will
adopt such measures in regard to it as will save
tue ueik from destruction, aud reuuer it useful to
our common constituents.
The revenue bills have not lieen considered by
you. and as these are measures ol the highest un
port-uses and interest to the people of the State of
all classes, tncy should be carefully aud deliberate
ly considered. During the preseut fiscal year, we
have l«*en called upon to make large expendi
tures, of an extraordinary charade-, and which
had not been previously anticipated. Tiie John
Brown raid has already cost the S,ate the sum of
9__B.MP and if our credit i. to lie preserved, you
must, b* a change in the revenue laws, make pro
vision for tiie sum thus unexpectedl, drawn from
the. Treasury. The revenue 1. lis that have lieen
reported by tho laaasa committee of the House,
it is confidently expected b* the fust Auditor, will
ias compared with the existing revenue law«,i in
crease the amount nl-uit .#].'.» liio. without the im
position <>i additional burdens upon tbe a<rncultu
ral, planting and it echan.cal interests of'he State.
! anticipate no deficiency for tiie year lstll. eve*, if
the re enue Uws shall remain unchanged. JNoap
prop nation b,l 1 lor defray ing the ordinary expen
»es of the government has yet lieen passed, and
un'-'ss your session shali be extended, you cannot
five f>> thi* important n.easuie that consideration
which juvt.ee to yourselves demands should 1«
bestowed upon it.
Vie. have been liberal in your appropriations to
the as* I !ins. works of internal improvement, and
other objects eminently deserving of the fo-'ering
care of flic Legislature. There are other interest.,
however, not less important in a free government,
.i nd jut as warmly cherished by a free people, that
i aare beea entirely overlooked, and which appeal
si i oui: ly to your sense of justice for legislative a d
While you have done much to develop ths vast re
source, of the State, you have done literally no
tion* for ths can*, ol education - imthing for the
development of the minds of Virginia's youth
The f'niversitv and the Virginia Military Insti
tute, institution, of learning of which every son
of the Old Dominion ia ju*(ly proud, and around
which his patriotic affection, cluster, have re
ceived no legislative aid, althouith each creatly
need.it. In time, like tbe present, audi institu
tion, should not Im neglected. Ths intellect of our
sons must be improved and expanded, and their
i nlifar* ardor stimulated and encouraged, if we
would place tbe Stale in a position to understand
her r mhts. estimate the value of bar institutions,
.uddefendtli.ru.
1 would be wanting in duty, il I failed to call
*our attention to ths condition of th- Treasury
for the hsoal year ending on the 30t1i of September
next From ths best source.nf information. I e*
tuuato the charges upon ths Treasury for ths fis
cal year at the .urn of ft 080,167 JK, 1 estimate the
receipts for the fiscal year, from all source., at
the sum ot SI 877 0 3 7(5, showing a deficiency of
9103.161.60. it devolve, upon you to make «ome
adequate provision to meet and satisfy tiiese de
mands as they .hall be presented for payment at
ths Treasury.
And finally, I call your attention to the important
fict, that ths Code of the State, which embodiea
all tbe law*, civil and criminal, by which the State
i* governed, i. entirely out of print, and not a copy
can he purchased unless from private individual*.
The election of Justice, of ths Peace throughout
the Hints take* place during the present y.ar, and
it will be absolutely necessary for th. proper ad
ministration of justice, that thsss officers «h ill be
furnished with a copy of tbe Code, or that *<>m*
thta. shall be done to place it in their power to pro
cure it- If no ranee of the law is no excuse for those
wbo violate it. proviaion*. When tb. State under
take, to print and copy-right it. own lava, it
.bould not permit those Uws to be out of print, so
that aeitaer wagurtrato*. judge., lecwlators nor
private sitissa. shall have it ib their power to as
eertsie what the law .a. Yon have a bill before you
oa this .ulifsct, which ought to be acted upon, ana
wbiea I earnestly hope will receive your atten
tion at sn early <?*]_
In discharge of what I conceive to lie an impera
tive duty. a. ths tUeoeUvaof the Htata, I have fell
called upon to prs.ent the*, view- fn- your eon.id
emtioa. in ne- pieseiit state oi ihe public busi
ness, I am con*-need that you aril! te.lit to bs your
duty io .stead ih« *e**ion In tb. next twenty
day. you candispose of eawatoftbe htiaiaeaamt
tur.d for your action, *ud rsturn to your coa.titu
enta with the plsaaing assurance that ynu have
done duty to inur-clve. and th. Co-*mon
wsalth. Re.peotlully. JOHN LfcTCHKR.
State iiondi.— The President submitted a
communication from the President of tbe
Hoard of Public Works, in which be says that
an exemption of the bonds of tbe State from
the tax be re to i.,re imposed on them will re
move a most serious impediment to the nego
tiation of loau- on the part of tbe Hoard; also,
that unless ibe law shall provide facilities
which do not now exist, or remove impedi
ments which do exist, it is plainly to be fore*
seen tbat a large amount of the appropriations
made at the present session will prove to be in
effectual and unavailable. This can la* done by
exempting tbe bonds of the State from taxa
tion, and repealing tbe restrictive provisions
ot an act passed April lith, i-.",-. The appro
priations made at (be present session are e»lf.
united to exceed five millions ol dollars. The
document was ordered to be printed.
Dills Report,.!.—By Mr. Hhannon, with
leave, a bill to authorize the Directors of the
Lunatic Asylum west of the Alleghany moun
tains to condemn lands, to construct ditches
and to establish sewers through the lands of
others; by Mr..TALiAKKRKo, a bill for the re
lief of Philip I>. Lipscombe, Clerk of Prince
William County asking to be refunded
certain damages paid to the State on a judg
ment recovered against him in the Circuit
Courtof the city ol Richmond, accompanied
by a petition ol said Lipscomb, and other pa
pers: by Mr. MiKknnky, with leave, a bill
io incorporate tbe Virginia Car Springs Com
pany, for the purpose of manufacturing and
dealing in India rubber springs, and other ar
ticle- composed of that substance ; by Mr. —,
wit fa leave, a bill for the relief ot L>. N. Ligon,
and others, securities of Joseph Ligou, late
Sheriff of Nelson county, to tbe extent ol cer
tain damages tor forfeited commissions for
which a judgment was recoveredin Richmond
Circuit Court.
Petition. —Mr. Armstkumi presented the pe
tition of S. J. How ley and others, asking Him
the charter of ibe town of Komney may be
amended so as to provide lor the election ol a
Mayor and two Aldermen, in addition to the
trustees now authorized.
House Mtssmste**—A message was received
from the House th-ft it had agreed to the joint
resolutions conceriAng the boundary line be
tween Maryland rind Virginia. Afterwards
an additional message was receivtd trom the
House that it had concurred in Senate resolu
tion to a prolongation of the session till the
■id of April.
Lasgh's Reports, Irr.— The bill providing for
the re-print of the .3th voluin- ot Leigh's Ke
ports, and. the Ist, >c\ and 3d volumes ol <! rat
tan's Reports, being on its passage, was re
jected. The bill was afterwards laid on the
table.
Order of the Day.— The bill amending the
charter of the James River and Kanawha
Company was called up, and, on motion ol
Mr. Pax ton, was made the order of the day
for to-morrow, at ll*_ o'clock.
Rejected.—Tie* bill to incorporate the Lent's
Creek and Logans Cuurt-Uouse Turnpike
Company, being on its passage, was advocated
by Mr. Pate, and the roll being called, the bill
was rejected.
Revolutionary C'aiins.— The resolutions adopt
ed in the House for the appointment of agents
to recover and collect money due tbe Slate from
the United States, for advances made during
the Revolution, were called up by Mr. New*
Man, but were laid on the table on the sugges
tion of Mr. Paxtoh, who desired to call the
subject up ou Friday.
Enrolled Biffs.—Tne Committee on Enrolled
Hills was enlarged by the addition of Messrs.
Early, Joknsou, Wickhara, Rives, Heale and
Carter.
The Jeji.rson Guards. —Tho joint resolutions
ordering (Hi uniforms to be presented to the Jei
fersou (Tiiards, Captain Rowan, iv view uf
their prolonged services at Charlestown, Va.,
was called up by Mr. .skull, and being put on
its passage was carried in the aflirmattve.
Bank Redemption. —Tim bill concerning bank
redemption passed by the Senate, which had
been amended by the addition of an indepen
dent section iv the House, was called up for
concurrence or rejection.
The Senate adjourned pending the discus
sion of the subject.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Monday, March 13, Ifieu.
The House was called to order at iv o'clock
A. M., by Speaker Crutch field.
Harper's Farm ErpessM _kc.ua*. Senatejosnl
resolution authorizing the Hoard of Commis
sioners appointed to audit Harper's Ferry ex
penses to pay *ls!?.M to Dr. H. (Jr. Leigh, as
sistant surgeon of the :fi)th Regiment, for ser
vice.-, was concurred in.
General License Rill. —The general license
' bill, for "mailing regulations concerning li
censes," was called up by Mr. Hauiuu a, oi
Culpeper, and was amended in various ways,
and ordered to be engrossed.
Em mire Message.—A message from the Go
vernor was read to the House, in wlu.h he re
commends an extension of theCJeneral Assem
bly, for sundry weighty reasons stated in ibe
document. It was laid on the table and or
dered to be printed.
Extending the Session. —Senate resolution for
an extension of tbe session until the expira
tion of the to days, allowed by the Constitu
tion, (April -Jd,) having been communicated to
the House, was called up, Mr. Hopkins mov
ed to insert tbe I'.nh of March as an amend
ment to said resolution. It was defeated—
Ayes 11, noes "I. Mr. Ykkby moved to insert
March _Sd, which was lost, The question
then recurring on agreeing with the Senate
resolutions, was carried in tbe affirmative—
Ayes 95, aeea_B.
Traffic with Negroes. —The bill making special
provisions and imposing penalties in cc.tain
cases of traffic with the slaves and free negroes
of this Stale, was taken up, and Mr. Duck
hall ottered a substitute, making the law
more severe ou liquor dealers ; but the substi
tute was rejected, and the original Senate bill
was passed.
Resolution. —Mr. Wilson offered tbe follow*
ing resolution, which was adopted:
Rem!veil. That so much of the (iovnrnor's mes
sage tins murium, as relate* to the James River
and Kanawha Company, be referred to the Special
Committee on Internal Improvements.
lac Bill. —Mr. Raymond moved to take up
the bill imposing taxes for the support of (he
Government, and on motion of Mr. Hauiuu it,
ii was passed by until 7 O'clock P. M.
The hour of :l having arrived, the Chair was
vacated until 7 o'clock.
Adjournment of the Maryland Legislature—
Stormy Semes.
The Maryland Legislature adjourned on
Saturday night last amidst stormy scenes.—
The great contests of the session—the Chesa
peake and Ohio Canal bill, the bill to increase
tbe siockholder directors of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company, and the li rock city
railway bill—all failed in the House after hav
ing passed the Senate. The bill preventing
the manumission of slaves iv Maryland here
after was passed. From letters from Annapo
lis we take the following:
Just before 5 o'clock a collision occurred in
the rjtuuda between Thomas H.Gardiner, a
fiieiid of the Hr >ck bill, and John W. McCoy,
au opponent of that, and friend of the Com
missioners'' bill. Mr. Gardiner struck Mr.
McCoy, and during Hie meiee, whilst tbe Lit.
ler was down, he drew a revolver and fired
two shots, one ball of which passed through
Mr. Gardiner's thigh, the other passed very
near the head ol Mr. Block himself, who hap
pened within range, Mr. McCoy was also
subsequently attacked by others, and arrested
by Sheriff Ireland, and gave bail in SI'JOU be*
fore a justice of the peace to appear at tbe
April court. Immediately on firing the shots
an interne excitement resulted. At first, par*
tie. in the rotunda rushed into tbe House and
Senate chambers, and immediately thereafter
there was a general rush into the rotunda
among the members and others. It was with
great difficulty ths Housecould be restored to
anything like order, and a committee was ap*
pointed to inquire into the facts. The com
mittee reported soou thereafter that they as
certained that the fracas was between parties
not connected with the House, and that they
were in custody, undergoing an examination,
and the committee asked to be discharged,
which was done.
Towards night tbe lobbies began to All up
with a crowd of noisy and unruly young men
nud boys, the Indies having become frightened
and left the House. As tbe night wore on
rongh faces were Been to gather about, and
gentlemen who passed through tbe rotunda
and outside kept watchful eyes. The threats
against gentlemen were repeated. J. Douglas
Hamilton, Esq., the young lawyer wbo so ear
nestly opposed the Brock bill before the Com
mittee on CorporaUous and the members of tbe
Legislature, was compelled to retire for safe
ty, and was escorted by bis friends to his
boarding-house.
Amid the greatest confusion a few other bills
were passed, amongst them a Senate bill to
compensate tbe Frederick Militia for services
rendered at Harper's Ferry., Finally, wben
the confusion was at Its height, a motion was
madetoadjoarn. The Clerk stomad ia the
middle of a bill ha was reading, the Speaker
pnt the uuestioo, and th* Hoaat adjourned
tune die. At the hour of adjournment, tne clock
wanted exactly fifteen minute, of 11. No mes
sage announcing the adjournment of the House
was offered or seat into the Senate, aad no
yoieof thank, to the Speaker was passed.
vi ynu I'MVKCH PwbT* -A church i» about
to be erected by me Kuasisn Qovernment
rear Inkermm. the fund, for which are sup
plied by the sale of cannon ball., whleh harr
been picked up ut lokerman and Nebtutdpol
The Reject tea ef the Seathern Confereare
Prenesitlea—The fatten and Sugar State*.
The rejection by tbe Legislature of Virginia
of the proposals by South Carolina and Mi..
si.sippi to call and hold a Conference of tbe
Southern States in Convention, on tbe critical
condition of their political relations, is the
• nbject of comment in South Carolina paper*.
The Charleston News has the following "lead
er'" on ihe subject:
The rejection wasan error, and one indica
tive of social timidity on one side, and of po
lideal selfishness on the other. It was an er
ror which will probably, and ere long, cost
Virginia much more than she could possibly
have lost, eveu in Federal favors, from a
Southern consultation. Virginia implored
South Carolina, when the latter was prepar
ing in 1891 to secede from the Union, not to
take any action without the co-operation of
the other Southern States; and ber citizens
and presses utuuted South Carolina witban
arrogant disposition to dictate and lead, dud
now,w hen South Carolina urges the co-opera
tion deemed advisable, when her prophecy of
continued and increasing wrongs and aggres*
sions has been more than verified, and when
tbe whole South is in a perilous crisis, Vir
ginia refuses it. And she does so, despite the
indications that half the Southern States are
ready aud anxious to enter promptly upon
joint counsel, measures and policy. And she
has done it very mnch with that air of confi
dence which assumes that she (Virginia) can
and should alone dictate and lead the course
of the South. She does not confine herself to
repelling the Conference, and iv a palpable,
and partially declarer?, want of confidence in
tbe wisdom and prudeuce other sister slave
Staies, but proceeds to require them to adopt
her measures. She proposes thaw each State
shall legislate remedies for herself—and they
most be I'nion remedies, to wit: restrictions
and disabilities on Northern citizens. North
ern commerce, and Northern goods, with dis
criminations in favor of the foreign—an ab
surd policy, contrary to the spirit of the Con
stitution, subversive of the selt-regulation ol
trade, and that would really be productive of
more injury than good to the South. Yet even
on these measures -he refuses to coi.cert in
Conference wi.h the otner Southern States,
and thereby precluding the only hope and
chance of their beingof any service. Virginia
bas this lesson to learn : that ber difference in
production with the cotton and sugar States,
and her singular tenacity of adherence to fed
eral honors, offices and parties, to the dispar
agement ot ihe interests and sentiment* ot
those States,is fasi losing her influence with
them, and isolaiiug herself from Southern ac
cord.
The leading pretence of Virginia in refusing
the Conterence, was that it mightendauger the
Union. Here was another error. It would
have been, and will be, the only mode ed saving
it. The North, seeiug that tbe South cauiiot
unite, bui will remain divided and distiaced
ou measures of defence, and relying on Vir
ginia's adherence to the Union, and her tame
submission to Federal action, and tbe chances
of border raids, will proceed with her oppres
sions and aggressions on tbe South. This
course, in time, will provoke other Southern
States and their citizens, despairing of gene
ral co-operation in advance, to resort to deci
sive action of their own; especially thecotion
and sugar States. This action once taken, the
I'nion is gone, and Virginia will be compell
ed to choose between the North and the South.
On the other hand, a conference of Southern
States is the only mode of uniting them. The
South united can always save the Union and
control it, too. First, because the North will
never dare to provoke the united South to se
cession and to the formation of a Southern
confederacy—it would luiuthe North; and,
second, because the South united, acting as a
balance of power between the divisions of
Northern States aud parties, could always
turn the general elections and dictate her own
terms. Virginia ana defeated her mum policy ot
saving tbe Union.
Virginia refuses affiliation of policy with
South Carolina—what shall South Carolina
do? She yielded to Virginia iv |«J*»- 33, and
repealed the Nullifying Ordinance. She de
ferred to Virginia in 1881, even after Virginia
had led ber to prepare tor action and to ex
pect concerted action, and forbore to secede.
Her proffered friendly conference and assist
ance (anew repelled by Virgiuia, and iv tlfe.
name of federal subserviency—Unionism is
noiliicg else.
The counsel, too, of Mississippi is similarly
rejected. What shall South Carolina and Mis
sissippi do .' Our answer is: Promptly t_-k
for (and they will obtain) a conference of the
cotton and sugar Stales, open to other slave
Slates. Let Virgiuia stay out of it, if she
chooses. She cannot expect to be again looked
to for either leadership or action.
The Mercury has au editorial from which
we extract the following:
Virginia is truly Southern in her feelings
aud sympathies. There is- doubtless a party
in that State who sees the dangers and are
ready to meet them in time, and by adequate
action; but this party is too weak to inaugu
rate any measure of real resistance. There
are influences, associations, and disabilities,
which will ever prevent that State from mov
ing in the van of the South. And if this mis
sion has tailed in its prime object, it has at
least accomplished a gjod purpose in show
ing where the Southern pc pie are to lojk for
measures of redemption.
We have heretofore repeatedly expressed an
opinion which we now reiterate. In the con
test forced upon us by the North, the South
proper—the necessarily slave South—has la
bored under two fatal errors : First, in relying
upon any party of tbe North as able to protect
us ; and second, in relying upon the frontier
Southern Slates—slave.Stares at convenience—
to lead the van of our resistance, and to bear
the brunt of the conflict.
And what right have we to expect Virginia,
Maryland. Kentucky, Missouri, to bear the
brunt of the struggle iv which we are much
more vitally iuierested, with >wer induce
ments to postponement and inaction ? What
reason have we to expect either of them to lake
the initiative in our defence ' They may live
and thrive without slavery; and with them
slavery or its abolishment is a question of ex
pediency—a choice of different instrumentali
ties of prosperity. To us the institution is in
dispensable. We must maintain ourselves in
the contest or be utterly destroyed: and it is,
so far as we are concerned, vain and cowardly
to look to the frontier Stales to lead the South
to the recovery of her independence and secu
rity. The slave rsouth proper—the cotton
States—must look to themselves aloue for de
fence.
This refusal of Virginia will have the effect
of inspiring the Black Republican party with
confidence in the submissive spirit of resist
ance, and greatly tend to remove fear of a
dissolution of the Union. In our opinion ii
insures tbe election of a Black Republican to
the Presidency. To resist this, two of the
cotton States. Alabama and Mississippi, have
pledged themselves. South Carolina is ready
to co-operate with them. These States will
constitute a nucleus around which several
others will rally. We trust that hereafter
Virginia will not be looked to for leadership. ]
It i- a false position to assign her, situated as j
.he is, and ber truest and ablest men are ready j
to acknowledge the fact and urge other States
to move. Virginia will always lie found to j
follow tbe South, to which she really aud tru
ly belongs. !
PllUtnrs PosiTWX—Suspension ovtra Bin."
Near Dubuque, lowa, last week, a shaft was
being blasted through a rock thirty leet deep.
A man, named Norton, was engaged in drill
ing, while a companion attended to the wind
lass and drew him up when the signal was
given. Tbe Herald says :
Having finished a drill, loaded it, and getting
ready preparatory io firing the fuse, Mr. Nor
ton commenced picking up his tools, in readi
ness to ascend. At tbis moment hi. foot
struck the candle, upsetting it exactly on tbe
fuse, and in a second it bad caught aud was
fizzing down toward tbe powder. Mr. Norton
iram diately commenced calling on ibe man
above to pull bim _p. Tbe latter was at some
little distance from the shaft, and did not hear
the cry; but, fortunately, happening to look in
that direction, be saw the rope shaking, and
thinking that be might be wanted, he hasten
ed np. In tbe next iusuiot be became aware
wbat was wanted, aud immediately commenc
ed hauling up the other. The situation of the
latter was any tiling but pleasant—sufficient
time seemed to bi. imagination to have
elapsed for tbe fuse to burn the powder, and
be momentarily expected to be blown out of
tbe shaft.
The man at the windlass made superhuman
effort./and had hauled the other within some
ten feet of the mouth, wnen tbe handle of tbe
windlass broke! Fortunately, Mr. Norton
caught a foothold ou tbe projecting shelf, and
thereby saved himself irom tailing to ths hot.
torn. But the position wa* anything but desir
able, a* be wasin noway protected from the ef
fects of tbeexplosion, while it wasonly by su
perhuman efforts that he kept himself from fall
ing from the narrow standing-place. There was
ao way to get ou t.aud he was sure to be riddled
with the shower of rocks that would rise from
below. Thus be stood, momentarily expect.
ing that a terrible death would meet him—
stood thus in an agony which must be imagin
ed, as it is too strong for description. How
long th. Urn. was he did not know, but it
aeetaed agea rather tbsnaeoonda, uuiil a suf
ficient ume and elapsed to Introduce ths hope
that tbe blast would not explode. This prov
ed eventually to be the case, although he pro
bably so fiered a dozen deaths before tbe fact
became appareci. It almost seems miracu
lous that It did uot; but such most fortunately
proved to be ibe case, aud Mr. Nortion escap
ed a d« am'almost too horrible to think of.
The Wreck ef Ike Hnugurlna-Additienal
Pacta.
The Yarmouth (N. S.) Tribune gives some
additional facts relating to the loss of tbe
Hungarian, which are more comprehen.ive
than any yet published. She was seen on
Sunday, the 19th ult, by a sailing vessel, and
was then steering at least four *>ointsoff her
true course. On the next mornings resident
of Cape Sable saw the lights of a steamer. The
Tribune adds:
These lights, when first seen, were station
ary, and remained immovably in the same po
sitiaa, us our informant think*, for more than
half an hour, when they appeared to move
very swiftly in a northwesterly direction, and
in the course of ten or fifteen minute*
became once more stationary. Mr. Henrj
Nickersou, wbo resides on Fish Island, states
that he first saw tbe light iv the position which
the wreck now occupies, at four o'clock, and
comprehending that some unknown vessel was
in distress, aronsed bis son and a neighbor
crossed iv a fishing skiff tbe inlet which di
vides the island from Cape Sable, and, in the
hope of attracting the attention of the crew,
exhibited a lighted lantern from the highest
point of land that could be found.
The lights of the unknown vessel continued
to he visible until daybreak, when they dis
appeared, probably in consequent" of the fall
of the masiaio which they were attached. As
day dawned tbe hull of a largesteamsbip was
plainly discernible on the "Ureal Rip," adan
eerous ledge about two miles southwest ol
Cape Sable, the foremast g tne, the mainmast,
mizzenmast aud smoke-pipe only standing
and ih»» sea making a constant breach over the
ship. The rigging of the mainmast had tin
appearance, according to the statements of on r
informants, of being crowded wih htimai.
beings, to the number of between fifty and
sixty—a supposition we see no reason to dis
credit. About half an hour after suunse th»
mainmast was seen to go overboard, thesmoke
pipe disappeared soon afterwards, and tin
mizzenmast followed about t r n, A. M. The
spectacle is described by those who witnessed
itas one of terrific grandeur—the sea around
white with breakers, the doomed ship rolling
heavily, as surge af'er surge broke against her
iron sides, the spray dashing in volumes to
he height of her mas'head, and the billow
p.niringin ceaseless cataracts over ber decks.
The violence of the sea during the morning
a..d the early part ot the day was so grea,
ihat no attempt could be made to&pproach (he
-hip. Not even a life-boat, is it affirmed,could
have been got wiih safety through the break
ers which environed the coast.
At nine A. M. the wreck began to break
up, and the surface of the deep was soon
strewn with packages of light goods, the la
ding ot her upper decks. The ebb tide, aided
by a strong westerly wind, carried these arti
cles for the first few hours iv tbe direction ol
Baccaro, and into tbe bays aud inlets b-yond
The flood tide, for the next lew hours, carried
whatever was washed from the wreck in an
opposite direction. On Tuesday, the wind
having moderated, and the sea hcingeompara
lively smooth, a great number of boats and
several small vessels put off in search of the
drifting merchandize. Between four and five
hundred boais, it is computed, were for the
first three or four days engaged in this man
ner. The bales being generally of a size which
precluded their being taken into a boat, were
broken open witn a few blows of an axe, the
contents lifted on board, aud the box allowed
■to go adrift. The quantity of goods thus
saved must have been immense; but their
wide dispersion will render the task of col
lecting them for sale rather a formidable un
der tak ing.
Extraordinary Ef.orKMEXT— Devout Fu
gitives.— In January last, James Owens, of
Vinceunes, Ind., sold' out and went to St.
Lotus, from whence the report shortly came
that be was drowned. He "left" six children
to the care of James Smith, whose sister he
had married. On the HMfa ult. Mrs. Smith
left her husband and joined the late drowned
Owens in a flight to New Orleans. The dis
consolate husband telegraphed all points lor
her, including that city. The N. O. Bee says :
"Meanwhile the guilty pair were on b'jard
the Cora Anderson, enjoying a fancied securi
ty and jiassing the time in singing psalma, To
such an annoying extent did they carry this
devoiional singing, the other passengers were
obliged to complain of them t'j the officers of
the boat, and Capt. Boflnger had to prohibit
this exercise, except in a subdued tone of voice.
Their intention was to take passage on :be
first Red River boat, to leave flfter their arri
val at New Orleans, and locate somewhere in
Nonhern Louisiana or Texas. Tbe Cora
Anderson came to her landing on Wednesday
night, and the police finding the party on
board, took them into custody and gave
them, with Mrs. Smith's children, apart
ments in the First District Police-Station.—
Owens, who has bean traveling under the
name of Patton, indignantly denied the charge
brought against them, and protested it was
all a cruel mistake; but they were detained,
nevertheless. The same night. Smith arrived
in the city by the Jackson Railroad, aud went
to see his wife and children iv the luck-up.—
The scene that followed, as can well be ima
gined, was a touching one, although the pre
dominant emotion in (he breast of Mrs. Smith
appeared to be that her husband would injure
Owens, as indeed he declared outside that he
would shoot bim on sight. Theguilty woman
has determined to return home with her bus.
baud, whose love for her appears to be inex
tinguishable, though ber only motive lor so
doing seems to be the fear of having her chil
dren taken from her otherwise. Mrs. Smith
is _t> years of age, and au exceedingly plain
looking woman. Owens will be left to his
conscience and memory, which wiii be suffi
cient re ribution, perhaps.
A Winii M auks a "Run oh a Milwaukie
Bank.—There was a heavy gale at Milwaukie
on Saturday, blowiugdown chimneys, signs,
fences, &c.,aiiii doing considerable damage.—
The most notable part of the gale's doings is
thus described by the Daily Wisconsin :
A most singular and exciting description j
happened at the banning office of Armstrong, j
Spink &. C0.,0n the Northeast corner of East J
water and Huron streets, in Cross' building.—
The wind has been blowing a perfect burn- !
cane at times to-day, and at this time just as a
per.on was entering the banking office, a ire- '
mentions gust of wind came up, aud the door
setae;often a current of wind rushed in aud j
burst through :he wind*'w> on the Huron st. I
side, which, formiuga veut hole for the wind, !
it poured iv tremendously, bursting in ibe j
front wind ■wsalso.audcompletely guuingout !
the office almost iiistauily, sending ihe nion-y [
and papers lying on the counters flyiug down I
Huron street, while the large glass windows
were broken imo a thousand pieces, aud tbe
curtains flapped from their fixtures aud were
slit into shreds, while people were rushing
Ottt from adj,lining stores and shops, ou bear- |
j ing the din and clatter, teurtu. lest some ter-
I riate accident was happening.
It is imposs.ble io tell how much money was j
; blown away, but probably several hundred
dollars, besides some valuable business papers. '
j &c. Boys BBBd men went scrambling down
Mauan street alter such as they could get hold
j of. and in a few minutes half of tbe Third
j Ward nlmoßt was out bunting up stray uiie,
! live or teu dollar bills, as the c:#e might ha.—
Much of tbe money has been returned by
honest tinders, but still a good deal has been
carried ort" by boys nud others who found it,
and will probably be salted dowrf by the
finders.
Later from Rio pc Janeiro —The Balti
more American publishes the following letter
from Rio, received by the bark Lapwing, ar
rived Saturday :
Rio de Jantiro, Feb. I, 18t3»>.—Flour- There
have beea sales of S_W bbl.. Baltimore Extra
at K'.UMi; -_Vis 4 bbl-. New Orleans at I6H-2f,< • and
l,.'lu«j bbls. S.SSF Trieste at 1-ilouu, all long cre
dit. Stock iv first bauds_!_,.-IU bbis. Richmond,
I,IM bbls. New Orleans, and 3,UU» bbls. Trieaie.
Heals.—A sale of a cargo, just arrived, at
•.•91.100(1 per dozen.
Coffee.—Sales .Ist January have been
4!>,ux» bags fur Europe, at from ftifiso for com
mon to t»■i.j.tjj: aud M.tftfti bags fur the United
States at 6 fcRmhWHA Dealers bad paid as high
as tfTBUBa* .m*i, and wereflrm holder, for au ad
vance un last sales. We quote American lo*.
at ii • .)(.««■.rim. Stock Tu.uou bags, principally ot
poor qualities. The clearance, for the Uniteu
State* ia January were only £),!_« bags Iv all
the port..
Freight, are nominal and nothing ottering.
Exchange un England Jl »a,l\d_ nominal.
Amothee Death *>aoa tub Cabbleb* use
or Finn-Anns.—A daughter of Capt. Henry
Smith, of Vtnalbavea, Maine, wa. instantly
killed last Saturday evening, by tbe discharge
of a kustol in the band, of a young man named
Henry Berwin, of Rockland. Berwin mas
• laying over night at tbe house of Oapt. Smith.
During tbe evening, Berwin aad the children
were amuaiug themselves by snapping an an*
luuiied pistol, faeaing it Cram oat to another in
turn. During thi. play, the boy who had
brought the pistol went ma truu* and brought
another, which he handed to Berwin with the
remark that It was a better one. Berwin »uh
it, supposing it unloaded, and saapped it at
Miss Smith, when it was discharged, caa.ing
her instant death. She was üboat eighteen
years old.
Ia Woonsockst, R. 1., on Tuesday, Mr. Sara'l
Alray-hot hltaaelf in the i resent* of hi. fami
ly. Tb. ball .Missed th rough his heart
LOCAL MATTERS. !
City Council.—A regular monthly meeting of
he Conncil was held at the Council Chamber
yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Present—
Messrs. Saunders, Rodder, Richardson, Hill,
Greauor, Epps, Haskins, Deauoa, Orattan,
villi- and Burr. Absent—Messrs. Alien,
Glazebrook, Whiffled and Talbott.
Mr. Burr, Irom the Committee on Public
Grounds, to whom was referred the petition
if Companies A, F and G, reported in favor
of granting the ui-eof the lot on which a mill
t.iry hall is to be built the lot to revert to the
city whenever the hall sball cease to be used
tor military purposes. The report, on being
read, was unanimously adopted.
Mr. Denoon, from the Committee on Di»
'rict Schools in Monroe Ward, to whom was
referred the petition of ('apt. Bayly, asking
'he use of a room in the Clay Street Chapel,
tor a drill room, reported adverse to the peti
,-ion : nud, on motion, the report was adopted.
Mr. Denoon offered a resolution, which was
adopted, tv appoint five persons in each Waid.
ts Commissioners, to superintend tbeCharter
Elections on the first Wednesday, the fourth
lav of April next.
The following Commissioners and Conduc
tors were then appointed:
Jefferson Ward.—Joseph Brummell, John
J. Wilson, Luther Libby, Alexander Craig,
Thomas ¥.. Word, Commissioners; Ren hen
T. Seal, Conductor; First Market Hall as the
place tor holding the election.
Madison Waid.—E. Shepperson, J-ttne* A.
Scott, James H.Grant, George N Gwathmev, I
George W. Randolph, Commissioners : E. 11.
riiiilkley, Conductor; aud City Hall as the I
Monroe Ward.—Thomas Harbßna, Thomas I
Boudar, Robert P.Davis, TUos.M. Jones, F. I
Matthews, Commissioners; Wm. N. Kelly, I
Conductor . Lacy's shop the place
Mr. Richard-on, from the Committee ou
J.'t'ersou Ward Schools, reported iv favor of I
ippropriatingff.l.iKK) towards theeredioii of a
Seamen's Betiiel on the corner of -rith and
Cary streets—the ciiy tv hold a deed of trust
in the property, and to bave the use of the
basement for all time to come, for a district
-chool-room.
Mr. Deuoon opposed the resolution, becaus*
it looked like a combination ot Church aud
Suite. He wa* prepared to vote lor a school,
but not iv com.ection with a church.
Mr. Hill favored the report. They needed a I
school—tbe place selected was an admirable I
.ne—and v was right and proper to aid m .h> I
e-tabiisbinent of a Bethel tor the benefit of ibe I
-ai'ors.
Mr. Whitfield favored tbe report.
The question was then taken on iberesoln- I
tion to appropriate "-.1,0(111, and it was adopted I
Mr. Giazebrook offered a resolution, which
was adopted, granting the use of the Hustings
Court-room, iv the Cny- Hail, to Rev. L. W.
Cabell and Wm. F. Ritchie, E-<i., lor holding
religious service every Sunday morning. [Mr.
Cabell is a Swedeiiborgian minister, and will
preach in the ball on Suuday morning next at
II o'clock.]
Mr. Haskins, from the Cjmmi«sioners ol I
Streets, reported that m&SkSI had been on
drafts of the Engineer for street improve
ments, and thit 51,?.-,7.1'_ were necessary to
complete the improvements.
A petition trom the Young Guard Volun
teer Company, asking to be placed on similar
tooting with other companies, was presented
by Mr. Epps, and referred to the Finance
Committee.
Mr. Haskins, from tbe Ccmmissioners of
Streets,presen ted a long report, recommending
ihe following act ion; To permit Geo. F. Smim
to erect a temporary building on .ith street, in
line of Fuleher*. property, to be removed at I
thepleasure of the Council. To curbed street
fr.nn Broad to Leigh, at a cost not exceeding
Bfi.it). To change ihe curbing and gutter 011
the West side of Foushee street, near Grace
Church, at a cost of .* 150. To culver t>ih street,
between Broad and Grace, at a cost of it,USE.
To culverting t.th street, near Pink Alley, ata
cost of Mia To exterd the Main street cul
vert from 17th to iMh street, at a cost not ex
ceeding £1,880. To culvert Pear street along
the Dock, at a cost of 93,1*10. To continue the
paving of Dock street to Gillie's creek, ata
cost of .*s,in>o. The recommendations of the
Commissioners were then put to vote and
adopted.
On motion, the Council adjourned to meet
• ii Wednesday week.
Robbery, and Attempt to Muriter. —Two white
men—John O'Keill and Michael Grace—were I
arraigned before ihe Mayor yesterday morn- I
ing, to auswer the chargeof * ioleutly assault- I
nig and beating Thomas McDonald, on Sun- I
day night, and robbing him ol SUtKiin gold and I
silver, and a silver watch. McDonald appeared
011 the witness sand, hi? face and bead literal- I
ly covered with blood, and af;er being sworn;
testified as follows ; A few minute, after Id
o'clock, whilst on asa way Ir, m Hutchertown
to the schooner "William John," now lying
111 the Dock, and on which 1 am employed, I
stepped into O'Keift's house, on Cary street,
near 17th, and called for a bottle of pop. Grace
was standing at the counter at ihe time, and I
invited him to drink, w l.ich he did. Alter we I
had taken two drinks, I pulled out my money I
and gave O'Keiff twenty-five ceuis, which he I
put 111 his drawer. Soon after this, O Keift I
said 1 had uot paid bim. I told him I had.
but would pay him again, and offered him
another quarter. Grace told UK, 1 had paid
him, and he then refused the quarter. I then I
started out of the bouse, but just before reach- I
ing tbe door, OK. knocked medown, and Grace I
joining him, they began to kick and beat me. I
calling me a d d foreigner. They kicked I
and dragged me out of the house, threw me
upon a pile ol bricks for dead, and then robbed I
me of my watch aud money.
Lieut. Carter, of the Night Watch, staled
that, about quarter-past 4 o'clock yesterday
morning, he received information that there I
was a mau on Cary street crying murder, and,
__jiugdowii to ascertain ihe cause, found Mc- I
JP maid in front of O Keilf's house, very
Tiloody, and culling for help. Oil asking tbe
cause of the outcry, McD. said he bad been I
beaten and robbed, in 0 Keiff's bouse, of a I
silver watch. **?•«» iv gold, and §M in silver. I
As tbe house was tbeu closed, Mr. Carter sta* I
turned one mar. in front and another In tbe
rear, to keep wa'ch until a warrant could be
obtained, aud urged McDonald to go to the
station-house, but he at first declined to do .0,
fearing that be could not again find the place]
until as-ured that the watchmen would re'l
main. When moruing came, Lieut. Carter I
and officer Seal went to O Keitt's vi make the
arrest, and on entering the front room found I
a cap lying 111 the middle of the floor, which
McDonald says he had ou when attacked |
Capt. Gallager, of ihe schooner "William
John," testified that McDonald bad a s.lver I
watch:atid Mr Iron, also employed on the
same vessel, testified that he had gold money, I
but could no' say bow much. ;
OK.iff admitted that he had beaten Mc-
Donald, "out gave as a reason for so doing
that he drew a knife upon him and broke bit,
door and window. He denied taking his mo
ney or watch, but bad no witnea*, other than
(trace wbo,being implicated in ibe robbery,
was not permuted to testify. I
The prisoners were remanded for examina- I
tiou before a called Court, to be h'.ld ou ihe I
I7ihiiist.
Attempt to Burn a House. —A negro girl named
Charlo'te, slave to James 11 uut, was arraigned I
before the Mayor yesterday m ruing for ex*
"if'iuatioii on the charge ot setting fire to, and I
sttempfii g to burn, ihe large brick building |
at tne southeast comer of Main and Una sts
occupied in part by Mr. Auguslia Separk. On I
Snnday night last, between tbe hours of 7 and
- o'clock, Mr. Separk, who occupies the third I
-lory of tb., hoii-e, ioiiiid that his rooms were |
filled with smoke, aud from the strange con
duct of the prisoner, who was hired 10 bim, I
suspected thai she knew something of the
cause. Ou questioning her. he found that a
box, barrel and old mat, under the steps in tbe
first story, had beea set on fire, and after ex
tinguishing the burmug pile, charged the
prisoner with the offence. Sbe atflr>tdeclared
that a small white boy in the house was ibe
incendiary; but on finding ibat sbe was to be
taken to tbe cage, admitted that -ha had ap
plied the torch, and gave as a reasou for so I
doing, that she had a great spite against tbe
boy, and had kindled the fire with the hope ef
having the blame put upoa him. Mr. Separk
does not think the girl deaigues) to bum the
honse: but whatever ber in tenuous may have I
been, bad the steps once taken fire aad got well I
under way, ail egress from the second and third 1
stuns* to the street would have been cut oil
aud the residents might bave been suffocated
by the .moke before aid could have been af
forded them.
The Mayor continued the examination „„•_, ]
this ÜBorniiig- I
Cruel Wife.— Mrs. Mary Craiger a stern, an* I
bending woman of forty-Ite, made her ai I
pearanoe before the Mayor yasmrday, to an
«-aer the uuuauni aad unnatural chars*, of
violently assaulting aad aeaUag her BB.baad
Heury Crateer. When ibeoldtaea wascadied I
he came tremblingly to the book, bia ease
bonnd round by expunging lines and his pre*
_!•..***!!•• ***** neat and abused him at I
will, because ha was lame and v liable to aora*
•»_*____ she waatd not allow Km to ton a
«b» l-oasa.
■•* *-»-_i--tto_tmhobtr behave her-aH, the
_ ,a dp 1-aaa a|dtatmi
fee timidly said that .he was toe BlWng Ut
him, and aalotiy shrank away from ueraary
•fan, a* if eapeeUaa every moment to feel her
-claws .uataaad In hi. hair aad eyes. Mrs. C.
did not daay her erueMy. but gave be a reaaoa '
that he would nut warlr, and tfeat aha fend .
enough to do to find umaiblag In tai lor hat
children aad herself By way of tying her
hands tor the future, the Mayor held her 11 1
hail for her good behavior. |
TEJtMS OMADVMRTiSINy.
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t-;dol?__."!do!T.!! ifflr!!oo...d>"aar.T!Tmi*.'
! •»_ Advertisements seMiShed uft*il tortsd, *»vi
ac charted » cents per mast* of eight linsa for the
_**___n______ _n___ cent, tor sacs e-mtrauaaoe.
The Hu,t,ngM Court commeaead im March
term yesterday, and deposed of a large
amount of civil and criminal business. Wo
"IST"? ", ncn £***• *-» »re worthy of note:
Christian Buri-r, indicted for permitting
an unlawfula-semhiy -a D*wroesia his -muse,
plead guilty and wm flm-d a; aad eoeta.
Jeff, slave to Jo-_R. Anderson, charged with
assanltingnnd stabbing Joe Cblldreuß a free
negro, on the Ith rnst., was found gallty by
the court, and ordered to receive thirty-nine
stripes.
Peer Franklin, a free negro, charged with
breaking Into .Toe Anrle's blacksmith -hop and
steaiinr four chlebeaa, worth an, •»_» ordered
to receive 3» stripes, and to ha imprisoned in
the city jail and chain gang for ninety day*.
William W. Hardeman, charged with bar*
glartoaslv entering tbe house of R. T. Daniel
and stealing a breastpin worth ».., wa. exam
ined and remanded fur trial at the next term
of 'he Circuit Court.
Henry Wingo, charged with stealing three
<*f Colt's Navy pistols, worth #4ML from tbe
State of Virgiuia. was remanded for the of
fence after an examination by a Court of Jus
tices, an _ will be tried for grand larceny at
tbe next term of the Circuit Conrt.
Georre W Elam, charged with entering the
house of Mary V. Thompson, by means of
false keys, and stealing therefrom a gold lock
et and silver por* ( >-in miiaie, was examined by
a Conrt of Justice* and acquitted, there being
not the slightest particle of evidence to sus
tain tbe charge.
Tbe C urt will meet again this mosaiag Bt
11 o'clock.
Railroad Bridge Damaged —Yesterday after*
nomi, between tbe hour, of 3 aad 4o'clock, the
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge
was damaged by the heavy gale of wind which
I .asset! d >wn the river at that time. About
one hundred feet of the track, and about the
same amount of sheeting, were blown into the
river below. The tresseT work, however, was
not mm red, and the bridge will, therefore, soon
tm repaired. The train had passed over, going
South, about thirty minutes before tbe .form.
The evening train, from Petersburg, .lopped
at Manchester, where the passengers going
North were taken up by the railroad omnibu*
md brought to this city. The damasje by the
hurricane c-in he repaired for about 911*1* and
will not delay the trains at all, or put the
company to any inconvenience.
Military Lt/ttmrgfPfYYm lesrn that a lecture
will be delivered on next Friday evening be
fore the Young Men's Christian A-sociaiioß,
by Capt. C. P. King.bury, of the V. S Army,
>ii the "Military Strength and weakness of
'he United S:aie«." The subject is very lm*
por'ani and interesting, and Capt. Kiigsbury
is competent to deal wi'h it in all it. aspect*.
lie is in theOrduance Department of Ibe pub
lic service, and ba- paid much atfeniiou to
guns, large and small. He is a thoroughly
educated officer and a fine writer, and his lec
ture will, we feel sure, afford pleasure a* well
as instruction to bis audience.
Military —A Hoard of Officers of tbe .3d
regiment met at Henrico County Court-House
yesterday, and appointed the following staff
■Ulcers Jas. T. Redd, O.nariermaster; J. Lu
cius Davis, Jr., Adjutant. The Hoard fixed
upon the luth of May as tbe lime of parade of
he regiment, the place to be fixed upon by the
Commandant. Tbe Board also fixed upon tbe
-.Ith inst. as ihe time of holding tin* Court ot
Enquiry, at Maj. Sands' office, at \o\ o'clock,
A M., and appointed Capt. John A. Lac ho a>
Clerk, subject to the approval of the Conrt.
In Trout '-.- James Dixon, the baker, was
called before tbe Mayor yesterday to answer
the charge of being insensibly drunk in a va
cant lot on Sunday afternoon : and with
abusing and threatening bis wife, and throw
ing stones at the house in which sbe reside* '
Too much bad whiskey never fails to get Jim
in trouble, as the police records show. When
sober, he is orderly and industrious.and fur
that reason ought to become a teetotaller. He
wa. held to bail for his future good behavior
Heavy Robbery.— The police, yesterday after
noon, were ransacking the cny in search of a
lad named Schriver, an apprentice to Mr.
Diniel O'Donuell, of Broad street, charged
with stealing ?*»t.(i in money irom his employer.
If he has not fled the city, there is very little
doubt tlitt he will be arrested and punished
for the offence.
Accidental Firt.— About 11 o'clock on Sunday
morning last, a man tel-piece iv one of tbe ten
ement-sir. Lyons'row, on Broad street, took
tire, but was speedily extinguished by gentle
men wbo heard tbe alarm aud ran iv to tbe
aid of tbe family occupying the house.
Meat Sales.—A petition from the butchers of
tbe city, asking the Council to prohibii t_e
sale ot fresh meats at other places than the
market houses, has been referred to the joint
committees on ihe markets,and will probably
be acted upon in the course of a few day*.
The Home of Washington, after the war, re
presenting the visit of Lafayette to Moant
Vernon in 17-4, may now be seen on canvas at
Mechanics* Institute Hall. The painting ia
by itossiter and Mlgnoi, and is s id to baa
luo-i attractive one. Everybody should see It.
Threatening lenmguagt.-- William Wallace, i>
big name tor a small negro,) was arraigned
before the Mayor yesterday, and ordered to
be punished, for threutwniug to assault Hur
rls Fisher, a clothier, on Sunday morning
last.
Locked Pp.— Betsy Miller, a dissipated old
hag, whose debaucheries and vils tongue make
ber neighborhood a second bedlam, was booked
tor the city prison, yesieiday, because ot her
inability to give bail tor better behavior.
The .Harm of Fire yesterday afternoon, wa.
caused by tbe burniug of a chimney iv the
lourtb district. Tbe firemen bad a long run
with their apparatus, but to no purpose.
Dr. Williams gives another of bi. side-split
ting, corset-bursting, entertainments al Me
chanics' Institute Hail, to-nlt.hr, and invites
ihe public to see his experiments.
T'i. Theatre presents an admirable bill to
night, and the friends of the drama are iuvit
ed to bo on band. See the advertisement and
then secure your tickets.
Po-i -Orrit a ArrAiae.—A n_w office is es
tablished at Birch Grove, Morgan couuty.
Vs., and Solomon Kearnow appointed post
master. Tbi» will be supplied from Berkeley
Springs. The name of the office at Red Sweet
Springs, Alleghany couutv, Va., i* changed to
**Bw<*et Chalybeate." Office al Feucbburgh,
Ham pah ire conn ty, Va., Is discontinued. Ap
point men is—Samuel F.lliott, postmaster a'
Meaduwville, Barbour c», Va., vice til ram
Smith, resigned. Joseph A. Logau, postmas*
ter at Rockbridge Hath*. Rockbridge couuty.
Vs., vice Wm. Jordan resigned. Andrew J
Sanders, postmaster at Preston couuty, Va,
vice C. F. Stone.
The Care or 31* ton Cut.es.—Tbe Court
Martial iv the ca.e of Major ('ion, who was
tried iv New York in August Its**, on charge.
of disobedience of tbe order, ami reguiauoi'*.
of the army, and ini-appropriatiou and rm
bez.lement of the ptlbjic money, selileuc*-d
him to be cashiered. Tu»Fie*ideut couflimid
the sentence but in consideration of the Ma
jor*, long and useful public ser*>ices, and of
the great amount of money that be bad taiih
tuiiv disburse*-, aud that ihe government .at*
fered no loss ny hi.- default, ha* aaiiiguu-d the
sentence to suspension from rank aud pay lor
five years. -
£xTasoni>i>aav Camas ftvvu—A Noble
Pack ef Hon nd' - Some week, agv* a friend iv
Glynn, says tbe Savannah (Ga) Republican
favored us with a leal of bis fine pace of dogs'
which pur*»ed a wounded hack some eight or
leu miles across wide rivers aad through
marshes and were found, some thirty hours
after the chase commenced, qm-Uy lying
around their game, oata venerable old fellow
■ landing guard, tuseeutiug ihe m thitunh
ail were iv a starving condition---from teach
»ug It with their teeth.
SxaiUE in Putx.AOßi.rHis -A. thi. ***_••
to be the »eauH__ of "strikes," the employees o*
--fcW-rTns ivcomoUvs shop ia
Philadelphia have started one of their Owe. -
The Merih Ansermaa says that the strike I*
caused by the retaeal of the arm la pay fifty
per ceut, over regular pro ram pap per hour
for over time. The malcontents, mere already
receiving twenty-five per eeat. extra pay for
over*work.
Sror on the St * ▲ solar spot, ef rare in
terest from iv Changs*. amend aver the sbm-b
due between the __d of February aad the Tth
of March. Oa the Tilth of February it wa.
nearly round, with a penumbra like the hrn.lt
of a oomet* tail. Ou the Is* and Mof Maicß
It was a.piralpfaumbraaf mare than a whirl
gad a haft; with ihe black spot aa the bead.-
Aitewardaa r*snambrni oval, reiuraina in to
Itself, with oaa or two dark spots.
Oil IE Vie*ubi-_— The ftlUbarg Uarswi.
ele states that about two •frTinnai aares of
mad have beea bought aad leased taw Tod
Wlrl and Biichm eooatlee, Yirainm. fcr tbe
purpose of Buriag tor oM, by aaiamw fiom
Psan.ylvaa-a. Tan oil well* em nan nronar
ty. eaMugaea Hver, la Wood aunnty.nte re
ported to yield thirty barreto par (lay Tkaee
are Urge nreaaraUoaa the
