j - I . RICHMOND WHIG. • SATURDAY MORNING.......FKB. I», 1S66. I, Advertising. If any business man in Richmond doubt* that the . Whio is the best medium through which to reach the Virginia public, wc invite him to call at the offico and we will take pleasure, oj o to oiler oj busmtii, in exhibiting to him our lists of bona JiJt subscribers in every sec linn of the State. The White House. The interview granted by the President to the negro delegation, beaded by Fare. Dor glass, is the only instance we are aware of in which a delegation thus honored has had the bad manners and the impudence to interrupt the Presi'liut in his remarks, to contest his po sitions and to endeavor to transform the Exe cutive Mansion into an arena for disputatiou and discussion. The insolent manner in which this delegation bearded the President in his mansion, questioned his view*, pressed their demands for universal suffrage, ami ended by saying that they would appeal to the people, affords some indication o! what would be the measure of their offensive effrontrv if invested with suffrage. These delegations are some of the instrumentalities employed by the Radical leaders to harrass the President. In lhis.in stauce they got a slap in the face that they will not soon forget. The interview granted the white delegation from the new territory ol Montana, was of a very different character. The views expressed and the announcements made by the President, on that occasion, were highly important and interesting. He declared his purpose to adhere to the doctrines and principles contained in his wi «»rietlv under the ronstitll tion. lie said it was impossible for him to turn or take a different direction from that he has been steadily pursuing—that his object is to restore tbc Union in its integrity, and to re instate the Southern States in their former re lations. This, he said, was his mission, and by the help of the Almighty he is determined to execute it. To aspirants to the Presidential successorship, he administered a fitting rebuke, showing plainly that he hasa correct understand ing of the motives that intiueuce their opposition to his restoration policy. His declaration that be will lend his countenance to uo combinations with reference to any future Presidential can didacy, is one that will please the people as much as if will displease the factions now struggling for supremacy; aud the aspirants who are scheming aud agitating for the attain ment of Presidential houors. The President evidently means that he intends to be Presi dent, and will uot lie dictated to either by in dividuals, or combinations of individuals, and that he will not allow the Presidential functions to be controlled or modified bv any considera tions or arrangements haviug reference to the succession. Occupying this elevated position, the President is placed above the reach of those selfish influences that usually attach to those occupying his great office, as also above the envy and jealousy of those, aud their name is legion, who court his place. Freed from these clogs and embarrassments, be is in a situation to act with perfect rectitude and independ ence. Such a course will endear him to the people, and make him immortal in history. Persistent Misrepresentation. A Washington correspondent of the Cincin nati Gazette thus writes: “ Intimations have boon received here from several quarter* IU the Sooth that the doctrine of secession is, hv no menus, abandoued. and that one day. with the whole power of the tloveiument at their dis posal. they will make demands upon the North which will force a separation, aud that the im-take w hich they made iu leaving Washington will never be re peated.” When charges so grave arc made upon vague “ intimations" from (Hitnamed) “ quarters in the South,” how are they to Ik- refuted ? Yet this is the kind of evidence upon which Con gress bases all its legislation. The radical ma jority deals with the South precisely as the wolf in the fable dealt with the lamb. If the Southern States are silent and undemonstrative, they are accused of sulienness and contumacy, and it is at ouce concluded that they still ad here to secession, aud may uot safely be recog nized as in the Union. If, on the other hand, to avoid this dilemma, they evince a cheerful temper, and show a commendable desire to comply with all the requirements of the Gov ernment, in order to be allowed to resume their former relations, it is at once alleged that they are influenced by some occult and sinister do .... ti...i —.i ... ... ..i....... ..«■ tract. We cannot please them, do what we will, because they are resolved not to l>e pleased. We have piped unto them, aud they have not danced ; we have mourned unto them, and they have not wept. The best way for us to do is to act naturally, pursue the even tenor of our way, ami leave them to “ work their spite.” As certainly as retributive justice is an elemeut in the moral Government of the world, so certainly will their malice recoil upon themselves. They do us another great injustice—in refer ence to the negro. They assume, in all their measures on this subject, that we are the na tural eueuiies of the negroes, aud that, unless protected by special legislation aud defended by the military, we will harrass, persecute and destroy them ; when the real truth is, that the only ill-feeling existing towards the negroes is the result of this discriminating legislation against the whites and in tavor of the blacks. At the very time they are so legislating aud doing their best to create the unpleasant rela tions of which they uow falsely couiplaiu, in almost every family in the South there are ne gro inmates who are treated with a considerate kindness that they would never receive at the North, if they were to live there a thousand years. Nor are these inmates of families the only negroes who receive favors. There arc hundreds and thousands of them who would have starved, but for the food; have frozen, but for the clothing and fuel; and been uusheltered, but for the liberality of their natural enemies, as they are called—the whites of the South, their loriuer owdots. Who is there amongst us that is not daily conscious of offices of kind ness extended to them t And this is the credit we get for it' We are forced to the conclusion that these Radical fanatics desire to compel us to treat the negroes harshly, aud that to this end they are endeavoring by law to establish unpleasant relations between the two races. They want the negroes to look up to them, and they propose to confer upon them the elective franchise in order that they may exercise it in their interest. They make so much fuss over them that their beads are completely turued. Their poor intellects are bewildered, and they really do not kuow what to do or which way to turn. So many promises are made them, so much time devoted to measures relating to them, and so many expectations ex cited in their minds, that they are kept iu a state of feverish anxiety. They are cajoled out of the larger portion of the little money they get by hook or by crook, by school marms, or preachers, or pedlars, or—worse than all—politic iaus, who get up meetings ainoug them aud induce theta to contribute money to various project*, chief among which is the appointment of delegations to go to Washington to act upon Congress and pay unwelcome visits to the President. Where there is one honest man and sincere friend of the negro, thus engaged, there are a thousand rogues and wretches who are using them to promote their own selfish ends. They make more out of the negro than the negro will ever | make out of them. Leaving out of consider*, j tion the bounties of the Government distributed , through the officers of the f'reedmen’s Bureau, where is the negro who has received any help from these pretended friends. They have had advice—volumes of it: and oaths—volleys of them ; but when, whose, and from whom have they received private benefits and charities ?— When the negro wants to be flattered or fleeced, he may go to these people—nay, they will go to him. But when he wants a scuttle of coal or a stick of wood to keep him from freezing, <>r, to use his owu language, “ a meal of victuals to keep him from starving, or clothing to u>\ir his nakedness, he neither goes to these people, nor do they go to him. He g.«es to “ h,s natu ral enemies—tho Southern whites"-and gets what he wants. His pretended friends are ready to give him suffrage to spite the South, aud to vote him lands, and lood and clothing, when it costs them nothing, or to get up sub scriptions to relieve his wants, when the money is to pass through their hands and they can keep Pack a large share of it as “ the recompense of their reward”—but wheu it comes to giving of their owu substance, they would see him in Jericho first. The Freedmen s Bureau* While the bill ou this subject was pending in the L ulled States Senate, Mr. Hendricks, of Indiana, subjected it to a very thorough and searching analysis, and exposed, with great force, its pernicious effects, but all iu vain.— True, Mr. Kessexden, who seciusto have more caudor than any of his New England colleagues, Admitted that the argument of Mr. U., based upon the lack of constitutional power in the government to transform itself into an eleem osynary establishment, hud made an imprest sion on liis mind. Mr. Hendricks contended that private and personal beneficeucc lay al together without the authority of the Govern ment, and that the practice would amount to a revolution in its character and principles. If Government may purchase ami present land* or other property to one individual. nr to one class, on account of symp*,J*.' with his destitu tion and a desire to help him on. what is to hinder u from setting up the profession of a charitable corporation, and devoting its time aud revenues to the distribution of alms and lamnties where the party which happeus for the time to administer it think fit ? The Boston Post disposes of the measure by saying that it is an uncalled for enlargement of ■ ./sn*o»o nn.l • iivioriirtn tvhll'h til** frttnii»r<4 anil triends of the bill to be amended would not listeu to, only a year ago ; that it sets up an irresponsible dynasty, from which there is no appeal to the Judicial Department of the Gov ernment, within a republic; that it throws down and tramples on the statutes which the States have always made for themselves, and have the sole right to make; that it throws military protection around iudividuals in a time of peace, and in States that were never de clared to be in rebellion, in detiance of all legal process whatever, and that it eutails on the country an expense of not less than twenty millions of dollars yearly, out of which com missary stores, asylums and transportation are furnished to freedmen aud refugees, while a fresh army ot partisan dependents is billeted upon the various districts, counties and com munities of the country, to corrupt the popular sentiment when they tind that easiest, and to defy it in the last resort at any rate. As a sample of reckless and destructive leg islation, altogether outside of the fundamental authority to legislate at all, it excites many a foreboding for the future. If the limitations of the Constitution are to be oponlv disregarded, aud in a spirit, too, of contempt, by those who are sent to enact laws under it for the estab lishment of justice, and not for the establish ment of a political party, reason will have to suspend its offices in Congress, and authority everywhere yield a dumb subserviency to power. _ n E*T VIRGINIA. Seat of Government.—The House of Dele gates, last Saturday, ou the thirty-eighth bal l«»t. NcIrctrU Kuckkamuta, in Upshur countr, as the capital of West Virginia. The Senate has yet to act, and the Wheeling Beyiater says, •• even if the bill should reach the latter body at all during this session, it is hardly pro bable that the two Houses will be able to concur.” Aumittinu “Rebel” Attorneys to Prac- ‘ tice.—In the Supreme Court of West Vir- i ginia, it has been decided that Attorneys at j Law are not civil officers within the meaning of the act, ami are c<.u»c take the test oath. The decision was ren dered on the application of Hon. Charles James Faulkner to be admitted to practice. Hon. Judge Berkshire in delivering the < opinion, said : 1. It has been contended that the act of February 10th, l.sC'J, vacated license to prac tice. 1 do n»t see liow it cau ; it only prohi bited an attorney from appearing in any cause until he had taken and subscribed a certain oath therein specified, aud subjected him to u tine if ho did appear without taking such oath. ( It was adopted merely as a war measure. It could, by no possible means, work such a re- , suit as to vacate the license of an attorney. An attorney or counsellor is not an officer of the Government, civil or military, nor is he st i tut ion of West Virginia, or the act of Novem- ' bcr 16, 1863. An attorney has never l>een considered a , Government officer, from the foundation of { Virginia to the present time. It has been so long ami so clearly established as the opinion of every one iu this State that he was not such an officer, that no oue has presumed to ques tion it since 1810. The whole practice of the officers of the \ United States, from its foundation to the pre sent time, shows that an attorney is not an of- 1 licer. For were members of the bars of United States courts officers, they would not be per mitted to practice in such courts while they 1 L»!d seats in Congress. Vet, since the United ] States courts have been established, it has not , been questioned that an attorney could both > hold a scat iu Congress and practice iu such i onrts. The whole legislation of the UnitcdStatesand > the States of Virginia and West Virginia show , most conclusively, and beyond all doubt, that j an attorney has never been considered as a , “person elected or appointed to any office or , trust, civil or military.” i The Intelli.jencer, (Wheeling) after publish ing the above, adds : It is understood that a bill will be brought ) forward at ouce in the Legislature requiring i the test oath of every attorney who has been 1 admitted to practice or may hereafter apply, l>elore continuing his practice iu the one case, : or before admission in the other. Such a law , would settle the question for attorneys as ef- , lectually as yesterday’s decision settles it for , other officers. Tuk Test Oatu Constitutional.—After ' rendering the above opiuion as to lawyers, the j Court decided that as to “officers,” the Legis lature had authority to impose oaths not re quired by the Constitution. William Straton had been electesl to till a 1 vacancy existiug in the office of Clerk of the : Circuit Court for Logan county. He appeared 1 in the Col,rt, ottered to give bond agd security, aud to take the oath faithfully to perform the duties of the office, and the oath to support the Constitution of the United States aud of this State, Judge Samuels refused to permit him to undertake the duties of the office unless he took the oath prescribed by the act of Novem ber lc, 1863, (acts of 1863, page 128, chapter IOC.) This he decliued to do. He thereupon applied to the Court of Appeals lor a tnaiutaiHus, directing Judge Samuels to admit him to the otlice, without his taking the last mentioned oath ; but the Court refused to grant it. lbey held that there was no constitutional objection to the act of November 16, 1863, iu its application to officers. The Constitution (Art. Ill, sec. 5,) requires every officer to take a particular oath, aud that oath cannot be dis pensed with even by the Legislature, but it does not restrict the Legislature from imposing other oaths. On the contrary, it clearly im plies that they may do so, as, i'or instance, the oath faithfully to discharge the duties of the of fice, which is not mentioned iu the Constitu tion ; but which the Legislature may certainly require. Enterprise ix the Kaxawha Vallkt.—The Kanawha Jour toil says a new town named Coal bnrg has sprung up in that county, some sev enteen miles above Charleston, within the past eighteen months. So rapid has been its growth that it had a population of five hundred and fifty souls before one-half of the citizens of the , county wrrc aware of its existence. We are indebted to the enterprise of the Kanawha and Ohio Coal Company for this addition t<. the population. This coni|>any has sent 2.V),000 bushels of coal to market in the last eighteen months. Judicial Contest in the IOtii Circuit.— It seems from the Berkeley and Jefferson pa pers that the contested election for Judge of the 10th Judicial Circuit between Ephraim B. llall, late Attorney General, and John W. Keunedy, will soon lie brought, for decision, la-fore tiic special court provided by law. Mr. Hall, it is undent nod, says the Wheeliug /« Irlliymcfr, has selected Judge Caldwell, <>t this circuit, and Mr. Kennedy lias selected Baltic 1 Lamb, as their respective appointees- of tho court. It will devolve U|x»n the Governor, un der the law, to choose a third iweinl>er ot the court. We have uot yet beard oi the execu tive selection. We understand that Mr. llall lias engaged Mr. Faulkner as his' counsel. What ot.her counsel have been employed, we have not learned. The case w ill prcsctit some highly eutertaiuing and important questions of layv for the decision of the court. POLITIC VI The DfiUM-ralic Party in New Uani|>shirr ami tonurdii ut—Cousrr*alive Seuliuirals—Views ot Et-Erraiilrdl Pierre. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE CONVENTION. Concord, N. II., February 7.—New Hampshire takes the lead iu opeuiug the fiolitieul campaign of lfttitk Both the Republican and Democratic parties have held their couveutious, adupied their platforms and nominated their candidates, and the interme diate time from now until the electiou, in midsum mer, will be occupied iu a lively canvass. While the contest will be spirited, and the Democratic vote probably lie larger than in any election during the last lour years, there are none so sanguine as to an ticipate the defeat of the ru-election of Governor Suiytb, w ho was renominated some weeks since by the Republican Convention. The New Hampshire Democratic State Convention, in sessiou in this city to-day, nominated lion. John G. Sinclair, of Bethlehem, for Governor. The reso lutions adopted indorse President Johnson in his en deavors to have the Southern States represented ill Congress, and discountenance any amendments to the constitution. They aflirm the freedom of speech, of the press, and of elections, privilege of the writ of habeas corpus aud of trial by jury, exemption I rout arbitrary arrest aud the subordination oi the military to the civil power, the right of each State to regulate its elective franchise i<«r itself, and that attempts to interfere with this right are violations of the constitution. •j l,.. last resolution states that, as in the past, so now aud forever, they proclaim as a device worthy of every true American cilizeu, no North, no South, but one inseparable Union, one undivided |ieople ol brethren making common trout against every en croachment upon the Constitution and every form of fanaticism. SPEECH OF EX-PRESIDENT FRANKI.IN PIERCE. During the evening the fact became known that ex-Presideut Fruukim Fierce was iu the city, and, notwithstanding it was his iutcutiou to keep quiet, he was prevailed upon to address the multitude.— Wheu he entered the hall where the Democrats were in couuc'l, there was, of course, tho most vociferous applause. After being introduced, the ex-Presideut spoke as follows: Mr. President and fellow-citizens of New Hamp shire, P assure you that it affords me a peculiar v.lasaaiiro irrut iHf itlii ill til lllHt't till* PVHllilllT »o many gentlemen with whom I have for many years lieeu associated politically and iu social life— men who have never faltered in their devotion to what they believed to be souud principles—men who have never done an act, uttered a word, or en tertained a sentiment which has not been an act, word and sentiment in support of the Constitution aud of the Union of the Uuited States based upon it. i»ur country has passed through serious i»crils but I hope that we are now emerging from the thick darkness wltich at one time brooded over it. The present time calls for the calm, dispassionate and patriotic exertions of all good men in the work of restoration, not merely in form, but a restora tion of community of interests, fraternal feeling and an equality of rights. Among all the Slates I think I can discern gleams of tight The annual message of {’resident Johnson was admirable, and, in my judgmeat his subsequent steps luokiug to restoration have bceu guided by wisdom, patriotism tud statesmanlike forecast. 1 am pleased to greet vs co-workers in a noble cause all men who desire ;he immediate restoration of the Southern States to heir civil rights, and who join efforts iu saving whatever may be saved for the prosperity of our ;omtnou country. Under auy circumstances it would lie abject to despair of the republic. I can lut address you at length this evening, but thanking , ju again for this most cordial reception, and wish ing you a happy aud successful convention, 1 bid you all good-night TUB CONNECTICUT CONVENTION. Hartfoku, Conn., February 7, 1865.—The Demo .•ratio State Convention for the nomination of a 8ta‘e ticket to bo voted for at the election that oc curs here next April met at Allyn Hall, iu this city, »t teu o’clock this morning, aud discharged their iuties iu a prompt, brief, business-like and harmo nious manner. The Convention nominated Hon. lames O. English for Governor, and Fphraim I,. Hyde, of Stafford, for Lieutenant-Governor; for secretary of State, Jesse Gluey, of Stratford; for Treasurer, lleuiuu JL Harbour, of Hartford, for Comptroller, Thomas H. C. Kingsbury, of Franklin. I'lie resolutions adopted by the Convention iudorse ,be restoration policy of 1‘resideut Johnson. The following are the more important: Revolved, That the Congress of the United States possesses no power under the Constitution to deter mine who ahull be eligible to the right of suffrage.— flint is a right belonging and apfiertamiug to the slates, or the people of the Stales as such, and that my and all attempts upon the part of Congress to force tpon the people of auy State or States any class us •ilizeus thereof, uml eufltled to the rights of suffrage, ire violations of the suirit »»••* ,,f 1,10 1 ohmi ntiou and lumngeliieuts upon the rights ol Stales. Ucxolved, That the act of secession, so-called, by vhieh certain of the States sought to disrupt the uion and establish for themselves a separate gov ruuieut, was in its inception void and of no elicet: hat the States so endeavoring to secede were never mt of the Union, but were then, as they arc now, numbers thereof, aud having by their Conventions ir Legislatures' declared said pretended acts of se cession uull and void, and solemnly expressed their lcvotiouto the Union, aud their determination to maintain the Constitution, therefore, said States ire of right entitled to all the privileges aud powers >f States belonging to aud exercised by them pre nous to said pretended acts of secession. Revolved, Tliatthe Legislatures of the so-called se eded States, iu adopting the amendment to the (institution of the United States, permanently kbolishing the institution of slavery, exercised the lighest aud most important duty devolving upou be States of the Federal Union; and the democracy >f Connecticut hereby assert thut the government ot .he United Spates, iu accepting the acts of said se eded States, mid proclaiming thereby a fundament il alteration of the organic law, have, in the most lolcrnu manner, recognized such States as members if the United Stale.; and any aud all attempts upon he part of Congress to prevent the representation of >aid States in the councils of the Union, are deserv ug uie severest reprcueusiuu ui wiu pcopqj ui cacn iuf the Uuiou upon iLs proper basis—by his manly and tatesiuan-like position iu opposition to negro suf rage—by his resistance to the insane and unwise ef brts of a congressional majority, who seek to de troy the Constitution of our fathers by mischievous intendments—has deserved well of h's country: and i courageous perseverance iu the course so taken, will place the name of Andrew Johnson high upon he roll of reuowu aud second to uouo of the great talesmen who have illustrated the auuals of the Jnion. (eduction of Ills Military Force in North ( a. rollun Wilminuton, N. (’., February 8,— Orders have •ecu received here to immediately Vdiseoutiuue the ailitary district of Wilmington. Brevet Brigadier tenoral Goff, commanding, goes to command Ills egiineiit. the 37th colored, with his headquarters at taiithville. The military post is retained here, gar isoued by four companies of the listh Michigan, 'here are but three regiiueuts of infantry now re naiuiug iu the State, two colored aud oue white, .'he department will be soon merged into that of rirginia or South Carolina. Brevet Lieuteuaut-Co iiuel Brodle, of the Veteran Reserve Corps, has a.— umed command of this department of tho Freed uen's Bureau, relieving Major Wickersham, now .bsent on leave. '’roui Texas—^C harges Araiml (ieneral tirruory. Galveston, February 3.—Ex-President Burnett las published a list of severe charges against Gene al tiregory in his administration of the Freedmen’s lureau. General Gregory says they are false, aud demands . retraetiou or full proof. Colonies of Europeans are coining into Texas.— 'lie Poles are settling on Trinity river, near Pales iue. The Germans and others from the North resteru States are settling in the Colonies. Flake's Bulletiu, a thoroughly I’niou paper, and he Government organ at Galveston, denounces Ieneral Howard's management of the Freediuen’s lureau, and speaks of him as a religious hypocrite. Buried, Resurrected and Married. Norwalk, Connecticut, is exercised about body natchers, who, ou Sunday night last, dug up the >ody of a young lady who had been buried that ifteruoon. aud succeeded beyond their anticipations, 'he had been buried while in a cataleptic tit. and, ipon being exposed to the night air, animation was ■estored. The resurrectionists Ued, and she walked h°m.e' v ^er l,arvuts refused to admit her, believiug Her to l>e a ghost. She then went to the house of a joung man to whom she was engaged. He took icr in, aud on Mouday morning they were married. The President EudwrxeU by ihr Maryland f.e*is liUre. the policy of President Johnsou 'mv.n0™"'*’ Ihe Senate this morning, aud Wbjr of ayes 19, nays 6. ' ui Small Pox at the University.—The n,ar. lottesville Chronicle of Thursday says: As we see it stated in an exchange that the small pox has broken out at the University of Virginia, we dt-em it proper to say that a young gentleman from Alabama died at that institution with this disease yesterday morning. He arrived at the University a few weeks aince, bringing the diseaae with him from Alabama. Steps were taken at once to prevent the spread of the disease, and no other case has occurred. Ihere u no alarm felt in this place on the subject. ii -'C*'IDE>,T-—Gn the 17th of Jannarv. l>f- " - J- L. Rogers, of Jefferson, Texas, Medical Uirector of the trans-Mn«ijasi|ipi hcpartniont under General Magruder, was on bis wav to Notre Dame Indiana, with his daughter, and while standing on ;he platform of the car on the Illinois Central rail -oad, lost his balance and was precipitated down a leep embankment. The accident occurred near fuscol* Illinois, to which place the unfortunate uau was immediately removeJ. He lingered for a veek in the most excruciating agony, until finally leath came to his relief. Virginia Legislature* SENATE. Fridat, February 9. Senator Trout, of Augusta, in the Chair. Prayer by I>r. Edwards. SENATE BILLS RETURNED. The Senate bill amending the Code in relation to offences against the sovereignty of the State, return ed from the House with an amendment, tvas pawed as amended. , . Seuatc bill amending the ( ode in relation to rape au.l abduction, returned from the House with an amendment, was passed as amended. PUBLIC PRISTINA. The Senate amendment to the bill fixing the qual iflealioBft.of the Su|HTinteudont of the 1‘uldio Priat jug was disagreed to by tire Boris.'. The Semite, by a unanimous vote, insisted upon their amendment. It then-lore goes bark to the House. Tin* contested Senate amendment proposed to make newspaper men eligible to tbe office of Superintendent. 1 he House wish to exclude them. It is now at a dead lock. THE USURY LAW came up as unfinished business. I he Bulling substi tute. amended. U-ing the immediate question, Mr. Kubisson discussed the subject, urging the fixing »f the rate at least as high as ten per cent.— lie read letters from leading men of business from various parts of the State urging a repeal of the Usury Laws, lie showed that notonly does no capi tal come into the Stab- under the existing state of things, but the capital ire hare is /faring the Stale because it commands a higher price elsewhere. The remarks were practical and full of common sense. Messrs. Strother and Cauei.l opposed the repeal of the Usury Laws. The substitute was adopted and the bill passed.— It is as follows: >. That the *lth section of chapter 141 of the Code of Virginia for 18150 be, and the same is hereby, amended and re-enacted so as to read os follows: • §t. Legal interest shall continue to lie at the rate of six dollars upon one hundred dollars for a year, and proportion!!lily for a greater or a less snm, or for a longer or shorter time, when a higher rate shall not bo agreed on between the parties as here inafter provided. But contracts hereafter made for a higher rate of interest not exceeding eight dollars upon one hundred dollars for a year, and propor tionality for a greater or less-sum, or for u longer or shortcr’time, shall be, for the loan or forbearance of luouev, valid, if iu writing. _ *• Tiiin act shall be in force from its passage. BANKS. Tbe substitute for tbe House bill requiring the banks of the Commonwealth to go into liquidation < ame from the Finance Committee with an amend ment, which was adopted by the Senate, and tlie bill passed unanimously. JAMES RIVER AND KANAWHA CANAL. The joint resolutions which came from the House concerning this subject were unanimously adopted. % A CoRD. A bill fixing a standard cord at one hundred and twenty-eight cubic feet; i. c., 8x4x4 foot, or its equivalent, was passed. REASSESSMENT OP LANDS. A bill to enable the owners of land permanently injured by the devastations trf the lute war to obtain a reassessment of such lauds was passed. SPECIAL POLICE FORCE. A bill authorizing the appointment of a special jiolice force to search for stolen property was passed. A COMMUNICATION, A letter was read by the Secretary from Duff Green, stating that, by tlie consent of the House, ho will, on this evening lit 8 o’clock, deliver at the Hall or the House of Delegates, an address explanatory of the plan lot the payment of the State debt, and the creation of an internal improvement fund for the completion of the U'onviugton and Ohio railroad ami oiuer puunu num.'. K X I* It ESS Ill’s IN ESS, A bill to regulate express business over the rail roads of Virginia was taken up. Mr. Gilmer op posed the hili. Mr. Uoij.ino spoke in favor of it. The Senate then adjourned. HOUSE OK DELEGATES. The House met at the usual hour, Mr. Watkins, of Prince Edward, in the <’hair. Prayer by the Rev, Dr. Hopson, of the Disciples (’hutch. * The following reports were made from Commit tees : FROM THE COMMITTEE ON SCHOOLS, AC. A hill to provide for the establishmeut of a Hoard of Medical Examiners. FROM THE COMMITTEE ON PROPOSITIONS, AC. The above committee reported back the following bills. A hill declaring Hyco liver to be a lawful fence in the county of Halifax-. A bill to* incorporate the Friendship Fire Com pany. of Alexandria. A*bill to amend the third section of an act en titled “an act to incorporate tlic Chesterfield Gas Coal Mining Company,” passed December 21st, 1865. A bill to incorporate the Insurance Savings’ Com pany of Virginia. A bill to incorjiorate the Southern Distilling Com pany. Tin: JAMES RIVER AND KANAWHA CANAL. Under a suspension of the rules, on motion of Mr. Graham, the following resolutions, introduced by biin, were adopted and sent to the Senate : Whereas, The General Assembly, at its present session, hath passed ail act to amend and re-enact the ad entitled “an act to incorporate the Virginia Canal Company, and to transfer the rights and fran chises of the .lames Kiver and Kanawha Company thereto," passed March 23,1861. whereby it is pro vided that certain amounts shall be paid into the treasury of Virginia in consideration of the transfer id' the State’s interest in the James River and Kana wha Company, and as a security for the faithful per formaiicc of the provisions of the said act: therefore be it 1. Revolted, by the General Assembly of I ir /rinia. That the amounts required by the said act to be paid to the State of Virginia shall he held by the State in trust, subject to au adjustment of the debt of the State and a division of the public property between the Stoles ol V ire to, o on,I West Viioiuiw ill case the two States shall not be re-muted as one State, provided West Virginia shall by law ratify the said act. 2. Result ed, That the General Assembly of West Virginia is hereby resjiertfully invited to pass a con curring statute at its present, session, giving its as sent to the above mentioned act. TIIE VI RUIN! A SENATORS—Jl’IXiE UNDERWOOD KE QUEST Eli TO (IESIUN. On motion of Mr. StraUuhan the following pre amble and resolution, offered by hint, were referred to the Committee on Courts of Justice. Wiikrkas, The General Assembly of Virginia, which convened in Alexandria on the — day of IV ceuilier, 1864. proceeded, oil the — day of the same mouth, to elect two Cuited States Senators to repre sent the Stale uf Virginia in the Senate of the United States, at which time and place the Hon. J. C. Un derwood was chosen as one of the Senators, to s>ti ve for six years from and after the third day of March, 1865; and whereas, it docs uot appear to this Legis lature that the said J. C. Underwood is disposed to make any effort to occupy his seat in the Senate of the United States in pursuance of said election, hut, on the contrary, seems to prefer the office which lie now holds as Judge of the Federal Court of Virginia, to which he has been appointed; aud whereas, this Legislature has satisfactory evidence that the said J. C. Underwood lately participated in and approved the limccedinira of a incctillL'. ill the town of Alexandria, the object of which was to memorialize Congress to convert the State of Virginia into a ter ritory—a tiling unheard of in the history of legisla tion—thereby showing tjjat lie lias no regard for the best interests of the State, aiiii no' sympathy with the truly loyal people of the Commonwealth, but, on the contrary, is using his inflnence to the manifest wrong and injury of the State hy advocating opin ions and doctrines disloyal in their character, revo lutionary in their tendency, and which are cab-ula ted to produce mischief and discord : therefore, be it Resolved hy the tleneral Assembly of Virginia, That the suid'.l. (', Underwood be. and is hereby in structed t* rcsigu ajl right and claims which he may have to a seat in thp Souan. of thp Unifed States as a Senator from the State of Virginia. Re it further rtsuleed, That the Governor of the Commonwealth he directed to have a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions delivered to the said J. Underwood. THE STAV I.AW was taken up, and, alter being amended, was or dered to its engrossment and tliird reading. 1 luring its consideration a lengthy debate oc curred. in which several members urged its passage without further amendment, because the Senate, in whatever form it w as presented, would materially modify it. The bill to encourage aud promote IMMIGRATION INTO THE STATE OK YIRfllNI A, already published by us, was next taken up, when— Mr. Owen advocated the bill iu a calm and very pointed speech of some length. Mr. Booker opposed the bill, because his constit uents did not want foreigners to compete with the poor white men of his county. Mr. Evans was glad that tlic constituents of the gentleman from Henry did not need additional labor. His own constituents ami those of most other gentlemen in the House wanted the intelligent aud industrious Scotch, English, and others from Euro|>e, to come into our midst, and wished the Suite to guarantee them protection. He did not favor so-called immigration companies, intended for insurance aud discount. The immigrants wanted uot the guarantee of such societies, but wanted the pro tection of the State. For this the State must have an agent, aud, of course, he must be paid a moderate suhiri for his services. Only the white man is ac customed to keep contracts, aud hence we must in vite white labor, and pay forobtaining it Mr. Ellis thought it strange that the .gentleman now, for the first time, denounces the companies already chartered. He ought to have opposed them when they were before the House, Hut. perhaps, this is a pet scheme of the gentleman, adding that he had alluded in his speech to Mr. Black, a canny Scotchman, as the patron and endorser of the bill. Mr. Evans—If the gentleman had the pleasure of knowing Mr, Black, a Scotch farmer <>f intelligence aud enterprise, he would, no donbt. he impressed by his manner, as had been every Virginia tanner with whom he had eome iu contact, and from whom he has already rented two hundred thousand acres of land. Mr. Ellis—I know Mr. Black; hut I have nothing to say about the pleasure. He is ifi the immigration business, and, no doubt, wants the State of Virginia to back him in competing with private companies, I or why is he here during the session of the Legisla ture, button-holing members and acting as the pa tron ol' the bill now before- the House. ( andidates for the agency and clerkships, under the provisions . of the bill, an* already scenting these places Irom tlie North, the South, the East, the West, and, as . the children say. from over the crow's nest. Thank God the Governor, if the bill passea, ia given those ap pointment*; and the State is thereby saved ouo . thousand dollars a day for their election, which, . mini the number of applicants, promises to occupy at least ten days of the time of the Legislature. iii motion, ti1(. mu wagi owing to the thinness of the House, passed hy (at half-past two o’clock) by the following vote—ayes 31, noes 30. TUE BILL TO llEi-Ain THE CAPITOL, GOVERNOR’S t nous*. Ac., , Was taken np, and passed hy the following vote- t ayes 69, noes 9. The hill appropriates $10,000 for < saul purposes. 1 1 OTHKK BILLS PA33KI> H Bills incorporating the Cumberland flap Railroad f Company; the Kesarch Coal Company: the Indus- f trial Mining and Manufacturing Company. a On motion of Mr. Hansbkoigh the House ad- v joumed at the nsual hoar. d THE MEXICAN QUESTION. The Emperor'* Speech at the Opruias of the French Legislature. The session of the French Legislature was opened on the 22d by the Kinperor in person. The follow ing is liis speech: Messiecus i.es Sen a to us et Messieurs i.ek I»k PCTKS—Tlie opening of tlic legislative session per mits of aperiodic exposition of the sitiiatiou of the empire aud the expression to you of my views. As in preceding years. 1 will examine with you the principal questions which interest »ur country. Abroad ]teare seems assured everywhere, for every where the means are sought lor of amicably settling difficulties in place of ending them with the sword. The meeting of the English and French fleets in the same ports has shown that the relations formed u|miii tin* field of battle hive, not been weakened— Time has only cemented the agreement of the two countries. In regard to (j'ertuauy my intention is b> continue to observe a policy of neutrality. which, without preventing us at times from being displeased or sat isfied, leaves us. nevertheless, strangers to ques tions in which our interests are not directly eti gnged. Italv, recognized by almost all the Powers of Eu rope. iias strengthened its unity by inaugurating its capital in the centre of the Peninsula. Wo-may count upon the scrupulous execution of the treaty of the lath of September, and upon tlic indispensa ble maintenance if the power of thr Holy hither. The bonds which attach ns to Spain and’Portugal are still more strengthened by my late interviews with the sovereigns of tho-e two kingdoms. You have shared with me the general indignation produced by tlic assassination or President Lincoln, and recently the death nt the King ol the Belgiaus has caused unanimous regrets. In Mexico the government founded upon the w ill of the jieople is being consolidated. The opposition, conquered and dispersed, have no longer a chief. The national troops have displayed valor, and the country has found guarantees of order and security which have developed its resources and raised its commerce with France ulouc from twenty-one to seventy-seven millions, .-tar I expressed the hope, last ye.ur that our expedition was approaching its ter mination, 1 am coming loan understanding with the Kinperor Maximilian to fix the epoch J'or the recall of our troops before their return is effectuated, with out compromising the French interests which wc hare been defending in that remote country. North Arnica, issuing victoriously from a formidable stmjofle, has re-established the Union and solemnly proclaimed the abolition of slavery. France, which forgets no noble page of her history, oilers up sincere wishes for the prosperity of the great American i!e public, and fur the maintenance of the amicable re lations whichsoon will have had a centurv'sdnration. The emotion produced in the United Stales by the presence if our troops on the Mexican soil will be pacified by the fruukness if our declarations.— The- American people will comprehend I hat our ex pedition, to which we invited them, was not opposed to their interests. Tiro nations equally jealous if their independence ought to avoid every step which might affect their dignity and their honor. It is ill the midst of populations satisfied and eon tiding that our institutions perform their functions. The municipal elections are conducted with the greatest order and with the most entire liberty. The laws upon coalitions, which gave rise to Home ap prehensions, have been t arried out with strict im partiality on the part of those interested. The work ing class, intelligent us it is, has comprehended that the more facility is accorded to it to discuss its in terests the more it is bound to respect the liberty ol each and the security of all. The enquiry into’the co-operative societies has come to demonstrate how just were the bases of the law which lias been laid permit the establishment of numerous association* to the benclit of labor ami providence. In order to favor the development of them, I have decided that authorization to meet together shall he accorded to all those who, outside ot polities, may desire to de liberate respecting their industrial and commercial interests. This liberty will he unlimited except by the guarantees which public order requires. The equilibrium of the budget is secured by a surplus of revenue, in order to attain this result it was neces sary to effect economy in the greater part of the pub lic services, among others in the War Department. The army being oil a peace footing, then* was only the alternative of reducing either the regimen tal cadres or the effective. The latter measure was impracticable, since the regiments hardly mustered the necessary strength of men. The good of the service counselled even their augmentation. By sup pressing the cadres of two hundred and twenty com panies forty-six squadrous and forty batteries, but dividing the men among the remaining companies and squadrons, we have rather strengthened than weakened our regiments. Natural guardian of the Interests of the army, I would not have consented to these reductions if they had necessarily altered our military organization or broken the existence id men whose services and devotion I have been able to appreciate. The budget of the public works and that of edu cation have nut undergone any diminution. It was of use to preserve to the grand enterprises of the Stab! their fertile activity and to maintain the ener getic impulse of public instruction. Agriculture has made great progress since 1ST'-.— At this moment it suffers from the lowering of the price of cereals. That depreciation is the uecc.-sary consequence of the plenty of the harvests, and not of the suppression of the sliding scale. I have thought it useful to open a serious inquiry into the eonditiou and needs of agriculture. It will, i am convinced, eonlliiu the principles of commercial liberty. In the midst of always itn leasing prosperity, un quiet spiiits, under the pretext of discussing the liberal progress of the government, would hinder it from marching by taking from it all force and initi ative. The Constitution of 1.S.VJ, submitted to the acceptance of the people, undertook to establish a system, rationally and wisely based upon the just equilibrium between t he different powers of the Stale. It is at an equal distance from two extreme situa tions. With a Chamber, mistress of the fate of Min isters, the Kxeeutive is without authority and with out spirit. In the same way it is without control, it the elective Chamber is not independent and in pos session of the legitimate prerogative, t'ur eoustitii Liuuaf I olios, which hare u certain aitalueu with those oj the l ultra Stales, are not delieient because they differ from those of Kuglainl. Kadi |ieoplc should have institutions conformable to its genius and traditions. Assuredly every government ba its defects; but, casting a look at the past, I rejoice in seeing, at the end of fourteen ycurs, France re spected abroad, tranquil within, without political prisoners, without exiles beyond its frontiers. Tlie nation for four years lias amply discussed theories of government. It is now no longer useful to seel, the theoretical means of improving the mo ral and material conditions of the people. I^ct us ■tnploy ourselves in spreading everywhere intelli gence, healthy, economic doetiincs, the love ot what is good, and religions principles. Let iissolve liv tin.* freedom of our trausactious the dillieiilt pro blem of the just distribution of productive forces, and Id ns attempt to ameliorate the condition of la lior in the liclds as in the workshops. When all Krenehioi.ii invested with political rights shall have been enlightened b\ education they will discern the truth without dilm-ultv, and will not sillier them iclves to be seduced by possible theories. When all those who live by daily wages shall have seen in creased the laments which assiduous toil procures they will he firm supporters of a society which guar intues their welfare and tlieir dignity. Finally, when all shall have received from infancy those principles of faith and morality which elevate man in his own eyes, they will know that above Ini nan intelligence, above the efforts of science and eason. there exists a Supreme Will which rules the Jcstinics or individuals as well as of nations. AI.I.EGED MOTIVES FOR TnE KMl'KIton’s 'CONUIVT. i aim).. kuiiuuii That it lias transpired in court circles that the Kmperor Napoleon is really displeased with the Kmperor Maximilian on very many points, espceiallx tn account of tin* bad reception given to the French L’onncillor of State sent to Mexico to take the Inanees in hand, and it is insinuated that this is me reason for the withdrawal of tho French troops. The key to the imperial conduct is, however, thought o he contained in the following words, with w hich :lio Kmjieror si|inilc|t'tented |[tu notice of the with Irawiil of the Trench army:—“And the emotion irodnced ill tlie United States by their (the soldiers) jreseuee on Mexican soil would be appeased.” Oil .WESTS OF TIIK LONDON TIMES ON THE EMPEROR'S SPEECH. Tlie London Timex says the whole tenor of the Kmperor Napoleon’s speech eonvinees it that the so. ution of the Mexican difficulty must come from the Juitod Slates, Tho offer involved iu the imjierial tddress is the withdrawal of the Freneli forces from Mexico on receiving an assurance that the American government will not impede the consolidation of the lew empire. The Timex leels conlldent that the American government will be eager to accept a pa nic solution of the Mexican difficulty compatible vith the diguity of both nations. VIEWS OF COUNT WALKWSKt ON THE SITUATION IX MEXICO. Iu the Corps Lcgislatif, on the 23d, Count Walew iki took his seat as President of tlie Chamber. Iu iis openiug address he passed an eiilogium upon his iredeeessor. tlie late I Mike de Monty, and paid a •ributetothe inanucr iu which M. Schneider pre tided during the last session. Count Walewaki also •raised the spirit of moderation displayed by the 'haraber. and expressed a hope that tlie Deputies could give him their cordial concurrence. In run •liision, he declared his intention to protect tlie ibcrly of opinions conscientiously expressed. The taual official report oft he state of tlie Umpire had teen communicated to tlie Corps Lcgislatif. On tlie mbject of Mexico the report says: •*Tim French government, on undertaking the expedition ,o Mexico, placed before it au aim to which it has rendered subordinate its eon luct, and on which its decisions are still peudiug. iV'e went on to Mexico to obtain redress, not to it vox 'lytisrfor the rouse of monarchy. Our xoltUers ire not in Mexico with the object of intervention — ['he imperial government has constantly repelled .hat doctrine us contrary to the fundamental princi* ties of our rights. Mexico is at present ruled by a •egular government. Auxious to fullill the engage neiits it has made iu respect both to the persona and trope rties of foreigners wheu the necessary arrange nents are concluded with the Kuiperor Maximilian, ve shall.be so far from repudiating the results of our trinciplcs as regurds intervention that we shall, on he contrary, accept them as the guiding rule for all ’ewers, ami it then will be easy to foretell the time then we shall is’ able to effect the return of the ex teditiunary army.” DEPRESSION IX MEXICAN SECURITIES. The Timex of tlie •-3rd, in its city article, says — tlexicau securities were severely depressed by the •ersistent symptoms that her present course of order ind progress may be interrupted aud the reign of a li tre liy re-established. (’asp of Homicide.—On Friday last, dames rhomas was shot aud killed by dames Milam, iu he neighborhood known us Mountain Hill, some ix or eight miles from Danville. These men were if rather reckless character uml hud been at dag :er’s draw for several months. Last Fall they got nto a tight and Thomas shot Milaui, wounding lim so severely as to cripple him fora while. <>u his. the tir-t meeting afterwards, the combat was csU'nied which resulted as we have stated. There re various reports as to the provocation for the eed, some averring that Milam was pursued by ’hoinaa with an axe aud that he finally turned and hot him. while others say that he was on watch tr him for the pur|M>se of taking his life. Wheu tund, Thomas body was badly mutilated, his rms broken and his head split open, from which it as evident that tlie axe was used after he was shot own,—JUonvilhl Kegittcr of 6th, THE M. E. CONFERENCE AT ALEXANDRIA Important Prererdiuo iu Regard to the Haiti. more Coiilrri-nrr—They Dissolve loiiuciluii M iih the Methodist Episcopal Church, and tio Over to the Methodist Church, South. [From the Washington Star of Thursday evening.] This Conference re-nssembled this morning in the Methodist Church, South, Alexandria, when the ses aiou was o|ienetl with usual religions exercises, Uev. J. P. Ktclnsoii leading in prayer. The roll was called, aud SJ3 ministers answered to their names. _ After various interesting matters were disposed of, Uev. Mr. Register a lose and stated that tliey had now reached a (shut when it became proper lor tbe Conference to elfect a Union with the Methodist KpiscopaUChurrh South, lie felt that the move uip-at w aft oic of importance, and lie felt it in its magnitude and solemnity. It was proposed to do an act which will iu coming ages, come weal or woe. atfect countless thousands—an act only second iu iui]Kjrtancc to the conversion of a soul to Almighty Rod. This was an occasion which was uuparulleletl in the history of any Conference. After livetcirible years of hardship, toil and suffering, they had, through the blessing of Almighty tied, ix-en gathered together to do wliut tliey proposed to do iu lislil.— To Almighty f!od be endless praises for his over ruling care. Iu taking this step he lio|ied that they would all rise ahove feelings ol retaliation or ill will to any oue. As a body of Christian ministers, rep resenting a memlM-rsliip of about twelve thousand, they realize that Conference independency isimprac licul, they liml that ilicy cannot with self-reiqiect unite with the Methodist Episcopal Church, iu cast ing about they lind the Church South in organiza tion, dot trine* aud discipline, all they cau desire, harmonizing with their own views. They propose w ith all due solemnity to unite to tiiat church. The question had been asked as to what would be the boundaries of the Conference.— He had had the pleasure of attending the Virginia Conference of that church at Danville, and had re ceived assurances that all that this body could ask as to its present boundaries would be accorded. In doing this tliey looked to a future which may l>e cloudy, uud in taking this course they may lose much. Many of them had lost all except their honor and religion. The future was, however, bright, uud trusting ill Hod that He will defend the right, lie was ready for the movement. Mr. Register thereupon introduced a preamble and resolutions, signed by Rev. Mr. Veiteli and himself, setting forth the sentiments he had e\m e^-cd,'resolv ing to sever the connection of the Conference with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and to unite with the Methodist Episcopal Church -Suuth, aud also in viting Rev. bishop Early, of the Church, to preside at tins Uouieronce. Rev. John IVi-al endorsed the resolutions, slating that the doctrines of the Church, South, were the same as those of the old Methodist ('linrcli. Alter some discussion as to whetlmr the young men on trial were entitled to vote, ami after that bad been determined iu the alllrmative, the rote Oil the resolutions was takou by yeas and nays, when every member present (nearly too in iiuiuUr) voted iu the allirmalive. Revs. S. Register am! S. S. Roz.zdl were appointed to wait on bishop Early, and ask his attendance.— Iu a short time they returned escorting the bishop, who was welcomed by the President, Rev. X. Wil son, of W inehester, and being informed ol'tlio action of the Conlcrem-e, made a lew remarks welcoming the body to the Church, South. The Conference adjourned until to morrow. Mckdiik in Xotmi Cauomna.—The Norfolk Pay lhhiA-, of Wednesday afternoon, give llies following account of the killing of three men in (bites county. North Carolina: On last Saturday night, in a d;irk corner of Cates county', North Carolina, culled Scratch Hall, some six or eight men, dressed in the unifoint of Federal soldiers, were seen riding quietly along the road, a little alter dark, going in the direction of the house of a mail named Tyh-e, a well known desperate character of that section. Arriving at the house, calls were made upon Tylee to come out and surrender, or lie would otherwise be killed, lb- refused to capitulate, ami the battle time, Imt at length all opposition |Vmn the parties in the house of Tylee ceased; and upon the attacking party entering tlie fortress, they found the dead body df Tylee, and also those of two negro men who were in the house with him, and who, it is presumed, aided in the defence. Tylee was a terror to that entire portion of the cou*nty of dales, in which he lived, and whilst, of course, the citizens of I hat orderly comity, laonnt countenance murder, iu any shape or form, yet the feeling of relief and security, since his death, per vades ail classes, It is not for u moment supposed that the iierpe trators of this deed were Federal soldiers. During tlie late struggle, Tylee had waged a desperate war upon many of his neighbors, and their vengeance lias at length overtaken him. The Shortest Sermon.—Rev. Dr. Muhlenberg's sermon at the funeral of tlie late Hubert B. Minturn, Ksq., is the shores! on record, though several are re corded with as few words, lie road the words of the l'rophet Micali: “ lie hath shown thee, 0 man, what is good ; and what doth the Lord require of thee hut to do justly, and to lore*mercy, and to walk hum lily with thy tiod ?” And then added: “>so did lie,” "tine seimou having the same number of words Imt inure letters was once preached by the Irish Dean Kirwuli. lie was pressed while suffering from a severe cold to preach a charity sermon in St. Peter's • 'liurcli, Dublin, for the benefit of the orphan children of the parish school. Tin; church was crowed to snllb* calion, and the good Dean, on mounting the pulpit and announcing his text, pointed with his hand to the children in tliu aisle and simply said : “ There they are !" The collection on the occasion exceed ed all belief. It was Dean Swift who waste preach a charity ser mon: and giving out as his text, ” lie that hath pity on the pour lendeth to the Lord," then added: “If you like tin; security, down with tin; dust." A Dark ('noun.—We learn that the Twenty-fifth Army Dorps, composed exclusively, we believe, of colored troops, is to In- brought to City Point anil ♦ !»••«» utwtiouutl ••••til *»••! ot' m-rvice. Tin* freed men's camp near that place is, according to our information. Iieiug prepared for their reception, and the inhabitants of the I’oinl. are quaking at tin; coming of so many thousand xohlnls » of CJouitiany “F’1 ar« particularly invited t<» attend. r * —The old MoiuIh •rs of Company F -LA are requested to me.-t THIS KVKNINO, at tin, > ir^inia f ••iilrul Kuilroud Depot, at 4 o’clt/ck, t*» iiisUt in receiving the r«*in;tiii* »#f their old comrade and «»IH - cer, WM. 0RAWV1LLB GRAY. _f,-l,lo It INESSENTIAL OILS,—Oil Lemon, Oil Cinna J mon, INI liergaiuot, oil Wlutcrgreen, oil Sa-safns, oil Lavender, Uil Juniper, l>il Anise, oil Caraway, oil Biller Almomls, (SI Myrhane, oil Peppermint, Oil Pen nyroyal, Oil Wormsee.1, Oil Croton, Oil Black Pepper, • SI Orange, Oil Origanum, Ac., A,-. For sale l,y feblOJT A MoHKKKK A HKO. I ftrtA HUSIIEl.S l’KIM K EDWARD I •' '\J\J Island SBED OATS, for sale to arrive, by feblOf E. 0. JAMES A CO. SPECIAL NOTICES. SCP BY PAINE At CO., AUCTION EERS.—Parties haring claims against D. S. HUFFAKD will present them to B. T. WILKEKSON, trustee, and those indebted must cotae forward aod close up Iheir accounts. ' . The entire stoek of WINES, LIQUORS, SAUCES, Ac , wilh a rare assortment of Goods, will ho offered at auction on TUESDAY, February irtih, 1$*W, at the Iron Front Building, Governor street. Sly office, after the lotli Instant, and until 1 remove to Baltimore, will lie with Messrs. Paine & Co., No. 106 Main street. • feblO—tds _D. S. HUFFARD. ICPTIIOS. \V. KKKSEE, AUCTIONEER, Office with Kellog A Gibson, No. 115 Main street, be tween Thirteenth and Fourtoeulh streets, thankful for I ho liberal patronage heretofore bestowed, solicit* a continuance of the same. feblO-tit ;l_P to mkrchantsThanks, INSURANCE COMPANIF-S, CLERKS OF COURTS, AND ALL OTHERS In want of BLANK BOOKS AND STATIONERY. WOODH0USK A PARHAM, (fate James Woodhouso A Co.,) bokski.lkks ani» stationKIW, GovgRjtok SrttKitT, kka* Maim, Have established a COMPLETE UOoK-BINDBRY AND BLANK-BOoK MANUFACTORY, wilh the host machinery, tool* and materials for the prosecution of this branch of their business. They are now prepared to put up PAMPHLETS, PERIODICALS, BIND BOOKS, RULE PAPER, AMD MANUFACTURE BLANK BOOKS TO ANY PATTERN They have already in store a good slock of LEDGERS, JOURNALS, DAY-BOOKS, CASH BOOKS, invoice Books, RECEIPT BOOKS, RECORD BOOKS, SALES BOOKS, Id fact, every description of Blank Book osnally re quired, including Memorandum Book* in great variety 7 ALSO, A well-selected slock of STATIONERY. WOODHOUSE A PARIIAM, (late James Woodhouso A Co.,) at their New Building, dec2!>-lf on Governor street, near Main. ICP REMOV A L. _L. L. MONTAGUE A SON, HOUSE, SION AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTERS, Have removed lo their new building on Where they will bo pleased to receive orders from their friends and the public generally, lor work of al kinds iu their line. Terms moderate. janlM-tf L. L. MONTAGUE A SON, KO YAL ILAVANA~LOTTKK V OF CU BA, condacted by the Spanish Government. $360,000 in Gold drawn every 17 days. Prizes cashed and in formation furnished. The highest rates paid for Doub loons, and all kinds of Gold and Silver. TAYLOR St CO., Bankers, jaii.'ll-eodGm No. 16 Wall street, N. Y. From tho army hospital—tho bloody battle-field—the mansion of the rich and the humble abode of the poor—front the office and tho sacred desk-.-from the mountain lop, distant valleys and far-off islands of the ocean—-from every nook aud corner of the civilized world—is pouring in tho evidence of tho astonishing effects of DRAKE’S PLANTATION BITTERS. Thou sands upon thousands of letters like the following may be aeon at our office : Kkkushury, Wis., Sept. 16, lsfl3. * * * I have been in the army hospitals for fourteen uiouths---speechless and nearly dead. At Al ton, Illinois, they gave tue a bottle of Plantation Bit ters. • * Three bottles restored my speech and cured me. * » C. A. FLAUTE. South Warsaw, Ohio, July 2S, IS03. » » * One young man, who bad been sick and net out of the house for two years with Scrofula and Ery sipelas, after paying the doctors over +12>* without benefit, has been cured by ten hollies of your Bitters. EDWARD WOUNAl.L. The following Is from the Manager of the Union Home School for the Children of Volunteers: HaVUMKIKR Marsior, Fifty-skvertu strkkt, f New York, August 4, IMIS. V Dit. Dkakk : Your Wonderful Plantation Bitters have been given to some of our little children suffering from weakness and weak lungs, with most happy effect, one little girl in particular, with pains iu her bead, loss of appetite, nnd daily wasting consumption, on whom all medical skill had been exhausted, has been entirely restored. We commenced with but a lea spoonful of Bitters a day. Her appetite and strength rapidly increased, and she Is trow well. ‘ * Ue.specItnUy, /l’i Mrs. 0. M. DEV0E. * * *1 owe much to yon, for I verily believe the Plantation Bitters have saved mv life. Kkv. W. 11. WAGGONER, Madrid, Now York. * 1 ‘ * The Plantation Bitters have cured me of Liver Complaint, of which 1 was laid up prostrate, and had to abandon my business. II. B. KINGSLEY, Cleveland, otiio. » V # The Plantation Billers have cured me of a der iUff. m. nl of the kidneys and urinary organs that has distressed mo for years. It arts like u charm. C. C. MOORE, 2/H Broadway, New York. Ac., Ac., A<’., ’ Ac. * * * Thou wilt send me two hollies of lliy Plantation Billers. My wife has been greatly benefit ed by their use. Thy frieud, ASA CURRIN, - Philadelphia, Pa. * * * 1 have been a great sufferer from Dys pepsia, and had to abandon preaching. * » * The Plantation Bittors have cured ine. Kkv. J S. CATH0RN, Rochester, N. Y. * * * I have given tho Plantation Bitters to hundreds of our disabled soldiers with the most aston ishing effect. U. W. D. ANDREWS, Superintendent Soldiers' Homo, Cincinnati, Ohio. Tho Pl.ARTATIOR Bittkrs make the weak strong, the anguhl brilliant, and are exhausted nature's gr at re storer. They are composed of the celebrated t'alisaya Bark, Wiuturgreen, Sassafras, Roots, Herbs, etc., ail preserved iu perfectly pure St. Croix Rum. S. T.—1S60.---X. Persons of sedentary habits troubled with weak no. . lassitude, liulnituliun of the heart, lack i.f antis. lit'*, distress after eating, torpid liver, constipation, etc., deserve to suffer if they will not try them. They are recommended by the highest medical au thorities, and are warranted to produce an immediate beneficial effect. They are exceedingly agreeable, perfectly pure aud harmless. Any person refilling bottles, or offering to sell Pi.ax TATlox Bittkka In bulk, by the gallon, or iu any man lier except as above, is a swiudler and impostor, with whom we shall deal as the law directs. Sold by all respectable dealers throughout the habit able globe. P. II. DRAKE it CO., New Turk. myL1--eodly2dp r|MIE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS were J. adopted at the meeting of Tenants, held February ltd, ISM : Resolved, That a committee of three from each ward lie app luted, with power to increase their number, if ■ necessary, whose duty*it shall be to prepare, and, If deemed expedient, publish a full and accurate list of all case* ol exorbitant reMhtg, In such form and em bracing such fart* a* shall exhibit precisely who are demanding exorbitant rents and the character and ex tent of their exactions. In pursuance of the above resolution, the following gentlemen have been appointed : C. G. Gai*wroM», W. II. Riai>, L. T. Cit AXIH.KK, Johx C. Paue, Jb., A. J. Bkuby, Johx F. Rkuxaclt, W R. I'OI.K, IlEXRY Baton*, i: n. Eoaiier. Resolved, That a committee of live he appointed to ascertain who of the landlords are willing to rednee their rents to a reasonable standard, and to report at the tirst regular meeting of tenants which may in-held; said report to lie published in the dally press, or not, as the meeting may order. To carry out liie above resolution, the following gen- . tlemeu have been appointed : John H. Uii.hkr. 8a., J. R KKXxtxoHAM, Johx D. Hi blett, James WooDuocse, A. Bookker. Resolved, That a committee of thruo from each ward be appointed to solicit contributions for defraying the expenses of this movement. The following gentlemen are appointed to carry out the above resolution: Joiix II. Gii.mer, Jr., Thorax Beale, Joux M. IIii.oins, Chari ex Jouxs* x, W. A. J. Smith, Joux it Ksowie*, Damki. B. Corrib, a. Mili.hpacoii, W. E. Lepeew. Having named the committees iu pursuance of the foregoing resolutions, the presiding officer of the mist ing hopes that the chairmen of the different committee* will at once call their committees together aud proceed to carry out the instructions of the meeting. D. J. SAUNDERS, feble—2t Chan mm. Removal.—o. n. chalklev & co., HIDE AND LEATHER DEALERS, have removed \o their new store, on Cary, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, where they have just received anew stock of LEATHER, SHOE FINDINGS, Ac., which tb. y will sell low to their old friends and Ihc public, fall aud examine our stock, fel.lnf 0. H. CHALK LEY k CO. p L A S T E R . CLAIBORNE RICHMOND GROUND PLASTER. The subscriber is prepared to furnish the above cele brated brand of Pla-ter, warranted pure and made from , the best Windsor Lump. RtTVaraier* can exchange Corn for Plaster, and will bu allowed tbe highest mar- 1 ket price. ROBERT J. SMYTH, feblo-cdm 8h ickoe Mill. SARATOGA WATER.—A ftedl luppljf ol tills delightful aud exhilrratlng water jeat received by K W. POWERS. Druggist, i 1 fehiof _ - Cornor Main and flhhat*. WHITE GREASE—Iu kegs ami boxes.— j The cheapest and most convenient article for fi Axles, Gearing, Ac. For sale by K. W. POWERS, Druggist, fehiof Corner Mam and tMh sis. I SPECIAL H0TICE8. IL_P RICHMOND ALE AND PORTER. The undersigned hare JusJ commenced brewing ALE AND PORTEK, at Buchanan Spring, at the head of Clay street, where llio manufacture of these articles will be continued until their NEW BREWERY, now lii course of erection, near the kite of Stearns A Brunt tnel'a .iiatlilery, below Rock- tts, la completed. They guarantee an article in every respect equal to and cheaper than the beet imported from any quarter outside the State, whether homo or foreign W Alo orders sent through the pest-ulSce will he punctually attended In. faijidu imjmoino a beyr tyBUCBANAN SPRINGS PARK.—Thi nn.lersignod respectfully infnrms the citizens of Rirh uiond that lie has opened a plai n of spring and summer resort at Buchanan Springs, head of Clay street, adjoin ing Betz, Yucngling A Byers' Brewery, wfe-ro wines, ale and porter from the brewery, liquors of all kinds, and cigars, all of the best quality, can be bad, and where ran be found silting rooms neatly furnished,and arbors and walks kept In the best order. The subscriber pledges himself that no improper characters will be admitted to tlie Park, and tjjjit «ve rythiug will bo done to contribute to the innocent en joyment of those who seek rural recreation. feK7--lW« Ji'IlN A. SCHILLING. IC7*A WORD TO THE WISE.—If you art) a dyspeptic and desire to be cured, try BAKER'S BIT TERS. If you hare sour stomach, Indigestion, torpid liver, nervous headache, bad eedd, diarrhoir, or ague and fever, use a few hollies of BAKER'S BITTERS, and our word for it you will be speedily cured. Thousands of persons thioughout Virginia and North Cartqpa have been cured of these diseases by the Use of these Bitters, and thousands of others may ho cured, If they but Use the same remedy. To bo bad of all Druggists In tbo city of Richmond and elsewhere in Virginia, also of CANHY A GILPIN, Baltimore. Orders promptly filled by addressing E. BAKER, Proprietor, dueSVf Muhin nd, Yu. ICpA BBSS T D 1 C A Y—PER FU KJSD Breath, Sound and Healthy Gums, Pearly Whit.- Teeth. Relief and freedom from TooTRai nr can be obtained by using DOWDKN'S DENTAL FLUID Recommended by Dentists and I'liyslciatts everywhere as superior to the iiiiuriotis couiuuiicds in use. Price .'si cents. For Halo by all Druggist*. KccoMuiemh-d by Dr*. Pleasant*, Woodward, Steel, Hudson, 4c., 4c.,of Richmond. Wholesale by jmm« p. johmetom 4 linn. icyJOHN W. USB & SON, house and SIGN PAINTERS and GLAZIERS, corner Eighth and Grace streets. Walls and Ceiling* Whitened or Colored. Will undertake orders in Ihe conntry. Having had a long experience in the business, they engage to give satisfaction. GEORGB W. LEE, Jan2l-lm_JOHN W. LEE R.J0 REMOVAL. JOHN C. MILLER, (Late of Kent, Paine 4 Co.,) Jobber and Retail Dealer In FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRV GOODS, Has removed to that large and conveulenlly ananged new building, No. 219 Main street, corner of Ninth, and has opened a full and complete stock of STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, To which he iuvltes the attention of the Merchant* of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. SAMUEL M. PRICE lias general supervision of the sales department, and give* special attention to the re tail trade. declftf ICP SADDLERY HARDWARE and SAD DI.ER'S TOOLS. CLAIROKNP. WATKINS, No. 67 Main street. Formerly with Smith, Rhodes 4 Co., Has for sale Fancy Horse Blankets Gentlemen's Fine Shafterand Plain Riding Sad dles, city made Ladies' Quilted Side-Saddles, city made English Bridle Fillings and Martiugslea Daniel's Steel Post Bits i Plated Coach and Riding Snaffles Fine ILrd-Solder Stirrup Irons And a general assortment of Saddlery Hardware, tcv which 1 invite city and country trade. A few sets of Buggy and Auihulance Harness, which I will sell low. cc(2