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RICHMOND WHIG.
WEDNESDAY MORNING..APRIL 25, 1866.
Advertising.
If any business man in Richmond doubts that the
W Hie is the best medium through which to reach
the Virginia public, we invite him to call at this
office and we will take pleasure, at a matter qf
business, in exhibiting to him our lists of bona fide
subscribers in every section of the State. __
Liberia as Pictured by a Northern Colored
Man.
A colored man of Canandaigua, named Henry
W. Johnson, who studied law and was admit- j
te<l as a practitioner to the bar of the Supreme
Court of New York, went to Liberia with his
iamily “ because he thought he would be more
useful and happy there than in America.”
Al ter a residence of six months, he thus wrote
on the 5th of Febuary last to the President and
Board of managers of the New Jersey Colo,
nization Society :
“ All that has transpired since I left America, and
all I have witnessed since my arrival here, have only
confirmed me in the belief that A frica is the best
home for the oppressed block men of America !
While in Anierira I was weighed down with the
thought that 1 was constantly iu the presence of
those who considered me inferior to them for no
other reason than because I trcar the dark skin
given me bp mp < reator ! The wisdom of a Solo
mon. the virtues of a saint, nor the wealth of the
Indies can lift that burden from the sonl of a sensi
tive colored man who values liberty, independence,
self-respect, and manhood.' But from the time I
landed on the soil of Africa down to the present, I
have lelt like a new man. I have felt as free as the
air we breathe, aud the ponderous iceight qf human
bondage has rolled off from my soul; my citizen
ship is acknowledged, my rights respected, my
wrongs redressed, aud mv manhood fully recognized.
This is what Liberia will do for every black man
who seeks au asylum ou the soil of Africa.
•• With regard to the means of obtaining a living
here, they ate ample, cheap and abundant, and
vui-i. if the -mirr.inl icnll relu noon the cultivation
of the .toil. You mast not iufer from this that there
are no other means of obtaining a living and amas
sing a fortune in Liberia. By no means. On the
contrary, here is a broad field for the citizen, the
merchant, and the machanic, for those who have
qualified themselves for the learned professions, and
others. The country being new. and ita resources
almost inexhaustible, no country in the world can
hold out greater inducements for colored men of in
telligence. industry, and enterprise than Liberia.
In view of this fact, how lamentable it is that so
many thousands of intelligent colored men in Ame
rica. possessing line talents and ample means, will
continue to •• hug their cliaiua," “ kiss the rod that
smites them,'’ finally die in despair, and entail upon
their children the same wrougs which they them
selves have endured for ages past and gone, when
they can obtain all tliey desire within the limits of
the Republic of Liberia ' Merciful God ’ what stu
pidity and bliuduess?”
This is not the testimony of a white man ;
that might be suspected. Nor is it the testi
mony of a slave, or of a colored man born aud
reared in a slave Slate, hut it is the testimony
(if a colored man born and reared in a free
State, and admitted to the bar of that State.
Hearing as much as we do about negro equality
at the North, it would lie naturally supposed
that the Northeru negro would be contented
and happy. Not so, however. That is all talk.
This man tells us that he was driven by the
sense of his inferiority before the white man,
and “ the ponderous weight of human bou
dagc,” meaning, of course, intellectual, social
and moral bondage, to seek his home where his
** manhood” would bo fully recognized—among
the blacks of l.ilieria.
He tells usexnltingly that he has found what
lie sought. The sense of inferiority he (elt was
that instinct of nature which no false gloss, no
shams, no pretenses, uo flatteries, no privi
leges, uo freedoms can eradicate from the mind
of the negro. It is common to all—as univer
sal, indeed, as the white man’s instinctive sense
of superiority. Against this ineradicable in
stinct the Radical policy is attempted to he car
ried out. The absurdity of the effort is appa
rent to all reflecting men. The colored man,
Johnson, saw this, lie weut to Liberia, and
appeals to the colored jieople in America to fol
low his example. He tells ibeux, in effect, that
the only mode of acquiring a sense of “inde
pendence, self-respect and manhood” is by go
ing where they will not be cowed by having to
stand before the white man face to face. We
agree with him ; Liberia is the place for all
who cannot consent to live as inferiors. Those
who are contented with their lot; satisfied with
the condition of inferiority entailed upon
them by nature, and are willing to work, can 1
always find contentment aud employment here.
It is the same with them whether they live at
the North or the South—inferiority is now and
always will he their lot. Laws the most favor
able cannot cancel it. It is natural and will
last forever.
The Testimony in Regard to the Jamaica
Troubles.
The voluminous testimony in regard to the
Jamaica outbreak, with which the English
newspapers are from time to time filled, re
quires more time for careful perusal than can
well be spared by those who have a variety of
other topics to investigate and consider. The
Commission, presided over by Gov. Storks, ap
pears to have labored at its business with ex
traordinary zeal aud industry, as well as with
a most commendable impartiality. A glance
through portions of the testimony taken, and a
more careful reading of editorial summaries in
some of the English papers, incline us to be.
neve inai, wnen evervimng is consiuerca, Tjie ;
action of Governor Etre and his associate au
thorities, military and civil, will stand justified
iu the judgments of just and reflecting minds.
In many instances subordinates acted with ,
great cruelty, as subordinates will do in an
exigency which they can '^either comprehend
nor measure. The tVmt is not and cannot be
questioned that, six months preceding the
outbreak, great discontent existed among the
whole negro population. This discontent was
so deep-seated, general and manifest, that the
authorities would have been faithless to their
trusts if they had uot taken adequate measures
for its repression. When the blow fall anarchy
followed and continued for a season. Phreo
zied men, menaced by a gaeat* dauger, which
they cannot precisely understand, from a class
or a rare jealous of (hem at all times, aud
known to be as merciless as savages when their
blood is up, cannot so master themselves iu the
first p*r<>xy ,iom <4 mingled passion ami fear as
to act with soberness, discretion and nice cal
culation in their efforts for self-protection.—
The instinctive caution of every man sa situ
ated would prompt hint o» strike an appalling
and a crushing blow, ib reasons, if he rea
sons at all at such, times, that if discontents
and jealousies, springing trom rare, influence
one portion of the people in th* uiUUt of whom
he lives, and madden them to insurgent out
breaks, they will influence and 1he
whole jiopulation in the same manner. \ too.
ment lost, or a feeble and insufficient blow wiu |
only increase their pa*iou and his danger the
more. He* therefore, instinctively throws an
his strength into the blow he strikes, and his
aim is umlincriminating, for he cannot tell who
are friends, who foes. He feels that all around
him of that race and color, are his eueniies.
It is after all much to be doubted if as many
lives were sacrificed in putting down the Ja
maica insurrection, bv the prompt and ener
getic action of Governor Etre, as would have
lieen lost by the opposite course—by delays
and half-way measures. Had such means been
adopted, the likelihood is either that all of
the white inhabitants would have been killed,
or that the negroes would have been destroyed
by piece-meal and in detail. The number of
negroes executed and otherwise killed was
greatly exaggerated. This is revealed by the
testimony. Why may not also the cruelties
charged have been exaggerated in the same
manner ? Rumor placed the number whose
j lives weft sacrificed at two thousand and three
thousand, and spoke of “ eight miles of dead
bodies.” The fact now appears that the whole
! number killed will not, at the largest estimate,
exceed a fourth of the leaeer of these two
numbers. Many of the worst cases of cruelty
appear to have been the work of the Maroons,
unauthorized by their officers. These Ma
roons all sided against the negro insurgents.—
Colonel Ftfk, one of the witnesses betore the
commission, gives a sketch of these Maroons,
lie says they are the descendants of the origi
nal runaway slaves—African with no admix
ture ofCarib blood. They were numerous
when the Island was captured from the Span
iards. They are morally and socially of a
higher grade than the negroes. They belong
to the church of England, and a great many of
them take the sacrament. Many o them can
read and write ; they have a school and they
had, until the last few years, a resident cler
gyman. Some of them have euhsted in the
police, and are said to make good policemen.
Vt first it was so difficult to subdue them that
a treaty was made with them allowing them to
enjoy their own laws and customs. This treaty
expired in 1838, and they then became merged
in the general population, still, however, occu
pying particular districts.
The severe punishments inflicted by Gover
nor Etek do not seem to have crushed out the
insurrectionary spirit of the Jamaica negroes.
They have latterly manifested a lawless dis
position in some places. Negroes have settled
on lands unoccupied by their owners, and have
dealt with them as their own, have felled and
sold the timber, erected dwellings, planted the
soil, and now claim the right of property. In
the case of lands known as the “ IlARTLasn’s
Estate,” the negro squatters, to the number of
1,500, or 2,000, determined to prevent by force
the survey of the property on which they had
squatted. The Kingston correspondent of the
London Times, writing uuder date of March
15th, says : “ On Monday the police inspector
.< of Spanish Town and the surveyor who went
ii to run the lines under the Judge s writ, were
“ told that they would not be allowed to per
“ form their duty, and withdrew to avoid mal
“ treatment. The people interrupted the read.
«• ing of the warrant by various cries—1 That
“ no Queen law,’ they said—* That Governor
“ Etek law! New Gov’ner bring out new law !
ti Him for w«» ’ Thev were told that the sol
•» fliers would be, employed to enforce the law.
“ ‘ We no care for soldiers,’ some of them re
“ plied—* We life and land go togcdder.’—
“ They constructed a rough barricade of trees
•* across the roads leading to the settlement to
“ keep ofl intruders. They finally sent two
m deputations to the Governor, Sir Hexrt
“ Storks, to treat on the subject. The first
“ deputation seemed inclined to treat as envoys
“ from some independent State, and would not
« guarantee the surveyor and his party against
— resistance. Some troops that had been sent
** to the settlement were kept there. This
“ rendered the second deputation more tract
“ able. The Governor gave them to under
“ stand that the law would be enforced under
“ any circumstances, adding that any grievan
•i ces they had to complain of would be en
“ quired into. The result was that the lines
*• were run without further hindrance, the
“ squatters signed an undertaking to pay rent
“ to the real owner of Hartland’s, and the
“ soldiers returned peaceably to their quarters.’
Mr. Pleasants' Lecture
It affords us more than usual pleasure to call
attention to the card of Mr. Htoh R. Plea
sants, iu which he announces a lecture on
•* Richmond Forty Odd Years Ago,” to be de
livered in the Hall of the House of Delegates,
ou the uight of Tuesday, the 1st of May. The
writings of Mr. Pleasants are as familiar as
household words, to the people of this city and
State. He has few equals in editorial ability
and in literary scholarship. The subject he
has selected is one of interest to the whole
community, and no one can handle it with more
skill, and impart to it more humor and piquancy
than Mr. Pleasants. His recollections of
themselves would form a valuable and inter
esting history of the men and things of Rich
mond. _
Books.—“Beechen Brook, a Rhyme of the
War,” is the title of a neat little volume of 94
pages, published during the progress of the
war, and now re-published. It is from the
graceful and flowing pen of Mrs. Margaret G.
Preston, wife of Professor John T. L. Preston,
jf the Virginia Military Institute, and publised
iiy Kelly 4 Piet, publishers, Baltimore.—
* Beechen Brook” is the main poem, filling 16
>f the 94 pages. But there are besides, “Vir
ginia—a sonnet;” “Jackson—a sonnet,
‘Dirge for Ashby;” “Stonewall Jacksons
Grave;” “When the War is Over—A Christ
mas Lay,” and “Virginia C'apta.”
As a souvenir of the war, as well as for its
many literary merits, this volume will enjoy a
permanent popularity. It is for sale by Wm.
B. Cooke, bookseller, Richmond, from whom
lvc acknowledge its receipt.
We also acknowledge the receipt, from Ran
iolph 4 English, booksellers, of this city, of
:he first number of the Library Mayazint, con
mining the book of the Revelation of bt. John,
the Divine, with notes and explanations. The
Revelation is arranged in paragraphs, sections
ind parts, without chapters or verses, but with
■xplanaticns, iu which similar passages from
jther scriptures are given and explained, and
;he obscure and difficult predictions reduced
to a very small number. This magazine will
tie published in unmbers of 96 to 144 pages.—
The next number, say the publishers, King 4
Bairn, printers, Philadelphia, will contain
■‘another work by the same author of an en
tirely different character, and, in our judg
oaent, a superior one.”
C C Clay.—We had the pleasure of meetiug
yesterday. Judge Clay, who was released last week,
after an 'imprisonment ot eleven months, conducted
with the rigor which we are wont to associate with
the lettre de cachet and tbe worst days of Bour
bonism. . , ... .
Judge Clay has grown prematurely old, has be
come quite gray, and suffers evidently from the ner
vous strain of au imprisonment, aggravated by those
ininrions subtleties or annoyance which it is the de
light of_men to inflict, and tin? torture of
proud men to endure.
We trust he may recover rapidly, now that his
shackles are off. and may live to write his chapter ui
that treat volume of offsets which is to tell the his
tory of the Butlers, the McNiels, the Sehencks, and
scores of their compel, and which will reveal the
secrets of Johnson's island, of Fort Delaware, of the
Old Capitol, of Morris Island, and of Fortress Mon
roe.— Petersburg Index.
Rules foe Doo Fight ins.—The Chicago Repub
lican devotes a column to a dog light. We copy a
paragraph
Then McCloskev and Jennings went through the
important and somewhat perilous process of “ tast
ing" their dogs. This precautionary measure con
sists in getting down on tbe knees and lapping the
tongue to the dog on the breast and between the
shoulders, in order to convince the other side that
he is clean, and that no poison has been applied ex
ternally for the purpose of injuring the other dog if
he should bite here. Each man has the right to re
quire the other to “ taste ” the dog in any part that
be may indicate.
We should call that bnsiaeas ” dog eat dog."
PliaSaxt if Tkus.—The Rochester (N. Y.) Union
says There are millions of bushels of rotten
wheat now lying in the storehouses of Chicago to be
shipped when navigation opens. This grain, in all
stages of decomposition, will be pat into vessels, sent
to Buffalo, put into elevators, thence taken in canal
boats to all points where these craft go, chiefly to
New York, and thence it will be rent to New Eng
land. This wheat is wholly nnflt to be eaten, and
will breed cholera wherever it is allowed to go.
Buffalo will be ravaged by cholera if that Chicago
wheat is stored and transferred there. Rochester,
and all the cities on the canals will be liable to suf
fer it the boats are permitted to carry this grain.
The canals will be full of cholera from New York to
Buffalo, if the boats carry this grain.”
Fobhib Ravaobi of Choleba at N'nr Yoat.—
The Poet gives a tabol.r statement of the deaths in
New York from cholera in the year* 1833, 1834,1849
and 1864:
Deaths. Native. Foreign.
..>.097 3.486
>8W.-22 ,*>> 670
..5,071 1,®7 3444
1864. 3 609 606 1903
Total.13.064 3.631 8,603
A Douili Einccnon.—John Baptist Manser and
Daniel Bowser were hanged on Friday at Ebenaburg,
Pa., for the murder of Polly Paul and Caane Man
day, on the 7th of Jane last
DEATH OF JUDGE LUCAS F. THOMPSON.
The melancholy but not unexpected intelligence
haa come of the death, on Saturday last, at his resi
dence, in Staunton, of Judge Lucas P. Thompson, of
the Supreme Coart of Appeals of Virginia. For a
somewhat protracted period he had been in precarious
health, and for several weeks so seriously ill that
only faint hopes were indulged of his recovery. His
age must have nearly approximated the scriptural
allotment of life—three score and ten years. He
was born in Amherst county, where his professional
career begun, and whoee people have been under bis
judicial care throughout the long period of hia aer
rice on the bench. The marked virtue, and distin- (
guiahed abilities of this most estimable man and (
Lt faithful and valuable public sot- are ■> ,
eloquently and feelingly portrayed in Judge Sheffey a
' charge to the grand juries of his circuit, that we are
glsd to bare an opportunity of substituting, for
what we should otherwise have been constrained to
gsy ourselves, the admirable tribute of his successor
ss Circuit Judge. We give his language:
I cannot enter npon the discharge of my duties
in this Court without saying a word of him who
preceded me in my office, and who, bv the choice of
the constituted authorities of the Commonwealth,
has, for his learning and virtues, been promoted
to a higher post of judicial usefulness and honour.
I am the successor of one who for more than thir
ty-five years haa expounded the laws in this Circuit
—of one who has beeu to myself a judicial father,
and to the people of this Circuit the protector of the
defenceless, a tower of strength and refuge for the
weak, the persecuted, the wronged and the oppress
ed, the guardian of the orphan and the defender of
. the widow, and always the fearless scourge of wrong
doers of every grade;—in a word of one who is a
| Virginian gentleman of the olden time and by uni
versal consent, a conscientious, incorruptible, and
unapproachably honest Judge' Lucas P. Thompson
has been a Judge in your midst for a period during
which a generation has been gathered to their fath
ers ; and yet after all that long service, although he
has pronounced many thousand judgments, affect
ing the lives, the liberties and the rights of this peo
ple, and has passed through scenes and temptations
i of the most trying character, he lays aside the robe
of this judicial office as spotless and unstained as
when, more than thirty-five yeare ago, in early mau
j hood, he put it on.
Peace, gentlemen, has her victories as well as
war: and often, in the fearless discharge of his ju
dicial functions has Judge Thompson, animated by
a heroic purpose to do right, achieved triumphs of
the law which entitled him to something better than
the mere warrior’s crown! 1 have myself seen him
i face a fierce and angry crowd, which almost audibly
demanded a sacrifice to the passions of the honr,
and standing between the helpless accused and the
excited—almost infuriated—multitude, calmly ex
pounded the law, and fearlessly uphold its shield
of protection over the rights of all, thus threatened
in the person of the meanest citizen. I have seen
him again amidst the throes of our recent struggle.
[ in which onr people and leaders deemed the most
precious rights oi freemen were imperrilled, and to
which Virginia had solemnly dedicated all her men
and means—when Early was retreating up the Val
ley—when military leaders were calling for more
men—when the Secretary of War sternly revoked all
inMiulinir those of the bonded farmers, and
ordered all to be hurried to the front—when his own
home was threatened and his own people were about
to be overrun—when loyalty was sensitive and mo
tives might be suspected—1 have seen him send
forth the Great Prerogative Writ of Habeas Corpus,
and with a force of reasoning, utterly irresistible,
and which afterwards other distinguished Judges ac
cepted as conclusive, demonstrate that the order of
the War Secretary was illegal and void; and then,
with a moral courage which no intimidation could
daunt—which no apprehension of personal conse
quences could lessen—which no feeling of patriotism
or self-interest could affect, deliberately pronounce
the judgment of the law and discharge petitioners
taken from the very lines of the army!
To have had such a Judge for so many years
wielding a silent but resistless influence in favor of
law and order, and justice and right, has been a
blessing which, I trust, has been appreciated by all.
Oor bar, than which none in the Commonwealth
stands higher for honor, integrity, learning and
marked abilities, have been accustomed to see in
their Judge the manifest spirit of the great lawyers
and jurists of the past; and before them he has
always kept high uplifted the standard of profession
al honor and character. Our people, too, have
been educated and elevated in sentiment, opinion
and principles by his example and influence; and
the power of these, I trust, will remain with us and
ours for generations to come, impelling us to rever
ence the law, to yield willing obedience to its pre
cepts ; to regard its expounders as those who ought
to be clothed with the pure ermine of jnstice—as in
deed the vice-gerents or the Almighty Judge in the
vissibls affairs of men !
And now this great and good man lies upon a
bed of extreme sickness—it may prove to be a bed
of death; and as calmly and serenely does he tarn
his eyes upon the Valley of the Shadow of Death, as
he has been wont to look upon danger and duty in
his high office. His labors ended, at peace with all
men, full of gentle sympathies and affections, and
with a sure faith, openly proclaimed, in the price
less atonement, his example comes back to us, as
from the borders of the grave, and its light shall
shine with steady lustre for our comfort and guid- (
ance for generations to come!
When I consider, gentlemen, not only the inhe
rent responsibilities of the sacred office I assume,
but in whose pathway I tread, with unequal steps, I
can onlv invoke reverently for my guidance and db |
rection.'that -wisdom which cometh from above,’ <
and resolve to consecrate all my powers to the dis- |
charge of its duties! !
Admission of Colorado Senators—The Question ;
Between the Radicals and Republicans Proper—
Eunal Suffrage as a Constitutional Amendment—
The District !Negr« Bill in the Senate—
The Revenue and Tariff Bill—The Bankrupt Act
Again, fee.
[Correspondence of the Baltimore Son.]
Washington, April 23.—The Senate will probably J
admit the two Senators elect from Colorado this
week. The question has been made a vital one as 1
between the radicals, who follow the lead of Mr. J
Sumner, and the republicans proper, who are with 1
Mr. Fessenden. In the frequent debate on the sub- j
ject, Mr. Sumner has taken care to draw the line
substantially between his party and all others on
the great question of the equality of the negro race '
at the polls. The objection to the admission of
Colorado on the part of the radical faction is that '
in its constitution suffrage is confined to the white '
population. There are ninety blacks in Colorado,
but if there was but one the question would be
of equal importance, for it is simply this: whether I
the radicals, through the negro votes, shall control
the politics of the lately slaveholding States, as «
they did of the non-slaveholding States. Only 1
half a dozen States now permit unqualified negro
suffrage, and the others are indisposed to accept it.
We shall see how many uncompromising radicals
there may be in the Senate; but there is no doubt
that they are in the minority on the Colorado ques
tion. , , .
The committee on reconstruction are ready to
report the new scheme for amending the constitu
tion so as to base representation on voters and es
tablish equality of suffrage. The plan is the result
of a compromise with the radicals, or rather it is a
concession to them, not of universal negro suffrage,
but of an equal right of snffrage. The blacks wil[
be entitled to vote on the same terms with the whites.
Mr. Thad. Stevens will report this amendment du
ring the present week unless the committee on ways ,
and means shall be prepared to report and press the ,
internal revenue and tariff bills. These bills must |
be soon considered with a view to give them effect ,
by the 1st of July.
The Senate will attempt to pass the District negro ,
•mnnige Dili Dy a two minis vuu* iu »u>»um3 (
new constitutional amendment. They hope to car
ry this as a pioneer measure, for if they passed it .
over the veto they will feel quite sure of the same j
vote for the ronstitutional amendment. (
The commitee on ways and means are expected
to press the consideration of the internal revenue
and tariff bills before the amendment question, but
the latter will give way to nothing else. ,
The bankrupt bill is not only to be again brought
forward, but it likely to be enacted. Its friends j
claim for it a majority of twenty in the House. It ,
has been defeated on two occasions, at this session, ,
by absenteeism and by disputed details. But it is .
now thought that, with some slight modifications, j
it will pass both Houses. I
Yoons, Ac., Iota.
Shooting Affair iu Chicago. ,
The Chicago 'Tribune of Friday says: l
“ Fourth avenue, in the vicinity of Polk street, 1
was thrown into great excitement about three
o’clock yesterday morning, over a shooting affair, i
which occurred between a gentleman named^her- 1
win and a burglar, who had entered the house of <
Mrs. Kate Hoffman. It appears that Mr. Sherwin,
who is said to be connected with the United States s
Commisary Department, was visiting at Mrs. Hoff- <
man’s, and was alarmed by a peculiar noise on the 1
stairs, just outside the room which he was occupy- t
ing. He opened the door and stepped out. The i
stairs and nail were in darkness, but he could dis- i
tincly hear the footsteps of some one decending the
steps. Returning to his room, and seizing his }
revolver. Mr. Sherwin again ran to the hall and <
asked who was there, at the same time drawing i
back the hammer of his pistol. Just then a man,
at the foot of the stairs, turned the slide of a dark i
lantern he held in his hand, and, aa the rays of light
fell upon Mr. Sherwin, fired a shot from a revolver,
inflicting a most dangerous wound. The whole house
hold waa immediately aroused, and a rush waa
made for the person who had fired the shot, but
the burglar called out for all to return to their rooms
or he would kill every one in the house. Some of
the inmates at this juncture shouted from the win
dows for the police, and the burglar, taking the
alarm, escaped in the darkness. Mr. Sherwin was
conveyed to his room at the Tremont House yester
day, where he now lies in a very critical condition.”
Reception of Edwin Booth in Philndelpkim.
Philadilphi a, April 23.—Edwin Booth made hiB
first appearance in two years at the Walnut-street
Theatre to-night.
He waa greeted with lond applause, cheers, and
waving of handkerchief^.
Notwithstanding the rain-storm, the theatre waa
never so densely crowded.
Mr. Booth performed the part of Othello. He was
go overcome bv the plandits of his friends that he
was nnable to proceed for some minutes. He was
called ont at the end of each act and again heartily
sainted. ____
The Cholera Ship* at Now York.
Ngw Yomi, April 23.—The deputy health officer
furnished to-day an official report of the progress of
the cholera on the hospital ship. Ten deaths oc
curred from noon on Saturday to Sunday noon, and
twelve new cases were received from the Illinois, ana
the disease is spreading. The Virginia has been fu
migated. Two deaths occurred on the England on
Sunday.
Great difficulty is experienced in getting nurses.
Three were sent down this afternoon. TTie cabin
passengers still remain on the Virginia.
Mrs. Coroline 9. Scbenck. residing at No. 71
West Fourteenth street, committed suicide on Friday
evening, by jumping out of a fifth story window.
Coroner Gamble held an inquest on Saturday, when
it appeared that Mrs. Schenck had become ’ greatly
depressed in spirits, in consequence of her landlord
having raised ner rent to fonr thousand dollars, and
because she had failed to find a substitute for the i
1 house she had lived In so many years.
THE FREEDMEN.
Urneral Steedman'* Mission In ‘be^Seat*—The
Freedmen'* Bnrean—The Labor Qae*tion in
Virginia. _
By order of the War Department, a commission of
•nquiry has been issued into the working of the
Freedmen’. Bureau in the South. The comm.s
■ionert appointed are Major-General J. B. Steedman,
>f Ohio, and Brigadier-General J. S. Fullerton, o
Missouri, two officers said to be eminently quali e
io discharge the duties assigned them. The investi
gation will probably be pursued over all the lately
ebellioos States, from Virginia to Texas, and will
embrace the extent and character of the relief af
orded to freedmen in the past, the amonnt of as
lisUncedeemed necessary in the future, the effect of
he system on the relations of the white and colored
topnlation, its cost to the country and the necessity
>r otherwise of its continuance. Generals Steedman
tnd Fullerton have commenced their investigations
n Virginia, and a correspondent of the New York
Herald states that their experience, thus far, is iden
;ical with that of General Grant, and shows con
clusively that the representations of radical leaders
ind papers, alleging antagonism between the races
»nd outrages upon the weaker one, are exaggera
tions of individual cases, and wholly inapplicable to
the people generally. The correspondent of the
Herald, who accompanies the commission, thus
writes from Charlottesville, Virginia, under date of
the 16th instant:
Everywhere I have yet been I have found the most
kindly and friendly relations subsisting between
blacks and whites. T have seen former slaves work
ing cheerfully for their old masters, still calling them
“ tuassa” as of old; former masters supporting the
aged and infirm of their former slaves; perfect con
fidence existing on the one side, perfect reliance on
the other. Outrages, such as have been described
in the Northern papers, committed hy white men
upon negroes, have undoubtedly occurred; but they
have been exceptional cases, and are no more indi
cative of the general sentiments of the population
than are stray porter house shooting affrays indica
tive of the moral state of society in New York.
A REPRESENTATIVE PLANTER.
In the Charlottesville district there is a large col
ored population engaged exclusively in agricultural
pursuits. About forty of the principal planters
waited, this morning, upon General Steedman and
discussed with freedom their position and prospects.
I >ue of the number, Mr. W. P. Farish, a leading
Virginian, who served as a colouel in the rebel
army, related his experience, which may be taken
»s a fair example of the general feeling of the peo
ple. He stated that at the end of the war he had one
hundred and eleven negroes, most of whom he still
retained in his service, as well as several house ser
rants who pleaded poverty und begged to be al
owed to remain on the plantation. Only last week
!ie sent his wagons over to Buckingham to bring
tver another set who had no other claim upon him
sut that they were the father and mother, brothers
tnd sisters of his shoemaker. All of these negroes
sere now working for him at monthly wages,
without written contracts, and were working
'onteutedly and well. “I have changed my
ipiniou entirely, sain t oionei rarisn, re
garding the negroes. I used to think they
would newer make valuable members of so
■iety. But they have behaved so admirably dur
ng the war, they have shown so much good feeling
awards the white population, so much good feeling
ms been exhibited by the whites towards them, and
he new order of things has worked so happily and
10 well, that I have changed my views entirely.—
rhe presence of the Freedmcn’s Bureau, though it is
well administered here, only tends to promote bad
eeling among the vicious. In these views all of
:hose present concurred. One or two gentlemen ac
knowledged that the bureau had been of considera
te service in the past, but considered that its con
inuance longer than another six months would on
y tend to introduce elements of discord where none
low existed. I conversed subsequently with a num
ber of colored people, and found that they were eve
V whit as satisfied with their former masters as
;heir employers were with them, and were no more
inxious for the perpetuation of the freedmen’s
:ourt.
TEACHING A COLORED SUNDAY SCHOOL.
One of the most remarkable illustrations of the
rood feeling prevailing in the community I witness
id on Sunday afternoon. In a large schoolroom
inder the Baptist Church, abont three hundred col
ired children, of all shades from nearly white to
iboay black, were assembled, and thirty or forty
white persons, many of them belonging to the first
families in the country, and most of them the sons
ind daughters of former slaveowners, were engaged
n teaching them. The superintendent of the school
was Mr. A. P. Abell, of the National Rank.—
Among the teachers were Miss Ann Gilmer, sister of
3overnorGilmer; Mrs. Thompson Brown, wife of a
;olonel in the rebel army, and Mrs. II. P. Loutliam,
widow of the late Professor of Richmond College,
ind a number of ladies connected with the Al
bemarle Female Institute. Clear away in one
■orner of the room a distinguished and learned
aw professor of the Virginia University (Pro
essor Minor) was laboriously engaged in teaching
me bright-eyed little darkey his letters, and quite a
lumber of the students of the university were pnr
ming similar avocations. The children learu with
wonderful aptitude, and have already made conside
rable progress. They are taught spelling, reading
ind singing, and it is intended soon to add writing
md ciphering. Thus has education of the blacks
>een going on for some months past, and meets not
inly with no opposition from the old slave-owners,
>ut is done by their express desire and with their
ictive co-operation. As many as five hundred
hildren have been in school at one time, and the
iverage daily attendance is nearly three hundred.
FROM LYNCHBURG.
The same correspondent writes from Lynchburg,
Virginia, as follows:
The record of Lynchburg only differs from that of
'harlottesville by being, if possible, a little more sa
isfactory. There are six schools established here,
md not only negroes hut the children of the poorer
rliites are being educated by these agencies, and
he teachers are native Virginians. The freedmen
,re working well, at fair wages. A short time ago
he freedmen bought a church for $11,500, aud in
ess than a month they have been able to raise half
he purchase money.
The criminal business of the freedmen s court,
broughout the entire State, was turned over to the
ivil authorities seven weeks ago, and it has been
ound that the local magistrates have disposed of
he business brought before them in a manner that
las given universal satisfaction.
There is one ever-present sense of dread in the
ommnnity which paralyzes to a great extent the
irogress of the country and the return of peaceful
ndustry, and that is the dread of further legislation
in the part of Congress in the direction of the civil
ights bill. This is felt to be tbc only real danger of
he South and the only disturbing influence. The
onstant agitation of the negro suffrage bill and
ither kindred topics agitates the blacks and unset
les the whites—it stops the influx of fresh capital
nto the country, and prevents the profitable invest
nent of such capital as already exists here.
SOUTHERN METHODIST CONFERENCE.
Resolutions luvitinu Northern Affiliation Adop
ted.
Nrw Orleans. April 19.—The Conference has
pent two days on the case of Rev. G. F. Dogget,
vho appeals from the decision of the Virginia Con
erence. The decision of said Conference was sns
ained. . , .
The Bishops’ characters wore taken up, and tlieir
onduct in the discharge of their duty for the past
light years was endorsed.
The Book Committee failed to agree, and two re
torts were submitted in reference to the publishing
muse, the subject of introducing District Confer
nees into Church, etc.
Economy is made the order of to-morrow.
fPl , Dll.U mAAtinn nnoond tilojQnfll' 1 Q uf Ml Crllt
The Committee on Correspondence made a report
ind the Conference adopted the following:
“ Resolved, That the Methodist Episcopal Church
louth stands this day, as she has always stood, rea
ly and willing to consider, with Christian candor,
ny unequivocal and scriptural overtures for sym
lathy and fellowship which may be tendered her
ty any body of Christians in their general represen
ative capacity.
“ Resolved. That the General Conference most
rarraly reciprocates the fraternal greetings] and
xpressions of Christian love borne from the Chris
ian Union of Illinois, by their messenger, Rev. J.
)eitzler. _ _ _
“ Resolved. That one Rishop and Rev. S. II. T.mn
,re hereby appointed fraternal messengers from this
tody to the annual conncil of the Christian Union
'hurch.
“ Resolved. That should any church or association
ignify their desire to unite with ns, they shall be re
eived, on giving satisfactory assurance of their be
ief in our Articles of Religion, and their willingness
0 conform to our descipline, their ministers coming
n the same grade as they hold in their own chnrch.
iccording to the mode prescribed in our descipline."
One of the Bishops and Rev. G. F. Deems were ap
lointed fraternal messengers to the General Confer
nee of the Methodist Protestant Church, to be held
it Georgetown, D. C-, in May next.
General Sheridan still refuses to let Confederate
migrants sail from this point to Mexico.
An Incendiary Mob in Pennsylvania.
8haffep. Pa., April 21.—The Tanks of Henry
larley A Co., at this point, which receive oil from
lenehoff Rnn, two miles distant, by pipes, were set
m fire at 3 o’clock on the morning of the 18th, but
dl but two out of the seven tanks were saved. Four
d the Oil Creek cars, with two loaded tanks on each,
vere destroyed, together with pipes platforms, and
)00 barrels partly filled with oil, belonging to van
ins parties. About 1,000 barrels were burned on this
1 Yesterday morning at 11 o’clock an armed mob,
■stimated by the watchmen at from 26 to 200, emer
red from the thickets surrounding the tanks, and or
lered the watchmen to leave instantly. The latter
lesitating, the mob rushed forward, yelling and fir
ng rapidly with revolvers. The watchmen fled, af
ar firing a few times in return. The incendiary mob
hen applied the match, and stood guard until the
•onflagration was under full headway, defying anv
me to attempt to put out the fire. The regular watch
>f three men was increased after the first fire to sev
>n and were always fully armed. It was generally
aelieved, and threats had been frequently made, that
he tank would be burned.
The second Are destroyed all of the company s
jropertv. The entire village of Shafler was in im
ninent'danger. The company is insured. Team,
iters who are out of work are known to l»e the guil
:y parties.
Threatening »« Shoot the Prince ef Wales.
Brighton (April 4) correspondence of the London
Times.]
A large crowd assembled this morning at the po
lice court to hear the proceedings against a mem
»er of the London Irish Rifle Volunteers, who had
5een given into custody by his Colonel, the Marquis
>f Donegal, on a charge of having used seditious
anguage in threatening to shoot the Pnnce or
iValea, and in having ten rounds of ball cartridges
n his pocket when searched. The case was only
jartially examined as the counsel for the accused
iraa unable to be present.
Sixteen murders—five of them nnder sentence of
leath—are at present confined in the Tombs prison,
¥. Y.
FROM WASHINGTON.
DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE—WITHDRAWAL OF
FRENCH TROOPS FROM MEXICO.
Washington, April 23,-In the House of Repre
sentatives to-day a message was received from the
President transmitting a voluminous correspondence
relating to the occupation of Mexico by French
troops. This correspondence dates from several
months back np to and including to-day, (April 23,
1866). The most important part of it appears to be
contained in a letter from the Secretary of State to
the Marquis de Montholon, the French minister,
dated Washington, February 12, 1866, in which it is
proposed, in a document of great length, that if the
French will withdraw their troops from Mexico, this
government will virtually adopt the principle of non
intervention with regard to Mexico after such with
drawal. In this connection Mr. Seward writes as
follows:
“ With these explanations I proceed to say, that
in the opinion of the President, France need no
longer delay for a moment her promised withdrawal
of military forces from Mexico, and thus hasten the
principle of non-intervention into full and complete
practice in regard to Mexico, through any appre
hension that the United States will prove unfaithful
to the principles of the policy in that respect which
on their behalf it has been my duty to maintain in
this now very lengthy correspondence. The practice
of this government from the beginning is to guaran
tee to alt nations in the respect of the claims of the
people the full sovereignty of the people of every
other State.”
The French Minister of State, M. Drouyn de
I.'flnys, replies to Mr. Seward, under date of Paris,
April 6.1866, (which was communicated to the State
Department on Saturday, April 21, by the French
minister,) in which he discusses the attitude of the
United States Government on the Mexican question,
and in concluding says:
“ The policy of non-intervention will hasten the
withdrawal of French troops from Mexico. We
find there (Mr. Seward’s letter of February 12) snffi- i
cient guarantee not to any longer delay the adop
tion of measures intended to prepare for the return
of our army. The Emperor desires that the French
troops should evacuate Mexico in detachments—the
first in November, in 1866; the second in May, 1867,
and the third in November. 1867."
Another important letter appears from Mr. Seward
to Mr. Bigelow, our Minister to France, informing
him that the Department of State has information
that it is contemplated to send 10,000 Austrian
troops to Mexico, and requesting him to inform M.
Drouyn de L’Hnys of the fact. Mr. .Seward also
writes to our Minister to Vienna in effect remonstrat
ing against such a step. The correspondence (which
makes several hundred pages) was ordered to be
printed.
THE GOLD CAPTFRED ET SHERMAN.
It will bp remembered that after the surrender of
General Lee, the military in Georgia captured $100.
IKK) in gold, which was claimed bv the Farmers’, the
Exchange, and the Bank of Virginia, at Richmond.
Recent investigations of the fact, however, show that
a few weeks before the evacuation of Richmond, the
Legislature of Virginia passed a law authorizing
said banks to loan the Confederate government, up
on the faith of the State, $300,000 in gold, to purchase
supplies for Gen. Lee’s army.
This sum was placed by the respective banks to
the credit of the rebel government and before the
surrender of Lee $60,000 was paid, leaving $240,000
belonging to the rebel government with tiiose banks
at the time of the evacuation. The government,
therefore, claims not only the $100,IKK) captured in
Georgia, hut also the $140,OIK) additional in the
custody of the banks. This is the present condi
tion of the question. The notes of these hanks
have been bought up witli the expectation that tin
government would relinquish its title to the $200,000
of gold.
PROTECTING TITE GRAVES OP THE SOLDIERS.
A communication was sent to the House to-day
from the War Department respecting the collection
of the remains of the Union officers and soldiers
killed and buried on the various battle fields. The
Quartermaster-General says he has reports of the in
terment of nearly one hundred thousand, a large
portion of whom it will, perhaps, be necessary to re
move to cemeteries. One million dollars will be re
quired to protect the same from desecration, and it
is recommended that a general system be adopted.
General Thomas has issued an order warning the
people against plowing under or disturbing the
graves of the Union dead at Atlanta.
PLAN TO STILL FURTHER DISMEMBER VIRGINIA.
A proposition is pending in Cougreas for the re
peal of the act to retrocede the county of Alexan
dria, in the District of Columbia, to the State of
Virginia. The preamble of the bill sets forth that
the rebellion lias demonstrated the wisdom of pre
serving the ten miles square under the exclusive
control of Congress, both for civil and military pur
poses, and for the defence of the Capital, and that
the act of retrocession to Virginia is declared null
and void, and that the jurisdiction of Congress and
the laws provided for the District of Columbia are
again put in force; private and personal property not
to be affected by this act so far as the rights of pri
vate parties are concerned. All civil offices in the
said retroceded portion of the District in the city
and county of Alexandria are declared vacant, the
vacancies to be filled by new appointments, or elec
tions to be held under the laws governing electious
in the District of Columbia.
A RICHMOND DINNER PARTY.
Your correspondent at Richmond states that the
Lieutenant-General, his wife and wife’s father, Col.
Badeau, Mrs. Grant’s brother-in-law, the city post
master, with several others, to the number of twenty,
sat down to a dinner given in honor of the party by
the proprietors of the Spotswood Honsc. Senator
Yates and ex-Governor Wood, and Mrs. Senator
Trumbull, of Illinois, are there, the guests ofColonel
Loomis. Governor Smith, of New Hampshire, is al
so at Richmond.
FAST DAY TO BE APPOINTED.
Tt is reported that the President will soon issue a
proclamation setting apart the 17th proximo as a
day of fasting and prayer, in view of the anticipated
visit to this country of the cholera.
DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED INDIAN.
In the city of Washington, on Sunday, the 02d
instant. Judge Thomas Pegg, one of the delegates
of the Cherokee Nation, now in this city, closed his
life.
The deceased was born in the State of Alabama.
He was in his 65th year. lie was one of the “ old
settlers” to the West, and has-been for a third of a
century a prominent citizen or public official of the
Nation. He has been president of the upper house
of their Legislature, and Judge of the Supreme
Court. He was a prominent exhorter in the Metho
dist Episcopal Church. As acting chief he signed
the bill abolishing slavery in the Cherokee Nation.
He was a full blood Cherokee, a man of considera
ble attainments, and of great shrewdness and sa
gacity. At the time of his death he was one of
the Judges of the Supreme Court, and also one of
the legally elected representatives of the Cherokee
Nation.
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.
Among the notables on the floor of the Senate to
day were tho Marquis of Lome, a son of the Duke of
Argyle; Hon. Mr. Arthur Strett, a son of Lord Bel
per, and M'. H. Yates Thompsou, who has recently
offered to establish an American professorship at one
of the European universities.
THE SUPREME BENCH.
I am informed that the President is utterly op
posed to the House bill abolishing one of the seats
on the Supreme Bench. Such action would have
been well enough had not the States which that
particular circuit represents returned to their alle
giance, but having thus returned he contends that
Congress has no right to abolish the circuit. Hence
his appointment of Judge Stansbury to the vacant
seat, and his desire for that geutleman's confirma
tion. This desire may not be realized, but if it is
not, and the Senate pass the House bill, the chances
are that it will be vetoed.
THE TEST OATH.
The action of the Judiciary Committee of the
House, and the adoption by the Senate of an
amendment prohibiting payments to persons eui
.1_1 1... flfti/m llana.l
merits who have not taken the test oaths, settles the
late of that measure beyond a doubt, and-the law
may, therefore, be regarded as good until the next
Congress meets, at least. Meanwhile the business of
the Government, as represented or carried on by the
two Departments, as above named, suffers to a se
rious extent.
THE NEW YORK COLLECTORS HIP.
Vigorous efforts arc on foot to have the nomina
tion of Mr. Smythe defeated. These efforts come
mainly from New York, and arc endorsed chiefly by
those who now have a finger in the Custom Hous
pie, and who fear that a new Collector would turn
them out with little ceremony. Some of the more
radical Senators have received a dozen or more let
ters, all endeavoring to show that Mr. Smythe s a|>
pointment will make mischief, and that, therefore,
he should not be confirmed.
THE PROPOSED NEW LOAN,
If agreed to, will probably have thirty years to rnn.
The bonds will be given in exchange for the shorter
ones of the Government, and if the interest is paid
in specie, they can hardly fail to meet a ready sale.
The issue of the loan, however, is yet a matter for
decision.
TELEGRAPHING IN THE CNITKD STATES.
Nothing lias yet been done by the Senate Com
mittee upon the subject of telegraphing in the United
States, and it woHld probably be as well for the com
munity at large if it abandoned the subject alto
gether. There never was a period when the press
and public were as well served as at present, while
the extent and multiplicity of wires is such that de
lays are of rare occurrence.
Reinterment of the Remains of Philip Em
bury, the Founder of American Methodism
On Friday last the remains of Philip Embury were
conveyed from an obscure graveyard located about
three miles from Cambridge, on the line of the Rut
land and Washington railroad, to Woodland Ceme
tery. near the same village.
Embury was born in Limerick county, Ireland, in
1728, removed to America in 1760, and organized the
first Methodist church in this country in his own
house, in New York, in 1766. aided by Mrs. Barbara
Heck, azealouif woman, who had accompanied him
to this country.
THE PROCESSION
formed at the Methodist Church at two o’clock and
moved to Woodland Cemetery. It was one of the
most imposing precessions, considering ite nature
and objects we have ever seen. Two hundred cler
gy in line, followed by a large concourse of laity
and numerous women, with a large array of car
riages. is a spectacle not often seen. As in milita
ry displays the rrippled veterans are placed in car
riages escorted by their line, so in this case the su
perannuated and worn-out men. who had given
their life to the ministry, were placed in carriages,
while all the others walked. The ovation created a
wonderfnl excitement in the little village—indeed, it
would have done so anywhere—and the villagers
donned their holiday attire and swelled the crowd,
large numbers of surrounding fanners coming in
with their carriages, making the entire line at least
half a mile in length.
Bishop James and Rev. 8. D. Brown, of New
York, and Rev. T. Seymonr conducted the funeral
exercises. A monument is to be erected over his
final resting place, for which all American Metho
dists will contribute.
Shocking Death of Three Children.
Boston, April 22.—The wall of a building in pro
cess of demolition on Orange lane fell down last
night, burying in the rubbish and killing three little
boys, named Robert Wilkins. Henry Woods and
Robert 8t Clair, all between six and twelve years of
age. Mary Fisher, eighteen years old, had both her
legs broken and received other injuries.
FROM RICHMOND.
Fawner** Chronicle and its Slanders Against the
South—True Loyalty, where it is to be Found—
Where are all the Black Pickaninnies ?—A
Riddle for Messrs. Snmner and Stevens.
[Correspondence of the New York World.]
Richmond, Va.,"April 16.
The Washington Chronicle recently had the fol
lowing paragraph : “ I speak by the book when I
say that at this eery moment the condition qf things
in the South is more threatening than at any other
period since the defeat qf lice's army."
Of all the wilful, atrocious, and audacious false
hoods that have found their way into print, against
the South, this ought to bear the palm. Upon what
can the writer possibly base such an assertion ? I
cannot answer for what is going on in other parts of
the South, although I can very safely and reasona
bly infer from what is daily passing under my own
eyes and to my own certain knowledge. Here I am
at the very focus and fount of authority of the late
confederacy, mixing daily and hourly with leading
and representative men who took a prominent part
in the great struggle. Weighing and comparing
ideas with them npon all political issues—past, pres
ent and future—and on my sacred honor, I fail to
discover one single feature that could even give a
coloring to the monstrous assertion which makes the
subject of these remarks. Do the authors of such
statements take the whole Northern people for a
community of idiots when they venture to thrust
upon them untruths so easy of refutation 1 Look,
for instance, at the conduct of the press here ever
since the proclamation of peace and restoration of
the habeas corpus, when many who mistake the
character of this people might have supposed they
would have abused their new-born [tower by defi
ance and angry exultation. Where have we seen it?
Every one must have remarked that the most vio
lent papers have nnderated their tone. The expla
nation is simple. This is a proud and high minded
people, and while they chare uuder harshness and
domination, they are the most tractable in the
world when magnanimously left to their instincts of
honor and self-respect.
If there be anything “threatening" down here,
most assuredly it is not against the stability, peace,
or prosperity of the United States, but against those
who seem bent upon destroying the Union and the
laws and Constitution by which alone it can be
governed. Against such revolutionists there would
appear to be much that is “threatening" in the
North as well as in the South. So far is it from lie
ing true that the South is to-day disloyal, by one of
those singular revulsions, which, not unfreqnently
follow the footsteps of war, past issues have been
completely reversed, and the South is, to-day, the
true refuge of loyalty. The very men, who, a short
time ago, were fighting to dissolve the Union, are
now banded as a unit against those who wonld de
stroy it bv trampling upon the Constitution and laws
of the United States, Lee, Johnston, and Beau
regard have changed places with Sumner, Stevens,
and Wade. True national loyalty has flown
affrighted from Washington, to take refuge in the
capital of the late Confederacy, and among the cot
ton, tobacco, and sugar plantations of the South.
Some weeks ago my attention was drawn to a
very singular fact, which T had never noticed before,
and that is the total absence of young colored chil
dren in arms. Ever since then I have observantly
kept my eye npon this fact, and the question has be
come almost as interesting. " Who ever sees a
young pickaninny?" as Mr. Weller’s “ Whoever saw
a dead donkey?” But this is a serious matter,
though some may mistake it for a joke. Where are
all the pickauinnies ? I will tell you what the doc
tors say abnntthem; dying just as fast as they come
into the world—some from the most cruel neglect by
their parents; others.it is feared, by means more
summary. Under the old system the parent was, to
a certain extent, an irrestionsible being. A mother
troubled herself comparatively little about her
offspring, because, under any circumstances, in
sickness or in health, the self-interest of the master
or mistress—allowing nothing for their humanity—
would see to its protection. Now nil this is changed.
The mother is res|>onsible and self-dependent. Sur
rounded, as too many of the negroes are. in our cit
ies especially, by wretchedness and poverty, not
having yet lost that feeling of dependence upon
others which has grown np with their whole lives,
unable often to obtain proper medical advice or
money to purchase medicines for their sick children,
it is not to be wondered at if thousands die from
sheer neglect—and they do.
This important fact, conpled with others of a more
horrifying character that medical men can substan
tiate respecting the black population, should lead
thinking men in the North to consider whether there
is any genuine philanthropy in any artificial system
that attempts to elevate the black race to its own de
struction, by destroying the very germs of self
dependence in them, and forming a breach between
them and those to whom they must hereafter look for
support.
The trees have all suddenly burst into green fo
liage, under the genial sunshine we have had, and we
must be at least a month ahead of you in New York.
I notice our hotels are already becoming unusually
crowded with Northerners, and we are hoping that
it is bnt the foretaste of that stream of good honest
workers who are coming here this season, not only
to explore the matchless resources of Virginia, but
to settle down among ns and develop them. They
may go farther and find a less inviting field. H.
THE CHOLERA.
Latest from the Steamship Virginia—Sixty-eight
Cholera Balieut* in Hospital—Five New Cases
to-day—Four More Deaths Last Night.
Dr. D. H. Bissel, deputy health officer, in charge
of the hospital ship Falcon, in the lower bay, has
made a report to-day from the lower quarantine.—
Dr. Bissel writes:
“ The hospital ship Falcon came here yesterday
morning. I immediately boarded the steamship
Virginia, anchored here, and removed the sick to
the hospital, sixty-seven in number.
“ Five new cases were received from the Virginia
this morning.
“ There were four deaths in the hospital last night.
“ Ten from Liverpool were buried yesterday.
“ Sixty-eight cases are now in the hospital.”
Of the arrival of tbo steamship England reported
in our second edition, Dr. Bisseil says;
“The steamship England, Captain Grace, from
Liverpool by way of Halifax, arrived here to-day.
She reports a crew of one hundred aud twenty-two
men .with sixteen cabin passengers, and one thousand
two hundred and two in steerage.
“The number who died on the passage to Halifax,
fifty; at Halifax one hundred and fifty; and last
night one infant died. The passengers and crew
are all well.
“She will be quarantined in the lower bay."
The report was made to Cyrus Curtiss, president of
the Quarantine Commission.—AT. Y. Post.
General Lee Again Before «lie Reconstruction
Committee.
“ We understand," says the Boston Commercial,
•• that General R. E. Lee will be summoned again
before the Reconstruction Committee, and the fol
lowing questions will be proposed to him: ”
Is not pitching quoits a favorite amusement in
Virginia, and will the people of Virginia be ready
to give it up and take up the game of base ball in
stead ?
Will the people of Virginia l>e inclined to give up
the eating of bacon and greens aud to substitute
therefor the Yankee dishes of pork and beaus and
codfish and potatoes 1
Is there any prejudice in Virginia against buck
wheat cakes and popped-corn as Yankee dishes!
And is that prejudice increasing or decreasing!
In your judgment have secession doctrines been
promoted in Virginia by the driuking of mint ju
leps? And is there any prejudice there against
sherry cobblers as a Northern drink !
Do the people of Virginia read the writings of R.
W. Emerson ! and if so, do they understand them ?
Would a young man in Virginia be disinclined to
marry a Yankee girl who was youug, good looking,
and a rich man’s daughter!
Do you have Thanksgiving Day in Virginia, and
is the shooting of turkeys practiced on that day ?—
Would a Virginia marksman be unwilling to fire at
a turkey on that day, because it was a Northern
custom !
Do the people of Virginia ever play itoker! and
II so, would a ' irginia kcchiuiiihi lie wining 10 pay
the money won of him at that game by a Northern
man ?
Do the people of Virginia regard Wendell Phillips
as the greatest of American orators ! and if not, are
they likely to come to that opinion hereafter?
How many people in Virginia look upon General
Butler as a great military genius! answer the same
question as to General Banks.
Is there a piece of the Pilgrim rook anywhere in
Virginia ! and if there is not, would it not be a ju
dicious step to send a piece of it to Richmond ?
Have you yourself ever seen a chair that came
over in the Mayllower? and if not, would yon like
to see one ?
The question that follows yon may answer or not,
as yon choose. Is Wirt’s Life of Patrick Henry re
garded in Virginia ns a historical work or a work of
fiction ?
Do yon believe the story of Captain Smith and
Pocahontas? or do yon think it was made up by
Captain Smith many years after its supposed date!
Do the colored race in Virginia generally go in
when it rains? and if not, why not?
Should the colored race addict themselves to the
study of metaphysics, would they lie likely to be
come disciples of Sir Wm. Hamilton or John Stuart
Mill?
Was Hannibal, in your judgment, a negro? An
swer the same question as to Othello.
Do colored people in Virginia usually sleep with
their heads under the bed mothes ? and how far will
emancipation modify this habit?
What do the people of Virginia think of the
Hoosac Tunnel ? and of the new drill ? do they think
it will work as well as the Freedmen's Bureau Bill!
Relief for Destitute Alabamians.
Cincinnati, April 21.—An appeal was made du
ring’change yesterday by the President in behalf
of the suffering people in Alabama and Georgia.—
The Chamber, of Commerce appropriated thirteen
hundred dollars ont of its funds, and about seven
hundred dollars additional was subscribed in a few
minutes afterwards. Provisions will be purchased
at once and forwarded free to the sufferers. It is
expected that eight or ten thousand dollars will be
collected within the next forty-eight houre. A tel
egram from Major General Thomas, commanding
at Nashville, fully corroborates the report given of
the sufferings in Northern Georgia and Alabama.
From Macon, Ga.
Macon, Ga., April 18.—Much excitement was cre
ated here to-day by an attempt on the part of the
freedmen forcibly to release a negro woman, arres
ted on the charge of murder. The military author
ities promptly interfered, and about fifty of the freed
men were put under arrest, and confined at the bar
racks.
A negro, confined in the jail, was shot yesterdav
by a white soldier, on duty as sentinel. The sol
dier says the negro was impudent to him, where
upon he fired through the window of the jail at
him, killing him instantly, the ball passing through
his head. _
Murder in Brandeuburg, Kentucky.
LoriaviLLX, April 22.—At Brandenburg, on Fri
day afternoon, in an altercation between two broth
er^ Kendrick and Allen Stanford, respecting an old
partnership, the latter, having drawn a pistol, was
killed instantly by the other___
Sad Aifsir.
Albany, April 21.—A day or two since Mr. Hiram I
McIntyre, of Illinois, who was visiting a brother at
Dover, Dutchess county, while practising with a re
volver, fired at a dog-house in which two little daugh
ter of his brother were playing, killing one of them
instantly.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Proceeding* of Concrete.
Washington, April 24.
Sinate.—Mr. Willey offered a resolution for the
relief of loyal citizens of Berkeley and Jefferson
counties, in West Virginia, It provides for the pay
ment of citizens in those counties for quartermasters
stores famished to the army. Mr. Trumboll said
there was a bill now pending to provide for the pay
ment of loyal citizens all over the South for army
stores regnlary furnished. Mr. Willey said he was
aware of the fact stated by Mr. Trumbull, but he be
lieved that bill would lead to discusaion. All he
proposed was to pnt the counties of Jefferson and
Berkeley on an equality with the other counties of
West Virginia. The resolution was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
The bill for the adraisaion of Colorado was dis
cussed.
HorsB.—The Senate amendments to the House
bill relating to the habeas corpus were taken op and
not concurred in. A committee of conference was
ordered thereon. The consideration of the army bill
was resumed.
From Europe—Arrival of the Southampton.
New Yore. April 24.—The steamship Southamp
ton, with dates to the 11th inst., has arrived at qua
rantine.
The ship Eliza, for Bremen, from New Y'ork, was
run into and sunk off Portland. All but one pe
rished.
The London merchants propose giving Mr. fieorge
Peabody a banqnet before lie leaves for America.
The Times' Paris correspondent says that Marshal
Niel, who commands “one of the greatest French
military divisions," bad an interview with the
French Emperor in Paris. It is inferred from this
circumstance that if war breaks out between Prus
sia and Austria, a corps of observation would be
formed on the Rhine. Marshal Niel commanding.
The Italian ambassador at Berlin, in a despatch
to Turin, announces that war is inevitable. Italy is
preparing, in case war occurs, to attack Austria in
Venetia.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Liverpool, April 11.—The cotton market is dull
and irregular, owing to the Herman difficulties and
excessive receipts. A decline of Id. per lb. lias taken
place.
London, April 11.—Consols 86ja86J; Five
twenties 7lja72J.
From New Orleans.
New Orleans, April 11.—A fearful crevasse has
occurred twenty miles below the plantation of A. S.
Paekard—an acre and a-half wide. The whole left
bank below is threatened with inundation. The
Bonded district was planted with sngar-eane.
The Provost Judge is in jail on a charge of swin
dling. Many cotton agents have also been arrested
and their applications for the writ of habeas corpus
refnsed.
Charges of Murder Withdrawn.
Boston, April 24.—The charges implicating Dodge
alias Scratch Hravel. in the murder of the Joyce
children, at Roxbnry, some eighteen months ago,
have been withdrawn, the investigation showing
that lie was not in Massachusetts at the time the
murder wan committed.
Baltimore Markets.
Baltimore, April 24.—Flour firm: stock light.—
Wheat steady; red. II Goal 70. Corn firm ; white,
39a90c.: yellow, 86c. Oats dull at 60c. Sugar
dull. Coflee dull and inactive. Provisions quiet.
Lard firm. Whiskey dull and nominal.
New York Markets.
New York, April 24.—Flour has advanced 10c.;
State 16 90u8 70; Southern 19 70a16 26. Wheat has
advanced la3c. Corn unsettled ; sales at 86a88c.—
Beef steady. Pork firm ; Mess $25 26a26 37.4. Lard
and Whiskey dull. Rice quiet, Carolina UJal3c.—
Sugar steady. Naval Stores steady. Gold 1261.
SHIPPING NEWS.
MINIATURE ALMANAC—April 25, 1866.
Son rises.5.19 I Moon set*. 3:0S
Sun sets......6:41 | High lido.. 1*29
PORT OF RICHMOND, April 24, 1S86.
ARRIVED.
Steamer M. Martin, Haines, Norfolk, merchandise
and passengers, Haskins A Brldgford.
Schooner Charles M. Stewart, Edmondson, Chowan
liver, N. C., fish, to E O. James A Co.
BAILED.
Steamer Hatteras, Parrish, New York, via Norfolk
And City Point, merchandise and passengers, S. Ayres
A CV
Steamer John Sylvester, Post, Norfolk, merchandise
and passengers, C. J. Towbridge.
Schooner Hope, Holland, Cabin Point, light.
Schooner Alice Curtis, Patterson, Baltimore, via Nor
folk, merchandise, McKowan A Curtis.
Schooner Ben Brown, Carr, Baltimore, lumber, Me
Kowau A Curtis.
VESSELS CLEARED COASTWISE.
New York, April 21.—Schooner Jenny Lind, Graves,
for Richmond, Va.
maCKLI.AKBOCS.
Schooner George W. Glover, Holbrook, from Rock
land, for Petersburg, Va., was at Holmes' Hole on the
20th Inst.
LIUHTBOCSRS.
The Lighthouse Board has Inangurated measures to
rebuild the lighthouse at Wade's Point, mouth of the
Pasquotank river, and the croaton light, near Roanoke
Island, N. C.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
JCT STEAM REFINED CANDIES. -My
Factory is now in full and successful operation, and I
can snpply
CONFECTIONERS,
GROCERS
And the COUNTRY TRADE
With any quantity of my inimitable
STEAM
REFINED
CANDIES
At short notice. I warrant it (as I have done for the
last twenty years) to stand in any climate. They are
made of the very best crushed sugars, and free from all
imparities. LOUIS J. BOSSIEUX,
ap24-lmf No. 80 Main street.
From the army hospital—the bloody battle-field—the
mansion of the rich and the bumble abode of the
poor--from the office and the sacred desk—from the
mountain top, distant Talleys and far-off Islands of the
ocean—from every nook and corner of the civilized
world-—is pouring in the evidence of the astonishing
effects of DRAKE’S PLANTATION BITTERS. Thou
sands upon thousands of letters like the following may
he seen at our office :
KEEDSBtTRT, Wts., 8ept. 16, 1S63.
» * » I have been in the army hospitals for
fourteen months—-speechless and nearly dpad. At Al
ton, Illinois, they gave me a bottle of Plantation Bil
lers. * * Three bottles restored my speech and
cured me. - - o. a. i^uid.
South Warsaw, Ohio, July 28,1883.
* * » One young man, who had been sick and not
out of the house for two years with 8crofula and Ery
sipelas, after paying the doctors over S1J0 without
benefit, has been cured by ten bottles of your Bitters.
EDWARD WrtUNALL.
The following Is from the Manager of the Union
Home School for the Children of Volunteers
HaVEUKTER MAHElOH, FirTT-SETEETH HTEEET, /
New York, August 4,1883. S
Dr. Dkahe: Your wonderful Plantation Bitters have
been given to some of our little children suffering from
weakness and weak longs, with most happy effect.
One little girl In particular, with pains in her head,
loss of appetite, and daily wasting consumption, on
whom all medical skill had been exhausted, has been
entirely restored. We commenced with but a tea
spoonful of Bitters a day. Her appetite and strength
rapidly Increased, and she is now well. * *
Respectfully, Mgs. 0. M. DBVOE.
* * • I owe ranch to yon, for I verily believe
the Plantation Bitters have saved my life.
Rev. W. H. WAGGONER,
Madrid, New York.
* • • The Plantation Bitten have cored me
of a derangement of the kidneys and urinary organs
that has distressed me for years. It acts like a charm.
C. C. MOORE,
254 Broadway, New York.
Ac., Ac., Ac., Ac.
* * * Thou wilt send me two bottles of thy
Plantation Bitters. My wife has been greatly benefit
ed by their ose. Thy friend,
ASA CURRIN,
Philadelphia, Pa.
* * * I have been a great sufferer from Dys
pepsia, and had to abandon preaching. * * * The
Plantation Bitters have cared me.
Rev. J. 8. CATHORN,
Rochester, N. Y.
* • » • The Plantation Bitters have
cured me of Liver Complaint, of which I was laid up
prostrate, and had to abandon my business.
y ’ H. B. KINGSLBY,
Cleveland, Ohio.
* • s I have given the Plantation Bitters to
hundreds of our disabled soldiers with the most aston
l.hlno .ffert o. W D. ANDREWS,
* Superintendent Soldiers' Home,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Plaetatioe Bittees make the weak itrong, the
angnid brilliant, and are exhausted nature’s great re
storer. They are composed of the celebrated Calisaya
Bark, Wintsrgreen, Sassafras, Roots, Herbs, etc., all
preserved in perfectly pare 8t. Croix Ram.
8. T.--1880.—X.
Persons of sedentary habits troubled with weak
ness, lassitude, palpitation of the heart, lack of appe
tite, distress aflereatlng, torpid liver, constipation, etc.,
deserve to suffer if they will not try them.
They are recommended by the highest medical ao
thoritles, and are warranted to prodnee an Immediate
beneficial effect. They are exceedingly agreeable,
perfectly pare and harmless.
Any person refilling bottles, or offering to sell Pi.ax
tatiox Bittees in bulk, by the gallon, or in any man
ner except as above, Is a swindler and Impostor, with
whom we shall deal as the law directs.
Sold by ail respectable dealers throughout the hablt
sble globe. p H DBAKg * CO., New Tork.
myl3-eodly2dp
) * lui/i
SPECIAL V0TICE8.
Icy RICHMOND ALE AND PORTER.
The undersigned hare just commenced brewing
ALB AND PORTER,
at Buchanan Spring, at the bead of Clay street, where
the manufacture of these articles will be conlineed
until their
NEW BItKWBKY,
now in course of erection, near the site of Stearns A
Brummet’s distillery, below Ricketts, Is completed
They guarantee an article In every reepeel equal to
and cheaper than the best Imported from any quarter
outside the State, whether home or foreign.
tV All orders sent through the post-oflce will be
punctually attended to.
* febg-Sm BETZ, YUENGUNO A BEYER
icy PAINTING ! PAJNTIgTi
L. L. MONTAGUE A SON,
HOU8B, SIGN AND ORNAMBNTAL PAINTERS,
TENTH STREET,
BETWEEN MAIN AND CARY,
Will be pleAsed to receive orders from their friends
and the public generally, for work of all kinds int heir *
line. I
They are prepared to do HOUSE PAINTING, GI.AZ
ING, GRAINING, Ac , in the very best style. Call and
leave your orders. Our terms shall be reasonable, and
we guarantee to do the best of work.
SIGNS furnished at short notice.
mh30-tf L. L. MONTAGUE A SON.
JCP PURCELL, LADD & CO.,
DRUGGISTS,
Having recommenced business In their new house on
the site of their old stand,
C'OKKKK Of M.tlX A*n TllllTIKXTa STR KITS,
RICHMOND, VA.,
Are prepared to offer their usnal Inducement# to pur
chasers.
They are now receiving, and have In slorealaige
and well selected stock of DRUGS, MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS, PAINTS, OILS, WINDOW OLA68,
FRENCH POLISHED PLATE and ORNAMENTED
GLASS, INDIGO, MADDER and OTHER DYES, R< OK
BRIDGE ALUM WATER, and a general assortment of
articles in '.heir line, which they offer on most favora
ble terms. j
Particular and prompt altcution to (lacking and for
warding orders.
PURCELL, LADD A CO , Druggists,
122 Main streel, corner of Thirteenth,
mt>2—tf Richmond, Va.
ICT* MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY—Au
Essay of Warning and Instruction for Young Men.—
Also, Di-eases and Abuses which pm-trale the vital
powers, with sure means of relief Sent free of charge
In sealed letter envelopes. Address Dr. J. SKILLIN
HOUGHTON, Howard Association, Philadelphia, Pa. ;j
apl7-3m
ICP WE WOULD CALL TIIK ATTENTION
of the citizens of Ibis Stale and others to the nse of
BAKER’S PREMIUM BITTERS,
Which all the druggists of th» city of Richmond, Vir
ginia, admit to be one of the most popular medicines
ever before the public for Ihe cure of Dyspepsia, Ner
vous Headache. Colic. Pains. Dvsenterv and Bowel
Complaints. In weak and debilitated females there is
nothing to equal the ready mode that it has in strength
ening the whole system, and if sny medicine ever de
served the title of a “ human comforter," it should be
BAKER'S CELEBRATED PREMIUM BITTERS. Since
the introduction of these Bitters, which has been about
fifteen years, the proprietor has received, in and about
the city of Richmond, over one thousand certificates,
where It has made permanent cure* in the above-ruined
diseases. Should you once become acquainted with Its
superior virtues In various complaints, you weuli
never be without it In your families.
To be had of all permanent Druggists in Virgin!*;
also of CANBY, GILPIN A CO., Baltimore, Marylan
Orders promptly filled by addres-ing 1
E. BAKER, Proprietor,
■Ml _Richmond, Va. 1
I CP A KREST DECA Y—PERFUMED
Breath, Sound and Healthy Gums, Pearly White Teeth.
Relief and freedom from Toothacbk can be obtained
by using DOWDEN'S DENTAL FLUID. Recommended
by Dentists and Physicians everywhere as superior to
the injurious compounds in use. Price (*> cents. For ;
■ale by ail Druggists.
Recommended by Drs. Pleasants, Woodward, Steel,
Hudson, Ac., Ac., of Richmond.
Jan2-3m PEYTON JOHNSTON A BKO. I
ICPHALL’S VEGETABLE SICILIAN H AIK
RENEWEK has proved itseifto bo the most perfect pre
paration for the hair ever offered to the public,
it is a vegetable compound, and contains no Injm tons
properties whatever.
IT WILL RESTORE ORAY I1AIKTOITS ORIGINAL
COLOR.
It will keep the hair from falling out.
It cleanse* the ecalo and makes the hair soft, lustrous
and silken.
It is a splendid hair dressing.
No person, old or yonng, should Nil to nee It.
IT 18 RECOMMENDED AND USED BY THE FIRST
MEDICAL AUTHORITY.
fltff”A*k for Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer,
and take no other.
R. P. HALL A CO.
Nashua, N. U. Proprietor.
For sale by ail druggists. nov21-tu
ICP DYSPEPSIA.—What everybody says
mast be true. We have heard Dr. Strickland's Toole I
spoken of so frequently by those who have been bene
fitted by it, that at last wo are compelled to make it
known to the public that we really believe It effect* a
cure In every case ; therefore, we say to those, who are
suffering with Dyspepsia or Nervous Debility, to go to
their druggists and get a bottle of Dr. Strickland's
Tonic._ OCI3.I ly
iCPTWO BAD CASES OF PILES CURED
BY DR. STRICKLAND'S PILE REMEDY.—Mr. Glees,
of Janesville, Wisconsin, writes for the benefit of all
who suffer with the Plies, that be has been troubled
for eight years with an aggravated ease of Piles, and
his brother was discharged from the army as lncuiabl*
(he being quite paralyzed with the Piles). Both these
distressing case* were eared with one hot le ot Dr.
Strickland's Pile Remedy. The recommendation of
these gentlemen, beside the dally testimonial* received j
by Dr. Strickland, ought to convince those suffering
th: * the most aggravated chronic cases of Piles are
cored by Dr. Strickland's Pile Remedy. It Is soil by
Druggists everywhere. co30--ly
icyA SUPERIOR REMEDY.—We CAn con
scientleusly recommend to those suffering from a dis
tressing cough, Dr. Strlcklsnd's Mellifluous Cough Bal
sam. It give* relief almost instantaneous, and i* with
al not disagreeable to the taste. There is no doubt but
the Mellifluoa* Cough Balsam Is oue of the best piepa
rattons in use, and is all that its proprietor claims for
it. We have tried It during the past week, and fnnnd
relief from a mwil distressing cough. It U prepeiei by
Dr. 8tricklaud, No. 139 Sycamore it., Cincinnati, Ohio,
and for sale by DruggUte. oetSOly
JCP BATCHELOR’S HA IK DTE.—The ori.
ginal and beet In the world ! The only true and per
fect Hair Dye. Harmless, Reliable and Instantaneous.
Prodaces Immediately a splendid Black or Nat ora
Brown, without injuring the hair or skin. Reruediee
the 111 effect* of bad dye. Sold by all Druggist*. The
genuine la signed William A. Batchelor. AI*o,
REGENERATING EXTRACT OF MliiR-FIJil K8,
For Restoring and Beautifying the Hair,
CHARLES BATCHELOR,
aull- lf New York.
|CjP SPECIAL NOTICE! i
JOHN W. KISON,
(Successor to Joseph Laldiey,)
APOTHECARY AND DHUGO ST
Corner of Main and Third streets,
RICHMOND, VA.,
Hae la atnre a large dock of Drugs, Medlcluea, Dye
Stuffs, Oil* and PainU, to which we invite the epecial
attention of Country Merchant* and all other* In want
of »ueh article*. __oct 16-if
ICPTO OUR FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC.
ANOTHER NEW STOCK.
We are opening tbi* day, direct from the manulae
turers, two hundred case* of
BOOTS, SHOES AND TRUNKS,
soluble for the fall »nd winter trade. Among our
etock ie eighteen hundred pair* of F. Dene A Co’s cele
brated Nailed and Pegged BROGANS, the beat n the
United Stale.. We conaider Dan* A Co. the bed mane
file in re r* in the world. We have been aellieglheae
Brogena for over twenty year*, and they elweya give
entire »atl»faetlon. We aak all in went of good Shoe*
or Boot* to give ue a tall.
oetffO-tf PUTNBT A WATTE.
ICP BILLIARD TEMPLE.
A RESTAURANT COUNTER
Will lft kept at the Billiard Temple, commencing THI8
(Saturday) AFTERNOON.
mh31-tf __JONE8 A GRISWOLD.
ICT HILL’S HAIR DYE, 50 CENTS—Block
or Brown, In.tantaneou*. Rest, cheapest, durable, re *
liable. DEPOT—NO. M JOHN STREET, NEW TORK.
Sold by ell Drug and Patent Medicine Store* eve y
where _ _ mhfi ly
IC7* O. B. STACY & SON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer* in
CABINET AND OFPICB FURNITURE, BEDDING,
CARPET8, OIL CLOTHS, Ac.,
110 Mate 8tbibt.
KS~ Special attention given to the menefaeture of
KATTRK8S88 and other articles of BEDDING.
ap’dlt _
ICP ROYAL HAVANA LOTTERY OF CU
BA, conducted by the bpanleh Government. EMO.OOO
n Gold drawn every 17 daya. Priaee cashed aid In
ormatlon fumUhed. The hlgheit rate* paid for Doub
non*, and all klnde of Gold and 8Uver.
TAYLOR a CO., Bankets,
Jan31-eod6m No. 16 Wall street, M. Y.
l*i. ;* t'l u * JiO . iJ A .\il *;* 4 i