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WEDENS^AY APEIL 28, 1869. ? "" ' ' '' " ' 11 '' ? The Convention?'The Situation. The Convention of the State Executive Committee and the Superintendents of Coonties of .the Conservative party will meet to-day at 12 o'clock at the Exchange Hotel, A number of gentlemen arrived yesterday, and there was good reason to anticipate a large meeting to-day. We trust this expectation may be realized. That the members will address them eolves to the important matters for their deliberation with a calmness and earnest ness worthy of the ocoasion we cannot doubt. The attitude of the State is plain. The facts bearing upon us stare us in bold relief; and they are not to be disputed, and their consequences as little to be evaded. The offices of the State have been swept, and are hut partially filled by persons who can take the iron-clad oath. The attempt to organise the Government upon that oath proves that as long as it prevails there can be no well-organized government in Vir ginia?and for the want of that the State must, during that time, be kept in a con dition of poverty and distress. The State is about to be called on to vote upon the question of the constitution em bracing this teet-oath, and also to elect Governor,' Congressmen, and Legislators. We are to be permitted to vote on purging the constitution of its most obnoxious clauses, through the influence of General Gkant with Congress. One of three re sults most occur: 1st. We may adopt the constitution as a whole. 2d. We may succeed in adopting the ex purgated constitution; and 3d. We may reject the constitution. If the first-named result happens, the white people of the State will, with an in considerable exception, be disqualified from holding office, and there will be installed in office a party which will, as long as possi ble, continue this sweeping disqualification that they may monopolize the ofliceB of the State. This condition will be infinitely worse than the present mixed military and civil government; for the military power acts as a check upon the civil officers who are in plaoo by military appointment. There can be no trust in such a government, and there can be no order and contentment as loDg as the white people are in bonds, aDd denied even the privileges accorded to negroes. In the second-named event, the people will be relieved from test-oaths and be eligi ble to office and full participation in the Go vernment. Thus freed, we can have a good government, directed by experienced men of integrity and reliability. We will have a restoration of order and confidence, and all the conditions essential to enterprise, industry, and prosperity. Should the third result occur, which is the leaBt poesible of all,.where are we ? The present Governor is in office, and no change will be made in our situation for the better. Indeed, there is every reason to believe that a rejection of the constitu tion?while we are permitted to vote down its most obnoxious features?which we could do easier than reject it altogether?would be considered as an act of contumacy at Washington, and be made the pretext for imposing upon us measures more-rigidly in tho line of penalties than any yet pre pared for us. Who will, after four yeare of poverty and affliction, open the scene of another woeful period of uncertain dura tion and threatened calamities when it is possible to avoid it and reconstruct the State upon a baBis from which we may soon work out our political and physical redemption ? Questions like these at this day admit of1 no fine rhetoric. They are too solid and serious for florid declamation and senti ment. We want action?immediate, practi cal, and wise; and this is the Bort of action which we are satisfied tho Convention this day means to take. 'Sore-Headism. There is an unusual amount of "sore headism " in the North. The multitude of " the sore-head persuasion "?the disap pointed office-hunters?is greater than at any former period in the history of the country; and that, too, notwithstanding that the northern States have pretty much all the Government, patronage divided amongst themselves. It appears that with the increase of pap thus given to those 8tates there has been a more than propor tionate increase of expectants, who have grown voraoious and clamorous to a degree without precedent. This is altogether na tural. The beaBts of prey are generally in proportion to the supply of carrion, and they grow moro and more ravenous as food is multiplied. The editorial profession has entered the ring of offioe-hunters with unwonted vim and eagerness. A sop here and there haB fired the expectations of many whose am bition has been quite lofty. Foreign mis sions were considered peculiarly appropri ate to editors; but General Ghaxt appears to have had a different opinion, whioh does not look like fixing np for a second term. He has been charged with making his ne glect of the press conspiouous. In this we think he is right. The press ought to be kopt pure ! But the honorable editors do not all consider that somewhat of the honors and a liberal bowl or two of the pap of the Government are detrimental to the integrity of the honorable community. They take occasion to let the world know that if they have not been made ministers they do not think those that have been appointed are very proper men for the responsible positions of representatives abroad. The New York Times, for instance, says: M The changes made by General Grant, though they do not elevate our foreign ser yioe, and will not greatly improve it either in char&oter or credit, do not disgraoe it. They have been too generally treated as coin, for the payment of personal or politi cal obligitions, and evince no very thorough knowledge of the qualifications required tor effective servioe in the foreign field. The assignment -is conspicuously the work of a man new to.this special department?of one clearly not familiar with what is want ed, or with the way to get it. We may look for a good many blunders and more fail ures ; but we may reasonably hope to escape absolute discredit." Here is a good deal of aching-something of neuralgia. Bat still we must side with QE/-*^aougb,atleoat,toBay that e more ho disappoints those who make partisanry a trade, the better for the Go vernment and the countrv. Carpet-Baggers'CM?8' carp?x--oa&&Wi" ?, ^vT The oarp.t-b9gcormoran?^?e the coneequencee of 1 from offi0e, got of the P?P1; of ,heonSore and emoluments ^S/ooTernn.eat, are sot at alleatie ?J thoydesire to have all those offices to which a fair apportloament.of the patron-1 ago of the Federal Government would enti tu tho States whioh they ?P??e8t' T^7 have set op a strong demand on th.e ground-claiming, on behalf of the peop o kMp under the ban of the charge that they are still rsbele, the rignt to share in the official spoils, and affecting decided indignation that their claim is not allowed. It may be seen that while greed Stimulates their demandB.the refusal to comely with them infiicts a sense of per sonal outrage, since the offices they claimed were only for themselves and their little clique of plunderers, and by no means to be distributed amongst their constituency not even the blanks, to whom they are alto gether indebted for the honors and emolu ments they enjoy. The northern partisans too highly p predate office to admit tbo claims of these persons. It is not surprising that Air. Sawybk, of South Carolina, should com plain bitterly that a Cabinet officer bed in formed him that ? be must remember that "the white Bcpublican vote of his Stote .. was very small; and he must ?ktoo "Otuch." No, not too much, Bavrwa. y?mu re only a few, and UP in the North there are many. So that, however mnoh he ultras in Washington may claim south e? S.roffices for the " truly loil," when ever it oomoo to the disposal of good thing on tho Federal table " they must not a. ? rranfiv they "must remember that 'TKSC'-.ws-s-w northern statesmanship. If ^hcrc 10 chance for a coMtrnction of law, or coneti tution, or establishing a rule, whichji 'r-V th0 number of southern repre Mntatives or the number of offices to be given to southern men-why, that chance will be seized upon. Beginning with cut ting down the weight of southern rep sedation by ruling oat a portion,of: the black population; since the war j taken measure to get the advantage of an, restricted snffrsgo in the South by appor tioning representation in Congress accord ing to the number of voters. In conso nance with this policy, of course the car pet-baggers could not hope to divdo amongst themselves the offices which might be due, upon a fair division, to tho dates they represent. Ah! no, indeed.. That J _ _ j. _ ?ac?A nP virPfilOUB iney rcuiPDume -? ? ? . . would be too great a wasto of precious things. The economic strategyj>f iC0tl?^ tine the claims of the southern States only by the number of "truly loll," and even then not including the blacks in the esti mate, saved too much to northern partisans not to be employed. ...... A?noap It is not a matter that is likely to create any sympathy North or South for those ad venturers now in office in the South. They have only made themselves offensive, and excited disgust amongst the congressmen and public officers at Washington. It is there considered that it is quite enough that the laws should put the white people of the I South under the ban and secure the State I offices to these adventurers ; and that it is I therefore very great impudence m them to oorne to Washington and claim a Awe of the loaves and fishes, which belong alto6et*or to the loyal States and the partisans thereof. The Radical Crocodiles. The ultra Radicals are like crocodiles inhabiting a great Black Sea in the State. The sea is theirs, and all they drog in from the land is so much clear gain. So they practice all their arts to take their prey from the shore. They lift up their noi some bodies upon the land, and by crying, and feigning, and one trick and another, they get their jaws upon the deluded, and soon drag them beneath the waters of the Black Sea. The crocodile is a fit representative of the demagogue?like him, cold, cunning, and hypocritical; like him, offensive and disgusting. The Radical demagogue with us bases all his calculations ol' being elected to office upon the negro vote. There lies his hope. That is his great Black Sea. He counts upon that as certain. Yet he wants some help from the outside. He muBt either get a pretty good white vote, or he must divide the white vote, or he will be defeated; and so he devotes himself to strengthening his poeition, dragging down victims into the Black Sea, or getting those who are opposed to him a-fighting among themselves, that he may capture them, and so bring them at last under the black deluge of a black govern ment. What a filthy and hateful thing is the crocodile ! and yet we are inclined to ask his pardon for comparing him with the Radical demagogue! No man can be familiar with the arts and strategy of the ultra Radicals of this State without admitting the entire force of the above comparison. Their principal organ is constantly engaged in disparaging and traducing the character of the people of Virginia. Yet, knowing that they must get a portion of the white votes to secure a triumph to its party, it undertakes to divide the whites into classes, and affects to be a warm friend of the poor and the mechanic. It denounces a class it pleases to call pam pered and proud, and Bheds its crocodile tears of sympathy over the humble and laboring man. These it would pay the highest of tributes of which it 16 capable? that they are as good as the colored people, and ought to be entitled to hold office! Could there be a more absurd' sugges tion at this time than that there is an aristooracy in this State ? Who is it that oan insult this oppressed people with such slang ? In no State in this Union at any time was there a better and kihder feeling towards true merit than in this State of Virginia; nor was there ever a State whose publio stations were filled by a larger pro portionate number of men who had risen from poverty. Great riches we never had. The distinctions were in the main based on merit. Our term " gentleman " belonged to poor and rich, and some of the recog nized true gentlemen of Virginia whom we have known were amongst the poorest of the people. But we have become used to insult and defamation from the hungry imported leechea who are never full enough of blood?not the blood of the battle-field, but the blood drawn from the veins of the peo ple tied down and helpless?the blood whioh oozes out in agony upon the surface ; which is gorged by the horde now preying upon us with the insatiable appetites of the meanest of parasites# Wc can considor their aspersions calmly. They think they hare immunity from ac countability. Basing themselves upon the black population, they believe that they have complete power over us, and look forward to disqualifying all of the white natives of Virginia from the right to hold offioe as a guarantee for their being permanently established in the public offioes to tax us at will and eat out our substance. Never was there a more impudent expectation, nor never was impudent expectation entertained* by less worthy men. In the end it will prove that never were men more justly brought to retribution. The traduction of the true people of Vir ginia by these creatures will occasion no concern on the part of the slandered. They take it as a compliment. But the good peo ple who receive the encomiums and the sympathy from this source '.?this goes hard with them ! That the worthy white peo ple of this State who are compelled to labor for their bread, and the true-hearted and proud spirited mechanic, are approached in the hope that they could be seduced by the crocodiles into their black sea will in truth give to those worthy and invaluable citizens infinite mortification. We sin cerely sympathize with them. We indig nantly spurn, on their behalf, the filthy ap proaches of the hypocritical seducer. These people may not bo the enemies of the black man, but they are assuredly not the enemies of their own race. They are not ready just now, by an act of unheard-of, treachery to their own race, to invoke upon their own heads such ruin as could only proceed from divine wrath ! No, these are the tricks of the crooodiles, who operate from their black lake, in and about which they must ever keep. There are few people in Virginia who have not now to work for their daily bread. It is a mockery to talk about aristocracy here now, unless it is aristocratic to be virtuous and to detest hypocrisy and villainy wherever it appears. Wretches who affect to sympa thize with labor, yet whose whole study is to live without labor, and to plunder the very people they revile and are endeavor ing to continue in chains and disabilities, can never command the respect?nay, can never be regarded with anything but detes tation by honest men, whether mechanics and laborers or not. Let them go down into their black lake. There they must perish! The Hon. Lewis Lindset?whose un happy state of inebriation on Saturday was noticed in this paper, together with the fact that he went to get sober to that room in the Enquirer where is generated the vapor that runs tho machine?got entire possession of his legs and lungs by Monday evening, when he thundered at the doors of the capitol. It was reported that on Sa turday he pawned his brass horn for a drink?horn for horn?and became oblivi ous afterwards as to who held the horn as security for the liquor drank. Whether he got it or not, is not reported. He blew Go vernor Wei.ls's horn, however, with great vim. L. L. is the especial antagonist of the Rev. Fields Cook, candidate for Con- ( gress ; and endeavors to choke that gentle man off wherever he goes. L. L. devotes himself and horn entirely to the carpet baggers, and wo?ks like a slave to help on the scapegrace Porter against a man of his own color who is well known in this community. This is jealousy?the honora ble inebriate can't bear to eco a colored man sent to Congress ahead of himself. Fields is intelligent and persistent, and sees through the carpet-baggers. He talks sense. Lindset is a mere gabbler. Fields will shine in triumph while Lindset is extinguished in?a horn. Northern Ladies Entering the Breach 1?The smart women of the North, after long assailing the solid earthworks of the men, have made a breach, and are making the most of it. Having established a club called " Sorosis," in which they dis-1 cuss what is called " social science," they inveigled a number of poor male dupes into association with them, and have inau gurated a eeries of club dinners, to which the men are rather compelled than allured to go, and where they have to sit quietly and listen to the pretty canaries and passee magpies chatter away. Their dinner of Saturday night at Delmonico's gave the fair sisters infinite satisfaction. They were chiefly regaled on tea, and the men on talk. Sterne said there came down from Heaven ten measures of garrulity, and the ladies took nine. The ladies have been in clined to believe this, and deeming that they have been denied their share of public declamation, have asserted their claim at Delmonico's. Their masculine guests be came firm believers in Sterne's statement. The march of the fair insurgents is possibly on to Richmond." Let the Enquirer tremble! The New York Times, which has com plained bitterly of the appointments of the Administration, now with sorrow takes the New York Sun to task for entering upon what looks like a systematic crusade against President Grant and his administration, " partaking somewhat largely of the per " 6onal and party rancor which has hitherto " been mainly restricted to the World. These papers may not understand fully what General Grant means by his appoint ments ; but we are sure the President is equally confounded to make out what these papers mean by the kind of support they have given him of late. The Epragce and Abbott personality has been quieted, as our readers know, by the statement of Mr. Spbague that he did not mean to apply the word " puppy" to Abbott, as his speech was written before Abbott's (which was supposed to have pro voked the epithet) was made. Well, who is the puppy ? In other days, congressional personalities were a little more plain! Canada and the Alabama Claims.? The British Minister, Mr. Thornton, says that the talk about the cession of Canada as a means of settling the Alabama claims is too absurd for notice. Preservation ok Beep.?It has for some time been a study how to preserve beef for transportation, as an article of commerce, over the world, so that the vast herds of the South Amerioan pampas may becomo tri butary to the support of dense populations elsewhere. With this objec*- some time Bince the Argentine Republic offered a reward of $8,000 in gold for the beat system of preserving meats. Several plans have been submitted, but as a number of them were unaccompanied with samples, the time for receiving proposals has been ex tended to the 31st of August next. The system invented by Professor Gamgee, of Chicago, in which salt is not employed, has been represented as effec tual ; but the process is understood to be so costly that it cannot be utilixed without some improvement promoting its economy. DIED* On Tuesday morning. at fifteen minutes past 5 o'clock, Mrs. JOHANNA SULLIVAN. con?ort of Florence Snlllvan, la the forty-filth year of her age T be funeral will take Place from the residence ofber husband. on Ryrd between Ninth and Tenth streets THI" (Wednesday) EVENING *ta o'clock. The friends and acqnalntances of the family are Incited to attend Philadelphia papers pTeise copy. MEETINGS. Hollywood cemetery company. The ANNUAL MEETING OP THE HOL LY WOnD CK?*ETFRV COMPANY will be held at the office of the Virginia State Insurance Com pany of Richmond, No. 1008 Main street, on TOE8DAY, May 4th, at s o'clock P. M. JAMES H. GARDNER, ap 28- 6t Secretary. HE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE S rO^KHOLDV-RS OF THR INSURANCE AND 8AVTNG* COMPANY OF VIRGINIA will be held at the office of the company on TUE3DAY, 11th of May next, at S o'clock P. M. ap 27?tdm DaVID J. RITRR. Secretary HE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE GAL I.VG<? MH-L8 MANUFACTURING COM PANY are hereby notified that the annu?l meeting ?will he held at th? office of the company on TUES DAY the Uth of May, )889, at 12 o'clock M ?lH 'MaSB KaESJCE. Secretary. Richmond. April 27. lseo. ap 27?tMayu* "II ~AJTOSEWnEMTS' T> ICHMOND THEATRE. FOUR NIGHTS MORE. BICHINGS ENGLISH OPERA. MBS. C. BICHING8 BERNARD - Directress. A. a. FENNOYEB - - Bus nes3 Manager. 8. BEHBENB - Conductor. THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING, April 28th, BENEFIT OF .1. A. ARNOLD, when will he produced Balfe's ever-popular Opera, THE BOHKMIAN GIRL, with the following cast: Count ArnbeJm, 8. C. Campbell; ihaddeus, William Castle; Drvllshoof, F. Srgaln; Fiorestlne (for this occasion only) J. A.Abkold; Arline, Miss R. A bell; Queen of the Gipsies, Miss a nna Mlcbka ; Bud a. Mrs. Gonzalez. Nobles, Soldiers, Retainers, Chorus Ac. fccene?Bohemia. To-morrow (Thursday) Evening, NOBMA. Frldav Evening, Benefit of Miss C. Alchings Beraaid, MaKTHA. Saturday Evening, FBA. DI AVOLO. Box office open dally at J. W. Davies's Musical Exchmgo, M?1n street. The grand piano used with the orchestra Is from the celebrated manufactory of Scbomacker a Co., IhrouvhJ W. Davies. agent for this city ap28?it J. F. ZIMMERMAN..Treasurer. J7 J. EUKER'S SPRING* PARK! J take pleasure inlnf urnlng my friends and the public that from and aLer tb's day my above de light! ul summer resort will be again open EVERY and ALL DaY during the season. Particular attention Is called to my large Danc ing Hall and Dlnlng-Soom (the latter now in con struction), f r plc-nlcs. private entertainments, lodges, and other societies. Kespectfuliy, ap 28?3t E. J. EUKER. REMOVALS. _ KEMOVAL^?LEE & GODDIN,'AU<> TIwNEKKS AND REAL ESTATE Ar-KNT?, have removed to No. 1113 under the banking-house of Messrs. Lancaster & Co., fjr meriy occupied by Messrs. Harrison, Goddln & a pperson. TO OUB PATRONS AND THE PUBLIO.-To accommodate our increasing business and better serve our friends we have taken the eonveolentlv arranged office as above. In this connection It Is Dot luapproprlatc to express, as we feel, our thanks to agenerou3 public for the kind support we have received at their hanus during tbree years pist; and with the assurance that their favors will nave that faithful and prompt attention la the fu ture which we have bestowei in the past, we thall continue to give our undivided attention to sales, of real estate and personal property in the city and country renting property and collecting re.its, and negoti <tlon of loans on the most favorable terms, and solicit a continuance of the liberal patronage extended us. rrantcments recently effected In the North and elsewhere, of a most satisfactory charac cr, prompt us to 6ay that our facilities for jelling lands, and city property as well, are not excelled by any agency In the south. Very respectfully, Newton m. l^f, J AMES E. G >DDIN. Richmond, 28th A prll, 1869. ap 28?2t F FOR TOBACCONISTS. OR TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS. TON QUA BEANS, OLIVE OIL?In glass and tin, GUM GEDDA, GUM ARABIC, LICORICE, for sale by ap 28 PALMER, HARTSOOK A CO. WINES AND QQUORS. T IQUORSj LI^UORS^ ^QU^)RS. We beg leave to call the attention of the trade to our LARGE and WELL-SELECTED ASSORTMENT OK FOREIGN and DOMESTIC WINES, LIQUORS, AC., c insisting In part of 3 casks Otard, Dupuy A Co.'s Fine Brandy, vintage 1862; 1 cask old JHennessy Brandy, vintage 1862 ; 25 demijohns Jtxtra Fine Dark Brandy, for me dicinal purposes; ? casks Very enperlor < herry Wine ; 6 casas \ery Superior Port Wine, direct im portation : 10 ca' ks "Medium Grade" Wine, 60 baskets Champagne, superior brands ; 25 cases fine Wines, one Uu/.en bottles each; 60 cases Claret Wine, > barrels (W. A.) Old Rye Whiskey, five years old ; 10 barrels Kentucky Eourbon Whiskey, two years old; 10 barrels Willson's Pennsylvania Whiskey, two years old; 16 barrels i *cksy'a Mountain Wblskey, 20 barrels Hanger's Whiskey, 2> barrels Martin hlikey, 16 barre.s White's Rockbridge Whiskey, 10 barrels nngelman's Val'ey Choice Whiskey, 160 barrels common to medium "ft hlskey, 10 barrels Ho land Gin, 16 barrels New England Rum, 3 barrels old Jamaica Hum. Also, a large lot of mlxelBrandle3, Wines, Cor dials, Tonic and Bar B1 lers, Ac., Ac., In Btore and for sale on accommodating terms. AND1U.W J. GRAY A CO., ap 28 No. a Pearl Block. STUART'S PURE VIRGINIA WHIS KRY, WALLACE'S MOUNTAIN DEW WHISKEY, LONDON DOOK BRANDY, O' D PORT, SHEtiRY, and MADEIRA WINES ; nPPLfi BRANDY, GIN, and JAMAICA BUM. ap 28 CMaRLBS L. T<'DD. EDICINAL LTQUORS. 1ISNNES3*Y'o PURE FRENCH BRANDY, OTAhD' - PURE FRF.VPH BRANDY, Cnolce OLD " G " WHISKEY, RILEY'S MOUNTAIN, PHILADELPHIA, and KECTIF'ED WHISKEYS. HUNDLEY A TATUM, ap 23 . 628 Broad street. UINNESS'8 EXTRA DUBLIN P0R TKR* brewed by Messrs. Artb. Guinness, Bon A Co., and bottled for export by Messrs. S. A J. Burke. Dublin. A full supply of thl* superior Stout, imported direct, on hand and to arrive. fc. c. TARDY A CO., ap 19 Importers. KID GLOVE3 FOR THE OPERA.-Oae vl*l of jo UVEN'O KID-GLOVE CLEANER ?win clean one dozen pairs of Kid Gloves, and make them as good as new. For sale at MEADE A BAKER'S, ap 28 919 Mala street. SAVE YOUR FURS AND CLOTHS.? CAMPHORATED VEfTVERT Is le?s volatile and much cheaper than Camphor, and will protect effectively Fars. Cashmeres, Carpets, and Woollen. Goods, against the ravages of moths and other In sects, Price, 76c. a box Sold bv MEADE & BAKER, Pharmacists, ap 28 919 Main street. LARD OIL?best quality for tobacco nists?for sale by ap28 F{JK''rL.L, L*DP A C?.. Druggists. FARINA COLOGNE.?Genuine J. M. A. Farina Cologne Just received by ap 28 PURO* t.L, L* DO A Co.. Druggists. Hall & hutohison, 1116 Main, above Twelfth street. A fuU stock of COTTONS, THREADS, BUT TONS, and SMALL WARES generally, at whole sale only. mhM?eodim SPECSIAX* ^thomas ft. PBfcE k co* abb OPENING TC-DAY their SECOND BUPPLY OP SPRING GOOD8. consisting of a very full line of dress goods, in POPLINS, JAPANESE CLOTH3. barPgzs, GRENADINES, Ac.: LLAMA LACE. GRENADINE, AND SHETLAND SHAWLS, Their stock of GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS is very complete and attractive. BP 28-lw THOMAS R. PRICE A CO. 1^* SECOND GRAND OPENING ~ OF SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS AT |JULIUS SYCLE'S, 415 Broad street between Fourth and Fifth streets. We have Just received one of the LARGEST and BEST ASSORTMENTS of SPRING and 8UM KER DRY GOODS ever offered in this city, and at prices to suit one and all; CALICO at 10 and lfjc.; LENOS at 25c. per yard, really worth 80c ; STRIPED GRENADINE at 37$c.; STRIPED CHALLI*. 35c.; S iTIN-STBIPJfD MOZ aMBIQUE at 40c.-really a great bargain ; loo dozen Ladles' WHITE HG8E at 12c. a pair; HEMSTITCHED IIANDKEBC HI a FS. six for $1; 25 dozen Misses' LISLE GLOV ES, laced back, At 25C? * Ladles' LINEN HANDKEBCHIEFS at 81.35 per dozen; SATIN-STRIPED CHINA POPLIN at 5Cc. ; JAPANESE POPLIN, plain, plaid, and striped; BLACK GRENADINE, BAREGES, TAMAR TANES, Ac- : FIGURED GRENADINE : LLAMA LACE POINTS at all prices ; BILK SACQUES; SUMMER SHAWLS, a large variety; WHITE G?ODS of every description; 8-4 GRENADINES, BAREGES, and FRENCH OFGANDIES, for Shawls; EMBROIDERED and LACE HANDKER CHIEFS. from 20 to 75c.; LINEN BOSOMS, fnll size, 35c.; IRISH LINEN, PILLOW-CASE and SHEET ING LINEN; WAM5UTTA COTTON at 26c.; Splendid WHITE COTTON at 12Jc.; CASSIMERE8. LINENS, and COTTONADEB at 25c. and npwards. for boys' and men's wear ; NOTIONS in endles9 variety ; PAEA80L3 and SUN UMBRELLAS; FANS; Heal FRENCH COSSETS, Ac. JULIU8 8YCLE, 415 Broad street, between Fourth and Fifth, ap 28 next door to Kelnlngham's bookstore, jpg-BREEDEN A FOX, NO. 401 BROAD 8TREET, ARE Ol'ENING LARGE ADDITIONAL BUPPLIK8 OK SPRING AND BUMMER DRY GOODS, [ap 57?lot] fljg-GRAND OPENING OF THE SPRING TRADE. GOODS TO BUIT EVERYBODY. PRICES TO SUIT ALL. LEVY BROTHERS ARE NOW OFFERING A LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE STOCK OF DRY GOODS suited to this and the approaching season. They will continue to st 11 at one price, and will make no deviation under any cir cumstances. 8o every one can rely upen purchasing at the same price, whether they are judges or not. 1 hey are offering a large stock of LEN08 and MOZ 1MBIQUE8 at 20 , 25, and 30c.; DELAINES and ALPACAS at 20, 25, and 30c.; LAWNS at 20c. sold everywhere at 25c.; CHECKED MUSLINS at all prices; A full assortment of BRILLIANTS ; elegant PERCALES ; PBINTSD CAMBRICS and PRINTED BRILLIANTS; CLOTHS, CABSIMERES. KENTUCKY JEANS, LINEN, and DRILLINGS, at all prices ; TABLE-CLOTHS, NAPKINS, DOILIES, and TOWELS; COLORED TABLE-CLOTHS and NAPKINS; MARSEILLES QUILTS, for Cradles, Cribs, and j Bedsteads; LACE CURTAINS, EMBROIDERED CURTAIN MUSLINS, and NOTTINGHAM LACE8; - PRINTED and WHITE IRISH LINEN; SB 1ST BOSOM 3 of every description; LACE POINTS of every description; COTTON and LINEN DIAPERS ; INFANTS' FROCK WAI iTS and DRESSES; ELEGANT EMBROIDERED BANDS ; CAMBB1J and SWISS INSERTIN68 and EDGINGS; LISLE, GUIPURE, VALENCIENNES, and CROCHET EDGINGS and 1NSERTING8; TAPE-BOdDERED, HEMSTITCHED, LACK, TUCKED, and EMBROIDERED HAND KERCHIEFS ; A full assortment of FLANNELS at very low prices; BUFF and WHITE PJQUE In large variety; PARASOLS and UMBRELLAB In endless va riety ; A large assortment of FRINGES, GIMPS^ and BUTTONS ; MAGIC, BROADWAY, COVENTRY, NIGHT INGALE, and BRITANNIA RUFFLES; MARSEILLES TRIMMINGS and COTTON FRINGES; POINT, MALTEBE, VALENCIENNES, and EM BROIDERED COLLARS; An endless variety of WHITE and COLORED LINEN COLLARS and CUFFS; MITS; LISLE UI8EAD, 81LK, and KID GLOVES; A full assortment of HOSIERY for men, women, and children; WATER-PROOF CLOTH Jn all shades, PARASOLS of the latest designs ; LADIEt' SUN UMBBHLLA8-&11 sizes; SPRING and SUMMER SHAWLS and SILK WRAPPIN6S, All kinds of NOTIONS, CHEAP JEWELRY, JET CHAINS, AC. Yon can find everything In the DRY GOODS LINE, at the very lowest price, at LEVY BROTHERS', ap 37 Nos. ins and 1315 Main street. EDUCATIOMAX. Richmond Hebrew, German, and ENGLISH, INSTITUTE. The above 8^HGOL, under tte auspices of the Congregation Beth Ahaba, on Eleventh street, Is now la roll operation, and under the superintend ence of the R*V. Dr. A. 8. BETTELHSIM. Competent teachers are In charge of the differ ent branches, and Dr. Bettelhelm will give special Instruction In HWKBEW and GERMAN. Parents wishing to send their children should do so at once. The rates are very reasonable, and all particu lars can be obtained by applying at tbe school to BRV. DR. BaTTa^bEIM, or to ISAAC HUTZLEB, ap 87?lw 9W Mala street. ALL KIND8 OF PRINTING done in THE BEST STYLE OF THE AST AT THE ?ATCH PRINTING-HOUSE. Jail pOPDBBTTB' The attention of fhrmera and garden era Is re spectfully called to tbU Juitly-celebratod PJEKTILlZftK. It win proddc* more In proportion to coat than ?ny other manure, and will mature the crop from two to three weeks earlier. _ FOB TBtJCK FARMS it stands nnrivalled. It la more extensively used in Europe and Asia than any other fertilizer. Becommended particularly for CORN, OOTToN, TOBaCCO, AND Vi-GETABuRH. It Is made from the night-soli taken from the city of Richmond. Bend for a circular and read the certificates of those who have tried It. Packed in strong barrels, and sold at $10 per ton. ' Vincent bargamxn, Manufacturer, Office and storehouse 1067 i. a y street ap It?lm and Basin bank. Richmond, Va. -J A A TONS No. 1 PERUVIAN GU lUU ANO-direct from the warehouses of the Peruvian Government?for sale at lowest rates by ap ? ALLISON A aui?I*QN. icn TONS SOLUBLE PACIFIC GU Jl tJ\J ANO-the genuine article?for sale by ALLISON A ADDISON, ap t Agents Pacific Gnano Company. 1 AH TONS WHANN'S RAW BONE ll/VJ SUPER PHOSPHATEt-the best super phosphate we know of, and thoroughly reliable? for sale by ALLISON A #.i?DIBOn, ap 3 Agents for Manufacturers. QAAA BARRELS PCRE FLOUR OF OvvV RAW BuNE?literally as fine as flour, and warranted unsieamed and unburnt, w e will give a money guarantee of the purity of this arti cle. For sale by aLLIBoN a aDDIson, ap t Agents for Manufacturers. rj*HE SOUTHERN FERTILIZING ^ COMPANY, Oftici corner Cajry and Yieoinla streets, RICHMOND, VA., again offer to the farmers of Virginia and North Carolina their well-known and thoroughly-tested FERTILIZERS, TOBACCO FERTILIZER AND OLD DOMI NION FERTILIZER, FOR SPRING CROPS. The uniform success which has attended the use of the Tobacco FERTILIZER places it at the head of the list of fertilizers for that crop. Price, $7o per ton. Tho OLD DOMINION FERTILIZER Is spe cially adapted for use upon the oat and corn crops, and for these crops has no superior. Price, $M per ton. PURE FRESH GROUND PLASTER, AGRICULTURAL SALT, SULPHATE SODA, SULPHATE POTASH, PLASTER AND POTASH, AC., always on hand. Special preparations made at Bhort notice. Address "VV. GLlHaM, President, mh 33? Cw post-office box 974. G UANO, GUANO, GUANO. 300 TONS NO. 1 PERUVIAN GUANO, direct from Government agent, in store and for sale to arrive at lowes* rates by mh t LKK, SKltDON A CO. BARRELSyURE GROUN D _ BONE, BONE MEAL, AND FLOUR <">? BONE.-1Tlila Is warranted to be pure RAW BONE, gathered principally from slaughter-houses, analyzing over six per cent, ammonia. It has been tested, and proved supe rior to Peruvian guano on tobacco, and a little over half cost of guano. For sale at lowest rates by LEE, HEDJ.) >N & CO.. rah 8?3m Sole Agents for the Manufacturers. 1.000 ^ SEEDSMEN, FLOBISTS, Ac. RElTaB LE G ARDEN SEE DS?a com plete assortment. NAVY BEAh.8, MARROW BEANS, SEED POTATOES, all varieties?early and late. For sale by ap 3 ALLISON & ADDISON. Q_ARDEN SEEDS I FIELD and GBA8S SEEDS 1 FLOWER SEEDS I POTATOES. Early Goodrich, Early White Sprout, Early Rose, Harlaon, Dykeman, Monitor, Ac. Fruit Trees, Ornamental Trees, Evergreens, Flowers, Shrubbery, Ac. Three following catalogues forwarded free to any address: Descriptive Catalogue of Fru't and Ornamental Trees, Descriptive Catalogue of Flowers and Flower Seeds, Descriptive Catalogue of Garden Seeds, SEEDS SENT BY MAIL. ALLAN & JOHNSON, Dos Main street, Agents for American Basket Company's Straw berry Boxes. mh J JEpRESH GARDEN SEED! / ' CABBAGE OUR SPECIA LTY 1 WE CAN'T BE EXCELLED ! Catalogues sent on application, and brief di rections l'or cultivation. PALMER A TUEP1N, fe 10 1626 Mala street. BAMS AMD BANKERS, "WILLIAM B. ISAACS, WILLIAM G. TAYLOR, JOHN C. WILLIAMS. William B. Isaacs & Co., Bankers,) Corner Main and Fourteenth streets. > Richmond, April if, meg. ) Foreign exchange.?we draw TIME or tltiHT BILLS la sums to suit cn the following places - to wit: EN GL AND?London and Liverpool. IRELAND?Dub. In. SCOTLAND?Edinburgh. FRANCE?Paris and Havre. GERM ANY?Bremen, Fraukfurt, Augsburg, Muenchen, Darms'adt, Stuttgart, Neustadt an iter Haardt, Mannbelm, Landau In der Pfalz, Hei delberg, Wlen, Prag. Cocsel, Luebeck- Leipzig, Crefeld, Dortmund, Luxemburg, Muhlhauseu la Thurlngen. Braunschweig, Breslao, Dresden, (,'oelii, Berlin, Goettlngen, Magdeburg, Koenlgs burg. SWITZERLAND?Bern. BKLGlUM-BiuJSCls. HOLL AN L>? * msterdam. SWEDEN?Stockholm. NORWAY?Christiana. COLLECTIONS made on all accessible points. DEPOSITS received. LOaNS negotl?ted. ap 14? d&wlm jjoLLAR SAVINGS BANK. BANK OF DEPOSIT AND DISCOUNT. INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS. Deposit your money and get Interest. Do not keep It Idle. Omen corner Main and Wall, no. isoo. SECURITY UNDOUBTED. JOHN E. BOSSIZUX, President. Thomas 8. Abmistzad. Cashier. Ja M??m PROPOSALS. BE IT RESOLVED THATTHE CHAIR MAN of the Committee for the t e'.lef of the Poor Is authorized to advertise In two of the dally papers, for Ave days, f,>r the following supplies for the city alms-house, for the mon'hs of May June, and .Inly Bid3 and samples to be received up to THURSDAY, April JO, 14 o'clock, for the exami nation and approval of the Committee for the Relief of the Poor : FRESH B *??, 8,320 pound3 ; BACON, 4 137 pounds ; Flour. ioo bar/els: CORN MEAL, 138 bushels ; RICK- 8jo pounds : COFFEE, L 3,9 pounds ; SUGaK, 3.160 pounds ; "VINEGAR, eo gallons; SALT, 6 sacks; MOLASSES, 270 gallons; HERRINGS, 27 barrels, BOAP, I 103 pounds. Bids should be addressed to HENRY MILLER. ap34?ft Chairman of Committee. Okt icb ok City Exginub, April 21,1669. QEALED PR0P0SAL8 "will be received O at this office until M o'clock noon W EDNES DaY ths 28 h Instant, for furnishing all the PKC \ EnDek required for the city mules and horses for the next thiee months. Form* of proposals can ba obtained, and all ne cessary lnfojm.tlon In regard to the same, on ap plication at thii office. ? JOHN B. CRENSHAW, ap 22?Th.8AW3t City Engineer. GRANITE WOBKS^ Richmond granite company.? We are prepared to furnish the very best quality GRANITE, dressed or undressed. In any quantity. We will also build all kinds of GRAN PTE WORK at short notice. Special attention given to rough or dressed WALL WORK. CEME TERY WORK, Ac., and all material furnished," Office comer of Canal and Seventh streets. GEORGE BLUMKNTHAL, la si?3m Superintended ,t , JDBAYS, Ac.. QHILDREN'S CARRIAGES. J. ?. TOWEB8 4 CO , No. no Main stbsxt, ap 11?Im oppoiite Spots wood Hotel. Rockland lime.?1,000 barrels KOOKLAND LIME la store. Just xccelm' p?r schooner Maggie Bell, ap 19 A. 8. LEE. mgCBAKCE com* AlfDBl, THJS MUTUAL bSSSvoSSt Ufi ASSOCIATION. "* 8TB10TlT~MUTDAL. A binding together of a number of pergons &. the mutual protection of etch other. All proflu divided amongst lw membert. Anenergetic agutt wanted for BlchmoB4~<m? pns'ed in clfe Insurance. None other need bddIt Office, corner of Main and Twelfth ttreeti, Ko 1203 J. A. BiCLVIN, President. ' ap 38 T. B. 8TAKK.lt. General Arret. HJS MUTUAL LIPeInBURaSS COMPANY OF Hlff YOBK, TWENTY-SIXTH G&NFR4.L BTATEKm OF THIC MUTUAL, L1FK INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YOBX FOB THE YKAB ENDING FEBrtUAKY 1, 1149; Net*M?U February!, 1843 933.rn.4l3 u Receipts during the year $4* 791 Hi Oisbortemcnts during the year 4,404,444 j| Net awets Febrntry 1,1*49 <?m?i 11 nmtSTKD as follows: Cash f i,883,480 a Bonds and mortgages.... 31,448,197 43 United States and New York Bute stocks, cost.. 8,344.108 71 Seal estate.... 041,807 M Due from agents.. 39 433 11 ? - U Add: Deferred premiums (semi annual and quarterly)... $1,119,470 H Premiums principally for policies Issued In De cember and January, in course of transmission., 311.500 07 Interest due and unpaid.. 4,4X4 43 Interest accrued but not due on stocks and bonds and mortgages.......... 341,473 00 Market value of stocks in excess of cost,.,..,, Kiytn 81 3,8?,Ml ? Gross assets February 1st, 1849 941.444 484 ti ? " 1 1 -a THIS ASSETS AH* THX78 APPROPRIATED : Net reserves, company's table, 4 per cent. 938, <>3 Bis 03 Surplus...... 3 080,873 74 P $31,434,40 74 Amount of new Insurance for the year Hf Number of policies 17,334 Total number of policies In force February 1st, 43,484 Amount insured thereby. 304,983,644 CO MORTUARY BIPOBT. First class?Zymotic diseases (fevers, small pox, etc.) 41 Second class?Diseases of the nervous system (apoplexy, paralysis, epilepsy, etc.).. el Third class?Respiratory system (consump tion. asthma, bronchitis, etc ) 134 Fourth class?Circulatory system (diseases of the heart, aneurbm, etc.) 14 Fifth class.?Digestive system (diseases of the stomach, liver, hernia Jaundice, etc ) 43 Sixth class?Genito-urlnary system (dlaoetea, gravel, etc.) 13 Seventh class ?Uncertain seat (rheumatism, scrofula, cancer, dropsy, etc.) 21 Eighth class.?Integumentary S)stent (erysipe las etc ) * Nlutb class Dlsci6ea Irom external causes (accidents, suicides, etc.) 44 Tenth class.?Age.... 3 Total, 371 Of the 43 deaths which occurred from external causes 44 were accidental, 5 were suicides, and I were probably murdered - the motive being In one each to elfoc arobb.ry, audln the i.ther somewhat doubtful, as the Insured was struck by a stone from behind a wall on a road In the coumry. Of the accidental, 4 were produced by railroad casualties, 4 by steamboat explosions. 4 were from drowning and 7 were lost at sea; 8 occurred from coup dc soldi during the Intense heat of last Bum mer, another was frozen to death ; 1 were caused by machinery. 2 by falls, 1 by the accidental dis charge of a gun, and 1 by being thrown from a buggy ? 4 were poisoned by an overdose of medl clne-tWo of them having taken a i?rge quantity of morphine by mistake. In one case It being put up by the Iruggbt instead of p wdtred rhubarb; a third Cra.k an overdose of tincture of aconite, which lie mistook for brandy. Two of our Insured are re-poi ttd to have died during the past year cf age, one of them having lived 74 years. Applications c*n bo made to Mr. I,ewis Booker. Mr John T. woddiw, or the under Blgutd. D. JN. WaLKBr Af'O.. Agents, 8 No 10 4 Main street. Dr. J. B. McCAW, Medical Examiner, mh 2??lm D OMJS8TIC INSURANCE. CHARTERED FEBRUARY 23, WW. THE INSURANCE AND oAVINQS COMPANY OF VIRGINIA. Authorized capital fl,ooo,ow. Invested capital 200,004. Issues polices to cover all FIRE AND MARINE RISKS on the most advantageous terms, and offers all the Inducements connected with A HOME COMPANY OF UNDOUBTED ABILITY AND SAFETY. ASSETB EMPLOYED HKRE FOR THE BENEFIT OF INSURERS. DIRECTORS: D. J. HAETSOOK, A. Y. STOKXP, JOHN E2TORK8, C. T. YYOUTHaM. WM. B. 16AAC8, 8AMUKI. O.'i AEDT. 1'ARK EE CAMPBELL, GEORGE 8. I'aLMKE, W. G. Paine, W. O. JAYLOB, JGHK C. \V ILLIANS, E. S. TUKPIN. D. j.'HAKtmmja. President. David J Bcre. Secretary. B. C. Whehry. Jn.. Assistant Secretary. Office No. 1214 Main street. mh 14?4m p UARDIAN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE UOHTANT 0? NEW YORK. 0BGAN1ZZD IN 1548. ALL POLICIES NON-FORFEITABLE, HALF LOAN GIVEN. LAST CASH DIVIDEND FIFTY FEB CENT, 8TATEMENT s rolicies in force, fill, sot, ?* Assets 1,100,0m Annual Income 100,MO Losses paid soo.ooi W. H. PECKHAM, President; H. V. GAHA6AN, Secretary; L. McADAM, Actuary; 6. A. FUDICKAB, Superintendent, DIRECTORS : General John A. Dix; W. Wilxxns, of Wlikens A Co.; Gsobgs T. Horn, President Continental Tire In* turance Company; Hon. James Haepsr, of Harper Brother* : John J. Cbanx, President Bank of Bepubllc; W. M. Vermilyk, of Verallye A Co., bankers; Hon. Gsoroe Opdyxi, ex-Mayor of New York; Aaron Arnold, of Arnold. Constable A Co.; and others. HUTZLER A BEBNHEIM, General Agents for Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Dr. J. G. Cabbll. Medical Examiner. Ja I ^ ? " Take your bisks IN HOME INSTITUTIONS. THE JAMES BIVKB INSUBANCK COMPANY OF VIRGINIA, omens No. usi main street. IB PBKPABED TO ISSUE POLICIES OP MARINE INSURANCE on vessels and cargoes { INLAND INBUKANCK on goods transported by river, canal, or land-carriage; FIBK INSURANCE on merchandise generallT, dwelling-houses, warehouses, and other balid BHOlfr BISKS, or, if the ML period is not used, a return of premium unit be made for ihe u? expired term. WILLIAM B. ISAACS, President, A. Y. STOKES. Vice-President. Directors.?Willi am B. Isaacs, of William B. Isaacs & Co.; A. Y. Stokes, of A. Y. Stokes A Co.; D.J. Hartsook, Secretary Arlington Life Insu rance Company ; John Wilson, of Wilson A Fos ter; J. J. Waggoner, of Waggoner A Harvey; A. H. Bnford, President Danville Railroad Company; Benjamin H. Nash, William P. Shepherd, W. D. Llgon. J. B. MCX)RF, Secretary. B. C.WHXBBY. Assistant Beoretary. ffi 4?1m MDTU AL ASSURANCE SOCIETY Of VIBGINIA. CHARTERED 1794. omci cobnxr tenth and bake stemws. INSURES BUILDINGS BY PERPETUAL OB ANNUAL POLICY AT LOWEST BATES. The old ?? flour-fifths" system has been abol ished, and the assured are now siren as full In surance as in other companies. HERBERT A. CLAIBORNE, Principal Agent. JOHN B. DANFOBTH. Secreearr. HENRY D. DANFOBTH, Ass't Secretary SAMUEL H. PULLIAM. Collector. DIRECTORS. Jaouelln P. Taylor, James H. Grant, William C. Allen, James Dim lop, John o. Hobeon, John PuroaiL Thomas H. Ellis, John F reel and. Alfred T7 Harris, Garret F. Watson, William Gray, William Palmer, George Davis. Ja t? PL^CTf^AS-FiTTCTG. TTOME AQAIN. ^ "dDONNELL, the PLUMBER and 6 AS-FIT TER, after a temporary absence frrrn the cits, slneM at his old stand, and offers his ?>? JEt | resumes business services to his friends and the public generally. 1 hankf il tor their past favors, be hopes to re ceive a fair share In future. He caaalwajo be found at the old stand, ?U Broad street, mhll?lm* BARBELS GOODRICH POTATOI8 ?i\J in store and Tor sale tow to c'ose consign ment by HOIAST A ?XHG. ap so lttl Main street.