Daily Dispatch, Volume 29, Number 232, 13 June 1866 — Page 4

IMiimmI Hisjiafrlt. WKPNKSDAV JUNE 13, 1866. rommodorc J. R. Tneker. foinnnxlore John Randolph Tickkr, of tin* Confederate navy, has received ( appointment of the supreme command ? >x Peruvian navv, with the title of ??d ho departed <hi the 1st in. %.y?\ from Now Vork tor Peru. Admiral y. kku ?as. b\ arrangement with the Pe. . v .in (Jovcrnment, permitted to take ? :!; hiin his start' of officers, and was , . Mp.micd in his departum by Cap. . , i>. 1\ M.Cokki r, of this State, and ] , tenant Kitt, of Norfolk. Captain V < kkm is to take command of one of j ,k and Lieutenant Bi tt is to l>e ; tenant to the Admiral. Mate of. Peru .could have selected u' . rc a superior sailor or a more ,i .i and accomplished commander than \ r.?! I'k kk.R. He is a native of Nor. v. i!;d was amongst the first in that . ;??'t naval otfU-crs, which we believe ? .? ? perior to any in the world ? the ofti- :? i the I'uitcd States navy before the <? >?. A more gallant gentleman never >1 the deck of a vessel ? while the grace i diguitx of his deportment and the . ntlencss and sincerity of his character t ? ;?nanded for him everywhere the rct :?r.d love of his associates. All who , n him, deplore that he was forced to !.1n native land f<>r employment : but . .! wishes of his friends and country, itieii.l him to his adopted country, ? - s iiuoesscs will ever be hailed here

p.-hri* of (lir Southern Confederacy. I; is the Kiifrlisli word expressing ,ca conveyed by this current French ,'iial term, which properly means k?. gravel, &c., detached from the . ,]. . nt' mountains.*' Tin- rubbish <?! tlie Confederacy, such as , ;,r-. old iron, brass, &e., &c., has fur- ? - i we know not how many cargoes for . vm N leaving the ports of Kichmond and ( :y Point since the .'{d of April, 1 866. To feed an army requires many beeves; . I beef, u> most people who go to market . Av, Iiun '??f. Many beeves make many nes ? and many hands, buxv ingathering, umulate great piles to be trundled to ? ah by tin- cart-load, and weighed out for -..?importation to "('owes ami a market." That noble animal, the horse, has like. t'oiitributed largely to the t ralli< in ; . n. These animals perished by the rJ;..ijsa?<ls in the track of every army. great hosts, as they passed :? ward on their last march, left them ... 1 along the road at such distances : - i sonic time afterwards the nose of ; i!< i was never unconscious of their !? ?. ? mis very hard that, after the war . , i > so poor, the bones were not left . !. our own fields. But peaceful > i join the north, with good smelling ,!>]? ii.it ^s, came down quick alter the Kf of the battle cleared away, and diligent in buying up the bones of 1 animals as they had been careful in - :vr._' their own. U\ were green then, and took toa green .is a fish takes to water. Our bones i .?t ten dollars a ton. They were carIt i le-rtii. ground up, and returned to oily Ju re that was able to buy at forty v liar>. (>t course we could not buy: so ? ir.>s will grow, and the wheat will be ?.it iscred to the sickle by more favored : invr> in more thrifty States, from the i. . : _ properties of this fcrtili/.ingdust. ? t lii.'ii: has been done, however, to keep ;r !"'iies at home. There is one bone, . .1. .it least, in the vicinity of Kichmond, .. we hear is doing a tmaxhimj busiWe are glad to hear that its pro- ? > find that when they have reduced article to powder it goes otf well. It . a>ant to think that somebody is able Mpreve the land; the fact indicates n >nev and energy than most people ?i s opposed to ex ist . !i .t tiie bone merchants are still coming the north, and bones are going up. ? t ; o w pa\ nearly double what they did , ?? -v. of course they can afford it, or . would not do it ; which shoUs that we ,M < < 11. T. ? warehouses open for the collection ?i?-s ar?l other rubbish of the Confede- " V are very queer looking places. No. .v. In lore these times, ever supposed ? "as so much money in trash, or that i"!i and money were, except in poetry, :< it alike. The piles of old rags and are husbanded with miserly care. iLiii^s scattered around, which seem ? L'.ithered for a bonfire, are the off. : v' oi creation: but the proprietor '?>" a thing or two, and is laying the : latioiis oi pecuniary prosperity in the "i matter and the crush of? bones. M'j-n of his trade in addition toa Ualogue 11 too tedious to enumerate," l : 't' ii over and around his door in very " ? lling, is the skull of a horse bleached exposure till it is white as snow, ' the horns of an ox poking out under the ' "f the house. Before the door you ?)' lind a cart load of hoofs, legs, ribs, k?\ . and if you stay long enough, wit- " ridr transaction between the ?J'er and (teller. (i 1 \ Eh \ i Fit/.ulgh Lkk. ? We have j ust an article strongly jiraising Major- '?? ti? ral Fit/.bugh Lee, son of General 1 '?'i t K. Lee. Most heartily do we enh- everything said in favor of that otii- ' r. excepting his participation in the re- ' ?fcll: ?n. It is very little that he was the 4iid?oim st officer in the southern armies, ?? it is very much that he possessed un. ' ' I tsn d military skill, and science, and '''H-oess of feeling. We were his guest : humble tent, open to the winds of but for some loosely entwined pine yet hit hospitality, all unobtrusive, , '^'entatious, was worthy of a Paladin, military science, we think him the first 11,1 in the South? his father excepted ; Jy",,vc./V Journal. , i "ksbttkrit Installation.? East Hano*t: Presbytery will meet on Saturday, in * 'fe*byterian church. Services to coin1 "i" tat 12 o'clock. The Revs. Drs. Brown, ''Hand lloge, are exacted to be in at-?'-'I'Jaucv. ' . Uev. Thomas W. Gilmer will be ort ah pastor of the Presbyterian church place probably on Saturday.? Frt- 1 ?r?.Lj,?rj Hrrald, 12th. Robert 8. Forde, who killed Colonel J*s"u,the clerk of the Confederate House J* preventatives, in Kichmond, died in ^ h' ntucky last week. , J u<lge Underwood's charge at Richmond nftue ipeelflw of jturU4mpru.

LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. ?nlemllni Debate la C?HfW en Neadnjr. Washington, Juno 11.? 11 P. M.? In th<' House to-day Mr. Ancona offered a resolution to the effect that as the Irish had fought for this country in every war, their purpose of freeing Ireland was entitled to our respect and sympathy, which Great Britain had forfeited by her faith, lessness ; and that therefore the neutrality law of 1818, under which the Fenians were estopped from invading Canada, should he repealed. A motion to lay the resolution on the table was rejected ? yeas 4, nays 113. Mr. Schcnek offered a substitute declaring as the opinion of the House that the President should reconsider the |K?licy which had been atlontcd by him in reference to the troubleson the Canada border, and adopt as near as pWoticablc the same course which Great Britain pursued in the late civil war. A motion to lay tins reso. lution on the table was negatived by a decided vote. The original resolution and proposed substitute were finally referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Bout well introduced the following preamble and resolutions : Whereas it is notorious that Jefferson Davis was the leader of the late rebellion and is guilty of treason ; and whereas by the President's proclamation of May, 18f>.">, Davis was chargyd with complicity in the assassination of President Lincoln, ami the said proclamation has not been revoked ; therefore l\tsolce<l} That it is the opinion of this House that the said Davis should be held in custody as a prisoner, and subjected to a trial according to the laws of the land. Mr. Rogers objected to the resolution. * Mr. Boutwell moved a suspension of the rules. Mr. Rogers desired to ask a question, but the Speaker ruled that debate was not in order. Mr. Kogers, however, asked if Boutwell or anv unprejudiced mind believed that Mr. bavis was guilty of complicity in the assassination of Mr. Lincoln. The Speaker called Mr. Rogers to order, and said he must take his seat. The rules were suspended, and the resolution was adopted ? yeas, 105; nays, 19. The House proceeded to consider the bill reported from the Reconstruction Committee to provide for restoring to the States lately in insurrection their political rights. Mr. Rousseau argued that it was the fault of the Radical majority that the insurgent States were not now represented, and the country restored to peace and prosperity. Referring to the attack of I ngersoll recently on the President and those who supported him as " sycophants" and "lick-spittles," Mr. Rogers said he hurled back the epithets in the teeth of him wlko uttered them, and who had done nothing during the war but stay at home and look alter offices. Generals Grant, Sherman, and Thomas supported the President's policy. Were they " lick-spittles?" j Mr. Rousseau proceeded to argue t hat a just and temperate policy by the Radicals might have given them a long lease of power, and even now so well convinced were the Radical leaders that their course would not be approved by the people they would not dare adjourn without admitting the Representatives from Tennessee. They would have to eat their own words on that question. Queen Elizabeth once asked the Speaker of the House of Commons what that body had passed. "Seven weeks, your Majesty !" So this Congress, if asked the saine question, would have to answer "Seven months," for it had done nothing but pass a Freedmen's Bureau hill and some such measures. On the conclusion of Mr. Rousseau's speech, Mr. Grinnell made some remarks of a personal character about Mr. Rousseau, who told the Speaker that unless he protected him he would protect himself. The Speaker rebuked Grinuell for his conduet. Mr. Rousseau said he would treat with contempt anything the member from Iowa might say. On a previous occasion he (Grinnell) said he would not resent an insult. He (Rousseau) therefore wanted nothing to do with him. Whatever honor Grinnell thought he was entitled to for his language he was welcome to. The members of the House were much excited during the altercation, which would, doubtless, have led to a collision, but from the fact that Grinnell is a noncombatant.

DeMtructive Fire at Cliarlmtown. MflNMIfhlMettK. Boston, Mass., Saturday, June 10. ? A j most destructive tire broke out shortly iK'forc 12 o'clock last night in the building on Main street, in Charlcstown, used as a furniture maufactory, and as there was a lack of water from repairs being made in the pipes, all the buildings on the square on what is called the "Old Mill Property" were burned, rendering houseless sixty, one families, embracing some five hundred persons, principally Irish. Several firemen were injured, but none serious. The loss is estimated at thirty thousand do]. ! lars, which is supposed to be insured ; but most of the poor occupants of the tenements lose all their furniture. A liOver Shot by Hi? Rival. i Titukyille, Pa., Sunday, June 10. ? ; About 12 o'clock this morning a young man named John Dale left here in a wagon to la: married to a Miss llattie Mathison, living about six miles north of here. "When about two miles on the road, he received a rifie ball through his body. He fell from the wagon, and turned the horse loose, , thinking by this means to call assistance. Two gentlemen passing at the time carried hiin to a friend's house in the neighborhood, but before assistance could be proi cured he died. The rifie was found near where he was shot, evidently showing that the murderer had been within twenty feet of his victim. A rival for the hand of the young lady had threatened to shoot him, and he is supposed to be the guilty party. He has not yet been arrested, but probably will be before morning. Mexico? Capture of Confederate Colo* nistw by the Liberal*? The Prisoner* Held to Kantioin? French Amintanee Proiuiwcd. New Orleans, June 9. ? There have been two Vera Cruz arrivals, with dates to the 3d of June. The Liberals had advanced and captured twenty-five Confederate colonists. The Liberals were led by a New Orleans creolc. The captives were held for ten thousand dollars ransom. The Liberals claim that Maximilian was without authority to grant lands. The French have promised assistance, but the prisoners have been held already eighteen days. Eqcalizinu Compensation. ? A proposition will soon be introduced in Congress equalizing the compensation of members. Under the present rates some members receive over eighteen thousand dollars pay and mileage each Congress, while others only receive a few hundreds over six thousand dollars. It will be proposed to pay every member ten thousand dollars a Con. gres*, and his actual travelling expem>os. Ex-President Fillmore.? Letters by the Africa from ex-President Fillmore in Paris state that he will not return home until after the World's Exhibition. He lias promised to make an address on behalf of America on that occasion. A meeting was held in New York on Saturday, at which a new political party was formed, to be called the "United \ States Democracy." The military officials hereabouts are i said to be highly displeased with the recent i sentence passed by Judge Biker's court u*>on Loot, owoftbe tyegro rioters,-.#*. ViyMm,

| * WAf HI KOTOW ITEM*. THE BASK FAIIXRE INVESTIGATION. The investigation Into tlio Merchants National Bank failure and swindle of this city by the House Banking Committee In , about concluded, and their report will [ probably be submitted tfiis week. One result will be the recommendation of ad. ditional measures of legislation enabling the Comptroller of Currency to proceed more summarily against banks and bankI rrs for Infractions of the banking law, which investigation shows to exist to a very considerable extent. j JEFF. DAVIS AND THE ANAMINATION' CONSPIRACY? STARTUNO REVELATIONS. A New Yorker of the name of Campbell has just given to the world some queer ! revelations concerning the testimony lately adduced by the Judiciary Committee ofj the House tending to implicate Jeff. Davis in the assassination plot. He shows that a gross system of frauds and perjury has been resorted to to prove Davis and others conspirators in the matter, and backs up his assertion by facts that startle all who are familiar with the testimony. It seems tlmt many of the witnesses testified under assumed names, and that no such pcr^jflg as the ostensible and recorded witness?** exist. In addition to this, he states that when Mr. Conory, who was the principal witness or detective, in the case, was asked to proceed to New York and pro. I cure some corroborating evidence of his own statements, which he had previously j volunteered to furnish, that he gave the officer who was sent with him the slip in New York ; has actually run away, us is supposed, to avoid a prosecution for per. jury, and has not been heard from by the officer or committee for several weeks. Other witnesses have come forward and confessed to having sworn falsely. ? Km York Herald. MR. DAVIS' CASK. Mr. Horace Greeley and Mr. Schell, of j New York, are still here (11th), and have j been actively engaged in urging upon the proper authorities the release of Jefferson ! Davis upon bail, which they offer in any i sum, or by parole. Mr. Schell stated to-day : that the subject would be considered in the Cabinet to-morrow, Tuesday, when it would probably be determined. If not, he should return home. There can be no doubt that the President and a great majority of the public desire that Jefferson Davis should be released from confinement, if he cannot be tried. The question now is, how can it be done ? There seems to be j no way that will not virtually, at least, dej volve the responsibility of the act upon i the President, The President's political opponents desire that he will release Mr. Davis ? l>y parole or pardon ? so that they ' can assail him for encouraging treason. ? j Correspondence Sun. COTTON TAX. i The Senate committee have agreed upon I two cents per pound on cotton. SIGNS OF THE TIMES. The President is known to have expressed the wish that Congress would pass, as concurrent resolves, the supplementary bills declaring the powers of Congress under the constitutional amendment. It is looked upon as a most cheering omen. ? Greeley's ! paper. THE VIRGINIA FREEDMEN A memorial signed by one hundred freedmen of Charlottesville has been presented to General Howard by a committee of the signers. It asks for continued military protection, and recites that they are deprived of reasonable safeguards against bodily injury by their former masters, and that Generals Steedman and Fullerton, during their sojourn in Charlottesville, consulted with forty ex-rebelsfand not one colored loyalist. -New York Tribune. Mr. Oaviw'w Health ? Mrs. DbvIn'h .Mprhm. Correspondence New York Tribune. Fortress Moxrob, June 9.? I had an interview yesterday afternoon with Dr. Cooper, the surgeon who attends upon Davis, and he assured me that it was no longer a matter of doubt that Jetf.'s condition is improving. His muscles are soft, and he is naturally a weakly, puny man. He cannot now go up stairs without the aid of a crutch, and in his walks he cannot go half across the parade without resting : but he is improving j in flesh since the guard has been taken away from his door at night, and his face is filling up; the wrinkles are in a measure | coming out. Dr. Cooper seems to have : considerable sympathy for the untbrI tunate condition of his patient. Soli diers and others with whom I conversed say that .let!', walks very well, and | one man, who knew him before the war, tells me that he does not perceive much i difference in him between then and now, i except that he looks a little older. His appetite is good, and I have no doubt but that he will live for many years yet. Mrs. Davis is almost daily in receipt of money, sent her by sympathizing friends, through Adams Express. The express agent tells me that these contributions sometimes amount to $500 and 81,000 per | day. She has been called upon by nearly j all the ladies at the fort.

I Mcrdkr of a Toli.-Gatb Kekpkr.? , David White, the keeper of the toll-gate j at the covered bridge over the Patapsco j river at Klk Ridge, Maryland, was mur- j I dered on Sunday night last. Two men ! came to plunder his house, but making a noise in entering it, the toll-keepei? went ont to ascertain the cause, when the robbers fell upon him and beat him to death with heavy bludgeons. The daughter and grandson of White, hearing the cry of murder, ran down to render assistance, but they, too, were set upon and beaten so that the daughter's life was despaired of, and the grandson's injuries were very serious. The murderers robbed the house of forty or fifty dollars, and an old silver watch. The neighbors being alarmed in some way, came in less than an hour and found White dead, and the woman and boy helpless. The boy said the murderers were short, stout i men, in dark clothes. The inquest on the body on Monday gave a verdict in conformity with the facts. White once kept ! the toll-gate on the Washington road, which j being within the corporate limits of Baltimore, passengers refused to pay toll to him ! on the ground that he had no authority to collect it. This gave rise to conflicts and ! riots. Finally, White's house was burned, and lie afterwards shot a man for the act. He was tried and sent to the penitentiary, i but was pardoned by Governor Bradford, i and went to reside where he was killed. 1 J. L. Crenshaw, of Richmond, was at ! Old Point yesterday (10th) on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Davis, and was inside the fortress all day and last night. The visit is presumed merely one of friendship, and had no special interest bearing upon Mr. i Davis's release. He went back to Rich- \ inond this morning, and was accompanied to the boat by Mrs. Davis. ? Norfolk Vlr - j jinian. _ | A gentleman from the country arrived I in Philadelphia on Friday to sell some gold, ' the proceeds o? which amounted to about i twenty-five hundred dollars. After get. ting it in bank notes he started for home, ; ana a short time.after getting into one of the city passenger railroad cars he was j seized ana held Ixv somo pickpockets, and I robbed of the whole of it. The money was j the savings often ^earsof thrift and frugal > management. A Paris letter sals: "There is a new bonnet on the horizon. It is made of one large, full.blown rose,\which lies flat on the top of the head, sewn , on a scarf of dew. bedroppod tulle, wbiclit\ is crossed under the chin, where another^ small rose peeps forth. The whole Is called 4 chapeau-puftV In lew than three weeks It *111 be in strug. gUof rinUrjr with the "Lambelle."

I TELEGRAJPEttC NEWS. lUtff from Eiirope-('o((on Ad* vanffd-*?r NnppmMl to l?*v|. tnhlr? Rrlliah Reform Bill. I New York, June 12. ? Tlio steamship I Scotia has arrived with Liverpool dates of 2d instant, via Queenstown 3d. The latest market report from Liverpool dated Saturday, the 2d, P. M., sayn : Cot. ton ? sales 15,000 bales, including 3,000 to speculator* and importers. The market is buoyant and firmer with an advance of jcd., occasioned by later advices from America. Middling uplands quoted at I about l td. Breadstuff* quiet. Provisions inactive. Tallow firmer, with a slight ad. vance. * London, June 2, P. M.? The consols closed I at 85L2'f|85 3.,', ex-dividend; five-twenties 64^663^. It is fully confirmed that Austria, Prussia, Italy, and the German Diet will be re. presented in the Conference by their members. The time of meeting is not yet fixed, but Clarendon, Gortschakoff, Bismark,and La Marmora had officially announced that they would shortly arrive in Paris. 1 It is stated that Napoleon will preside with Drouyn de l'Huys as second plenipotentiary. There are rumors of an understanding, if not an alliance, between Austria and Russia to support the treaties of 1815. It is positively affirmed that Austria has j declined to entertain the proposition for the cession of Venetia, and has made over Ilolstein to the Germanic Confederation. . The London Times, in view of this action by Austria, regards peace as hopeless, and while it is possible all of the seven Powers may not be represented in the Conference, the belligerents prepare for war. ENGLAND. The debate continues on the Reform bill in the British Parliament. The very latest ! intelligence on this subject is that the Go. I vernment is in a quandary on the reform i measure, as its solution is problematical. The Fenian*. Biffalo, June 12. ? The action of Congress has given new life to the Fenian movement. Enthusiastic meetings are expected. A revolutionary committee has published a stirring appeal for the collection of commissary stores, money, &c. It , urges that meetings he called, and pledges 1 support to the men who inscribe upon their banners " Universal Liberty." The inquiries by General Meade are as yet incomplete, but so far as they have gone they do not confirm the report that the Canadian or British forces crossed the boundary line, or that any of the Fenians have been killed by them, or that any prisoners were captured by them on the American side of the frontier. ConKreNMio'iial I'roeeeriintf*. Washington, June 12.? The Senate was engaged to-day in the consideration of the Legislative Appropriation bill. I In the House a bill legalizing colored marriages, and for other purposes, in the District of Columbia, was passed. Mr. Niblack, of Indiana, presented a ! memorial of the Florida Legislature rela- | tive to the internal tax on cotton, which was ordered to lie printed and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. FOR RENT. | T7() K R!E N T . A COM FORT A BLE A DWELLING, with six rooms, ga?, ami JgA hvdrant water, kitchen, yard, lc.; in a p!l , |>(i'Hr>ant locality en Ninth street, French liar-^A den Hill. Apply to HrtLLADAY. BAYLY k WHITE, No. 0 Law Building, Franklin street, i je 13 ? 3t* T70R RENT, THE THREE UPPER J? STORIES of the building on the corner of Main and Tenth street*. Apply to t!?W 2*11-31* p. bakgamin. i;:vi_ IJOR RENT.? A large WAREHOUSE on Cary and Hock streets, between our Warehouse and the York River Depot, je 7? t* PALMRK, HAKTSOOK & CO. , T70R RENT, several large and pleaX sant ROOMS. suitable for lawyers or doc- JgA tors' offices, over our store. Terms' rerv moderate. WOODKOoF BROTHERS, je 6? ts corner Fourth and Franklin streets. ROOMS FOR RENT, suitable for a > gentleman and wife orsingle gentlemen, " * with or without board. Apply at No. (J1D, Eighth -ir.'.-t, h.'Vond Leigh. my lit? ts , FOR RENT, one furnished and one nnfnrnished ROOM, 30? Main street, between Third and Fourth streets. my 7? ts JOHN N. GORDON k SON. J'jjjL FOR RENT, One PLEASANT ROOM, suitable for & Geatleman's Lodging- * * room, or a Gentleman and Wife. Apply to Mrs. H B. HOYAN, __ Seventeenth street, between Venable and Poplar? fe 2?_m N TEW WATCH

ami JklJ JEWELRY ESTABLISHMENT. NOWLAN Si CO., of PtTERSBmo, Va., (established in 1?4H), have just opened a new and elegant stock of fine WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILYEKWARE, at the corner of Main and Tenth street*, corner above post-otllce, Richmond. In axain commencing* business, after a Mixpen- ! sion or five years, we would say to the citizens of Richmond and our friends throughout the States of ! Virginia and North Carolina that our stock of, watches, chains, diamond and pearl! WORK, SILVER TEA SETS, PITCHERS. GOBLETS, SPOONS, FORKS, See., is again complete, ! and shall not be surpassed in style, quality, or! price by any house in New York or any other; northerncity. TH0MA8 NoWLAN. of Petersburg, Va. ROBERT E. MACOMBER. of Petersburg, \ a. We will be prepared in a few days to repair all kinds of watches and jewelry in tlie best manner : and as both of the firm are practical workmen, they i can guarantee satisfaction to all who may have watches or jewelry repaired by them. je 11-lw ? _ NOWLAN k CO. A PIC-NIC WILL HE GIVEN BY j. m. the LADIES' MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION OF CHESTERFIELD, at Coalfield, on WEDNESDAY, the 13th of June. . A SPECIAL TRAIN will leave the Danville j Railroad depot at to A. M., and return at sunset. Rev. Dr. Duncan and Colonel Marmaduke Johnson are expected to be present. Tickets can be had at the Exchange and Spotswood Hotels, Davies' bookstore, Purcell, Laud & Co., and Meade A Baker's, or at the depot. Two dollars for the round trip and dinner. Children half price. A band of music will be on the ground. je 11 ? ?t PUBLIC NOTICE.? All persons (carpenter* and bricklayer*) desirous of estimating for tne rebuilding of the Court- House of the county of Henrico, are requested to meetthe committee at the Clerk's office of said county on WEDNESDAY, June 13th, at 11 o'clock, A. M. JOHN W LEE, THOMAS L. PLEASANTS, WILLIAM H. YEaTMaN, Committee. JOHN NETTLES, 0. D. PLEASANTS, j JeU-4t An adjourned meeting of the FIREMEN AND STOCKHOLDERS of the RICHMOND FIRE AS>OCIATI0N will be held at the office of Charles T. Wortham k Co. on THURSDAY. the Utta Instant, at 19 o'clock, M. A fall 1 meeting is very important, and stockholder* who cannot attend will please call at the office of K. H. Maury k Co and s>Ign a power of attorney. By order. R. T. BROOKE, je < ? td Acting t? rturj . Notice to tax-pa YERs.-in compliance with an ordinance of the city | of Richmond. 1 will attend at the Collector's office, City Hall, from ? A. M. to ? P. M., from the llth to the loth ot Jane inclusive, to receive from the TAX-PAYERS one-half or the whole of the City Taxes charged to them, deducting therefrom ten per cent. JULIUS I. H0B80N, jel? lm City Collector. VTOTICE. ? RICHMOND AND PEll NINSULA RAILROAD COMPANY. Book* of subscription tor the stock of this Company will be opened at the offire of Messrs. LY0N8 k AUGUST, on Ninth street, on the Sfith day of June next. , JAMES LYONS,) T. H. WYNNE, > Commisssloners. j my tt-td H. Q. TANT, S I /CHOICE WINKS, LIQUORS, TEAS, V.r#w',,,4,Dwn'Mw, A

riM AWCIAIj AMD COMMERCIAL. ' ? ' Richmond, June 12/^ ^tobacco market. Tobacco Exchakok, Jane 12/1866. There were 75 hogshead*, 15 boxes, and 2 loose lots offered to-day. 1 hogshead was tkken in. The boxes sold, 1 at 3155, 1 at 8150, 1 at *146, 1 at *132, 1 at; $125, 1 at *116, 1 at *112, 1 at *111, 1 at *132, 1 at *110, 1 at $101, 1 at *96, 1 at *3H, 1 at *30, and 1 at *26. The loose lots sold, 1 at *13, 1 at *1.75. The hogsheads ' sold, 1 at *130, 1 at *125, 1 at *128, 1 at *141, 1 at *144, 1 at *151, 1 at *135, 1 at *91, 1 at *81, 1 at *128, 1 at *141, 1 at *63, | 1 at *26, 2 at *18, 2 at *20.50, 2 at *18.50, 1 at *21.50, 1 at *19, 2 at *6.50, 1 at *6, 3 at *11.25, 1 at *8, 1 at *11.75, 1 at *3.10, 1 at *3, 1 at *4.50, 2 at *13, 2 at *7, 1 at *5.20, 2 at *11.50, 1 at *10, 1 at *6.75, 1 at *7.25, 1 at *5, 4 at *14, 4 at *16.50, 3 at *15, 1 at *18, I at *21, 1 at *8.50, 1 at *9.50, 2 at *10, 1 at *16, 1 at 10.50, 1 at *7.75, 2 at *9, 1 at 89.25, 1 at *5.30, 1 at *15.50, 1 at *19.50, 1 at *12.25, 1 at *39, 1 at *9.75, 1 at *14.25, and 1 at *7.50. After the sale, the following liberal proposition concerning the new Exchange was submitted by Messrs. llarveys & Williams, and was, upon motion, referred to the meeting to-morrow afternoon for consideration : " A Proposition to the Tobacco Trade.? We propose to fix for the rent of the boxes the sum of 875 per annum ; for the double boxes, and if desired by any two to occupy a (iouble box jointly, the rent will be *37.50 each ; and on all tobacco sold by persons not occupying a box, the sum of 12 '.,c. on each hogshead, box, or parcel will be charged. This amount we consider too small for the rent of the room, including water, servants' attendance and tire, and the delivery of samples. * * * * * * We leave the proposition for your consideration. Harvkys & Williams." There is nothing mew to remark upon with reference to money matters in this city. Gold maintains the usual relation here to New York prices. NEW YORK. Gold in New York to-day oi>ened at 143 'r, and soon declined to lil.!4, but recovered again and closed at 143%. This is a rise of 3^ per cent, upon yesterday's rates. The Scotia, with dates to the 2d June, arriving with information decidedly less hopeful of peace, no doubt, produced this change. Ah far as we have her news by telegram, there is nothing in the commercial intelligence to cause this rise. S Cotton was improved. The rates of money in New York were i 5?6 per cent., the supply ample. ! XEw YORK MARKETS, THURSDAY MORNING. ! New York, June 12.? Cotton is excited ? sales at 41643c. Exchange, 9%; sight, 11. Texas wool, 20@25c. The sales of cotton yesterday were 7,000 bales. The Scotia's mail left on the morning train. Gold, 142%. New York, June 12 ? P.M. ? Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat dull, with a declining tendency; Chicago spring, No. 1, *1.806*1.87; new No. 1 Milwaukie, *2.25; red, *2.10. Corn active, and advanced 1 @ 1 1 sales at 82?83c. Lard heavy. Whisky dull. Naval stores dull. Turpentine, 71673c. Cotton closed less excited ; sales of 5,000 bales at 40342c.; sales of the week, 21,000 bales. Gold, 143. North Carolina sixes, 82)?. NEW ORLEANS MARKETS, MONDAY. N ew Orleans, ?l une 1 1 . ? Cotton ? sales 1 3,000 bales ; low middling at 36@37c. j Gold, 136 }.2. Sterling, 154. The Hoods are everywhere subsiding. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. MINIATURE ALMaNaC-Jcsb 13. | Sun ri#e? 4.43 I Moon sets rf ? Sun *et* 7.17| High 4.4* PORT OF RICHMOND. JlXB 12, l??, ARRIVED. Steamer Valley City, Snyder, New York, merj chandise and passenger*, \V. IV Porter. Steamer Norfolk, Vance. Philadelphia, merchandise and pMsengen. W. P. Porter. Steamer Vixen. Lewi*. Rew York, merchandise ! and passenger*, Bridgeford Si Myers. ! Steamer M. Martin, Maine*, Norfolk, merchandise and passengers. Ha* kin* Si Bridgford. I Schooner Wave, Cailey, New York, hay, Still k Davis. BAtl.BD. Steamer Niagara, Couch, New York, merchandise and passengers, (J. F. Wataon. I Steamer Georgeanna, Hill, Norfolk, merchandise ; and passengers, John H. Freeman. i Steamer John Sylvester, Post, Norfolk, merchan- ' dise and passengers, Haskins Si Bridgford. i Schooner M. L, Coinpton, Dupuy, New York, : coal, P. B. Stanard. I Shooner Dwight, Davidson, Holmes, New York, coal, A. Millsuangh Si Co. Sctiooner Pocahontas, Berry, Boston, mer- | chandise, Rogers Jc Crowell.

SHIPPING.^ JpOH NORFOLK AND BALTIMORE A .ID % dBB INTERMEDIATE LANDIJTG8 O.N JAMES RIVEK. Sa The elegant and comodions Meaininer GEORGEANNA, Captain D. J. Hii.l, leave* Lndlam & Wateon's wharf, Kocketts. every TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY, at ? o'clock, A. M., connecting at Norfolk with the Bay Line steamer* Thomas Kelso and Adelaide for Baltimore. Fare to Norfolk ? l.oo Fare to Baltimore 4 . "O Fare to Philadelphia 7.75 Fare to Washington 5.ix> Fare to New York 11. oo j Parties by the Georgeanna have the privilege of sleeping aboard the over night, where they will And Hph'iid id state-room accommodation free of charge. Baggage checked through. Uassengers and baggage transferred to railroad depota free of charge. Passengers by this line arrive at Norfolk and Baltimore much sooner than by the other. For freight or passage, apply at the company')* office, at SHIPLEY, ROANE <k CO. '8, corner of Fourteenth and Franklin streets, opposite the Exchange Hotel, or at Lndlam 9c Wat*on'? wharf at Rockette. JOHN H. FREEMAN, Agent. L. B. Tati si, Freight Agent. Je 10-M.WAFU T?OR NEW YORK.? The new and J? magnificent side-wheel steamship SARATOGA, ADOLPH Kixu i commander, will receive freight all1 day to-morrow (THUR8DA\), the( 14th instant, and will leave her berth at Rock- | etUon FRIDAY MORNING at? o'clock. Passengers desiring to do so can occupy their | berths the previous evening. Tickets can be secured either on board or at my i office, Rockette. [ je li-tt GARRET F. WATSON. F OR NEW YORK.? ATLANTIC COAST MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY .-The new and elegant aide-wheel iteamship ALBEMARLE, Captain BotfftXI, will leave I her wharf at Rockette on 6ATUBDAY, t&e Wt June, at 7 o'clock A. M. Passengers can go aboard the evening previous. * cS"T"' P^ljl4t Cary and Virginia streeU. F OR BALTIMORE, SAVANNAH, , AND BOSTON. -POWHATAN ~ " STEAMBOAT COMPANT.-flBMI-WRKKLT LINK.? Lwei Richmond every WEDNESDAY and SUNDAY ! Leaves Baltimore every W E D N 1 STheRs^amer PETERSBURG, Captain RoM*T Tbavcks, will leave here at ? o clock, A. M.? WEDNESDAY, the Mb instant. Freight received MONDAY and opto ? o cloak, t? v tufsdaY This steamsr has splendid saloons, state-rooms, and passenger accommodations. Passage, meals included, t*. fcrir.llbtorpMM.fJpJrw,, co?,g( ndM -f Charles T Wortham & Co. s, j? 11 it ^Fifteenth street. T70R NEW YORK.? OLD DOMINION I STEAMSHIP UN^-The^Al^^i^ sie^rVIXENrcjpUiu-^. will sail as above on FRIDAY, June For freight ft JfTiBg Agent. j? n st or, P. H. BUTLER, on the wharf. BALTIMORE ALUM LIME. In hog*?y II ta TTERRING'S FIRE-PROOF SAFES

VIRGINIA SPRINOa^ npHE HOT SPRINGS, BATH COWTY, VIRGINIA, ,, TBMPERATfBK, F*OM ?IXTT TO 0*? ltt7*D??D ABB six drnbiki, Tk mwiiiT. TARDY, WILLIAMS A CO., PBOfBlBTOM. Will bo open for the reception of ?krftori JUBI Ut, 1*<W. All the building* baring been repaired, painted, and fitted oat with NEW FURNITURE, LINEN, BEDS, and TABLEWARE, these SPRINGS offer niMorpwmtd attractions to both the Invalid and plea?nre-seeker. No expense or effort ban been ?pared by the proprietors U> make it a* comfortable and pleasant a* po??lbla to all visitors. The HOT WATERS hsre have been well known for more than half a century to possess, In a wonderfal degree, tonic, alterative, detergent, and stimulating properties, and have become Justly celebrated for the cnre of RheamatlMtn, Gont, Disease* of the Llrer, Skin, Bladder, and Womb ; Paralysis, the result of injury or serious effusion ; Contraction of Mom Ice and Joints, Diarrhoea, and Dyspepsia, accompanied with sore mouth and tongue. New BATH-HOUSES have been erected, a BAND OF MUSIC engaged, and BILLIARD and BOWLING SALOONS fitted up. The SPLENDID BALL-ROOM ban been thoroughly refitted. Rontefroni the north, tin Orange and Alexandria railroad to Gordomsville ; thence via Virginia Central railroad to Mlllboro' Depot ; thence to Hot Spring* direct, over turnpike, (distance, twenty miles,) by Trotter k Co.'e stage line. Route from the south, via Lynchburg or Richmond, and Virginia Central railroad to Millboro' Depot. Tbkmb : *3 per day ; *20 per week. A BAND OF MU8IC is engaged for the season. my 17? lm

BATH ALUM SPRINGS.? This highly tmprored and beautiful Watering-Piace will be opened for the reception of visitor* on the IStii instant. It is situated in Bath county, V?., at the e Ah tern bane of the Warm Spring Mountain, on the main road leading from Millboro' depot, on the Virginia Central railroad, to the Warm, Hot, and Healing Spring*. It is ten mile* from Millboro' depot, live from the Warm, ten from the Hot, and thirteen from the Healing Spring*. Every effort will be made by the proprietor to promote the HEALTH AND COMFORT of his guests. A daiiv LINE OF STAGE C0ACHB6 la now on the road from the depot to the wateringplaces above-mentioned. RATES OF BOARD : By the day #3 oo By the week 15 00 Je H? d&c?w? JOSEPH BAXTBR. Proprietor. Rockbridge alum springs, VIRGINIA. These MINERAL WATERS have an established reputation for very htyh curative virtue in all the following classes of disease, and as being an ABSOLUTE SPECIFIC in several of them, vT* : SCROFULA, and all the forma of (Jlandnlar Swellings and Cutaneous Eruptive Disease. Erysipelas, Tetter, ic.; CHRONIC DlARRHGsA and DYSENTERY , DYSPEPSIA, BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC THRUSH, affection of the KIDNEYS and BLADDER, and PILES. In all anteinlc conditions ?f the svstein and broken-down state* of the constitution, loss of appetite, and general uervooa prostration, their powers and virtue as a restorative may he safely pronounced to be WITHOUT A KNOWN RIVAL amongst the mineral waters of thaWORLD. They are especially indicated in the whole class of ailments peculiar to the Female Constitution. This WATERING l'LACH is in the same county with the celebrated " NATURAL BRIDGE" of Virginia, and is one of that remarkable group of Mineral and Thermal Water* which have given celebrity to this mountainous resfion. It wifl be open to the public on JUNE 1st. The proprietors will spare no reasonable effort to have theplace comfortably kept. The BALL-ROOM will be supplied with music ; and the BILLlARDand BOWLING SALOONS restored to complete order. Access from the seaboard is by the Virginia Central railway (from the North, via Washington city and Orange and Alexandria railroad to Oordon*ville ; and from the South, viii Richmond or Lynchburg,) to Goshen Depot, thence by stage coaches, over a smooth road, eight miles up the Valley to the Springs. HATF.3 OF BOARD : By the day $3.50. By the month 3.00 per day. The SPUrNGS PAMPHLET, with analysis and full description, sent by mail on application to PCBCELI., Ladd &Co., Richmond, or to the undersigned. FRAZ1EK & RANDOLPH. Proprietors. The water is bottled, securely packed, and on sale at $12.60 per case of one dn?en half-gallon bottles by Pceceu., Lard & Co., Richmond ; A. B. Ritker, "Lynchburg ; Coi.ehax A Rodokrs, Baltimore ; Heu'kman & Co., New York, and other leading druggists. A single box has often saved the necessity of a visit to the Springs. A liberal discount made to the Trade by PURCELL, LADD 4 CO., my 15? ts General Agenta. THE FOURTH NATIONAL PRIZE 1 CONCERT will he held in Richmond, Va., ON FRIDAY, THE 27th JULY. 1?M. TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT VALUABLE PRIZES. AMOUNTING TO NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS, will be presented to the ticket-holder*. WE WILL DONATE FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO LADIES' MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION. ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND TICKETS AT ONE DOLLAR EACH. LIST OF PRIZES. 1 Gift 7-10 Bond ! $5,000 1 Gift 7-30 Bonds 2,5oo 1 Gilt 7-30 Bonds 1,000 5 Grand Pianos, $7?s)each 3,5flo 5 Grand Pianos, $300 each 2,500 25 American Hunting-case Gold Watches, 8,000 50 American Hunting-case Ladies' Gold Watches, $loo 5,ooo 50 Sewing Machines, $loo 5,oo? 50 Sewing Machines, 6*9 4,000 50 American Hunting-case Silver Watches $<*0 4,000 50 American Hunting-case Silver Watches $<50 3,000 loo American Hunting-case Silver Watches ?30 4,o?(t 100 Silver Watches, (40 4,ooo 100 Silver Watches, $30 3,000 200 Silver Watches. $25 5,000 5oo Uittain Greenbacks, $10 5,ooo 500 Gifts In Greenbacks, $3 2,5?w 2,000 Gifts in Greenbacks, $2.50 6,ooo 20,000 Gifts in Greenbacks, $1 30,000 Total 23,78s Priies, worth $w,ooo

MODE OF DISTRIBUTION. Numbers from 1 to 100,000 will be placed in a wheel by a committee appointed by the ticketI holders, and a person, also selected by the ticketholders present, will do the drawing. The pereon holding the ticket corresponding wtth the first 1 number drawn will be entitled to the First Prize of live thousand dollars; and so on until the whole number are disposed of. Each agent will be furnished with a full list of the drawing as soon as it can be published. We will send to one address FIVE tickets for j $4.50 ; TEN tickets for *?: TWENTY for #17.50: 1 THIRTY for *2?.t5 ; FORTY for *35, and FIFTt for $43. 50. 1 RELIABLE AGENTS WANTED in every city and 1 town in the United Ntates, to whom GREAT INDUCEMENTS ARK OFFERED. Tickets for sale in this city by Bohn k Sardo, L. L. Smith, and Cole k Turner. Address WALTERS k MrLANE, je5? lm _ Lock Box M^RIehmond, Va. Hardware, cutlery and MECHANICS' TOOL8.? The subscriber begs i to announce to his former patrons and friends and the public generally that he has resumed business ) at his old stand. No. 7t (now No. 1435 Main street), where be is prepared to supply them with a new stock of AMERICAN, ENGLISH, and GERMAN HARDWARE aOOD8 of every variety, which will 1 be offered at the lowest market rates. HOE k C??.'8 CIRCULAR HAWS, GUM BELTING. PACKING, and HOSE, and I oak-tanned leather Belting, for sale at manufacturers' prtces. Thankful to his many friends for their favor* in 1 the past, he hopes to merit and secure the same in 1 ; the future. CHARLES J. JUNTO*. sign 0! the Circular Saw, Je 4? 3iud&sw _ No. 14*5 Main street. | Orrici or tax Kicmhow axa) LiviarooLPACMTCoHFAar, > Ricbmovd, May II, lwt. ) THIS COMPANY being in prooMa 1 of liquidation, *U MM Mm axainst it or the snip YIRUINIA DARE are required to press nt the same fori*y??t at > tga otfee of the Company to JOHJI PCRC1LL, ^ I my ia-lm Treasury. , ON CONSIGNMENT, j to boxes ORANGES, si box* II boxei __ 10 mi for eala by Je M? Lc TYPE FOUNDRY.? The DISPATCH ; to, . PrtnttOf OS? * ! sp \l-tm tteh?*.? ' COUGAR.? One hundred and ttfty b?r- ? rels Refined, A, B, C, and Extra C, Crashed a nd | c?l loal 8u?.r., (0< | CEl??HiW. 0hwNE HUNDRED BARRKI8.PEACH U ggW CAST * CO fElME8T TKAa^BMBMMfe ?wkr

A BCH THE MODEL 1 designs foi iltHM, m ft CBBAKi TH S vols.? folio. iw. I THE MODES* ARCHITECT : OT.SfWfCl bliowoMuMr. Em bracing plans,ele| B^^niflestlon*, filing. Ao./forPHvatel "?W BLEMBN^AR?gf^Cn?L?S OF CARPEVfEY. A treatise on the pressure and eqalilbrfaa of Tlmber-Fralalntf, the construction or jloon, 25 kng ravings?' BEMAMIN'J'pBACTICE of architecture. LAFEVbR'I MODEEN BUILDER'S GUIDE. ? laLa/k\'KR^S BEAI'TTEE OF ARCHITECTURE. a DOWNING*? ARCHITECTURE OF CO0ITIT HOU8S8. HO Illustrations. ... < vaox'H villas and cottages. ?w JUaatmTHBTdDBRN GEOMTIfCAt ?SJ2i??2?; BR 8 OufI>?. Behwa plainpr^tlcal system or Hand-Railing. illustrated a/ B Eng raviafs. By Simon de #?.?. For sale bv ? _ . .. WOOD HOUSE 1 PARHAM, Bookseller*, _JeJ2 governor street. FkicKENB'S NEW BOOK. L/ Joseph GRiMAUH. By Charles Dlckaua. 7te. x in *?"?? *? fsmLakc sjss fc2?:2!!: ft *L tfDSDVo,iu5?TTltt' "*? KENNBTT. Br Bayard Taylor. *3 IS UNDER THE BAND. |l 7C ' 8<)N OP THE SOIL. *1.75. Ll'TTRELL OF ARKAN. By Lover. 91. WIVES AND DAUGHTERS. By En. Gaskell. ?1.60. Formal? by ? A. H. CHRISTIAN 4 CO.. my 10 NO. 014 Main street, opposite Spotawood. HOTELS AND BOARDINO-HOUfflCS. BOARDING. ? The tmbscriber would inform her friends and tho public at large (hat Mho will open the METROPOLITAN HOUSE, Noe. in. flu, ami ?l?, Franklin street, for PERMANENT ami TRANSIENT BOARDERS, on 8ATURDAT. the ?th instaut. The room* are furnished in flnt-elaea style, and all newly pspered and pointed.* A REFRESHMENT ROOMand ICE-CREAM SALOOM are also attached to the house. Minim J. SAKOV8KA, Proprietress, tw* \f RS. WILLIAM D. STUART, late ivl. or Richmond, has leased the spac1o?s mansion in Staunton formerly occupied by Mr. Jame* Point*, and i? prepared to receive a limited number of boArdeks. The honae ia pie aaantiy situated on an eminence in the eastern part of the town, and commanda a line view. It hu been thoroughly repaired and neatly fnrnUhed, and Maa. STUART will spare no S?ins to promote the comfort of her guests.? erms moderate. Stacsto.v, May 91, iw. my >?? Im ORANGE HOUSE, AT ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD DEPOT. LYNCHBURG, VA. HOUSTON RUCKER, PaoraiBToa. Thts celebrated Hotel having been REFUR NI8HBD and REFITTED IN SUPERB STYLE offers SUPERIOR accommodations to the travelling public. Travellers going north and south will fln* mMli ready upon tne^arrlval of trains, and nS mMM ready upuu m, , cleat time allowed. The proprietor pledge* him self that its well-known first-class reputation shall not be surpaxaed In the Union. fa It ? ta B~OA RDING.? Mrs. DUV ALL, Main, between Sixth and Seventh streets, has some ver j comfortable anoccupled rooms for boarders and can take a few more DAT BOARDBR8. fe 13? ta BOARDING.? Mias BIDGOOD, aoath stde Main street, second door above Seventh, can take a few more BOARDERS, with or withoai lodging. de IS ta CONFECTIONERS. J^STABLIMIED 1845. LOUIS J. BOSSIEUX, Manufacturer of DOUBLE KEF1NEJ) 8TEAM CANDIES. ? and Dealer in CONFECTIONERY, FRUITS, PICKLES, CIGAR , i Ac.. Ac., begs t<> Inform his old friends and rnatomera that h?* hat resumed business at his old stand. No. M MAIN STRBET, RICHMOND. He desire* to reUrn thanks for their past liberal nairoiuge, and incites them to a renewal of their business co.me* tioiu. promising equitable dealing. His motto ih quick sales and small profits. je ?>? l it

D SOD INI A CO., ? Manufacturer* and Dealer* io FRENCH AM> AMERICAN CONFECTIONS, FRUITS, NUT8, Ar., No. *0J Mil 15 HTKBKT, SPoTHWOoD HOTSL BLOCK, RlCMXOXD. FatnllW and others supplied with the beat quality 1CK CREAM.' OR A NOB and LEMON ICE, by the quart or gallon. ICE-COL J SODA WATER, iu the purest aud b??i fountains. PARTIES. BALLS, and PIC-VIC8 supplied with everything in their line at the lowest rates. FR'ESH FRUITS in season always on hand. my VI -tiii ? /SOCOANUTS! COCO A NUTS!! \J S.M? fresh CARTHAOBNA COCONUTS, 3,?0i> fresh BARACOA COCOANUT8, 3, ooii frexh SAN BLAB COCO AN UTS, joat receive d, for sale by LOUIS J. BOS8IEUX, my 3? No. go Main itrwt. ORANGES AND LEMONS. ? On? hundnd boxes fresh MESSINA ORANGE8 and LEMONS (1st** Importation), Jnst recelved.for sale hv Louis j. bossiAux, my 30 No. so Main strs?t. I ANOS! r I A N 0 8! ( JOHN W. DAY IBS ft SONS. RICHMOND MUSICAL EXCHAVOI, NO. lit MA1X ITtIR, sola acenta for 8TIBPF'S PREMIUM PIANO-FOBTBS. These inntrnment* have bean before tha pablte FOR THE LAST THIRTY YEARS, in competition with the b<*t makers of the coontry, and are now pronounced by ALL THE LEADING PROFESSORS AND AMATBURS the BEET PIANOS MANUFACTURED! These Instruments have ALL THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS. and ara warranted for five years, with the privilege of exchange within twelve months lr not entirely satisfactory to tha porchaeer. We refer to the following persons, who have STIEFF'S PIANOS now in oea : General R. E. Lis, Washington Collage, Lazing*

eon ; D. B. PathkA Bro., Ljnchboif; ???. B. B. PRiLLirfl, Virginia F?bmI? Inatftate; Miu Mart Baldwin, Feaale School, and J. C. Cavil, Deaf, Damb and Blind Inatltate, Stain toe; ProfAMor B. A. An sold, Richmond. A call from *11 In went of SUPBBIOB PIANOS it aollcltad. Teraa liberal. le *? ta '?SB i TTF WM, KN ABE A CO., ?AXVf ACTVMBfl OF FIRST PRRMICM, GOLD MXOAL, ' 'JBABD. SQUABS AND UPRIGHT PIANOS. The^? I natrnmenta having bnn before the fab* lie for the put thirty yeara, hare, upon their ex? eellence alone, attained AO llPDlCIAtH f KB* ?a i raven that proooaneae then aaeqaalled. Tk?lr TON I combloM |Kit power, rlehnaea, isiitlW, aad Id* el noting quality, a* wall m greet parity of intonatioa and hanaonioaaneai through oat the entire ecale. Their Is pliant and elastic, Mi la entirely tr? tnm tfca ?tirrn??* loond la ao many planoa, vhieh Nana the parfonaer to ao eaelly Or*, la WORJCMABSHIP ; tney cannot he excelled. Their aetloa ta eooetrucud with a ear* and altentloa to rwy part thereto that chMaeterlsce Ik* tneat mliuto Nona bat the baat aeaaooed Material ta wad in tteir manufacture, and they artU aoeeptlfce hart ? af of the coiieert>r4oot with ibitlflkefariar apon an e* tall ty?nnaf acted la u talr Melody; la Ml. they are coaetraeM " MOT f OB A Y1AB-B0T FOB tTBB." All oar Square Plaaoe have oat atvf Grand Scale aad the Agraffe Treble. Bvery Ptaao falljr vanreafeed for PHft TIAB0. WAUBBOOMS t Me WUt BALTIMOBB STBBSr, iplWa ' " 71 BALTIMOBB. T IMF, UMK.? Foot hundred bemht ^Bti-u COIT er ot tle^anth and Qaaal atreeta. H MSBt'sBSfc. GOODS.? km te PAHBI