Daily Dispatch, Volume 38, Number 117, 17 May 1870 — Page 3

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tfksday MA* if, 1870, WASHINGTON NEWS. Another Virginia Radical Move - Washington, May 15.-Advices from Radical sources in Virginia indicate that the Republicans of that State intend to make an appeal to Congress for a supplemental reconstruction ruction, on the ground that the Conservatives are inciting outrages against the freedmen, and are endeavoring to keep the colored Republicans away from the registration now going on all over that State. It is possible that this is if mere threat, but the dissatisfaction of the Virginia Radicals at the conservative course of Governor Walker is known to be strong enough for them to appeal to Congress to remand Virginia to the condition of Georgia. Congress, however. declined to interfere in the Richmond mayoralty contest, and it is somewhat doubtful if it would heed a demand for interference with the general condition of affairs. A good many Republican members oppose General Butler in his belief that Congress has the right now to interfere ; with any State in the Union which is duly represented by senators and members.Washington telegram-Baltimore Sun. Financial Legislation.?The "Ways and Means Committee are promising great things this week hv declaring that they will dispose of the tariff bill in the House, and report the new funding bill and the bill to reduce internal taxation from their committee. It thi-- programme is carried out it is belicvt d s H three measures can be acted on and a final adjournment effected by the middle of July. At their session yesterday the commit tee substantially finished the tax hill, only the income tax remains to be litally disposed of, and a majority of the voininittee are disposed to retain it at the present rate of live per cent., but to in- ? roasc the exemptions to fifteen hundred or t\wnty-fivo hundred dollars. The bill as it ?tand> reduces taxation thirty millions of dollars. When the new bill is reported to (lie House a western member proposes to dler an amendment to levy a tax of two percent, on the interest of all United States bonds, to 1*' deducted from said interest by the disbursing ollieer of the Government before payment thereof to the holder, in the Mime ma liner as is now provided by the internal revenue law for the pay men t o f taxation of the income from railroad and other corporation bonds.? Washi ngton telegram? Baltimore Sun. The western member will fail. Hurrying up theGeorgia Bill.?A delegation of Radical Georgians arrived in Washington on Saturday to urge more haste on the Georgia bill. They represent the Bullock party, and intimate that thev are now willing to have the State admitted, the organization of the militia authorized, and the question of the tenure of the Legislamrc left to the courts. The Conservatives here say that if such a bill as that is passed Kullock and Company will remain in oiliee two years longer. The First Colored Cadet.?Representative lYrce, of the fifth Mississippi district, ' has nominated a colored cadet to West point. Notwithstanding previous similar announcements, this is the lir.>t appointiiit nt of the kind yet made. V iKWNia.?Route 4,004. Staunton to Hutt"n?ville, S. J. Reynolds contractor, ordered Him- additional trips between Staunton and Mvibling Springs. 14 miles, from 1st June to ."fill September, at j>ro rata pay.

(tfiicr.il Conference of the .Methodist Kphcopal Church South. Mkmfui*, .May 14.?In the Methodist bpix-opal General Conference South Bi<hop Wightman presided. A very large number of reports of committees, petitions, r? M!)ution>. Arc., were received and adopted, mainly relating to .-li-^ht inoditications and i hangc> in the Discipline ; also one providing lt?r an orphans' home in each Conference. to he in charge of a board of trustee*. M- morials from the colored members of Georgia to the Tennessee Conference were received, expressing their devotion to the Church South, anil hoping for a continuance of the same kindly relations heretofore existing. The committee on the removal of the book concern to Louisville reported in favor of two houses, one to lie located :it. Baltimore, and the other at frt. Louis. It was referred to the committee on books and periodicals. A memorial was presented for the establishment of a mission in the empire of Brazil. The committee to whom were referred the papers relating to the proposal made by the Methodist episcopal Church recommended the adoption of resolutions as follows : "Resolved, First. That we gratefully recognize the Providence which has gnided us, multiplied us, strengthened our homes, I and preserved our integrity as a Church of Jesus Christ under the trying conditions of both war and peace. We earnestly desire to cultivate true Christian fellowship with every other branch of the Church, and especially our brethren of the several branches of the Methodist Episcopal Church of this country and of Europe. " Second. That the action of our bishops at the last annual meeting at St. Louis, in response to the message from the bishops of j the Methodist Episcopal Church, has the full endorsement of this General Conference, and accurately delines our position in reference to any overtures which may proceed from that* Church having in them the official recognition of this body, and the distinguished commission now present of the General Conference which met in Chicago May, 18G3, appointed by it for the specific purpose expressed in the following resolutions?to wit: *'?'*. ft evolved, That the commission ordered by the General Conference to confer with a like commission of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church to arrange a union of that body with our own be empowered to treat with a commission from any other Methodist Episcopal Church that may desire a like union, cannot, in our judgment ..without a great violence in construing the language of said resolution, be regarded as having been constituted by the General Conference a commission to make proposals of union to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Churc] South. "4. Resohed, moreover, If this distinguished commission were fully clothed with authority to treat with us for union, it is the judgment of this Conference that the true interest of the Church of Christ requires and demands the maintenance of a separate and distiuct organization. " 5. Resolved, That we tender the Rev. Bishop, E. S. Janes, Kev. W. L. Harris, members of the commission present, our regards as brethen beloved iu the Lord, and express our sincere desire that the day mav soon come when proper Christian sentiments and fraternal relations of the two great branches of the northern and southern Methodist Episcopal Church shall be permanently established." The resolutions were adopted. A large amount of unimportant business wan transacted. Adjourned. The Latest Kekosene Horror.?La Create, Wisconsin, May 15.?Early this morning a barrel of kerosene oil was leaking on hoard the steamer War Eagle, and a muu tried to stop the leakage, when a boy passed along with a lantern. As he got opposite the kerosene the bottom of tne lantern fell out and set fire to the kerosene, and the steamer was soon enveloped in tbmes, which communicated to the Milwaukee and St. Pa;il railway depot and elector building, and they were also consumed. [ . In consequence of a report that there were eight barrels of powder in the hold of the ship it was impossible to get men to work to extinguish the fire. The boat was full of passengers, who made their escape by jumping from the hurricane deck into the liver. ~At> far as learned, two persons were drowned, a negro employed on the boat and a lad of La Crosse, name not reported. Everything on the bout was lost, and all the freight in the depot consumed; not a single thing was saved. The damage is very heavy, but cannot be estimated at present. A Lamentable Affair.?A heart-rending occurrence took place a few days ago in Montgomery county, Md. A young lady tins ?o*t mpflctiibi* family?and ikhmhw*

fcoofi, sm mzfpotd *n* pf*. vented by her family, The lady threatened revenge for theirtilikindnew, and a few weeks ago carried her threat into execution in a terrible manner fey eloping withanegro man formerly a slave of one of the formers in the vicinity. Nothing was heard of her until a few days ago, when her familv received a letter from some town in Massachusetts informing them that she had mar-! rled the negro. The sad affair has plunged ? a large circle of friends and relations in the dcet>est gloom and sorrow. For many and obvious reasons we withhold the name of i this unfortunate and misguided young lady. JClUcott City Times* The Ecumenical Council.?Home, May 14, via Paris, May 15.?In the Ecumenical Council yesterday the discussion of the les-1 scr catechism was closed. The "debate on the primacy and infallibility of the Pope commenoes to-day. The ultramontane party have great confidence in the result, and believe all will be finished within a j month. About one hundred members have given formal notice that they will oppose, more or less radically, the proposed definition of infallibilitv. Meeting op Iron Master8.?Columbia, Pa.. M ay 14.?At a meeting of iron masters held here yesterday the unanimous feeling was to stop the pftKluction of pig-iron, which cannot be made at the current rates without loss, and the probability is that, in the next sixty days nearly if not all the furnaces in this Vicinity will be idle. Over a thousand immigrants arrived at] New York last week. A rosebush in Boston, imported from Paris, bears at present five perfect green roses. Rid wood Fisher, city surveyor of Denver, Colorado, was killed Thursday by a runaway team. It is now certain that General O'Niell, President of the Fenians, intends to cooperate with the Red River rebels. The entire amount sent from Baltimore for the relief of the Richmond sufferers exceeds ?17,000. Also, over $1,000 to Fincastle. Hon. Andrew J. Rogers, who spoke at a political meeting in New York Saturday night, was suppressed with a shower ofj eggs. The death of Theodore Clay, son of Henry Clay, is announced. He has oeen for fifty years an inmate of the Lexington (Mo.) Lunatic Asylum. The square in New Orleans bounded by Stantield, Crosse, Lover, aud Marigny street.*, was burned Sunday. Loss, $30,000, partially covered by insurance in home oflices. Two men, Bernard O'Connor and Patrick McGovern, in a vehicle, and the two horses they were driving, were killed at the crossing of the Central railroad at Elizabeth City, N. J., on Saturday last. The registry of voters^ in view of the election in New York city to-morrow, is going on briskly. The colored people are turning out freely, as if determined to bring out a full vote." At some of the registry places in the Eighth "Ward, it is said, this class are in the majority. A detachment of the Second United States cavalry hud a running tight with a party of stock-stealing Indians near Atlantic, Wyoming, on the 4th, in which seven Indians were slain, many wounded, and all the stock recovered. Lieutenant Stanbogh was killed and Sergeant Brown seriously wounded. RUMMER RESORTS. rpiIE HEALINGTARINGS, 1 UAT1I C.-UNTY. VIRGINIA, will be open on tlie 15th JUNK. They arc ac<?\sslr?!e hy the Chesapeake and Ohio r.tilroa I fr.m Mlllboro* dopot.twentv- throe in 1 les hy stages, crosf-inp the Wurui Spring mouutaln, aud'pas?ing the Wft'in auU Hot Spiiug9. or from Covington depot sixteen miles, over a tine turnpike of <asy grade, In full rlovr of the celebrated Falling Springs an'l the fine scenery on Jackson's river. Persons leaving Richmond or Washington in the morning can reach the Springs that night, or remain at Covington and arrive at the Springs next morning. Pamphlet*, attesting ihc virtue of the wale s, to be had of the proprietors or o'* Messrs. 1'urccll, l.add & Co., Richmond, or of the agent at the Springs. Hoard, $3 i>er d ly; $50 per week, and $73 per month. 51. li. HOUSTON, M. f> . T'oMrt..nt Physician. B. M. QUAIiLES, Agent. 1>i;nLor McCance,) Uron W. Fky, > Proprietors. A. Y. STOKES, J my 18?3t

M ONTGCXMERY WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, VIRGINIA. SUMMER, 1870. This elegant establishment will be opened for the reception of visitors on the FIRST DAY OF JUNE, 1870. The proprietors, with the experience of the last summer, and having made many cmnpes in tbe different departments of this extensive WATER-ING-PLACE, each of which it will be their endeavor to Improve, extend a pleasant reception to their patrons. The COTTAGES are LARGE and COMMODIOUS, SEPARATE and DISTINCT from each other, aud-lltted up with new furniture. Every effort ol'the proprietors will be put forth to make theirguests comfortable, and it will he their >iim to keep up the. reputation of the MONTGOMERY WHITE SULPHUR. The social as well as the pay will find that this place 1ms peculiar advantages over many of the watering-pi ;ces of Virginia. An elegant BAND OF MUSIC has been secured. Mowlln;r-Alleys, Billiard Saloons, aud Baths, have been fitted up for tbe amusement and comfort. of guests. Post.-o'lice. express office, telegraph office, on the premises, for convenience and intercourse with all parti of the world. Passenger^ will procure tickets via the Virginia aud Tennessee railroad to Big Tunnel, and t ike the Springs Branch railroad, wMchlands them directly in the receptlon-lnuse at the Spring6. Board?*3 per day, $'.'0 per week, ^s7o per month. Jb'or furtlier particulars, address WILSON & LORENTZ. | my 13?2w Proprietors. FOB SALE. FOR SALE, the fast paccr FANNY 6>?^ BAEK:R anri her coif, MAGGIE . PLAN ET, now in train at P. O. Weacott's stables, and bids fill- to be a very fast trotter. Both warranted kind in every particular. Fanny Baker can show 2:30. Her colt was sired by the celebrntcd racc-horsc Planet. For further particulars, inqn're of Mr. P. C. WltSCOTT. my 11?lw* J^JACHINERY FOR SALE. 1 NEW 8-TTORSE POWER PORTABLE STEAM-ENGINE and BOILER, 1 SECOND-HAND 12-HORSE POWER ENGIVE and BOILER, warranted In best order: 1 12-HORfeE POWER FLUE-BOILER, 1 50-INCH ALDEN FAN-BLOWER. 1 ECCENTRIC IRON PUNCH, A large lot of SHAFTING, A number of assorted size PULLEYS, 2 BLACKSMITHS' BELLOWS. t ^ All of the above will be sold low. Apply to sloat a addington, - 1422 aud 1424 C&ry street betweeu Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, my 14-eodot FOR SALE, A MILCH COW, fresh i to the pall, and a fine calf four week old. Apply to CHARLES L. TO I >1>, my i3 Mxth and Clay. ONE COPPER STILL AND WORM (complete), 180-gallon boiler; One COPPKR .STILL and W ?RM (complete), 120-gallon boiler. Foreale by ? : my to WAGGONER A KARVE1. ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE^-The^un-dersigned, administrator of Thomas S. Baldwin, deceased, offers for sale a larue andjBQwlvfteleeien stock of KEADY-MADE CLOTHING, the FIXTURES of an elegant and commodious store, together with an UNKXPIBW) LEASE thereon having about clgh'eea lu.onths to run. The, lease Is considered * most favorable one, and the stand is unsurpassed by any in Richmond, To parties wishing toengago in a well-establiah-ed ami growing business a rare opportunity is now offered. IMMEDIATE PROPOSALS are solicited,as a sale will l?e made at an early day. Terms : Will be made easy .to a satisfactory ? purchaser. Tn th? mean while the goods will be RETAILED AT COST. JOHN C. SHAFER. Administrator, myO-jiv ' ' Post-offlee box 1W. J' OHN KELLY, Twentieth Btreet between Main aud Cary, offers for salo a large number of one, two, and four-boree WAGONS. Also, a first-class OPES BAKOUCHE, newly fitted up. Can be seen at the cutibllshment of J. M. ROW E, Eighteenth street bet wren Main and Franklin. by of the above articles w U be sold on long and easy term?, [royg-im] Juhnkjclly. -ENGLISH COLTSFOOT BOCK CAKJlj dy, a pleasant and reliable remedy lor coughs, Unerug., Dragsltt. . my 17?2t? coroer Sixth and Bmad streets. A STRAL OIL, entirely safe, hnUiBiit xjL light, no offensive smell, does not smoke, and " "* '"T'wJWkb, my 17?2t* oorner Blxth and Broad street** XTOTICE.?All persons who have claims i.1 against the estate of W. C. DUNHAM, dcetnveft are rvquc?t*d to present them for setitetn*ui #11 tb?j

r?*rt? Block Arket. e?t' si^ia ?\ * 18??M???.-~Moncy,,W5j<! per SLXJm ^wJ5aChfcD,m' ?4!ottt- "i ?birt. .W?CM?tolL Unltod State* bond*, 113J. TeuttctSSJKST ?*** ?**?. M ta?? TK latxr, lqc week opens with lncrrawni i? ?* EK&lif?nd'tZ?""1 "*? b,"*? ZTisrr*?* tbc!r Prime discount, ?&? ? ? per centSK1.,S?,5S?S sstm Sr^m0W^? "4j ?Je? based on telerron^.? , AW ^ Dur,n* the afternoon it waa oiS^tlon !?* #t 114?@'ll4i- Governments ? S off!S ft notwithstanding offerings In 7 offerin?8 were light, closing at the hiehtxt quotations of the day; Sraltod SUt? 3FS m> "?'''u?.??SV'?i _ _ * lo_-to1g, 108. Sonthcrn Securities aftcrnoM^r'th?ath Carol,naa steady during the afternoon, others dull but closing firmer. Tennessee,, eof ; new, ?*. Virginia <??, ?fSew?. ?? i??? DeW' 7ji* . Levee (Ps, 73; 8's, w -ifi 8* 101, 85; 7'g, 95. 2? new,T^W'^; nCW' Ui' South Carolina* LATEST FROM WASHINGTON. Special telegrams to tbe Dispatch. Washington, D. C., May 16,1870. The Tax BUI. w? reS?rtinf the Ux bil1 to-day In the House, Mr. Sehenck announced that he did hm IPresent at present the general rd"? ,mternal-taxes, but the comof !!v K^ e(i fhe Workinto parts (one i?ntT? Ci ! 7 now introdaced) for reducing tatHM fZ' eXC6pt 011 fermented and distilled spirits, tobacco and cigars: and eeS? l L alS? btrodt3Ced Native to thp i?W9 g0?rnin8 the collection of the revenue. The whole amount of ax taken off by the bill is ?33,956,710, and the committee regarded the taxes taken off as of the most burdensome and onerous character. The income tax was changed so as to exempt ^,500, the publication of income returns prohibited, and no one haying less than $l,o00 income to be required to make a return. Stamps are not required on small receipts, nor on agreements or contracts. Mr. Schenck made the important announcement that he did not expect the tariff bill to become a law this session, but only hoped to have it passed through the House and be in the hands of the Senate for action by that body at the commencement of the December session; and he asked that a resolution be adopted with a view to terminating debate on the tariffthat all discussion end at a given time on the whole bill save the last paragraph. The House rejected his proposition, but upon his suggestion adopted a rule that debate should be had upon each subject in general, and not upon separate, sentences and paragraphs as before, thus saving interminable divisions and votes on petty questions. The tax bill was ordered to be printed and recommitted, with power to report at any time, thus giving it precedence over all other pending matter. The Fifteenth Amendment. The discussion in the Senate to-day upon the bill to enforce the fifteenth amendment was exceedingly interesting. Senator Tliurman ridiculed the measure, and then dissected and cut it all to pieces. He proceeded to show that if the amendment is a part ot the Constitution there is no necessity for this law-no State is resisting it. The bill provides for the payment of $500 to informers-making an inducement to commit perjury. He said if this bill becomes a law this country is forever lost. Senator Morton followed in another of his bloody speeches, in which he announced that there was no forgiveness for rebels. Mr. Ferry denounced the sentiments uttered by Morton as unchristian, illiberal, and unwise, and proceeded to show that proscription in the South would lead to bad results, and alienate even well-disposed citizens. Republican Caucus* The joint caucus of the Republican members of the two Houses met this evening in the hall of the House to take steps to reorganize the work of the party and the appointment of a new congressional national committee. Senator Hamlin was called to the chair, and Representatives Ferry and Cessna were appointed secretaries. It was decided that each State delegation should select its own member of the national committee within a week. A subsequent caucus for the election ,'of permanent officers will be held. There was an unusually large attendance of senators and members. Dedication of the Stanton Monument. At the dedication of the Stanton monument at the Schutzen P:irk to-day General Grant and the members of his Cabinet and other distinguished persons were present. A salute was filed, and the band played " Hail to the Chief" on the appearance of the President. * The ceremonies of laying the corner stone were conducted by the Masonic Order, and Senator Schurz delivered an address inGerman ? Wall ack. Associated Press telegrams.

Congressional. Washington, May 16.?Senate.?Bill granting public lands in Alabama to the Decatur and Aberdeen railroad was passed. The main feature of the Hou3e Droceed

ings to-day was the postponement of the tariff bill until after the passage of all appropriation bills, which is equivalent to an indefinite postponement. A report was presented from the "Wave and Means Committee of.a partial internal revenae bill, repealing most of the special taxes, taxes on gross salws, except as to liquor and tobacco manufacturers and dealers, and contraot and receipt stamps, and continuing the income tax at five per cent., the exemption being raised to ?1,500. The bill reported from the Judiciary Committee to protect the colored population in the exercise of the right of suffrage was passed. It provides pains and penalties against any fctate officers or individual citizens who attempt to prevent the exercise of that right. The usual number of bills were presented and referred. The internal tax bill will come up for action early next week. It reduces taxation by thirty-three millions. House*?Bills were introduced granting lands to the New York and Norfoik(?) railroad : for the improvement of the Torabigbee river; also, one not to exclude women from the office of census-takers j constructing a bridge across the Mississippi, and across the Ohio at Metropolis, 111.; granting lands for a railroad from Mississippi to the Arkansas river along the 35th parallel. The House refused to order the Reconstruction Committee to report a bill for general amnesty?ayes. 51; noes, 59. The committees of the House have done

nothing to-day. - ? A bill to repeal all laws authorizing transportation and exportation of goods, wares;, and merchandise in, bond to Mexico overland, was reported from the committee without amenument. The bill to enforce the fifteenth amendment was considered. An amendment was proposed to enforce proceedings by United States district attorneys in the sevetf&l districts a&mst all persons holding office who are ineligible under the fourteenth amendment, and upon conviction, imposing fins and imprisonment and disqualification for office thereafter: also an amendment rcenactin* the civil rights act, j'J tfea Ihi

would termed b> the 3Br. Korttm dectered ?h? www polioy a foihnfe, and hoped the Seriate to repeal the test-oath would be the House. Adjourned. Tarlooi Items. Washington, May 16.?Revenue receipts to-day one million and a quarter. ! The new San Domingo treaty was not sent In to the Senate to-day. A special meeting of the Cabinet was held this afternoon, the object of which is not ptated. U is stated that the House Committee on Foreign Affairs favor the subsidizing of the California and China Cable Company at half .a million per year for twenty years. The President has nominated Philip Jacobson United States attorney for the southern district of Mississippi, and P. B. Hawkins postmaster at Bowline Green, Ky? The Secretary of State requests the Governor of Michigan to prevent the passage of any armed body of troops through the Sault Ste. Marie canal toward the Bed river country without express permission from ^The nmvestigation into the Freedmen's Bureau Iloward corruption case is still progressing. Nothing tangible has transpired as yet. . ? . A new internal revenue bill was reported to-day. It takes the taxes off of nearly everything except fermented liquors, distilled spirits, cigars, and fltamps, and incomes. The tax on sales, except tao*e ot liquor dealers, is abolished; also, the tax on legacies and successions, gross receipts from railroad corporations,_ etc., though the tax on theatres and lotteries is retained* The income tax is fixed at five per cent., with an exemption of $1,500, but all inquisitorial features of the tax law are abolished. The tax on gas, pianos, carriages, watches, &c., is done away with, and a tax of three per cent* per annum is levied on all public moneys deposited In bahks. A reduction in the* amount of revenue by the new bill is about $33,900,000. .. . , , , 4 . The report of the Commissioner of Agri-, culture considers the season so far as favor- | able to a large crop of winter wheat. j The Grand Array of the Republic have designated their officers to superintend the decoration of graves of Union soldiers at Andersonviliej Ga;, on the 80th instant. The congressional caucus did nothing beyond making arrangements for appointing the congressional committees. Major-Generals E. O. C. Ord and Philip St. G* Cooke have been ordered to duty oy the President according to their brevet rank. ? x There are various stories afloat concerning the Cabinet meeting to-day. One report is th&t the San Domingo treaty was under consideration; another makes it that the Indian policy was discussed; while others assign the discussion to fhe matter ol the New York and New Orleans customhouses. The authority of a prominent official is had for asserting that no question was discussed which should agitate unduly the public mind. , , A . , General Smith left here to-night to meet Red Cloud at Fort Fetterman, where the latter arrived on Sunday. The party is expected here in about a week. Red Leaf, who accompanies Red Cloud, is not tnc sanguinary chief of the brute Sioux, as has been represented, but belongs to the Ogallaks; the other is dead. The President, General Sherman, seyera 1 Cabinet officers, Mayor Bowen, Baron Gerolt, senators, and representatives, attended a celebration here to-day for laying the corner-stone of the Stanton monument, which was done with Masonic ceremonies. Carl beburz andDefenuer, of Texas, m;ide *The special agent list of the Treasury Department has been reorganized In accordance with the law just approved by the President. A new district is to be established on the Rio Grande, and the Depart^ raent is confident of being able to prevent further infractions of the laws in that locality. Several important seizures were reported to Commissioner Delano of establishments violating the revenue laws ; among them arc the' rectifying house and distillery at Charlotte, N. C., and a match factory at San Francisco. ^ , The Sqnate Military Committee have agreed to report a bill paying $50,000 to the company of Tennessee scouts attached to the army of the Cumberland. . Mr. Aver, or Virginia, introduced in the ilousc to-dav a bill to incorporate tlie acw York and Norfolk Air-Line railroad, and granting lands in aid of its construction. The bill provides that the said road shall commence at Point Comfort, at Raritan Bay, in New Jersey, directly opposite New York', passing through the counties of Monmouth. Ocean, Burlington, Atlantic, and Cape May, to Delaware bay; over the peninsula from Leeds on the southern shore of the bay,extending through Su^x county, Del., Worcester county, Maryland, Aci;omac and Northampton counties, m Virginia, to the shore of the Chesapeake bay, at Cajie Charles, opposite to the city of Norf?Ei'ght hundred thousand acres of public lands are given to this foad by the bill-no part of the grant to take effect until j forty miles of the road, commencing at the southem terminus, shall have been completed and in active operation.

Foreign News. London, May 10.?Fifty persons from Birmingham by rail, armed with revolver#, and having plenty of money, have been arrested here as supposed Fenians. The race between the Sappho and Cam- ! bria on Saturday last was l'airly conducted, notwithstanding rumors to the contrary. Mr. Motley, the American Minister j and Lord Clarendon have signed the naturalization treaty. The supposed Fenians arrested here were remanded, the evidence being unsatisfactory. Rev. Thomas Dale, canon of St. Paul's church, is dead, aged seventy-three years. The English pilots speak highly of the sailing qualities of the Sapho. They cay she shipped no water, and made sixty miles on one reach. Queenstown, May 16.?The steamships Etna and Nebraska have arrived. . ; - . Paris, May 16.?A decree has been published announcing the Due de Grammot as minister of foreign affairs; Jaques Philipe j Meges, minister o?"public instruction; Charles IgnacePlieschon, minister of pub-1 lie works. The Emperor's health is excellent. >Ye8? j terday he attended the races. He walked a long time among the people, and was heartily cheered. The fist of fathers opposed to Infallibility now number over one hundred. Madrid, May 16.?In the Ccrtes on Satorday a Republican Deputy made a speech wherein he spoke of insurrection as still existing in Cuba, notwithstanding the repeated statements on the part of the Government that it had been terminated. Senor Monet, minister for the colonies, replied at some length, persisting that the insurrection is really ended.- Predatory bands of insurgents still exist in Cuba, and some skirmishes have lately occurred, but entire order would soon be restored. Official news from Captain-General Bodas gives universal satisfaction. Paris, May 16.?Madame Olivier, wife of the Minister," has received the decoration of Noble Lady of Spain. Madrid, May 16.?In the Corto* to-day Minister Monet promised an early introduction of a bill abolishing slavery in the colonies.

The Bed BiverExpe<Ution. Toronto. May 16.?Troops continue to leave for Bed river. The gunboat Rescue is to leave for the St. Mary's river as a cautionary measure agaipst the Fenians. Indian Depredations. St. Louis, May 16.?The Indians attacked a working party on the Kansas and Pacific railroad between Kit Carson and Willow Springs, and ten men belonging to the grading party were killed. A Veto. . New York, May 16.?Governor Hoffman vetoes the Arcade railroad bill, which proposed to ran a track under Broadway, $ew Steamer In INstrett. / ' QuBBHSVWNi May 16.?The steamer Amazon, from New Orleans, arrived heretoday in distress, having lost her rudder. The steamer Ohio, -from Baltimore, arrired at Southampton to-day.' .-yl

a ' ?' " ? ; ? ? ? BMsmnmI TobMM Sarike*. f IffATM?W? ??* no reason to chance our qaot*tfont fhr noy usefn! pla** of tobacco ingoodorfier. Itt soft tobacco {he tnirkst iswvAter astbe wana weather la now upon tjs. All jceuaiae sales bare been pretty s'eady for the put two weeks.sad prices uniform: Lwot. Shipping (green or unripe), common vo medinrn." 7.00@$ 8.25 Shipping, ripe, Jn (rood orocr 7.60? *.? Working, common to medUnn e.Wfo 9JS8 Working rood.., .... 8.50@ ie.50 Bripht smortng or working, common to medium,. ..... io.o?@ 30.00 Bright smoking or working, good to fine . 15.00? 35.00 8un-oured.. -8.w@ iloo Leaf. Shipping, short dark, in gpod order.. ,|10.00@$1L 00 Shipping, short darx, in soft order... fcoo? 10.w Shipping, long dark, rich and wary, ingoodorder - 1L50? 15.00 Shipping, In 90ft order, long dark, rlcn and waxy. 18.0^? 1L30 ; Stemming, short and long 8.to0) 12.50 Bright wrappers, medium to good.. 35.00? 40.00 Bright wrapper*, fine to extra..'..... 5o.oofz) lto.oo Sun-cured leaf "... ?L50@ 20.00 Domestic Market*-[Bt Telegraph]. New Yokk, May 18 -Noon.?Flour doll and declining. Wheat on)I and a shade lower. Corn dull and declining. Pork dnll; me**, $20.75. Lard dull at wimac. Cotton dull; sales. a, 000 hales at 23*?23}c. Turpentine qniet at 4l?42c. Eofia dnll at ?2.o7J@$2.io for strained. Freights dull. Bvenina.?Cotton heavy; sales of 1,500 bales; | middling uDlands, ?3|c.: Orleans. 2?c- Floor 5@ 10c. lower; State and western, 14.W@f5.80 ; south1 em heavy. at 85, ts@$s.50. Wheat i@2c. lower ; winter red and amber western, 0LJ1?*1.32. Corn declining; newmixed western. $L0G<g)$l.l2. Beef (steady. Fork firmer at $29.20@$29.30. Lard dnll { and heavy; kettle, igJ(017c. whiskey steady at I $1.10$7?*1.10J. Rice (lrm at CJ@7J?. Sugar In moderate demand and firm. Coffee firm and quiet. Jlolanses duIL Na'vil Stores qaiet. Tallow steady at S}@0Jc. Freights dull and heavy. NEW Ot?leaxs, May 18.?Flour firmer; superfine, $4.58^*4.75; doublo, $5.37|@$s.50. Suzar 00let: prime, ll|c. Molasses, prime rebolled, 75c. Whiskey?Western rectified, $1.05<?$1.15. Cof-fee-Fair, i6|@l?Jc : prime. I7i^l?jc. Sterling, 25J: sight. Jc; premium. Gold, U4J. JJEW Orleans, Mav U^-Cotton dull and nomlual: middling, 22{$z/2?j; sales, .2.700hales; net receipt}, 5,277 bales; coastwise, 21t bales-total, 548 bales. Exports?To Liverpool, 7,444 bales; FTtvrc, 1,871 bales; New York, 070 bales. Stock, 126,041 bales. Exports to Havre on Saturday, 3,530 bales. Savannah. May 16.?Cotton .dull; middling, 2ljc.; sales, 100 bales ; receipts, L744 bales ; exports to Cronstadt, 2,000 bales; coastwise. 2,108 bales; stock, 37,504 bales. Cincinnati, IMay 16?Corn dull at 08c. Pork held firmly at $30. Lard, ltfje. Bacon Jn fair demand, particularly for prime ; shoulders, 13c., rib sides, I5|c?; clear sides, lCc. Mobile, May 10.?Cotton dull and lower ; mid- ] dllng,22c-; sales, 150 bales; receipts, 1,178 bales; exports to New Orleans, co bales; stock, 43,802 j bales. CHARLESTON, May 18._Cotton flat and nominal; middling, 22ic.; sales, 50 bales ; recepts, 541 bales; exports, coastwise, 1,488 bales; stock, 8,8*4 balg. BOSTON, May lfl.?Cotton dull and nominal: middling, 33}c.; sales, 200 bales; receipts, 288 bales; coastwise, 117 bales; total, 365 bales: stock, 6,000 bales. BaltMobe, May 18.?Cotton dull and declined lie.; middling, 23c.; sale1?, loo bales : net receipts, loo bales; coastwise, 22 bales; stock, 2,260 bales.

Norfolk, May 16.?Cotton quiet; low middling, 21 jc. : receipts, 418 bales; exports, coastwise, 260 bales; stock, 3,360 bales. Galyeston, May Id.?Cotton dnll and nominal ; good ordinary, 19c.; sales, 150 bales ; receipts, 1,698 bales; stock, 29,173 bales. Augusta, Ga., May 16?Cotton market tery dull and pricesdecllued; sales, 87 baits; receipts to-d-iy, 67 biles : middlings, 21*c. Louisville, May 16.?Corn quiet at ifu.20@$i.22. Provisions Arm. Pork, $30. Lard, 17c. Whiskey, $1.07@$L08. Foreign Markets?[By Telegraph]. LONDON. May 10-Noon.? Consols. 91}. United States honrls, 81-J. Sugar firmer, both on the spot and afloat; the latter, 27s.fa)27s. 3d. London, May U?Evening?Consols, 94j}. United States Bonds, 91^. Sugar quiet and steady, tlrin both on spot and afloat. Livebpool, May 16?JfoOn ? Cotton steady; uplands. lljd.; Orlems, li|@lljd.; sales, 10,000 bales. Later.?Cotton. steady ; Bombay shipments since last report Jo the 13th Instant have been 36,000 bnlcs. P?-rk and lard firm. Liverpool, May \Q--Evening.~(Cotton closed quiet; upland*. lljd.; Orleans, llj@lljd.; sales, 10.000 bales; lor speculation and export, 2,000 bales. Corn, 29<. 90. Paki?, May 16?Noon?Bourse opened dull; rentes, 74f. 92c. Quotations for southern BANK NOTES, as reported by W. If. A ./ / 'tf CI? Vn '>1 V/kiitli utpoot piyiimnm ? AitCKKK, No. 23 South street, Baltimore, MaryVIRGINIA.?Traders Bank, 19c.; Farmers Bank, Sc.: Exchange, 12c.; Bank of Virginia, 8c.; Valley, fie.; Plttsylvanli, 2t\: l.'anvllle, 25c.; Rockbridge, Itockingham. Merchants, and Southwcsieru (secured), 85c.; Central (semosmfte5r?misbk?aiki.,?s?Efcr...... Charlotte, 47c.; Clarendon. 2c.; Commerce, 8c.; Faycttoville, 8c.; North Carolina, 50c.; ltcxboro', 28c ; Tliomasville, 5c.; Wadesboro', 24c.; Wilmington, 23c ; Commercial, Wll-j minKton, 27c.j Fanners, 30c ; Merchants, 25c. j SOUTH CAROLINA.-Bank of Camden, 45c.; Charleston, 96c.; Chester, 7c ; Georgetown. ! 5c.; Hamburg, sc.; Newberry, 96c.; Bank of South Carolina 8c.; Bank of State of South Carolina, old, 60c.; new, 29c.; Commercial, Columbia. 2c.; Merchants, 5c.; Peoples, 97c ; Planters, Fairfield, Sc.; Planters and Mechanics, 97c.; Southwestern Bank, 97c.; State Bauk or South Carolina, 4c.; Union, 97c. GEORGIA.-Bank of Athens, 49c.; Pulton, 21c.; Savannah, 10c.; Bank of Stateof Georgia, 9c.; City of Augusta, 2c.; Farmers and Mechanics. 7c.'; Marine, Centra, and Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, 90c.j Merchants and Planters, 7c.; Planters, ..c.; Union, 7c.; other banks, l and 2c. LVN1> WARRANTS WANTED. | llizncst market rate paid for all clnsees of SOUTH-RN SECURITIES. my 17?It laud :

CILVEKPLATED WARE AND TABLE IO CUTLERY-.?JOHN ASHES, 1308 Main street next house to Paine <fe Co's., is this day opening a full line of S1LVERPLATKD WARE, embracing new and handsome designs in TEA SETS, CAKE BASKETS, ICE PITCHERS, CASTORS, MOLASSES CANS, FORKS. i ; SPOONS, and LADLES, , ; together with 1VOKY TABLE CUTLERY, to which he invites the attention of purchasers. my 10 . ? ' SEA MOSS FARINE, GANTZ SEA FOAM, DOKBIN'8 ELECTRIC SOAP, PRINCE ALBERT CRACKERS, _ EDAM CHEESE, FRESH CREAM CRACKERS, PINEAPPLE CHEESE. PATAPSCO FAMILY FLOUR, just received by - f' my 12, SHIELDS & CARY. pEDJAKY ELECTION. MONROE WARD. JUDGE: WILLIAM W. TIMBERLAKE. COMMISSIONERS: ? B. L. BBA9ELMAN, L. LEVY, r -. THOMaS a. BRANDER. CHALLENGERS? JOHN C. PRYDE, J. H. GARY. CLEik: WILLIAM JINKIN3. The above have been appointed by the Executive Committee of tbe Ward, my 14 J. R. FISHER, Secretary. H. WHITLOCK'S ! ? BOX FACTORY ANIi PLANING MILL, Eighteenth and Cahy streets, RICHMOND, VA. BOXE'i AND FRUIT-CRATES MADE TO ORDER. lr am making ihia week quite a number of SI-RAW BERRY CRATKS, and will be receiving I daring tbe we*k about 7,000 of tl?e prettiest ST K AW BERRY QUART-BASKETS ever offered In Richmond, ^fheseareall soW. SEND IN YOUR ORDERS AT ONCE. The PLANING MILL DEPARTMENT will be properly at tended to. 1 baVe a man whose dnty is t<> look after this and keep the lots of various parties separate and dry. I have kept from twenty to thirty ntnds const ?ntly employed nearly ail the past winter and to the present time. I 1*:ll be adding during tbe year continually NEW MACHINERY. * Am thankful to my old patrons for their trade, and respectfully solicit a continuance from them and a trial from others. Very respectfuBy, my II?eodm - R, H. WHITLOCK. R

TSAAC JL VENT J. MERGER, CORNER SK- _ VENTH AND BYKD HTRKETF, webt ?Me Peterfebun? depot, dealer in LUMBK&, hHINULEfj Pu>iT8, ?lc., hu on band Vlrfrtnla and North Carolina Pine, assorted sixes; Inch Oat Pfneing, Cypress Shlnjrles, Ced=tr Poata, Dressed Boards aca rioortnp. Extra sizes all-heart Lonr ber sawed to order at short notice. my?-Tn&83w * MILLrSTONES.?We are prepared to fnrnleh the best quality PftESCH BUKK MIlL-STOnES for KitndJnjf whnt or corn, and j3E30PUS for fcrlndlni? corn; best BOLIINGCLOTHfi, Anker brand, vjrtons nam be re. Also, superior nEPARATOK AND 0COCBKB* for cfeanlnjc trhexl, suitable for small mills, and superior quall'.y MlLL-PICK>U-c>ur own maimtae-. tare. f JOSEPH HALL ft CO.. Richmond Iron Worlpj, : corner Ninthand Canal street*' aV)22?^4swlm iT\.T ? .' Not ic e ^to ky viaxsm ahp THE PUBLIC AT LABGE^-I shall open TO-DAFtht Gymnasium Hall, on Franklin be

Ss* fan 1 ??A?H 'HAS {C01W. i s'iw.rc ^ rjr?? rt,\ r- * 1/ ':*>. . ?' J? J i * ' ANOTHER BEAM HAS SPRUNG, ? Aim,. *'';?? ?'":;t l CAUSED titk tCHBIJHG OF TBI! PKOW "? ' or DBYGO 6M, JOSEPH STRA USE'S, ISSI MAIN STREET. Large BED-<JUXLTS at H.50wp?tti ?*.? ; Extra heavy MARSEILLES COUNTERPANES, fs, H $5,96, to l?, worth twice tt? moneyi Extra cheap BLACK SILKS teau It ft JMLW? HEAVY REPS afc*2, |2.S?, and |3-as*onl8hfegty low; The greafcal bargains In double-width BLACK ALPACA?a Use article at Mc. worth Wc. ; still finer at tfc., 5$c^? c7Jc^ s?Je.? It, Ac. ; not 75c. in the dollar; BLACK BOMBAZINE and ENGLISH CRAPE, for mourning dresses at less than gold valaefPine BLACK LAWN at Uic. worth 25c.; ? GRENADINE at SJ|c.; EMBROIDERED atttc.i FRENCH CAMBRIv JACCONETS, ORGANDIES. MOZAMBIQUE*, POPLINS, SWISS CAMBRIC, and CHECK MH^LIN^ at thatow- 1 eat market prices; LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS at Wc. per dosen ; Best WHALEBONE CORSETS at 78c., cheap ! atH; Best BLACK aad COLORED KID GLOVES aifJ,! selling elsewhere at |i.M; , LADIES' UMBRELLAS, 60c.; SILK PARASOLSirom 75c. to higher grades;-" Handsome LADIES' SHAWLS at |1 worth |S; 4-4 BROWN and BLEACHED COTTON,. DOMESTIC GINGHAM, SHIRTING, STRIPED BED-TICKING, at lJJo.; IRISH LINEN, IRISH LINEN?the -cheapest In Richmond, (Tom 37Jc,, Mc., csje.; LINEN TABLE DAMASK, doable-width, at 40c. worth 75c.; CASSIMERES, TWEEDS, KENTUCKY JEANS, LINEN, DOESKIN, and CLOTHS, for men and boys* wear, at all prices. Every artlclc and a great many more aatonlsb'np: cheap goods yon will find by calling, With oat delay, as (he rush of oostmhers Is great from morning till night for those cheat) goods, at J08EPH STRAUSE'S, . . my 17 No. iro Main street, TwUCKWALL & BOUSS. No. 1013 MAIN XJ STREET.?Straw Good* I Straw Goods! an kinds; Mourning Dress Goods, every variety: all, auction bargains, boqeht at hair price and sold accordingly; elegant Mourning Salts for ladies at half their value ; a splendid lot of genuine French Flowers, Parasols and Sun-Umbrellas for ladles and misses; Domestics of all kinds at factory priccs; the celebrated Androscoggin Cotton, less than a shilling; Prints, toe. : Needles, Sc.: Pins, sc.; Coata's Cotton, Clark's Machine Cotton; good Spool Cotton (500 yards), 5c.; 4-4 Fancy Matting, Carpets at onte-btUumpYlces; running off our stock of Shoes at cost; Trunks for- K.M, cheap at 90. All flrst-class goods, bought by a first-class merchant at first-class auction houses: ? < bought for cash; sold for cash; bought low, an* i will be sold low. - my 17

DKY GOODS AT THE CORUEa. . .J 4. . BEAUTY! UTILITY I ECONOMY J <? y t iHf|' ' ? PRETTY GOODS 1 GOOD GOODS! CHEAP GOODS! Our assortment Is kept complete by weekly additions of article* that are new Btyle and desirable ; and we are enabled lo place before customers tho moot fashionable goods at (he lowest prices. We enumerate some article?, and Invite a call and Inspection of our stock : WHITE PIQUES. TUCKED MUSLINS, SWISS, NAINSOOK, and CHECK MUSLINS; CAMBRICS, BRILLIANTS, DIMITY? ORGANDIES, TARLETANS, BLACK IKON" BAREGES, GRENADINES, and HERNANIEB; BLACK GRENADINES with EMBROIDERED FIGURES. BLACK MOHAIR 4LPACAS, BOMBAZINES, aadTAMISE CLOTH: JACCONET and ORGANDIE LAWNS, FRENCH PERCALK8, solid colors; FRENCH CAMBRICS and JACCONETS, JAPANESE POPLINS and SILKS, PARASOLS, SILK and CAMBRIC UMBRELLAS, SILK FANS, LACE SHAWLS, COLLARS, and HANDKERCHIEFS; RIBBONS and SATINS, SHEETINGS, TABLE L1NTSNS, NAPKINS, TOWftLS, QUILTS, / SILK SACQUES, GAUZE S1IIRTS, SHIRTBOSOMS, FRENCH CORSETS, KID GLOVES, ENGLISH HOSE. LA.DIES and GENT'S BOWS, GREN Ai>iis JE StLA. \Y 1>D, OJAITIK7, EDG1NG8 and INSERTINfGS, / WHITE and BLACK LACES, ,j VEIL GRENADINES, MARSEILLES TRIMMINGS, RUFFLINGS, &C. All goods warranted as represented. Particular attention paid to Ailing orders and memorandum*. WILLIAM THALHIMER * SONS, Broad-street Dry Goods Emporium, my 16 corner Sixth and Broad street*. rjpHE T! ? :10rj POPULAR DRY GOODS STORE OF BROAD STREET, NO. 637. H1RSH Sc. GUGGENHEIMER I ,U-. arc making daily additions to their stock, at the ) a i ?i .' ? LOWEST PRICES, euch as will compare favorably with any one's In the city. [xljT'-u: ?' 9 * ? ,'"7T,7 77; TV" 4(1 il r1. ? :.rf . i: \ f v;> T DRESS GOODS, such as Japanese Poplins, Silks, \ M Cts ? Embroidered Grenadines, Lawns, .Piqtw, ? &. i 'fa - ? r-; : _wjh Cambrics, Alpacas, Poplins, Bareges, 4c.

?It , 1 . f 1 ;T '.I ? ij f Win rE GOODS, such' as Linens for Shirting, Plllow-Cases, Sheeting, Tabie-Llnen.Nap- - . ? : ( f i' kins, Russia Diaper, Lines for boys' and , ? > V '? :* ? <lmcn'a wear; Plain, Striped, and Plaid ???'. i> WJ iV.i i gandlcs, Swiss, Nainsook, and Cambrics. Am ;? ?ij . ; wltx NOTIONS, such as Coneta, Handkerchief*, Ribbons, Parasols. Embroideries, Hosiery - ' -{/ J r. lot ladles, men, and children? . ... CI '(*tt ' bpY# and everything else usually kepfrln s fctt-clacs ? /<?, ? .. r.t -! dry goods house. .*? >/ HJB9H * GUGGENHEIMER, : m Broad street. W.CKsav, ) .. / // j ^ J. C. Chejteby, > talesmen. . Jiv F. P. OBETTXH,} ' mjli H ILL'S NEW PATENT BEVENOE CANCELLING MACHINE, ? adopted by Govenu?tt* Sold by C. BELLESOT, ; Ecfrayer and Brand-cutler, ? 1419 Main' B&oat, mj i?3n Richmond, Va.

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BS POWHATAN STEi KHOXT COMPACT , AH? OHIO sUtBOAO ii-imiWa .FOB BEST AgSOBTJIXttfT 0? CLOTHING, FOB ?K>OI> L0Wa,SKE 4^biC&IK01 FOR M?tf'?<<AND BOm.CL#J?P?G, Wfcl OBCLOt&fcof, .x oxiioK : r?p?r " r! ^ -/? ?* . * wtJ.fc ? >.! ju #&*-jr4 CHEVIOT FRENCH SACK BDItiBl ^ ^BitiUl m4 TMt, wt*o* oeavio* WAiiKt^'isrinT;w" "?? 8COTOH COATtM? WALJCnrG^XJTT, $34. DIAGONAL OOATIW WJLLfSdMyBtJlT, ?n. FRENCH CREPEDBE83 SUIT. &ttaed Test, FRENCH CBEPE SACK SUITS, eoUiadW, FANCY CASSIMRBE PABTAL0ONB} |7 to ?1N YOUSXfNCYCASSIMEItE ?mT8? rjD):Llf^Y cA^??4B WOSsi; f?, $12. Alao, a large ?ssorlawnfoV v . GENTLEMEN'S FraNIsjjfltfb GOODS at yoiy low prlccs, JOHN 8. DEVLIN, , loo? Mafn street (opposite the post-offlce), ap W-am ' Richmond, Va. 9BWKB uKorqk h. bbown. C.Tfc.BADTTiY. superior (ktlUtlei, to coDdnot-ourlnalinii on tiw> most liberal baalF, iintj.tecp coiMttuKN^n hMd^ full assortment of the above celebr?t?t MwhI sass ^fflajBaaiiaas |?lp??? 2LL ffiSSik Agco^t wantedthroughout^ HUfes.- g- myU OBWING-MAC |?E&tSSM8 &W .<y>ly PBOCER NI ELLIPTIC MACHLgES. : ?i?. ? ?: ? - '. ***' JEC1NDS *AI C8EWOAT-* rr-rrr*-i

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. V?M TOBtf, fara their >1 .^AMUyACXUSE FA BOX*" .?. ics 1-1 /'1 <r ';XBm9S ;,>xak n.r DttU&*J I.'i 1)t* ? ..-ntf* ?'i?'iyr.l .Kf ^a^fiiTnMS vnwiWM^ .#? i'?9 IS MAIS STBEET, T^CORICE ?PBPBPMBjpWa & ? WphftTe II <rf ofw S^^^UTfomJ ^Jtottafitltirrw t/Mpk which WttlaJw* ^ Sgggg