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“THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, (SUNDAY EXCEPTED) AT THE STAR BUILDING, BY W. D. WALLACH. phen onsite The STAR is served by tae carriers to their subscribers in the City and District at Ten (CxunTs PER WEEK. Ooples at the counter, with or without wrappers, Two CznTs each. PRICE FOR Maitino:—Three months, One Detiar and Fifty Cents; six months, Three Dol- jars; one year, Five Dollars. No papers aro sent from the off'ce longer than paid for. The WEEKLY STAR—published on Friday Worning—One Dollar and a Half a Year. DENTISTRY. A ates A ee ie OR ne TR's DENTAL ASSOCIATION, DN oso TERIA AVES Z Between 12th and 13th streets, ‘Teeth extracted without pain by admiactering Nitrous Oxyde er Laughing Gas. Dr Baws pas recently eae tse ae Chemica! Apparatus in a mast. gas every day ; also, Proved Val- volar inhaler, ‘The Association is now prepared fo make Teeth on Gold, Silver and Bubber at New York Philadelphia and Boston prices. All per- sen) dental work done oan have It aacheap bove-named citivs. All work done in _———— eee %, XXIX. BANKERS. JAY COOKE «& co., BANKEES, Pifteensd street, opposite Treasury, Buysnd sel 8 tcurrent market rates, and heep onstentiy on hand, a fall supply of all GOVEENMENT BONDS, BEVEN-THIBTIES, AND COMPOUND INTEREST NOTES. Orders far STOCKS. BONDS, &o., executed, and Oellections made on all accessible points. min WASHINGTON, D. C., SATUR SPECIAL NOTICES. METCALFE’S GREAT RHEUMATIO EDY instantly relieves pal ir fais gis. Nervous Head ee 8.0 FORD, Agent. q Star. DAY, JANUARY 26. 1867. TELEGRAMS, &c. The Feniau trials were resumed in Uanaday Thureday, before Judge Morrison. James King pleaded not guilty, and being a Sovth- est was manifested by Shutherners. The jury were half aliens. Gen Early, late of the Confederate army, testified for the defence, and the jury rendered ver- dict of not guilty. Thomis Gallagher was Barney Duncan was N2, 4,333. CONGRESSIONAL. SEN aTE.— Yesterday afternoon, the tariff bill nder consideration— by . Johnson, to | bert Kiddie smickered at the make the duty on bituminous coal $1.50 per ton, was discussed at some length, and fin: adopted by a vote of yeas 26, nays 14. This amendment fixes the tariff on cannel or candle coal at $150 per ton, no matter where | proved melo-dramatic style, that they haa imported from . Foster moved to amend the bill by ging the tariff on planters’ and other hoe=, ‘wholly or in part of steel or iron, from $1.50 per dozen to $2 Mr Grimes suggested thatthe amendment be | The charges had been drawn. There was & Modified so as to make the tariff on planters’ , end neve! jacne,and Paim | erner mach inter In the Head or tried and convicted, convicted of being engag: cerned inthe invasion. Several others were discharged, the evidence not being suMicient riumes in this ~ bat of u HiGHT-BLOOMING extract of the day i y Griving their trash ent of the trade. So! EUS "the great flo A fighthas occurred ia New Orleans be- A MODERN MIRACLE! tween Bill Davis, of St Louis, who fought hoes $2 per dozen it and best manner warranted to give satisfaction. Persons will do well to call Sud examine our work. de 24-0 ® * . Looms, « aid Patenice of the MINERAL ‘he Inventor ATE TEETH, sttends perronally at, is office in thie city, Many perso: wear these teeth who cannot woar others, = person can wear others who eansot Persons calling at my office can be scoommoda- ted with any style and price of Teeth they may do- tire, but = aes — are poy oe rest, clean se rongest an: ir 4 Eire thet art can procure, the MINE RU PaETH will be more fully warranted. Booms in this olty—No 33% Penn's s » be- street, tween 9th and 10th sts. Also, 907 Arc Philadelphia. oc 20-19 PERSONAL, J \] BS. CURTIS IRVING, Ciaircovant, and Test N Medium, © give life readiogs, Inciuding Past, Present and Fature at her office, 420, perth side of Pa. ay., between ih and Sth streets. | Oilice hours from 9to 2s. m. and 6 to ¥ p. 38 %4-1m* B. MADKIC BEAL SULENTIFIO AS A THKULUGER OF AMERIOA, t of the Stars at the veal astonishing se er kuew before, how sule undertakings From the pesition ana: time of one’s birtle wi creis that no living mortal to be successful im all reaso He tells awe and vers day you marry, ¢ the intended compation, wid tells all er Iife: good lack and loog life to viatte ft sto $1: geutiomes in fall $1. ih st. peer F, all hours until y int de 31-Im* ‘ENTLEMEN WHO ARE AFFLIOTED—A . { the profession. Cbarges moderate. De not Spply to uuacks, but tod B.@ABPMER, M.D. Inte of the United States Ricord Venereai ites tal No. 21 south A street, opposite the apitol Snare, south side NB —Medicines also furnished at cost, de 7 Im* YONFIDENTIAL—Young men who have in- CSared. themsctves os Certain, secret habits, which unfit them for business. pleneare, of the Guties of married life; also. middle aged and od meu. who. trom the follies of youth, or other Sauces. feel a debliity in advance of theit years, before placing themeelves under the treatmeut of py or-, should first read "The Secret Friend” Married ladies will learn something of importance by perusing ‘*Tbe Secret Friend.’” Sent toany ad- || dress inasealed env on receipt of 2 cents Address Dr. CHAS. A. STUART & 00. Boston, OLOTHING, &o. ) J. BRISEBGER, ae GND. MTL any or MERCHANT TAILOR, Metropolitan Hotel. late Brown ' 8 my 1-tf LACK. WARDH.LAMON. ©. ¥. BLACK. LAW Vedivug, BLACK, LAMON & Co., Counsellors ang Attorneys at-Law Ic the Sa Court of the United Stat the Court of 0: the Courts of the District. the Executive Dey ents. aud Vonumittees of Congress Office, 465 igth street, (directly te Wil- tards’ Hotel) am " "ope ‘on ERZBERG'S LOAN OFFICE. Eetabi ned R52. Mighest advances mace «n WATCHES. DIA- MOUNDS. JEWELAY, WEAKING APPAEEL, and all Kinds of chandise. Busivess strictiy conSlential. 351 North C sirect, between 4 and ately im rear of the National *EREMIazs Hotel, = = ___ 388 Im* ATEsT PALIS FASHIONS oF HaIB- a DRESSING. E. AL LIoT, BRENCH HAI DRESSER, 324 BE street. between 13th and Lith sts. Mr. Allict, from Paris, Hai resser, of the erlebrated Bac bei, with whom he errived in this country now beem established for tne lest tant » ia Washincton Newport, en patronage of the corps diplo matique, and cfthe highest society. He bounee that he has this seasor ported the latest foshions of hair dressing, and » pomades, and everything that belongs to the dressing o° hair at very reasona. } ces. 387 6m 53 LOUISIANA AVENUE. 58 J.H.CBANE & 00. Have on hand « isrge and fine assortment of €OODS, mited to this market, such as BUTTER CHEESE, EGGS, APPLES, BAISINS, FIGS, CITRON, NUTS, HAMS, OODFISH, MAOK- SBEL, HEBBING, S0APS, CANNED Goops, &e. Also, 50 Barrels Moore's celebrated OBAM- PAGNE OIDER, by barrel or gallon. Allthe above goods are offered at the lowest market price, and werranted tosuit, by J. . OBANE & 00., Ja 41m 53 La. ave.. between 6th amd 7th. M. T. COL! iS, CABINE Ww ps, Wey! MAKER AND Show Gase Manutacturer, School Farnitare. end Housefurnishing Warerooms. New and Old Furnitare. of all desertptioas, ht int sole. Dapeizh > Gobeiseriag. and Varnish- ‘abortcet notice, east corn: of 8th and K streets north| No. 13. ny) 3a" EMOVAL. THE HATIONAL UNIO: i - PANY OF SHINGTON sida Have re@oved to thei Office. Bo. 71 LOUISIANA AVENUE, First door east of 7th st, TTO WI PIANOS AND OamHaRT O™'? sanbuam's Panlon URGake: be-| i oa eo leet at of saa gecond hat ti A ments, tociading 5 eave —: for ptiaay tite ehchatresse POTATOES, 3.000 vonok RaiBE Romanos. jon wr. street. 3 ww bi * commission Merchants _delstt No. 465 9th ot.. between E and F. ‘HOOOLATE DOUBLE, VARI! De sei DE H. i a ern | re bes oa Corner Vermont avenue street. Wea REPRCLISE onary, ac., &c., to suit ee cog. Megecio by kt Kikg Sah; Tx eget EEE eens sade Bie Foe forap. sezazee tgoges dar eee tie FASO MS, Ontonville, Md, |; BENOR ALMANACHS (1867.—Alme veereconses aimee bree eee Adérees Gg. HOADLBY & om Yisoin oft OF ar Jam sew in vane RaE IE Ve 0 ® —00r. Mtb and F sts., wader Bobitt House 3 On all others, $1.50. old and young, from rich and poor, from to. rn and lowly, comes the Universal Voice of The amendment was di Mr. Fester moved to amend the paragraph mn relation to pocket cutlery, on which the duty is 55 per cent. ad valorem in the bill, by adding specific duty of 57 cents per dozen on all knives worth more than two doilars and less than five dollars per dollars, 70 cents per dozen. Willey moved to amend by changing the pote or asphaitum, bitumen or albertite or bituminous shales of every description, from fifty cents to five dol- lare per ton. The smendment was agreed to. Mr. Sprague moved to amend by increasing the duties on all machinery made in part of tron or steel, or of any other metal or material, complete or in parts. from forty-five to sixty per centum ad valorem; provided that ail contracted for prior to January i, come in under rates then e: At the suggestion of Mr. Conness, theamend- ment was modified to read 60 instead of 65 per McCool three months ago, and Mr. Barnett, of New Orleans, which ended in a victory for Davis in even rounds twenty-eight with selling the fight. Barrow &CO., HALL’S VEGETABLE The fight lasted SICILIAN HAIR RENEWEB. racuivus article. Gures A better dressing Softens brash, ‘al Silken Tressea. er is the rapidity Corner Louisiana avenue and Seventh reet. "A second fight occurred between Duffy of St. Louis, and Peter Jo:ce, of New York. After fourteen rounds Joice proke bis forefinger aad thumb and threw up akes hair grow @OVERNMENT SECURITIES, GOLD AND SILVER But above all, the great wond AND LAND WABRANTS | ¥ith whichit restores Gray Haig ro ts First National Benk of Washington. B.D. COOKE, (of Jay Cooke &Co.,) President HUNTINGTON, Cashier, GOVERNMENT DEPOS!TORY All the Democrats in the Kansas Legislatare except one signed a request for Colonel Blair, Inve the Johneon condidate for Congress, to go to Washingtén and assure the President that the Inte Senatorial contest was between Radi- Conservatism, in which the intter was defeated; but urging him to stand by bis friends in Kansas who adhere to him, and not to allow a Radical to hold a Federal jae it a few times. a | RESTO, OHANGE! the whitest and worst locking bair resumes tte Is it oi new life and Tt will not take long disagreeable trial to prove h of this matter. you will see the NATURA! every day. a ing every 4 ORE YOU KNOW IT, | the old, gray, discolored ap | Will be gone, giving place to | beautiful locks, Ask for Hall's Sicilian Hair Renoworsno other ticle is at all like it in effect OxeaP To Buy, youthful beauty | Sirikes at the root ané | coloring matter. WINANOIAL AGENT OF THE UNITED rance of the — The arms seized last summer from the Fe- nians, and which were depositec at severaj points in General Barry’s military district, have been appraised by the ordnance officers Bonds to double that amount are being executed, when the arms will be de- livered to the claimants ‘The Canadian Government has taken prompt action respecting the claims for pensions re- sulting from the Fenian AS were granted to widows and child- t andin some cases to the mothers of vol- anteers killed and wounded in action, and liberal gratuities to those disabled, Mr. Walbridge, phonographic reporter of tbe St. Louis Democrat, bas been summoned to Washington to \estity before the impeachment committee as to the correctness of his report of President Jobnson’s speech at the Southern Hotel in that city. General Palmer, treasurer of the Union Pa- cific railroad, has received from the Govern- Ment $441,000 im bonds, the amount due on twenty-five miles of railroad and telegraph line west of Fort Kiley, which bas just been accepted by commissioners. The Baltimore mail steamers are still de- tained at both ends of the route, thenayigation of the Chesapeake being eonsidered impossi- ble at the present condition of the ice Merous Failing veesels are detaine ton Roads, unable to get to Baltimore. A bill was introduced into the Kansas Sen- ate providing for a board of emigration, and appropriating $10,000 for the publication of pamphlets and the establishment of agencies in the Eastern States and Europe. Abouteighty of the new breach-loaders are now being turned ont per day by the Spring- field. Muse., armory, and their number will stantly increased till, in Febraary, two ‘ed will be the daily production A young man nineteen years of age. named Wm. Hixley, was shot aud fatally wounded y 4 policemanin Baltimore last. night. The reason assigned was that he had failed vo bal whea ordered. Ceionel E. A. Kable made the opening ar- gumentin the Tennessee Supreme Court ia the case involving the constitutionality of the tranclise law. The court wiil be occupied several days with the case. General Harriman, Republican candidate for Governor, and John G. Sinctair, cratic candidate for Governor of New Hamp shire, have arrenged to stamp the State two- 18th strets, opposite the Treasury Departmen, exnm You will find ft Gor ent Securities with Treasurer United osteotomy. mes Anv Surk To po You Goon. There are many imitations. the genuine, mannfactured on! Mr. Johnson called for adi vision of the ques- tion, and the vote was first taken on the in- crease of the duty; afterward on the proviso. ‘The increase of duty was disagreed to—yeas Love 100.000, BONE MILLION DOLLARS ¢ atover $ We buy and sell all classes of GOVEKNMENT SECURITIES at current market rates, FURNISH EXCHANGE and make Collections om ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES. We purchase Government Vouchers om the MOST FAVORABLE TERMS, and give carefal ene prompt sttention to ACCOUNTS of BUSINESS MEN and FIRMS, snd to any other business entrusted to us. FULL INFOBMATION tn regard to GOVERR MENXT LOANS at all times cheerfully furnished WM. 8. HUNTINGTON, Onebier. Washington, March 20, 1966 HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, &. Be sure yen procars The proviso was then disagreed to. Mr. Conness then moved to:ucrease the daty on machinery {rom 451055 per cent, ad yalo- Tem. Agreed to, 2 Several other amendments were acted on, when, without final action om the bill, the Senate adjourned. Hous — Yesterday afternoon— Mr. Hogan, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported joint resolution relieving from the payment of tax alcohol made from distilled fpirits op whieh the tax had already been paid, and burning fluid made from alcoho! or *pirits ef turpentine or camphene on which the tax had been already paid, and directing that all products of distillation that contain distilled spirits or aleohol on which the tax Bad not been paid shall be considered and taxed as distilled spirits. of paragraph 19 of section 79 of act of Jane 30, 1864, the words “distillers of burning fluid and For sale by all dra EDIAL INSTITUTE FOR SPECIAL BEMED ganas Diseases, wea sealed « BH Ba sure and send for them, ett; for,as advertising phy Sicians are generally wmpostors. without refermncs no stranger shoul’ be trasted. ostage avd directto DB. LAW ‘ond «treet. New York ®7 MABBIAGE ANDOKLIBAOY, AND THB Happivess of True Mashood. Young Men on the Crime of Solitude, aud the Phystological Errors, Abuses aud Diseases which nte te Marriage, with care moans sealed letter envel.): Address Dr J SKIBLIN Howard Association, Philadelphia, Pa. and you wiil not ree Also, striking out SECRET DISEASES. Givris the most certain, safe and edy—tndeed, the only vogetabie reme- vered. Cures in two to tour days, and recent oases in twenty four hours No miner: 1 Only ten pills to be taken. is the soldier's hope. and a friend te those who do bot want te be exposed. Male packages, §3;fe- San aRiTAN’s Boot ann Hers Jvices—A positive sud permanent enre for Spy uilis, Serofala, Ulcers, Price @1 25 per bottle. © advertisement 5 The Committee of the Whole was discharged from the turther consideration of the Senate bill for the relief of Josiah O. Armes, and it came before the House for consideration. appropriates $9,500 to pay for house and bri!d- ings burned at Auandale, Fairfax county. Vir. ginia, for military purposes. lishes a very impor‘ant principle, at variance with @ resolution of the House, it gaye rise to considerable debate. Mr. Stevens favored the WILLARD’S HOTBL, Wasuinoton, December |, 1866. Benators, Bepresentatives,and others residing in Washington, who oecupy rivate apartments, ir MEALS at this k se re ST RES. UHADWIOK & CO. [2500p House, Corner Penna. avenue and Tre! fth street, Washingion, D.C. balsam, no mercury can Bete < the rate of As the bill estab. Sores, Spots. Tetters. Principle of the Mr. Morrill remarked that he knew the gen- teman from Pennsylvania never flinched from the logic of his position, no matter wnat might be the cost to the country. The Passage ef this bill would be a precedent for the allow. avce of claims that would amount, in the ag- cregate to at Jenst $!,000,000,00. He asked the Chairman Situated in the most central location the city, midway between the CAPITOL AND PRESIDENTIAL MANSION, Only @ short distanes from ali the Departments, Patent and Post Offices, Smithsonian Institute, H.H. DUDLEY «00. SUCCESSFOLLY, SMOLANDEB'S EXTRACT BUCKU overy case of Kipwry Distast, EREUMATISM, DisoRDERs, WEAKN Pains fn the Bacx, Femare OomPLaints and Veovnrxs arising from Bxcesszs ov any Kiyv. COME, YE AFFLIGTED! TRY SMOLANDER’S, TAKE NO OTHER BUCKD. Sold by all Apothecartes. Price @1. D. BARNES & 00., New York, and BARNES, WABD &U0., Sew Orleans, Southern A ROGERS, Wholesale Druggiste, Boston, Mass, General Agents. COLGATE & C03 WINTEE BOAP. Recommended fot carrey HANBs and for general TOILET Use during cod WsaTHEBR, It may be and faney goods dealers, of the Commite of Claims (Mr, Delano] whether that estimate was wo high HS RESTAURANT, No. 385 Penne avenue, near sth street, P. EMRICH wishes to inform bis frienis Public generally that he pow keeps con stantly on hand OY od ieWESES and Mr. Delano replied that 1¢-was impossible to make even an approximate estmate. He sup- nd millions would mot cover ibe amount of such clans The bill was passed—yeas #9, nay: i mye ORS cannot be & i FROZEN TO DEATH.—On the 16th inst., John A. Wilson, a venerable aud well known citizen an Albemarie, Va, died at his home, about five miles from Charlottesville, from the effects of The Unarlottesyille ts, BUBLEIGH & WOOD AND COAL. OAL' COAL AT GREATLY BEDUCED PRICES. 240 Ibs., delivered in eny part of Chestaut White Ash, 87. &¢ end Furnace White Ash, 98,2), b 38 we. The Chamber of Commerce of Cincinnat! has passed resolutions aaopti garding the weight of g ain, and also changing the weight ofa barrel of flour from 196 to 200 acenta system re- Chronicle says: No white person lived with him. When his negroes, of whom there are twenty-seven on the place, were emancipated by the war, he al- lowed them to remain on the farm and work it for their own benefit—only stipulating that they sbould take care of him. of the contract was not fulfilled,as Mr. Wil- He was found by his neigh- bor, Edward Coles, on Sunday, lyingin bed insensible and stiff with cold—his only cover- nes—and no fire in the house He lingered until Wednesday, when he died. He had been often urged by his children to iive With one of them, but would not consent to do attached to bis place and bis negroes. He retained his mental faculties, but was not able to go out of the house, and was, there- fore, almost helpless. There had been an abundance of bed covering in the house, but everything but twe counterpanes had been stolen. Gross tone of 2 A Montgomery (Ala) special of the 2th House Judiciary Commitiee will submit to-morrow a bill for the removal of the capital of the State to Mobile. tee stood 11 far and 2 against the measure. Twomen arrested Jast fall at Danbury for the robbery of tne Adams Express carat Nor- walk, last January, escaped from Danbury jail by digging a hole underneath the cell bé- low the wall of the prison. Heavy ice down the Rappahannock river, the floating fields extending to Wolf.trap, making the navigation dangerous for sai.ing obtained of all druggtis! Tae commit- This Jacter part Oak and Pine Wood constantly on band. Kiel at our Ofice; oratthe Wharf, 8 P. BROWN & SON, 465 Sthstreet, between E and F. con: COAL!! OOALIiI T. T. FOWLER & 00. aes nd egg sizes, son froze to death prers.3.w.e H, P. KREIS’ ing two coun DANCING ACADEMY, enue, bet. 6th and 7th sts.. Opposite Metrepolitan Hotel. — Classes forming every It is reported that there will soon be a con- vention of Republican generals in Mexico, to chose ageneral-in-chief. It is believed Ortega will be chosen. Accounts from the plains state that thereare about 10,000 well-armed warriors upon the war path, and it is feared they will pounce upon some exposed point. legations from ali the Kansas tribes of In- have left Fort Leavenworth for Wash- ington in charge of Colon party numbers eighty. ifthe confederation bill undergoes any im- portant alterations in the Imperial Parliament: the Canadian Legislature witl be convoked in April or May toapprove such change. ‘A special to the St. Louis Democrat from To- kaenys that the Snate of Kan4ss defeated e bul for a constitutional convention. A bill has paseed the creasing the salary of had previously passed the Se: The Conservative Mayoralty on vention of Baltimore after organizing last night, ad- journed until this ey the Halliday distillery case, Toronto, given in favor of the 2 ing. Thi \- ald avail thee. this quarter for J. F. Ellis’ and w. a, received at the central office of the Wash- ton and Georgetown fee Com (late it ‘whagf, foot of ith, iteseke a je 1¢-1m B. 8. LAMEIN, Agent. Fices are a8 follow: ‘Teparations will May Otren! can yee at Metverott & Oo.'s Music SINGULAR Arrain—We are are informed Hall can be rented for Bofrees, that Mr. Peter Butuer, a former resident of our town, who has contended for 4 number of years ‘will never die, was thrown into some sort of a trance, a few days since, by which life was, to all appearance, entirely extinct. His beliet led:him often to warn his friends not to put Dim under terra firma Day: For Ladies, Misses and Saturday afternoons, from Gentlemen's vee wiper turiner teres ‘or further information, Of tuition, or address a no! ‘ter commencing with the ABINI’S FASHIONABLE NI’s QNABLE DANCING -elags artic! sare of public i Fitaer eve- during the hours ‘Academy. first lossou. i el Murphy. The too soon, but to keep BALTL = 80 a: to convince them- — he would never die. His watning was taken, and on the fifth day of his transitory, upmistakable signs of life ap body, and in a few hours bimeelf again.— Wytherille Dispatch. Tue J. —— GROSS WEIGHT, 2,240 reer nt sna hc ostan' recei tl cor iy oe § he Hivered in any pert of the city. between B and F ots , Islan bet cadimy ia how open for the rec ars ef tuition Masters Tuesdays, Fastin thera gi 6 from 8 to 10, same evenings. MAseumnane ano a aa BALLS eatiomen of We ennessee House in- @ State jaages. It = G° 7? wis. moses: FASHIONABLE CARPET, FURNITURE AND BEDDING BTORES, NOS, 521 & 519, INTELLIGENCER BUILD. 1NG, CORNER 7TH AND D., Canada, a verdict was Government for $48,00°, Samuel Angler, @n assorting cierk in, the Boston post-office, has been arrested for pur- loining money from letters, i he Massachusetts Anti-siayery ‘i session in Boston y The attendance was not large. iment United States colored em route for Baiti- undersigned he ledics and city, and the Distriet times yard ade ai ‘ancy . This is one of the first fancy establie! HO. 505 7TH STREET, THORN the new Tycoon, who ADJOINING ODD AND EXAMINE THE FIWEST ASSURTED STOCK THIS SIDE OF PHILADELPHIA. "8 BUILDING, GLOWS’ HALL, in ali the Irish ports for emigration reduced the number who started for Liver- & The British Government must be em- t are in New more for muster out. e Western rail; up, from Cincinvatt. latest desi, made Bomton, The stos ‘at the lowest rare nate with HE LITTLE BELT CIGAR, Manufactured exclusively under copyright for E, 0. DYER & 00., 256 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, Between 12th Bnd 18th streets. OS sorta re manufactured imported by a. went =P. roads are mostly blocked order in Philedelp! The Maryland Legislature. that can be f The Senate of the bill to correct adding thereto the names betwi decided that Sawyer thet: pA ing public officer, daability. yesterday qualified onze) of Fnege a ve heyy etn to the fall nm order was adopted tee on judicial ion in regard to the ri Baltimore RarLBoaD IxpRETEDN ESS. lished in the Boston Adv: following railroads were indebted to ted States Government on the ist of the sums annexed te their .—An article pab- ertiser siates that the present ety . Belt, brother 11 living for 8 ua it ts in ev Brice. — FSW CRE 4 -xandria, Loudon and Ham: 55; and the Manassas Gap, $4. curred in the recent Lof the, Baltimore He claims: of Maryland soldiers for woguthea The House, ’ took so tee aeises iy id Gir ibe Ssuiise or to tose ausixnes. removal of the 4. W. TOWBHBND & CO., Jewelers, 516 7th st., between D and E, Having determined to retire from ———___________W. B. MOSES, EZ2515Ls VIRGINIA HALRB BRSTORSE. Ham BuxovaTsE.—We Be ao tet Cincinnati physician. whil2 out ning, shot a peacock. He thonght it = which pun+ ib death, took this morning Dreparation. IST OF WATOH ancher ai 'ASHING TON O:ry, D.O., Beo. 31, 1856. cture of your ‘* Mair of many friends who am waren mares ce bill w residents of Rich- hoetow-muaepy.as & - ae sipete a es, = for ARTIOLBS To BE ‘bide eter bole to be raffled for $860 curr: 7 Artemas care of Mrs. Dr. Mary Walker, in ., 87 Londoa will Bave strest railroads before NOFA colored woman is Korflt gave birt Cs tpeare of the Buoro,”) 2. MP. KING 2 008, r \~ DARI Ste; gt oy oa no current to the demand. ordinary Selution of a Matrimoniai Extra. mary or ‘From the Nashville Banner, Jaa. 1 Our Edgefield neighbors have recently tern favored wi fseptauon pot less racy than starting, of nothing lees than a double elopement. The circumstances are as lollowe: For seme two or three monthe past a family named Riddie, from East Tennessee, have been living at Hick’s ola brick yard in Lower Eage- field. The family consisted of Mr. Riddie, bis wife, a little son of Mre. K. by a former young lady whore we ‘Ascertain. comes in the oung gentioman. His pame is nd Visits were frequent. Having ® close intimacy with the Ria- Giles he introduced into th: Eden @ ‘ear- pint” named Jonn Lambert. Joba was sixty- live, and, as the desoument proved, seduc- tive. Last Sunday week Harris and Lambert went to Rid bouse in company. Their errand Wasa sinister ene. They went to tear ~~ R. from the embrace of her unsuspecting bus- band, and fo the latter was informed lam idea—twas a good joke. But when he noticed the firm com- ally | pression of Lambert's lip and the ominous glitter et Harris’s«ye—when Lambert growled Out trem between his teeth, im the most ap- come for Mrs. Riddle, and were going to have her, and that if be made any resistance they Would “decapitate’ him in the shake of a sheep's rail—Riddle realized the intensity of the criste, and sprang te the bea for his pistol. “traitor in the camp.” Riddle was betrayed At this juncture Harris, who was heavy on the muscle, seized and tied him fast. Forth came the recreant wife, and undid him With four brief words, “1t is too trae.” With imperturbabie calmness and a grim sort of smile, as if she were paying off old scores, she proceeded to revelations, which ; om all over five | filled the soul of Riddle with any amoant of uncomfortable emotion. In the first place arrangements lor the elopement hi been fematicaliy concluded. She was “boand” to £0 with Lambert, and the young lady (name unknown) was bound to go with Harris. The affliction was certainly a “hard one” for the “old man,” but she considerately hoped that he would “grin and bear it.” Lambert had given her “something to make her love him”—some sweet oblivious antidote, and that was the long and sbort of it. She ba. la be very ung: ‘ous Of Kiddie to stand in the way of her Bappiness. The least thing he couid do for all concerned was to let ber depart in peace. Strange to say, this singeTar ple: Rid- die,” as our informant states, to thinkiog jon of domestic calamity, at such sbort notice, paralized. as it were, bis powers of action So he took & seat. utterly subdued, and while be was groping in the dim recesses of his mind for re { from this great sorrow of his life, more'ng came, and with it the express wagon which was to bear away Mrs. K. and ber iuggage. Riddle aroused him - ® he made a last appesi to his tevanting better half, without avail Lambert's love potion was still in “successful operation Seating herself on an ancient cedar chest, the Filt of her first Nusband, she waved adieu with a yellow bandana pocket handkerchief, until lost by distance to the tear-dimmed vision of her deserted «ponse At last accounts Mrs. Riddle, Lambert, Har- ris, and the “young iady” had embarked tor Cairo, en route, it is supposed, for Missouri, where a brother of Mrs. K. resides. Lambert is between sixty and sixty five years of age, and formerly lived near Elizabethtown, Ky., but forthe last three or tour years has been in the employ of Mr. Kramer, in Edge- field. He left bebind bim a wife, who is old and afilicted, besides several children, and we are informed, grand children. That husvands are faise and that women are frau, Or that men with each other's wives meddle, is a troth we'll admit—though the wife in this tale Is an incompreheneibie Riddle Virginia News. Last Sanday aiternoon, two gentlemen in Lynchburg found Mr. Nat Terry, an old and infirm man, on the street, lying prostrate, the ice Daving tormed upon his face like a mask, bis whole body rigid, and his white hair thick with snow flakes. These gentlemen supported him between them and carried him home. In ail likelihood, if they had not gone to hie res- cue, be would have perished in the snow. A petition signed by ali the workmen ployed in the ¢ forwarded to Congress, praying tha’ the act of that body, looking to the closing of the yard, may be stayed The Norfolk Journal boasts of the unob- strncted harbor of that city, and says vessels and steamers enter and depart with as much e@are as they did in Jal The Virginia and North Carolina Mission Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Cn was organized in Richmend by Bishop Sco on Theredsy. the 2f of Iaanary The names of a number of gentlemen in dif- feremt quarters of the State are proposed in connexion with the office of Governor The smal) pox bas again brokea out in Ports- Mouth. u- —A correspondent of the Alexahdna Ga . Writing from Leesburg, sa: «= Newstead. the residence of the jate George M. Grayson, and more recently of Alexander Grayson, sold recently for $45 per acre, ander a dec of the Circuit Court, by consent ef parties; Miss M. J. Kose became the pur- chaser, Several farms in that (the Upper- ville) neighborhood have been sold recently, Sl residents. The people from abroad pur- chase tracts near the railroad, Sovth Lou- coun, or in the country ly: north of the Snickersyille turmp ke, or close to it, I have recently exammed our records for statistics, 1 find that the judgments entered on the bench docket for the year ending June 30, 186, were for $149,500, principal, and (estimated) entries for $25,000, oF in all $175,000 ; We deeds of trust to secure debts amount to $163,172, making a total lien acquired of $335,172 for that year; the deeds of trustto secure deferred payments pik prema Of real estate amount to 898,036, an inasmuch as they are usually two thirds of the whole sale, it would resuit that $131 oe worth of real estate changed hands in that time. 1 think at least $90,000 was from por- chase by non-residents, and-thus $30,000 for Sales of land were brought into our ennnty in that year. Since July 14, 1865, when the ¢ purts he was | were reorganized, to Novemoer court iaclu- sive, S22 judgments have been rendered against about 600 persons, or one fifth of the voting AS8Y.—Itis announced | population.” apanase embassy, consisting of nineteen persons.of whom two are ambas- sadors and the remaincer their attendants, bas arrived at Pans,en route forthe United States, They will remain some time in bowever, before Japanese Government, it is said, establish two permanent em. bassies at Paris and at London, Which sebeols will be openea japanese fruite of the'aci favors foreign intercourse. IMMUGRATION.—Lord Dutterin, @ resident Irish landlord, bas been = letters in Sinise" nbettaah aay ance 1000, 06 years an now has 5,500,000, is too demsely populated, and should be thinned by emigration — a jarge scale! It would ap; » by the official returns from Liverpool, the number of persons (chiefly Irish) whe left So pen ar the United States, in 1466. was greater by 2,337 ‘ban went thitber in the previous ly, 122,393 persons in G06 ships, 4 of the number of emigrants the ReaPo: ILITY OF Matt Cannrers—The | STe#t exodus of 1855. The increased facilities Court of Appeals at Richmond, Va., has grant- in the case of Sawyer from Alexandria circuit. it in Sa ic te pomartas ae Ww ny money ch, with aa ye bag, —— » contractor carryt and Washington. It was in this respect was not a and on that account exempt reland, which had d by the departure of the able-Bodied n from ireland, trom whom the army and have hitherto been so largely recruited. Di To induce such men to enter into the military or naval service of England, three reforms are indispensable: the bounty-money must be augmented, the pav inereased, the brotal and degrading punishment of flogging wholly abolished. ith Fenianism so rite among the Irish, there is little chance of the British army being any longer maintained in full force by enlistmen its in that country, —————$ Tue East River Icw 3B: a—The New York whilst make a telatter don ASe’ pepe Wine totes eer ing able to cross the East twenty-t ih the Bpissepal Oburch in the Diosees of S7Ata New York hotel, the other day, & Sized brook trout oan jras found inacaa of a7 1t is rumored that Jenny Lind will again Visit this country. ‘Ward is ander the ae boasts that Virginia is Rot Bow dependent the Yankees for ice.

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