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N?w York Market.
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From Norfolk.
NORFOLK, May ty. -Tho United States
Circuit Conrt was'opened yesterday. Judge
Underwood delivered bia charge to the
jury,?and dwelt particnlarly oil the neces?
sity of bringing the leaders of the rebellion
to trial. .
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'Foreign News.
Nr.w YORK, Blay 0,-Panania advices
have been received.
Daring the bombardment the Spa.nub
Admiral refused to receive a noto from thc
Danish Consul-General, to the effect that
the Danish Government holds Spain ac?
countable for all damage done to property
and citizens during the bombardment.
Preparations aro being actively made
for the reception of the Spanish fleet -by
fortifications.
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, May 9.-The President lias
approved the bill for encouraging tele?
graphic communication between the United
States, the West Indies and the bahama
Islands.
The House passed that section of the tax
bill fixing the duty on cotton at live cents;
and it has also been occupied in debate on
the constitutional amendment proposed by
tho Reconstruction Committee. Several
members delivered thirty-minute speeches
on the proposition. Mr. Raymond, of New
York, was willing lo accept the report,
providing the third sect ion was stricken
ont. Mr. McKee, of Kentucky, gave it his
approval.
Interview of Mn. Dari? with her
lIuKbaml.
Our Old Point correspondent, of
May ?4, says:
It is now understood that Mrs. Da?
vis, with her little child, had an in?
terview with her husband, at half
past 8 o'clock, yesterday morning.
The interview lasted nearly two
hours, and must surely have been
extremely gratifying to both. In the
course of a twelvemonth, many very
noticeable changes occur. It was on
the evening of thc 20th of April,
1865, that the steamer William P.
Clyde, from which a few hours before
Jefferson Davis hail been landed,
slowly set sail, aud while tho steam
and smoke issued from her engine
and boilers she moved slowly out of
the harbor. The solo passengers on
the Clyde were M . i and Clay,
and her destinatioi as Savannah,
the Southern port f i which she
came.
For nearly a year Mrs. Davis has
been refused the privilege of visiting
her husband. The result of the many
entreaties on her part, and those of
, her friends, has at last prevailed on
the clemency of President Johnson,
and the desired boon has been finally
granted.
Your correspondent presumed, yes?
terday morning, at an early hour, so
much as to call on Mrs. Davis, as she
was awaiting in the sitting-room ol
the Hygeia Hotel the presence of an
officer from the fortress. Sending in
my card by the colored water in at?
tendance, the desired object was al
once acceded to
The sitting-room of the hotel has
never, by any means, been noted foi
its comfort or the extensiveness ol
of its adornments. Entering thi
room and passing through the requi?
site etiquette occupied but a few
seconds, and the agreeable conversa
tion with Mrs. Davis which ensued
was far more than a recompense foi
the courage which it required to so?
licit such an interview. The mannet
and conversation of Mrs. Davis wa?
that of one perfectly at home on al
subjects, and extremely lady-like ir
all her remarks on the various topici
of the day which perchance wen
brought up. She had been?allowet
the privilege of correspondence witl
her husband, but of the exact stat<
of his health she dared not hope
The favorable opinions formed fron
the occasional correspondents o
Northern papers were often dissi
[ pated by assertions perfectly contra
dictory, and in the long time whicl
^ has elapsed since she has seen he;
Wm husband it has often been a mer?
Bmatter of doubt, owing -to the reti
F?'eeiice of Mr. Davis in speaking of tin
- subject of his general health. Of tin
terms of her visit she was not aware
Ibut hoped it would be her privilege
to remain at this place until her hus
band's fate was decided.
After conversing for the space o
ten minutes, your correspondent re
tired, much impressed with thc in
terview.
Mrs. Davis was accompanied by
large quantity of baggage. All o
this was moved inside the fort las
night.
? Alex. H. Stephens is expected bael
in Washington city, this week, t
counsel with his friends upon the re
construction policy of the Presiden
and the political course of the Deine
eratic party, to which he is now de
votedly attached, says Mr. Greeley'
paper.
The Senate, after a warm con tost
confirmed ex-Sheriff Parker of Nc
Orleans as surveyor of that port. Th
Louisiana radicals have laborad euri;
estly for his defeat.
A despatch from Washington.state
that the Bank Committee, have ?lt
citied to report against the oreatio:
of any more national banks.
A negro woman in Mississippi coi
fesses to starving her four children t
. death, "as sh? was tired of support
ing ue brats."
From Washington.
"We regret, to state that Adam,
Count Gurowsky, who for several
years past has figured so prominently
among tho remarkable characters of
the day, died suddenly yesterday.
The narrative of Ins life since land?
ing in this country is too familiar,
especially at the national capital,
where "his peculiar and unique indi?
viduality made him one of our mark?
ed men, to need repetition.
I Washington Chronicle, 5///.
Indeed ! How ignorant some people
are. We confess we know nothing
about him.-Richmond Dispatch.
The following despatch was re?
ceived yesterday by Gen. Howard:
VICKSBUKO, May 4, 1866.
An Assistant Sub-Commissioner
of the Bureau, Lieutenant J. B.
Blanding, was assassinated at Grena?
da on the night of the 30th ultimo.
Every effort will bo made to ferret
out ami brint the murderer to justice.
THOMAS J. WOOD, Maj. C?en.
President Johnson has signed the
pardons of Harry Hays, of Louisiana,
(Confederate General,) and J. B. La?
fitte, of Charleston, S. C., formerly a
j rebel agent in Europe.
A "special season of prayer for the
New Haven editors" was held in one
of the New Haven churches last
week. It is understood that a simi?
lar season of prayer will be instituted
for the benefit of the morning papers
of this city.-Washington Star.
Judge Underwood, who is now
here, states that tho grand jury
which meets at Norfolk on Monday
next, will bring in a true bill against
Mr. Davis for treason. - Washington
Correspontlence .Ve?/' York World.
Tho habeas corpus Act has psssed
both Houses, and oidy awaits the sig?
nature of tho President to become a
law. It protects every officer of the
Federal Government who, aiding
under orders, made what is known as
arbitrary arrests dnriug tho war. It
also removes all suits brought by ag?
grieved parties against such officers
from tho State Courts to the Federal
Courts, lt transfers over 2,000 of
that kind of coses from the Kentucky
local courts to the United States
Courts. The bill provides that tho
production of a telegram or order by
an officer for such an arrest is suf?
ficient for his defence in the suit.
Tile receipts from internal revenue
to day were$765,052.70, and the total
receipts for the week ending to-day
were $3,304,318.21.
DRAMATIC SKIJMON.-A correspond?
ent of tho Baptist Journal (Mo.)
gives an account of a dramatic ser?
mon, which though not quite equal
to thc famous dagger scene of
Burke, in tho House of Commons,
is yet worthy of a place among the
illustrations of popular preaching.
His text was, "He that is without
sin lot him cast the first stone."
"Last Sabbath, as I stepped into
the house ol' God, I heard some one
say that he had no fellowship for
a rebel in Church or State, coupling
a profane word with the term. My
blood was chilled in my veins, and
the above text rushed into my mind
like pealing claps of thunder. It was
my lot to preach on that day; so I
determined to use the text to the
best advantage, God being my help?
er. I read a chapter, sung a hymn,
and prayed. I arose from my knees,
went out, and procured a stone of
some four pounds weight. Coming
back, T took my staud with the stone
in hand. AU eyes were, fixed on me.
Some appeared to he frightened;
ot1 <;rs laid their hands on their re?
volvers, preparing for battle, as
though 'death or victory' was their
motto. I read aloud, 'Ho that is
without siu let him cast the first
stone,' and raised the rock to the top
of my head. The people began to
look frightened. But 1 commenced
by examining myself by the golden
rule, then weighed myself in the ba?
lance, and found that I was wanting,
and boldly exclaimed, 'lam a sinner
and a rebel against tho government
of my God and king; I cannot throw
the stone; I ask pardon of my God,
and acknowledge my allegiance to
God in the presence of all the people.'
I then offered the stone to every man
in the house, but, to my astonish?
ment, they all foll on their knees,
and, in sobs and tears, one solid pe?
tition went up bi God for pardon, to
the great King of Kings, and Lord of
Lords. Oh, how my soul rejoiced
i in the Lord."
There is every reason to believe
that we are on the verge of a serious
misunderstanding with France. If
the recent opinion of Attorney-Gene?
ral Speed that arms may be sent to
the Juarists in Mexico is followed by
corresponding action, it will surely
be regarded by the French Govern?
ment as a violation of Mr. Seward's
pledge of absolute neutrality, and
the French troops in Mexico instead
of being withdrawn will be reinforced.
j The Washington correspondent of
j of the St. Louis Republican telegraphs
I that so far as the declarations of wit?
nesses are concerned in tia; evidence
submitted to the House Judiciary
Committee by the War Department,
it is overwhelming in favor of reliev?
ing President Davis from the plot to
hosaasinate Lincoln and his Cabinet,
j No witness of auy prominence testi
! ?es to an}- such fact.
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A BKT&F BUT TRCTHFDI? DKSCKU?
TIOM. Greeley has some pretension
to personal convictions, while Forney
is merely a ?log that barks with etjnal
noise at. whoever be ??set upon by his
last owner. Kew York World.
I Secretary Stanton's Perfidy and Da.
pllcity.
Somebody has becu cheated*. Mr.
Stanton has eithe? been making false
professions to the President, or false
professions to the radicals; and thc
personal problem of greatest interest
in Washington just now is-which?
The following despatch appeared in
yesterday's Tribune:
THE CABINET MEETING-VIEWS OF
SECRETARY STANTON.-No little com?
ment has been had, to-day, upon the
anonymous account of the Cabinet
meeting of yesterday, generally cir?
culated hore among tho Washington
papers, and sent abroad by the Asso?
ciated Press as a rumor. Herc its
authorship is accredited to thc Pre?
sident. That portion of it alluding
to the Secretary of War is the only
portion of it that surprises any one
in tho least. There is no doubt but
that he is incorrectly reported. Cus?
tom has mode tho details of what
transpired in Cabinet meeting con?
fidential, and the account given out
at a late hour last night is somewhat
unusual. The general behef among
members of Congress, to-day, is that
the Secretary of War has made no
speech in material antagonism to the
Congressional policy of reconstruc?
tion, or in especial support of the
President, and that tho anonymous
rumor is set afloat to induce him to
say or do something hat would
afford an excuse for his summary
removal from the Cabinet. The day
may not be far distant when tho cur?
tain may be drawn aside, and the
whole truth unequivocally spread be?
fore tho people. In the meantime,
the Republicans will need more evi?
dence than any that has yet been
furnished thom that Secretary' Stan?
ton is in favor of the immediate ad?
mission of the Southern delegations,
and that he is against the restoration
plan laid down by the committee cd* fif?
teen.
And this in the 1 ?adelphia Press:
TUE RECENT CA- NET MEETING. -
Thc statement telegraphed by the
Associated Press yesterday, with re?
gard to the Cabinet meeting on Tues?
day, is not belie ved so far as Secreta?
ry Stanton is concerned. The most
intimate friends of Secretary Stanton
are firm in the conviction that ho Ls
in favor of the Congressional plan of
reconstruction, and that he did not
support that of "the President in the
Cabinet meeting. A prominent mem?
ber of Congress pronounces the whole
thing a hoax, on good authority.
The despatch in question was sent
from tho White House to the agent
of the Associated Press, and is un?
derstood to have been manipulated
by President Johnson ami Secretary
Seward.
Thc radicals may have something
yet to leam in respect to thc deceitful
doublings of Stanton; the President
himself may have something to learn
on tho same score; but those ac?
quainted with the arts by which
Stanton got himself appointed Secre?
tary of War, nothing. While Gen.
McClellan's star was in the ascendant,
(as it was until after the close of Sec?
retary Cameron's administration,)
Stanton, then a Washington lawyer,
with a great deal of leisure, was in
tho habit of hanging around General
McClellan's headquarters, professing
for that officer the warmest friend?
ship and admiration, and expressing
the most devoted wishes to be of ser?
vice to him in forwarding his strategy.
General McClellan credited Stanton's
professions; thought well of. his abili?
ties; and on Mr. Cameron's retire
ment, favored his appointment to tin
head of the War Department. Pre
sident Lincoln's confidence in Gen.
McClellan was at that time unshaken,
and he deferred to his wishes tin
selection of a Secretary. Rut nc
sooner was Stanton in office than In
immediately entered into an under
standing wfth General McClellan':
enemies, and became the leading
spirit in their confederacy to mir
hun. General McClellan's friend
were as disappointed and astonished
and, at first, as incredulous, as th?
radicals now seem to be at Stanton':
unexpected course. He professed dis
interested friendship for McClellan
because he saw that was the likelies
way to get office; he immediately
turned against him and joined th?
conspiracy of McClellan's enemies
because that seemed the likeliest way
to keep office.
It is perfectly cvhlent that Stantoi
has been pretending one thing t<
President Johnson, and another t<
the radical Congressmen. Withii
the last week or two, the radicals ii
Congress have begun to exhibit sonn
symptoms of "caving," anti accord
ingly Stanton, with a selfish eye t<
his chances, spoke in the Cabine
meeting in rather more decided terni
than he has yet hazardetl in condemn
ation of the policy of the radicals
A Cabinet meeting being, for tb
most part, a secret conclave, he hut
no ilread of exposure. The unexpect
e?l divulgation has doubtless con
founded him, as it has astounded th
radicals, with whom he has been ii
constant communion, whose plot
against the President ho has beei
abetting, anti whose full confidence h
has, up to this time, enjoyed. Hav
they been harboring a traitor and
. spy in their camp? Has the PreSi
dent been harboring a traitor and
spy in his Cabinet? Either one o
the other; the question is, which? o
whether, indeed, it bo not both?
The radicals pay a very equivoc?
compliment to theloyalty andfidelit
of Stanton's nature, in the confidenc
they express that he adheres to then
and not to the President. His ver
position and official relations wonl
create a strong presumption (if lie
were a sincere, honorable man,) that
he supported his official chief-, nnft
not that chief's venomous foes. What
is the ovidence, of wi 1 ich the radicals
are in possession, which so completely
counteracts this presumption-a pro
sumption which would bo deemed ir?
resistible, if Stanton wore accredited
with delicacy, truth or honor. He
owes fidelity to the President, ???Tl
when it leaks out that, in socret
Cabinet conclave, ho made profes?
sion of such fidelity, the radicals
make a great out-cry, and declare
their certainty that he has been mis?
represented. Wo suppose the truth
ti) be, that he has been insincere:
that he has been a snake in the grass.
I New York World.
The Pardon Bovines*-Official State?
ment <>t Executive Clemency.
The following message from thc
President, with accompanying docu?
ments therein specified, was receive*]
on Friday afternoon in tb?'. House o
Representatives, and ordere?! to In
printed-:
7b lie ffoitae nf liepresenl'ttives:
In answer to thc resolution of tin
House of Representatives of the 5 tl
of March, 1806, requesting the name:
of persons worth more than $20,000 t<
whom special pardons have beei
issued, and a statement of the amoun
of property which has been :w-ized a
belonging to the emmies of the (io
vemment, or os abandoned property
ami returned to those who claimedb
bo the original owners, 1 transmi
herewith reports from the Secretar;
of State, the Secretary of the Tren
sury, the Secretary of War, and tb
Attorney-General, together with
copy of the amnesty proclamation (
Maj- 29, 1805, and a copy of the wai
rants issued in cases in which specie
pardons are granted. The seeont
third and fourth conditions of th
warrants prescribe thc terms, so ff
as property is concerned, upon whie
all such pardons are granted and ai
cepted. ANDREW JOHNSON.
' WASHINGTON. 1). C., May 1, IS?li
The report from thc Secretary <
State shows that (lu: number <>f pc
sons excepted from the benefit of tl
amnesty proclamation nuder tl
$20,00(1 clansovto whom special pa
dons have been granted, is 7,40'
707 additional cases have been pass?
upon by tie- Attorney-General, bi
not yet acted upon in the State D
partmcnt, and consequently are n
included iii the lisl of name--; fu
nished.
The Secretary of War transmi
the reports of Major-( ?-eneral I b ?war
the Chief of Engineers thc Chief
Ordnance ami Quartermaster^ lenci
Mcigs. The most important is th
of Genend Howard, rt states th
thc property held by thc Freedmei
Bureau was seized either limier t'
Act of Congres-, of .Inly IT, 1862,
as abandoned property. Of this, t
greater portion was in the State
Virginia, where a large amount
land lind been allotted among t
freedmen. Owing to the large nu:
ber of applications for thc restorati
of property, a circular, origina
drawn up by Hie Commissioner t
I the State ,>f Virginia, was issued fr?
the headquarters of the Bureau,
September, 1865, for the guidance
its agents in dealing with such apj.
cations. Much of the property In
under the Act. of 1862 had been mc
ly libelled, and no proceedings inf
tuted for the confiscation; and in
cases where this class of property li
not been actually sohl, and when p:
ceediugs against it were not pondi
in tin- United States Courts, it v
restored.
Several estates held under (i.
Sherman's Field Order Xo. I."., w
I restored under instructions from t
President, in War Department Or?
j of October i?, 1st')."?, some of th
having but few freedmen '.oca
j upon them, who could be as adv
tageously located elsewhere, or ot!
special reasons existing; 'Hr the res
ration. Among the ? tales rester
was that of cs Gov. Aiken, which1
restored on the recommendation
(icu. D. i:. Sickles.
Thc report goes <>n to state thal
had been understood by the ollie
of tin' Bureau that abandoned pn>|
ty which hail been seized for its i
under the Act of Congress could
held until the purposes of the Bur
were accomplished, irrespective
tho question whether or not
owner hail received a pardon; a
acting upon that understanding,
applications for the restoration
that ?-lass of property had been
fused. But tho casi' of B. B. Lei
of Tennessee, being brought to
notice of the President, bis appl
tion was referred back to tlie Bur
on tho 16th of August. 1865, witl
endorsement by the Preside**, dir
ing that his estate be restored tob
on the ground that his pardon
tith'il him to resume possession,
der this decision, a largo amoun
property bad been restored, aud
tenure of tho Bureau in property 1
by it. had sin?'?' that timo been so
certain, except in the case of land 1
under Gen. Sherman's Field Ol
No. 15, that it ha ! not been warr
( 1 in making allot men) s to freethi
The amount of land held under
Act of July 17. 1862, wi deb the
port shows to have been restore?
15,452 acres, comprising about si
five estates; of laud of which a
melds had been made to freedn
there has l>e?'ii restored 14,652 ac
comprising over thirty estates.
The Chief of Engineers state
his report that lands bad been se
as a military necessity for the pur]
of fortifications, \c, both in r
ami loyal Stater, but the war being
over, such lands had been restored,
and in some eases the buildings erect?
ed thereon given to the owners of the
land as entire or partial indemnity
for damages.
Tho Chief of Ordnance states that
the only seizure made by that depart?
ment was that of the foundry at Ma?
con, 'Georgia, which had been re?
stored to the original owners on the
recommendation of (icu. Grant, pro?
per conditions being exacted as a pre?
liminary to tho transfer.
Qurterm aster-General Mei gs states
that the railroads seized in the South?
ern States hud been restored to the
directors, on conditions that they will
elect loyal officers to conduct them.
Thc Secretary of the Treasury re?
ports that all lands had been trans?
ferred to the Freedmen's Bureau,
and that all information as to proper?
ty restored was in possession of that
Bureau.
Our limy to the Frrtdincn.
The negroes of the Southern or late
slave States have peculiar claims upon
the sympathy of their late owners
who are still, bi a great extent, their
employers. Free and responsible to
the laws and to society for their con
duet -almost wholly illiterate -having
: notions of their new relations neces?
sarily imperfect, and often false and
j mischievous-it ln-comes not only
our duty, but our highest interest, to
j lead them up to a higher plane of ci
I vilization and usefulness, to encour?
age them in well-doing, and teach
them the importance of a proper un-1
derstunding of their rights and duties.
lt cannot bo doubted that the welfare
of both tho white and black man de?
pends upon the correct establishment
of their true and appropriate rela?
tions to estell other.
This, we fear, can never be accom?
plished under the tuition of Northern
missionaries; and it becomes the duty
of the Southern people t devote
j more attention to his mental ?end mo
I ral training. Ho should not be made
? to depend upon New England adven
! tiners for bis education, but be fur?
nished by thc people among whom he
I was brought up.
We know this cannot be done, at
present, to the exb'iit that is desira
! Ide; but if we commence the work, we
j will eventually have a full supply of
; means. Every neighborhood in
i Middle Tennessee, and many in the
: other States of the South, eau fur
! nish negroes who, with a little train
I ing. would bo competent to teach
j those of their own color in the rudi
! nientary branches. With this begin
? liing supervised, encouraged and
fostered by the whites of the So-ith -
it would require but a short time to
develop such a system as would
answer the necessities of tho blacks,
and lessen, if not, finally, entirely
relieve ourselves of many evils to
which society is now subjected, by
reason of the class under whose tntil
ago they are thrown.
Wo must control not only their
mental but their moral training. If
loft to those-who, upon a false as?
sumption, ifould have themselves re?
garded as their special guardians and
friends-we may expect nothing else
but that they will become indoctrin?
ated with the belief that the very
people with whom they were raised
are their natural enemies, cruel and
oppressive, against whom they must
entertain prejudice and disgust.
Such a state of affairs could not long
j exist without proving fatal to the
best interests of society at the South.
Happily, our duty and onr inter
! ests go hand-in-hand in this matter.
The subject is one of such magnitude,
! and of such immediate importance,
as to justify labored discussion ; but
jour purpose at present is simply to
I invite attention to its consideration.
? I We have no time for delay, and it
1 will not admit of neglect,
j I Xashri/!'' Union and American.
NITRO GIAVURINF.. -In many cu?
rious and intelligible ways, Professor
> Noebel, says tho New York Times,
experimented with tho material, and
convinced all present that so far as
. the conditions there presented are
. concerned, nitro-glycerine is safer to
. handle and transport than gun-pow
> : der, gun-cotton, or enmphene, while
s i its explosive power is vastly greater.
' ! Tho Berlin correspondent of the
' Watchman ami Reflector says: "Wo
think New York. Londou and Paris
I are as bad as can be; but they can
. harldly be as wicked as Berlin." He
writes: ''There is a beer house for
every '200; a church for every 00,000.
Funeral Invitation.
Tho relatives, friends and acquaintances
of General and Mrs. s. R. t;ist, are respect?
fully invited to attend the funeral services
of thc former at Trinity Church, THIS
MORNING, at 10 ??clock.
Funeral Invitation.
The friends and acquaintances of Mrs.
MARTHA K. BLACK, and of Col. and Mrs.
.). Ti. Black, aro respectfully invited to at?
tend the funeral services of the former, at
the Presbyterian Church, at 9 o'clock,
THIS MORNING.
OBITUARY.
Pep:uted this life, yesterday, the 9th
instant, suddenly and calmly, BENJAMIN
UAWbS. Esq., in the ninety-fourth year of
his ago.
His friends and acquaintances, also those
of John I. and Thomas J. bawls, G. S.
Bower and J. J. Mackc aro very respect?
fully invited to attend his funeral, THIS
AFTERNOON, at 4 o'clock, from the resi?
dence of (i. S. Bower, Kast end of Plain
street.
Episcopal Method tat Confer? ncr.
Tho probation system was to-day stricken
ont of the disciplino by the General Con?
ference. Cls?? meeting made a privilege.
No test of membership any longer. Church
meetings monthly were ordained. Love
feast kept intact, with closed doors.
The Committee on Finance made a final
report. Tho salaries of ministers are to
bo regulated by their congregations. Iii
Shops' salaries are to be raised within tho
Episcopal Districts in which they labor.
Bishop Pierce will attend the following
conferences: Arkansas, at Searcy, Septem?
ber '?Cr. Little Kock, at Arkadelphia, Octo?
ber 10: North Carolina, at Fayetteville,
November 7; Virginia, at Norfolk, Novem?
ber 21; Baltimore, at Baltimore citv.
March, 18C7.
Bishop Doggett will attend Wtwt ir:: .
ginia, at Parkersburg, September 5; Ken?
tucky, at Winchester, September 19; Louis?
ville, at Elizabeth town, October 3; St.
Louis, at Lexington, October 31; Missouri,
at Richmond, October 19.
Bishop McTyerie will attend Holston, at
Ashville, N. C., October 10; Tennessee, at
Huntsville, Ala., October 24; Oeorgia, at
Americus, November 28; Florida, at Quin?
cy, December 13.
Bishop Wightman will attend Son tn Ca?
rolina, at Marion, November 7; Montgo?
mery, at Jacksonville, December 5; Mobile,
at Enterprise, Miss., November 21.
Bishop Paine will attend Memphis, ut
Jackson, Tenn., on November 14; Misai?
eippi, at Natchez, November 8: Ixmisiaua,
at Baton Rouge, December VA.
Bishop Kavanaugh will attend Pacific
Conference, at Petroleum, Cal.; Columbia,
place not fixed,
bishop Marvin will attend lud?an Mis?
sion, at Bloomfield; Texas, at Galveston;
East Texas, at Marshall; West Texas, at
Sequin; North-west Texas, at Waxahatchie.
Bishops Sonle, Andrew and Early are
without regular work.
[ fjouisville Journal, 2d.
AN IRON BREAKER.-Rockau up in
the cell in the Henrico County jail is
a man named Ch as tain Hampton,
who has been sent on by the Justices
on a charge of horse-stealing. Hamp?
ton was fastened to the floor with an
iron anklet chain and ring, but in
some mysterious way he smashed the
anklet os if it was only a woman's
garter. He was ironed again, smash
again-so for seven times in succes?
sion, to the great bewilderment of
the blacksmith, who swears by ham?
mer and anvil that Hampton must be
the devil. No tools have been found
in the cell by which the smashing
could be done, unless they be con?
cealed in his clothes, which, we
believe, have not been searched, and
the clerk of the court, as soon as
Hampton is left to himself, can hear
the sound of his work in casting oft*
his irons-which, by the way, it ap?
pears he does in derision of his
keepers, and not with any view of
making his escape. -Richmond Whig.
The whole number of white blind
persons in tho United States in 1844)
was 5,030; iu 1850, 7,997; in 1860,
10,729. Increase from 1S40 to 1850,
5'J per cent. ; from 1850 to 1860, 34
per cent. According to the latter
rat? nf increase, the number of white
blind in the United States in 1865
would bc 12.581.
The Masons of Richmond are mak?
ing active exertions for adopting a
more general system of education for
the cliildren of deceased and indigent
members of the Order. Delegates
from the several Lodges in the city
met at the City Hall, ou Friday Lost,
to take the subject into considera?
tion.
Twenty-dollar bills on the "First
National Bank of Portland, Connecti?
cut," are circulating. There is no
such bank.
COMMERCIAL. AND FINANCIAL..
A n?cSTA. May 8.-Cotton less active than
on yesterday. Oft*eri?g stock light. Trans?
actions are so very limited that it is im?
possible to give correct quotation?. Gold
?lull. Brokers buying at 120; selling at
127. SUver baying at 120: selling at 125.
Auction Sales.
Sugar, Molasses, Segars, ?tc.
By LEVIN & PEIX0TT0.
THIS (Thursday) MORNING, 10th inst., at
Uli o'clock, we will sell, at our Auction
ld Tom, to close consignments,
;l bbls. Coffee Sugar.
4 " Stewart's White.
2 tierces NY. I. Molasses.
12 boxes imported Havana Segara
Flora ('anido.
8 boxes Ibo Hondo.
.") " Cilendrados Rososito.
20 '. Londres- Young America.
400 packages Cigarettos.
With sundry other articles. May 9 2
Superior Young Mules, ?tc.
By LEVIN & PELX0TT0.
THIS (Thursday) MORNING, 10thinst.,at
lit o'clock, previous to sale of groceries,
we will sell,
3 very superior YOUNG MULES -titles
guaranteed.
Also, Wagon, Harness, ?fcc. May 9 2
WATER NoSc?.
THE WATER will be shutoff the city
Ibis dav, at 3 o'clock, for three hours.
Mav 10 * W. K. EVANS, Supt.
Cows fofflUe.
THREE fine MILCH COWS for sale
all excellent milkers. Can be seen at
tho New Market, this Thurstjfty morning,
from 9 to 12 A. M. May 10 1?
Richland Lodge No. 39, A. F. X.
A An extra communication of this
?^V-Lodge wiu I*9 held THIS EVEN
/^^ING, 10th inst., at 8 o'clock, at Odd
Fellows' Hall, to confer the 2d and 3d De?
grees. Rv oi\ler of tho W. M.
May 10 'l H. TOZER, Secretary .
Building Notice.
11HE undersigned having at command a
large supply of LTJMBLu and otht r
BUILDING MATERIAL, and having st?
emed the services of skillful workmen, will
undertake to erect, at reasonable rabas.
Buildings of Wood Ol "A lek.
Mr. Troy, well known as a most compe?
tent workman, is in charge of the me?
chanical department of our businoss. To
all work tho subscriber will give his per?
sonal attention. By promptness, fidelity,,
and strict devotion to his business, he
hopes to merit a share of the public pa?
tronage.
May 10 {3 J. P. THOMAS