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- Universal Suffrage.W. Voorheas recently delivered

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a 8pee^^tA^w ~4-lbany, Ind., in which heexpressed his views:on the suffrage question, as

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' lI am one el those persons that hold, first,upon the question ot .suffrage,, that it is not aauesfciori of Federal politics at all. I take itthat no man of honesty, no man of commonintelligence,' believes that Congress has theright to force a code of suffrage on the Stateof Indiana. Has Congress the right to enforcenegro;suffrage everywhere? I will read the

?Chicago platform.-that transparent fraud uponthe question.directly. They say they havethe power to enforce it over ten States, butnot power to enforce it over the rest. It is a

question for the States and the States alone.If the people of any State desire to incorporatethe negro race into their voting population,that is their business hot mine Bat I shouldnever do . and I wilf give you my reasons

why. If the people of. a State desire to do it,they have the power to do it, however unwisethat act may be;.but the power of Congressdoes not extend to that. No question is plainer;and the Democratic party stands uponthat doctrine. But we go further. We holdthat the attempt to mingle and commingle twoseparate and distinct races in the control ofone government has, aocording to history, resultedfatally to the government that attemptedit.; I have no prejudices against the blackmen. I have no prejudices against anything

_that God has made. What right have I? Thehumblest and lowest thing of animated erea-tiou has my sympathy and my respect, becauseGod made it.it is not because I would trample upon the

black man that I would deprive him of therighti of suffrage in this country; but beoausothe right of suffrage in his hand is an elementof his own destruction as well as yours. I wouldgive the black man every civil right known tothe law.- Suffrage is not a right; it is a socialarrangement I would give the negro the rightto hold property, the right to make contractsQnfl pnfrtrnA thpm milpa t: hia wncrps. snft andbe sued, testify io courts.for I would illustratetruth from any source, and weigh thecharacter ol the witnesses, and let their evidencego for what it is worth.but when youask me to take that race into political partnershipwith the great white, conquering race, towhose hands, and to whose hands alone, yourfathers ga*e the government of this nation,then, I say, a sacrilege is attempted, and I recoilfrom it. (Applause.)

* *. But if it i3 the right of the negro to

vote, it is inalienable; ana why hasn't he theright to vote in Indiana and Ohio as well as inGeorgia? Yet, last fall the question of negrosuffrage was submitted to the people of' Ohio,and they voted it down by nearly fifty thousandmajority. It was submitted to the peopleof Michigan, and it was voted down byforty thousand majority. But they dare notsubmit the question to the people of Indiana,and they dare not do it at the South, but theyenforce it South by legislative proceedings inCongress, supported by the bayonet, for whichyou pay out of your hard-earned taxes. Negrosuffrage there is a good thing. What is thisbut a party trick ? What is this but a spottedand piebald platform ? If it is right for a negroto vote there, it is right for him to votehere. ; Why do this party not stand up likemen and advocate the doctrine logically ? Nomeaner, no more cowardly, no more pitiful, nomore evasive dodge, was ever placed before theAmerican people in a political platform thanthat second pitiful blank, white North andblack South. [Cheers."]The Grand Jury of the Criminal Court of

Washington has found a true bill of indictmentn rrn in a f ,Tniln XT SriTrotf. r»ViQroinflr liim linflpTa^UIUtJU C/VUU XXt Ik^UliUlV) VUUlgAU^ <u«m

the second section ot the act of July 17th,1862, with "giving aid and comfoit to the enemy."The National Intelligencer says, this act"is supposed to cover the case, and under thisindictment he will, therefore, be tried. No attemptwill be made to convict Surratt of trea-son, and as to the question of conspiracy tomurder President Lincoln, it is extremelydoubtfal whether he was actually present atthe time of the murder of Mr. Lincoln. It was

oontended by the counsel for the prosecutionon the former trial that if he was in the conspiracyto murder, and performed the part assignedto him, he was guilty, although hemight have been in the city of Elmira at thetime the deed was committed, because he was

constructively present. Upon this importantquestion of law there is a great diversity ofopiniop in the profession, there being no lawof Congress abolishing in this District the commonlaw in relation to principals and accessories.

That being the state of our laws, it becomesaquestion of doubtful policy whether theGovernment shall be subj.cted tj the expenseof another trial for murder."

A "Radical" poet.George H. Boker.haswritten a sonnet on Gen. Grant.which is published,with great eclat, commencing thus"As Moses stood upon the flaming hill.With all the people gathered at nis feot,Waiting on Sinai's valley, there to meet

The awful bearer of Jehovah's willSoGrant there stand'st amidst the trumpetsshrift." v

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we sunmit tnat mis sort 01 trasn.wmcn

has no poetry or sense about it.had better belaid aside ! ' As we said the other day, whenspeaking about the ascription of "miraculous"qualities to Qeu Grant, he is no more a Mosesthan be is a Miracle. The public.sensiblepeople of the public.are very apt to regard

" sudh stuff as an insult to their understandings.Whatever there is of good about Gen. G. lethim have credit for it. We are not of thosewho would tradme or maiigu him, or denyhim4be qualities which he may possess. Butthesis, a limit to panegyric.and an excess issure to "reooiL" We believe that is a technical

word iu the army, and Gen. Grant can appreciatethe correctness of the suggestion.The Senate Committee >n Foreign Relations

have unanimously agreed to postpone the questionxitfthe rights ot naturalised citizens abroaduntil tife next session, as there are negotiations

; pending abroad that would be seriously interferedwith itCongress should take lip the questionnow.

ALEXAEWanted.xo Know,.The avails of capturedand abandoned property, sold by order

of the government, now held in custody toawait the action of the Court of Claims, beforewhich the claimants are urging their pleas forrestoration, amount, it is said, to about^ thirtymillion dollars. We should like to inquirewhat use is now made of this fund? Wbo hasthe manipulation of it? Is any part of it loanedout upon government securities like the lundsof a private capitalist ? If so, what rate of interestis paid, and who gets the money? Someof this fund has been in possession of the U.S. more than five years..New York Journalof Commerce.

LHas there ever been a list published of theproperty "confiscated" and sold in this placeand the adjoining counties, during the war, or

since? If not, there should be. It should3tato owners names, actual value, amount soldfor. to whom sold, when, and how much ofthe proceeds was deposited in the Treasury,expenses of sales and commissions to officersengaged in selling, and the reasons for the confiscationand sale.with all other needful particularsof said confiscations and sales.]A gigantic speculation.some say a fraud.

upon the Osage Indians, was ventilated yesterdayin the House of Representatives. It isthought the action taken may arrest the confirmationof the treaty now before the Senate,providing for a sale of 8,000,000 of acres of thefinest land in the world, covering about one

sixth of the State of Kansas, to the Leavenworthand Galveston railroad company, andthis company consists of one undivided citizenof Chicago! The price is fixed at nineteen cts.per acre, payable in sixteen years, and the bodyof land is nearly as large as all of New England.Until paid for and patents issued the land is tobe free from taxation. There are now 20,000settlers on the land, all of whom would beplaced at the mercy of this railroad proprietor.There is authority from Chief Justice Chase

for denying the truth of the paragraph in thepapers that he (Chief Justice Chase) called on

the President for the purpose of urging the retentionof Mr. McCulloch as Secretary of theTreasury. There is no truth either in thestatement published that in the interview betweenthe President and the Chief Justice, Mr.Johnson said his first choice for President isChase, next Hancock, and next Hendricks.No such conversation occurred.

Some time ago th8 judiciary committee ofthe House was directed to examine ioto thetruth of a published statement that JusticeField of the Supreme Court, had, in advanceof an opinion by the court, pronouueed the reconstructionlaws unconstitutional. One or

two witnesses were examined at the time, butthe subject was almost forgotten, until yester*** -rv .1.1 1

day, wben Mr. iSoutweit reported tne resolutionback, and the committee was dischargedfrom its further consideration.

A notice of the death of Mr. Wiiiiam R.Barbee, the sculptor, will be found among theitems of Virginia news. He was, undoubtedly,a man of genius in his art, as his works willtestify. The Coquette and the Fisher Girl,with several busts, show his powers of conceptionand execution. He was engaged on theLost Pleiad, which was only in tho clay.butlikely to be, bad he lived to finish it, his masterpieoe. Admired as an artist, he was justly esteemedas a man.

The fiat has,apparently,gone forth that Colorado,with a population not equal to that ofone of the wards of New York city, is to beadmitted without delay. The Senate will thusbe strengthened by the addition of two moreavailable Radical votes, the House with one.

The "constitutional amendment" will receivethe valuable acquisition of another vote, andthe influence of New York, Pennsylvania andOhio, still further diluted.

The Committee of Ways and Means, of theHouse of Representatives, arc expected to reportthe amended tax bill to the Houseto-day. On whiskey the amount of tax4 s\ Lv/-\ ^/\11 /in,Tntl] Y\r% ]nlir Kin nlr f r\ Kn ymi fIU UU ^uiicuttu rrah u\j iviu utauaj tv uv muc

in by the House, and over which there will bea considerable contest, with indications that itwill settle down to about 50 cents per gallon..On tobacco they will probably reduce the rates

considerably.The Radical leaders and presses bitterly denounceall ''rebels," and "rebel" sympathizers

.except those who have joined the Radicalranks, and enlisted in the Radical service, sincethe war. In their cases, no matter what mayhave been their offences, while the war was goingon or before the war, "all is now well." Theyare even "patted and praised." "Rebels" are

only "rebels" when they are not Radicals.

Col. Frank Ruffin, who bears a name identifiedwith the agricultural interests of Virginia,has written an able letter to the Albany Cultivator,in which he discusses at great lengththe advantages to be derived from investmentsin the lands of Eastern Virginia. Col. Ruffingives the average price, taking his data fromland sales, at $15.70 per acre for farms withbuildings and improvements.

Complaints are made in the large commercialcities about the decline and stagnation inthe shipping interests. We are told thatscarcely a vessel is being built or being charteredin any of the great ports, and that thereis a vast depreciation in the value of the capital hitherto invested in the mercantile marine.

The Congress Reconstruction Committeeheld a meeting yesterday. The subject of theVirginia registration was stil! under discussionbut no conclusion was arrived at in regard to

it. The Committee agreed to report a bill appropriating$75,000 for reconstruction purposesin Virginia.It will be seen that the Clerk's 20 per ct.

bill has failed in Congress, much to the regret,of course, of many who were deeply interestedin the success of a measure which would havegiven them more pay.

The friends of the Alaska purchase are againpressing to get the appropriation made, forthe payment to Russia, of the amount of thepurchase money.

"Still Another Rebel Murder..Mr.Wilbourne, a delegate to the Virginia Constiitutional Convention,whoso life has been threa!tened time and again by rebel outlaws on accountof his devotion to the Union, was murdereda few days since. Thus is added anothermart)i to the cause of freedom. .Forney.''1Will Fcrney be so good as to name the county.We know of no such man..Riclu Disp,

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NEWS OF TEE DAY.

"Toshow the very age and body of the Times."

The Synod of the Reformed PresbyterianChurch recently suspended from eldership andfrom membership Mr. George H. Stuart, ofPhiladelphia, one of their most respectedmembers, for the offence of "singing hymnsnot approved by them, and for uniting inthe Lord Supper with other denominations."The minority who voted against it havp publisheda card, in which they express their condemnationof it as'"unjust in principle, unconstitutionalin form, unkind in the circumstancesunworthy of the ecclesiastical body bywhich it was passed, and undeserving of regardby the Christain world."The New York Sun says that Gen. Tevi?,

who is now in the Papal service, may shortlybe expected to open offices in this country forthe enlistment of soldiers for the army of HisHoliness. He desires to raise here a battalionof one thousand to twelve hundred men,and counts upon the assistance of the Catholicsto furnish him with the means of fitting them

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Samuel Andrews has made a Ions statementia which he confesses he killed CorneliusHolmes in Kingston, Mass., but says he did itto prevent an outrage on his person by Holmes.The confession was laid before the grand juryyesterday, and has been made public. It isunderstood that the grand jury rejected thestatement,Major Jeff. L. Wofford, a Confederate officer,

who was General Dick Taylor's Chief of Artillery,is the Radical candidate for Congress inthe Holly Spring, (Miss.,) District, whileCaptain Charles A. Totvnsencl, who was a Federalofficer, formerly from VVisconsin, is theDemocratic candidate in the same district!On Monday the cars of the Camden and

Atlantic railroad brought to Philadelphia,from various places along the road, one hundredand twenty-five thousand quarts of strawberries.Fifty thousand quarts were reshippedto New York, and seventy-five thousand quartswere for Philadelphia.

Capt. Charles Mather, of Portsmouth, NewHampshire, committed suicide on Tuesdayevening by drowning himself. lie was aboutforty years of age, and has man ifested symptomsof insanity at times. He has been an activeseaman, and had oommanded an Englishsteamer.The July dividends of stock companies in the

New England States, payable in Boston, willnot vary much from those of last year. TheRailroads will declare a fair dividend,but therewill be a falling off in the dividends of manufacturingcorporations.The New Jersey, the Camden and Amboy,

the new Philadelphia Junction, the Philadelvj UoLpiUIl, YV UUUIJglUU ciuu iJttiULUUiu iiuu i-uu i/ur

timore and Ohio railroads have now placed themanagement of their through line in the handsof Mr. Win. Prcscolt Smith, of Baltimore.The purchase of the Mississippi and Missourirailroad by the Pennsylvania railroad companyis announced. The road, when completed,

will furnish the Pennsylvania Oentrai immediateconnection with the principal routes westfrom Philadelphia to the Pacific.In the sculling match which took place yesterday,at Philadelphia between liamill and

Coulter, the boat of the former collided withanother boat, and Hamill was thrown into thewater. The Judges have decided that therace shall be repeated this afternoon.The Senate confirmed a number of nominationsyesterday; among others that of John

W.Caldwell, of Ohio, Minister to Bolivia;Robert L. Mathews, of Indiana, to Naples ;and Joseph II. Thomson, of Tennessee, Consulte St. Thomas.The population of Chicago is made up of

9S,9G4 Americans, 92,433 Germans, 45,543Irishmen, 10,520 Englishmen and Scotchmen,10,992 Scandinavians, and 9,144 persons ofof other nativities.The Florida Legislature yesterday elected S.

W. Osborn, U. S. Senator for four years. Thevote was 51 against IS. Osborn and Welch,(who was elected the day before) are both ultraRadicals.In the Supreme Court of New York State,

yesterday, judgment was rendered against theUnion Pacific railroad company for $4,550,000,in favor of Ross, Steele & Co., formerly contractorsof the road.'"Eight tons of arm3 taken from the Fenians

lw thp. TL S. Government.oassed through Bur-iington, Vermont, yesterday, cn route from St.Albans to New York.

Dr. Nathans, a Jewish rabbi, not of theorthodox pattern,^ proposes, in a communicationto the Christian Register, a union betweenJews and Unitarians.Last night a steam fire engine, whilst engagedin the extinguishment of a fire in New

York, exploded its boiler,, killing four personsinstantly and injuring twenty others.The steamship Berlin, of the Baltimore and

Bremen steamship line, arrived yesterday. Shebrings twenty-two cabin passengers and 787emigrants, all in good health.

Dispatches from the West report the occurrenceof a very heavy rain storm on Wednesdaynight. It did much damage aboutCincinnati.A Cheyenne dispatch says that Lieut. Bell,

of the 18th U. S. infantry, was shot dead atFort Saunders, on Sunday, by a private, whowas arrested and subsequently shot.A delegation in the interest of naturalized

citizens has arrived in Washington from NewYork.The difficulty on the Mobile and Ohio Bailroadhas been settled,and trains are running as

usual.It is reported that Gov. Humphreys, of Mississippi,declines to obey the order removing

him from office.The Journal of Chemistry gives its authority

to the statement that strychnine is now used inthe adulteration of whiskey.Heavy Robbery-Recovery..A Northern

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rived at Bonsack's depot, on the Virginia andTennessee railroad, a few evenings since, forthe purpose of visiting a friend in the vicinity.At the depot lie made inquiry of a coloredman as to the direction to the house of theperson he was seeking, but the replies not beingsatisfactory the gentleman went inside thedepot to inquire of the agent, leaving a largehand-trunk on the platform. He was absentonly a few moments, when he retarned, thetrunk was gone and the man also. The trunkcontained eight thousand dollars in U.S. bondsand ten thousand dollars in money, besides a

quantity of valuable clothing. The gentlemanas soon as he ascertained his loss, made itknown in the neighborhood, and a force of citizensat once started in pursuit of the thief..Fortunately he was overtaken about two milesfrom Bonsack's, and captured, after a strongresistance. He had opened the trunk, takenout the bonds and money, the former of whichhe had torn up, and the latter he had stuffedin his boots. All the money was recovered,and the rogue taken to Salem and lodged injail..Jbyncliburg News, i;

VIRGINIA ADVERT]Confess.

The Senate, yesterday, passed the bill regulatingthe succession in the office of Chief J us- tltice. The bill regulating the sale of vessels to ti

belligerents was passed, but afterwards recon- ftsidered. A bill allowing the ship Golden cjFleece, which took refuge under the British r

flag during the war to re register as an Ameri- ^can vessel, was rejected. A like iale overtook /the bill' for the relief of certain exporters ofalcohol and ruin. The report of the committeeof conference on the bill to remove politicaldisabilities from certain citizens, striking out fc]the names of George S.'Huston, of Alabama, tiand George W. Jones, of Tennessee, was S(

agreed to.,

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In the House of Representatives, yesterday, hthe bill allowing the Department clerks twentyper cent, increase of compensation was laid ti

upon the table, and a motion to reconsider also 11

laid on the table, which effectually kills thebill. The Committee on Indian Affairs reportedresolutions declaring the recent treaty c

made by tbc Indian Commission with the OsageIndians, by which a vast tract of land in Il.nnofnrroft f A rtrift TVl n Tl 1 A Ko 1!

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upjast and impolitic, and that the House will Arefuse any appropriation to carry out the treaty, iiand will not recognize it in any form. The re- 1

solution was passed. The Senate bill to pro- nvide for appeals from the Court of Claims was c

passed. c

Foreign News. qIn the British House of Lords yesterday the o

Irish Church appointment fjuspensary bill was

passed to a first reading. Lord Stratheden *3

presented a petition from Nova Scotia against v

the Canadian union act. In the House of oCommons the Irish reform bill was passed in qcommittee. A bill providing for the pur- cchase by the Government of all the telegraph t;lines in the kingdom was read a second time. i<Advices from Shanghai of May 21 have been a

received. The siege of Tiensin has been raisedby the rebels. ilGeorge Francis Train appeared at the LiverpoolExchange on Wednesday evening, and attemptedto make a speech ; the people, how- ^

ever, hissed him down..c. -o

Fisu Culture..The Albany Legislature s

lately appointed Messrs, Seth Green andRobert B. Roosevelt commissioners to provide Ifor increasing the supply of fish in the watersof that State. Although appointed for NewYork only, they have lately visited several ,s

Southern States. Their object in thus extendingtheir observation and labors is to make 0

fish culture general. It has been discovered fthat sliad do not return to the rivers in which £

they are spawned, and in order that an even ,

supply may be obtained it is necessary thatthe propagation should proceed simultaneously a

on all parts of the coast. The James river was jlthe furt hest point south visited by the commissioners.There they succeeded in interestingthe fishermen and establishing hatching boxeson a small scale. On the Potomac it is expec- r

ted that their suggestions will be generally e

adopted. The Susquehanna and Delaware are

to be visited, if they have not been already,and after introducing the system extensively inthese rivers and the rivers of jNew York, thecommissioners will proceed cast in July orAugust.By this means it is expected that 11

the next year's supply of shad will be largely ,

increased, while that of the following seasontt»»1I Ka of ill ffroih'v .Wrisln'nnfmi Sitnr.

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Senatorial Nomination.-.The Conven- ftion of the State Senatorial District, composed s

of Rappahannock, Prince William and Fauquiercounties, met in Warrenton on the 12t7iinstant, to nominate a candidate for the State tSenate. Capt. George W. Meetze was called rto the Chair and Wm. F. Phillips, jr., appoint- s

ed Secretary. Rappahannock being unrepre- r

sented. it was moved by Capt. II. Sheppcrd 3that her vote be cast for Mr. James Green for 1whom her preference had been expressed inher late county meeting nominating delegatesto the Convention, which motion was adopted,and Mr. Green nominated by Mr. Rixey. Mr.Wm. A. Bryant, of Prince William, Dominated v

General Eppa Hunton. The vote was then 1taken, each county casting its registered whito s

vote, which resulted for Mr. Green 1100, andforGen. Hunton 2500.

Gen. Hunton's nomination wa3 then de- .

clared unanimous, and a committee, consistingof Capt. Sheppcrd, B. F. Rixey and M. ^A. Bryant was appointed to inform him of his (nomination and request his acceptance.. IParrentonIndex. j

Washington Items..The Police Board,by £

a vote of four to one, yesterday recognized Mr.Bowen as the legal Mayer of Washington. I

S. M. Clark, Chief of the Printing Division e

at the Treasury Department, has not tendered *

his resignation to the Secretary of the Treasurythough he has an intention of so doing, and ]will probably forward it in the course of a few ^days. t

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governor ijcicner, ex-imiiuuur ui v^uugress t,and Governor of Virginia, was yesterday on

the floor of the House. He was looking ingood health, and received much attention frommembers. h

Yesterday, in the Equity Court,before Judge £Olin, the case of Detective Baker, E. J. Con- n

gar, Luther Baker, and others, against the rCorporationof Washington, came up for hear-iog. It will be remembered that shortly after [the assassination of President Lincoln, tire pCity Councils offered a reward of $20,000 forthe capture of the assassins, for which the jplaintiffs above named seek an apportionment, tA large number of the claimants appeared v

through different counsel, and the 27th prox. hwas set as the day for a final hearing. ^

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The Value of Timber..In the report of jthe U. S. Department of Agriculture for 1S65,it is stated that there is used annually over ten *

million dollars' worth of railway ties, and one hhundred million dollars' worth of sawed lum- I

ber, which, by the addition of the timber usedin buildings and for naval purposes, is swelled o

to an aggregate value of more than two bun- 5l

dred and fifty million dollars; this having ret- J;erence only to that cmplo3rcd in new construe- ptions, while that required for repairs may bo t,imperfectly inferred from the fact that in this s

country alone it cost over thirty million dollars s,

to re-lay decayed railway ties in 186L Add to fthis the timber used for fuel, rail fencing, log l,buildings and the many other uses not inclu- pded in the above enumeration, and the total u

becomes incredibly enormous. Moral: Don't +jwaste your timber, it will become more and o

more valuable every year,as the general supply Idiminishes..Rich. Whig. si

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New Uses of Electro-Magnetism..For 1.... . . SI

ornamentation electricity is coming into use.. tlYou may see at a fashionable ball at Paris a e

lady, ou the top of whose head sits a butterfly h

or a humming bird. The fly and the bird fluttertheir wings in the most natural way possible.How is it managed? Why, within the c

chignon are concealed a small battery and a 0

minute Rhumkorff coil. On the bosom of si

another may be a brooch, with a head upon it, tlthe eyes of which turn in all directions." This, H

too, is accomplished by the use of a battery p

and coil so minute a3 to be couoealed within the 1

brooch itself. fJ hese small batteries, easily carriedabout the person, arc the invention of Mr.Trouye. The batteries of zinc, excited by a r.

solution of sulphate of mercury, are enclosed in £vulcanite cells, so that the exciting solutioncannot escape to the damage of the wearer..London Mechanics' Magazine. i

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VIRGINIA NEWS.The Richmond Dispatch says: "Several ofae jurors in the 'whiskey fraud' case lately .

led before Judge Chase have signed a petition ^)r the extension of executive clemency to theSoviets. (!!) It will probably be sent to the'resident this week. It is thought that JudgeJnderwood will in a few days have the convicts2U30ved from (he Libby to the Virginia peniBntiary.Strong efforts are being made torevent their being sent to New York."The Richmond Dispatch says that as soon as

lie time for the election is designated, there iso be a Radical organ in Richmond, to supersdeHunnicutt, and that Mr. Chas. Whittleey,of Alexandria, is to come to Richmond, toie the editor.W.R.Barbee, the celebrated Virginian sculpor,

died in Rappahannock county on the 16thastant, of cancer.

John Qcincy Adams..The Washingtonorrespondent of the Louisville Journal says:"A letter has been received by a prominent

)emocratic member of Congress now in Washogtonfrom young John Quincy Adams, ofdassachusets, from which 1 make the foliowngextracts: "I can say," writes Mr. Adams,'in respeefc to the mention of my name in con-UUUUU Willi IUU rj'wUUUU piUUU Uli L1J.O

ratic ticket to be selected by the 4th of Julyonveution, that I am an applicant for no officeaider the sun. My course at home lias beenicfatcd by the mo3t disinterested obligationst duty and preference.""I feel that the accident of birth has thrust

ae upon the public attention rather before inyiine; and also that this prominence, connectedrith the accident of birth, involves a great dealf a certain kind of responsibility. It 1 can acuitmyself creditably under these circumstanes,and come off with the family honors iree ofarnish, I shall be content, and the Viee-Prcsdencymay find some one worthier and morenxious than myself."It is the belief that Adams will be nominated

f Pendleton is nominated for the lirst place.

Gen. Napier's IIeport...A telegram fromSir Kobert Napier of May 10 says : 'The son

f Thcodorus is a child ; his life would not heafe in Abyssinia.F regret to say that the widowed Queen of

'hcodorus died on May 15, in my camp. Theurgeon who attended her reports her death toiave resulted from disease of the lungs of longlanding.Her remains have been buried in the church

f Ghelicat. An escort of our troops accompaniedthe funeral procession beyond ourpickets."Gee. Napier says : Colonel Millward has

ift for England. He carries the crown, robend State seal of Theodorus tor the Queen astribute of respectful duty and affectionate

lyalty from her Majesty's army in Abyssinia.An Alarming Theory..-From the annual

ccurrence of rains, meteoric showers, and thexplosion of steam-boilers in various parts ofhe country, Prof. Loomis .suggests a veryLncomfortable theory in regard to the safetyf the earth itself. He thinks it is not imposiblethat sufficent steam might be generatedn the burning centre of the world (o blow the/hole globe to pieces. A volcanic eruption un,erthe sea, or near it, like that of Vesuvius jiow in progress, may at any moment convertlie earth into a huge steam-boiler, by lettinglin wnfnv in nnr«n fhn nnnh'ftl in W» lol-owed, for aught we know,by an explosion th:ithall rend it apart.

Peace.."Let us have peace," says Grant.0 which we say amen ! But what preventsieace?This very party that selects Grant as itstandard-bearer. If it had not been lor thesenen, there would have been peace when Gen.jee stacked his arms at Appomattox court1ouse. .KorfoV; Journal.

[Communicated.Vagrants..If tire law against vagrants

rere rigidly enforced, there would be fewerireying upon this community, who neitheeek nor desire regular employment. &

MARRIED,At 'Omaha,'* on Thursday evening, the 11th

nstant, at 0 o'clock, by the Rev. JL)r. Hodges,Jr. BEHJAMIN LEE BIRD to HAHHIE,laughter of John Hodges, esq., all of Princeleorgo's county, Md.On Thursday, the 11th instant, at Oxen Hill,

n Prince George's county, Md.. by the Rev.Jr. Martin, Major HARRY" (J. CUSSING, U.5. A., to Miss MATTIE W. BUDD.At St. Luke's P. E. Church, Baltimore, on

Thursday morning last, by Rev. Mr. Rankin,IENRY WILLIAMS, esq., of Prince Fredrick,Md., to Miss GEOKGIE, daughter ofJapt. Mason L. Wecms, of that city.On Tuesday, Juno 9th, 1863, at Greylield's,

Mince George's county, ild., by Rev. Samuel\egister, assisted by Rev. J, S. Martin, I). I).,xFORGE E. LOWERU, esq., of Hew York,o MAGGIE A. REGISTER, only daughter ofho officiating clergyman.

On tho 19th of June, 18G8, in the 62d year oficr ago, Mrs. ELIZABETH G. WHITTLE>JSY,native of .North. Carolina. T&f* Her fuieralwill tako place from her late residence,so. 134 Duke street, to-morrow (Saturday) nfornoonat 3t o'clock. Friends of tho familyre respectfully invited to attend. [RichmondIhristian Advocate, and North Carolina paperslease copy.]In "Washington, on Sunday last, Mr. RICHLRUJ. RYON, a well-known and highly esoemedcitizen, aged 51 years. Tho deceased

?as a native of Prince George's county, Md.,>ut for many years a successful merchant in(Vashington city.

RASTER ' S NO T I C E .

Catharino Butts, complainant, vs. N. A.Jutts, Mary Butts, Harriet Butts, L. WashingcmButts, Lelia L. Lackey, by G. H. Kamev,er Guardian ad litem ; Richard B. Lloyd andEllen, his wife, defendants: In chancery, inhe Circuit Court for Alexandria county.The Commissioner in the above cause, by therder of May term, 1S68, is directed to inquireito and ascertain the character and value ofhe real estate in tho complainant's bill men-ioned, and whether or not the same is suscepibloof partition ; and do also ascertain tho par-los entitled to the said real estate and their repectiveinterests ther in, the liens upon the 5

arue, the rents and prolits thereof received bylenry Lloyd exclusively to his own use, andbe respective proportions thereof duo to theefendants ; also, the period for which the saidlenry Lloyd held exclusive possession and r

se of the said real estate, the fair amount for ,

be said real estate, and respective proportions '

fthe defendants, Richard B. Lloyd and Loliaj. Lackey, in and to said rents; and do alsoLate and settle Tne account of R. Augustuslutts, as Administrator of tho said Henry '1 -i -II 1 11 a. A r

jioya ; ana ao aiso out 1 upon mo ureauors oriicl Henry Lloyd, within tliree months afteroe thirty days' publication of notice to that (fleet, to file with the said .Master their claims {gainst the said Henry Lloyd, deceased.

Commr's. Offick, [Alexandria, dune'20, I808. )

'L'he parth s to tho above named cause, thereditors of Henry Lloyd, deceased, and all Jthers interested in tho decree, of which thoubstanco is above given, are hereby notifieda&t, 011 MONDAY, the 20th day of July noxt,t my office, in the city of Alexandria, I shallroceed to execute tho said decree. The credorsot' Henry Lloyd are required to tilo theirIaims within three months thereafter.

W. (J. YEATOM,jo 19-law4w Master Omm'r. Circuit Ct.

BBLS. LABRADOR HERRING, justreceived and for sale by

R. H. GEM ENY,No. 5, between King and Prince Ets.,

je 19on River Front. I.

1"

STOVES, TINWARE, &c,~~

ATOTICE TO ALL WHOM IT MAY COiT]M CERN.1 propose, and will, when called on, soli tolliose persons who, by the ravages of the lato

war, havo lost all they possessed, and who findit a hard matter to supply themselves with thenecessaries and comforts of life, anything inmy line of business at 10 per cent less than theusual price. Let all those who may availthemselves of this, act in good faith, and I willdischarge my duty with fidelity.

ENOCH GRIMES, 43, Ring el.

J ALSO KEEP THE VERY BEST COOKJ.ING STOVES that are made. Also, thecelebrated EXCELSIOR REFRIGERATOR,tho best in use: Tinned Safes, Tin "tyaro inabundance, whoiesaio and retail. 1 also havea fine lot of WATER COOLERS and ICRCREAM FREEZERS, to which I jnvite theattention of my numerous friends. I cordiallyinvite all persons coming to tov/n to call on moand examine for themselves. I guarantee all 1sell and what I say.Roofing and Spouting, in town or country,

promptly attended to. ENOCH GRIMES,ij tr:

luy *** >»* 40, iYiuir sureei.

NOTICE..If any lady or gentleman wishesto purchase a No. 1 REFRIGERATOR

lot them get the EXCELSIOR They areentirelyfree from all smell, and just as good asan ice-house, only not quite as big.

I will warrant them to give entire satisfaction.I respectfully ask a call from one and all.my 14 ENOCH CRIMES, 43 King st.

rjrj PRINCE STREET. rjtjE . H . CLARKSON,

MANUFACTURER AND DEALER INPLAIN FANoY AND

JAPANNED TIN-WARE, SHEET IRONWARE,STOVES, FURNACES,RANGES, REFRIGERATORS, AND

MEAT SAFES,together with a general assortment of HOUSEKEEPINGARTICLES. Also, Roofing, Gutteringand Spouting done in the city and country,by contract or measurement, at the lowestmarket price and on the most reasonable terms!

I would also recommend the OLD DOMINIONREFRIGERATOR, of my own manufacture,which is superior in style and convenienceto any other otiered to the public.

Also, STONE .JAR WATER COOLERS, allof which I oiler to the trade at great inducements. mv 11.3m

jNO. 1 CHALLENGEREFRIGERATOR,

manufactured byP U li C E L L & HOY,

174 King Street,ap 30. ALEXANDRIA, VA.

1 Qf'O SUMMER 1Q£0ioUO. ARRANGEMENT. lOOO.

Office Adams' Express Company, JAlexandria, Va., June 0,1868. j

This Company is now prepared to offer facilitiesun.-urp&ssed by any other Company, forthe quick and safe transit of money, valuablepackages and heavy freight to and from allpoints in the United States and Canada, connectingat New York with the European ImpressCompany.All our Expresses are forwarded by m&ii

trains exclusively, tnus giviug us uunui utilitiesthan any other Company in regard to tim.:and prompt delivery of freight, at as low rate*as any other Company.By an arrangement just elieeted, merchant.purchasinggoods in Baltimore and leaving the

order for our wagons to call for same before 1

p. m., will have their goods delivered here thesame evening.Our wagons call for and deliver freight withoutextra charge.The different Expresses close at the following

hours:For Washington,Baltimore, Now Vork,Philadelphiaand all points North and West,at 8 30 a

m.,and 2 and 5 p.m. Manassas Gap Railroad at

8 p. m. Orange and Alexandria, and all point-:South and Southwest, at t; a.m.For further information call at our office,No.

11. North Fairfax street.je 9.lm R. "W. FALLS, Agent.

JQISSOLUTJON OF COPARTNERSHIP

The undersigned, heretofore conducting thelumber business, trading under the lirm name

of SMOOT, UHLEK & CO., is this day dissolvedby mutual consent.All persons indebted to said firm will please

make prompt payment to either of the partners,who are hereby authorized to use the name u!

said firm in settlement of the same.GEORGE H. SMOOT.P. G. UHLER.J. H. D. SMOOT.

. my 19-1m ALLEGHANY SMOOT.

rjnHE subscriber having commenced the lumJLber business at the old stand of Smoot.Uhlerfr Co , No. 21, north Union St., hopes, by strictattention to business, to receive a libera: shareof patronage. There will be kept constantly onVionz-i T,TTM"R"R"R of everv description, SHIN-GLES, LATHS, LIME, Hydraulic Cement,Calcined Plaster, Hails, &c., which he otTers atthe lowest market rates,my 19.lm J. H. D. SMQOT.A. H. NOTT. 11. S. ASHBY.A H. NOTT & CO,XjL,

NO. CO KING STREET,Have removed to their handsome Storehouse,

west of E. J. Miller's China Store, where theyare receiving, and will constantly keep on handa large and well selected stock of House-furnishingGoods, viz:PLATED, BRITANIA, TIN. WOOD AN JJ

WILLOW WARE, DOOR MATS,BRUSHES, BROOMS, TOILET

SOAPS, DUSTERS,BASKETS,

&C.RODGERS' BEST CUTLERY,

to which we invito an examination.A. H. NOTT & CO.

mh 10.3in No. 09, King street.

JMPROVEDGAS stoves,WITH

FLAT IRON HEATERS AND BOILERS,OF ALL SIZES,

at reduced prices. Also,SELF-LIGHTING GAS BURNERS,

a very convenient and useful article, just receivedat WM. COGAN'S,No. 15, North Royal street.

jS3f-Gas and Steam Fitting of all descriptionsdone promptly and on the most reasonable

term?.. jo 10.Ot

(N ROVER A BAKER'S FAMILYSEWINGIT MACHINES,Are believed to be the best Sewing Machines inuse, being so simple that a child can operatelliem.

Upwards of ONE HUNDRED ANDFIFTY of these Machines are in opoperation inthis city and vicinity. We will b<3 pleased to

have thom examined by parties desiring FirstClass Machines.Pricesthc same as in New York, and full instructiongiven to purchasers. For sale byje 4 E. S. LEADBEATER & CO.

1X7ATER COOKERS, TOILET SETS, &<:.yy Y'ou can find at SS, King street, Alexandria,a great variety of Japanned and PlainI'in Wmm ftm"hrM.riner Water Coolers, Toilet^cts, Cash Boxgs, Lunch Boxes; also, Waterind Slop Pails,FootTubs and separate from sets,

my_25 JOHN T. CKEIGHTONjfe SON.

riOFFEE TOASTED DAILY during theV-/ summer months and all other months .The undersigned, the only licensed CofloeRoaster or Grinder in this city, will have a

?ood article of all the various kinds of CoiFeo.oasted and ground daily,je 6 .1. C. MIL BURN.

jnsuranceTF1KE AND MARINE RISKS,

olaced in responsible companies, at fair rate*, byap 7.tf HOOE & WEDDERBL'RN.

LARD.Choice Western Lard for sale bBROOKES dc TAYLOR,

my 10 10b, Prince street.

/CA BARRELS I. F. Lewis's Famiiy Flour.OXJ 50 barrols choice Extra do. For salo byjo 4 B. H. LAMBERT^OTELCH'S FAAJ1L X FLO LTR and Colurn bi a

VT Mills Extra, for sale byBROOKES & TAYLOR,

je 9 10<3, Prince street.

LTmITToO bbis Lime for sale bymy.26 OEO. WASHINGTON.