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RICHMOND, May 1873 p. NJ Virginia State
Convention. Committee of the Whole yes
terday reported to the Convention the modified
report of the Compromise Committee adopted
yesterday A motion was made to strike out
the section making sessions of the Legislature
biennial, which was rejected. Mr. Bocock
offered o new proposition which was laid on the
table and ordered to be printed. The Conven-
ton then adjourned till Monday.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
Eaprsssly for this paper.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
New YoRK, May 19-1 p. m.


ARRIVAL or the franklin.
The steamship Franklin arrived here this
morning, bringing hundred passengers.
The Washington arrived at Cowes on the Sd;
and the Africa at Liverpool ON the 4th instant.
The anniversary Of the Proclamation of the
French Republic passed off quietly, but great
uncertainty prevails as to the future.
A Carlist conspiracy has been discovered in
Caledonia, Spain. Seven ringleaders were
shot.
No indication of the termination OF the Ores
den conferences. a
The new law in Prussia relative to the press
is very severe.
The instruction in Portugal is spreading
Marshal Saldanha entered Oporto on the 9th
of April, amid general rejoicing. Great con-
fusion prevails at Lisbon.
1t is supposed that Saldanhas party will
compel the Queen to resign and appoint re-
gency. .
The Spanish army Of observation is collect
ing on the frontier.
At Liverpool on the 9th there were sales of
five thousand bales of cotton at one-eighth ad-
vance. Flour firmer in consequence of the un-
favorable weather. Corn steady and in demand.
English securities unchanged Coffee has
declined Cd. Sugars active and advanced.
Teas dull and lower.
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NOTICE.

DY VIRTUE Of nwritof 4. ta issued by 8. DfuRr ESQ.,
ID Of the Justices Of the Peace In and for the county
of Washington, District Of Columbia and directed,
at the suit of Judson Richardson have levied
frame house and lot in square a. west Of No a. part
of Lot No. 3, the property of Patrick 0Mars; and
shall proceed to sell the at public auction the
premises Mt four O'clock p m the 10th May 1861 for
cash. to the highest bidder to satisfy said execution The
flag will designate the house,
ap19. ma1&10 DAVID ?. GLAsCOE, Constable.
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RICHMOND, VA, May 16.--The agent Of the
Colonization Society Of this State has received
three hundred applications from free negroes,
to 60 to Liberia. A large portion of them will
be sent out by the next Baltimore expedition.
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DEATH OF JOHN MERINDER.-We related the
circumstances of this affair on Saturday last.
We have now to add that Captain Powell on
that day voluntarily surrendered himself to the
officers of police; and that yesterday morning
coroner's jury, after careful examination of
the circumstances, rendered verdict in accord
ance with the facts recited by us, viz that the
death of the deceased was caused by blow re-
ceived from Captain John Powell, who was act
ing In self-defence. 1t appeared in testimony
that Merinder had been drinking; that Captain
Powell had, subsequent to the occurrence, man
nested much regret for 1T; that the men under
him regard him as sober man, and not dis
posed to violence; that the skull had been frac-
tured; but that DIR. Morgan, whose testimony
was received had, in & post-mortem examina
ton, found the skull much thinner than usual
Charles s. Wallack, esq, was present at the in
quest, prepared, if necessary, to undertake thu
defence of Captain p
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AMERICAN TELEGRAPH
wAsHINGTONi
MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 10.

..-To rHr prpuc-Aflsr the LIST Of july. 1881, the
postage on the Day 'oa~ se,an Cana as yet We
~ ~ under 25 cents; fifty and not
80. hnndred so cents; three hundred and not ex
n~ one thousand, rs cents, &c. Any person wishing
J. - served three months after the above date need
only pay his quarters postage and send US gold dollar
and silver quarter in small letter-postage paid OF
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LIN the severe storm of
Sunday morning, the barn of Mr.. VIM ]. Stone
was destroyed by lightning, together with
horses, cattle, &C., the whole loss being about
$4,000 H. McPherson's apothecary store, 7th
and H streets; j, Connely's cabinet manufac-
tory, Immediately opposite, and the tenements
of Thomas Sutton and Richard Myers, near the
corner of Massachusetts avenue, were likewise
struck, though but slightly injured. ..a
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ANONYMOUS WRITERs.--We must again say
to some Of our correspondents, that we never
even read anonymous communications.
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In anticipation Of the return of the President
and Cabinet by way of Richmond the RepuJh-
can suggests that a public meeting be held to-
morrow to make arrangements for grand re-
ception and entertainment.
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We learn that the man who did the black.
smithing for James's horsemen is in this city,
and that Barnum is in hot pursuit of him.
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FIRE LAST NIGHT.--The alarm between the
hours of eight and nine o'clock last night was
caused by fire having been discovered in Walker
& Kimmel's stables on G street, in the rear of
the National Hotel The flames. were extin-
guished before much damage was done. 1t is
supposed to have been caused by an incendiary
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STEAMBoATs.-We learn that an experimental
trip was made on Saturday of Captain Pages
new boat, the Champion, built for Captain
Standberg, of Baltimore. She will in a few
days be entirely completed, when trial trip
will be made We are gratifed to learn, also,
that Captain Page is building to order two
other boats of like construction. Whatever in
dustry, skill, enterprise and energy can accom-
plish, Captain p. is able to perform; and while
we rejoice in the success Of all his undertake
ings, we cannot withhold our thanks for the
salutary effects of his example in our city
| While these boats are being built at our
wharves to meet the demands of purchasers
abroad is it not little singular to meet the fol-
lowing in New York paper:
| n Steamer for the Potomac Thomas Collyer
has laid the keel of steamboat for Mr. Lewis
Mckenzie, of the Washington and Alexandria
Steamboat Company; length lac feet, 244 feet
| beam, and IL feet depth Of hold. She is of q
superior model, and of very light draught OF
water. She is to run in connection with the
steamboat Thomas Collyer, as an opposition
boat on the Potomac, between Washington and
Alexandria, and will be launched about the LIST
of July.
We hope Captain Page and others will fully
demonstrate the inutility of going so far, here
after, for boats to be used upon our river.
P.S.-We learn that the Champion made the
trip from Fort Washington to the 18th street
wharf in this city, between sixteen and seven.
teen miles, in ffty-one minutes, and that from
Alexandria up she gained seven minutes on
that beautiful boat, the Thomas Collyer.
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SLAvEHoLDING.-Weg grant that if the slavery
of the blacks be wrong, the existence of white
slaves does not prove it right; and yet it is not
amiss to remind English philanthropy that there
are English subjects upon which it may be e1-
pended. The Pennsyluanian asks and answers q
question as follows:
Who is the greatest Shareholder I'VE say Great
Britain, with all her stilted sympathy for free
dom; with all her noisy professions against
servitude. She holds millions upon millions in
slavery. Her slaves are of many kinds-the
slaves of her debt; the slaves of her factories
the slaves of her mines; the perishing slaves of
her cities the crushed slaves of her colonies
the crouching slaves of her military establish
ment! And all these cher slaves) are white
men, women, and children. Think of it, We
who have been misled by British professions.
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A. G. ANswoRTH, an esteemed citizen Of New
Orleans, died on the 9th inst.
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HUDSON RIVER
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF NEW YORK

Office Seventh street, third door ADORE ID, (oppos'te
the office Of The LnteHigencer.)
CAPITAL 100000,
Al paid and securely invested besides large surplus
WILL insure MERCHANDISE DWELLINGS, HOUSE
HOLD FURNITURE, and other property, any where in
the DISTRICT ADJOINING STATES the most favorable
terms.
as- No policy issued for greater amount than IS 900
on any one risk.
The public may rest assured that all losses sustained
by this Company will be PROMPT
LY PAID.
ISAIAH BLOOD, President
Il. G. MORGAN, Vice President.
p. J. AVERY Secr'y. GEO. b. ARMSTRONG,
may 12--tf Agent, Washington, ID. c.
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Tour OF THE PREsIDENT.-The proceedings
at Dunkirk, on the 10th, passed off very satis-
factorily. The President and company, lefe for
Buffalo on the 10th, all except Mr.. Webster and
his SON, the former being slightly indisposed,
and the latter severely. Inflammation in the
windpipe is said to be the affection of the latter
At Buffalo, on the 10th, the most splendid
preparations were made, and the guests were
received in fine style. Buffalo never before
saw SO great concourse, or such civic and mill
tary professions. Speeches were made by the
Mayor, by the President, the Postmaster Gem
eral, Secretary Graham, and Governor Hunt !;
and, says the Courier of that place. by "the
young giant of the West, Senator Douglas, of
Illinois Capital as all the speeches were, we
may say, without being inyidious, and irrespec-
tive of party prediction, that his speech was
the speech of the day."
We learn from Boston that at a meeting of
the common council on the 18th, the president
made an informal report that Mr.. Fillmore
would probably be able to visit the citizens of
Boston about the 18th of June. He has pro-
missed to visit Lowell also.
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REPUBLIcANIsM IN FRANoE.-They know very
little about it, and Bonaparte is not good
teacher. Recently, one Monsieur Seller, who
had been professor of rhetoric by calling, and
is now land owner, o mayor of q considerable
commune, and person Of very excellent char
acter, was fined fifty francs by the tribunal Of
correctional police, for teaching reading, writ
ing, and arithmetic, gratuitously to his own
servants and two or three neighbors amounting
in all to class of ten people! The French law
does not allow such teaching without permits
sion, and Mr.. Seller had gentle hint that a
second offence of the same nature would subject
him to imprisonment! And yet he might have
taught monkeys and parrots without molesta-
ton. Now, we have always thought, perhaps
in our simplicity, that French men and women
were more interesting pupils than these, and
that more good could be accomplished by their
instruction.
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LITERARY SooIETIEs.-These are among the
valuable means of mental improvement in Wash
ington. A correspondent, in speaking Of the
Union Literary Society, says: -~
1t is probably the oldest of the kind in the
city. have attended its meetings for some
months, and cannot help expressing thus pub
licly my views Of it. The members are, with
few exceptions, young men, and in no associa-
ton of the kind have l ever seen manifested
more interest, zeal, or ability. No matter what
may be the subject for discussion, whether
moral, historical, or political, on all questions
views are elected which are in n remarkable
degree interesting and instructive. l have spent
many pleasant hour listening to the animated
debates of these young men, and hope to pass
many more in the same profitable manner.
Their meetings are held at Woodbury's Acad-
envy, near the corner of H and 18th streets,
every Thursday evening, commencing at quar-
ter before eight O'clock.
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A CARD.

nR. A. J. sCHwARTzE having resumed the practice
L. Of Medicine, respectfully tenders his professional
services to the public generally He may be consulted at
all hours at his Office except when professionally
gagged Pennsylvania avenue, second door east from
Third street. .a# . A EEHa sr -
b. The Apothecary and Drug business viii in future
be conducted by his son. JOHN SCHWARTZE, who hopes
by strict attention to business to merit continuance of
public patronage. may lest
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Cry WATCH ousE.--Robert King, who got
drunk on Saturday night, had the house to
himself; and last night it was tenantless.
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III III. WHITEHURST has extended the field OF his op-
81. erations over more ground than any daguerreo-
typst in the country. His Galleries may be found on
Pennsylvania avenue, between and 9Th streets; No.
POI Baltimore street. Baltimore; Broadway and
Leonard street. New York; No. II Main street. Richmond
Sycamore street. Petersburg Main street. Norfolk and
Main street, Lynchburg, Virginia.
His beautiful and highly finished electro Dsguerreo-
types extraordinary improvement nsung faithful
and highly finished likenesses In few seconds.
j. Ill. W. calls the attention Of the public generally to
his elegantly furnished Gallery Lane and fuckers
new store where free exhibition Of pictures will be
given.
Notwithstanding the unusual competition In Dagnerre-
otypes at the recent Fair of the Maryland Institute he
awarded the first medal by the judges.
Likenesses of every description copied, and postmorsm
cases attended to. ap 30-d8mo
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DEATHS.

DEATHS.
At the residence of her father in Poughkeepsie N Y
MARY ELIZABETH, eldest daughter of General WALTER
CUNNINGHAM, in the 25th year Of her age.
[City papers please copy.
On the 18th instant of scarlet fever CLARENCE g. NJ,
aged years. six months and 10 days, of j. G. and
LYDIA WEAVER.
Thus within fortnight, have these fond parents laid
in the grave two very dear children None but parent
has parents heart The stroke is severe, but in God is
our hope. b.
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TO LET.

~ LEI,
yth Retail Grocery Store and Bakehouse situated on
M the corner OF and 9th streets Possession LIST of
6& june. 1t will be desirable location for any
who understands the business. may 19--2*
DRICKLAYERS WANT E ID Two good
ID hands are wanted Immediately. Inquire at this
office. may 19--2t*
yNTANTED--A YOUTH who write a passable
w hand and will be willing to make himself gener-
ally useful. He must be well recommended Pay, $12
per month. Inquire at this Office. may 19-3t*
IMPROVED LEMON SUGAR - Prepared
with the best Sicily Lemons for the instant produc-
ton of Lemonade superior to that made in the ordinary
way.
For sale by JNO. Is. klBBEY d CO.,
may 19--6teoif No. s, opposite Centre Market.
ORANGES, LEMONS, FIGS, etc.
60 Boxes Oranges, in prime order
w 80 do do do do
35 drums Figs, No.
500 pounds African Dates .N...
Is bushels Groundnuts
bags Palmnuts
2 do Softshell Almonds ...... r...
do English Walnuts
25 boxes Malaga Raisins
Just received, and for sale cheap, by
may 19-1w Penn nv, doors east 18th st.
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AN ABSURD LAw-Under the new Constitu-
ton of Maryland, ministers Of religion are dis
qualified from holding office. This is, according
TO our way of thinking, unworthy the State OF
Maryland and the age in which we live. 1t is
magnifying their office too much, or else 1t is
treating il with contumely. We have never
learned that the presence of Everett, or Col
Quit, or billiard, or Fowler, in Congress, did
any serious harm to the nation; nor can we
imagine that teaching the doctrines of the Bible
can in any manner unfit a man for voting on the
laws by which a free people are to be governed
The men who make our laws are, in general,
lawyers. They are very competent, of course,
but it is not in legal practice their qualifications
are attained; it is in the study of elementary
law, and kindred and collateral subjects. In
telligent merchants, farmers, mechanics and
physicians are no less efficient in the labors of
legislation and without the aid of their practical
information, the enactment of equal laws could
not be so satisfactorily accomplished. 1t is inn
practicable and impossible to exclude these,
however, or we verify believe it would be done,
and the monopoly would be enjoyed by the legal
profession. But in the case of ministers it is
different. One portion of society holds them
in supersutious reverence, and the fear of con-
tamination by contact with the men of the
world induces them to assent to their exclu-
sion. Others, again, oppose them with hearty
goodwill, out of sheer opposition to the religion
they teach. Between these two classes, rational
Christians and liberal men are found in
minority.
Surgeons and butchers have, in past times,
been excluded from juries in capital cases, be-
cause their pursuits were supposed to render
them callous and Indifferent to the lives of men
The law before US will, ere many years, be
set down in the class Of absurdities to which
the former have been assigned.
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BOARDING.
BOARDINg.

BOARDING.
Mrs. WoRTHINGToN, on the north side OF d street,
I four doors east Of Tenth, Is prepared TO accom-
MEDIATE Married and Single Gentlemen with Board and
pleasant rooms Aise Meals without lodging.
pOAHD.-A Gentleman aud Lady, or q family with
ID but two three children, DO accommodated with
Rooms in very pleasant part Of the city on reasonable
terms Inquire at the oce Of the American Telegraph
may p
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Groceries, Wines, Liquors, &C.

Groceries, Wines, Liquors, &c.
NHE subscriber would respectfully inform his friends
/ and the public generally, that he has taken the
Store lately occupied by v. Il. KING where he is
ceiyng fresh stock of Family Groceries and Liquors.
ected with great care, and which he will sell as low
goods of similar qualities be had in any other part of
the city, viz:
Imperial, Gunpowder, Young Hyson, and Black Teas
Loaf Crushed, Pulverzed, and Brown Sugar
Java, Maracaibo, and Rio Coffee E
Family, Superne and Fine Flour in bags and barrels
Ham, Shoulder, and Middling Bacon
Sperm, Adamantine, and Mould Candles
Brooms, whisks, Scrub and Shoe Brushes
Pepper, Ginger, and Spices
Crockery, Glass, Stone and Wood Ware
With large assortment of Wines and Liquors
Ea L. M. HAMILTON,
may 19-eo1m cor 7th st. and New York
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MARRIAGE.

On Sunday evening, the 18th instant at Georgetown
by the Rev. Mr., ATKINSON, JAMES ii. ROBINSON, 10
FRANCES ELLIS, both Of that city.
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r AIDES IN BLACK or second Mourn
i Ing will find the following Goods adapted to their
use which have been received in the last few days. viz
3 pieces Lupin's LIST quality plain black Barege
do do I'd do do
do Tissue Popeline, plain black, new article,
very pretty and very cheap
s do more of those beautiful white and black
Silks, nearly yard wide, for 62 u cents
10 do plain black Silks some very nice for summer
20 do brocaded black and white Organizes and
Jaconetts
With my usual stock of Bombaznes, Alpacas Canton
Cloths Gnghams and the prettiest stock of black and
white Calcoes to be found in the city.
E8- The whole of the above will be sold ut
PRICES, FOR THE CASH ONLY. G. W. VERIFY,
may 19-2wif Penn av, bet'n It'll and 8th SITS.
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. BALTIMORE, May 1872 p. m.
Nothing doing in the cotton market to indi-
cate the effect Of the steamers news. Flour
frmsr at $4.06 to S4.18. U. 8. 6's, 1867, H.
Baltimore markets unchanged.
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The TODD BUILDING.-We refer the readers
Of our paper to the card of Mr.. Todd, in which
statement is given of the circumstances under
which the marble for his house has been or
dered to be dressed at the quarry in the State of
New York, and in which he appears to excupate
Mr.. Emery from the charge of designing to do any
injustice to the stone-cutters of this District. 1t
is perhaps impossible for any one not familiar
with this department of business to compre-
bend at once the whole merits of the contro-
versy, and we shall therefore refrain from Of
fering any opinion upon the points involved.
1t will be seen that Mr.. Todd in this card as
sents to the principle of the duty of home pa
tronage as advocated in our paper of Friday
last We trust that he and all other of our
respectable and opulent fellow-citizens will uni
formly act upon it.
MIR. Emery is known to our people generally
as an Industrious, energetic and thorough going
man. and we feel well convinced that the de-
sire is general land among none, we trust, is it
more so than among the journeymen stone-cut-
ters) to do him full and ample justice in the
premises. That the present misunderstanding
may be adjusted, and amity and good resolves
for the future established, is our sincere wish
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If the circumstances of this affair are cor
rectly related by the New York Herald, john
son should be made to forfeit every dollar he is
worth, and then serve ten years in the peniten-
tiary. .., e....
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Bs~ Nominations and Announcements Of Candidates
for Office are charged as other advertisements in th
paper may 10
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SEDUCTION AND ABANDoNMENT.-Mr Solo,
mon Johnson, lumber merchant in New York,
has been arrested on complaint of young lady,
Miss A. nj. Sinclair, residing with her friends
in Tenth street, who charges him with having
seduced her under the promise of marriage, and
subsequently abandoning her. The families are
of high standing. Johnson was held in S5, 900
LII
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TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
ROOFING TIN, LEAD PIPES. &c

HUUFING lin, LEAD FIFES, &C,
lust RECEIvED-Also, 1-c, Tx, DIX, and other sizes
" Bright Tin
Iron Wire for Fencing; Copper and Steel Wire
sheathing and Braziers Copper, etc, etc.
CAMPBELL C0YLE,
may 14-6tA Sign of the Anvil, Penn. avenue
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rIE undersigned presents himself to his many friends
at the ensuing municipal election, for the Office Of
REGISTER, and solicits their support.
may 1o--1t MICHAEL ORDER
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THIRD WARD.

JOSEPH w. DAVIS is presented to the voters of the
~ Third Ward Candidate for the BOARD OF COMMON
CouYoT, and will be supported by
may It'd MANY VOTERS.