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T AVER BEEH,

I AVER BEER,
~ PORTER, ALE &c, DC.
Your attention Is called to q new establishment
an Arm uoder the style of DELARUE Il PEYRO-
y EI, on Tth. between Broad aud Grsc, SITS where
they Will Keep choice lot Of LAGER BE ar POR-
TER. ALE &c. in Kegs and bottles of ell Sizes 90 as
TO suit families and OTHERS.
Also all kinds Of imported WINES LIQUORS
&C. As we keep good article and sell cheap we
expects share OF Patronage. for which return our
tn AEks and promise to piease all.
ps-doods fei wxrded to any part OF hecity frse Of
charge DELAkUE a pEYHGNLT
mr. lz-2mA
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Y COOL Sat JACOs A. LEWIS

DRY COOL Sat JACO6 A. LEWIS
~ Store, is Main street. can be f,uu1 large and
we'll selected stock of Dry Goods, all Of which will
be sold at prices that cannot fail to give satietac
tion He has now in store, excellent unbleached
Cotton ts9s cts per yard, worth 10 cts excellent
white Briliiants at l2 cts; good fast coiored Cali
GOES at SIX cts per yard 500 pieces Lawns AL quail
ties 20 be sold at extremely low prices; best quality
India Rubber sound Combs at l2x cts; 500 Cambria
Bands at 30 per cent less than can be purchased
elsewhere: 81 500 Collars, 10 be sold at Is per cent
To-. than can be purchased elsewhere. Be to
10 to LEWIS if our have any Dry Goods to pur-
prices he ia selling his goeds at ie6
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NEW AND sPLENDID SCHEME

rnr soilow az Scheme will be drawn y WOOD,
efSDY 400, {successors 90 s. EVAN Co.l Man
Georgia. at Augusta. Ca In public, as follows:
CLASS 70 draws on SATURDAY. june !th, lsss.
GLASS Is draws on SATURDAY, June issh, 1859
GLASS % draws on SATURDAY, June 2oth 1859.
TO BE ORA WV ON THE PLAN OF sUNGLR
NUMBERS
FIVE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND
ETGHTY-FIyE PRIEST
$4,000 T G K r. TSl
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ROBERT T JAMES

TEWETT g. JAMES,
GENERAL AGENTS AND COLLECTORS,
hICH MUND, VA,
Give their whole attention to renting out houses
and collecting claims. but will attend promptly to
any other business entrusted TO them.
REFERENCES:
Issacs Taylor William Taylor ESQ.
II Maury & 10 Jtha M Gregory, Atty
Nance & Williams, Atty's sSiaw
at Law Johnson Sands, Atty
Stearrs Brent at Law
Julius A Hobson Edward Jersey, Esq
Rev Francis j Boggs Godcln Apperson
Rev Willis X Fl Whitiock Z con
OFFICE on t4th street, between Main aud Franklin,
and In rear o! Messrs Isaacs Icy ior's.
lie 2-dlm
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A NTHRACITE C0AL.-I will sell du-
n ring thu month Of May, cheice Red and White
Ash the lev price OF ~ 50 per avt load or s. Der
long ton. delivered. Tobacconiss and others using
large quantities, should embrace this opportunity,
and procrfe THAR AuppIies =
Ali orders enclosed 20 my address. through tina
Postcfce or left 81 ny ONCE corner nth and Dock
streets. will be- promptly attended 20. Terms cash
my3-4m WHIT R0BERID
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The rates West of Knoxville viii not 20 intp az
feet until after the complexion Of the Cleveland
Branch Railroad. which will be about the let Of
April.
Shippers of through goods must sena duplicate
tickets, giving the marks. weights and destination
of goods. send to Cox's Line Of Beats
LEE. on the Dock
N. B Goods from Northern cities shipped throngh
at reduced rates.
fe l0-ts
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DIasoLur1oMo, 40.

DIaSOLUxIOH0, 10.
CO-PARTNRRSHIP E-The
" undersigned have this day associated them
selves together under the firm and lyle of POTTS,
FARLEY 4 co for the purpose Of conducting o
GROCERY, COMMISSION and FORWARDING
BUSINESS In the city Of Richmond.
They have taken the new and spacious building
two doors above Sam'i Ayers 4 Son, aud nearly op-
posite the Columbian Hotel, on Cary street, where
plete stock Of all such goods a. are usually found
IN the Grocery line. including Coffee. Sugars. NO
beg call the attention of their friends and the trade
generally.
Special attention will be paid to the sale Of gil
kinds of Produce. on which liberal advances will
be made. FRANK POTTS,
RICHD g FARLEY,
HENRY y WILLIAMS,
JAS B MARSHALL.
Richmond. ia ist. 1852
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TUNE 6. lS59-,CHEAP GOODS
j CHAs A. GWATKIN is Offering this morning.
a large lot printed Berages at greatly reduced
prices: large lot Robes in Berages az rzandies
The Greatest bargains of the season. A large let
Jaconets very ches r. ace Mantes; steel extenslon
skirts: back Lace Wells; straw BonDetE; Nuns Bon
nets ,,, , ~.
hikes Ribbons very cheap. Buyers are most re-
suPctiuliy invited to ssl and see them
'R| CEAS A. GWATKIE,
Exchange Rank.
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ZPErERsBuRa aAiIno.

THROUGH FREI0nrs ssTU srss nnsnNrLnOAp
AND NORTH OAk0i.fNH w1EN RICHMOND
March until ~. Ist q september nsrt ~ ~ q
sn sccclaanoistsop trainn this rosd Uni Tissssss
DAY and FRIDAY, Ct o'cIock' ;,ss!saesks
o'clock, - before. - unused NJ
=, A.,Fsnssmsnts have been made By this Comma,
sry Of all Produce. Goods, or other artieis.
des,gDso Tor transportation either wav' ~ -.
, kchnSna and points between Petsrsbur. A.
cite. North Carolina, at low rates. xithon,I
charge ioT fq, wardpg, storage. &c. An susb ~
zee ,ent 70 hchnond, should DO consisnsd IA
PLAINLY marked care OF the Frsiehf =, ~ y
the Richmond and Petersburg Rs.Ircsd' - p stasd
burg by whom they wiil be promptly srrs sss.s
isrsburg. which they Quire 20 Ia nrsnsid =. 70
~ haieigh. information may be hal IL ~. n ~
a. this Company 1t Hichmond - INC DSpos
One. Rspaaco 7 II WINNIE. sup't.
t6aa
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q GO IT, BEL!
"A "The new years come the old ones gone,'
AAA, These were the words said,
01k2R As sitting mp to see ii come,
I did not go to bed.
Soon twelve ocl. OK the town clock toldi
Thought /, this can't De true:
plainly see that you're not kept
By BILL BAR-THo-LO-MEW
SO pulling out my watch, | loek'd,
And sure enough found
It wanted yet ten minutes more
For the old year to alp round.
On this could not help but feel
That knew what to do;
When took my watch to have 1t fixed
To BILL BARTHOLOMEW,
Who has had an experience Of % years In London
and America. Corner Main and llth streets, oppo-
site American Hotel. NH IL
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ONE hundred pieces fine white Bril-
~ iiants at 10 cents yard at the noted down
and Embroideres in the United States at the noted
down tow u bargain Emporium 500 pieces of Ieg
and ant Bcnuet Ribbors. at the low price OF 20
ceuts a ward at the notsd down town bargain I'm
porium New goods received re ky at reduced
auc,ien prices, at this noted down town bargain EN-
norium Of ALFRED MOSES,
ie6 g. Main st.
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ITO THE lNTEREST OF TIE La
i DIEs-siO O0a worth of Goods to be closed out
at such prices as 10 defy competition. GELD sMIF
will ofer his stock of Goods this morning. and con
prices The following articles can be fund among
his stock Splendid White Hose at l21s hich Em-
broid'd Hdkfs at Csc: PLAN Linen Camorlc Hdkls
frcr, SIC ur; Waite Ia, Iataps 2c; PsrasOs, extra
chesr: EXTENSION Hoop skUrs TT any prices b ack
NantIas r. IN 81 up the finest quality; Corsets $l
busters and IA CLANS; Plain and Figured Silk Net:
Black silks; irish Linens every description OF EN-
broidt res and Millinery Goods; ore case OF EXtT.
Pine Bonpets; Flats: and thousands of other sr.l-
cles: $3.50 Yards Fripges Velvet Ribbons, balloons
and 9th r TRIMMINGS. The ladies wiifind great
'ano; W oS's " GOLDsMIT,9, eos Broad st.
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NEW YORK
~ HAT AND RoNHRr BLEACHIHa, pREss-
1N0, DYEIN1 AND BS0UklN0
EsTANg1eHMGAH.

CosNxR OF BROAD AND 9TH eTRnKTs.
Ladies'. II you wish 20 have your old Bonnets and
Chidrens Leghorn flats cleaned and pressed to the
epring fashions visit 10 solicited
Aword to the gentlemen Il this metropolis, they
wfsh TO have their Panama and straw ats bIeached
to the New York Hat Pressing Establisbment
0entlemen's garments cleaned and presseq N
neat style. SAMUEL Mck1uKARD,
10 4-Tts Proprietor.
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sxa FOR RENT-The Dwelling on 9th
HH street. neer Leigh. 1t has seven rooms besi4es
store room and closet; ga IL each room and passs
gss; two story kitchen and hJdrant in the yard
can be had Immediately. Apply at
j COUR1NET'S,
NV Palm Sn3 broad street.
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50 FOR REHT-A comm dious brick
4T House on the corner Of Franklin aud 29sh SITS.
tIbnrch ill., Il is now occupied By Mir James
EIlstt 1t has rooms with kitchen, stable. and
well Of sood water on the premises Possession
given the 10Th June. apply to
AtJBR Register Co.'S Tobacco Factory.
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GOODS FOR GtNTLEMEN
" AND BOYS CLOTHING.
Cloths Cassim ares aud TTeeds
Linen Drills and Ducks
SILK and Marseilles vestiDgs
Cotton Ca ssimeres. fast colors
Linen and Marseil!ss shirt Fronts SAD Collars
Garze Merino a1d Lise Thread Shirts
Hosiery, Glover, Henikerch les and Cravats
At fhe Cash Store OF PEnkiNS Il co.
ie6 No ,4I, Eagle Square
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DIsSOLUrlON--T firm of BELL &
~ GIBSON is this day dissolved by the death of
WILLIAM @ BELL The business Of the copcera
will be settled by the surviving partner, WILLIAM
I gibson.
Those having claims against the concern will
please pEesent the same: aud those indebted will
please make profbp ment, wish to close the
accounts as early as possible
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THE NEAT LAWN EMPORIUM
l. 1900 yards all styles Lawns and real French
Jaccnsts on hand to be sold off this week at prices
that cannot fail to please. at
je6 MAIIERT's Cheap Store.
NM MANTLEs. BUSTERS, White
49, CAPE5-Lsdies wishing to purchase cheap
hantillas DusteIs and White Marseilies and Bril-
liaut Capes Of all styles for chdrt A. can get the
best OF bargains at MAIlERT's uheap nfore.
b-Stors will be closed on Wednesday and
Thursday. sth and 9th insrs
ChEAP GOODS FkUM AuCTluN.-
VIII open this morning several desirable lots
OF goods from snction Call soon and get gain.
NJ MAILkkTsS Cheap store.
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prizesof $500. approximsting ~ $4,000
prize, are u, 800
prizes Of $500. appreXimatins 70 $4,000
prize, are LOO
prizes Of $40. approximating 70 $1,000
prize, are LOCO
prizes Of $225, experimenting to 5000
prize, are 900
prizes Of $500. experimenting to 600
prize, are 500
prizes Of $50. approximatinR to 5000
prize. are SO
prizes Of 800. approximating 70 sl.s00
prize. are 400
500 prizes OF $50 are 100000
J. ass prizes, amount II to $500 200
Whole Tickets. .lc; Halves. IS Quarters. ~ 50;
Es,l,f q
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JAMES l.. BROWNIES
IL A a NJ

JAMES l.. BROWNIES
ORNAMENTAL IRON WORKS.
9Th street, next 20 the Mechanics Institute.
Iron Ratings, veraadahs, Balconies. airs, Set
tees, Sc also. Grazing Vault and Cellar Doors, and
every other kind of Iron Work, for ornamental and
building purposes. manufactured ST short notice,
NJ Particular attetion given to enclosing Burial
Lots in the city and country. 10 A-l2m
TOHN N. GORDON & SON,
18th street, near the Exchange Eote,
Offer for sale large and full assortment Of IRON
comprising SWEDE'S, AMERICAN HAMMERED,
PERU HAMMERED ENGLISH AND ENGLISH
REFINED. English, American, Russia and imiIa-
ton Russia Sheet Iron. GALVANIZED SMEET
IRON-doopa, Ban dand Scroll Iron refined Plough
Iroa and Plough Plates Also-Tin- plate of various
sizes for Timers and Manufacturers SHEET AND
BOLT COPPER, Sheet Zinc, Speiter and the Metals
usually sold in this market. apl Its
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I'M BBLs. LxrA Q Sugar, landing and
NV for SALT By
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WILLIAM 4 GIBSON win continue
w the business heretofore conducted by BELL
GIBSON at the old stand and is prepared, with re-
newed facilities for carrying on the CAKfENTER
business in all it's brauL hes, particularly in HOUSE
BUILDING, and would be pleased to receive the
patronage leerslly exts nded TO the old concern
SASH. BLINDS and DOORS. C0RHlCES
and MOULDINGS, made at short notice.
WILLIAM L GIBSON.
Main street, above 9Th,
my 74-ImN Richmond, VS..
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.-------. y slsl :. low logy. , NH s-ts
IN srxs S1ss.si k.us Asb
passen ger Trains loase LIZ ,bburg i,ilv ,a,
H. Throash Tickets nom Lyhchbarg 70 the foorr..
ing named places: ~ WIG ""o~'
Knoxyi,le.......... .eI4 % Nashville, sss ..
iJaiton.........." ~ 80 Montgomery - ~
.nattanooga....... ~ 10 Grand Junction.. 20 20
AtanLs............. ~ ~ Memphis 81 49,
Aantsville....-...... "a ISL New Orleans 800" ~ "
Freight Trains leave Lynchburg daily 1Sn.fs ~
eKcepted) at T. 90 A. NJ. "A'ays
freight transported through from Ly,cbb,,, >.
The following named places st the foIIoxing ~as 70
rates per 100 pounds. "."o'
LIST Glass. I'd Class. a ma
Knoxville. go. 90 90 10 ~ a. -
Dalton and ChaEta-
NJ. . pooygs....... TX a 50
NASHVILLE. j 70 90 81
Iuscumpta....... i IS % ~
Msmphia..-.... i % ia 10
General Superintsnden,,
Lynchburg. March 4th. 1859. NH 4@sm
eHc-susy5Ha THOUGH TARIFF OP
III FREIGHT from Richmond 70 Nam
phis. and intermediate points:
=. .:...... ;. I!.IIIIIIII
s sGss G's Gas: p fssllssIIIsI,si;
Third Cass....-.......... f0l 81 IS OF rs
Special Class.......... 81 2 30 10 Is a "a
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sm JUST KECElVED-A splendid
#3aA assortment of
CHILDREN's FANCY GOODS.
MISSES FLATa, and
BOYS STRAW CAPS.
ELLETT Il WEiSIaER,
my IL No LOT Main st.
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NEARLY ONE PRIZE TO EVERY NINE TICKETS.
MOST PERB SCHEM
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"a HOUSE ON GOVERNOR STREET
~ FOR RENT--For reur. and possession given
the LIST of april the house Oh the west sde OF Go
vernon street, now Occurred by Mr. f. FL. Cowling,
and adjoining the corner house in the occupancy OF
Sessrs Doggett & Anderson. Apply to Samuel ?.
Mitchell, aud Andrew Johnston, Executors of m.
Mitchell. Jr NH l6-ts
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<sAsns FRENCH BOOTS AND SHOES.
SsSss~0 Another case of the above from Miles,
consisting of Calf Dress Boots; Pat Leather Dress
Boots. do do and calf shoes; do DO do Congress Cal
ters. JOHN PAGE. JR,
my5 90 Main street.
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N MILES & SONS BOOTS AND
MsHOES.-Just received frssh supply of
H Miles Sons dress Boots and Oxford Ties
~ JNOC PAGE, Ja,
my5 80 Main street
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Eight square longer adyersenen1s h eAao
poI payable advance Advertisements ordered
twice or viii be charged 81 y cents square o eeeh
cents Der squire for each insertion Special notices charged doaee
the foregoing rates.
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sIscial Nr.les % subscr.esrsl

Fstasesr ~ subsrss made invariably In adyenes
vi smubucd the EHti ~ the ftTod
cfIei Notr viii be a. snhsSfhets
he -ubsorint0h- mort o fire.
10y b. Of The sptscrbeTsi sad not
Il the publisher Ct the Union.
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E'XIIIBITION OF PAINTINGS AND STATUA-
H. RY-Tho third exhibition the Washington Nsc
open Galleries Pennsylvania between o
and 1lth streets. tcb S-d3w
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INIEAP! CHEAPli CUEAPi!,--Amerieau Bead
Work Zinc Pans fapcy Goods great, reduced
prices at VAN DEUSENE,
FEB 26 AZ Penn. between 7th aud Stl sis.
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JEWELRY, SILVER WARE,
WATCHES,
Solid Silver Tea Sets, Walters, Pitchers, Goblets,
CUTS, FORKS, SPOONS,

N0TICE.-Any persons having claims against me
please apply lord Napier's until the l of March AZ
ter that all times be found at No 256 Penn
F,b 25-d3 +. DUBOIS
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EVOR HAVANA, via Key West to sail on the Ath
H. and The United States mail steamship
ISABEL Rollins commander, leaves Charleston South Caro-
regularly Havana, Key West aud leaves lla
yaa for Charleston Key West the 10th and 2j of each
mouth For passage uppy MORbfCAI & Co,
Feb IT-iMar4 40 East Bay, Charleston, 8 {.
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Affairs In Petersburg
CORRESPONDENCE OF IHE RICHMOND DAILY pISrsTcH


PETERSBURG, March !, 1859.
We are just now, after a season OF very genial
weather, made aware that March is a changeabie
month, aud like the white man very onsartln."
IL is at this writing, raining 10 the perfect ds'
sruptlenent of every merchant in the place, with
whose profits the liquid deposite makes sad havoc
Nobody has veufured the streets save under
the pressure of necessity
The Scotch and Irish element is predominant
here-natives of the old sod-they make most exs
celient citizens. Indeed, do not know what Pc
tershurs would do il they were to withdraw 10 q
body. The Scotch always have grand blow out
on the occasion of the anniversary of the birth of
st. Andrew; and our Irish citizens are no less
prompt TO do honor to the memory of st. Patrick.
They lately resolved to forego any elaborate cele-
brstion Of the birth of their Patron Saint this
year--iptendDg TO apply their funds to the pur-'
chase of q hall for the meeting of the Hiberuian
Society. VIM. Smith 0'Brien will meet warm
welcome here from all when be comes this way.
Our city is prepared to do him honor.
have been shown mound here, on the elegant
seat of Ro. b. Boiling, Esq, under which was as
sured that Gen. Phillips and sundry other British
officers we're buried They rest in pretty place,
aud should not object. 1t will be remembered
that in the Revolutionary War, Gen. Lafayette
threatened the enemy, {whc had possession of Pes
tersburg,) from Bulls Ill., (now Dunns) across
the river. l say threatened the invaders,-his
threats were conveyed with shot aud shetland
Gen. Phillips or somebody else may have been
killed.
from Washing ton. ] understand from good su-
thority that his health is very precarous. If re.
ports true he will hardly be able to serve more
than one more term in Congress, even If he de-
sired to do SO, which understand Is not the case.
Several of the -four mills have been compelled
to suspend operations In consequence OF the
breaking of a mill dam from which they derived
motive power FIRST PRIVATE
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death Of the Postmaster Gcnerai.

A.soS V. Brown, Postmaster General OF the oa'
ted States, died In Washington, OF pne0", a
yesterday morning, after . brief illness "" -
served two years 10 the important p"'
which he was chosen by the President ~
born In Brunswick county, Virginia. IN 800 80
was the son OF an old revolutionary sola'e', "Ao
participated In the battle OF Trenton anu Tue
.bips Of VALLEY Forge. Governor Brown was ecu.
Gated In North Carolina, and graduated ~ o"Ape'
rIi, In 1914. IN tho same class with Ex-Governor
M.,,v ~ that State, and Senator Mangum lie
ga, in the Tennessee Legislature untii 1859, when
ha w.s e,ected 10 Congress, and held that position
,ntu ls@s. He declined a reelection to the Ma"
,,onsl Councils aud entered the contest for Gov
amor of Tennessee, beating d, H. Foster, his COM
rsti,or. Since Is47, he has held no public Of
6c.. but was Presidential E,ector in 1s4S and
1852. lie was also chairman of the Committee on
Resolutions In the Baltimore Convention Of ls522,
aud WAS the author of the Platform then and there
adopted. lie was a stump orator, and politician
of the strict constructionist school. 1t was to
him, when member Of Congress, some twelve or
thirteen years ago, that General jackson addressed
his celebrated letter In favor of the annexation OF
Texas. lie was in the IS tn year of his age.
During the time he has filled the post vacated by
his DEATH he has proven himself man OF eminent
ability and energy. and to him Ia due the success
fal Inauguration OF the Overland Pacific Mail, an
enterprise which promises to do so much towards
inhabiting the Great West. His last moments were
those of inseusibility, thoug Oh few hours before
dissolution, his youngest daughter, who had been
sent for from Philadelphia, arrived, and be testified
his recognition of her by kissing her hand but was
unable 10 sueak.
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iocsREspoxpEscE OF THE RICHMOND DAILY DISPATCH

Correspondence OF THE RICHMOND DAILY DISPATCH. ]
NORFOLK, March 8, 1859.
Judge Halyburton, Jno. NJ. Gregory. Esq, and
Joseph NJ. Steele, of Richmond. arrived here yes
terday and will convene the United States Court
today for the trial of sundry cases, among which
is the Julia Dean case.
The Select Council had meeting last evening
to hear the report of the special committee on
taxation. They reported bill, which passed the
Select, and will now &c before the Common COun-
Gil.
There is talk of line OF steamers from this place
to the western terminus of the York River rail-
road.
The small appropriation for the Gosport Navy
Yard will, of necessity, cause large discharge in
that yard In the meantime, the work on the two
new sloops-of- war is being prosecuted-one OF them
(the Ricbmond) is ready TO launch-the other will
be in few weeks.
The corn market is active, the receipts large.
and the price firm at quotations, via: Yellow -
cent?: white ard mixed so cents.
elearn, this morning, that the schr. r. B. Ba.
ker, from the caribbean Sea, is il Hampton Roads
with suanO, for orders.
The schr Luther Chiles, from Porto Rico is re-
ported ashore. We learn where.
Mrs. Mar,isen Smith, wife of one Of our principal
merchants, died at her residence In this city yes.
terday. She tho wife of J. Marsden Smith, Of
the iru Of j. NJ. Smith Bro.
Two loads OF ftour, from Bedford county,
Va, arrived here yesterday. Tbs arrivals ct corn
yesterday were over 70 200 bushels.
All the biCklayers at the Navy Yard save one
or two, were discharged yesterday. To balance
this, number of hands we're taken in the ship
joiners' shops.
Jno III. T. Smith, of Franktowu. Va, died suds
denly yesterday, OF hemorrhage, on board schoon'
er lying ia the dock. PERCUSSION.
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Rfyea' Life Of M adison.

The Petersburg Express states that the Hon. W.
C. Rives, who was in Boston on the I'D ult.. and
scok some part in the public ceremonial Is of the
day, has concluded an arrangement with Little
Brown Co., for the publication of his Life of
Madison. The first Of the three volumes of which
II 10 to be composed is now in the hands of the
compositors. 1t will be issued With that typo.
graphical elegance for which those pub fishers are
eminent
We predict for the work great sale. There Is
no man IN the Union as capable of doing justice
to the subject a. Vim. C. Rives. 1t has been sub
iect Of devoted study, and the study has been
labor Of love TO this eminent statesman, scholar
and patriot; q man who in many characteristics
resembles Madison; wise, virtuous, national man
one Of the few links left to better time; one o.
the last rays Of q glorious era, whose d res are
soing out one by one beneath the western horizon
and leaving Us in twilight and surrounded by the
cmens Of storm.