Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-05-17

The Nation, new paper is about to be start.
ed in New York by the Nstioaal Freedmen's
Aid Union, 10 be edited by Wendeil Phillips Gar
rison son Of VIM. Lloyd Garrison, and 10 have
the aid Of Edmund Quincy, John G Whittier,
Mrs. Child and other eminent Gnti-slavery Wri-
ters.
General Sol. Meredith has been removed from
his command AZ PAducah, KY, at the demand
of prominent kentuckians, who assert that his
policy .yored strongly Of rebel sympl thy, and
that neither life nor operty were safe in that
military district.
woman called on an attorney in Williams
port on Thursday last, and requested his assist
ance in collecting bounty and pay for two hus.
bands " no had been killed duriog the rebellion.
der third husband accompanied her.
A cargo Of lumber from Saginaw, Mi chigan
measuring $50 6l8 feet, aud valued at four cen
thousand dollars, arrived { Chicago on Monday.
This is the largest cargo ever taken t. that port
General Augur has prohibited the emb almers
of the District from charging more than the
following prices Prvates Sl5; Second Lieuten.
ants $50 with five dollars increase for each sd
ditonal grade.
Signora Lott, who Is creating a great sensa.
ton in Milan, by her extraordinary vocal powers,
il Of humble origin, her mother having been the
sweeper of the the tire in Mantua.
The reward offered for the capture of Franz
Muller, long NdTlOuslJ tlbluleuf uds Neeu awarded
to Matthews, the cabman, who thus oyercomes
Death-the jeWeLer.
C;uldenfusL the Pru5sian forger arrested in
Troy 4 few weeks since, has been sentenced az
Haleson the Saale to twelve years and fine Of
two thousand dollars.
An actor at Vienna has been condemned TO q
weeks imprisonment for having mimicked on the
stage NJ. &C Schnerllng by gestures, and wearing
the ostume Of an Austrian finctionary.
The estimate Of the sum required by the Eng.
lsh Government for the post office packet service,
for the year ending March, 1866, amounts to
E54lS67.
Major General sigel having rendered and re-
ceived his resignation, is now chief editor Of the
Weeker, one OF the best Republican papers pub
lished in .ltiIore, Nd.
President Johnson il taking care Of his family
in case Of accident or assassination. he has just
got his life insured for $4,000 in the hassachu-
sets Mutual COMPANY Of SIP ingield.
In April last, the state of Mount Vesuvius was
rather alarming, the upper crater was almost
full Of lava, and il was feared would soon over
AoW.
Paris is completely full the hotels turning
away people who are ready 20 pay extrayagant
charges for restricted accommodations.
"Gent y the dsws Ger me stealing" as the man
said when he had five bills presented to him a:
one time.
A male native Of Nichiganis now denomlnated
q Miehigander, while his female mate Is called .
Miehi-gOose.
P. I. Barnum has bought the old town farm
in Bridgeport containing eighteen acres, for
twenty thousand dollars
Brigham Young has despatched an agent to
San Francisco to procure cotton seed for planting
in the Sandwich Islands.
What Is the difference between . toad and q
tOadyi Ans.-one loves little bugs and the
other big bugs.
The tenth annual convention Of the Young
Meas Christian Association wiz be held in Phil
adelphia in June.