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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-28


Is there amy Prospect OF War with France
This question may be better answered by w
H. Seward than by any one else and he doe.
so, take it. in the following editorial article
in the New York Times. That paper argue.
earnestly in declaring:
Neither in the message of President John.
son. in the diplomatic correspondence of Sec
rotary Seward, in the War and Navy Depart.
ment reports, nor in any of the other official
documents recently given to the country dc
they find the least encouragement given to any
one Of their schemes, or the least prospect held
out Of their being treated with anything but
reprobation: In treating of our controversies
with other Powers, the President was careful
TO adopt Il tone ut once vigorous and concilia-
tory. SO far rs was necessary, our relations
with other Powers were common ted upon but
in regard to none of them was word used in
dlcating that any OF our controversies were of
such a character as to require war or menace
for 4 solution. He appreciates too profoundly
the natural position, necessities and spirit, to
speak otherwise: and while the report of the
Secretary of War shows the immense amount
of military material we have on hand and the
facility with which armies could be raised in
case OF emergency, it also shows what emerge
Tie measures of pacific character have been
carried out
The New York Ne,cs evidently regards the
above as Mr.. Stewards views for it thus
speaks of the Mexican question:
Mr.. Seward may mean we'll in his Mexi-
can diplomacy, but We cannot discharge our
lnInd OF the suspicion that he is preparing to
compromise American honor in That delica te
negotiation We have an instructive aversion
10 the arts Of diplomatic intrigue and when
Il Secretary of State shufles and temporizes
We instantly apprehend some concession dis
creditable to the dignity of the nation.
I'VE perform a friendly office for Mr.. Sc
ward when we admonish him that this people
will not be trifed with in the Mexican bust
ness The Monroe doctrine is 4 sacred tradi
ton of American:history and dear to the
heart Of the nation is the resolve that the
American continent shall be reserved as n
theatre for the development of republican in
situations. If he would consult the security
OF his own position, and his reputation in his
tory as an American statesman, he should at
once interpOse with some practical exertion of
diplomacy to effect an abandonment of Mex
leo by the adventures who have usurped pos
session and dominion of that splendid en-
nj
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DENTISTRY.
.R. JOHN MAHONY

DR. JOHN MAHONY,
flor many years associated with Dr. John G
Wayt,l would respectfully inform his old patrons
and all others who may need his services, that In
consequence Of the destruction of his Office by the
great hre, he has opened ONCE at his residence
on Fourth street, between Broad and Marshall,
Teeth inserted on gold, silver and vulcanite. The
highest price paid for old Gold Plate
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-28

A DESPERATE ENCOUNTER WITH BURGLAR
On Saturday night, Mr.. Francis Smith, pro-
vision dealer Of New York, was robbed and
shot by burglar, who, with blackened face
and disguise, entered his dwelling, tore the
clothing from the bed in which the merchant
and his wife slept, and secured q package of
money, containing one thousand two hundred
and twenty dollars, with which he was escap-
ing when Mr.. Smith seized hold of him, and a
deadly struggle ensued Both men tusseled
with the utmost desperation, and at moment
when Mr.. Smith, by herculean effort, sue
ceeded in raising the ruff1an from his feet, the
latter drew revolver and discharged three
barrels of it at him in rapid succession, two
bullets taking effect in. the body. Thus disa-
bled, Smith sank upon the floor, whilst his as.
sailant, with extraordinary agility, sprang
out of the window. reached piazza or shed,
and then jumped a distance of some fifteen or
twenty feet, and escaped. Mr. Smiths con-
dition is considered very critical.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-28

General Augur's order forbidding army Off
GERS serving in the Department of Washington
from visiting the city without permission the
petitions circrAted among non voters in favor
OF universal or negro suffrage; the arsenal en-
plosion investigating board; the committees
remaining in session; and the North Carolina
pardons recently granted; are again brought
up and noticed in the Washington correspond
ence of our exchanges. Having published all
these items of news already, we. shall be ex
cused for emitting them this morning .-Dis-
mitch /
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THE: NATIONAL EXPRESS AMI

THE NATIONAL EXPRESS AND
i TRANSPORTATION COMPANY One third
OF the capital stock Of this Company having been
subscribed, and ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS Of the same having been paid up, the
undersigned call for = general meeting 81 the
Stockholders OF said Company, for the purpose Of
ehecting an organization under the amended
charter, to be held at Richmond, Va, on TUES
DAY, the 10th OF January, 1885,
full attendance IL desired.
J. T. JOHNSTON,
CHARLES w. PURCELL.
l.. w. GLAZEBROOK,
w. q. HARNAN,
HUGH w. SHEfFEY.
RicHNoxD, December IL, 1895.
FORM OF PROXY.
Know all men by these presents, That the sub
scrtber, being StOckholder In the NATIONAL tx
PRESS COMPANY. do hereby constitute and Np-
point --, true and lawful attorney and proxy. TO
represent each Of us In all general neetna Of {hc
stockholders Of said Company held within SIX
months from and after date thereof whom " are
not personally present or represented By sono
other proxy, With full power and aathority, It
such general @ccttngs, to give such vote OF votes,
and 20 de such ether act aets each Of ~ could
give or 90 asa member Of said meetiAsen We we're
personally present; and We do hes0by ratily and
eOa.m vote Or vote, oct az aets, our said
sstomey may !swfolly give OF de Tor = Il per.u-
ave- 81 ne ssehcsity hetshX soafszrs4 spon him.
one tnouaand eight hundred And -. ).
ds iS-tAm $.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-28

ARRIVAL OF THE NggDE w. W.
Zimmerman arrived In this city yesterday
from Richmond, having under his care thirty.
one disabled Confederate soldiers, belonging
to the old brigades OF Stafford and HAYS. They
were taken charge Of temporarily by the Rev
James Sheernn.-Nes0 Orleans True bella. l0tA
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A RICHMOND oUxD ScHooxRR DISABLED.
From the Baltimore 6wn we get the following
Schooner Mary A., Of Baltimore, (so reported, j
from Boston for Richmond, has been towed
Into Edgartown by steamer ManOhausett.
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Southern Immigrants in Brazil.

New YORK, December 26.-Information from
Brazil has been received that the American
immigrants, chiefly Southerners, represented
by Colonel Wood, have selected site for
town near RagnOra. There is expected a flow
OF immigration from the late Confederate
States.
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"A Singular DIVORCE AND BIGAMY CAsE.-A
singular divorce and bigamy case has recently
occurred in California. A man, named John
X. Robinson, formerly q banker, had tried to
get divorce from his wife, Kate, in a San
Francisco court. Not succeeding, he sent a
written statement of his case to Salt Lake
court Without hearing any evidence, with
out any publication of the matter being had
without either party to: the suit being within
one thousand miles of Salt Lake at any time
during the tendency of the suit, the Probate
Court over there granted the divorce Robin
son married woman named Laura Hatch in
this place, when he got the divorce. His first
wife was living at Georgetown, ID. c., wheli
the second marriage took place. She went
out there and had Robinson arrested for
bigamy.
An examining magistrate dismissed the COM
plant on the ground that Robinson thought
he was doing no wrong. Robinson, however
is not yet clear Of the meshes of the law
The Grand Jury will have the matter before
them at their next sitting. If the courts sus-
tain divorce granted in this manner, there
will be nothing binding in the marriage rela-
ton, and disseminated husbands and wives can
get rid of each other without the least diff
Guilty and at tritiing expense. If the laws of
the State in which they reside happen to be
too stringent, they have only to write to Brig
ham YOung's courts that they wish a divorce
and the divorce is forthcoming as soon as it
can be transmitted
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-28

/ NEW LINZ OF SrEANRRs.-Two new propel-
lers, the p +. Brady and A. Brearly, have
been put upon the route between Baltimore
and Petersburg, designing to make weekly
turday. Baltimore seems to appreciate the I'm
portance OF encoura ging trade with the South,
and the business men Of that city invest freely
In providing means Of transportation.
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Baby" Bates, the biggest man out of
doors, left this place for his home, ON Big
Sandy, on Wednesday last. He is twenty
eight years old, seven feet high, weighs three
hundred and fourteen pounds, and has a foot
fourteen inches long. He was in the Confede-
rate service during the war, and although as
easy to hit as a barn door, escaped, we believe,
without scratch.-Pi'yi"ian. abingdon, Va.
The child of Watchman Miller was. accident.
ally shot on Christmas morning, by a little me-
gro boy, with pistol. The little darkey was
almost frightened to death at the horror Of be-
ing hung. The wound Of the child, though
serious. Is not considered dangcrous.-NorEoM
Day Book.
William II. McCaherty, Esq, Supsrintend-
mas resigned. 1t IL also said that tho road on
the parr Of the State OF Virginia Ia to pass
into new hands.
General Curtis addressed tho freshmen Of
1ynchbnrg last Sunday night, Giving them
the usual good advice which 4h4t class 90 per.
sistently refuse 70 act upon.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-28

New ORLEANS LOOKING UP-A New Orleans
letter says;
"Since l last saw it, in April last, the Gre
scent City has prOspered greatly. Then, the
principal streets We're half filled with vehicles
the majority of which We're ornamental; now,
they are three-fourths filled with vehicles
which are chiefly useful. Then, there 0ere
plenty of single rooms to let in all the hotels
and plenty more not occupied now there are
three new hotels, and no single room to be got
in any of them Then, there were steamboats,
at her Wharves from the Mississippi and Ohio
alone; now, they are crowded with boats
from the Red, the Arkansas, the Yazoo, and
other rivers and bayous too numerous to
mention. Then, she had two regular lines of
ocean steamers; now, there are seven, en-
pOying from three to nine steamers each
Yesterday, Il choose at randOm,) nineteen
steam vessels cleared from her wharves, two
OF them being ocean steamers. Besides these
there was large number of sailing vessels,
and many others, both steam and sailing, from
Lakeport and HickOx's Landing, on Lake
POntchartrain, of which take no account
Inc advertisements of steam and sailing YES
sells that are to leave the city within five days
NIL SIX closely printed columns in the daily
Picdyuae. The number of steamships in port
this morning is fifteen the number of ships,
nineteen, besides small vessels and river steam
boats innumerable. For two miles and haH
on one side of $ the Father of Waters the
banks are thickly lined with boats, that ceas-
1essly agitate his myriad tributaries, and with
ships that go down to the great deep, and their
mast heads are brilliant with the streaming
ensigns of many nations
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-. u + -. Curty. Il * ~ +
The Selma (Ala.) Nsssssper has the suhioinet
rsmarlu concerning this distinguished gsntIe
man, who 10 well known TO the whole country
and especially to the Richmond people:
We learn with sincere pleasure that this re-.
spected gentleman. has assumed the duties Of
the Presidency of'howard College, At Marion
AS q citizen, Mr.. Curry has ever stood
high In his community. As member Of Con.
gress, and In all his public career AZ politician
he was able, incorruptible and patriotic. And
now, a. minister of the Gospeiand an,instruc-
tor OF youth, we may expect to see his brilliant
talents and eminent virtues employed more
directly than before in the service Of his coun-
try It is one of the advantages of revolutions,
that while they overthrow and destroy many
nctitious regulations, they only serve to bring
the labors of the pure and the good into more
direct snbservience to the wants Of their fel
low-men. Had we been successful In gaining
the independence Of our country, many able
men would have been swallowed up in the
vortex Of public life who will now spend their
exalted abilities in preparing another genera
tion for better life. OF this number we NAV
safely say are General Robert E. Lee and the
Hon. J. L. NJ. Curry
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-28

"A SCRAP FOR THE MISUNDERSTANDING Gene
raj Butler is writing his reply to General
Grant, let him not forget to insert a converse
tion between himself and an able officer which
is not unknown in army circles.
An expedition was planned against Rich
mond Butler observed to the proposed leader,
You must leave nothing of Richmond" ''Do
you mean, seriously, destroy the city2' "Yes,
and have the ground plowed up" The officer
expedition yom vo s are 'U1 the the
man" :" There must be, according to mum
bers, at least one thousand children, one thou
sand aged and decrepit persons, and one
thousand women big with child. These help.
less persons must all perish if fire the city,
and, setting aside all promptings Of humanity,
/! DO not care to go down to posterity with
that load Of infamy upon me-" Better 20
down that way than not 20 at all
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-28

New York, December 27.-The steamship
Idaho, hence for Mobile, is ashore at Barne-
gat, full of water. The crew landed safely.
With favorable weather, part of the cargo
will be saved.
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TELEGRAFf1IC NEWS
AssoC1ArrD PRIss DrsPArcHls.

General 0rans's Visit - ths Ris Gran1s :
Pardon warrants = ReesDtisn, ~ Rresi6en'
Jshnssn, u Gesera1 Talgar, Minisser ftsn
Ce1umbis.
| WASHINGTON, December 27.--lt has been
stated that General Grant h about to visit the
Rio 0rande. This IL not true, however, ~ he
will not extend his visit beyond New Orleans.
For the first time since the surrender Of Lees
army, no pardon warrants were issued by the
Attorney. General to-day. Very few applica-
| tons are now presented. The President il en- :
ergetically engaged III disposing OF all cases.
I General Talgar was to-day received by the
President as Minister from Columbia He
stated that his Government was SOLICITORS to
foster and encourage friendly relations, bind.
ing it to the United States. The President re-
ciprocated the expressions Of friendship by him
expressed.
Arrival Of the sseamship City Or Waahinstsn,
from Liverpoel.
NEw York December 27-The steamship
City of Washington, from Liverpool 18th in
slant and Queenstown 14th, has arrived. The
following is summary Of the general news:
Governor Eyre, of Jamaica, has been sus-
pended from the exercise Of his functions
P0AAuAHS SAC OHASAsAA Au4uAAy AuIO VIC IcCeut III
surrection, and Sir Henry Slorr has been ap-
pointed, temporarily, in his place.
At the Fenian Court, on the 18th instant,
O'Donnovan occupied the whole day in his
own defence. He was insolent, and sought to
exhaust the Court.
A letter received in Liverpool confirms the
statement that Stephens, the Fenian Head
Centre, is in Paris.
The London Observer says that Napoleon is
apprehensive that Macmillan will follow his
Empress to Europe, and has prevailed upon
the Mexican Minister at Paris to proceed to
Mexico and endeavor to dissuade Macmillan
from abdicating
LONDON, December 10 Donovan was
convicted of Fenianism and sentenced to penal
servtnde for life.
China.
tits reported that France has given England
six months notice to terminate the existing
treaty, because of the strict formalities re-
quired before French offenders are given up. =
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.
LIVERPOOL, December l3.-Cotton-the sales
of three days, including Wednesday, were
$1,000 bales, of which l3, ZOO were to specula-
tors and exporters. The market manifested a
strong upward tendency. American is I'd
dearer since Friday. Flour is inactive and
prices unchanged Wheat in limited demand.
Corn fiat, in some instances Sd. lower. Lard
and produce quiet-prices unchanged.
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Tur DISPATCH BUILDING Is ON Go
VERNON STREET, NEAR 10 MAIN, AND
xrARLY OPPOSITE THE OLD DISPATCH
CORNER.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL
The Alexandria Riot,

This affair was not SO important rs the tele.
,r,ms would have induced the public to be
leye A correspondent Of the Baltimore S.a
c,,.s the particulars As follows:
Christn day in Alexandria was spent in
q, very noisy, and, in some respects, riotous
manner. A disturbance, originating in the
alleged defiant bearing Of the negroes, a SQUAD
nf whom, early in the day, paraded the streets
with drums and arms, shouting and asserting
their equality with the svhites, aroused the ine
dirua,ion Of one or two parties Of young men
If the town. A fight with the negroes WAS
the result. One bar-room, freQuented only hy
eolored people. was torn out by the whites
and pretty smart skirmish was fought. in
which firearms were used on both sides. and
some very hard blows administered Several
Nhf s,Fysons were wounded by fire arms and
beaten, and two negroes are reported killed
A very goodly number on both sides have
bruised faces, and bear other evidences of a
general free fight Towards afternoon, how
a,rr quiet was restored with the aid of the
United States troops there stationed, whose
assistance was invoked by the Mayor of the
ci,y Exaggerated reports have gone abroad
in regard to the matter, magnifying the ex-
tent Of the conflict and the number Of persons
killed, but the mortality appears to have been
confined to the killing Of one negro, and, per.
haps, the fatal wounding of another IA
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-28

BLOODY SETTLEMENT OF AN OLD FEup IL
JACKSON COUNTY, FLoR1DA.-A serious shoot
ing affair occurred at Neely's store, in Jack
son county, on Wednesday, Goth ult. The par
ties concerned were two men by the name OF
Williams, and one named Glare, on one side
and two Hams, father and son, on the other
The cause was an old fend existing for some
time. For the purpose of settlement they met
at the precinct on election day, armed with ri
files and double barreled guns. AT the first fire,
one of the Williams was killed, and Ham, Sr
firing at the other brother, Newton Williams,
missed his aim, the ball unfor tunately taking
effect in the body of Baptist preacher, named
Grantham, and intiicting what is believed to
be mortal wound. Meanwhile, the younger
Ham was shot down, and his father, standing
over him, defended his body with a dubbed,
but empty gun. While thus engaged, Newton
Williams approached, and firing one barrel
with fatal effect, into the breast of the father,
turned and discharged the other through the
head of the PROSTATE and disabled son. This
ended the difficulty. Newton Williams re-
manned on the ground nearly all the day, as
sisted in the burial of his brother and defied
arrest. Next day Captain Rawn, of the Seventh
Infantry, in comm;ssid ut Marianne, with q
file of men, proceeded to the spot, and arrested
Williams at his own house. Glare, at last &C
counts, was still at large.-Quiacy Common
tre0Uh.
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Fighting Between the Indians and Whites i'm
Arizona.

SAN FRASCIsco, December 26.-Advices from
Arizona represent constant fighting there be.
tween the Indians and whites. Twenty eight
soldiers sent out LIST November are missing
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-28

TERRIBLE EXP osIoS-F1vE CHILDREN
KILLEDAND Two MEN ScALDHD.-The Peoria
IsanscriN learns from the route agent on the
Toledo, Peoria and Western railroad that the
chine shop owned by Charles Knowlton, at
Logansport, Ind, exploded on the 18th in
slant, instantly killing five children and bad
ly scalding two of the employees of the shop
named Wilkinson and Edgington. The boiler
was blown eighty three yards from the founda-
ton, and totally wrecked the building. Three
of the children killed belonged TO the engineer
of the shop. They were warming themselves
by the furnace at the time of the explosion
One of them was thrown across the street
against a stone building and badly mutilated :;
another was thrown across the canal, and
third was found in the middle of the street
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-28
HOTELS AND BOARD1NG-HOusEs

HOTELS AND BOARDING-HOUSE
vrNHE AMELIA HOUSE.-The AME-
Il LA HOUSE, on Grace street, between Seventh
ton OF boarders--pernanent, transient and table.
The propretress is just from the country, and ali
The locality will also make it convenient for the
members Of the Legislature. She has also some
very fine ROOMS FOR RENT.
de 2l-lw* CORNELIA LITrLEPAGE
DOWHATAN HOTEL.
CORNER ELEVENTH AND BROAD STREETS,
(near the Capit0l,)
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
GEORGE J. SCANMELL, PROPRIYrOR.
This HOUSE, having been put in thorough re-
pair and Furnished In the most complete STYLE 10
prepared 70 receive guests The accommodations
are FIRST CLASS, and guests can rely. upon and
allthe laxures Of hotel Of the character It claims
TO possess. dAll-1m