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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-18

EXPLOSION OF LOCOMOTIVE BOILER-ONB
MAN KILLED AND ANOTHER SEVERELY ScALDED
On Thursday night the boiler of locomotive
No. 23o attached to the express train for the
West, exploded at Sykesville station, on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, distant thirty
two miles from this city. James w. Stevens,
the engineer, was instantly killed, and Thomas
Lathe, the fireman, badly scalded. The explo-
sion caused great cons ternatioh among the pas
sengers on the train, which consisted OF seven
cars The locomotive was almost completely
demolished the boiler being torn entirely from
it and forced 4 distince of ten feet beyond the
track The body of Mr. Stevens was thrown
nv the force OF the explosion to the rear OF tho
train. and when found was considerably mutt.
lated -BuItiIaOre Inlericdn.
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National Bank Stock Subject to Taxation by
State and Municipal AuthOrities.-Co Of
Appcnls-Srpteuller Term.

The CitY of Utica rs. g. Clarence U,urchW ct al
The point In controversy in this action was,
substantially. whether or not certain taxes inn
posed BY the city of Utica upon the stock
holders Of the Second National Bank of Utica
upon their several shares in said bank We're
legally imposed, and whether payment of the
same could be legally enforced. The Court
held unanimously Judge Porter not sitting
in the CASEY that the interest OF the stockho!d-
ers in the national banks organized under
the act of Congress Of June 3, 1864, are legally
taxable for State and county and municipal
purposes pursuant to the laws of the State ;
that the objection that these moneyed lnstltu-
tions are instrumentalities of the General Go
vernment for the execution OF its constitutional
powers, and are exempt from State taxatlon
upon the principle by which the late Bank OF
the United States was adJudged to be exempt,
does not apply where, as III these cases, the
tax instead of being assessed against the cor
! poration, is against the individual stockhold
| ers that this last position was authorltaIlHeiy
| adjudged by the Supreme Court OF the United
| States in the case of Osborn rs. The Umteo
States Bank % Wheaton, 1881 that the stock
| holders are not exempt from taxation, tnoneI
! the capital of the banks be invested in the Sc
| curities of the public debt of the United States
| that taxes are imposed upon the owners o.
property in respect of, or on account OF, suci
| ownership Hence, where a certain kind OF
property is declared by the Constitution or b,
law to be exempt from taxation, the eXemp
ton is conferred upon such owners; but TIT
| stockholders are not in a legal sense the own
ers of the securities held by the bank. Thei
| interest is of Il collateral nature, and is no
the interest of an owner.-Neto York HerdlG
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INAUGURATION of Governor jenkins.


MILLEDGEvILLE, GEORGIA, December H.
Governor Jenkins was inaugurated at noon
to -day. In his address to the Legislature he
said that now there is NO conflict between the
Constitution of the United States and the
Constitution of the State of Georgia, and the
laws of the United States are supreme. He
paws a handsome tribute to the good conduct
of the negroes during the war, and says they
must be thoroughly protected in their persons
and property, have the right to enter the
courts and should be encouraged to work, ana
they will then be the best working class, ana
their late owners the best employers, In the
world.
He reviews the condition of the State insti-
tutions, and says that even light taxes will be
burdensome, but thinks the people will not
suffer, and concludes with the words, =" God
help us ALL"
Provisional Governor johnson then rendered
the oath to Governor Jenkins, who was then
declared by the President of the Senate to be
Governor of Georgia.
The sentiments expressed in the address
were cordially endorsed by the members OF thu
Legislature, which body will adjourn TO-
morrow.
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Sun rises...." - M1Gn sets ...''..s Is
PORT OF RICHMOND. DECEMBER Is and II. 1885.
ARRIVED.
chandise and passe myers, r. H. Dibrell.
Steamer Maria Allen, barges in toy, rorfo,k
United States mail, merchandise and passenser''
Haskins &.Bridgford. p.,.,n.oro
merchandise and passengers, D. 4. w. Currie..
steamer William Allison Southgate, City Point,
Brsnd Php CITY POINT
Steamer Gs ,a Van + R yllet JONES' City Point
Schooner W. N. Gesner, Leete, New York. lum-
sioop Monarch, Duffy, Hampton Roads, light
Sloop Flying Star, Hampton Creek, oysters.
Sloop Henry Austin, Peterson Horn Haroof'
Steamer Lady Lang, Blanchard, Fortress Monroe,
Steamer Francis King, Shaw, Fortress Monroe,
schooners in tow, to Government.
Steamer NJ. Martin, Livingston, Norfolk, United
States mail, merchandise and passengers Hask'"'
Steamer Albemarle, BcSme, New York, mer
chsndise and saHned AKPei Ge
a cyP af Aan M
'f Brig Anna s. Terrey, Haskell, Glairmcnt, to I'm
ish loading for New York, A. Millspa%gh ,s,o .
Witt iiiS to hnish loading With wood for A. Mill
! spaugh. xvx. 81;
| WiIcox's Wharf, to load with wood:
phia. ria Bermuda Hundreds, A. Millspaugh.
Steamer Petersburg, Travers, Baltimore mer
| chandise and passengers. d. w: Currie.
Schooner Mignonette, Colbert, Baltimore. light
Schooner Minnehaha, Frank, Baltimore, mel
chandise, A. Millspaugh.
SloOn T. Tennis down the river, light.
soop Sophia Cabin PSin v pShtt bra
and schooners in tow, F. W. Lewis.
MEMORANDA.
Schooners S. C. Avaris, L. A. Baylis, Eliza Wi
liams, below the harbor, merchandise, to Govern
ment quartermaster.
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0n.sLYY Appnovxs.-A bill, offered In the
VIRGINIA Legislature, proposes TO distribute
the Oyer-crowd of negroes on the Peninsula 10
their homes in other States. As there are
some sixty or seventy thousand people In that
neiehborhood, It IL not likely this work VIII De
done in day. Yet, could the policy Of distri,
button be carried ont In q huma ne ana MDeroi
sn,rit we think the South would reap the ben.
efit IT. We hear Of much desti4ution around
the great refugee centres, where the freedmen,
hopeless of aid or work elsewhere, swarm upon
the overtasked care Of a Government not aDle
Mt ali times to provide for them. The super
numerary and starving condition of labor In
some portions of the South Is answered by 8
great demand in others. Here, then, 10 worl
for the immigration and labor soci cites II they
viii only turn their attention sout Inward, and
give the same kind of inducements q nd guaran
tees to black laborers that they arr, ANXIOUS te
afford to white ones.-Ne,c York Tribune.
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The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue has
just decided that in section ninety-four AZ
amended by the act Of March 8, imposing a tax
Of one and three.fifths cents upon cars, en-
gines, carriages, and other drtfcies repaired,
whose value IL increased thereby ten per
centum. the words "other articles" was
meant to include all manufactured articles
subject to an excise tax under the several
clauses Of the ninety fourth section.
All goods, wares or merchandise, therefore,
subject to An excise tax, whenever repaired SO
rs to increase their value ten per centum, will
be assessed for the above tax.
The following points are to be considered in
determining when a tax accrues in cases Of
repair: First. The article repaired Second.
| The amount Of value added. Third. The
ratio of such added value to the entire value
| of the article after having been repaired.
| In case any separate portion of an article is
| supplied anew, that portion Is to be taxed gust
| AS we'll in its use for repairing as though used
| for n 1iesr article.
| fla railroad company put a car, engine or
| boiler into a shop for repairs, all new parts
supplied are to be regarded as pertaining to
| the entire car, engine, boiler, &C., and no tax
! accrues unless the cost OF making repairs
equals or exceeds one-eleventh OF the value OF
the car, engine, SC, after the repairs have
been made. But if such repairs increase the
value Of the whole ten per eentum or upwards
or if the cost Of making the repairs, including
labor and materials, equals one-eleventh OF the
value of the thing repaired, tax accrues' aho
is to be paid on the cost of repairing.
When the article repaired is unit, though
made up of taxable parts, repairs are to be re
garded as pertaining to the unit.
Ii the repairs are upon ship, the hull, a.
finished, constitutes the unit. If an engine
everything pertaining to the engine, erceptin
the boiler, which the law provides for taxing
separately. If car is repaired, the repai
pertains to such car an entirety, including
/, all its parts-the body, the wheels, the axles
SC.
This rule will, in all cases, be observed, un
: less the owner sends the disjointed parts OF Al
, article to the machinist to be repaired am
, rented to it's original place then the ma
chinist must report the thing repaired, and tn
, question of liability to tax will depend upo
the ratio of increased value to the entire valu
of the thing repaired.
: The law having prescribed no mode of est
= mating the increased value of an article RI
= paired for use, without a sale OF the sam
: either before or after the repairs were made
the cost Of repairing has been assumed by tn
q office rs the measure Of value on which the Ia
| shall assessed,
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AN AxESDxENr TO THE CONSUMPTION WANTED:
There is great deal said IN congress aGout
negro suffrage, negro equality, negro rights,
and all that and amendments TO the Consti-
Triton are offered to meet the several points
We have no doubt all parties will agree that
whites in one respect, and that is, that they
should have the privilege of working for a
living like the whites. Therefore an amendment
,he n;gcers work. Here is a chance for Sum.
ner. Wilson, Wade, Thad. Stevens, and all
the rest. The sugar plantations in Louisiana,
to say nothing of.the cotton plantations al AL
amendment to the Constitution that will reach
this subject.-Ne,o York Herald.
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THE New YoRK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND
SOUTHERN DEBToRs. the last meeting of the
New York Chamber of Commerce Mr. .Conkling
offered the following resolutions:
g Resoleed, That memorial be presented to
Congress praying for the passage OF a law ex-
emplimg suitors in the national courts of the
Southern States from the operation of the
statute of limitation for a period long enough
10 give legal creditors an opportunity to enforce
their demands.
'sResolred That a committee OF five members
De appointed by the President to carry out the
object of the foregoing resolution.
We think that Mr.. COnkling might nave saved
himself this trouble. Southern Judge wouit
I've very apt TO decide that " time does not run
as against creditors who are prevented ny
state OF war from enforcing their clasms-as
England time never runs against the Kfns
and the king never dies
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MISCELLANEOUS.
EIRE INSURANCE.

MISCELLANEOUS
EIRE INSURANCE..
MARINE INSURANCE.
LIFE INSURANCE.
POLICIES GIVEN IN THE BEST COMPANIES
HOME OR FOREIGN,
ON THE MOST FAVORABLE TERMS.
ALL LOSSES SETTLED IN RICHMOND
PROMPTLY AND LITERALLY.
GOODS INSURED BY
RIVERS,
RAILROADS.,
STEAMERS. or
SAIL VESSELS
TO AND FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD,
IN THE BEST MARINE COMPANIES,
MONTAGUE Il WHITALL,
NO. PSI MAIN STREET,
NEAR THE SPOTSW IL OF Ell
de H-tSl
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STEAMERS.

CPECIAL ATTENTION OF THE
0PUBLI s CvNE ES,, YORK AND ~
S1fo1Sh S1sAHSf!f ,. So4Ra @
old and long established Company int
to Sc i: late
pense, just completed the building Of two supe>
FLOR SixdsRx AND 4Rsk =
In point Of ,na
sd aea IN 1is Captains dkDRGE Couch and
4. L. RING RE Purses sTe Teli Known ..a 70 ne
ecommmgnity, viz: Messr'. wiLLiAA u ana . -
These Steamers will leave Pier Ne z, North 3
. .nS FIJI HGtf a. +
ogssaa ey f1n sad sek each S
land and receive pas.engers ..p,.r-
etts' the nee essity for transhipment Il avoided:
For expedition and security, this route, e pa
e.s
sary can be effected the most moderate term rs
s0f BAY aSs
II The ssss Sf ST
Sr as :hpSss ~ 81: IN:
Is no oSs H%s With other lines
good. to The agent: IN ca Me~ rsssh
Of ne 'i
reign destination, will be forwarded with prompt
In the construction OF these Steamers, special at.
tention has been paid to the finish and comfort OF
the saloons and State Rooms. in order to induce
By this route the passenger avoids the many
| changes incident to all of the other routes IN
| reaching New York or in returning home, indie.
pendent the comforts by this safe and easy mode
Of travel Its cheapness over al! others, u mat
| ter Of special attention and consideration.
Passengers secure their tickets ana sts ssS
rooms either on board or atthe ofaces OF the diI-
Freight solicited either way, and BY application
the rates will be found to be moderate; .s
irons Of the line are requested to order ~ aS
. Old Line, New York and Virginia s'eam'n's
Remember that there il no unemployment OF Koooa
BY this line, and insurance, II deemed ~ AL mo-
The agents are g: HEINEKEN PALnORRRk
New York J. n. SMITH BKH;, M0f1 pRMn "a
ION oN banSilis MCDANIEL iRBT, LyrnssahhSurg
Az, =. Richmond.
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OREGON TREAsrRE.-Within the six months
past treasure in gold and silver bullion to the
amount of twelve million of dollars has passed
through the portals Of Oregon on its way from
the rich gold and silver highlands of Idaho,
the western portion Of Montana, and bit OF
British Columbia.
4 Greot C"u,ayy-A letter, received at the
Treasury Department Il few days since from
the Collector Of Internal Revenue for the Ter
ritory Of Montana, announced that the pro-
duct of the gold and silver mines OF that Ter
ritory for the current year will be upward OF
| sixteen millions of dollars. We wonder what
proportion of the people of this city have any
| idea where Montana is Those who have heard
| of it At ALL have probably general notion
| that it is away Off somewhere near TO where
! the sun sets but whether it is east or west OF
| the Missouri river, west or east Of the Rocky
Mountains, only those who are fortunate
enough to possess a recent, and, what Is more
8 correct map, will be able to tell we nave
no doubt that a good many will inquire as to
the facts when they learn that a small number
| of miners have taken sixteen millions OF goio
| and silver from its bowels during the curreA
year-Netc York Times.
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Namglng Of Wnliam Cerblts and Patrick Flcml-
fm2 fhf Murder.

104 TOT M0fUcf.
CHICAGO, December l5.--To day, for the first
time in Illinois since lsA1uphe death penalty
was suffered by two men for murder. The
unfortunate culprits, named William Corbitt
and Patrick Fleming, were convicted on Tues
day, November 81, of numbering Patrick Ma
lony Cicero, about six miles west of Chicago.
1t was cold FLOODED affair, rs they had no
personal enmity towards their victim, but did
II for paltry Atty dollars given them by n
man named Williams, who, for some years
past had cherished bitter luminosity against
Maloney.
The two men were thoroughly prepared for
their coming doom by their spiritual direc-
tors, DIR. McMullen and Father Murphy
aided by the Good Sisters of Charity, and no
one would have thought, by their calmness.
that they weYe SO soon to have been sent be-
fore their Maker. At twenty five minutes be-
fore three the doomed men were led forth
from their cells to the scaffold and after n few
remarks the caps were drawn and the ropes
| adjusted, and at precisely ten minutes before
| three. William Corbitt and Patrick Fleming
! swung of into eternity. The execution TOOK
place in the court house, and was witnessed
| by very few besides the number required by
law.
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TEI.EGRAPEIIC NEWS.
nv JoHNsoN's INDEPENDENT ioExCY.


From Washfngtons
w..urxarox. December 16.-1n the United
States supreme Court yesterday, argument
was commenced in the case Of the application
of Mr.. H. Garland, Of Arkansas, par
doned rebel. to be allowed to practice in said
Court without taking the oath prescribed BY
act of Congress. The question involved - the
constitutionality Of the oath, which requires
every applicant for admission to the bar OF
United States court to swear that ne never
volun tarily aided in the rebellion. Mr.. M. H.
Carpenter counsel for Mr.. Garland, took the
ground that the Presidents pardon restores
his client to all his former rights, and that
this bar to his entry into national courts as
practitioner is therefore unconstitutional. At
torney- General Speed replied, maintaining the
constitutionality Of the OATH The argument
was listened to with much interest by large
assemblage Of legal gentlemen. 1t will be
continued on Friday next.
The Cabinet meeting yesterday was long
and important, lasting until O'Clock. Gene
raj Grant was present. 1t is understood that
the matter of the reorganization Of the army
was considered.
Horace Maynard being asked what he
thought Of the prospects Of the Tennessee
delegation since the last action of the House,
---~
whole Southern Confederacy in his brooches
nocket. and meant to keep it there for a good
while.
It is reported that General Butler, who is
now in this city, is soon to uncork the several
walls of his wrath upon the head of the Lieu
tenant General.
Commodore Brashear writes the Navy De-
partment from Callao that the Peruvian Go
| vernment has determined to make common
cause with Chill in resisting the aggression
Of Spain.
Strong pressure is being brought to bear tc
induce Logan to reconsider his decIination and
accept the Mexican mission.
| Adyices received to-day state that the Ii
beral cause is in the ascendant in all parts O
the country. Imperial troops are deserving II
large numbers.
The Committee ON Appropriations hold daily
sessions. They have an economical fit, ant
are cutting down estimates fearfully.
Ameeting of Senators and Representative
from the South has been held. They nav
come to the conclusion that Congress does no
intend to admit them this session. Ihey tneEe
fore intend to 60 home Immediately
The friends of Marshall o. Roberts declar
that he has been offered the New York Col
lectorship.
Large NUMBERS VI 0cuaCois ia" ASOfA
tiyes were at the Presidents house this morn
ing. Parties who are interested assert pos
lively that the President has given orders
the various departments to make no more NJ
pointments for the present, wishing to Sc
what course Congress will pursue on the n
construction question.
The people of this city are so afraid OF neg'
suffrage that they are petitioning Congress
take away the charter altogether, and cover
by commission.
The House Judiciary Committee yesterda
agreed to a bill which strikes the wo'
.white' from the charter wherever 1t ~
pears.
; The Ways and Means Committee DO n
contemplate reduction OF the currency
present.
The weather is more moderate to-day.
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>pecial dispatch 10 the Baltimore Sun,
o,,c, in the District Compromise Ut
,nr.a The January Interest PaXmcnt-Tns
,y..;,u g.. Chima-pacitc Railroad. &c.

N,.utNGTnN ,1lccemher ia.-nePrtseutat'N'
,.tn.,nn. of Ohio. will Introduce bill IN
1r1,,se next week to repeal the charter OF
80, +ity of Washington as well as the laws Tor
ir,.l government in other portions OF the DIS
,,jti ~ Columbia, and place the Guy COVER"
~. - Washington in the hands Of three
';,,.i~-inners thus depriNing the people Of ali
Mirage. This is the compromise which 1t Il
.%,A Western members will accept on the ne
cra suffrage question here.
Tho Secretary Of the Treasury has decided
,,,, 10 anticipate the payment OF the januar.
,,rc>t ON United States bonds of ISL.
Minister Eurlingame left for China to-day
n distinctions look TO an enlarged sphere OF
.,,.,lmcrcial relations with the Celestial I'm
pre-. c..,, r,.o;e,
The Vice President of the Central RACINE
~,,!r,ad OF California received to-day eieNes
I,nIyad thousand dollars in bonds from tn
Treasury ON account Of the completion OF tn
e.,,nd division OF that road
Secretary Seward has invited the Hons
committee on Foreign Affairs TO 4 State Dime
on 10 morrow evening.
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Mr.. DAVIS VISITED BY HIS OLD RICHMOND
PAsrog-The Fortress Monroe correspondent
of the NV York Herald is 80 uthOrltatively in
formed - that the Rev. DIR. Minnigerode, OF
Richmond, pastor of ST. Pauls Chufch, OF
which Mr. Davis is 4 member, and which he
generally attended during his residence here,
has been permitted to spend q day in company
with Mr.. Davis:
1.-The sacrament was administered TO him,
and everything done that could be, by his Old
religious teacher and adviser, through scrlptu-
val reading and PRAYER, to give him peace OF
mind and that cheerful content and reSlSha-
non following the right kindof teaching ana
faith During his Imprisonment, Mr.: DAVIS
only religious attendant and adviser has Deell
The post chaplain, Rev Mr.. Cheevers, mos1
amiable and excellent man ana worthy ano
devont clergyman Ii was natural he should
like 10 be attended by his old pastor, and ne
one y, i'll be inclined, am sure, to blame hin
for asking he privilege Of his attendance upof
Inn or lind fault with the request being com
piled with.
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GRrElry IN FAVOR A. IL. STEPHENS FOR
UNITED STATES SESAToR.-After announcing
that Mr. Stephens has declined to be candl-
date for United States Senator from Georgia,
the New York Tribune adds:
We would far prefer the reformatory con-
yictions and trustful foresight OF MIR. stephens
10 lie merely negative qualities of MI. john
son. who if not quite given over to the mu-
I<huess which characterizes \ few OF his CO.
trnporaries, was never decided or whole
some actor or thinker, and Is unable 10 dlges
tI, ureseut condition of affairs. Georgia has
a real Union party, however small, who are
the most chagrined sufferers 10y the ruNht
process of reconstruction but there Is nt
hone whatever that Georgia, more than any
ollor late insurgent State, will select her ar
chitects from the class of tried CniOnlsts.'
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From New Orleans.

NBw ORLEANS, December l3.-The receipts OF
cotton at this port are falling off, and the adj
vices from the interior are to the effect that
the maximum has been reached, and that there
will in future be a steady decline. Prices here
are hardening in consequence, and parcels
heretofore offering on sale have been with
drawn. Shipments on joint account are quite
a feature of the market. Freights to Liver
pool rule at three farthings per steamer direct
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The Cholera i'm Paris.

PHILADELPHIA, December 16.-A letter from
the Paris correspondent of the Ledger informs
us that down to November %, the date OF his
letter, there had been sixty six hundred deaths
from cholera in that city. 1t also states that
the milder form Of the disease, known in Paris
by the term cholerine, had attacked nearly
everybody during the damp, sultry weather
that had been prevailing for the preceding
five or six weeks.