The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-06-06

3 m. ,.os, confident predictions are atoas
AZ. ~. .,ssct that An order will be issued
-, ~ , .ha president for the release OF Jefer-
son Davis ON parole, on the same conui-
s,nns as Mr.. Clay, provided 1t Is fully set
tied ON Monday that his trial is to be post
poned until the October term OF the
court.-Correspondeace Philadelphia Ledger
OPTICAL ADvIcEs FROM MEXICO.
Young Corwin, son Of the lamentea
Thomas Corwin, has just returned from
Mexico, where he filed the post OF Amer,
can Minister after his fathers decease, ana
from him have obtained complete nc.
NAL of the often. reiterated report aooe1
tbe shaking of Maximilian's throne, ms
probable abandonment Of the country, us
satisfaction of the people, etc.
FISHERY LICENSES.
On the 3lst, Sir Frederick Bruce, the
British Minister, addressed note 10 MT.
Seward from which the following Is an
extract. -
ct have the honor to inform you tnat
Tho Government of Canada have autho-
rized r. Porter, Esq, the magistrate coi ,.
mondinp the Government vessel La Canaui, :
ane EMPLOYED in protecting the hsherles Vi
Canada to issue fishery licenses on the pay
mont of the sum of fifty cents per ton OF tne
n,aa surement of the vessels proposed 10 DC
msed in fishing. These licenses VIII remain
IN force during the season, and will CONFER
mon the holders of them, as far as the
Canadian fisheries are concerned, al tnc
rights enjoyed by the fishermen OIL ,ne
United States under the reciprocity treaty;
This measure is of a provisional NATURE
TREE-PLANTING.
The House Committee on Public Lands,
under the lead of their chairman, non.
G w. Julian, seems intent upon arriving
nj some tangible conclusion concerning 'ise-
Wanting on the woodless western plains,
which Is attracting such widespread atten-
zion They have asked report on TINS
subject from the agricultural department !;
,ISo from the Commissioner Of Indian
Affairs as to the character of an Indian
college in Kansas which proposes 10 plant
| ten thousand acres OF experimental ioieS'
within five years.
WASHINGTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
At the municipal election to-day, Rich
ard Wallach was reelected Mayor OF
Washington over II. n. Easily. These ana
all the candidates for members of the city
councils, with several exceptions, had
nledped themselves to the workingmen 10
sustain the principle of eight hours as q
legal davis work. No political question
was involved in the election.
NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH.
The General Convention of the New
Jerusalem Church in the United States,
consisting of ministers and delegates from
the various associations and societies OF the
New Jerusalem Church in all parts OF the
country. assembled in the temple OF the
Boston Society, on Bowdoin street, Boston,
on Friday morning. The meeting was called
to order by Rev. Thomas Worcester, ID.
D.. of Boston, President of the Convention.
There were present over one hundred min
listers and delegates from Maine, Massachu-
sets, Rhode Island, New York, New Jer
sew, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland,
Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Louisiana, and the
District of Columbia. In addition to the
regular delegates, the church was crowded
with visitors from different sections OF the
country.
JUDGE UNDERWOOD HASTESS TO WASHING
TON AND BACK.
Judge Underwood came here yesterday
morning on flying visit from Richmond,
to which place he returned on the evening
train. During his brief stay here ne had,
it is stated, interviews with President john
son and Attorney General Speed in rela-
ton To the trial OF JEFF. Davis. The Judge
will formally open his court tomorrow,
but on account of the illness oil District,
Attorney Chandler it will be adjourned
until the first Tuesday in October.-Nd-
tioaQl hteRigencr, 5h.
FAVORABLE BUREAU REPORTS FROM NlR-
GINA.
The Bureau has recently received seve-
raj highly encouraging reports from It's
superintendents in Virginia, which 60 to
show that the entire working freed popu-
Iation in that State is industriouSly en-
gagged at labor, receiving fair compenSa-
ton. But few cases of i'll treatment nave
been reported, and these had been fully
investigated and the pcrpctrator punished.
Chronicle.
The perpetrators punished by the Blu
reau And this in free country, where
courts of justice are open. When will
this end
SHOOTING OF A NEGRO IN VIRGINIA.
The War Department having been IN
formed of the shooting OF a colored BOY at
Leesburg by a noted rebel, detailed ali
officer to investigate the circumstances OF
the affair. The wounded boy testified that
he is sixteen years of age has worked for
Mr.. John F. Smith for the past five months;
while sitting on the front stoop of his en-
ployer's house, Landon I. Levitt and
three other men came up to him, struck
him in the face, and on the body, threat
ening at the same time to shoot him if he
attempted to run or offered any resist
ance /; he, however, escaped into the house,
whereupon the door was forced open, and
the would-be murderer fired at the boy,
the ball entering his back, inficting a
severe wound-from its effects it is feared
he cannot recover.
The case has been referred to the civil
authorities of Leesburg, and if they refuse
TO take action il will be turned over to the