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VOL. XXXIII.
8irhnmnd 9ispatrh,
FRIDAY......................JUNE IA, 1867.


There is no great city, at least In this
country, without very large debt. New
York has debt almost as large as that Of
the now two yirginias. Baltimore has
her sl9,OOO.0OO. All commercial commu-
mites that have achieved anything great
have necessarily incurred heavy debts. 1t
is unavoidable. 1t is impossible to con-
struct great works which are for the sup
ply and accommodation of great commu-
mites, or for transportation of produce
and goods which maintain large CON-
merce, without incurring large debts. One
generation cannot pay so much money.
Such vast expenditure must be divided
between several generations. The works
being Of enduring character, and being as
much for the benefit of future generations
as for the present, IL is just and equitable
that they should help to pay the cost of
their construction.
This city has debt of only s2,0OO,O0o,
yet it is more oppressive to her than is
that of sl9, ,OOO, 900 to Baltimore. Let Rich
mond add to that debt what is necessary
to establish such lines of communication
with the West as are feasible and proper,
and she will not feel the weight of it as
much as she does her present obligations.
Clearly she cannot be great without in
creasing her debt. That is q fixed fact"
She cannot have manufactories-nor COM
merce-her population will not increase
nor her property rise in value-nor will she
exhibit any of the signs Of an active, grow
ing, and live city until she makes grand
effort and hazards something to gain a
great deal. A city, like an individual, can
gain nothing without hazarding something.
This is true even Of the safest and most
steady occupations. The farmer hazards
his labor and the very seed he puts in the
earth. But all mankind proceeds upon the
principle that fortitude, energy, and in
dustry will be rewarded with success, and
that money and effort well laid out will be
sure to bring compensation in due time.
In the dispensations Of wise Providence
these hopes have been maintained by be-
neficent results, or the energies of men
would relax and fail.
The spirit of our people had never
greater occasion to be aroused. The high
est results can be accomplished by united
eifort-while delay and apathy at this cri-
tical moment may be fatal to her pros
poets.
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gl3 Main street, between Ninth and Tenth
~ GRAND OPENING OF NEW GOODS

IT MITTELDORFER * CO.'S, 1909 Main street,
'.r.-ite post ii ss.-we will open and be pre-
pared on Monday The 2gth TO exhibit for sale our
,.tri supply OF SPRING and SUMMER GOODS,
which have been purchased within the last few
days iu the northern markets, and at such reduced
l',.s that we can siEord to offer greater induce
uaats than ever - purchasers. Our Dress Goods
Department IS, without eXaggeration, the largest
.gI mot varied In this city, and having mostly
give such inducements 10 parties in want that will
certainly be advantageous. Among the different
XiUres We have in cOlors Inequalities, Berages,
M"zambiques, Lenos, Melange, Poulous, Lawns,
JacOEe'-, Org4ndies, Grenadines, Hernanis, Pop
Hus, Ipscas, Lckdusie, Silks, &c, &c. To the
aJuve- named department we have given special
a.'sution, and we viii offer them at prices TO suit
ID in want.
our Domestic and Housekeeping Goods Depart
mont is complete and at such prices that We will
warrant satisfaction TO all in want of same.
cur Gents Furnishing Department and Mems
W,aris larger than il has ever been, and as great
a',sn,iOn has been given I'm selecting the same,
will say bat they will suit the most fastidious.
Cur s'ock of Ladies Cloaks and Sacks embraces
. Kinds and designs in silks, Cloths, and Lace
Points, Of all qualities.
Our stock of Mating is very large and Of all CO.
fought at auction. they will be offered at a small
l.g4uCe.
Country merchants will find II TO their advantage
T. give u u call before supplying themselves.
MlTTELD0RFER i CO..
opposite post Office.
WswilI. for the benefit Of our trade, continue
rstore No AS Broad street, where Mr.. MARX
N.TIEIDoRFER would be pleased osee his friends.
tsu Nj. b co.
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ONEIDA BANDITTI.-The New York 1Ti-
bune thus styles family of persons who
reside chiefly in Oneida county, N. Y,
and who have been conducting for many
years system Of counterfeitiDg and fraud
upon an extensive scale. Their operations
are carried on in Oneida and Madison
counties, upon the border. They have pur-
sued their lawless vocations for some
twenty years, have grown rich, educated
their children well, dressed well, and
almost become respectable. They evade
prosecutions by all sorts of expedients-
bribc or intimidate witnesses, and have
even broken into the clerks office and
carried off documents essential to convic-
ton. They waylaid the prosecuting attor-
ney and took from him the counterfeit
notes with which they were to be con-
victed.
In 1865, party of men, irritated by
some recent outrages, one night lynched
some of the leaders of the band, killed
one, wounded another, and burnt barn.
A deputy constable, accused of partici-
pating in this affair, was bailed for his ap-
pearance but going to arrest one of the
desperadoes, he was shot from window OF
the house. The incensed people of the
vicinage surrounded the house, hung up
two of the gang to tree till nearly dead,
and then warned them to leave the coun-
try in thirty days. The warning was not
needed, and the well-to-do, well-dressed
rogues still remain. The Tribune calls the
attention of the Constitutional Convention
to this banditti when that body takes up
the machinery for the administration OF
justice.
This community of New York outlaws
brings to mind the celebrated LUCAS family,
Of Giles county in this State. Though
fully as brave and as ingenious, they were
not as rich nor yet as we'll dressed as these
"Oneida bandits" The LUCAsEs were the
most desperate as well as the most fearless
of men. Theydid not seem to covet mo-
ney but practiced their lawlessness more
for passion for outrage and violence than
anything else. They would steal without
caring for what they stole, and murder al
most without pretext. One of the old LU-
CASES went out of the court room after hear
ing his son sentenced to be hung for murder
to a horse-race near by, on which he adbet
a pint of whiskey. A body Of such out
laws is O terror to any community. But
the LUcAsEs are now only known in tradi-
ton. Their career was ended some twenty
five years since.
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THE SuEz DEsERT.-A letter from a
gentleman crossing uia the Suez canal
from the Mediterranean to the Red sea
gives some interesting pictures Of life
thereabouts. 1t appears that the NJ.
LEssEPs and his assistants, and the numer-
Gus persons in the employment of the ca
nal company, have built houses along the
line for their accommodation. The result
is the appearance Of moro activity, more
industry, and more of European village
life and stability than have ever been seen
on the sands Of "Syria." The houses
have gardens attached, which are full Of
verdure. The chief engineer had gar
den full of fruits, flowers, and vegetables.
The writer was assured that not foot of
soil had been placed there beyond what
was brought by the canal: that irrigation,
and irrigation alone, had accomplished
these wonders, and made the desert to
bloom. With this example, it is no ex-
travagant anticipation that the Holy Land
will yet "blossom as the rose, and the
Wilderness become fruitful field"
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Special Notices.
s~-,CENERAI. INVITATION To EVA

- IO EAhM-
ryE The following GOODS Just received from the
raauiSCtories ria our agents In New York. OBJ
,-rve the prices. Come and see the GOODS. The
rsrsesl and most complete assortment ever brought
o. Eichmond
handsome Mozambiques and Lenoe at 2oc., sold at
The beginning OF the season for soc.
gt,h China and Embroidered English Berages at
sec. really worth zoe.
handsome Lawns at l2s, l6s, 20, and &c
srpsrlor Shirtins Csmbrics at Soc, worth 7sc.;
waite Marseillcs at 7sc., worth 81;
While Brlllants at ?5e., worth 4cc.;
sack Alpaca at Sec, worth 7se.;
men povltes At 81 so per dozen, worth f2.so;
Jar.e Linen Damask Napkins at 90 per dozen,
I-rn handkerchief. at 81. ?S and 81. soper dozen
Irish Lincu q; Soc;
Linen shirt Bosoms at 9sc.;
ger, Russia Diaper at =? IS apiece, worth $3.50;
I.nrn SheetinGs at $3.50;
Br!s-tvc Diaper at sec, worth Soc
Real Russia Crash st n.c., worth 2oc. per yard !;
White Flannel NJ SOC, worth Soc;
Rsached Cottons at 10, l2s, lss, 20, and 25c.;
Fa.l-wjd,h Bleaehed and Unbieachcd shcetings at
5'C,;
Fau-wilth P.row-ease Cotton a, Csc;
Sd T'cF ~ l2ic.;
Sr.r,ing stripes at l?lc.;
Cas,imares ~ 81 Per yard, worth $3.50;
Tah!e Cloths at 75c. ana sl;
Towels q: l2!c (;
FasI FrinSes at &c:
Also, al great bargains, White Alpacas, Marseilles
Quilts, Swiss Muslins, Dimity, Lsces, Worked
Bands:
Also. q large lot OF goods from the grea. closing
sales Of the New York anctions among which
will he found some of the best bargains Of the
season. LEVY BROTHERS
fa 10 l5IT Main street.
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EXAMINATIONS examinations are
great humbugs. They do not accomplish
the object intended, and very often 10
great injustice to students. A modest
diffident youth, however bright his mtei-
lect or his attainments, shows OIL padiy
before squad of inquisitors, some OF
whom are sure to be vain, dogmatical OLD
jackanapes, whose interrogatories are put
in the rudest manner, and are sure to con-
fuse the pupil and make him seem to be q
fool. unless he too is as vain as his interro-
gator, and perfectly imperturbable and
self. possessed. Such member of our
examining boards as we have alluded to is
the Rev. DR.. VINroN, who showed OIL his
stupidity and impudence at West Point
the other day. After all, the best exami-
nation-the fsirest and most completes
that given by the professors Of an institu-
tion. A. board constituted Of those Is the
nroper one TO award honors and degrees
The public proceedings should be no more
dian the simple distribution OF hoho,s'
Vita appropriate ceremonies. The iac. =, :,
Inc Old system Of public examinations n,a. :.
pretty generally discGded, Ws@ F0'n'
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ASorHER RADIcAI. MEETIxo-A DIsAr.

Ay0rHER RADICAL MEErIyG-A DIsAP.
PoINTxENr.-Rcpublican Hall. In the old
Sentinel building, was wen filed last night
by IN audience almost entirely colored,
assembled to hear the speech Of Mr..
Langston, heralded by northern journals
as . "natural colored orator !" and tho
&C second lawyer In the State of Ohio"
The exercises of the evening were COM
menced by couple Of songs, which were
sung by class of selected colored boys and
girls, who certainly had excellent voices,
and sang with uim. Prayer was then ofer-
ed by Brother Robinson, during which Mr..
Wardwell carried around pitcher Of
water to refresh the colored ladies Of tho
choir, giving each one . glass with the air
Of first-class waiter.
After various preliminaries, Mr.. Hunni-
cutt arose, and instead Of introducing
Langston, as was expected, stated that the
"colored orator would not speak. 1t
seems that, being in the employ Of the
Freedmen's Bureau as commissioner Of
education, he has been positively forbidden
by the authorities at Washington to deliver
any more harangues on the issues Of the
day. Notwithstanding this prohibition,
we learn that Mr.. Langston will speak
either on the Square or at the African
church this evening.
A number Of speeches were then made,
with which we are unwilling to burden our
columns.
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gs-GREAT DECLINE IN PRICEs.-Cheap.

%, Dry Goods in the City Tremendous saen-
llg, Great Excitement at ISAAC sYCELS's, NO.
a. corner Of Third and Broad streets. have just
opened NY fourth supply OF Summer Goods. can
1--WE all who call great bargains. Splendid quality
Mpzambiques, Is, 20, and Csc. Embroidered ore-
n.diues, only 25c., very cheap; Black and Coiored
Lpacas IT 25 and SOC, worth 5ec; Black Blk, slz''
worth 81 rs 500 pieces Calico, fast colors, only l?!c
B.eacAed and Brown Coitons, 8, 10, and l2sc. good
yarI.wlde. l5c.; New York mills, only 2'c. ia
B.eached sheeting, only zee; =. c. Cotton, iuil
width, only 25c: Linen Drill and Cashmere, Tor
men and boys wear, zoe. and upwards; irisn
Linen 50c and upwards; 500 Shirt Bosoms, Is, Is, 70
aud &c, very low Corsets, 75c. g. and sl2' eaeh;
Hoop SkiIts, 25c and upwards ; 20 dozen Hair Nets
g. &C. per piece: White Marseilles, zoe. and mp
warl., Nalnsook Muslin, SOC. and upwards; White
Swiss 2cc. very cheap; large lot OF Ladies' ana
CAiIdrcn's Hose and Gloves, very cheap; Dress
Buttons Jet and Bomb azine, lSc. per dozen, worth
i0c. Pardsols, &c and upwards. Call and exam
las my stock before purchasing elsewhere.
ISAAC SYCELs.
No. 30l Broad street,
ipN corner OF Third street
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Masonic ELEcTIoN.-At stated meet
ing of Loge Francaise, No. SO, held on
Wednesday evening the 18th instant, the
following officers were elected for the en-
suing year: ~,
William Lovenstein, Master; John Z.
Brown, S. W.; D. MitteldOrfer, j. W.; U.
E. Snodgrass, Secretary; Daniel Abrams
Treasurer Julius Strause, S. D.; u; b.
Bullman, J. D.; Thomas Angel, 5. and !;
Educational Conmittee.-Dr. Petertield
Trent, Rev. M. j. Michelbacher, William
Morgan. nm n
Trustee Broad-Street Masonic HaH.-Dr'
Peterfeld Trent.
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Trade, to be entered on It's records. On Q
farther motion, the vice-president and
secretary were added to the committee ;
which subsequently, reported the follow
ing Iri,g sty,,
Whereas II has pleased Almighty God
to remove from among US another Of those
whose names connect Us with the past, and
whose many virtues had rendered him
dear to large circle Of admirirg friends /;
and whereas we who have known him
longest and known him best feel It to be
our duty, as well as mournful pleasure,
to place upon record an appreciation Of
his character; therefore
Resolued, That in the death of John
Jones, Esq, we have lost . valued associate,
society an honest, Christian man, and his
family an affectionate parent.
Resolved, That We tender his bereaved
family our deep sympathy in this hour Of
afliiction.
Resolued, That we attend his funeral in q
body. ROBERT A. MAYO, Chairman.
Richmond, Va., June Is, 1867.
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Acc1DENr.-Yesterday morning, as Mr..
Joseph Donnan, of Chesterfield, was COM
ing to Richmond, his horse took fright and
ran off, throwing him to the ground and
injuring him severely about his head and
legs, the left of which was caught in the
stirrup, whereby he was dragged some dis
tance before he was released from his Pc
rilous position. Shortly after the occur
renee Mr.. Donnan was found in an insensi-
BILE condition and taken to neighbor's,
when DR.. Dorsett was sent for, and rem
dered all the surgical assistance required.
While the injuries sustained are quite Sc
rious, it is not apprehended that they
will prove mortal.
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auction Sales This Dan.

GODDIN 4 APPRRS0N will sell at
so'clock the valuable lot on the north side Of
Franklin between Twenty. .hrst and Twenty.
second streets. After which will be sold O
valuable lot on the south side Of wstsr street.
GRUBBs 4 WILLIAMS will sell a o'clock Q
framed dwelling and vacant lot on Fifteenth
street near Poplar.
A. K. CRUMP, High Constable. will sell at 10
o'clock, at the store on Main between Soven-
teenth and Eighteenth streets formerly occu-
pied by A. Cozzolino, the stock Of groceries in
said store.
3. b. COOK will sell at 10 o'clock an assortment
OF handsome household furniture, &c.
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CHARGE OF THE MARYLAND LINE.-Tlcre
Is now on exhibition at Franck's an India
ink sketch of the charge of the Maryland
Line in the skirmish in which General
Ashby was killed in 1862, drawn by that
talented young artist Mr.. William Shep-
herd, which is well worthy Of mention.
It bears upon it at first sight that feature
so characteristic of Mr.. Shepherds former
productions of scenes Of the war-truth-
fulness to nature and fidelity of delinea-
ton. The scene represents the Maryland
Line just being brought into line
for charge. Far to the right of
the picture tho form Of Ashby can
be recognized. His horse has just been
shot from under him, and he, pistol In
hand, Is about to leap forward. To his
left, General (the ColoneD Bradley john
son seems endeayoring, prior to leading the
charge, to quiet his rather mettlesome steed.
One of the prominent figures near the left
of the line is that of fne-looking infan-
try officer, some steps in advance Of his
men, going forward. His face is turned
upon the form of youth who has been
shot down, and seems with his dying
breath to yield reluctantly the colors-
which he had borne-tO comrade. Tie
ranks seem somewhat confused, and an
officer, who Is about the foremost figure in
the drawing, is apparently endeayoring to
keep them in line. The men are spring
ing forward, their guns nervously clutched,
and that look Of eager anxiety, which any
soldier can readily recall. The enemy can
be seen behind fence Immediately hun
dred yards or so in front Of the line.
The whole picture is admirably correct,
is free from all fancy as regards battle,
and no one not familiar with such scenes
could have conveyed them to paper half
so we'll. The old soldier generally looks
upon representation of some battle or
skirmish through which he may have
passed with great deal Of amusement;
for he fails to recognize any Of his COM
rades among those neatly dressed, aston
ishingly well-arrayed battalions; he can
not remember ever to have seen his "rigi-
ment" march half SO well, and in such
even ranks, even upon holiday parade
day; and the extended and unbroken field
of green painted before his eyes cannot
contain the slightest resemblance to tho
rugged fields over which he has passed
amid the smoke and confusion Of battle.
But in this picture we have the true idea
of O skirmish. The nature Of the ground,
the arrangement Of the troops, the uneven
condition of their ranks, the absence Of
that holiday-soldier bearing among the
men, the peculiarly Confederate style Of
their dress, and the anxiety upon their
countenances-manyo of which seem fami-
liar-are all strikingly depicted, and give
at once to the work great value as an ac-
curate and valuable leaf in that artistic
history of the brave men and deeds of the
late war to which the young artists of
Richmond have and are contributing SO
much,
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LOCAL MATTERS.

SERIOUS AcCIDENT.-Yesterday after
noon a workman at the Belle Isle Works
named Scott Bethel, while placing band
on a wheel, was struck severely on the
forehead with piece Of iron which few
from among the machinery. The blow was
so severe that his skull was fractured. He
was carried home, where he was attended
by Drs. Bolton and Parker. His condi-
tion is rather critical.
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CIRCUIT Court OF RICHMoND-JUDGE
MEREDITH PREsIDING.-In the case Of
James T. Butler Us. Ragland & Co., the
particulars of which are familiar to our
readers, the defendants moved the court to
set aside the verdict of the jury rendered
for the plaintiff after trial of nine days.
The court overruled said motion, and en-
tered judgment in accordance with the
verdict, The defendants then got an order
suspending the execution of the judgment
for ninety days from this day, in order to
allow them to get copy Of the record to
take the case to the Court of Appeals.
No other business of any importance
was transacted.
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Educational

UNIVERSITY SCHOOL, AT LO-
| ] CIIsT GROVE, the former location OF Dr;
Ciessner Harrison's school, one mile ana d1asd ma,
S,om Greenwood Depot, Virginia Central railrosa,
hibemarIe county, va, preparatory TO Uniyersty
nf Virginia, in Languages, Mathematics, Na'ursi
Sciences, and English branches.
UNIVERSITY OF Virginia, April 7, 1857:
In ,isw of our personal acquaintanee WIN
,,assrs III Il N B. 4. j. Wood We do not hesitate
Cordially to recommend their school, 10 'ne e0hn
dencs and patronage OF the pqphSs. S;,i,,
g. Maupin, - nsvis
q. s. Venable, % Minnr .f
William q; hsGuasy' !. T. :. GaSsIi, G.SSi
M Schele De we're, yyv,Ii,sm bata,s
b. L, Gildsrslseye, "A "
r, For ,u,t,on and board for ten months,
,nanasr9 nj wasSinQ and lights-ist september
10 aItb June+szis in currency, half In advance
nnix ,s Sa IN room Board In the best style
For circular address the Pnneipals at Greenwood
Depot Al'''''rl' i2aPs'y,s e. r. iMooD, principals.
je7-lm A. y. WOOD,
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BAsE-BALL.-A match game of baseball
was played on yesterday, the 18th, between
the second mines Of the Libby and Il: H..
Lee Clubs of this city, in which the Libby
was the winner. The following is the score !:
Libby Club.-Runs, Sc; caught on N.Y.
G; home runs, 8.
r, E. Lee Club.-Runs, 21; caught on
fly, 1. - e.o,o, NJ
Hinton. Time of game, four hours and
twenty minutes. m &E st. y
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HusT1NGs COURT OF MAGISTRATES
THURSDAY MoRN1NG.-Lucy Ann Elan,
colored, indicted for petit larceny, was
sentenced to the city Jail for ten days, and
ordered to pay the costs of prosecution.
Barney Tracey was examined on the
charge of assault with intent to kill, found
not guilty, and discharged.
William Hill, colored, indicted for keep
ing o disorderly house, was found not
guilty, and discharged.
The same, for selling liquor without a
license, was fined thirty dollars.
Henry Exall, indicted for allowing a
nuisance to remain on Main and Eleventh
streets, was fined ten dollars and costs.
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has its boards, which are very expensive
and very useless. Their proceedings are
pompous, superauous, and ridiculous. The
larger number of them 90 to Judge of the
requirements Of persons who are their su-
periors in every sense. They are apt to
confuse the cadet, as General HOOD did
SHERMAN, by his want of strategic skill,
moving without system and without mill
tary order. What cadet ever imagined he
was to be taken through such an ordeal as
that of the great DR.. VINToNY
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ACCIDENT TO A RICHMOND MAN.-Cap-
tain George W. Jarvis, of the firm of G..
W. Jarvis & Co., builders, of this city,
while engaged in erecting o house near
Columbia, Fluvanna county, few days
since, fell from q scaffolding, and was so
severely injured that he will probably be
laid up for some weeks.