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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-02

The New AMERICAN ROUTE TO ASIA
THE COMMERCE OF THE FUTURE.-Within a
short time four cargoes Of tea have been
carried from China to England by what
must now be called the American route
to Asia. Hong Kong, Panama, New York,
and London-any one, by glancing at a
map, can see the advantages this line has
over the difficult and circuitous routes
now followed by Chinese European COM
rlerce. As soon as We get the Pacific
railroad completed, it will be Hong Kong,
San Francisco, and across the continent to
New York.. direct for Europe. 1t will be
the shortest, quickest, and best line OF
commercial communication and though
the cost Of transportation must at first be
rather high, yet the advantages in other
respects will be more than set-of, and
upon light and expensive articles like tea
the difference will not be severely felt.
Already, as the steamship lists show, a
portion of the European travel to China
is coming this way-from European port
to New York, hence by way Of Panama to
San Francisco, and thence by the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company's vessels to
China. Travellers and commercial agents
from Europe speak of the advantages this
route has for them and it cannot be long
before much greater proportion Of them
avail themselves of it.-Neoo York. Times.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-02

ARREST OF AN ALLEGED MURDERER
Hugh Dar-agh, alias William Hyatt, is un-
der arrest in this city on a charge of hav-
ing murdered Henry G. circuit, sheriff of
Kalamazoo county, Michigan, on the night
of the Sd ultimo. The apprehension of
this man was a very remarkable one. 1t
appears that on Christmas the Eighteenth
precinct police arrested three pickpockets
on Third avenue car, on suspicion that
they were operating among the passen-
gers. Subsequently James NJ. Mason, of
Albany, appeared at the station-house and
said that his pocket had been picked on
the car, and he identified the prisoners as
persons who were on the car at the time of
the robbery. The accused were known to
the police as George Jones, alias "Flow-
ers,'' Edward Lee, alias "Goose," and
William Hyatt. The accused were de-
tanned by Justice Dodge until Saturday in
order to give Mr.. Mason an opportunity to
appear and enter a complaint against the
men. This was not done, but on Satur-
DAY afternoon Joseph Ii. Dixon, of the
Chicago Secret Police, appeared at Jeffer-
son Marketand recognized Hyatt as Hugh
Darragh, who had killed the sheriff of ka-
lamazoo county, while attempting to libe-
rate three prisoners from the county Jail.
He will be sent to Illinois for trial.-Ner
York Post, December 80.
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Foreign News.

LONDON, January 1.-Two Head Gen.
tres and five captains of the Fenian organi-
cation have been arrested in South Wales.
The Government is determined to pro-
coed against Mr.. Sullivan, of the Dublin
Nation, and other persons who have taken
conspicuous parts in the recent funeral
professions in honor of the Fenians exc
cuted at Manchester.
1t is reported that the men who stormed
Martello Castle, near Cork, came from the
United States.
LIVERPOOL, December 3l-Evening.-
Cotton closed firm, with an advancing ten
dency. Transactions were comparatively
heavy, reaching nearly $4,000 bales. Mid
ding uplands, 71s@714d. in port to arrive,
I'd; middling Orleans, 718G7Rd. The
cotton market will be closed Thursday, as
we'll as tomorrow, both days being holi-
day. Breadstutfs, provisions, and produce
markets all closed early, and there are no
changes to report.
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The Late Railroad Accid emit ut An.
goIa-The COrOner's Yuouess.

BUFFALO, December 81. -The coroner.
inquest on the late ia ;,lroad accident Of
Angola, after eleven days investigation
concluded this eve ming. The iurv was
composed Of some of the most intelligent
business men Of the city. Thorough anG
searching INV estigation was made, and
forty-two Witnesses were examined. The
result OF -ncir inquiry is that the accident
was ca Ised by bent aXles Of the Cleveland
ana Toledo car No. Fl, the car that wa!
D'.rncd, causing the wheels of that truck
70 drop into the track, thus throwing the
car oil the track. There were forty per.
sons in all killed by the accident. The
jury recommend the adoption and enforce
ment of more thorough system Of gauginl
wheels of cars, so as to prevent an imper
feet axle or wheel being made in future
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-02

SPEECH OF Ex-Governor HAMILTON
Ex- Governor A. J. Hamilton, Of Texas,
made speech at Austin on the 18th in-
slant. He said that the leaders of seces-
sion ought to have been punished. He
would not have hanged anybody, but con-
fscation and Punishment he would have
approved. The leaders ought to be dis
franchised- every man who held an office
under the Confederacy should be. The
reconstruction acts, properly construed,
would not exclude from suffrage over
5000 in Texas. He rejected the idea that
the State government and laws existing in
Texas during secession were null and void
db initio, and ridiculed those who con-
tended that they were. He gave the
freedmen some wholesome advice. He
told them not to come forward for Office
just now. They had an equal right with
the white man to run for office, but it
would iujure the Republican party. They
were free; they were protected by the
laws; the right of suffrage had been ex-
tended to them: and they ought to be con-
tent with what they had got. They should
work, and conduct themselves so well as
to remove all prejudice against them. He
warned them aginst any conduct on their
part which would produce war of races,
as this would inevitably bring on their ruin
and extinction.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-02

Mr.. SEwARD's PURCHAsEs.-A Washing
ton dispatch to the Evening Post says :
" It appears that the new Danish Minister,
who arrived few days ago, was unaware
that there was any difference between the
Executive and Congress regarding the pur-
chase of the Island of st. Thomas. His
friends say that Secretary Seward had so
represented matters to the Danish Govern
ment as to leave the impression that the
treaty would be quickly ratified by this
Government. Immediately after his az
rival here the Minister called upon Mr..
Seward to consult with him in regard to
the matter; but the latter pleaded an ex-
traordinary pressure of public business,
and bowed the Danish Minister out very
politely, and up to the present time he has
been unable TO gain another audience, or
to learn officially the condition of the
treaty. This is true statement Of the
case, as learned from persons connected
with a foreign legation here, and among
the foreign ministers the matter has eX-
cited considerable comment"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-02

TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE Sun IN 1SG9.-At
the last meeting of the Royal Society, the
president and council had under conside-
ration the means to be employed IN ma
king complete observations of the total
eclipse of next year. The eclipse will be
of the greatest possible duration, afford
ing, therefore, more leisure than usual for
such observations as can only be made
during the brief interval of the totality.
The total phase will be visible in India,
but elsewhere only in countries practically
unavailable. Recent observations on the
spectra of the heavenly bodies render
spectroscopic observations of the red pro-
tuberances and Of the corona matter OF
peculiar interest paper.
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{ Shooting of Il Prisoner by Sheriff

MADISON, ND, December ga ma,
named John Rodman, confined in the jail
was Shot and killed by Sheriff P. Shannon
last night. The sheriff went into the jai
to lock the prisoners cells. On enterin
and locking the door he was seized b,
Rodman. The sheriff called help, and an
other prisoner came, but instead of reI
deriDg assistance, took the key from tn
sheriff, and attempted to unlock the doo
The sheriff warned Rodman a second tim
TO let him 90, or he would shoot him. NJ
being obeyed, and seeing the prisone
about to escape, he drew his revolver an
shot Rodman through the head, Instant
killing him.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-02

Mr.. Charles Dickens, it is stated, Is over
whelmed with requests for his autograph.
He deals with them summarily, however.
Applicants receive printed answer say
ing, "To comply with your modest request
would not be reasonably possible" To
envelope, direct, and mail these replies
the services of three secretaries are con-
stantly required.
The public debt statement for Decem-
Der will not be ready before the 9Th of
January next. It is learned that it will
show considerable increase on the amount
of gold in the Treasury, which, however,
will again be reduced in January by the
payment of about s25 100000 of interest on
our bonds, and about 100000 of princi-
pal. The statement will also show slight
red uction in the amount of the total debt.
A petition against the annexation of any
of the West India islands has received
numerous signatures in Boston.
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Pendieton Endorsed for President
speech OF Judge Thurman.


COLCMBus, December 29.-The Demo-
or acy Of this county met yesterday in dele
gated convention.
The following resolution was unani-
mouSly adopted:
EcSolUed, That George II. Pendleton is
th', unanimous choice Of this Convention
Tor President, and that we hereby instruct
our delegates 10 the State Convention,
meeting on the Sth of January next, in the
selection OF delegates to the National Con-
vcntion, and otherwise to promote and
secure the wishes Of the Democracy of
Franklin county in this behalf. -.
Nc effort was made 10 commit the Con-
vcution on the senatorial question but
this being the home Of Thurman, the dele
gates chosen are all in his favor.
Judge Thurman, upon invitation, adj
dressed few remarks TO the Convention.
lie stated that the united efforts Of the
Democrats had reduced the Radical ma
i0rity in this State 10000 in one year-a
thing wonderful in itseif-and this should
act as AN incentive to vigorous action IN
the coming campaign. II ever there was
time when activity and actual work were
needed it was now. The campaign Of 1868
had now fairly opened, and all true Demo
Gratis should work for measures, and nc'
men. lie denounced the military rule
now existing in the southern States, saying
if such rule were continued much longer
these States, in the best portion of oul
country, would be as bad as Hayti or ia.
malCa.
He further stated that he had given the
matter considerable attention, and he was
fully satisfied that the Democracy of Ohit
are a unit in favor Of the nomination O
George Ii. Pendleton for the pres ldencv.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-02

PORTRAIT OF CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL.
A party of gentlemen, to the number of
sixty, have purchased the portrait of Chief
Justice Marshall, by Rembrandt Peale, for
$4,000, and propose to present it to Chief
Justice Chase. The painting Of Washing
ton before Yorktown, by the same artist,
which has for nearly twenty years adorned
the eastern staircase of the Senate wing, will
soon be removed 10y its owners, the de-
scendants Of the artist, unless Congress
shall prevent it by purchasing the picture.
1t has been in its present position so long
that almost every one has regarded it as
national property.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-02

TIE D1sTILLERY FIRE IN CINCINNATI
NINE THOUSAND BARRELS OF WHIsKEY
BURNED-Loss, FIVE HUNDRED AND THIR-
TY-FIvE THOUSAND DoLLARs.--The Cincin-
natl Commercial Of Saturday gives the
following particulars of the fire which de-
stroyed the distillery of Boyle, Miller s
Co., on east Second street:
"The loss occasioned by this disastrous
hire amounts to $G35, 900, which sum is not
more than half covered by insurance. The
building was ti.e piece of architecture,
with an imposing stone front, and was re-
markedly we'll adapted to the purpose for
which 1t was erected. The house, which
belonged to the estate of Mr.. S. S. Boyle,
was valued at about $45 900, and would
probably have sold for great deal more
than that, but the firm rad only S11 900
insurance on it. The dis .I!ery was one of
the most complete in the United States
the stills alone being worth over SIS, 900,
while the machinery, recently improved,
cost IN the neighborhood of S45, 900. All
the mechanical appurtenances were
crushed and resolved into so mu.h metal
and the insurance on them was very light,
not exceeding $4,000.
"The greatest loss, however, is on the
contents Of the warehouse, in the limits of
which over 5000 barrels Of whiskey were
stored. The greater portion Of this liquor
was in bond, but the better qualities were
free. The bondage whiskey was worth las
liquor in bondage) sl4 per barrel when
re ,ased it would have been worth $ll4
per barrel. The free whiskey was worth
from STA to $500 per barrel, and the loss
on the spirits in the aggregate is in the
neighborhood of S370,000. On the stock
the firm bad insurance to the amount OF
S240, 900.
The insurance is secured in various
companies throughout the United States,
but Cincinnati and St. Louis organizations
will suffer most severely.
"Policies for large amounts in the Globe
and the Liverpool and London companies
are held by the firm. They have assurances
in the Now Orleans Mutual for $4,000
while in divers othsr oo,npnuies, as Ine
Eureka, Eagle, Boatman's, Home, Phoenix
and -Etna, amounts varying from 81, 500 *
600 are secured"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-02
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
From WashfDgfon-Fate OF Bureau
pnIifjeinng DC,

Politicians, DC.
WASHINGTON, January This eve
ning's Express says that not the least
among the many creditable things done by
General Howard is the fact that he has
issued an order Diminishing from the en-
ploy of the Freedmen's Bureau those
subordinates who have permitted them
selves to be nominated for political Offices.
Judge Busteed's family have received
dispatches from Mobile stating that his
case is hopeless.
Representatives Washburne and Cullom,
of Illinois, visit Richmond tomorrow to
counsel the State Convention.
The report of Revenue Commissioners
Wells will urge substituting specific for nd
valorens taxes in all possible cases.
General O'Neil has, by Roberts's resig-
nation, become President of the Fenian
Brotherhood in this country. The Fenian
"Senate has issued an address disclaim-
ing completely with the outrages in Eng
land.
The town Treasurer of Spencer, Mass,
has vamosed with $4,000.
Dispatches Of to-day report FIVE cases of
drowning while skating in different parts
of the country.
The immigration of 1867 exceeds that
of 1866 by 10000.
Statistics of casualties on the western
and southwestern rivers in 1867 show 1S2
accidents, eighty-two resulting in the total
loss of the vessels. The loss involved was
s645, 0o0-insured for s512 1000. The loss OF
life was ninety-seven.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-02

INSURANCE DEcfsIoN.-The Supreme
Court of Massachusetts has decided that if
an insurance policy contains clause pro-
hibiting the carrying on of any illegal bu-
siness on the premises insured, the policy
is void if the premises are used habitually
for the keeping Of Intoxicating liquors
with intent to sell, whether the fact is
known to the owner of the premises or not.
The case was that of Kelly against the
Worcester Mutual Insurance Company.
The defendants refused to pay policy of
insurance on building which was burned,
on the ground that Intoxicating liquors
were kept there for sale.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-02
r,o Rond Robbery i'm Dorchcsser.
massachusetts,.

Tho Roston transcript gives the follow
;nr particulars of the bond robbery at Dor
chester, Mass, briefly reported by tele
praph on Saturday:
- robbery Of eight thousand ooiiars IN
Government bonds from the hre-proo1
rauIt Of the Dorchester Mutual Insurance
COMPANY at Neponset has recently been
discovered under the following circum-
stances: Robert Preston, an under-clerk,
employed by Thomas +. Temple, clerk
Of the company, has been missing from
dorchester since last Saturday evening.
His abrupt departure, which was not
known to the officers Of the company be-
fore Monday morning, led to an immediate
examination Of the safe.
"The vault is very large one, and IS
nroyidcd with shelves built on three sides.
These shelves contained about forty thou
Sand applications for insurance policies,
hacked in boxes holding hundred each,
],~operlv labelled and numbered. The
r}erf, bad been in the habit OF placing
bonds and money left with him for SAFE
krepinc in these boxes, making secret
memorandum of their reception and the
place of their deposit.
CAS- the door of this vault was always
omen during business hours for ready &C
ct,ss m the insurance books, which were
also kept there. Preston, from his desk,
had opportuniticS at times to take note OF
,h.>. secret rcccptacles OF Va!Qables
hroDcht in bv people residing in the neigh
horhnod. and availed himself of the know
ledge thus obtained to advance his criml-
nal designs.
preston, who is twenty-sevcn years
old, and respectfully connected al the
Lower Mills, where his mother resides, has
hitherto borne q good character among
business men, though he is reported to
have made pccuuiary trouble for his family
some time ago. -
"A few weeks ago, when visiting Boston
with some dissolute companions, he be-
came enamored Of young woman. FOR
about a fortnight he made repeated calls
upon the girl, and three weeks since they
concluded 10 merge their interests, and
took lodgings at q respectable private
boarding house in Summer street, in this
CITY, as man and Eite. They made it ap-
pear to the landlady that Preston's bust
ness caused him to be absent from home
most of the time, and he visited the ..oe;n
they occupied at intervals Of two ~ three
DAYS until last Saturday atterr Don, when
he took his "wite" away, stating that
they were about visiting Kew York, and
wonld be absent about q week.
"Nc trace Of the ugitives has been
found, and they arc probably luxuriating
on their iII-gotte- gains in a foreign land"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-02
a VIRGINIA CAsE-In the Circuit Court


of Washington city, on Tuesday: :
j. II. Buckley Us. General Terry. Mr..
Wilson asked leave to amend declaration
BY adding new count. Motion was resisted
by Mr.. Riddle. He said that in July, 1865,
there arose a dispute about some aban-
doned lands in Accomac county, Va. A
lieutenant in command gave it up to the
daughter of plaintiff. The case was refer
red to General Terry, and he issued an
order on the papers before him to the sub
commander to restore the property to the
possession of Bridgeman, the claimant; in
doing which an assault was committed on
Miss Buckley, and General Terry was al
rested while in this city on this charge.
Now a change is proposed, not to amend,
but to substitute for this plea an entirely
different cause of action-to wit, injury to
real estate. The court said he could
amend his pleading by act Of Congress at
any time up to judgment, and defendant
could demur if he thought proper. Mr..
Riddle excepted to this ruling of the court.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-02
Address Of the New Captain General
OF Cuba. &c.

Address of the New Captain General
OF Cuba, &c.
HAVANA, December 3l.-General Ler-
sundi's address urges strict discipline on
the part of tho troops and loyalty on
the part of the people as the only means
Of restoring happier days. Abiding to
tho slave trade, he says that public opinion
is overwhelmingly against it, and the de-
crees against and penalties attached to it
have killed the traffic forever.
Panshoff Farento, Maximilian's servant,
and bearer of his last words to Carlotta,
died of yellow fever at st. Thomas.
A decree from Madrid authorizes the
continuance of the mail service by the
regular lines between Cuba and the United
States,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-02
Reported Letter from tho General 10

Mr. a. II. Stewart
From the New Haven Conn Register, Dec. 80.
NEW York, December 30.-Mr. A. T.
Stewart, of this city, is in receipt of a
long private letter from General Grant, in
regard to his recent nomination by the
late Cooper Institute mass meeting. He
accepts the resolutions, authorizing the
committee to proceed, and push forward
his claims for the Presidency. 1t is said
that there is not one word of politics in
the Grant letter. from beginning to end.
The document will probably be published
IN Say
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-02

AN TRIsH CoLoNY.-We have heard q
runor to the effect that several wealthy
gentlemen are negotiating for tract Of
land in the vicinity Of Winchester, 1t being
their intention to settle upon it an Irish
colony of some fifty or sixty families. We
hope our information may turn out to be
correct. Immigration is what Virginia
needs. Stout hands and hearts would
soon place her where she rightfully be-
longs--the first State on the continent
Winchester Ne,rS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-02

CONDITION OF THE SoUTH.-It is quite
probable that the President will send to
Congress, when it reassembles, a special
message on the subject of the restitution
in the South, and suggesting some kind of
legislation to relieve the suffering there.
The President has received large amount
Of evidence from all portions of the South,
presenting state OF facts we'll nigh bor-
dering on anarchy and famine, and de-
handing, at the hands Of the Government
l,r the charitable, prompt and liberal relief.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-02
Contraction of the Currency.

PHILADELPHIA, December 3l.-AtE
meeting OF the Board Of Trade last nigh
the committee having in charge the CO.
slderatlon Of the financial condition Of til
country presented report calling upo
Congress TO immediately enact stringeG
measures to stop Secretary McCullon
from the further contraction of the en-
rency.
THE New York Chamber of Commers
is in favor Of contraction.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-02

WILMINGTON, N. c., January l.-Spirits
turpentine lower at 47@471ac. Rosin
steady at s225 for No. 2, and s3.25 for
pale. Tar, sl.S5. Cotton-Stock light,
and held firm.
CHARLESTON, January Cotton quiet
in consequence of the holiday, but firmer !;
receipts, 900 bales; sales, 25O bales; mid
ding, l5c.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-02

DISCOVERIES OF GoLD.-Mr. ". F. Bal.
ton, of San Francisco, under date of the
25th of November, writes to the Depart
ment of State that gold has been disco.
vered by party of explorers with which
he is connected at the headwaters of the
Skina and Copper rivers, in paying guam
tity, from both dry and river diggings.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-02
important DecfsiOn-Goid and SEye
No Longer Our Lawful Money

Ew YORK, December 3l.-Judg
Clarke, of the Supreme Court of thi
state, in general term, in the case of tn
Bank Of the Commonwealth Us. Jaspe
Van Week ct a., in which the bank appeal
from decision in a lower court, decidet
yesterday that gold and silver are n,
longer the lawful money Of the country
Ool mercantile commodity, and promis
sorry notes made payable in gold must b,
paio III gold, or, if not, in currency of al
equivalent value,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-02
EmnnciDafiOn Day.

CHARLESTON, S. c., January 1.-Eman-
cipation day was celebrated to-day by
a general parade of the negro societies,
fire companies, and political organizations.
An address was delivered by T. L. Car
dozo. Festivities were held tonight, and
good order prevailed.